Co-parenting with an ex-spouse can often be difficult -- especially if your ex-spouse relocates to another state after your divorce. Although just about every state has laws in place requiring custodial parents to seek court permission before moving out of immediate driving distance, if there isn't an existing custody order in place, you could find yourself taken by surprise as your child moves hours (or days) away. In other cases, your ex-spouse may simply ignore the court order and relocate without notice.
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You likely put a lot of thought into choosing your child's first name when they were a baby and may have even scrolled through many of those "baby name" books to make sure you chose the perfect one for your new child. If your child, as they have grown older, has decided they don't like their first name and have even asked you to change it, then you may wonder just whether you should grant them their request and, if you do, just how to do it.
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According to Johns Hopkins University, approximately 10 percent of all deaths in the United States each year are caused by medical mistakes. If you or a loved one was recently misdiagnosed by a physician, and it led to severe physical harm or even death, you might be wondering if you have a case. Depending on the circumstances of your relationship with the doctor and the facts of the case, you may have the ability to file a lawsuit against the physician.
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When you file a lawsuit, you are required to notify the defendant(s) in the case by serving the legal papers directly to them. Your case could be dismissed or any judgment you receive overturned if you invalidate the serving process in some way or don't do it at all. Your attorney will typically take care of this task for you. If you're representing yourself or filing the case in small claims court, however, here's what you need to know about serving lawsuit papers to the defendant in your car accident case.
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Whether you were just injured in an auto accident or want to be prepared in case you ever are, you need to make sure you are properly compensated by all parties whose negligence contributed to the accident that harmed you. While, of course, you deserve compensation from the insurance company of the at-fault driver and/or your insurance company if you live in a no-fault auto accident state, you may not realize that there are other parties to blame for your auto accident injuries.
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