Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson, PLLC | Blog http://www.lasher.com/ en hill@lasher.com Copyright 2011 2011-12-29T18:23:37+00:00 How Does A Court Decide What is Best for My Children http://www.lasher.com/blog-post/how-does-a-court-decide-what-is-best-for-my-children1 http://www.lasher.com/blog-post/how-does-a-court-decide-what-is-best-for-my-children1#When:18:23:37Z How Does A Court Decide What is Best For My Child?

]]> Family Law, 2011-12-29T18:23:37+00:00 Cake, Dress, Prenuptial Agreement: Wedding Must-Haves in 2011 http://www.lasher.com/blog-post/cake-dress-prenuptial-agreement-wedding-must-haves-in-2011 http://www.lasher.com/blog-post/cake-dress-prenuptial-agreement-wedding-must-haves-in-2011#When:18:47:14Z Cake, Dress, Prenuptial Agreement: Wedding Must-Haves in 2011

]]> Family Law, 2011-12-07T18:47:14+00:00 Custody Patterns in Washington State - Is Gender Bias Still Alive? http://www.lasher.com/blog-post/custody-patterns-in-washington-state-is-gender-bias-still-alive http://www.lasher.com/blog-post/custody-patterns-in-washington-state-is-gender-bias-still-alive#When:17:27:40Z Gender bias in parenting plans.

]]> Family Law, 2011-10-07T17:27:40+00:00 2010 Estate Planning Lessons from the Media http://www.lasher.com/blog-post/2010-estate-planning-lessons-from-the-media http://www.lasher.com/blog-post/2010-estate-planning-lessons-from-the-media#When:18:52:24Z This year's news included stories about the estates of well-known individuals that offer some lessons about estate planning.

]]> Estate Planning, 2010-12-23T18:52:24+00:00 Personal Liability Creep http://www.lasher.com/blog-post/personal-liability-creep http://www.lasher.com/blog-post/personal-liability-creep#When:17:07:32Z 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.

]]> Corporate & Business Law, 2010-11-10T17:07:32+00:00 Washington Contractors Beware…That Lien May Not be Valid. http://www.lasher.com/blog-post/washington-contractors-bewarethat-lien-may-not-be-valid http://www.lasher.com/blog-post/washington-contractors-bewarethat-lien-may-not-be-valid#When:22:37:15Z 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.      

]]> Bankruptcy & Creditor's Rights, Litigation, 2010-11-09T22:37:15+00:00 Lanning Provides More Flexibility for Chapter 13 Debtors http://www.lasher.com/blog-post/lanning-provides-more-flexibility-for-chapter-13-debtors http://www.lasher.com/blog-post/lanning-provides-more-flexibility-for-chapter-13-debtors#When:22:26:25Z 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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