Although there are numerous reasons to make a will, here are 5 big reasons making a will can benefit you and your loved ones: 1. Creating a will allows you to dispose of your property and assets according to your wishes Perhaps the best reason to make a will is to exercise control over…
Texas is a community property state meaning all separate income and property acquired after marriage is considered to belong to both spouses equally. This applies to separate income that each spouse earns during the marriage. Separate property is property owned before marriage and any gifts or inheritance acquired during marriage. Personal injury settlements are sometimes…
The Texas prison inmate sued the state under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, which aims to protect religious freedom in prisons and in land use situations. The court said that inmates could file suits to seek a change in prison policies that might violate their Constitutional rights, but money does not constitute…
Under the bill, protests would be prohibited two hours before or after a funeral. Under previous law, protests were impermissible within 500 feet of the funeral; the new measure changes that to 1,000 feet. The decision came after the Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that individuals have a constitutionally protected right to protest at funerals under…
President Obama signed legislation into law repealing a mandate which required small businesses to file 1099 forms with all vendors paid more than a sum of $600 for goods and services in a calendar year. The law will take effect in 2012. Congress had approved the repeal earlier this month. Small business owners, including many…
The rights would include: the right to life and existence, the right to continue vital cycles and processes free from human alteration; the right to pure water and clean air and many others. In recent decades, Bolivia’s natural resources have been threatened by environmental changes, particularly rising temperatures, which are leading to the dissipation of…
The two-parent requirement is inapplicable in situations where the nuclear family is not intact. Under current law, only one parent needs to be notified about the abortion and most states across the nation only require one parent to be informed. It seems as though girls who come from an intact family face an additional obstacle…
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a federal judge’s earlier ruling blocking the most controversial aspects of the Arizona immigration law. The law would require Arizona police officers force to demand documentation from suspected illegal immigrants. Furthermore, police would be forced to detain those who are arrested until their immigration status was verified…
Law enforcement immediately confiscated the computer and later reported finding numerous illegal photos and videos containing sexually graphic imagery of children under the age of 12. Quinn, 44, was previously employed as a professor at East Texas Baptist University. Comforting right? It is scary to think this could literally happening next door to any of…
The U.N. is still concerned about Hungary’s media law despite EU requested changes. Frank La Rue, the U.N. Human Rights Council’s special investigator on freedom of expression expressed concern about Hungary’s media regulations unnecessarily limiting the press and falling short of the acceptable benchmark for freedom. The legislature passed a media law, which took effect…