May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, a reminder that motorcycle riders are vulnerable to accident and injury. Motorists are not always alert to the presence of motorcycles, so it is up to riders to reduce the risk of a crash. Risking injury In a crash between a...
No doubt you are looking forward to the upcoming family gathering. However, your spouse reminded you that your cousin has a puppy that once nipped her five-year-old in the knee. True, the little boy was taunting Fido and the bite did not break young Christopher’s...
A disabled child may require assistance when issues such as budgeting or health care decisions arise. You may wish to consider a special needs trust and name an individual to manage your child's affairs after your death. You may name a trusted individual, a relative...
As a driver in Ohio, you'll likely pride yourself on your ability to drive safely in order to keep your family safe as well as others on the road. Therefore, when you are involved in an accident that was no fault of your own, it can be deeply upsetting and even...
Welcoming a child into your family is a big responsibility and emotional experience. A kinship adoption occurs when a child’s parents are unable or unwilling to take care of him or her, and a relative or close friend takes over full-time care of the child. You might...
There are thousands of loving, hard-working fathers in Ohio who are not married to the mothers of their children. Many of these men don't really understand what rights they have as the father of a child. That can lead to them feeling like they have no option but to...
Drowsy driving is as dangerous as drunk driving. In fact, the National Sleep Foundation notes that driving after being awake for 24 hours is roughly equivalent to having a blood alcohol concentration of 0.1%. For reference, the legal BAC limit is 0.08%. Drowsy driving...
The term “bedsore” doesn’t fully capture the seriousness of the condition itself. These pressure ulcers, as they are also called, are not just red marks that will go away on their own. If left untreated, bedsores can eat away at a person’s skin, muscle and bone. Not...
As you ponder divorce, you understand the impact it will have on your personal life. Not only will your relationship status change from married to single, but divorce will also affect any children you have with your ex-spouse. And that’s just the start. While your...
If your child regularly interacts with dogs, you must understand bite risk. After all, children are the victims in more than half of the roughly 800,000 dog bites that occur every year. Even worse, while approximately 12% of adult bite victims require hospitalization,...