Workers' compensation benefits are an important part of ensuring that an injured worker receives proper medical care and other help recovering from an on-the-job injury. However, it is important to understand how these benefits may create unanticipated complications...
While closed adoptions are far less common in the United States than more traditional open adoptions, they are still a tool that some families choose to use in certain circumstances. Unlike open adoptions, in which adoptive parents and birth parents often get to know...
The divorce process is every bit as stressful as it sounds. There are many reasons for this, including the impact that it will have on your finances.It's important to do whatever you can to ease your stress, which often means creating a property division checklist....
If you work for an employer, then you probably know how and when to file a workers' compensation claim. However, some workplace injuries are more complicated than others, and your employer may attempt to deny your claim based on the nature of the injury and the way...
As a parent, you bear a number of ongoing responsibilities to your child, even when you and your child's other parent chose to raise the child separately. One of the most commonly overlooked responsibilities that parents often discover unpleasantly is medical child...
If you are considering the next steps toward legitimizing your small business and setting it up to grow, you may have run into people discussing S corporations. S corporations are a specific type of business classification that many small business owners prefer to...
University of Louisiana at Lafayette continued its streak of discrimination-related news stories recently, just one week after it terminated its softball coach over allegations of creating a "hostile learning and working environment." Now, four female faculty members...
Here in Louisiana, divorces look a little different from those in other states throughout the country. Our state laws require that couples who choose to divorce divide their marital property equally, which removes some flexibility from the property division...
If your ex fails to pay spousal support, you may be at a loss about what to do. This is a normal reaction to a frustrating situation, but you may have more options than you realize. In these circumstances, it is usually wise to consult with an experienced attorney to...
There are many factors that drive couples to divorce. Unfortunately, many of them hang heavy in the air in Louisiana, where a new study found that we bear one of the highest divorce rates of any state in the country. According to a report recently released by 24/7...