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Divorce is often a tumultuous time for both parties involved. In addition to emotional and personal stresses, costs associated with retaining a family law attorney in the event of a divorce can quickly lead to financial stress. Be sure to keep the following tips in mind to ensure fees associated with your legal proceedings are kept low.
1. Get organized and stay organized. Information sourcing is the first stage of any legal matter and can quickly become the most expensive.…
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Immediately following an injury, it can be difficult to make decisions that will benefit you in the long run. While it may be difficult, it’s not impossible, and it’s best that you understand all of your rights following an injury and what steps you should take to further your case. Below are three common DON’Ts associated with personal injuries and how to act in your best interests instead.
Don’t Shrug Off the Injury…
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The hardest part of getting a divorce may have been deciding on the custody agreement with your former spouse. Unfortunately, it does not get any easier once your divorce has been finalized. You will have to deal with co-parenting, which means your former spouse will still play a role in your life. Here are 4 tips that will help make the co-parenting experience easier for you and your former spouse.…
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When you divorce late in life, you face different financial challenges than couples divorcing at a younger age. For example, if you don’t have a profession, then you may find it more difficult to get one as compared to a younger person who can even go back to school and get a degree. For this reason, you need to take some considerations to protect your finances, such as:
Taking Steps to Secure Retirement Benefits…
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Your will serves as your last chance to tell the world exactly what you want to happen. Even better, this powerful legal document gives you the opportunity to make sure your family and friends have no choice but to honor your final wishes. That is of course, unless a family member is able to successfully contest your will after your death. Thankfully, there are steps that you can take to ensure this does not happen:…
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Did you recently lose your job? Were you denied unemployment benefits after the job loss? For many people, the loss of a job can be devastating and the subsequent denial of benefits is like added insult to injury. Fortunately, your unemployment benefits application doesn’t have to end with a denial. There is likely an appeal process in your state where you can make your case to the unemployment benefits administration. There are three common reasons why benefits are usually denied.…
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Losing a loved one is always a sad and emotionally stressful event, but this can be made even worse when the death was the result of someone’s negligent behavior or actions. While there is no way to bring your loved one back to life, the courts allow you to pursue wrongful death claims, but these cases are often extremely misunderstood by clients. If you are under the impression that either one of the following myths are true, learning the truth may make it easier for you to pursue justice following a wrongful death.…
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Custody issues are always difficult, especially when both parents want sole custody of the child. If you’re involved in a custody battle, you want what is best for your child, even if you have harsh feelings towards the other parent. You want to be able to spend as much time as possible with your child. That can be next to impossible when parental alienation is involved.
If your child is suddenly showing a disdain for being with you, you might be the victim of parental alienation.…
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Over the past several years, more and more states have begun offering couples the ability to file a variety of different divorce petitions. Until the introduction of these options, unhappy couples were only able to obtain a divorce if they were able to prove grounds for divorce via a traditional divorce petition. As a result, far too many people found themselves legally trapped in a marriage they no longer wanted. Thankfully, those days are now long gone.…
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Accidents can happen out of the blue. You are not expecting it and you are not prepared for it. When it does happen, you need to be on your game to ensure the process gets handled properly. Over 2 million people are injured and disabled in auto accidents every year in the United States. Should the person responsible for the accident not be willing to compensate you for the injuries you’ve experienced, you will need to hire an auto accident lawyer from a firm like Fonvielle, Lewis, Foote & Messer.…
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