When a loved one passes away, you may find yourself in the middle of the probate process. Even if you're not the executor of the will, you could still play a major part in the way things unfold. For example, this holds true if you're a beneficiary.An understanding of...
It often pays off for people to have some sort of estate plan in place. Even if they are of modest wealth, there are still some concrete steps they can take to make sure their assets are passed on to their loved ones. Moreover, younger parents who have children at...
Like other states, North Carolina has a program under which the state's Division of Motor Vehicles can suspend a driver's operating license for repeat traffic infractions, including infractions that are not criminal in nature.For instance, North Carolina has a point...
There is a lot of information available about how a short sale works. Much of this information is geared toward either a homeowner who is trying to avoid a foreclosure or a would-be buyer of residential real estate.The other party who has an interest in the short sale...
Like all but one of the other states, North Carolina's state law allows officers and prosecutors to charge a Rocky Mount resident with drunk driving automatically if they test for .08 or greater blood alcohol content, assuming the test was properly administered. While...
Everyone is guilty of violating the rules of the road every now and again. For example, even if you're a safe driver, there may come a time when you look at the speedometer and realize that you're driving too fast.There's little as nerve-racking as the sight of a...
A person in the Rocky Mount area probably knows just from public service announcements that getting accused of drunk driving could mean that a person will spend time in jail. This is so even if it is a first offense and even if there are no aggravating...
A previous post on this blog mentioned a number of different reasons why a North Carolina will might get challenged in a legal action to have it invalidated and, thus, disregarded for purposes of estate administration.Undue influence was one of the grounds for...
As previous posts have discussed, a Rocky Mount, North Carolina resident's estate planning should cover two questions.The first question is what will happen to his or her property after the person dies, and the second question, just as important, is how he or she, as...
Large banks who often make house loans to Rocky Mount, North Carolina, families foreclose on their mortgages often enough to have a streamlined process.However, the big financial institutions are not the only ones who may need to start a foreclosure. Smaller lenders...