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Types Of Preventive Legal Assistance

By Della Monroe


Most people cannot get through life without having to hire an attorney at least once. While many people can foresee needing an attorney's help, others are caught off-guard entirely. Rather than face such a surprise, more people are seeing the wisdom of retaining preventive legal assistance as they see fit. The types of help available through these services can allow people to live without worry, yet also take care of important financial and custodial matters just in case.

Child custody can be a contentious matter in court. After people become parents, their thoughts at some point inevitably turn to who would raise their kids in case the children were left orphaned. While the family court can handle this matter, sometimes the decision rendered does not work out in the best interests of the children in question. A will can solve this dilemma without the parents' survivors having to go to court.

This document also ensures that the couple's assets are divided up evenly among their survivors. If someone takes custody of their children, the couple can ensure that any life insurance they have will go to that person to help raise the kids. The document also can direct the money to be put into a bank account for the children's future. Retaining this service now prevents any confusion about how to divide the assets later.

The question of who gets assets and valuables after a divorce can also lead to an ugly courtroom battle. Rather than allow an impartial judge to get involved, some couples prefer to draft a prenuptial agreement. The agreement would detail that each person would get to keep his or her premarital assets and the valuables gathered during the marriage would be divided up evenly between the spouses.

Dividing a business up between partners also can require the input of a lawyer. When people partner with someone they know and trust, they may not think to draw up a partnership contract. However, this contract can detail what would happen to a business if one of the partners died or were incapacitated.

It also can give stipulations for buying out one of the partners if both agree to the buyout. These guidelines would be put into writing. The written agreement helps the partners having to go to court and involve a judge in the matter. It also might spare the partners' relationship with each other and allow them to avoid having to go to court and spend a lot of money on the dilemma's resolution.

Finding law-related help for this purpose can be done by using the Internet. Many attorneys outline these services on their websites. People also could call and meet with lawyers in person for more information.

Legal assistance for preventive reasons may allow people to live without worry about what would happen to their family or money in the event of their death, disability, or divorce. Lawyers are skilled in drafting legally binding paperwork that outlines what people want to happen. These services can be found online or in a person's local phone directory.




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