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Accidents can and do happen to all of us. Very few people can live an entire lifetime without suffering an accidental injury. Many times, injuries may prove to be more serious or persistent than they first appear, or serious complications may set in later. Sometimes another person is responsible (or partly responsible) for that injury. It is important to know your rights and to protect them. Even if you feel that your injuries are minor, you should still take steps to protect your legal rights--just in case your hangnail gets infected and you end up losing your arm!

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Divorce
Child Support
The filing of a Chapter 7 petition is designed to result in a discharge of most of the debts you listed on your bankruptcy schedules. A discharge is a court order that says you do not have to repay your debts, but there are a number of exceptions. Debts which may not be discharged in your Chapter 7 case include, for example, most taxes, child support, alimony, and student loans; court-ordered fines and restitution; debts obtained through fraud or deception; and personal injury debts caused by driving while intoxicated or taking drugs. Your discharge may be denied entirely if you, for example destroy or conceal property; destroy, conceal or falsify records; or make a false oath. Creditors cannot ask you to pay any debts which have been discharged. You can only receive a Chapter 7 discharge once every six (6) years.
Child Custody and Visitation
The law provides that custody and visitation of minor children are to be determined according to the best interests of the child. In deciding custody cases, courts always look at what the judge finds to be in the child's best interest. In order to win a contested custody case, a parent must convince the court that that parent can best provide for the child. Assuming that neither parent poses any serious danger to the child, courts take the approach that it is in the child's best interest to have a significant amount of quality time with both parents. For that reason (while courts will sometimes place strict conditions on visits) courts rarely refuse to give a parent any visitation. No custody decision is ever so final that it cannot be changed when the best interests of the child warrant a change. The law presumes, however, that a happy and well adjusted child should not be disrupted without very good reason; and for that reason, it is much harder to change an existing custody order, than it is to win a case the first time around. When a child reaches the age of 14, courts will usually listen to the child's preference with regard to custody and visitation. For children under age 14, courts will frequently hear what the child has to say, but, the court is not bound by the child's preference.
Adoption
Guardianship
1. LEGAL CUSTODY - means legal guardianship, that is, the right to sign report cards and other important papers and to make major decisions concerning the child. Courts usually prefer to have both parents retain joint legal custody where the parents are able to set aside their differences and work together for the best interests of the child. Where the parents cannot cooperate with each other, or where other circumstances, such as geography, make such cooperation impractical, then courts will award sole legal custody to one parent. more »
Spousal Support
Under certain circumstances, a needy spouse can get help from the other spouse in paying legal fees and court costs. Spousal support or alimony pendente lite (see the separate article on Support in this webpage) is intended, in part, to help the recipient spouse to pay their court costs and attorney's fees. Courts only award additional help where requesting spouse has little or no income and where there is very little marital property to be divided. Sometimes when a spouse violates a court order or commits contempt of court, the court will direct that the guilty spouse pay the innocent spouse's court costs and lawyer's fees.

Burglary
When Do I Need Tenant's Insurance? Tenants are not normally covered on their landlord's property and casualty insurance. All too frequently, tenants learn this after losing belongings in a burglary, fire, or other disaster. Similarly, a landlord's insurance policy does not usually protect a tenant from liability if someone is injured on the premises of if the tenant accidentally causes a fire or other disaster. A policy of tenant's insurance can usually be purchased through a homeowners' insurance company for a relatively small cost—often $100-$200 per year. more »
Theft
Identity Theft
Close Brush With Identity Theft I was recently the victim of a form of attempted identity theft known as “phishing”. “Phishing” occurs when identity thieves attempt to obtain personal information from an intended victim through e-mail, regular mail or telephone calls. If it can happen to me, it can happen to anyone, so I urge everyone to be extremely cautious when giving out personal information. I received three separate correspondences (two by e-mail and one by regular mail) appearing to be from financial institutions with household names-- complete with the authentic company logo. more »

Real Estate Transactions
Real Estate Purchases, Sales and Refinances. She issues Title Insurance at abstract company rates as an approved attorney through three separate title insurance companies.

Personal Injury
Attorney Pealer is a Columbia County native who graduated from Benton Area High School, Mansfield University and Dickinson School of Law. Prior to starting her practice in Bloomsburg, she was employed as a claims attorney for a major insurance company, where she supervised personal injury litigation. She is a past President of the Columbia-Montour Bar Association and is also a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and of the Bankruptcy Bar Association of the Middle District of Pennsylvania. ( Click Here to see photo and article )

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Estate Planning
Laws vary significantly from state to state. A tool which may simplify one's affairs in one state, may increase tax or probate liabilities, or create other needless complications, in another state. For these reasons, the unique circumstances of the individual determine whether or not a particular estate planning tool is advantageous. No tool is for everyone.
Wills
Trusts
In Pennsylvania probate fees are nominal. For example, in Columbia County, the probate fee on a one-million dollar estate is $411.00. The fee is even smaller for estates of less value. For that reason, it is rarely advisable for Pennsylvania residents to incur significant expenses just to avoid probate. In Pennsylvania, the larger expense is through Inheritance Tax which is frequently imposed on trusts as well as estates. A typical "living trust" does not avoid Pennsylvania Inheritance Tax and may not fully protect assets in the event that nursing home care becomes necessary. In order to avoid Pennsylvania Inheritance Taxes or to shield assets from nursing home expenses a trust must be irrevocable; that is, the assets cannot ever be removed from the trust. Similarly, in Pennsylvania, the amount of paperwork involved in settling an estate and a trust is comparable. For this reason, the existence of a trust seldom results in a significant reduction in legal fees.
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