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More Grandparents Seeking Visitation Rights The baby boom generation is aging and people are living longer, healthier lives. That means more grandparents are active participants in their grandchildren’s lives. They are also pursuing visitation rights when divorce or family dysfunction results in their being cut off from their grandchildren. Find Out More…   Cops are Monitoring You on Social Media [Infographic] More than 70% of law enforcement agencies across the U.S. use social media as an investigative tool. In a …

Are Destination Weddings Legal? Thinking of getting married on the honeymoon instead of before it? More and more couples are choosing to tie the knot with a destination wedding. But you may have to take extra steps to ensure your marriage is legally binding once you get home. The trick is to make sure you’re following the laws of the state or country where you’re getting married. Find Out More…   Bruce Willis & Music, Social Media after Death A …

  What happens when your mom dies and the family wants to get access to her Facebook account? In today’s Lawyers.com broadcast, host Matt Plessner interviews Lawyers.com Editor in Chief Larry Bodine about gaining access to a family member’s Facebook, Twitter or Flickr account after the person has passed on. Following is a transcript of the podcast. Matt Plessner:  Welcome to Lawyers.com Radio; your legal solutions start right here. We’ll help you understand your legal issue, find a lawyer in …

Owe Back Taxes? The IRS Might Compromise For consumers facing deep tax debt, there may be a light at the end of the tunnel. The Internal Revenue Service is liberalizing its “Offer in Compromise” program, which will make it vastly easier to reach a settlement with the government if you are unable to pay off all of your tax debt. Find Out More…   While Olympic Athletes Go for Broke, Families Go Broke Earning an Olympic gold medal takes years …

A strange rumor making the rounds of cyberspace during the first week of September captivated us for 15 minutes: actor Bruce Willis, angered over the idea that he would not someday be able to leave his valuable iTunes recordings collection to his oddly-named three daughters Rumer, Scout, and Tallulah, was said to be considering suing Apple. Willis’s wife Emma Heming-Willis squelched the rumor via Twitter on September 3, tweeting to another user who’d recommended Willis simply give the girls his …