As we watch the Nation shut down major events, restaurants, and bars as well as limit social gatherings to a small amount of people, what happens to contracts that may not be able to be fulfilled because of the rippling effect of COVID-19, the “Coronavirus”? The answer lies in whether the parties have a written contract. And, if the terms …
People demand readily available information in all aspects of their lives. So, it is no surprise that consumers demand that same level of information when it comes to their food. Food labels are one of the avenues consumers get information about the food they choose to purchase. Therefore, it is important to understand these labels, what they mean and who …
There are a myriad of animal law issues affecting farm and ranch families who are going through a divorce (both with companion animals but also livestock and frozen genetics). Read my Fact Sheet with the National Agriculture Law Center here. Don’t forget to check out all my NALC Fact Sheets on family law issues with agriculture here.
If you follow me then you know that I loooooove Alternative Dispute Resolution. In fact, I’m a trained mediator myself and I teach mediation as an adjunct professor at the University of Illinois School of Law. There is nothing that gives my heart more joy (well, except for puppies and baby goats) when I am able to resolve divorces through …
Oftentimes in a divorce or separation, people assume that assets need to be divided… but that isn’t *always* the case, especially with farm and ranch divorces. Read my Fact Sheet on Keeping the Farm Business Intact with the National Agriculture Law Center here. You can read all of the fact sheets on family law issues with agriculture here.
Read Texas associate attorney Stephanie Bradley Fryer‘s take on community property issues for farm and ranch divorces. Cari and Stephanie teamed up on working on this Fact Sheet with the National Agriculture Law Center on this issue. You can read all the Fact Sheets on family law issues in agriculture here.
Oftentimes folks who are getting a divorce, do not think about estate planning concerns but this is an especially important issue for multi-generational farm and ranch families, Read my fact sheet with the National Agriculture Law Center on this very topic here. All of the family law issues in agriculture Fact Sheets can be found here.
I get a lot of questions about prenups and postnups and why I loooove them so much. Divorce is a Big D that can affect family farms – the topic shouldn’t be taboo. Instead, farm and ranch families should look at prenups as an insurance policy. Nobody gets on an airplane thinking it will crash but you still go over …
