WHAT SHOULD I DO IF I'M ARRESTED If you are arrested, there is often a tendency to want to be compliant. You believe that you are innocent and you may want to share your entire story with the police. We are certainly advocates for good police work, but at the same time you want to make sure that...
HOW MUCH WILL MY DIVORCE COST? FACTORS TO CONSIDER Everyone who is going to go through a divorce wants to know how much it's going to cost. The answer is, it depends on several different things; how much your spouse is going to fight you, how many assets and debts you have, and how much parentin...
If You're Injured in a Car Accident, Don't Do This! If you've been involved in a car accident, one of the things you need to do is get medical treatment. The goal in an auto accident case is to get you better, and to get back to a place where you were as if the accident hadn't happened. Now, in...
Trusts & Wills After someone passes away, their estate has to be probated. Or, if that person has a trust in place, the trust can operate as an instruction manual for the people who are left behind to then operate and carry out the wishes of the person who passed away. If you have a will in p...
Personal Injury – How to Establish Negligence In almost every law school in the country, every first year law student has to take a course called “Torts”. Within that class, often half of the class is devoted to the subject of negligence. Negligence comprises claims such as wrongful death, slip ...
Taxes on Alimony and Child Support In one of our case mediations, a question came up whether the spouse who is receiving child support and alimony will have to pay taxes on that money. As of 2019, alimony is no longer taxable to the person receiving it in the state of Utah. The person paying alim...
Here are three common legal issues faced by businesses. The key is to protect your business before things become a problem. 1. It's important to make sure that your human resources department and legal professionals are ready to handle issues should they arise when it comes to workplace discrimi...
When it comes to contract law, a good business attorney has the experience to help clients with contract disputes. If one or multiple parties involved in a contract fail to uphold their side of things, then a breach of contract may have taken place. Also, if there is intentional fraud or misrepre...
When forming a business, the first couple of steps to consider are: choosing a name for your business and registering your business. A good business law attorney can assist in verifying the availability of your chosen name and can ensure that it's registered and reserved with the appropriate stat...
Often, parents don't fully plan for what would happen if they unexpectedly passed away and left their children behind. If you die without a will or estate plan in place, the courts will decide who will raise your children. Likely, they will choose a family member. But if you have no close family...
At Anderson | Hinkins, we give each of our clients individualized focus and provide them with intelligent legal solutions. Getting an estate plan in place is not just planning for the worst-case scenario; it's planning for the best-case scenario for you and your loved ones. An effective estate pl...
Get your tires and brakes checked. Whether you drive a brand-new SUV or an old clunker, having tires with good tread and brakes that work properly is a huge help in avoiding accidents. Limit distractions. It's good to limit distractions with driving in genera...
(The result of this case was an award for hundreds of thousands of dollars for our client.) At Anderson | Hinkins, we practice law with integrity & intelligence to help people overcome life's legal obstacles. When an insurance company fails to pay you after a covered loss, it creates a legal ob...
At Anderson | Hinkins, helping you overcome life's legal obstacles is what we do. Here are some things you should consider if you've been injured in a car accident: Make sure to contact the police, and take photos at the scene. Be wary of giving statements to insurance compani...
Divorced…Finally A client approached us after a long and fruitless attempt to finalize a divorce. She was ready to move on with life, but the unresolved divorce case made this nearly impossible. Within a few months, we were able to successfully negotiate a deal that awarded our client a signific...
A Wealthy Long Lost Brother A client came to us when she received notice that her brother had passed away in a far away state. This brother had not been heard of for more than twenty years. We helped our client open a probate action and obtain the authority she needed to take care of her long-lo...
Successfully Defended A corporate client retained us to defend them in a contract dispute where the opposing party sought a judgment damages exceeding $3,000,000. The opposing party's allegations were baseless and we aggressively defended our client from the outset. The result was that the oppos...
We were able to successfully defend and settle a case involving numerous allegations against one of our clients as well as one of that corporation's officers. Shortly after the lawsuit was filed, we successfully received an order dismissing one of the plaintiffs' claims and requiring the plainti...
In a divorce case that was drawn out for several years, our client went from having less than minimum visitation with her child to being the primary custodian of her child. Our client came to us after having been represented initially by another law firm and having lost temporary orders. We wen...
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Parents generally want to do what is best for their children, but at times they allow their personal desires to override their good sense. When parents get caught up in divorce litigation or custody litigation, the children are often the ones who suffer because the parent is simply focused on ge...
To anyone familiar with law terminology, protection through torts may seem like a contradictory phrase, maybe a bit of an oxymoron. Isn't a tort, after all, a cause of action (or, in other words, a lawsuit) that arises from some type of wrongdoing? How then, you may ask, can suffering some kind o...
There are many great leaders in the world. Perhaps you are one of them. Leaders like you possess many varying qualities that make them great leaders, but one characteristic that is common among great leaders is their ability to be proactive. To better understand the ability to be proactive we ...
You have probably heard the claim that people sue too much today. A previous entry, How Torts Protect Us, discussed how bringing lawsuits can actually provide protection for us and others. So before jumping on the bandwagon complaining about a sue-happy society, consider the benefits you gain fro...
