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Then even the law seemed to abandon her. When a federal appeals court in Atlanta ruled last week that Elian might be able to decide his future for himself, Reno found herself, as a lawyer on the case put it, "in a deep, dark hole." Having promised Juan Miguel two weeks earlier that she would return his son quickly, Reno was now looking at months of legal wrangling and no guarantee that Elian would ever be reunited with his father, much less his homeland. By Thursday, White House dismay with Reno's bottomless patience was quietly rising, and so that...
...drama, the Immigration and Naturalization Service has held that only the boy's father has the legal right to speak for him and that a boy his age cannot be expected to comprehend the meaning of an asylum request. But in a unanimous ruling, the three judges of the Atlanta-based 11th Circuit went out of their way to criticize the INS for not taking into consideration Elian's stated wish to stay in the U.S. The judges noted that when Congress wrote the 1980 immigration law, it specified that "any alien...may apply for asylum." Since Congress...
...spouse unexpectedly comes into great wealth after marriage and wants to alter the terms of a potential divorce settlement? Enter the postnuptial agreement. "Anytime somebody is going to come into substantial unforeseen wealth, that is going to give them the opportunity to examine their relationship," says John Mayoue, an Atlanta lawyer who says the proliferation of Internet millionaires--though they are a little scarcer after this month's market plunge--has had a "huge" influence on his firm's postnup business. These contracts are worked out with personal attorneys and don't usually have to be filed in court...
...official greeter for ATLANTA DOGWORKS is Jumpin' Jess, an Australian shepherd owned by Greg Tresan. The two were three-time world finalists in disk-dog competition, but now that Jess has retired, she's "ambassadog" at Tresan's boarding and training facility on 15 pastoral acres in Ball Ground, 50 miles north of Atlanta. Tresan doesn't hold with anthropomorphizing. He wants you to enjoy your dog's natural behavior but also "bring them into your environment as welcome members of the household." At DogWorks, you can choose training in obedience, agility, herding and, of course, catching Frisbees. Daily boarding...
...Janet Reno seemed indecisive before, the latest court ruling on the fate of Elian Gonzalez may paralyze her altogether. The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta issued an order Wednesday that Elian not be removed from the U.S. pending his Miami relatives' appeal in their bid to seek asylum for the boy. They declined, however, to rule on whether he should be handed over to his father. "The ruling leaves the immediate question of Elian's custody back in the hands of the Justice Department," says TIME Miami bureau chief Tim Padgett. "Reno is free to send marshals...