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Everyone experiences financial challenges at some point in their life. It can take a number of shapes, ranging from falling behind on bills to needing to choose between your house or your children’s education. In times like these, it’s understandable to get a little panicked about how you can get out from under debt, and as a bankruptcy lawyer from a firm like the Law Offices of Neil Crane can explain, sometimes you have to take drastic action. Declaring bankruptcy is an appealing solution to serious financial troubles, but it’s not a decision that should be made lightly. While bankruptcy …

Employment Discrimination Lawyer Can an Employer Fire You After a Workers’ Comp Claim? About three-quarters of all workers in the United States are considered at-will employees. This means that your employer can fire you at any time, unless they are firing you for a reason that is against the law, such as discrimination. Unionized employees generally have some contract protections against at-will employment, as do some public sector jobs, but most people are considered at-will employees. You can’t be terminated for filing a workers’ compensation claim if you’re injured at work. It is illegal. That doesn’t mean your employer can’t …

When you seek help from medical professionals at a hospital, you expect that your health and care will be in the right hands. Unfortunately, this is not always the case and it is possible that you may leave the hospital with injuries that were the result of an employee’s negligence. There are many ways that a hospital can be responsible for your injuries and it may not be as obvious as getting injured during surgery. If you were in the care of a medical professional at a hospital and believe that someone’s negligence resulted in your injuries, you should speak …

Estate planning terms can be confusing. For example, while the person who manages your estate after your death is called an executor, what that person does is not executing your will. To execute a will means to make it legally binding by signing it, so that it goes into effect upon your death. Before you can successfully execute your will, you have to make sure it is valid. Otherwise, the inheritors of your estate may challenge it in court.  The laws that set the requirements for a will vary by state, as an estate planning lawyer like one from the …

A living trust, which is specifically usually related to a revocable living trust, is a legal document that controls and protects your assets such as your investments, bank account, real estate, vehicles and valuable personal property in a trust for your benefit. The benefit during your lifetime is that it bows out where you would like the sinks to go when you die, because it is revocable and you can cancel or change any time the circumstances change. You can talk to a living trust lawyer, such as the ones available at the Iowa Law Group, if you have any …

Probate Lawyer Never heard the term probate before you were not alone. Probate is when the court supervises the processes that transfer legal titles of property from the estate of the deceased otherwise known as the decedent, to his or her beneficiaries. Often times you have developed court forms and appear in court to prove to the court that the will is valid, appoint a legal representative with the authority to act on behalf of the decedent, identify an inventory of the decedent’s property and have the property appraised, pay debt, and taxes and distribute the remaining property according to …