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 … Read more
Standard Legal’s Wills for couples are meant to be created individually; it makes more sense for each spouse to have a separate Will than to create one jointly. Further, each Will states, “In the event that my spouse shall die simultaneously with me…I direct that I shall be deemed to have predeceased my spouse.”
This language in both Will is, in fact, appropriate. And while it may appear contradictory, it is in fact intentional.
Credit report issues are not covered by Standard Legal, as they fall more to the category of ‘financial’ issues vs. legal issues. To review options available for credit report repair, we suggest you visit the Credit Report Repair page at American Legal Review.
In a Premarital Agreement, the parties can certainly provide income tax returns to each other as proof of income.
But better yet, they should provide full disclosure of ALL of their assets on a document like Standard Legal’s Premarital Agreement.
A Last Will & Testament can become a public record in some cases — but only if or when it is submitted to a Probate Court upon the death of the person making the Will.
Until that time, a Will is NOT public record — it is private. And even after it is filed for Probate, some states have significant restrictions on access to these documents as public records.
Yes, the promise of repayment as documented in a Promissory Note does not necessarily have to be for cash that has been loaned. A promise to pay for services is also an appropriate use for a Promissory Note. Complete details on the types of documents available can be found under the LEARN MORE button on … Read more
“Legally separated” can be a misnomer; in many cases, a legal separation and a divorce are the same process. Many people mistakenly call a signed Separation Agreement a “legal separation”, which is not entirely accurate.
If you and your spouse can agree to all of the terms of a Divorce and have no children from the marriage, the Separation Agreement and Divorce filing can be created simply and inexpensively using Standard Legal’s No-Fault Divorce legal forms software. But this option from Standard Legal is only for couples without minor-age children.
When someone designates another with Power of Attorney, the designate agrees to manage that person’s affairs on his or her behalf. So long as all business is transacted in that person’s name in a legal manner — the ‘legal manner’ being an important element — the designate cannot be made liable for the debts of … Read more
It depends what steps you take in advance of his bankruptcy filing, and what the mortgage company chooses to do.
Generally, going through the refinancing process for any mortgage on a home when a quitclaim deed has been filed is the safest avenue for a homeowner to pursue. When a quitclaim deed is filed, the obligation within the mortgage documents changes essentially: from the couple jointly owning the property, to just one of the original individuals named in the deed. So the mortgage holder has one less person from which to collect payment, thus increasing their exposure.
A debtor in a bankruptcy cannot take advantage of state exemptions to shield any asset from bankruptcy, nor can a debtor sell or transfer assets simply to ‘protect’ them.