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Avoiding 18-Wheeler Collisions: How to Stay Safe on the Road
When driving on the road, we have to trust that those driving 18-Wheeler trucks have been well-trained on how to operate them safely and avoid collisions. Unfortunately, truck drivers don’t always get the training they require and are not always aware of the smaller vehicles around them. In fact, the National Highway Safety Administration… Read More »
Finding a Trucking Company at Fault After an Accident
Getting into an accident with a commercial truck can raise more complex issues than a routine car collision. This is because, beyond the driver of the truck and the other vehicle, this type of crash may involve several parties such as the truck owner, the person or entity which leased the truck from the… Read More »
Auto Accidents and “Serious Injury”
According to the Florida Department of Motor Vehicles, Florida has more than 395,000 Car Accidents each year. Unfortunately, people involved in these collisions may be critically injured. When the accident was due to the other driver’s negligence, the wounded person may be entitled to compensation for their injuries, medical expenses, pain and suffering, and… Read More »
Postnuptial Agreements in Florida
After a couple gets married there can be circumstances which come up which cause them to want to memorialize certain agreements concerning their assets in the event of divorce. In this situation, the couple has the option of creating a “postnuptial agreement” or a written contract which binds them to certain covenants. Here are… Read More »
Florida Prenuptial Agreements
Choosing to get married is an important decision which is usually made amid an air of excitement and celebration. As the couple begins to plan for their new life together one part of their preparation may include entering into a premarital agreement which sets out certain terms for their property and future. Here are… Read More »
The Family Business and Your Divorce
Family businesses ownership is commonplace in Florida. Some business owners are joint owners such a couple while others may be larger operations which involve generations of a family. When a couple connected to a family business is going through a divorce, there can be complications for their family and their business. Here are some… Read More »
How to Keep Your Bond When You Don’t Live with Your Child
Even under the most amicable circumstances, divorce is a difficult process for everyone involved. When a divorcing couple has children, this painful situation can become that much harder when the children go from living with both their parents to primarily residing with just one of them. Becoming the non-custodial or minority time-sharing parent means… Read More »
Your Retirement Plan and Divorce
A couple that has been married for decades, has usually accumulated some retirement savings with the idea that they would be together during their retirement years. When faced with divorce, each person in the relationship will have to re-evaluate their future plans and consider the amount and availability of their retirement assets. Here are… Read More »
Making Changes to Your Parenting Plan
A final parenting plan is usually the product of countless and painstaking hours of negotiation between parents. After all is said and done each parent will know how they will be spending time with their child and how decisions will be made regarding their care. However, circumstances may come up which require that this… Read More »
Mental Health Issues and Divorce
Going through a divorce is a complex and emotionally draining process for everyone involved. When a person in the relationship has a psychiatric condition, this experience can become more difficult. Issues ranging from your former partner becoming symptomatic and unreasonable during negotiations to valid concerns about their parenting abilities can come to the forefront…. Read More »