1 December 2016
If you are approaching your first holiday season as divorced parents, you and your former spouse's effort and attention should be focused on how to make the holiday season as manageable and pleasant as possible for your children. Here are three things that you can do to achieve that. #1 Keep Your Feelings About Your Spouse To Yourself It is going to be hard enough for your child to deal with celebrating the holidays in separate households and dealing with the disruptions of important family traditions that they count on occurring year after year.
9 November 2016
While drinking and driving at any age comes with serious consequences, the laws applied to underage drivers can have unique penalties. Zero-tolerance laws, for example, have a lower blood alcohol content threshold for minors (0.02 percent or lower). Other laws, dubbed use-and-lose laws, can have consequences for minors even if they aren't behind the wheel after consuming alcohol. A DUI attorney can help if your minor child has been arrested under one of these types of laws, but there are a few things you'll need to understand about the laws.
21 October 2016
Many times, going through the at-fault party's insurance company will result in a sufficient solution for an injury. Other times, however, circumstances seem to warrant more. If you are the victim of any of the below personal-injury situations, you may need to call in a professional. Read on to learn more about why more help is sometimes necessary. Injuries and Illnesses from Toxic Exposure Often, you will going up against a large, powerful corporation to fight these types of claims.
30 September 2016
Filing a claim and receiving proper compensation after a motorcycle accident is often frustrating. It sometimes seems as if the other insurance company is working against you simply because you were riding a motorcycle. The following tips can help make your claim go more smoothly while also allowing you to avoid some common mistakes that can impact your claim. Tip #1: Seek medical care If you are lucky and only have minor scrapes and bruises, you may think it's better to go home than to head to the hospital.
12 September 2016
No one enters into a marriage with the intention of getting a divorce, but many couples find themselves battling emotional distance and differing ideologies as their marriage progresses. Ending the marriage might be a simple way to restore the individual happiness of each partner in a troubled marriage, but divorces can become complicated when there are children involved. In order to ensure that you are prepared to work with your attorney when trying to obtain custody of your children during a divorce, here are two issues that you should be prepared to address in court.
24 August 2016
Divorce mediation can be an effective means of settling conflicts. However, mistakes can put negotiations in peril and result in the court deciding matters for both sides. If you and your spouse are headed to mediation, here are some mistakes to avoid. Trading insults. Regardless of how you and your spouse feel about each other, it is important to avoid calling each other names. Name calling can leave bitterness on both sides and make it more difficult to reach a settlement.
4 August 2016
A bail hearing usually means an opportunity for a defendant to get out of jail. However, if the bail is higher than expected, the defendant and his family could be left scrambling to find the funds to be released. Unfortunately, some people are unable to get the funds needed and end up staying in jail until their case is concluded. If your loved one's bail is too high, here is what you need to know.