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In theory, marriage equality means the same standards ought to apply to all types of couples in the event of a divorce. However, because laws regarding child custody and visitation rights vary across the United States and continue to change as they pertain to LGBTQ parents, firms such as ours highly advise clients coming from same-sex divorce to do everything in their power to avoid a custody battle in court by reaching a compromise outside of it.

Poor Starbucks. When not battling accusations of over-roasting beans that result in burnt and bitter-tasting coffees, they’re getting sued by people for putting ice in their iced beverages. Consumer protection laws aside, there’s no stopping people from wanting to claim compensation for the slightest inconvenience and distress.

Did you know that there are hefty financial benefits to marriage?

Tax benefits!

Estate taxes exemption!

Social Security, Medicare, and disability benefits for spouses!

Insurance benefits from a spouse’s employer!

Housing benefits!

Marriage is also a great excuse to throw a party, and have family and friends give you gifts and money.

Playing with fire may cause unimaginable pain and long-term consequences. And if any injuries were caused by negligence, the person responsible must pay compensation under Washington state laws.

If you’ve been a victim of injuries caused by negligence, you need to consult a personal injury attorney.

Consumer protections exist so that customers get what they pay for with their hard-earned money and are not harmed by the consumption or intended use of their purchases. However, as much as corporations can abuse their power over their customers, customers can also abuse the legal system by filing frivolous lawsuits.

Defamation lawsuits, paternity claims, and injurious encounters with the paparazzi are all in a day’s work for celebrities. They get sued for offenses of all kinds, but mostly for reasons that have to do with their celebrity status. For instance, suing your neighbor for looking exactly like you isn’t lucrative, but accusing Michael Jordan of doppelgängerism and suing him and the global sporting apparel company that sponsors him could potentially win you millions of dollars.

The personal injury attorneys at Buckingham, LaGrandeur, & Williams are dutiful defenders of dog bite victims. Be that as it may, we are friends to dogs and most animal species. If you ask us (our contact info can be found here), animals deserve protection against inhumane acts, including those performed by people whose sworn duty is to restore their health.

“’Til death do us part?” What does that even mean anymore? For couples who have experienced divorce, they know that it takes more than a promise to be able to stick it out until the end. All marriages go through different tests and challenges. Some couples weather the storms, while some don’t make it out of the woods.

Just as weddings can be grand affairs, so can divorces be as messy as train wrecks. When these are highly publicized, we can’t seem to look away. Sometimes, however, people have the strangest reasons for breaking up their marriages — and our curiosity about them gets the better of us the same way train wrecks do.

Newsflash: Robert Downey, Jr. did not do any of his own flying as Iron Man in the Avengers movies. He was aided by stuntmen and computers. Actually, none of the actors — male or female — in any action movie do their own flying. They do recite their lines using their own voices, though.