Jackson County General Law Blog

If you say that, on occasion, you haven't been completely honest with your spouse about money, you likely wouldn't be the only person in Missouri to admit such indiscretion. Perhaps you spent a bit more than you and your spouse had agreed upon and you were worried that he or she would be angry with you if you told the truth. While dishonesty is never advisable in a marriage, it is not uncommon for spouses to tell each other half-truths or small fabrications when they are trying to avoid an argument.  

That's quite different, however, from situations where a spouse is being completely financially dishonest on a regular basis. In fact, there are several types of financial secrets that often cause serious enough marital problems that one of the spouses involved files for divorce. If you are currently considering such action, you may want to start formulating a plan for your future. You might also want to research what type of support resources are available in your area.  

No one wants to learn that the person considered the love of his or her life has committed adultery. Unfortunately, you found yourself in this situation. Now, you face a great deal of confusion and emotional turmoil, and you will likely need to decide how you want to approach your future, especially if you are considering divorce.

While some people have the ability to face marital issues -- like an affair -- head-on and come out on the other side as a stronger couple, you may not feel that your situation will work that way. In fact, your spouse may even want to end the marriage in order to start a new relationship with someone else. This information may seem hurtful, but you may wonder whether it could work to your advantage in divorce proceedings.

Entrusting someone else with providing care for an elder loved one is always difficult, but it can prove far easier if you have confidence in the quality of care your loved one is receiving at his or her new Missouri residence. Unfortunately, however, understaffing issues plague many American nursing homes and continuing care facilities, and when such residences have inadequate staff, facility residents typically suffer the consequences. At Kelly, Symonds & Reed, LLC, we have seen firsthand the link between nursing home understaffing and insufficient care, and we have helped many residents and family members of residents who suffered injury at nursing homes pursue appropriate recourse.

According to AARP, a review of records from about 14,000 American nursing homes revealed that understaffing issues are chronic at many such facilities, and that the problem tends to worsen considerably on weekends. As you can imagine, most nursing home and continuing care facility residents live in such places because they can no longer appropriately provide care for themselves, but when there are not enough staff members to do so, either, numerous problems can result.

If you, like so many others across Missouri, rely on your bicycle as a form of transportation or recreation, you may exercise care every time you ride, making sure to obey traffic laws and wear a helmet on every trip. Motorists who share the roadway with you may not always be so careful, however, and when bikes and cars collide, bicyclists frequently find themselves on the losing end. At Kelly, Symonds & Reed, LLC, we understand that bike accidents often lead to brain injury, and we have helped many people who either suffered injury, or had a loved one suffer injury, due to someone else’s negligence.

Per Reuters, a survey of recent data involving bike accidents and brain injury revealed that, of 6,267 people who sought treatment for a bike-related injury that caused bleeding in the skull, more than 3,130 suffered severe traumatic brain injuries, and another 3 percent lost their lives. Additionally, only about a quarter of those referenced in the survey had bike helmets on at the time of their crashes.