| Disability Planning |
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| An elder individual should consider disability planning when planning their estate. There are numerous tools that are available to the elder individual with respect to disability planning.
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| Divorce and Dividing a Business |
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| In many marriages, spouses have run a business together. The family-owned business constitutes a marital asset. It probably constitutes a large, if not one of the largest marital assets. It would not be practical to require the parties to run the business together. Typically, one party would continue to business and the interest of the other party is bought out. The business would be appraised and that amount is given to the party that was bought out.
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| Raising Grandchildren |
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| In this day and age there are a lot of grandparents raising their grandchildren for numerous different reasons. Sometimes the grandparent may seek custody of their grandchild due to the parents' incapacity to raise the grandchild. Other times the grandparent may have no choice but to raise the grandchild due to the situation at hand. More... |
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| Bigamy |
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| Bigamy is the act of marrying one person while legally married to another. Bigamy is a criminal offense when it is knowingly committed. Bigamy is the wilful contracting of a second marriage when the contracting party knows that the first is still subsisting; or it is the state of a man who has two wives, or of a woman who has two husbands living at the same time. The punishment of the offence varies by state. More... |
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| Types of Child Custody |
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| There are many types of child custody arrangements. The law uses certain terms to describe these arrangements. It is important for parents to understand these terms because they define the rights of the parents.
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