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Estate Litigation Shows the Importance of A Detailed Will

June 20, 2014Uncategorized

The children of Martin Luther King Jr. have been engaged in high-profile estate litigation since 2006, when their mother passed away. The latest dispute centers around whether to sell their father's personal traveling Bible and Nobel Peace prize.  Several of the children have asked a court to order their sister to turn over both items, which she currently has in her possession and which she does not want sold. This dispute over these valuable assets is...

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Five Things Every Parent Should be Doing If They Have a Teen Driver

January 13, 2014Uncategorized

This November, a car carrying seven people hit a curb and rolled into a field in Texas. Two 17-year-olds in the vehicle died in the wreck and the five other young passengers were taken to the hospital. My Fox Austin reports that there are only five restraints in the vehicle, and that the passengers taken for medical help suffered injuries ranging from minor to critical. Any car accident lawyer in Austin knows that this tragic accident...

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Military Divorce Rates Have Dipped Slightly but Unique Issues Faced by These Couples Remain the Same

November 06, 2013Uncategorized

SOURCE http://www.lawwirenews.com/legal-news/military-divorce-rates-dipped-slightly-unique-issues-faced-couples-remain/ Statistics gathered and released by the Pentagon show that divorces among couples in which one or both of the spouses is a member of the military decreased slightly in 2012, with 3.5% of all married military couples divorcing last year in comparison to 3.7% divorcing in 2011. While one year cannot indicate future expectations, this shift should not be discounted. Repeated and lengthy deployments, which became so common in the decade following September...

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