A pyramid scheme is a common scam where a person pays a fee to enter a sales scheme, and is required to secure additional participants who also pay an entrance fee. In the typical set-up, all participants are required to make an initial investment in a dubious product.
If you are thinking of changing your resident, then there are several reasons that you may want to consult a lawyer before signing any documents. While most real estate agents are trustworthy, working with a lawyer can save you many headaches.
Sometimes when couples are considering a divorce they opt for a legal separation first. This allows the couple to take a break from the relationship, and determine if a divorce is the right decision. Legal separations are a middle ground between divorce and marriage.
One of the hardest decisions that a judge is often called to make during a divorce case is who should get custody of a child. Usually, parents want what is in the best interest of their child.
When an unmarried couple has a child, paternity is not a given. In the eyes of the law, the mother is the sole parent of the child. A father is not recognized as having legal rights in relation to the child until paternity is established.
The state of Utah recently passed a law colloquially referred to as the "free range parenting law." The bill was introduced in January by Utah State Senator Fillmore. What the law actually does is change the definition of child neglect.
Legal custody and physical custody are two commonly confused terms in family law. When most people think of child custody, they are usually thinking in terms of physical custody.
Did you know that grandparents in Utah can be granted visitation rights? It's true. When there's a divorce, or sometimes in the event of a death, grandparents may feel that their grandchildren are being kept from them unjustly.
Utah businesses that maintain online stores or sales portals need to pay attention to state tax law. Just because you are selling out of digital storefront doesn’t mean that the normal taxation rules don’t apply.
After the bank rejected eBay's payment for its $91.9 million data center in Salt Lake City just before the deadline to pay its taxes in 2017, the company became the largest delinquent taxpayer in the state.
Some people believe that creating a will and naming and executor keeps their estate and real property out of probate. In fact, the probate court supervises the administration of a will after a person is deceased.
On June 28, 2018, Supreme Court Justice Kennedy announced that he was fixing to retire in a letter to President Kennedy. Almost instantly, many groups started campaigning for their favorite person to be appointed to the seat.