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Custody is one of the most difficult aspects of ending a relationship. When the parents are unmarried, some of the issues can be more complicated to navigate. In many cases, the mother will receive full custody with the father pursuing custody if he wants to. Here are some things you should know about custody if you are unmarried:
Mother’s Rights
When the parents are not married, the custody is almost always automatically given to the mother of the child.…
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Bird’s nest custody might not be your first choice when you and your spouse are trying to decide how you should care for your children after a divorce — and it might not even be a term that you know. However, this approach to parenting is popular among many divorced couples and is worth considering.
Instead of having your children alternate between your two residences, they remain in one residence, and you take turns living with them.…
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For certain applicants, the process of getting their disability checks will not be a simple one. Some people will have to submit their applications multiple times before they get approved.
As frustrating as the process is, if you have a physical or a mental disability that keeps you from earning enough money to live on, you have little choice but to be patient. These benefits are what you can use to cover your daily expenses and handle other responsibilities when you don’t have an income that you can rely on.…
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Nursing home abuse is an ugly topic, but one that nonetheless affects plenty of families every year. If you have a family member in a nursing home and a staff member is abusing him or her, the abuse isn’t necessarily coming in the form of physically assaulting the patient. One form of abuse that may be present is withholding food from your family member. You may begin to see signs of this abuse when your parent shows a decrease in his or her weight.…
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Hiring a babysitter to come into your home and watch your kids can always be stressful, especially when you have to leave for long periods of time. If you left your child at home in the care of a babysitter and your child was badly injured and they almost lost their life, you want to contact a lawyer as soon as possible. Here are some of the topics you want to bring up with the lawyer right away, especially if the child isn’t old enough to give their side of the story:…
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Most food processing and packaging plants take great pains to produce healthy, safe products fit for human consumption. Quality control measures include random sampling and testing, but since these factories cannot test and sample absolutely every tray, can, or jar that leaves their factories, there is the occasional mishap or missed product with something foreign in it.
Considering the FDA’s legal limits for foreign objects in your food, it is easy to see how these things will happen.…
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When you book a cosmetic surgery procedure, you’re likely hoping that the end result will be a positive change in your appearance that impacts your life in a series of good ways. While most cosmetic surgeries go as planned, there’s also a chance that you’ll face complications — and that the end result may not be what you were looking for. There are many different ways to approach this challenging scenario, including hiring an attorney who specializes in medical malpractice, describing what has happened, and the evaluating whether it’s appropriate to move forward legally.…
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When you’re in a single car accident, it’s easy to assume that you’re automatically at fault. In many scenarios, this will be the case and you’ll have to deal with the consequences accordingly. However, you may feel frustrated because another party contributed to your accident, even if he or she didn’t make contact with you or otherwise end up involved in the collision. If you find yourself in a single car accident and perhaps also charged with reckless driving, and you feel that your actions were unavoidable because of someone else, be sure to hire a traffic attorney and consider suing the other party for causing the accident.…
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One of the reasons that you may potentially have a strong wrongful termination case after you’ve been fired is that you did so because you wouldn’t break the law. In most jobs, you simply go about your business to fulfill your job description without ever thinking about the legality of what you’re doing. However, in some positions, you may run into scenarios in which your employer asks you to do something unlawful.…
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Family squabbles can often lead to criminal charges when family members make quick decisions. This is often the case when parents are upset about their teen or adult child using the family vehicle, and may decide to teach the child a lesson by calling the police and saying that the child has stolen the vehicle. If you find yourself in this situation, the charges that you face are serious — especially if your parents stay firm and don’t intend to drop them.…
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