Newark Family And Estate Law Blog
Protect your family with a special needs trust
If you have disabled relatives, you may worry about their ability to support themselves financially. After all, many types of physical, mental and emotional disabilities make finding and keeping gainful employment virtually impossible. Your disabled family members may qualify for means-tested public programs, like Medicaid or Supplemental Security Income. Unfortunately,
Is your child suffering from parental alienation?
When parents in California split, many decide to continue co-parenting. This is not possible for every family, though. Some families are able to get by with sole custody and visitation arrangements. But you may find yourself dealing with surprising conflict in these situations. One hurdle you may come up against
How much should you tell your child about divorce?
California parents like you have a lot to handle if you decide a divorce is necessary. How do you tell your kid? How much should you tell them? Are there any pieces of information that may do more harm than good? How much information is too much? You need to
How do you create a health care directive?
Planning for your end of life circumstances may be tough at times if you are unsure what documents you need to prepare. Health care directives are important for those with medical problems, and even people without them. First steps Speaking with medical and law professionals is one of the first
Is my spouse cheating?
Marital relationships can experience lots of problems. Infidelity is a major issue, one that not many people are willing to tolerate. A wandering spouse can destroy your confidence, put your health and well-being at risk, and tear asunder your relationship to the point that it may not be able to
Preventing familial discord by relying on an executor
When a person dies without a will or any form of estate plan in California, a host of important outcomes await decisions. Unfortunately, for the deceased’s family members, the legal responsibility of making said decisions rests with the courts. People who wish to prevent familial discord and desire to provide
Signs that your marriage will not work out
Our law firm realizes how tough marriage is for many couples. Sometimes, spouses are able to team up and work through difficulties they are facing in their marriage, especially if they turn to a counselor for assistance. On the other hand, some marriages are not able to survive various hardships.
Shared debt and your divorce
Most married couples share some amount of joint debt, making the division of this debt a potential challenge during a divorce. Understanding how creditors view debt liability during and after a divorce is very important to any divorcing spouse as they prepare to make a fresh start as a newly
Can you modify support orders?
As part of a divorced California couple, you may have to pay or rely on support orders. But life circumstances do not stay the same. What applied to you on the day of your divorce may not stay true years later. So what do you do if you need to
Is probate really all that bad?
Ask most estate planning attorneys about probate, and chances are they will respond with a look of downright horror. Probate is time consuming. It is costly. It is public. You must avoid it at all costs. Or must you? Probate gets a bad rap, but the truth is that the
Categories
Recent Posts
