Depending on where you live, state law may not require your employer to offer paid time off from work in the form of sick leave, vacation days or personal time. While many employers do offer a particular number of days off for vacation and sick ...

Every individual in the United States can file an income tax return. Filing a return is not dependent on if the person worked and received a W-2 at year end.

Actors and baseball players aren't the only people who need agents. Life is complicated so we often must appoint surrogates to help carry out our wishes, handle our money or make life-and-death decisions about our health care.

A power of attorney allows an agent to perform legal acts, such as consenting to medical treatment or selling property, on behalf of another person.

When an individual dies, his assets pass to his beneficiaries according to the terms outlined in his will. If he did not leave behind a will, he died “intestate,” and the probate court in the county where he lived distributes his remaining assets ...

Fathers’ rights almost always trump grandparents’ rights, regardless of what the custodial parent’s will says. Although there are exceptions to the rule, a surviving parent has an automatic right to custody when the other parent dies.