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How to Legally Change Your Name After Divorce

How To Legally Change Your Name Whether it’s a divorce or a midlife crisis, people are changing their names in record numbers for various reasons. Some change their name to have a greater say in their own identity. More commonly, however, most name changes occur following a divorce in which the spouse wants to change […]

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Domestic Violence: Psychological Impact & Legal Consequences

This article covers domestic violence and its psychological impact on the victim. Domestic violence is one of the major factors relating to divorce, financial decline, loneliness, and national social costs. The domestic violence offender, if convicted, faces criminal penalties, including imprisonment, fines, and mandatory behavioral therapy that targets an offender’s challenges with managing their anger […]

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Interrogation: Pre-Arrest and Post-Arrest Rights

Pre-Arrest Interrogation And Post Arrest Should I Talk To The Police? It is usually best to make no statement and sign nothing if you are suspected of a crime. This is true whether you believe you are innocent or guilty of a crime. If the police are investigating you, you may or may not be […]

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Home Foreclosure and Mortgage Terms: A Homeowner’s Guide

Home Foreclosure Mortgage Terms and Concepts For homeowners, foreclosure is not only a stressful and emotionally charged process; it is complicated. Foreclosure laws can also differ between states. Notwithstanding, a shared foreclosure, mortgage, and financial vocabulary is used to describe the foreclosure process. One way to reduce the stress of the foreclosure process is to […]

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Financial Decline to Hardship: Legal And Financial Help

From Financial Decline To Financial Hardship Many of us think of financial hardship as a concept rather than a state of being because the triggering facts are too confronting to process. For most people, discussing one’s financial decline, even among friends and family, can be an uncomfortable experience. In today’s climate, we think of poverty […]

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Emergency Cash-Out Lenders: Their Risks & Fast Loans Guide

Obtaining a personal loan for unexpected expenses is sometimes needed when you’re in financial trouble. Knowing what is available and where to go is half the battle. The other half of the battle is being on alert for scams or lenders that are untrustworthy, unfair, risky, or who charge excessive fees and interest on their […]

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Chapter 13 Bankruptcy: Eligibility, Benefits, and Process

Depending on a debtor’s financial circumstances and intentions, filing under Chapter 13 can make great sense, especially for debtors with substantial income and net worth. This is not true, however, for most low-income wage earners requiring immediate relief. For most of these wage earners, their only realistic option is to file for liquidation under Chapter […]

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Child Molestation: Legal Consequences and Prison Life

This article covers the legal and personal dimensions of being charged with the crime of child molestation, what prison life is like for child abuse offenders, and the post-prison sexual predator public reporting requirements mandated by both the state and federal governments. We also examine the extremely destructive personal, emotional, and psychological damages of child […]

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A Loved One In Prison

This article covers what you need to know if a loved one is arrested and sentenced to prison. You will learn how to locate where a prisoner is being kept. It will also help you understand and navigate the prison process as well as inform you on: How to locate and communicate with the prisoner […]

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Life Insurance Cash-Out Policies

What To Know About Cash-Out Life Insurance Options Protecting your family by taking out a life insurance policy when you were young was responsible and financially sound. You have faithfully paid your monthly policy premiums for over thirty years. The two beneficiaries of your life insurance are your two children, who you have been well […]

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