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What Doctors Put in Their Own Advance Directives

It is no secret that doctors are prone to providing highly intense medical care right up until a patient’s last breath. The past decades have seen large advances in biomedicine that have greatly improved our ability to extend people’s lives.......

How to Create an Affidavit of Domicile

An affidavit of domicile is a short legal document that helps to establish a person’s place of residence following his or her death. The document is primarily used in probate court, which is the court that helps distribute the decedent’s......

How Do I Determine Someone's Domicile or Residency?

Sometimes you will be asked to specify the place of domicile—also called legal residency—of yourself or someone you know for legal purposes. When a person has lived in only one place for a long time, it is easy to figure out his or her......

Are You Common Law Married?

Common law marriage is a wildly misunderstood concept in the United States. Many people believe that if domestic partners co-habitate for at least seven years then they are automatically deemed “married.” Unfortunately, this is not true in any......

How to Create an Affidavit of Heirship

An affidavit of heirship is needed to transfer a deceased person’s interest in real or personal property to his or her heirs when the decedent dies without leaving a last will and testament or without disposing of all of his or her property in......

How to Get a Divorce Without a Lawyer

Divorce. It’s the dreaded “D” word. For many, divorce is a time of pain, stress, and great contemplation. Emotions are in a heightened state and respective spouses can feel at odds. When children are at the center of the separation, divorce......

How to Create a Bankruptcy Worksheet

A bankruptcy worksheet is an excellent way to organize your finances and will help you determine if filing bankruptcy is a good option for you. These instructions will explain how to create a bankruptcy worksheet using LegalNature and......

7 Reasons to Think about Estate Planning When Starting a New Business

Starting a new business is actually a great opportunity to start getting your affairs in order. That is because the evaluation, planning, and implementation process that surrounds starting a business should be a natural call to action for planning your estate....

What You Need to Know About Using Affidavits

An “affidavit” is a written statement that is considered made under oath. It is only valid when made voluntarily and without coercion. When you sign an affidavit, you are asserting that the information is true and that you have personal......

Power of Attorney: Drafting, Reviewing, and Revoking

Giving someone authority to act on your behalf through a power of attorney is a major decision. The person who grants that authority is known as the principal or maker, and the person getting the authority is known as the attorney-in-fact or......