Attorney Patrick Smith and the full crew (Isaiah freshly back from Italy, Spike on the mic, and Maddie the Surfer Girl) dive into one of the most emotional topics in family law: Florida grandparents’ visitation rights. Spoiler — grandparents do not have automatic rights. The show breaks down the narrow exceptions under Florida Statute 752.011, the constitutional privacy rights of fit parents, the “best interest of the child” standard, and the classic question: if we give grandparents guaranteed access, where does the line stop with aunts, uncles, and adult siblings?

Also this week:

• A listener email deep-dive into reptile smuggling inspired by the HBO series Monsters of God (Tiger King… but with lizards)
• Lacey Act federal charges, Florida’s prohibited invasive species rules, and why sewing birds into underwear (or packing 200 lizards in socks) is a very bad idea
• Model Senate venue chaos and a last-minute save at Half Wall
• A grandmother who allegedly impersonated a social worker to kidnap her own grandson
• The shortest-ever White House press secretary tenure and a bar-exam fail story

Plus the usual free-trust-package promo, sports predictions, and pure radio banter. Real law, real stories, real fun. Call 800-771-1025. Heart and soul on the airwaves — stay safe, God bless, and Go Gators!

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We’re back, baby! After last year’s storm cancellation, Attorney Patrick Smith, Maddie the Surfer Girl, and the crew go live from Cole Park in Indian Rocks Beach for Action 2000’s 25th annual Oktoberfest.

Paul Sagami, president of the community nonprofit, joins to share how the event funds landscaping, bus stops, and the charm that makes Indian Rocks Beach special. Then comes the ultimate surprise: Maddie (fresh off all-A midterms and a 4.01 GPA) is blindfolded and forced to taste six beers on air. Guess just one German brew correctly and a lucky listener wins a free $695 trust package. Denise scores with Paulaner Hefeweizen; Chris takes home another with a non-German Modelo.

Senator Nick DiCeglie calls in from the campaign trail, Surf’s Up delivers bird-smuggling underwear stories, deputy database scandals, and the latest on Krista Pike’s recovery, and the first 100 visitors to the tent get exclusive show stickers.

Real law, real beer, real radio — live from Oktoberfest. Heart and soul on the airwaves. Stay safe, God bless, and Go Gators!

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Attorney Patrick Smith and the full crew dig into two of the most practical (and slightly morbid) legal questions of the week: illegal searches and seizures under the Fourth Amendment, and what actually happens to your case—and your lawyer’s staff—if your attorney dies.

From landmark cases (Mapp, Katz, Weeks, Carpenter) and the exclusionary rule to Florida’s inventory-attorney requirements and the hilarious sealed envelopes Patrick’s own staff wrote about their “immediate action items” if he kicked the bucket, this episode is pure radio gold.

Isaiah gets an update on the botched Tennessee execution he almost witnessed, Jeff Deardorff of the Yankees organization stops by to plug free high-school baseball at TD Ballpark, and Surf’s Up with Maddie the Surfer Girl brings the latest on Krista Pike’s failed lethal injection, a Cornell fraternity civil suit, and a warrantless blood-vial grab that finally got tossed.

Plus the usual caller questions, Uber shedding-fee follow-ups, Oktoberfest remote-broadcast plans, and sports predictions. Real law, real stories, real fun. Call 800-771-1025. Heart and soul on the airwaves—stay safe, God bless, and Go Gators!

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