Month: November 2020
WHEN SHOULD I UPDATE MY ESTATE PLAN?
As this blog recently pointed out, estate planning is important for everyone. It is also important to regularly update an estate plan and be familiar with certain circumstances that should occasion updating an estate plan. Though estate planners should make a practice of regularly reviewing their estate plan, there are certain circumstances when estate planners should…
USING MEDIATION FOR AN EFFECTIVE AND COST-EFFICIENT DIVORCE
Whether marital problems have plagued a couple for some time or have recently crept up, deciding to end a marriage is a serious decision to make and major life event to go through. Thus, many divorcing couples in Alabama and elsewhere seek to make the process as painless as possible. While high conflict divorces do occur, many…
WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OF AN OPEN ADOPTION?
Adoption is a legal process that creates a parent-child relationship. A person who adopts a child is not the biological parent of the child, but rather an individual who has chosen to take on the legal, financial, and emotional responsibilities of raising the child as their own. Throughout Alabama, families have used adoption to grow…
WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OF AN OPEN ADOPTION?
Adoption is a legal process that creates a parent-child relationship. A person who adopts a child is not the biological parent of the child, but rather an individual who has chosen to take on the legal, financial, and emotional responsibilities of raising the child as their own. Throughout Alabama, families have used adoption to grow…