The Do's and Don'ts After a Car Accident

• Dogs And Cars Are Not As Cute A Combination As You'd Think -- Restrain Your Pets To Reduce Liability

  26 January 2015

  If you've just gotten a pet and are planning to drive with it in your car, remember that you must restrain it lest it distract you. Pets can interfere with your driving enough to cause an accident, and that would have severe repercussions for you even if you and your pet weren't injured. There could be other penalties as well depending on how the laws of your state are configured. Here's a look at what pets in cars can do, and how that can affect you and your liability in accidents.

• DWI: Know Your Rights

  14 January 2015

  A DWI, or driving while intoxicated, is very similar to the more common, DUI, or driving under the influence. Depending upon your state, the terms can be used interchangeably, or they could be used to differentiate between driving drunk and driving under the influence of a drug such as marijuana or pain killers. Many people do not know their rights when being pulled over, or while going through a typical DUI check point.

• Don't Sing The DUI Blues: Tips To Stay Legally Sober

  6 January 2015

  So you were caught driving under the influence. Drinking and driving got you in this predicament, but you are a wise person who takes each life-lesson to heart. All you need to do is understand the law and your own personal drinking capacity. You can do that by hiring a good lawyer to help you with your DUI case and considering some of the following suggestions that can help you stay legal from now on when you drive.

• Carefully Planning Negotiations When A Will Isn't Present

  23 December 2014

  When a loved one passes away without leaving behind a written statement of how their assets should be divided, family and friend tensions may rise out of control. Whether from greed, jealousy or conflicting interpretations, the arguments that follow death can be largely avoided if you make an organized list of priorities and discuss the options with everyone involved. With the help of a family law attorney, the following ideas can help ensure fair treatment for you and the rest of the survivors.

• Why A Child May Refuse To Live With One Parent Despite A Custody Order

  19 December 2014

  Children seem to have no respect for court custody orders. It can be very devastating to parents when a child refuses to leave or stay with one parent. Often parents do not understand the reasoning behind such behaviors. If your child is behaving thus, then it is possible that he or she: Doesn't Like Change It might be that the child doesn't have a problem with you, but he or she doesn't just want to depart from his or her usual life.