A lawsuit has been filed and the judgment has been rendered, awarding the winning party money damages. How can the winning party collect? One popular way is by placing a judgment lien on the loser’s (“judgment debtor”) real property. A judgment lien allows the winner (“judgment creditor”) to attach their judgment from court to the real property that […]

Purchasing items from private sellers on Craig’s List, or at swap meets or garage sales is so easy! A written record of a sale is especially important if you are purchasing a vehicle, gun, electronics, any items with a serial number or items of value over $100.00 from a private seller. No one really knows […]

When dealing with real estate, you may come across documents entitled deed, warranty deed, quit claim deed, special warranty deed and disclaimer deed. A deed transfers ownership from one party to another.  The various types of deeds have special conditions about the nature of what is transferred from one party to another. Quit Claim Deeds merely […]

Military veterans are entitled to many benefits that are generally not known to those veterans.  In order for veterans to become eligible for certain benefits, they have a certain maximum amount of assets that are held by them personally.  If their assets are held in a trust, then they can still become eligible for veteran’s […]

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) provides that people who are working over 40 hours per week are generally eligible for overtime pay, which is 1 1/2 times the normal hourly rate. The FLSA law is very complicated and not all people are eligible for overtime pay. Congress has made the law very imprecise so […]