Understanding Your Legal Options

Posted on: 4 July 2016

The division of the marital estate, which consists of debts and assets, depends greatly on whether or not you and your spouse live in a state that uses community property laws or in one that uses what's known as equitable distribution. There are only 9 states using the community property provisions, and if you are divorcing in one of these states it's in your best interest to understand what is meant by community property and how it affects your debt liability and property distribution.
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Posted on: 15 June 2016

The Workers Compensation insurance program (workers comp) is designed as a safety net to help workers recover and return to work. For injuries that can be fixed with a few days at home or in the hospital, it's an easy situation of having your medical bills paid for by worker's comp insurance and a portion of your pay delivered without having to go to work. Unfortunately, not all injuries are so convenient in their healing.
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Posted on: 26 May 2016

When you and your spouse are either estranged and distanced or your spouse has just moved out of state because of divorce proceedings, you need local divorce attorneys to handle your family court issues. This is a special circumstance, one which will require extra response time from your spouse as well as special legal expertise from your lawyer(s). Here is how your divorce and the dissolution of your marriage will probably be handled, as well as child placement and custody issues.
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Posted on: 29 April 2016

If you were recently injured at work, then a workers comp claim is a very useful tool. However, if your claim was denied, then you might be confused about exactly why that happened. Thankfully, by correcting your claim, you can dispute the denial and resubmit your claim. To help you get a better idea of what went wrong the first time around, here are four common reasons why workers comp claims are denied:
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