244 Search Results for personal injury

February 14, 2016

The Maze of WV Child Custody Issues – Just Dropping Crumbs Won’t Get You Out

...e; Drugs; Poverty Drugs Mental Health issues, and; did I mention drugs? My personal observation is that in family court the presumption is a parent is fit, and in “abuse and neglect”, circuit court, the assumption is the offending parent is not. And woe be it if you piss off or become adverse to the CPS worker, the prosecutor, the court appointed lawyer for the child (guardian ad litem) or, woe of woes, all of the above! Do everything, and I mean...

February 20, 2015

How I Became a Communist?

...cepts of tort law Starting with the rise of Rush Limbaugh and other “media personalities”, they also attack the idea that it is abnormal and dangerous to have an ebb and flow, give and take, and swinging pendulum of moderate, conservative, and even liberal President congress. In short, they are challenging our political system and labeling anyone who disagrees with them as Un-American. In fact, is a put the finishing touches on this post, Rudy Giu...

January 31, 2019

Financial Disclosure in Divorce: Get it Right!

...ersonnel department to get this information! I understand that values for “personal property” are “used” valuations, such as by sale via “The Prospector,” Facebook, or a yard sale or auction, and NOT retail valuation. Values of real estate may, by convention, be 60% of the assessment on our tax ticket, or as determined by a certified appraiser, or even by stipulation of the homeowners. Examples of personal property are televisions, cars, and furni...

September 26, 2014

A “Wunderful” Step Forward in My Task Management

...agories: a. BURT WORK SHORT TERM; b. BURT WORK LONG TERM/PROJECTS; c. BURT PERSONAL SHORT TERM; d. BURT PERSONAL LONG TERM/PROJECTS; e. ASSIGNED TO STAFF; f. BURTS TASK REQUEST TO NANCY (my beloved wife). 5. It took all of 5 minutes to move 30 tasks into these various catagories. I have written elsewhere of breaking my tasks into “urgent but not important”, “urgent and important”, and “important but not urgent”, and will not repeat that here, but...

February 22, 2019

Valuation of Marital Assets

Personal Property Valuation Resources Thank you to our newest employee Courtney Eskew for her research into some of the many personal property valuation websites. Proceed with caution, but when I think that our main source in the early years of my practice was a Sears Catalog, this is a cornucopia. One caveat: you can value a car accurately by entering make, model, mileage, and condition, but real estate (not included here), and retirement assets...

September 30, 2022

Finding What Burton Hunter Has to Offer

...es long. (11) J. Burton Hunter III & Associates, PLLC. – YouTube This is a personal video memoir, suggested and recorded by the videographer of Jenkins Ford of Buckhannon, which I did in 2018, after he followed me to a week-end of “lapping days” at the legendary Lime Rock Park in Lakevile Ct. in my new Ford Focus RS. It discusses how a “clueless youngster” gains confidence and competence by finding what he loves and doing it well: https://youtu.be...

October 24, 2013

If I Could Know Only Ten Things About My Family Law Case, What Would They Be?

...rstanding of what you are facing in family court than if you had a serious injury claim because your friends may have been through it and you have the WV Supreme Court’s “do it yourself package, but this can lead to over-confidence. 2. There are huge pitfalls in divorce and custody matters as I point out in my blog articles: https://hunterlawfirm.net/?p=237 https://hunterlawfirm.net/?p=390 https://hunterlawfirm.net/?p=389 3. Your case will be gove...

October 21, 2010

Common Sense, Political Correctness, and “Literacy”.

...the news advertise laxatives, pain relievers, artificial knee joints, and Viagra!? They are in a world unto themselves, in an educational system controlled by stagnation and mediocrity. I will get back to some topics on injury claims, family law, deeds, wills and contracts, and lawsuits, soon, but for today I just wanted to complain a bit about the direction our confused society is taking. Thanks for taking the time to consider it....

May 30, 2014

Why Bother With a Legal Check-Up?

...a million dollars”! Then there are the nagging miscl. problems, unresolved injury claims, disputes with neighbors, or potential disputes with family, or even a legal problem of a close family member. Where Mr. Hunter doesn’t know the solution, he probably knows a colleague who does. Usually that initial $500 payment will cover a full and fair review of such issues. Document production is included in the fee. Mr. Hunter has seen situations where an...

April 22, 2020

Up in the Air? We Are Here For You!

...ith a skeleton staff. We can help with your serious auto accident or other injury claims, your “legal check-up”, adoption, conservator-guardianship, contempt matter, divorce, will or deed preparation, civil dispute, right of way or boundary line dispute; pretty much anything and everything we do If “Pap” is in the hospital and needs to make that critical change to his will, we can work that out in a way that disgruntled parties can’t successfully...