In a family law case, it’s not uncommon for grandparents to be involved. Grandparents often care very much about their grandchildren and want the best possible outcome for them. If a grandparent is concerned about their grandchildren, however, what options do they...
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What Is a Common Law Marriage?
Common law marriages do not require any license or formal ceremony. Instead, they depend on how the couple view the relationship and how they have acted. Typically, it arises in situations where two partners have been living together for some time and have been...
Can My Employer Require Me To Get a COVID-19 Vaccine?
With COVID-19 vaccinations becoming widely available and thousands of Americans returning to in-person work, many workers are wondering if they can legally be forced to get a vaccine by their employer. Similarly, employers are curious if they can implement mandatory...
Two Types of Employment Discrimination: Disparate Treatment vs. Disparate Impact
Anti-harassment and discrimination law aims to eliminate discrimination, harassment, and retaliation in the workplace on the basis of race, color, ancestry, gender, age, pregnancy, disability, military status, or religion. Some common signs of employment...
LGBTQ Workplace Discrimination
While many Americans believe that they are protected from virtually any and all workplace discrimination on the basis of their membership in a protected classification, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; the chief federal statute prohibiting workplace...
How is Child Custody Determined?
Understanding what happens to your children following a divorce or after a custody dispute is likely one of your most important and immediate questions. Typically, if the parties can agree on a custodial arrangement, then that arrangement will be honored. Otherwise,...
How Does a Professional Degree Affect My Divorce?
One of the biggest questions people have in preparing for a divorce is how assets will be divided. Similarly, you might wonder which assets are actually subject to division. For example, can the value of a higher education degree be split among parties? In some cases,...
Should you and your Fiancé Sign a Prenuptial Agreement?
Perhaps an unavoidable conversation in the coming months as you plan your marriage with your fiancé and loved ones will be whether the two of you should enter into a prenuptial agreement commonly known as a “prenup.” In Ohio, a prenuptial agreement is referred to as...
Divorce, Dissolution of Marriage, & Annulment: The Differences & Why they Matter
Ending a marriage is a difficult decision. In the midst of one of the most emotionally-charged times in their lives, spouses who have decided to split up must nevertheless approach the months to come rationally in order to protect their most valuable assets as well as...
Can Working People who Contract COVID-19 take Paid Sick Leave?
As of November, 2020, nearly 10 million Americans have tested positive for COVID-19 knocking countless working people out of the workplace and into quarantine. While characterizations of the virus’ effect on American life as “unprecedented” have become cliché at this...