law

What Are The Alternatives To A Contested Divorce?
While many divorces turn into a fight, yours doesn't have to be a battle. There are many options to resolve your divorce even if you hate your spouse. Using any of the following options can greatly reduce your stress and legal costs. Collaborative Divorce In a collaborative divorce, you work together with your spouse to agree on every single issue in your divorce. Your lawyers can help explain what you would be entitled to under the law and assist you in drawing up the final paperwork.

How To Minimize Post-Divorce Conflicts With Your Former Spouse
The difficulties of divorce do not end the minute the final decree is finalized. You may find yourselves in constant conflicts with your former spouse if you don't take active steps to avoid them. Here are some of the precautions for minimizing such disagreements: Put Everything in Writing Put everything in writing to avoid disputes. It's much easier for your former spouse to dispute a word-of-mouth agreement than for them to dispute a written agreement they signed.

Answering Common Workers' Compensation Eligibility Questions
If you've suffered an injury during work hours, you might be thinking about filing a workers' compensation claim. Most injuries that you sustain at work will qualify for workers' compensation coverage, but that doesn't mean that every injury would be covered. Here are a few things you should consider before you file. Is The Injury Directly Connected To Your Job? Injuries sustained during the execution of your job duties are usually covered under workers' compensation without too much trouble.

Examples Of Child Abuse Through Acts Of Omission
You can be charged with child abuse if you cause injury to a child. You can cause injury to a child either by doing something or failing to do something, although many people are more familiar with actions rather than omissions as causes of child abuse. Here are three examples of child abuse through omissions. Denying Medical Treatment As a parent, it's your responsibility to provide your child with medical care.

Understanding Copyrights And Patents
Intellectual property can be a pretty confusing field, but it is also extremely important to just about every person. Consumers, companies, brands, inventors, and just about every adult is heavily affected by intellectual property laws. These laws can play a huge role in determining what you can and cannot do, so it's critical to have a basic understanding of two of the most common forms of intellectual property work: Copyrights

Difficulties With Getting Injury Evidence In Jail
Some things that free people take for granted are difficult to accomplish behind bars. For example, gathering evidence of an injury in jail or prison isn't easy. You need this evidence if you are submitting a personal injury claim against the responsible party. Here are some of the specific challenges you may face: Getting Photographic Evidence One of the most common pieces of advice given to injury victims is to get photographic or video evidence.

A Double Doozy ~ Injured In A Car Wreck And Employed ~ Solutions To Both
Were you injured in a car accident and now have concerns about returning to work? You may fear losing your job, or perhaps you are concerned about being able to pay your bills. The following tips can help you to better understand how to handle the issues that getting injured in a car accident while employed may pose.  Stick with doctor recommendations regardless of how you feel. Some people get frustrated during the claims process due to bills continuing to pile up.

3 Ways To Prevent Sexual Harassment At Work
As a business owner, you are responsible for providing your employees with a safe workplace. Here are three strategies you can implement to help prevent sexual harassment in the workplace.  #1 Have A Comprehensive Employee Anti-Harassment Policy The first thing you need to do is work with a law firm to create a comprehensive and detailed anti-sexual harassment policy.  This document should provide an extensive definition of what constitutes as both discrimination and harassment in the workplace, as well as examples of what those two things are.

When Are You Responsbile For Your Dog Biting Someone?
As a dog owner, you're legally responsible for everything your dog does. Since he isn't a person and doesn't have any money, the courts will look to you to pay for any damage he causes. This includes if he bites someone. Here's when you may have to pay up for a dog bite. In Your Home Your dog is supposed to be secured in your home when not otherwise under your control, so you will receive the greatest benefit of the doubt when your dog bites someone in your home.

How Can A Wage Garnishment Be Avoided?
A wage garnishment occurs when a creditor files suit in civil court to collect a debt. If a judgement is rendered against the debtor, the debt may be repaid through an order for their employer to withhold a portion of their wages and pay it to the creditor. There are options available for avoiding a judgement and subsequent garnishment, as well as stopping them after they are initiated. However, these options must be actively pursued.

About Me

Secure Your Family’s Future Today

My parents never wanted to talk about what would happen to their estate after they died, and we kids didn't exactly push them – we didn't want to think about them dying either. That was a big mistake though. When they eventually did pass away, and we were faced with a mess. Nothing was planned or allocated, and sorting it all out took forever and led to some heated arguments and hard feelings. I started a blog about estate planning to help other families avoid nightmares like ours. Death doesn't have to result in squabbling family members and court proceedings. All you have to do is plan ahead. I hope to use this blog to help you learn more.

Search

Archive

Latest Posts