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A majority of the farm leases for crop production in Ohio are still verbal (non-written) leases that are recognized as being “year-to-year.” In → Read More
The loss of anyone close to us is heartbreaking and devastating. We all grieve in different ways, but there is often an especially unique loss when the per → Read More
State law requires that every item sold actually be able to do what the item is designed to do, which is called “merchantability”. In other wor → Read More
Many people borrow money to make their home purchases. In that context, lenders sometimes set up “escrow” for real estate taxes, property insur → Read More
The United States is blessed with an abundant network of railroads that feed our economy. Nevertheless, few of us enjoy waiting on trains to pass through o → Read More
Defensive driving encourages each vehicle driver to avoid accidents, even if the avoidable accident would be the other driver’s fault. The idea is th → Read More
The real estate in our region was initially platted into one-mile squares that were to each contain approximately 640 acres, with each square being called → Read More
Finding a home in a better location, with a better layout, with more space or in better condition can be exciting. Unfortunately, however, some people agre → Read More
The buying and selling businesses is best described as a winding road of give and take.Notably, anyone selling a business may be subject to state and feder → Read More
Determining whether gifts of any size are legally problematic depends upon the context in which the gift is to be analyzed or considered.The law on gifts i → Read More
Sometimes the law is incredibly consistent, simple and easy to understand. Other times, especially in certain areas of the law, the law consists of multipl → Read More
An amazing aspect of living where we do is that people are usually quite generous with each other.This generosity includes sharing our possessions. Growing → Read More
The Iowa Supreme Court recently ruled that a “ball hitch” — used to attach trailers to passenger vehicles — did not legally “ → Read More
The law sometimes appears to contradict itself. Specifically, the words “anything and everything” do not always legally mean “anything an → Read More
Ohio law does not prohibit landlocked — lacking access to a public road/street — property. However, many counties and municipalities have regul → Read More
Every business succession plan looks different, and various, unique aspects of every person involved and every business means that the who, what, how and w → Read More
Although few of us visit our friends and family in nursing homes enough, we cannot visit nursing home residents around-the-clock, 24 hours a day, as we cou → Read More
Before the internet and social media took over many aspects of business and interpersonal interaction, written publications were a primary method of formal → Read More
Often, people’s most valuable asset is their home. Many people mark the day that they pay off their home mortgage with a celebration similar to that → Read More
Regardless of how the circumstance arises, some people own property that is titled in a name by which a person is no longer known.For instance, an engaged → Read More