Looking for Long-Term Care: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
There are several steps you can take to make sure that you are not making a decision about a long-term care (nursing home or assisted living) placement for your loved one or yourself at the last minute. It’s important to look around ahead of time, consider long-term...
What Not to Post on Social Media After a Divorce
Social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram have changed our world and caused people to evaluate how private they want to be and what they want to share with the world or extended friends and family via the Internet. But many people also post to social...
How to Sign a Document Using ‘Power of Attorney’
A financial or medical power of attorney is a legal document where one person (the “principal”) grants another person (the “agent”) the “power of attorney” to act on the principal’s behalf in certain cases. For example, a principal could grant an agent the power to...
How Do I Get the Court to Write an Order?
When a party wants the court to order the other party (or both parties) to do something, she must first make a motion with the court, explaining why she wants what she wants, what the facts are, what law applies, and how she wants it enforced. There are a few ways to...
Cross-Examination for Non-Attorneys: How to Do It and How to Respond to It
Andersen Law PC does both unbundled representation of clients who do not have full-service attorneys and also full service representation where we are attorneys of record who do everything. Both scenarios involve cross-examination if a hearing happens. With...
Will You Please Help Me Support Business Owners in Need?
The disastrous floods of 2013 prompted action in Evergreen, the community that my children and I have called home for so many years. Between the flooding and almost yearly fires that have forced my family and many other families and business owners to flee, it became...
Why It’s Important To Talk End-Of-Life Before An Emergency
The following is a guest post by Fran Myers who started a nonprofit called Advance Care Advocate to meet the needs of those without a health care advocate. She coaches families, acts as an agent (primary or secondary) and speaks for groups, organizations and...
Beth Joins Team Training Legal Personnel on Unbundled Legal Services
In early September, I attended training for unbundled legal services trainers. I am so excited to be one of the new trainers in this area of the law! In a conference room in our beautiful Supreme Court building, the Ralph Carr Judicial Center in downtown Denver, I...