2017

  • Workers' Comp: Don't Settle Without Including These Issues

    If you are now dealing with a permanent injury because of your job, you are likely contemplating what to expect from your employer's workers' comp carrier. The usual benefits that you've been receiving are what's known as temporary disability, and they will end once you have reached a certain point in your workers' comp claim. Read on for more information about what should be included in your workers' comp permanent injury settlement.
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  • 3 Factors That Affect Your Social Security Disability Claim

    If you have a physical disability that impacts your ability to work full time or pull down a decent salary, one way to supplement your income is by applying for Social Security disability benefits. There are limits on the work you can do, such as: #1 Working You can work and still receive Social Security Administration Benefits. There are income limits that you cannot exceed each month in order to qualify for Social Security Administration Benefits.
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  • Can You Keep An Emotionally Abusing Parent Away From Your Child?

    Emotional abuse is no less damaging to a child than physical abuse. When a parent is given visitation rights by the family court, it is because the judge feels that he or she is emotionally capable of taking care of the child. If that changes, as the custodial parent, you can take action. Can You Deny Visitation? Although the situation might seem urgent, you cannot deny visitation to the non-custodial parent even if your child is being emotionally abused.
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  • 3 Steps That You Can Take To Help Your Attorney Strengthen Your Auto Accident Case

    An auto accident attorney is going to be extremely important when it comes to making sure that you are compensated fairly for your injuries and the damage done to your vehicle after an auto accident, but there are a few things that you can do to help your attorney accomplish this. Listed below are three steps that you can take to help your attorney strengthen your auto accident case. Always Take As Many Pictures As Possible Immediately After The Accident
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  • Estate Planning Tips When Getting Married Later In Life

    More and more people are deciding to either get married for the first time or remarried later in life. Just as life in your 40s, 50s, 60s and beyond is different from life in your 20s or 30s, getting married later in life also comes with a different set of parameters, especially when it comes to estate planning. If you've chosen this course, ensure you know what to do: Speak with Your Partner
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  • Don't Fall Prey To These Estate Planning Mistakes

    Most people by now realize the importance of making plans for their financial affairs in the event of their deaths. It's not only millionaires who need to set up a good estate plan; after all, everyone who has something of value that needs to be dealt with should create a will and make other arrangements in an effort to simplify matters for those left behind. If you are not careful, however, mistakes can happen.
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  • Emergency Bankruptcy And The Automatic Stay

    Chapter 7 bankruptcies are not only a major decision, but the stack of paperwork required to file can be a bit intimidating. There are reams of forms to be filled out, and it can be incredibly challenging to focus when you are in danger of losing property and are being harassed by bill collectors. There is a solution to this paperwork nightmare, however, and it will get you some quick and much-needed financial relief.
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  • 2 Things To Look For In A Divorce Lawyer

    Finding a good and appropriate divorce lawyer for your divorce case is of the utmost importance, mostly because you will be spending a lot of time with this individual in order to make sure that your divorce is concluded quickly and efficiently while also ensuring that you get a fair share of the marital assets. Listed below are two things to look for in a divorce lawyer. Can They Provide Mediation Services?
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  • Driving While Medicated Is A DWI Cause, Too

    Many drivers are surprised to find themselves being charged with a DUI after they have taken cold medicine. But driving under the influence includes a much wider range of drugs than you might think; anything that can impair your driving can get you convicted of a DWI. What a Lawyer Is Going to Do That's not to say that you can't get out of getting convicted for a DWI after taking cold medicine.
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  • Suspensions/Cancellations/Revocations - Are Your Licenses At Risk?

    Many young people may feel that driving is a right of passage that takes place at a certain age, but as far as the state is concerned, it is actually a privilege. This gives the state a lot of control and leeway in whether or not you will be able to continue to drive on public streets and highways. There are a wide variety of reasons it can be suspended, canceled or revoked and depending on what happened will impact when, if, and how you are able to get it back.
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