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How Does A Court Decide What is Best for My Children
Posted on 12/29/2011 by
How Does A Court Decide What is Best For My Child?
Read Entire ArticleCake, Dress, Prenuptial Agreement: Wedding Must-Haves in 2011
Posted on 12/07/2011 by
Cake, Dress, Prenuptial Agreement: Wedding Must-Haves in 2011
Read Entire ArticleCustody Patterns in Washington State - Is Gender Bias Still Alive?
Posted on 10/07/2011 by
Gender bias in parenting plans.
Read Entire Article2010 Estate Planning Lessons from the Media
Posted on 12/23/2010 by
This year's news included stories about the estates of well-known individuals that offer some lessons about estate planning.
Read Entire ArticlePersonal Liability Creep
Posted on 11/10/2010 by
Properly forming and capitalizing a business generally provides broad protection from personal responsibility for the debts and liabilities of the respective entity. However, with a recession in our midst and increasingly more statutory requirements regarding trust fund taxes, the “corporate veil” is thinning and personal liability is creeping in.
Read Entire ArticleWashington Contractors Beware…That Lien May Not be Valid.
Posted on 11/09/2010 by
Seattle attorneys and contractors, as well as those across the state have long relied upon the services of lien recording companies to protect a contractor’s lien rights. Lien recording companies efficiently and economically record liens in the county where the property is located. The contractor or attorney need only provide documentation reflecting the amount of the lien owed, and the recording company would take care of the rest. However, a recent Washington Appellate Court decision has forced contractors and attorneys to take a second look at the form of the lien used by these companies.
Read Entire ArticleLanning Provides More Flexibility for Chapter 13 Debtors
Posted on 11/09/2010 by
A recent Supreme Court ruling will provide greater flexibility for Chapter 13 bankruptcy debtors, particularly those with unusual income activity in the six months before filing for bankruptcy protection.
On June 7, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Hamilton v. Lanning, 130 S. Ct. 2464, 2010 WL 2243704, that when a bankruptcy court calculates a debtor’s projected disposable income, the court may take into account changes in the debtor’s income or expenses that are known or virtually certain at plan confirmation. In effect, the Court sided with a “forward-looking” instead of “mechanical” approach to determining projected disposable income.
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