If you have ever had a blowout while driving on the highway, you know how frightening it can be and how difficult it is to maintain control of your 3,500-pound vehicle. That loss of control is magnified when the blowout happens to an 80,000-pound loaded semi-truck. The truck tire blowout and…
It may seem strange to associate estate planning with the holidays. It is actually a great time to assess your family’s situation, its changing needs, and how that affects how you want your assets distributed when you die. As Benjamin Franklin wrote to a friend in 1789, “in this world nothing…
It may seem strange to associate estate planning with the holidays. It is actually a great time to assess your family’s situation, its changing needs, and how that affects how you want your assets distributed when you die. As Benjamin Franklin wrote to a friend in 1789, “in this world nothing…
The holidays are coming. Before you know it, you will be making decisions for your family about how to manage the holiday schedule. If this is your first holiday season after your divorce, you may find it difficult to juggle activities, to determine which parent the children will be with…
When you think of distracted driving, you probably think about talking on the phone, texting, eating, using the rear-view mirror for grooming, and other similar activities. You may not think about how a driver can be distracted by pets to such a degree that an accident occurs. How Pets Can Distract Drivers…
When a married couple in Texas divorces, the law presumes that all property accumulated during the marriage is community property, which means it is owned jointly by both parties and should be divided equally between them. But all property may not belong to the community. One party may claim some assets as…
The most dangerous times to travel are from late November to early January. More people are on the road between Thanksgiving and New Year’s than at any other time of the year. Families travel to different cities to be together. You may drive across town to attend a party. It…
In 2020 in Texas, there were 4,852 crashes involving pedestrians resulting in 731 deaths and 1,211 serious injuries. This was a nine percent increase in pedestrian fatalities over 2019. Our Springer & Lyle lawyers can help if you were injured or someone you love was killed in a pedestrian accident. Many…
Statistics show that between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, more people are on the road than at any other time of the year. It is just common sense that if there are more vehicles on the road, there is more of a chance of being in an accident. At Springer…
Some couples, after they know they want a divorce, race each other to the courthouse to be the first to file the divorce petition. For a traditional divorce, there are advantages to filing before your spouse. If you are working together in the collaborative divorce process, it generally will not…
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