Your Guides Through the Legal Process
Telling the children about your upcoming divorce is a key step in the process for every parent. Ideally, it’s something that you and your spouse should do together. Plus, if you have multiple children, you want them all to be there at the same time. This way the...
It has certainly been an exceptional year — and not in a good way. For many families, 2020 brought job furloughs and even permanent layoffs. That can make it difficult to afford the upcoming winter holidays as parents normally would. When divorced moms and dads are...
When you went to the hospital for unusually bad pain, you knew that the team there would give you medication to help you feel better. They wrote you a prescription for painkillers, and they gave you muscle relaxant medications as well. They explained that you may have...
Possession of prohibited or controlled substances is probably the most common drug offense. However, some people who believe that their only crime was having an illegal substance might find out, much to their shock and dismay, that law enforcement in Iowa suspects...
Should a police officer have reason to believe you’re driving under the influence of alcohol, they won’t hesitate to pull you over. Even if you’re sober, they want to get a better idea of what’s going on and whether or not you’re in condition to continue down the...
Your personal experience of life will go through cycles of improvement and decline, as will your relationship with your spouse. Most couples go through periodic hard times but then overcome them and move on together. There's a reason that standard marriage vows...
In some states, you have the right to refuse a breath test for alcohol, but Iowa state code effectively bars this. You are “deemed to have given consent” to a test when you get into your vehicle. These can be blood tests, breath tests, urine tests or chemical tests....
If you’re a parent, you know that kids -- particularly teenagers -- do some really foolish things. Teens are old enough to want to express their individuality and opinions, but not quite old enough to always understand the full consequences of their actions. Is it any...
When you are divorcing, it can be hard to focus on any one element of the proceedings. Most find that their thoughts and emotions fluctuate according to the topic at hand. This is particularly troubling when you have children to worry about in addition to yourself....
There could come a time in your marriage when you begin to wonder if things are going as planned. Should you be unable to work through your concerns with your spouse, divorce may move to the forefront of your mind. If the time has come to consider divorce, it’s...