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LEGALLY SPEAKING - FORUM OF THE WEEK

• Adoption - Giving a Child a Forever Home
• Power of Attorney vs Guardianship
• Why You Probably Need More Automobile Insurance Coverage
• Charitable Giving
• What Unmarried Companions Need To Know About Estate Planning by Tammy M. Keirn, Esq.

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PERSONAL INJURY

• Adults Now Included in Indiana Texting Ban
• Advertising Rules Change for Personal Injury Attorneys
• Drop in Motorcyclist Deaths Linked to Bad Economy
• Teen girls catching up with boys as reckless drivers
• Marion County Jury Awards $10.2 Million in Jay Scoots Wrongful Death Case

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BANKRUPTCY & DEBT RELIEF

• "Is Bankruptcy the End of the World?" "A Fresh Start" is a new blog series authored by Chad Miner, Esq., A discussion forum for bankruptcy and debt relief.

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CRIMINAL

• Kosciusko County Plays Major Role in State Meth Lab News
• One Woman's Story of Surviving Meth Addiction - A long road to recovery.

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AGRICULTURE BUSINESS STRUCTURING AND WEALTH PLANNING

• The Crying Need for Farm Transition Planning
• Tax Savings Series Part 8 - Indiana Inheritance Tax, or One More Reason to Move to Florida
• Tax Savings Series Part 7 - Don’t Pay Any More Than You Have to or How to Stick It to the (Tax) Man
• Tax Savings Series Part 6 - Gift and Estate Taxed or Bilked, Bamboozled, and Bushwhacked
• Tax Savings Series Part 5 - "Indiana Property Tax Reform or Indiana Property Tax Fiasco"

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PERSONAL INJURY

• "Outrunning the Ambulance Chasers" by Bill Fawley, Esq.
• Why You Probably Need More Automobile Insurance Coverage
• 8 Ways to Wreck Your Injury Claim at the Doctor's Office

CRIMINAL

• OWI & REFUSING THE CERTIFIED BREATH TEST
• 'MY JOURNEY" by Brandon Robinson. A young man's story of teen driving, drinking, loss of life, and the resulting conviction for operating while causing death, reckless homicide and operating while intoxicated causing serious bodily injury.
• Operating While Intoxicated in Indiana

AGRICULTURE BUSINESS STRUCTURING AND WEALTH PLANNING

• A Penny Saved: Business Planning and Wealth Preservation for Farmers

ELDER LAW

• Things to Do After The Death of a Loved One

PROBATE/ESTATE AND TRUST ADMINISTRATION

• Things To Do After the Death of a Loved One

UPCOMING SEMINARS

• 2011 Spring Seminar Series

LEGALLY SPEAKING

• Legally Speaking - a law radio program brought to you by Miner & Lemon, LLP
• Legally Speaking - Forum of the Week

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• Radio Show Legally Speaking
• What To Do After the Death of a Loved One
• What does a Meth Lab Look Like?

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Helpful Internet Resources

PERSONAL INJURY

• Accident Report: Purchase accident reports online at a cost of $12.00 per report payable by credit card or PayPal.
• Brain Injury - Brain Injury Association of America: Provides information and resources to individuals, families and professionals on how to help someone who has sufered a brain injury.
• Brain Injury - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Contains information regarding traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury and motor vehicle injury, as well as, safety for boaters, motor vehicle drivers, motorcycle drivers, teen drivers, child passengers and pedestrians.
• Child Safety - American Academy of Pediatrics: Contains a variety of helpful topics include child safety seats, school bus transportation and parent-teen driving agreements to name a few.
• Child Safety - Centers for Disease Control and Safety: This site provides information relating to traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury and motor vehicle injury, as well as, safety tips for pedestrians, passengers and drivers of all ages including seniors and teens.
• Child Safety - Safe Kids: Provides infromation to prevent accidental childhood injury, car safety seat tips, and safe walks to school by children.
• Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles: The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles website provides information on what to do if you are in an accident. The site also contains a PDF form for your insurance company to complete and forward to the BMV.
• Local Law Enforcement - Indiana State Police Department: The ISP site provides a link to the Indiana Judicial System. You may also purchase a copy of an accident report that was investigated with the Indiana State Police at www.buycrash.com
• Local Law Enforcement - Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department: To purchase a copy of an accident report for an accident that occurred in Kosciusko County, Indiana, contact the Records Division at 574-265-2228, or through this link.
• Local Law Enforcement - Warsaw Police Department: To obtain a copy of an accident report for a collision occuring within the city limits of Warsaw, Indiana. A $10.00 fee is charged by the WPD.
• Local Law Enforcement - Winona Lake Police Department: This is the local site for the Winona Lake, Indiana police department. Accident reports can be purchased through www.buycrash.com.
• Safe Driving Tips and Information - Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day: Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day is an organization that promotes safe driving to reduce the 118 daily fatalities on our nation's roadways that are mostly preventable. See what you can do to help make a difference.
• Safe Driving Tips and Information - Wintry Roads: GEICO offers driver preparation and safety tips for driving on wintry roads.
• Safe Driving Tips and Statistics - AAA Foundation: This is an informational traffic safety site with items such as news and statistics relating to teen, senior and unlicensed drivers, as well as, other safe driving tips and statistics.
• Safe Driving Tips and Statistics - Federal Highway Administration: Contains links to the Federal Highway Administration's programs for things such as, "Highway Safety" and "Stop Red Light Running" initiatives.
• Safe Driving Tips and Statistics - Indiana Department of Transportation: Information for Indiana motorists on driving conditions on Indiana roads and safe driving tips.
• Safe Driving Tips and Statistics - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: A very useful site that provides up-to-date information on such things as childseat use, recalls, teen drivers, older drivers, drowsy and distracted driving.
• Senior Driving - AAA Foundation: This is a useful site for those persons either older that 55 years of age, or who have a relative driving that is over 55 years of age. It contains a quiz entitled "Drivers 55 Plus: Self-rating Form.
• Senior Driving - American Association of Retired Persons: Discusses the benefits of taking a Driver Safety Course for seniors and where you can locate one in your area. Take the quiz "Test Your Driving IQ".
• Teen Driving - How to Prevent Teen Driving Accidents: This article is a Harvard Mental Health Letter published on December 1, 2008. It contains good research on the do's and dont's of teen driving, and how parents should guide their teen's driving habits.
• Teen Driving - Later School Start Time Cuts Teen's Car Crash Risk: More sleep for young drivers reduces auto accident rates. An article published by the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine reports that later school start times reduce accident rates by 16.5 percent.

TRUCK ACCIDENTS

• Share The Road Safely - No-Zone Information: This site provides information on how cars and trucks can share the road safely and what drivers of each type of vehicle needs to know about No-Zone areas.  No-Zone are areas where crashes are most likely to occur.  They are danger areas like blind spots, around commercial vehicles, in which cars "disappear" from the view of the truck or bus driver.
  
  

AGRICULTURE BUSINESS STRUCTURING AND WEALTH PLANNING

• American Agricultural Law Association: This ia a professional association focusing on the needs of the agricultural community. Crossing traditional barriers, it offers an independent forum for investigation of innovative and workable solutions to complex agricultural law problems. The AALA's role has taken on greater importance in the midst of the current international and environmental issues which are reshaping agriculture and the impending technological advances which promise equally dramatic changes.

PROBATE/ESTATE AND TRUST ADMINISTRATION

• Leimberg Services
• Special Needs Planners
• Trusts and Estates
• Wealth Counsel
• Wealth Counsel Advisors

Drinking and Driving

• Sobering Reality of Drunk Driving Risks During the Holidays:

  'Tis the season to eat, drink and be merry, but festivities extend onto the road and can be deadly.   In December of 2008 there were 7,104 motor vehicle fatalities in the United States with 520 of them related to drunk driving.  Drunk driving is a majory safety issue and is more prevalent during the festive holiday season.  

Teen Driving

• Indiana Laws on Teen Driving Strengthened: Details of Indiana's new teen driving legislation effective July 1, 2009. The new law provides for graduated licensing and a ban on cell phone use except for 911 calls. A must read for any parent of a teen driver.
• Parents that Control the Car Keys Keep Teens Safer: Teenagers are the most dangerous drivers on the road. There is a way to keep teen drivers safer on the roads. Don't give teens a car they consider their own.
  
  Teenagers who reported that they were the main person driving a vehicle, rather than sharing it with other family members, were more than twice as likely to be involved in a recent crash. One in four drivers with primary access to a car had had an accident while driving in the past year, compared with 1 in 10 for shared access. That means 25 percent of the kids driving their "own" cars had at least one accident in the past year!
  
  Don't be afraid to set rules for safe driving behavior, and yank the keys if those rules aren't followed. In fact, making your teenager say, "Mom, can I have the car keys?" may be one of the simplest and best ways to keep your child safe.
• Teen Drivers Need Practice for Slippery Winter Roads:

  Parents can help new teen drivers by viewing the videos on this site.   There are links for video on Winter Driving Safety, Driving in Snow and Ice, Tips for Driving in Icy Conditions.

• Teen Driving - Later School Start Time Cuts Teen's Car Crash Risk: More cleep means sharper young drivers, a study by the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine suggests in a December 15, 2008 article.
• TEENS DRIVING IN BAD WEATHER: Driving tips for teens from www.teendriving.com    This is an excellent source of information and tips for teens who are driving on wintry roads.
• Tips to Help Keep Teen Driver's Safe: A must read for parents and teens.  Tips on staying safe, including defensive driving.   A discussion of UPS's sponsorship of a teen driving program can also be accessed through this link.

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