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Lewis Legal Solutions, LLC Experienced divorce, estate planning and employment attorney serving central Ohio. Mary also assists clients with preparing prenuptial agreements.

Attorney Mary Lewis Turner provides legal services to her clients in the areas of family law, mediation, and estate planning. Mary represents clients who are facing the end of their marriages and are struggling with such divorce-related issues as property division, child custody and visitation, and spousal and child support. She has specialized family and divorce mediation training and has been appointed by the Delaware County Domestic Court to mediate divorce and child custody cases. In her estate planning practice, Mary prepares Wills, Trusts, Living Wills, Health Care Powers of Attorney and Financial Powers of Attorney for her clients. Mary’s clients appreciate her solution-oriented approach to reducing and resolving conflict. In some cases, litigation is necessary, but it is not your only option. Mary believes that you deserve to know your rights and the options available to you at every step of your case. She will work closely with you to understand the details of your situation and prepare a plan for going forward. Mary works diligently to ensure you have the legal advice and information necessary to make informed decisions about your case. At Lewis Legal Solutions, we understand that every client and every case is unique. You will be our priority. We look forward to getting to know you and your family to help you protect what matters most. Visit our website at www.LewisLegalSolutions.com for more information.

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, so you'll probably see reminders to update your passwords and turn on two-fact...
10/14/2026

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, so you'll probably see reminders to update your passwords and turn on two-factor authentication.

Those same protections can lock your family out if something happens to you. Years of photos in the cloud, an online bank account with no paper statements, a small business run through a web platform, and autopay bills tied to an email only you can open can all become very hard to reach.

Privacy laws and each company's terms of service often block access, even for a spouse. Most states now let you give a named person authority over your digital accounts, but it works best when your estate plan says so directly.

Add digital assets to your will and power of attorney, and keep a secure list of accounts somewhere your Executor can find it.

Do it while you're changing those passwords.

Medicare open enrollment starts October 15, and a lot of adult children end up at the kitchen table with a parent, compa...
10/08/2026

Medicare open enrollment starts October 15, and a lot of adult children end up at the kitchen table with a parent, comparing drug plans and premiums on a laptop.

That's a good moment to ask a harder question: if Mom or Dad couldn't make decisions tomorrow, who would? Without a healthcare power of attorney, doctors may not know who to listen to.

Without a financial power of attorney, paying their bills or talking to their bank can require going to court. These documents have to be signed while your parent can still understand them, which is why waiting for a diagnosis is risky.

You're already sitting together and talking about their health. Ask whether their paperwork is in place, where the originals are kept, and when it was last updated.

If the answer is "I'm not sure," help them book an appointment before the holidays.

Open enrollment season is here, and most people click through the benefits portal as fast as they can to pick a health p...
10/02/2026

Open enrollment season is here, and most people click through the benefits portal as fast as they can to pick a health plan and get back to work. The screen worth slowing down on is the one that asks who your beneficiaries are. Life insurance through work, a 401(k), and many retirement accounts pass directly to whomever is named on that form, and your Will has no say in the matter. If an ex-spouse is still listed from a job you started ten years ago, that's who gets the money. If you named your young children directly, a court may need to appoint someone to manage the funds until they reach adulthood. While you're logged in this month, check every account, confirm the names are current, and ask an attorney whether a trust should be listed as the beneficiary instead of your kids.

Back to school forms ask for emergency contacts, and this is usually the moment a lot of blended families realize the sc...
09/29/2026

Back to school forms ask for emergency contacts, and this is usually the moment a lot of blended families realize the school doesn't actually know who's allowed to pick up their kids. A stepparent who drives carpool every day, packs lunches, and shows up to every conference may not be listed anywhere as someone the school can release a child to, and front office staff will follow the paperwork over what they know to be true.

The fix is simple: an authorization letter from the legal parent, on file with the school, naming who can pick up your child and who can be called in an emergency. Some districts have their own form, and some will accept a signed letter as long as it's specific.

Update the form this week while you're already filling out the rest of the back to school paperwork.

IEP meetings start back up this month, and for parents of a teenager with a disability, those meetings are often the fir...
09/25/2026

IEP meetings start back up this month, and for parents of a teenager with a disability, those meetings are often the first real conversation about what happens after graduation. Turning 18 gives every young adult the legal right to make their own medical, financial, and educational decisions, whether or not they're able to use it.

For a family whose child needs ongoing support, that birthday can quietly end a parent's ability to see medical records, manage benefits, or sit in on a doctor's appointment the way they always have. Depending on your child's needs, the right tool might be a guardianship, a conservatorship, or a lighter-touch option like a healthcare proxy paired with a durable power of attorney, and each one has a different process and timeline.

If your child is turning 17 this year, this is the month to start that conversation with a lawyer, since some of these processes take months to complete.

A lot of families move over the summer and the boxes are barely unpacked before the first day of school arrives. What do...
09/23/2026

A lot of families move over the summer and the boxes are barely unpacked before the first day of school arrives. What doesn't move automatically with you is the legal weight of your estate documents. A will, a healthcare directive, and a power of attorney are governed by the laws of the state where you sign them, and some states have rules others don't recognize the same way, especially around witnesses, notarization, or what counts as a valid healthcare proxy.

Most documents drafted elsewhere will still hold up in a new state, but not always, and the gap only shows up when someone tries to use the document and finds out it doesn't quite fit.

If you moved this summer, put "call a local attorney" on your list next to registering the kids for school.

Fall sports schedules go up in August, and for a lot of families that means a season of weekend tournaments with a coach...
09/21/2026

Fall sports schedules go up in August, and for a lot of families that means a season of weekend tournaments with a coach or another parent driving the carpool. If your child gets hurt two hours from home and you're not there, the adult standing next to them at urgent care may have no legal standing to authorize treatment, even if they've known your kid since kindergarten.

The same caregiver's authorization affidavit that covers a grandparent watching the house while you travel can cover a team parent taking four kids to an away game. Ask your league or club whether they keep signed authorization forms on file for exactly this reason, and if they don't, bring your own to the first practice.

One signature before the season starts means one less thing to worry about if a kid takes a bad fall on a field three towns over.

Move-in day looks like a milestone, and it is one, but there's a legal shift buried inside it that most families miss. T...
09/17/2026

Move-in day looks like a milestone, and it is one, but there's a legal shift buried inside it that most families miss. The moment your child turns 18, you stop being able to get their medical records, talk to a doctor on their behalf, or step in if a form needs your signature at the bursar's office. None of that changes just because you're still paying the tuition.

Two short documents fix this: a HIPAA release so a doctor can talk to you if your student ends up in urgent care three states away, and a power of attorney so you can handle a locked-out bank account or a housing contract if your kid is buried in finals. Most colleges hand out generic templates during orientation, but a version drafted by an attorney who knows your state's rules holds up better if you ever actually need it.

Get this signed before the dorm room is unpacked, not after a phone call from a hospital you've never heard of.

If your family grew this year through marriage, a new baby, or a stepchild moving in full time, your estate plan may not...
08/31/2026

If your family grew this year through marriage, a new baby, or a stepchild moving in full time, your estate plan may not know it yet. Beneficiary designations on retirement accounts, life insurance, and 529 plans are legally separate from your will, and an outdated form can send money to an ex-spouse or leave a new child out entirely. Open enrollment paperwork and back to school forms this month are a natural prompt to check those designations while you already have your accounts pulled up. A short review now can prevent a fight nobody wants to have later.

A lot of parents put off writing a will because the guardian decision feels too big to make. But if something happens to...
08/25/2026

A lot of parents put off writing a will because the guardian decision feels too big to make. But if something happens to both parents and no guardian is named, a judge who has never met your children decides who raises them, and that process can take months. Naming a guardian in your will does not lock you in forever. You can update it as your kids grow, as your family changes, or as your first choice moves across the country. Before the new school year settles in, take the time to have this conversation with your spouse and get it in writing.

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