KNOEBEL & VICE, PLLC BLOG
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5 Reasons Why Personal Injury Lawyers Are Hired
When an individual is injured through no fault of his own, the immediate and lingering results of the injuries can become a life changing experience. Recovering from ones injuries can be complicated when accident survivors, who are already physically and mentally wounded, are forced to undertake legal proceedings to obtain the benefits to which they are entitled from their insurance companies or that of the party at fault.
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6 Reasons Why Hiring a Child Custody Lawyer Is the Best Idea
If you can’t decide whether you need to hire a child custody lawyer, then you should know that fighting a case for the custody of your child requires more than just grit and determination.
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What Can Cause Me to Lose Custody?
In our last article, we briefly discussed the difference between custody and parental time share and how the dissolution of a marriage can impact a family. Divorces are full of legal and emotional complexities that become even more delicate when children are involved. As the previous article pointed out, the legislature and courts of Kentucky have a preference for joint custody arrangements. However, there are certain instances where one parent’s behavior or conduct might cause the judge to consider granting custody to a sole parent.
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Divorce and Child Custody
Divorce is a difficult process for all involved. The emotional and financial realities of the dissolution of a marriage can have long term effects on the parties. When children are involved, the process can take an even greater toll on the parties. While it is generally the exception, that in the process of divorcing a spouse, a parent also relinquishes his or her relationship with his or her children, even when the parents believe they have their children’s best interest in mind, there may still be disagreements over what exactly is in their “best interest”.
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Are Social Security, SSD benefits and SSI the same?
Generally, when people refer to Social Security they are speaking of retirement benefits.
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Plan A Sober Ride This Holiday Season
The holiday season is right around the corner. As we prepare for festivities with family and friends, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), wants to remind all drivers that it’s dangerous to drive after drinking.
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What to Do If You Have Been Injured in a Car Accident
Unfortunately, car accidents are very common, they occur about every 60 seconds in our country. While many of them are little more than fender-benders, others result in severe injuries or even death of one or more parties.
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This Halloween, Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over
We all love a good scare on Halloween, but not when it comes to drinking and driving. Driving drunk anytime of the year can turn a good time into a nightmare instantly.
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Why You Need a Will
According to PNC Wealth Management, a third of adult Americans with financial assets of $500,000 or more do not have a will. Given the unpredictable nature of life, this seems like an unnecessary risk to take with your personal assets.
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Hot Cars Kill Kids
Shockingly, every 10 days a child dies of vehicular heatstroke in the United States. That means that every 10 days a family loses a child to a preventable death. Since 1998 there have been 671 preventable deaths.
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The Fourth of July is for Celebration—Not Mourning
Fireworks, food, family and friends define the Fourth of July for most Americans. We love to come together to celebrate our independence and our pride in our country. But unfortunately celebration turns to tragedy far too often on this iconic American holiday.
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Expanded Takata Air Bag Recall
The recall of Takata air bag inflators that began in 2015 is being expanded and accelerated by the United States Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The decision is based on the confirmation of that the inflator’s propensity to rupture, causing 10 deaths and more than 100 injuries in the United States.
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