Divorce can be a complicated process, particularly when there are children involved. Things can become even more difficult when the involved children have special needs often requiring special care. Common ...
Make Sure Your Accounts Are Properly Titled Bank accounts can be titled in many different ways. You need to be careful how you title your accounts to ensure consistency with ...
Pam Nichols’s June Newsletter To pet lovers, a pet is more than property. They are companions, therapists, play pals or warm pillows. Pets are part of the family! Anyone who ...
The decision to file for bankruptcy is often one of the hardest choices that a person has to make in his or her lifetime. Poor planning can often make the process even ...
Vehicle airbags are intended to protect both drivers and passengers involved in car accidents. Airbags deploy upon impact and provide a soft surface with which to make contact during vehicle ...
While many types of serious personal injuries result from obvious events — car collisions, explosions, assaults, slip and falls, construction mishaps — some significant personal injuries due to environmental toxins ...
Purchaser Protections in Real Estate Transactions For most of us, our home will be the biggest purchase and investment that we will make in our lives. The process of purchasing ...
There are three basic types of guardianship under New York law. Below are case studies demonstrating how each operates and why they are necessary. Case Study #1 – Susan and ...
Long-term care is a range of supports and services that an individual may require to meet his or her personal care needs, including medical care and assistance with activities of ...
While filing for bankruptcy can be stressful, it doesn’t necessarily have to result in the loss of your home. In fact, both Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy provide filers ...
Almost everyone considers doing a Will or Trust at some time in their lives, usually when something significant happens, i.e., birth of a child, planning a long trip or after ...
Buying, refinancing or selling your home is typically one of the largest financial decisions you will make. It is also very personal. Your home is a refuge from the rest ...
Pamela Nichols’s April Newsletter Work injuries are life-changing and still all too common in America. Injured workers wonder if they will ever return to work, how they will pay for ...
When a tenant files for bankruptcy in New York, an automatic stay is created. An automatic stay is a mandatory injunction that arises without the need for a hearing or ...
One of the most important choices you make in your estate plan is who you select as your fiduciaries and agents. Those choices include: executors, trustees, guardians, power of attorney ...
As reported in the New York Times this week, The New York City Housing Authority’s failure to conduct required lead paint inspections has put many children at risk of lead ...
One of the key issues that must be resolved in a divorce is how to divide the marital property. In New York, such property must be divided according to the ...
It goes without saying that divorces and custody disputes are difficult and stressful events for everyone involved. Litigants in divorce and family law matters need both personal and professional support. ...
Wills and trusts are both part of the estate planning process—a process which involves the legal structuring of the disposition of one’s assets. Well-drafted estate plans account for both expected ...
Generally, the Social Security Administration provides benefits to divorced spouses in the same manner as they are provided to married spouses. If you are divorced, your ex-spouse may receive benefits ...
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