Law Offices of Ron Marquez

Deaths often embody the range of challenges associated with legal processes. While losing a loved one is emotionally grueling enough, the legal issues that tend to follow it, like sorting out inheritance can add to an already difficult time. Before you get to sorting the inheritance issue, you’ll have to go through the probate process  (petitioning a court to designate you the representative of an estate). While the process is fairly straightforward, it can take a bit of time, and complications can arise, which is why it’s recommended you seek an experienced probate lawyer’s service. We’ve prepared this piece with a primer on what to expect from a probate lawyer. Cost While attorneys in most states collect a flat fee or charge by the hour for probate work, this isn’t the case in California. California’s one of the few states that allow lawyers to charge a “statutory fee”—a certain percentage of the value of the assets that undergo the probate process. These percentages are set ou...

COVID-19 has made our lives very challenging. Since the onset of the global pandemic , over 91 million people have been affected by the novel coronavirus, and the numbers are rising by the day. The impact of the global crisis was far and wide, resulting in health concerns, rising inflation, economic turmoil , travel bans, and more. Amidst the chaos and uncertainty, the unemployment numbers rose sharply . Job loss, school terminations, and inaccessibility to childcare mean that families, especially those in the low-income group, need extra sustenance. Moreover, as earnings of parents who are child support obligors  decrease, child support agencies are seeing a sharp rise in requests for child support orders' alterations.   Let’s get to know more about COVID-19 related unemployment and its impact on child support. COVID-19 Related Unemployment The COVID-19 pandemic has substantially influenced redundancy in every state, business, and significant demographic cluster across the US...