13 Ways Your Divorce Can Impact Finances
Divorce is more than just an emotional transition. It is a financial one, too. After all, not many decisions we make in our lives decrease our net worth by half overnight. Sadly, most people do not think about the financial ramifications of divorce as much as they should, and the…
Divorce: 7 Signs You and Your Spouse Are Open to Mediation
The overwhelming heartbreak of your decision to end your marriage used to dominate your every thought. Granted, you and your spouse knew it was the right decision, but that did not make it easier. You replayed the conversations before drifting off to sleep at night, and you often wondered while…
How Can Nelson Law Help Protect My Business From Divorce?
As a local small business ourselves, we understand the hard work it took to build your business from a small idea to a thriving venture. Naturally, the last thing anyone wants is for it to be undermined by a pending divorce case. So it stands to reason why many clients…
12 Inspirational and Heartwarming Quotes About Adoption
As we have written about before, there is so much more to family law than the negativity you see and hear from television, the media, and close friends. A perfect example is adoption. This is easily one of the more heartwarming areas of family law, as countless married couples want…
Nelson Law Roundup: 9 Useful Blog Posts About Mediation
While your divorce may be unavoidable, verbally sparring in a courtroom with your soon-to-be ex does not have to be. More and more couples nationwide are turning to mediation to help settle their divorce case quietly, efficiently, and amicably. As a firm, we have written extensively about these and other…
What Makes a Legally Valid Will?
None of us knows when we will pass away or be placed in a position where we cannot make important decisions for ourselves. This is why we harp on the importance of estate planning and, at a minimum, having a legally valid Will to spell out how you wish to…
What Does It Mean To Fund a Trust?
You thought you had everything squared away. You spent months working with an estate planning attorney to create a trust, felt a wave of relief when it was finally signed, and then tucked it away safely in a secure drawer at your house. A year later, during a routine financial…
5 Reasons Why Hiring a Local Personal Injury Attorney Matters
wf you have been physically injured due to someone else’s actions, the first step many victims and their loved ones are encouraged to take is to reach out to a qualified and compassionate personal injury attorney. After all, the last thing you want to do is represent yourself in court,…
4 Common Ways To Avoid Probate
Many families consider probate a time-consuming, emotional, and costly legal process. To make matters worse in their eyes, they genuinely believe it is unavoidable. In other words, facing it head-on after the death of a loved one is the only way. While it is true that it is often necessary…
6 Estate Planning Tips for Blended Families
Blended families are beautifully unique. For instance, yours could involve you and your spouse bringing children from previous marriages for a new life together. Meanwhile, someone else’s blended situation may involve one spouse who is new to parenting, or maybe instead of having young kids from a previous relationship, those…