About Oni Harton, Esq.
Oni Harton is an experienced estate planning and litigation attorney. She has been writing and researching for more than two decades and enjoys contributing to efforts that connect people with critical legal services. Oni contributes to Super Lawyers by creating content and verifying the legal accuracy of articles. Oni is an Indiana University School of Law graduate. She is licensed in Indiana.
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How To Write a Letter To Contest Your Traffic Ticket
Write a letter to contest your ticket with a not guilty written declaration, including the citation number, and send it by certified mail with proof of mailing to the correct court address. In the contest letter, state the plea, give a factual statement, include supporting evidence, and send it by the filing deadline. Evidence can include diagrams, witness statements, and attached photographs. Write the letter in a respectful tone with no admissions of guilt and include the required bail …
How To Gather Evidence To Contest Your Traffic Ticket
Gather evidence to contest your traffic ticket by filing a records request, making timeline notes, saving dashcam footage, and submitting everything before the evidence deadline. Drivers can make a discovery request for copies of the officer notes and calibration records, take scene photographs, and gather witness statements. Other evidence to challenge a traffic citation includes road signage, training certificates, radar maintenance logs, body camera footage, traffic diagrams, weather …
How Do Traffic Ticket Points Work?
Traffic ticket points work by adding points to a driver's state DMV record, with a possible license suspension and higher insurance for too many traffic or speeding points. The point values vary by moving violation, and license points trigger a suspension warning letter, but points expire, and drivers can do traffic school to get a points reduction. Points systems and accumulation threshold periods vary by state, generally from twelve months to twenty-four months. Driver improvement or …
Navigating Insurance After a Divorce
When you go through the divorce process, you probably have essential issues such as dividing marital assets, alimony, and child support payments on your list. Insurance matters probably aren’t the first issues that come to mind after a divorce. However, you need to consider them. You may need to change health, auto, and life insurance policies to ensure continued coverage and ensure your beneficiary designations reflect your wishes. It can be stressful to change your insurance after a …
How To Handle International Divorce Issues
With the ease of travel and technological improvement, more people relocate or move abroad. This can pose difficulties in divorce-related matters. Couples who live in different countries (or states) face unique issues when enforcing or modifying court orders. A state court considers any divorce paper issued outside of that state foreign. Local courts don't automatically recognize foreign judgments for child support, alimony, child custody issues, spousal support, or other matters. If you find …
What Is a Default Divorce?
A default divorce is a court judgment granting divorce when a spouse fails to respond to the filing spouse's divorce papers. The court grants automatic approval to the marital settlement request for shared property asset division, child custody, spousal support. The divorce court grants default judgment and signs the final decree after the unresponsive spouse's refusal to sign, missed deadline, or ignored paperwork. True default divorce is a binding order but the unresponsive spouse may be able …
How To Handle Divorce When You Own a Business
When a couple goes through a divorce, assets and liabilities must be divided. If you have children, you must decide on child support and child custody. When divorcing spouses own a business together, you and your spouse must determine the value of the business and agree on a fair settlement for each spouse’s interest. If business ownership is part of your divorce case, it will add a layer of complexity to the divorce settlement process, especially when you and your spouse are business …
How To Handle a High-Conflict Divorce
You may think that all divorce cases are high-conflict divorces. However, certain qualities define a high-conflict divorce. In a high-conflict divorce, the couple cannot resolve differences in a business-like manner or amicably—to say the least. Divorce seems more like a costly war. Unfortunately, a high-conflict divorce damages relationships and can cast a wide net of destruction both financially and emotionally. If you find yourself involved in a high-conflict divorce, you need support. An …
How To Divide Retirement Accounts in a Divorce
Your household followed sound financial advice and contributed to retirement accounts. However, now that you are involved in divorce proceedings, the retirement savings are the subject of your property division. Whether it’s part of a divorce settlement agreement or outlined in the divorce decree, retirement assets can constitute one of the largest categories of assets in a divorce settlement. Unlike dividing a bank or brokerage account, dividing certain retirement assets takes some legal …
How To Handle Joint Debts in a Divorce
To handle joint debt in a divorce, you must close joint accounts, cancel joint credit cards, and pay off co-signed loans and shared debts. Debt allocation and creditor pursuit respect divorcees' separate financial obligations. Co-signed loans are typically considered joint marital liabilities, and courts in equitable distribution states assign the repayment to individual spouses based on fairness. Negotiate a debt settlement agreement, debt consolidation, payment plan, or mortgage payoff to …
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