Allentown Legal Blog
Can I refuse to get a divorce?
The end of a marriage is not always easy to accept. You may feel that you can still work things out, which may lead you to want to fight the divorce and refuse to go through with it. According to U.S. News and World Report, you, unfortunately, do not have the option...
3 elements of a DUI defense
You have many choices during the course of a DUI defense. These begin the moment police pull you over. They end, in most cases, when the prosecutor or judge takes final action on your case. There are a number of different possible outcomes, especially since the laws...
How to know if you have a personal injury claim
You may have a personal injury claim if you suffered a mental or physical injury as a result of someone’s harmful act or negligence. For example, defective products, car crashes, home accidents and failure to treat or diagnose a medical condition are all types of...
What are the dangers of synthetic drugs?
Many drugs on the streets are man-made or synthetic. The nature of these drugs makes them inherently dangerous because you can never know exactly what is in them. When you but a drug sold legally, it goes through testing and has to meet many requirements before it...
Speeding results in fatal crash in Philadelphia
The term "car accident" can cover everything from a multi-vehicle pile-up to a single-car collision. In the case of the latter, many people in Pennsylvania might assume that there is no liability issue given that it involves only a single vehicle. Yet this assumption...
Is now the time to update your estate plan?
Pennsylvania residents like you put a lot of work into building your estate and crafting your estate plan. But this is not where your estate planning should end. In fact, experts say you should review your estate plan every 3 years. There are other points in time...
Safety tech in large trucks could save lives
Each year in Pennsylvania, many people are killed or seriously injured in collisions with large trucks. The disparity in the weight and size of commercial trucks compared to passenger vehicles leads to much stronger collision forces when accidents happen. Large trucks...
Is a manipulator exerting undue influence on your loved one?
Pennsylvania law monitors matters of estate planning closely. This is to help prevent foul play and trickery from getting in the way of an honest probate process. Unfortunately, there are still people who try to find a way to get around the law. When someone exerts...
Dealing with your 401(k) in your divorce
As you look ahead to your retirement in Allentown, your spouse no doubt figures heavily into what your plans may be. It goes without saying, then, that your decision to divorce will no doubt have a dramatic impact on those. Yet that impact may go far beyond simply...
Valid reasons to challenge a will
Pennsylvania law may allow you to challenge a will if you have reason to believe that it should be invalidated. However, you can't challenge it simply because you don't like its terms. Let's take a closer look at when you are allowed to voice an objection to a...
