Bankruptcy During an Alabama Divorce: What Pauses and What Does Not
A spouse’s bankruptcy can affect an Alabama divorce, support, property division, and joint debt. Learn what may pause and which obligations may survive.
Injured by a Recalled Product? Save More Than the Receipt
The product that hurt you is now recalled. The company offers a refund and asks you to send it back, cut a cord, or throw it away. Those instructions may solve a product-safety problem. They can also change or destroy evidence needed to explain your injury. Your health comes first. Once the immediate danger is…
Alabama Policy-Limits Settlements: Protect Your UIM Claim
The other driver’s insurer offers its entire policy limit. After weeks of appointments and missed work, the check sounds like progress. But the release could affect your right to underinsured-motorist benefits. The order in which you notify, agree, and sign matters. Alabama’s settlement process gives your insurer time to protect its rights. Skipping it can…
The Divorce Is Final. Is Your Ex Still the Beneficiary?
The divorce decree is signed. The house, accounts, and parenting plan are settled. Years later, someone dies—and a beneficiary form completed during the marriage suddenly controls a large payment. The difficult question is not simply who the deceased person probably wanted to receive the money. It is who the insurer or plan administrator is legally…
The Settlement Is $9 Million. Your Check Is Not.
A class action settlement notice lands in your inbox with a number large enough to command attention: $9 million. It is easy to read that headline as a promise. Then the claim form mentions product limits, proof of purchase, a pro rata adjustment, a release of claims, and three different deadlines. The recent proposed Dr.…
The Child Is Enrolled. Who Pays the Tuition After Divorce?
The tuition bill arrives after the divorce papers. One parent assumes the child will remain at the same private school. The other says the monthly child-support payment should cover it. The school needs a deposit now, but the court order says nothing clear about who must pay. Private-school disputes often look like a single disagreement.…
The Driver Blacked Out. That Does Not End Your Claim.
One moment, another vehicle is traveling normally. The next, it crosses the centerline without braking. Days later, the insurer offers an explanation instead of accepting fault: the driver had a heart attack, seizure, fainting episode, or blackout and could not control the car. That explanation can matter under Alabama law. It is not a magic…
Deployment Orders Do Not Rewrite Your Custody Order
Deployment orders can arrive on a timeline that leaves no room for a family to ease into the change. A report date is fixed, the existing parenting schedule becomes impossible, and both parents may be unsure whether military orders override the custody order. They do not. Alabama law gives service members an important but limited…
The City Vehicle Hit You. The Calendar Can Hurt You Next.
A city pickup runs a red light. A sanitation truck sideswipes a car. A public works vehicle backs into a pedestrian. The crash may look like an ordinary negligence case, but the logo on the door can change the deadline before the injured person even leaves treatment. Alabama generally gives an injured person two years…
The At-Fault Driver Died. Your Claim Did Not.
Alabama gives you two years to file most injury claims. When the driver who hurt you died in the crash, a different clock can cut that short without warning, and it starts running the moment a probate court appoints someone to handle the estate. Under Section 43-2-350 of the Alabama Code, claims against an estate…
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