When medical issues strike, they can put a lot of stress on your life. This is especially true when it’s a very serious and long-term diagnosis. A common example is a cancer diagnosis, which, even when fully survivable, could take extensive treatment for months or...
3 ways emergency department medical malpractice occurs
Few environments are more tense and chaotic than a busy hospital emergency department. Doctors and nurses usually have their hands full, but they must still provide patients with high-standard healthcare. Insurance companies are good at organizing and analyzing...
5 things co-parents should remember about communication
Communication is one of the most important aspects of co-parenting. Whether you’re speaking to your ex, about your ex, to the children or about the children, you must ensure that you’re using the proper communication methods. A communication breakdown can make the...
How do you go about changing an Indiana custody order?
When you and your child’s other parent ended your romantic relationship, you likely drew up a legally-enforceable parenting plan as an element of your child custody order. Over time, one or more terms within that parenting plan may have become unmanageable, irrelevant...
Key examples of potential wage theft
As an employee, you certainly know that wage theft is detrimental to you on numerous levels, and you hope that it never happens. However, you may also see reports making claims that wage theft is the biggest type of theft in the United States or a bigger issue than...
Reduce your speed in the winter weather
When the winter weather hits, driving can become much more problematic. This is especially true during some of the first storms of the season. People have often forgotten that it is so much different to drive in the winter as opposed to the summer. When they drive...
Child support enforcement information for Indiana parents
Divorce has an unfortunate way of causing seemingly simple disagreements between spouses to escalate into outright battles. Unresolved conflict between parents can have harmful effects on the kids of divorce. Sometimes, co-parent disputes deescalate after the divorce...
Why disabled patients often have a hard time getting care
You might think the last place a person with a disability would suffer discrimination is in a medical setting. Unfortunately, as people with virtually any kind of disability will attest, that’s not true. A study recently published in the journal Health Affairs...
Do your driving mistakes affect your compensation rights?
When car crashes occur in Indiana, who is at fault is often obvious. You have the right of way because the light was green, and someone else ran a red light and T-boned you. They are obviously at fault for that crash. Scenarios involving drunk drivers, distraction at...
When can child support orders be modified in Indiana?
It is possible to modify child custody orders that no longer serve the children's best interests. If both parents have no objection to such changes, they can craft a mutual agreement and formalize it in court. Otherwise, you can file a petition to modify the custody...