Child support for grandma; when grandparents raise the kids, parents increasingly are being made to pay the tab
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Drug addiction and alcoholism among parents are forcing more grandparents to raise children and when this happens, they often seek child support from the children's parents, sometimes at the urging of state welfare officials. Barbara Schwartz, program director of Grandparents raising children of the Illinois Department of Aging, has observed an increase in the number of children being raised solely by grandparents, which according to the US Census Bureau went from 867,000 in 1992 to 1.4 mil in 1998.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 1999
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Probate gets with the program; surfeit of software means there's a way for any will, trust or estate plan
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Probate lawyers have a whole array of probate software to choose from which can facilitate drafting wills, trusts and estates and give clients a better idea of what the lawyer is doing for them. Most programs produce explanatory graphs, pie charts and other visual aids. None of the programs administers estates from start to finish, instead, lawyers must choose programs which perform individual tasks such as will and trust dracting, probate form and court filings, and estate planning.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 1999
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