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Recorded Statements are almost always required by an insurance company when there is an auto collision. Adjusters will contact you after you file a claim and tell you they need to take the statement. It is very much standard practice and there seems no way to object or to decline taking a recorded interview. The issue with this of course is that no many people like to be recorded in a conversation. Adjusters and insurance company attorneys can and will use the statement against you. They will tell you that you have said this and that, in a recording, to simply devalue your claim or deny coverage.
Most out policies do require cooperation with the insurance company, but they do not require you to be recorded while talking to them. You want to cooperate with them, of course, but agreeing to be recorded is not a requirement.

Termination of child support after age 18 can be a nebulous affair in Washington State.
Typically, 18 years is a milestone signifying the end of childhood. With adulthood come responsibilities including, one presumes, providing financially for oneself. For that reason, Termination of Support orders filed with a couple’s divorce decree usually set the child’s 18th birthday as the date support payments will end.
Case law, too, provides for extended support in certain circumstances, giving the courts the power to declare a child to be still a “dependent” at 18 and therefore entitled to support. Since the courts define “dependent” as someone who looks to another person for primary support, most 18-year-olds probably would qualify.
On the other hand, child support may end before the dependent turns 18. If the child emancipates himself from the parent providing the support, the parent’s payments for that child will end. The same applies if the child marries, or goes to work full-time and supports herself with the income.

Most people are surprised to know that here in Washington once you’re in a vehicle accident insurance companies only require to you to give you three days of rental once a vehicle is declared a total loss. That’s it, three days by statute so, even if you have full coverage and you have a rental coverage specifically purchased in your policy the insurance covering is going to be able to say, “Hey, we deem the car a, a total loss, and therefore you have three days to get out of the car”. Then start paying out of pocket.
Well, as you and I know, three days is not necessarily the right amount of time to go shopping for an auto vehicle, to go find a, a suitable replacement.
It is three days from the date that they tell you that the vehicle is a total loss. Now, in some cases, the vehicle is obviously a total loss. Um, they just look at it and the vehicle is basically burned to the ground.
If you have any questions on your total loss process, or you have any questions about a personal injury claim, I’ll be glad to help you here in Spokane, Washington. You can reach me at Quiroga Law Office, PLLC at 509-927-3840.