United States Supreme Court Petition Filed Asserting Federal Preemption in Matters of Military Benefits in State Family Law Proceedings

United States Supreme Court Petition Filed Asserting Federal Preemption in Matters of Military Benefits in State Family Law Proceedings

On Thursday, April 22, 2021, in a second of three petitions filed in the United States Supreme Court in the last week, Attorney Carson J. Tucker filed a petition to challenge Michigan’s child support guidelines, which allow the state family support agency to...
United States Supreme Court Petition Filed to Challenge Authority of States to Contradict Veterans Administration Determination on Divisibility of Disability Benefits

United States Supreme Court Petition Filed to Challenge Authority of States to Contradict Veterans Administration Determination on Divisibility of Disability Benefits

On Friday, April 23, 2021, Lex Fori PLLC and Attorney Carson J. Tucker filed a pro bono petition in the United States Supreme Court challenging the State of Michigan’s decision to take a veteran’s permanent and total disabilty pay despite the fact that the...
LEX FORI PLLC Files Petition in United States Supreme Court to Force Georgia to Reconsider Its Refusal to Recognize Military Servicemember’s Home of Record in Suit to Vindicate Constitutional Rights

LEX FORI PLLC Files Petition in United States Supreme Court to Force Georgia to Reconsider Its Refusal to Recognize Military Servicemember’s Home of Record in Suit to Vindicate Constitutional Rights

Supreme Court Attorney Carson J. Tucker of Lex Fori PLLC filed a petition in the United States Supreme Court seeking to overturn Georgia’s dismissal of a military servicemember’s suit in the county of his official “home of record”, even though...
Veterans Day Decision for Ray Foster in Restitution Full Circle 38 USC 5301

Veterans Day Decision for Ray Foster in Restitution Full Circle 38 USC 5301

In a case originally appealed by Carson J. Tucker and Lex Fori PLLC in 2014, the trial court on remand from the Supreme Court today issued an opinion and order of restitution awarding Ray J. Foster $72,000 for the money he was forced to pay over to his former spouse...

Boots on the Ground – Published State Supreme Court Decision Protects Veterans’ Disability Pay from Being Misappropriated by State Courts

Foster v. Foster, 505 Mich. 151, 949 N.W.2d 102 (2020) – This case was released at the end of April, but on October 26, 2020 we received the official notice of its publication in the national reporter. A unanimous decision in favor of our client (after two Court...

Boots on the Ground – Lex Fori PLLC and Carson J. Tucker Submit Pro Bono Brief in Louisiana Supreme Court Defending Disabled Veteran

In keeping with our efforts in providing pro bono representation to disabled veterans and protecting their disability benefits from being depleted by state courts and overwhelming legal fees, I filed an appearance and was admitted to the Louisiana Supreme Court in the...