What is the Difference Between Standard Legal’s Consumer and Professional Version Legal Forms Software?

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.

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If a Bankruptcy Filing Was Never Discharged, How Long Before I Can File Again?

Sometimes, people begin a pro se (do it yourself) Bankruptcy filing with clear intentions. Sometimes, they initiate the process but do not follow it through to completion. Sometimes, those same people find themselves in the exact same financial situation just a few years later and are in even greater need to file for Bankruptcy.

Typically, Bankruptcy law requires an eight year time span before a person can refile for personal Bankruptcy again. But this time restriction is not always set in stone.

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If I Move to a New State, Must I Create a New Will and Living Will?

Generally, there is no requirement that Will or Living Will documents must be re-drawn when a person moves from one state to another, provided that the original document meets even the basic requirements of each state\’s laws. If there is any doubt regarding the validity of your documents, we suggest you create new ones, given … Read more

If an LLC is Inactive, are its Members Still Protected from Judgments and Liabilities?

An LLC provides liability protection for any and all debts or obligations incurred in the name of the LLC.  If the members personally guarantee any LLC obligation, the entity structure will not protect the members from such obligation.

Also, if the members have not operated the LLC properly (i.e. did not maintain a separate bank account, did not enter contracts in the name of the LLC, did not keep accurate or sufficient company records, etc.), then creditors may have the opportunity to “pierce the veil” of the LLC entity and pursue the members personally for any LLC obligations.   

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