Getting divorced has a significant impact on your life and there are many factors that need to be considered. Of course, couples need to determine the division of assets and possibly immediate child issues such as custody, visitation, and support but another very important action to take is to create, or update, their estate plan. If you have estate planning…
Under New Hampshire law, most employees are employees at will and means that they can quit or be fired with or without notice or cause. Even if the employee has an employment agreement which sets forth their compensation and perhaps other obligations related to confidentiality and non-solicitation of employees and customers and the like, the agreement often will reaffirm the…
For the 30th consecutive year, H&K elves have been hard at work shopping and wrapping for two young children. We want them to have the best Christmas ever! Every year the firm “adopts” children through the Front Door Agency. Employees of the firm donate generously so everything on the children’s wish lists can be purchased. The team effort culminates with…
As we enter the holiday season, the song Auld Land Syne will be thought of and perhaps sung by many on New Year’s Eve. The crux of the song is about taking time to remember and appreciate the good people that became part of your life. Being one of those that make a positive difference in your co-worker’s life rather…
Employment sexual harassment is illegal under New Hampshire and federal law. All employee claims of sexual harassment need to be taken seriously and employers would be making a huge mistake to make a broad application of principles related to sexual harassment. For example, employment sexual harassment can occur when the accused and the accuser are of the same sex or…
Although many Millennials (born 1981-1996 according to the Pew Research Center and 1982-2000 according to the Census Bureau) have substantial student loan debt and other expenses such as high mortgage or rent payments compared to their income, it is still a good idea to do an estate plan and here’s why: You may not have had the chance to build…
Please join Attorney Andrea Nelson, an associate from our Trusts & Estates Department, and Shane Bertrand, a financial advisor at Edward Jones, in discussing estate planning and why it is so important to have one in place. “It’s a topic people tend to put off or ignore, but one of the most important things you can do is to develop…
Recently in the news there has been coverage whether certain Bedford School Guidance Counsellors should keep their job after he wrote letters of support for a former Exeter High School Guidance Counsellor, Kristie Torbick. Ms. Torbick pled guilty to sexually assaulting a 14-year old student in Exeter, although she previously worked in Bedford. Bedford, in noting its decision not to…
The amount of income used in the child support calculation is the issue that predominantly impacts cases when or both parents have income from pass-through entities. Businesses with pass-through income are entities which are not taxed itself. Instead, the entity’s income is “passed-through” to the shareholders or members of the entity. Subchapter S-Corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, limited partnerships, etc.…
State and federal employment discrimination laws require employers to reasonably accommodate employees with disabilities in order to enable them to do their job; however, employee misconduct does not usually afford any reasonable accommodation. By way of example, if an employee threatens violence against a coworker, employers may generally fire that employee. The employee has no constitutional freedom-of-speech rights in the…