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If your spouse handled paying the bills during your marriage, this is going to be a difficult transition. If you were a stay at home mom who must now return to work as a single mom, it will be even more difficult. If you sense your marriage is going to end, take that time beforehand to look for a job and get settled into it. Do not think because you have always been a stay at home mom that your husband is going to continue supporting you after the divorce even if it was his idea for you to stay home. He may assist for awhile until you get settled, but you will need to become self-supporting in the short-term.

One of the first things you want to do is get an estimate of your income after taxes. Once you know how much you have coming in you can estimate your expenses. You can include spousal support and child support if you and your spouse have discussed these issues and you know what will be forthcoming. For the non-custodial parent, you want to include these items as part of your outgoing income. Keep in mind that alimony is taxable income for the person being paid and a deduction from income from the person paying it, but child support is neither taxable for the recipient nor deductible for the person paying.

Once you have all of your income and expenses in order, you will be ready to assume life as a single spouse and/or parent. If you’ve been married for several years—or at least been with your spouse for some time—you may find the transition into single life difficult. You are used to having someone in the house, someone else to cook and clean for or someone to do your cooking and cleaning and now you must go it alone. You will also find the quiet unnerving at first even if there are children around to keep you occupied.

One of the first things you want to do is find a new circle of friends, ones that are single. That doesn’t mean you need to disassociate from those married friends, but if you want to get back into the world of dating, you need to find friends who are also single and looking to date. This is the final step, however, after you have everything else in order and are ready to begin your new single life.

• The driver is asked to stand with arms down and one leg suspended about six inches from the ground
• The driver must walk a straight line with the heel of the foot that is stepping at the toe of the other foot then turn around and come back
• The driver must track a moving object with his eyes while keeping his head still

The problem with any of these tests is there can be any number of reasons a driver is unable to perform any of these tasks including the simple inability to do them. Some people may not have the momentum to stand on one foot or walk a straight line and will thus fail the test even when completely sober.

It stands to reason that if you are asked to participate in an FST, the police officer feels he has reason to believe you have been drinking. This may include driving in the middle of the road, weaving along the road or simply being randomly selected at a sobriety checkpoint. If you fail the tests but are not drinking, your attorney may choose to challenge the evidence in court. The accuracy of FSTs can be affected by several factors including the age and weight of the driver, the health of the driver, and even the road conditions under which the test is conducted.

Another factor that may affect the accuracy of FSTs is the experience of the police officer conducting the test. An experienced officer will have the ability to detect whether a driver is under the influence or is taking medication that does not necessarily affect their ability to drive but may affect their equilibrium. All of these factors should be considered before any decision should be made about a driver’s ability to drive or whether he or she is DUI.

Although these tests have a high level of inaccuracy, they are the best that exists in many areas. There are some field breathalyzer tests, but these again can be inaccurate—mouth wash can render a positive reading on a breathalyzer test, for example. The most accurate way to handle these situations is for the police officer not to base a decision on these tests alone but to ask the driver to submit to a blood test at the hospital or another facility. These needs to be done immediately following the traffic stop of it will be inaccurate as well as alcohol levels will reduce with the passage of time. In most states a driver’s refusal to submit to a sobriety test in Raleigh, North Carolina is viewed as evidence of guilt.

There are generally two parties in a malpractice suit; the plaintiff, which is the injured patient or a legal representative of the patient’s; as well, an executor or administrator of a deceased victim’s estate. The other party is known as the defendant, in this case, it’s generally a health care provider; this could be a doctor, dentist, a nurse, and even a therapist. Regardless, the plaintiff must prove four factors in order to file a malpractice claim against a healthcare provider. First, they must prove that a duty was owed; when a healthcare provider sees a patient for treatment this is an assumed factor. Second, the duty was breached. A breach of duty can mean several things. In general terms, it means that the patient was treated sub-standard to other patients that may have been in a similar situation. The patient might have been given the wrong medicine; usually in most situations- expert testimony from other doctors is used to support this factor. A third criterion must be met as well, that being that the breach of duty caused injury or harm. This injury or harm does not need to be physical; in the case of a therapist, it could be mental anguish and suffering. The final element needed for a medical malpractice claim is damages; without damages done to the victim or family of the victim; there can be no medical malpractice. Damages may be physically short-term, long-term, as well as emotional suffering. As well, damages may mean financial hardships; like lost wages, medical expenses, and long-term care. In some medical malpractice suits, even punitive damages are awarded to victims; punitive damages are meant to punish the defendant; generally these damages are only awarded if malice and reckless conduct are proven.

There are several studies on medical malpractice claims; one study conducted by the American Academy of Family Physicians, sited that out of 5,921 proven malpractice claims; an overwhelming 68% were in outpatient settings. These errors resulted in over 1200 deaths. The most common error in this study was medical mis-diagnosis. More recent studies have indicated that the most common error was due to medication errors. This recent study conducted in 2006, found that a total of 1.5 million people will be harmed every year due to medication errors. It is unknown the amount of people that die each year due to medical malpractice; some researchers estimate the number being as high as 98,000 people every year.

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