PROTECTING YOUR RIGHTS AFTER AN INJURY When an unexpected accident turns your life upside down, you deserve a legal team that will stand firmly on your side. If you were involved in an accident due to another’s negligence, it is difficult to navigate the process. What do I do with medical bills piling up? What […]

Paternity and Partition Actions: Unmarried Couples’ Legal Remedies  In today’s day and age, many couples own property and have children together before ever walking down the aisle for a formal marriage ceremony. Owning property and having children with your significant other can work well—until it doesn’t. Disagreements often arise after a breakup involving both parenting plans and what to do with real property. Paternity and Partition actions serve very different purposes,  but both arise when […]

There are many questions people have when it comes to planning for the future, and making sure everything is in order in your estate plan. You may not know where to look or know what questions to ask, but Ellis Law Offices, P.C. is prepared to answer those questions for you and guide you through […]

This is the first blog of a series regarding Estate Planning.  This segment will give a broad overview of issues to be considered.  The later blogs will provide more specifics.  I will attempt to first show the forest.  This will be followed by a series examining specific trees within the forest.  We will discuss the […]

Did you know you have the right to a speedy indictment?  In Iowa, when an adult is arrested for the commission of a public offense and an indictment is not found within 45 days of arrest and initial appearance, the Court must order the prosecution to be dismissed, unless the County Attorney can show good cause. […]