Author: Hernandez & Associates Law Firm
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, and you are wondering how you will be able to take care…
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 often prefer to have someone they trust…
HOW ARE RETIREMENT BENEFITS DIVIDED IN A DIVORCE CASE?
Alabama law requires an equitable distribution of property when couples divorce. Most people focus their attention on the assets they can see and touch. While it’s important to determine who should get the house or the car, you also need to consider intangible assets, including retirement benefits and pension plans. FACTORS USED TO DETERMINE HOW…
UNDERSTANDING HOW UNCONTESTED DIVORCES WORK
Even if you want to end your marriage, you may want to do so in the most amicable and efficient manner possible. You and your spouse may not harbor any ill feelings toward each other, and as a result, would prefer to resolve your divorce outside the courtroom. So long as you two agree on…
MEMBERS OF MOBILE FAMILY FACE MARIJUANA DRUG TRAFFICKING CHARGES
Across the nation, there is an increasing freedom to recreationally use marijuana. Alabama, however, has not altered its laws to legalize the drug. With that, people who are caught and accused of drug crimes related to marijuana can face substantial penalties if they are convicted. This can impact anyone including those who are in possession…
HOW DO I KNOW IF MY WILL IS VALID?
The components of a valid will, and knowledge of them, are important. Estate planners should be familiar with these requirements so they can rest confident that they have a valid will to distribute their property and assets and carry out their wishes when the time comes. ELEMENTS OF A VALID WILL There are several requirements that wills…
UNDERAGE DUI CHARGES CAN BE SERIOUS
Parents of teens in the Mobile area know that their teens don’t always make the best choices. Teens are notorious for doing whatever they want without thinking about the consequences. Most of the time the trouble they get themselves into is minor but occasionally they make a decision that lands them in deep trouble. A…
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…