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10/08/2026

Put project changes in writing before the work begins

A small project addition can become a disagreement when nobody records what changed. A useful agreement explains the original scope, how extra work will be authorized and priced, and when payments are due. Put changes in writing before the extra work begins, and make sure both sides understand the revised expectations.

Clear terms cannot prevent every dispute, but they give everyone a better reference point when questions arise.

We can help you review the terms before your next project begins.

10/07/2026

Ask a Lawyer: Can you record police in public?

You generally have a First Amendment right to record police carrying out their duties in public, subject to reasonable restrictions on time, place, and manner. Recording does not give you permission to interfere with officers or enter a restricted area. Keep a safe distance and follow lawful directions.

Private conversations raise different recording issues, so a rule about a public encounter should not be treated as permission to record every conversation.

Knowing the difference between documenting an encounter and interfering with it matters.

10/06/2026

Legal Tip Tuesday: What Florida's implied consent law means when you drive

Florida’s implied-consent rules apply to driving in the state, not simply to holding a Florida license. Refusing a lawfully requested breath or urine test can lead to a license suspension and a separate criminal charge, including for a first refusal when the statutory requirements are met. Blood testing has additional rules. Chemical testing and roadside exercises are not interchangeable. The type of test, the circumstances, and the warnings given all matter.

Understanding the testing rules before a traffic stop is part of being an informed driver.

10/01/2026

How a Florida drug charge defense is built

A drug charge deserves a close look at how the evidence was gathered. Reviewing the stop, the search, laboratory testing, and relevant statements helps identify the questions that matter in a particular case. The charge alone does not tell the whole story, and no result can be promised. Donley Law Firm reviews the facts and available defenses with clients in Duval and Clay County.

If you are facing a drug charge, we are here to help you understand the next steps at 904-265-5422.

09/30/2026

Many families assume that if a parent left a will, there is no probate. In Florida, a will does not avoid probate. It tells the court who should receive the property and who should handle the estate, and probate is the process that carries those instructions out. What decides whether probate is needed is how each asset was held. Property in a living trust, accounts with a named beneficiary, and property owned jointly with rights of survivorship generally pass outside probate. Property titled in your parent's name alone usually has to go through it. Smaller estates, or cases where the death was more than two years ago, may qualify for a shorter process called summary administration.

If you are settling a parent's estate, we're here to help you see which assets need probate and which do not.

09/29/2026

When someone is released before trial, the conditions attached are not suggestions. They commonly include no new offenses, no contact with an alleged victim whether direct or through someone else, travel limits, a curfew, and drug testing. Most violations we see are not defiance. They are a text sent by a relative on someone's behalf, a work trip nobody thought to clear, or a move without notice. Keep proof that you are complying, including class certificates, testing records, and check in logs, and save messages rather than deleting them. Before any travel, address change, or job change, ask your attorney first. A single unintended slip can send someone back into custody while the case is still pending.

We're here to help before you travel or change jobs while on pretrial release.

09/24/2026

Business owners plan for competitors and rarely plan for the person with the keys. Internal loss is usually not dramatic. It shows up as small unexplained gaps, one person who resists oversight of a process, or vendor payments nobody can quite trace.

The protections are ordinary and effective: written policies that state clearly what is and is not permitted, separating the person who authorizes a payment from the person who issues it, routine audits that happen on a schedule rather than on suspicion, and employment agreements that address confidentiality and company property.

If you already suspect something, what you do first matters, because acting without documentation can complicate both the employment side and any claim.

Donley Law Firm helps businesses put safeguards in place and respond carefully when something surfaces.

We're here to help if you want to strengthen your safeguards or talk through a concern.

09/23/2026

This is one of the most frightening questions a parent can ask, and the honest answer is that it depends.

Florida law allows certain juvenile cases to be transferred to adult court, and the path depends on the child's age, the seriousness of the alleged offense, and any prior record. The state attorney's office has the sole discretion to make that decision.

The stakes are real, because adult court carries adult penalties and an adult record. The juvenile system is built around rehabilitation and offers protections and programs that adult court does not. Involving an attorney early, before the direction of the case is set, is when advocacy matters most.

Visit donleylawfirm.com to learn more about our juvenile defense practice.

09/22/2026

A Notice to Appear is handed out instead of a physical arrest, and because no one goes to jail that day it is easy to read it as a warning. It is not. It is a criminal charge with a court date on it, and ignoring it can turn into a warrant.

Read it the day you get it and confirm the date, time, and courtroom, because the paper is not always right and a clerk can verify it. Put the date somewhere you will actually see it. Gather anything connected to the incident while it is fresh, and speak with an attorney before that first appearance rather than after.

What happens at the first hearing is easier to shape than what happens after it.

We're here to help before your first court date if you received a Notice to Appear.

09/17/2026

Contracts that have not kept up with the business

The agreement that fit your business three years ago may not fit the business you run now. Companies add services, take on larger clients, bring in employees, work across state lines, and keep using the same template from the beginning.

Outdated terms create real exposure: scope language that no longer matches what you deliver, liability limits set for a smaller job, missing terms around subcontractors or data, and renewal clauses nobody has read since signing.

A periodic review catches the gap between the contract and the work while it is still just paperwork. Donley Law Firm reviews and updates agreements for businesses across Northeast Florida so the documents keep pace with the company.

We're here to help if your agreements have not been looked at in a while.

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1700 Wells Road, Suite 27
Orange Park, FL
32073

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