What if your spouse is not forthright in disclosing the contents of his or her Last Will and Testament? Can one spouse create a Will that “leaves out” the marital partner? [ Read More… → ]

Making certain that a completed legal document like a Will, a Living Will, a Living Trust, a Promissory Note or a Premarital Agreement will remain valid for many years after its original signing is a legitimate concern, and one to be taken seriously. [ Read More… → ]

A written contract should be completed for the sale of a mobile home, but it would not be a real estate agreement: in most cases a mobile home is not tied to land and therefore is considered personal property. [ Read More… → ]

Many people purchase a home through a Land Contract from their parents. But the sale of a home to one child via land contract should also include some good estate planning via a Will or Trust — especially if there are other siblings involved. [ Read More… → ]

The BBB requires businesses to pay them a significant fee to be “rated” in their directory and to use their logo on a company website.

We won’t purchase that type of “credibility” from anyone.  [ Read More… → ]

You can “help” your parents with a pro se filing — but you cannot “do it for them”. Only individuals who are licensed attorneys are permitted to prepare and file pleadings and other documents with a court on behalf of others. [ Read More… → ]

You can make such a request of the Bankruptcy Court. On the Statement of Intention, you can mark the “Other” box regarding the treatment of your home. Then indicate on the accompanying line that you plan to “retain the property and continue to make payments” or words to that effect.

Standard Legal offers completed, “ready-for signature” forms through its legal document preparation services. These forms are created by asking specific questions of its customers through easy-to-follow questionnaires, then taking those highly specific responses and inserting the provided information into the required legal forms. [ Read More… → ]

Certainly by the nature of the legal topics involved, much of the content is similar between the consumer version of Standard Legal’s self-help legal forms and the Professional Version of the software. But while the content is similar, the price is not.

This significant difference in price is for the granting of a license for the commercial use of our work product. [ Read More… → ]

A Bankruptcy debtor cannot file another Chapter 7 for a period of eight years from the date of the previous Chapter 7 filing.

Both Standard Legal and LegalZoom™ offer quality pro se (self-help) legal document services. Standard Legal offers do-it-yourself legal forms software AND legal document preparation services, while LegalZoom™ offers only the document preparation option.

The biggest difference between the two companies is price. LegalZoom™ charges significantly more than Standard Legal; they have to! See why in this detailed comparison of Standard Legal and LegalZoom™.

The definition of unauthorized practice of law varies from state to state, so providing a specific answer is difficult.  But generally (and note that we indicate generally, as in not a firm rule), merely gathering information and forms and typing a document at the direction of another, without substantive input, would not be considered the unauthorized practice of law.

In some states in the country, usury laws are in place that cap or limit the amount of interest that can be charged on certain loans or indebtedness. (Usury is charging a price for credit that exceeds the limits set by law.) For example, the state of Ohio currently limits interest rates to 21% on personal loans made in that state.

However, 26 states have no limit in place on what a bank or credit card company can charge for interest rates on card accounts, according to the American Bankers Association. [ Read More… → ]

The content of the legal forms is the product we sell. Standard Legal — and any other legitimate legal forms software company — cannot provide product to the public prior to purchase simply because there is no way to protect any type of written content in any commonly-used digital format from copy and use after it is provided. [ Read More… → ]

The “statute of limitations” is a time period set by state law after which one can no longer bring a claim against another person – it is a “time limit” in essence.  If your state’s statute of limitations on a contract or an account with the credit card company is, for example, ten years, the attorney attempting to collect the debt can no longer pursue your mother for this debt (or cannot, at least, file a lawsuit against her to collect the money). [ Read More… → ]

Why pay big money to ask a simple question? Standard Legal knows the economy is tough, and has created a way for anyone to submit a question for free through a newly-launched service called ‘Ask Standard Legal’. [ Read More… → ]

Yes, under specific circumstances. Standard Legal welcomes companies, professionals and entrepreneurs who wish to make money from our legal forms software — but only when it is done through the programs and channels we have developed. [ Read More… → ]

Individuals can use the consumer version of our legal forms software to create multiple documents for their own personal use. Individuals may also create documents for use by any member of the buyer’s immediate family. The licensing of the software permits [ Read More… → ]