Per the Fafsa, legal guardianship is when a student is under the court-ordered care of someone other than a parent or stepparent Written By Written by Contributor, Buy Side Becca Stanek is a ...

In Waggeh v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of Am., the court rejected the plaintiff’s contention that her state law claims “fell outside the provisions of ERISA,” and dismissed the complaint on the grounds ...

In Washington family law cases, a Guardian ad Litem (often abbreviated as a ‘GAL’) may be appointed by the court to represent and protect the ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America was hit with an ERISA lawsuit on Sept. 18 in Alaska District Court over the alleged wrongful termination of long-term disability benefits. The action, brought by ...

Guardianship is a legal action where the court deems an adult an incapacitated person and appoints someone, the guardian, to make decisions about the care and finances of the individual. A ...

Steptoe & Johnson filed a trade secret lawsuit Monday in New York Southern District Court on behalf of Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America. The complaint targets two former Guardian employees for ...

People frequently assume that a person for whom a guardian/conservator is appointed automatically loses the right to engage in estate planning – in other words, a finding of a need for a ...

Several states explicitly allow people under age 18 to receive prescription birth control without parental involvement. Some states reserve the right to notify a parent or legal guardian with few ...

Claims fiduciary Guardian had discretionary authority to determine eligibility for benefits. In 2013 it denied Kayser long-term disability benefits, and later denied her appeal for failure to submit ...