An increasing number of people are turning to the internet for all sorts of advice. Fashion advice. Medical advice. Marriage advice.
Here are Prater Law Firm, PLLC, we certainly won’t dissuade you from getting fashion advice online, but we strongly recommend that you don’t turn to Google for legal advice. Because it could end up costing you a whole lot more than you expected.
There are three major reasons why the internet is not where you should turn.
1. You don't know who is providing the advice. There is a lot of misinformation, bad information and flat out wrong information on the internet. We are sure we aren't telling you anything new. Nonetheless, trusting strangers with legal advice is a bad bet.
Even if the advice seems to come from someone of authority, such as a law enforcement officer or even an attorney, the advice can still be wrong or dated. Use a competent legal expert who can review the relevant case law or statutory provisions and know if things have changed. It is worth it to protect yourself.
2. Laws vary dramatically from state to state. You have found what you were looking for on the internet. It supports your position, so now you feel confident making your legal decision; but, it is actually the law that controls?
Laws vary widely from state to state, and if you are looking at law that doesn't apply to your location, then you are making decisions based on irrelevant laws to you.
3. Laws change regularly. Every legislative session, new laws are passed and old ones are modified. Even assuming you found accurate information from a trusted source online, is it current?
Laws aren't only changed by way of new legislation, but new case law decisions, made by courts, can also modify statutes and change the law. It is important to know that what you are looking at is accurate.
If you want to be sure that you are proceeding in the proper way, it pays to hire a competent and knowledgable attorney. Here at Prater Law Firm, PLLC, we can help.