Divorce is hard on immediate families. When two Alabama parents end their relationship, the effects can hit them and their children in different ways. However, the extent of a divorce can reach beyond the walls of the family’s former home. They can reach the extended...
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Year: 2021
Younger adults weigh the benefits of creating a Will
The difficult economy of the past year, as well as global health concerns, have contributed to a sense of uncertainty for the future that may be driving more people, especially young adults, to create an estate plan. For those across America and in Alabama whose lives...
How children benefit when parents agree to a parenting plan
Custody disputes in Alabama are no fun for either parent, and their children will also endure some degree of stress from these disputes regardless of parental effort to shield them from the fallout. One strategy that can spare both parents and children some of the...
Young boy injured in Mobile shooting
A Mobile man fired 14-shots into a vehicle critically wounding a 5-year-old boy. According to law enforcement, the incident took place on Farnell Drive late Saturday afternoon. Four people were in the car but only the young boy was hit. The suspect, Reginald Pryor,...
What are the estate planning basics you need to know?
Many Alabama residents avoid the estate planning process because they might think that there are simply too many options to contemplate, therefore making the process overly complicated. However, that isn’t true in most cases. For most of our readers, some of the basic...
What are the basics of the criminal case process?
Being arrested and charged with a crime is a serious matter. Each year thousands of Alabama residents go through this experience. The variety of criminal charges a person could face is seemingly endless, from property crimes to violent crimes, drug crimes to...
Understanding the Alabama appeals process
The appeals process is one of the most important components of the U.S. justice system. It is purposed to address problems with original verdicts with respect to the improper substantive application of the law and potential procedural errors made by the court. Appeals...
Managing divorce expectations in our new norm
Closeness can make the heart grow fonder, but it can also make the heart break. This is what many of us have experienced during this nearly a year of forced togetherness. Some have been blessed with relationship “resets.” Others, have found the togetherness...
The ways court-ordered child support can be enforced
If you are an Alabama resident trying to recover from the emotional and financial tolls of a divorce, worrying about whether child support payments will be made should not be an additional stressor. Maybe your child support payments have stopped for whatever reason,...
Overview of durable power of attorneys in Alabama
When a person reaches an advanced age, there are several decisions related to health care and finances for which they need to reply on others. To make sure that all those decisions that are made by other people are in the best interests of the person concerned, people...