Hi all! Got a bunch of questions, though they are all related to the legal world and that of the Ministry for Magic ( Read more... )

What's the earliest age that Pollux and Irma (or any couple in the 1920s) could get married at, assuming they had parental permission? If they were allowed to get married, would they be expected to when Irma became pregnant, despite their ages? In the fanfic I'm working on now, there's a line where Sirius points out to his mother that her parents ( Read more... )

Say someone on the island of Guernsey kidnapped and later killed a young child in the mid-1960's. He is later caught after abducting another child. What kind of sentence would he have been likely to get? Any chance he would ever be released from prison? This is for a non-magic AU.

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I'm looking for laws regarding adoption in the UK and France in the early 1980's. Specifically, I want to know at what age one could become the legal guardian of a child, and whether a single person could legally adopt a child, but other relevant laws and details would be helpful as well ( Read more... )

Hi! I have a few questions about the London police department and the British Army.

1. If I have a character who investigates murders, he would be detective in the CID, yes? This particular character would have been on the force for at least two years, but probably not more than four. Is he more likely to be a Detective Sergeant or a Detective ( Read more... )

I'm British but not well-versed in the legal system. I realise the judiciary system is different in the wizarding world, but hoped that there would be some sort of connection, or, at least, I could apply what we have IRL into my fic ( Read more... )

would the husband be sitting in a particular place with regards to his lawyer in a divorce case? i haven't decided who initiated the proceedings yet. would that matter? i want harry's attorney to tap him on the hand, and i realized when i went to indicate which one, that perhaps the closest one to the lawyer would be determined by court procedure ( Read more... )

I've seen this discussed elsewhere, but I don't believe I've ever seen an answer to my particular question ( Read more... )

1) What's the age of majority in England? Not the age of consent blah blah, the age at which one can legally enter into a contract, or legally inherit (that is - in the US a minor child can inherit but the estate is kept in trust - I'm looking for this age ( Read more... )