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Shared custody is common in modern Kentucky divorces, but many parents view sharing parental responsibilities with their ex as a negative thing. However, shared custody is beneficial for the parents as well as the children.

On the large and varied scale of potential injuries in a car crash, a broken bone may not seem like a very serious issue. After all, compared with a permanent spinal injury or a debilitating traumatic brain injury, a broken bone is easy to diagnose, typically straightforward to treat and possible to fully recover from with adequate medical care and rest.

Law enforcement officers have to perform basic medical evaluations during their efforts to enforce impaired driving statutes, which can lead to mistaken arrests for people with certain medical conditions. Officers will take information they have about how alcohol and other drugs affect the human body and compare that information to the behavior of drivers stopped for enforcement purposes.

Distracted driving has gone from being an almost unknown risk on the roads to being one of the most serious concerns for modern safety. A federal analysis of crash data shows that drunk drivers cause 10,265 fatal crashes each year, while distracted drivers cause 3,477 fatal crashes.

It won’t take long after a car wreck for an insurance company adjuster to contact you. (Depending on what happened, you may even end up talking to more than one insurance adjuster — especially if multiple vehicles are involved.

Chemical breath tests, also commonly called Breathalyzer systems, help law enforcement officers, school administrators, probation/parole officers and even parents determine if someone is likely under the influence of alcohol.

Every adult child knows that conversations about altering a parent’s lifestyle due to aging are extremely sensitive. These talks could be about finances or moving to assisted living, but typically the first difficult subject to address is unsafe driving.

Sometimes, people have to do the unthinkable to get out of a bad situation. Depending on their circumstances, a person’s escape may have gotten them a DUI.

The holidays are often a difficult time for families with newly divorced parents. The custody agreement and parenting plan may have been worked out with the help of an attorney and possibly a judge, but seeing it on paper is different than a parent spending Christmas Eve alone because it is not their year.

Many people in Kentucky take advantage of the Labor Day holiday weekend to spend time socializing with friends and family. However, innocent gatherings can take a dangerous and potentially deadly turn when people consume too much alcohol and then attempt to drive home.