Setting up a trust for your heirs is an effective way to preserve what you have spent a lifetime accumulating — usually. There can be cases where it's important to go the extra mile and draft and fund a spendthrift trust for some or even all of your...
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objectives and achieving those goals together.
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Month: May 2018
Illinois courts gives lesbian mom parental rights
When a heterosexual couple with fertility issues decide to use a sperm donor and artificial insemination, the husband of a woman who gives birth automatically becomes the presumptive -- and legal -- father of that child. If the couple later splits, the husband still...
Get ready for your divorce mediation session
A divorce can be resolved in a variety of ways. One of the options that many divorced couples choose to pursue is mediation. If you are considering this resolution method, you need to make sure that you are prepared for the first meeting. You might be surprised by how...
Human error leads to 9 out of 10 accidents
People have spent a lot of time investigating car accidents, trying to find out how they happen and what can be done to prevent them. At the end of the day, though, the root cause is simple: People. Human error, according to the National Safety Council (NSC), leads to...
Divorce or bankruptcy: Which do you file first?
When you are ready to file for bankruptcy, you need to look into your life circumstances to determine if now is the best time to file. There are some situations that mean that you have to make difficult decisions about which matters to handle first. Divorce is one of...
