Do You Have a Personal Injury Case?
Should you file a personal injury lawsuit after an accident or injury, and what can you expect if you do? We offer tips on how fault is established in an injury case, figuring out how much your claim might be worth, and the best early steps you can take to help your case and protect your legal rights.
One of the first things you should do after you are injured is write down everything you can about your accident, including details of your injuries and their effect on your daily life. These notes can be very useful two or six or ten months later, when you put together all the important facts into a final demand for compensation. Having notes to remind you of the details of what happened, and what you went through, is both easier and more reliable than counting on your memory. [...]
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$80 Million Dollars… and it goes to who?
Reports have surfaced this week following the death of the legendary singer and songwriter Aretha Franklin. Ms. Franklin's estate is reportedly worth $80 million, a nice hefty chunk of change. Despite the large amount of assets that Franklin has obtained throughout her lifetime, she died intestate, or plainly put... Without a will.
What does that mean? Essentially it means that Ms. Franklin's estate will be administered according to the laws of her state of residence and not necessarily the way she would choose had she had a will. Every state has laws of intestate which essentially provides the guidelines that for how a decedent's estate will be administered. That means that dying without a will is giving the state the say-so in deciding how everything, and I mean EVERYTHING, that you have worked for, may be given to heirs you prefer not to.. [...]
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$258K in Child Support! How is that even possible?
In the aftermath of the crazy Blake Griffin award in support, many people have been left dumbfounded. I have heard people ask, “What are the children eating?” or “How could any child need that much money?” Well first, I must note that subsequent reports have come out that the initial report that Griffin was ordered to pay $258,000 a month for the support of his two children with ex-fiancée, Brynn Cameron, was incorrect. Apparently, the former couple have come to a settlement of their own for the support of their children.
That being said, let us discuss how child support is calculated. In Pennsylvania, the support rules require the courts to look at both parents’ gross income. The court will then calculate your net income. Understand that the net income that you see on your check is not necessarily the net income that the court will use as your net income because certain deductions that come out of your check are not considered for purposes of child support. [...]
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