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If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!In Arizona, a divorce is called “dissolution of marriage” and court papers use that term instead of “divorce.” The standard Arizona divorce is no-fault, which means that neither spouse is required to prove blame or responsibility in ending the marriage. You can find a divorce attorney in Scottsdale, Phoenix and other major Arizona cities. You... Read More

It is almost impossible to avoid the IRS completely; even when you die, the IRS has their hand in your pocket. While many people try to sort out their various estate issues and tax problems by themselves it can get overwhelmingly frustrating and most people end up just using an estate tax attorney to sort out their IRS problems in Dallas. There are a number of estate tax attorneys in Dallas that can help the living come up with solutions with re... Read More

The U.S. real estate boom of the past ten years has seen homeownership rise from 65% to 69%. Unfortunately with the market cooling the value of real estate is plummeting leaving homeowners holding mortgages that greatly out value the real estate they presently hold. There is now something that can help. The Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007 was enacted on December 20, 2007 to assist homeowners who are in such a predicament. Normally, a... Read More

To understand the Limited Partnership Agreement, one must first understand the limited partnership. Similar to the general partnership, the limited partnership consists of one or more general partners and one or more limited partners. The general partners act as would be expected. On the positive side, they manage and control the partnership, share in its profits, use its property, and have authority to bind the other general partners. On the neg... Read More

Exclusivity agreements, because they are present in a number of different areas of the law, come in a variety of forms and are designed to meet a range of goals. The overriding purpose of each exclusivity agreement is, however, to define a relationship in which (generally) two parties agree to deal only with one another, to the exclusion of third parties. The duration of the agreement; whether it is bilateral or unilateral in its rights and restr... Read More

If you are a sports fan, you have likely heard of option agreements as part of a professional athletes’ contract with his or her current team. The world of real estate has option agreements, as well. They are very common agreements that allow for someone to essentially place a reservation on a piece of property. They have the option of buying it if they want or allowing someone else to swoop in and buy it if they like. Let’s take a lo... Read More

It is no secret that the world of real estate legal wrangling can be pretty confusing, especially if you aren’t an experienced legal expert. Many different types of contracts only differ by a small amount, such as the difference between a real estate option contract and a right of first refusal contract. Let’s take a look at how these two types of contracts differ and how each are valuable tools when you want to make the real estate d... Read More

While the idea of promissory note has likely been around since the advent of currency (if not before), the promissory note itself dates from about the 10th century. The promissory note has changed little in a millennium. It is still a very simple contract—or at least, it can be. The theory remains the same, which is that one party promises to repay a debt to another party for prior value received. Today’s promissory notes contain seve... Read More

The term ‘paralegal’ began to emerge around the late sixties. At that time, the public demand for legal solutions was growing rapidly. As such, law firms were experiencing a tremendous increase in their workloads, and they were seeking the aid of people who could do administrative tasks for them. Such people were given the designation of paralegals. What is a Paralegal? A paralegal is a person who does administrative work for a lawyer... Read More

This article is made available for educational purposes only, to give you general information and a general understanding of the law, not to provide specific legal advice. This should not be used as a alternative for competent legal advice from a licensed professional attorney in your say. What is Workers’ Compensation? In Georgia, Workers’ Compensation operates as a “no fault” system for compensating hurt workers for time... Read More