Even though many dogs make excellent members of the family, others can be aggressive, unpredictable and downright dangerous. When dogs attack, they often cause serious bodily injury and long-term psychological damage. Unfortunately, the risk to your overall health may...
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Estate planning steps to take after remarriage
Remarriage can be a joyful occasion. This new chapter of your life brings new love and new opportunities. However, if you have children from a previous relationship, it may also bring new challenges. One way to protect your children when you remarry is to create an...
The basics of alimony law in Iowa
Alimony, or spousal support, is the legal obligation of individuals to financially support their former partners after separation or divorce. Its purpose is to offset unfair economic difficulties non-employed or low-income people may suffer as a result. Individuals...
Review Iowa’s distracted driving laws
Distracted drivers cause a disproportionate number of accidents. Dangerous actions that take attention from the road include texting and smartphone use as well as eating, conversing with passengers and using the radio. Review the facts about distracted driving in...
Do I need a trust or a will?
Wills and trusts are important tools for estate planning that share many similarities. Both allow you to formally state your wishes about what happens to your assets after your death. Both allow you to assert some degree of control over your estate. Wills and trusts...
Protecting your financial interests in gray divorce
The challenges you face when divorcing later in life may differ quite a bit from those you might encounter when divorcing earlier on. You may have amassed more assets together during the course of your long marriage, for example, or you may be close to retiring and...
Advance directives speak up when you cannot
Serious illness or a sudden accident can leave you unable to speak. Yet someone needs to make choices about your health care. How can you communicate while incapacitated? Make your wishes known and give your loved ones peace of mind by preparing advance directives....
Dog bites often leave kids with long-term psychological damage
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, dogs attack an estimated five million Americans every single year. Alarmingly, more than half of dog bite victims are children. During an attack, you may expect your son or daughter to sustain a variety...
How does legal custody differ from physical placement?
When parents in the Waterloo area divorce, one of their most pressing concerns may be child custody. After all, even if parents are no longer in love with each other, they both may love their child deeply. Iowa law has provisions regarding the legal custody of a child...
Being at peace with your end of life planning
Like other residents in Iowa, you want what is best for yourself and your family. Because of this, you have decided to take steps to put certain protections in place when establishing an estate plan. But the estate planning process creates many concerns. First, it is...
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