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There’s More to Marriage under the Law than Divorce
Although the events surrounding legal separation or divorce involve potentially complicated legal issues, and equally complicated emotional and financial situations, legal issues regarding marriage arise even when divorce never comes into the picture.
For example, the commonly known [...]
Gay Marriage: Separate but Equal?
This weekend gay couples were wed by the hundreds.New York is the sixth state to legalize gay marriage. However, gay couples still face a litany of legal issues so long as The Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”), remains in place.
Among other provisions, DOMA recognizes marriage as [...]
LawSmart.com Offers Free Legal Documents
LawSmart.com is a new website that offers users the ability to create high quality legal documents for free. Although LawSmart is still technically in Beta, the legal documents that have been uploaded are attorney written for each specific jurisdiction/state.
LawSmart [...]
When creating an estate plan, the first thing many people hear about is putting their assets into a trust, but what does this mean? A trust is an agreement that determines how a person’s property is managed and distributed during their lifetime and upon their death. Keep in mind that every state has different rules [...]
In creating a solid Estate Plan for yourself, you should strongly consider including an Advanced Health Care Directive (AHC). We all want to try to create a plan in which our wishes are clearly understood and we are treated with the care and dignity we deserve. However, for many people, the most personal medical choice [...]
