Other Civil Matters

CWLAP Handles

Will/Estates

That part of the law which regulates wills, trusts, probate and other subjects related to the management of another’s property. Related Terms: Estate. A term used by the law to describe that part of the law which regulates wills, probate and other subjects related to the distribution of a deceased person’s estate.

www.duhaime.org/LegalDictionary/E/EstateLaw.aspx

Contracts

an agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of something specified. An agreement enforceable by law. The division of law dealing with contracts.

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/contract

Property

a piece of land or real estate

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/property

Guardianship

“Guardianship is the office or duty of one who legally has the care and management of the person, or the estate, or both, of a child during its minority.” The interchange between the virtually identical concepts of custody and guardianship in family law is the source of some confusion

www.duhaime.org/LegalDictionary/G/Guardianship.aspx

Personal Injury Defense

Personal injury suits concern anytime a person or a business hurts someone else. This can include injuries like slipping and falling in a store parking lot, product liability suits, medical malpractice, car accidents, and many other types of injuries.

Criminal Record Expungement

In the common law legal system, an expungement proceeding is a type of lawsuit in which a first time offender of a prior criminal conviction seeks that the records of that earlier process be sealed, there for making the records unavailable through the state or Federal repositories.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expungement

Veteran’s Program

 

Resources:

http://www.washingtonlawhelp.org/issues/aging-elder-law

http://www.washingtonlawhelp.org/issues/aging-elder-law