FAMILY LAW

If your former spouse is ordered to pay marital debts in a divorce, does a creditor have the right to collect the debt from you? Yes. Your divorce judgment is not binding on the creditor. The creditor may proceed against either spouse and you may be equally responsible for the debt. If you pay a […]

Book Title: A Legal Guide for Lesbian & Gay Couples (25th Anniversary Ed) 13th Edition (Paperback) by Hayden Curry, Denis Clifford, Frederick Hertz Editorial Reviews: Curve “A good legal advice on domestic partnerships, parenting, making financial and medical decisions, buying a home together, and estate planning.” Bay Area Reporter “A guide that lovers will do […]

Probate is a legal process that usually involves filing a deceased person’s will with the local probate court, taking an inventory and getting appraisals of the deceased’s property, paying all legal debts, and eventually distributing the remaining assets and property. This process can be costly and time-consuming. Many states have simplified probate for estates below […]

Common law marriage is recognized only in the following states: Alabama Colorado District of Columbia Georgia (if created before 1/1/97) Idaho (if created before 1/1/96) Iowa Kansas Montana New Hampshire (for inheritance purposes only) Ohio (if created before 10/10/91) Oklahoma Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Texas Utah Note: The article above may not contain up-to-date […]

Book Title: Estate Planning for Dummies (Paperback) by Jordan Simon (Author), Brian Caverly (Author) Editorial Reviews: Book Description If you’re like most people, you want to be sure that, once you’ve passed on, no more of your property and money will be lost to the government than is absolutely necessary. You want to know that […]

You may not need a trust, an elaborate estate plan or even a will. But unless you want a stranger making important decisions for your and your family, there are some things you do need. Most Americans don’t have wills, but that’s not the crisis many in the estate-planning industry would have you believe. With […]