Methodology, Sources, and Corrections

Purpose

LegalCalc exists to help visitors prepare: to turn a collection of dates into a chronology, a folder into an index, or a narrow arithmetic question into a worksheet that another person can repeat. It is not designed to decide legal rights or predict what a court, agency, insurer, employer, or opposing party will do.

How a topic earns a page

Before publishing a tool, we ask whether its purpose can be stated narrowly, whether the inputs can be defined in ordinary language, whether the result can be checked, and whether a real source or local verification step exists. When the answer depends too heavily on state law, current case facts, professional judgment, or disputed evidence, we retire the nationwide shortcut instead of dressing it up with more fields.

How we show the method

• The page states what is counted and what is outside scope.
• The formula, sorting rule, or status categories are visible around the result.
• Examples are labelled as examples, not as a prediction or entitlement.
• Official or professional sources are linked when a legal baseline is described.
• The visitor is told which notice, form, agency, court, agreement, or local professional should be checked next.

Sources and dates

Federal wage tools link to the U.S. Department of Labor and the Electronic Code of Federal Regulations. Preparation pages link to court, agency, and legal-aid resources. Professional-conduct material links to the American Bar Association as a starting point, while noting that state rules control. Each page carries a review month; a review date means the page was checked against its stated source scope, not that every jurisdiction was re-audited.

Authorship and publisher disclosure

Pages are published by . The site is independent and does not claim attorney review unless a named reviewer is expressly identified on the page. The publisher is not a law firm and does not offer representation, legal advice, accounting advice, or a referral arrangement.

Corrections

Send a correction through the contact page or contact@legalcalc.online. Include the URL, the exact sentence or field, why it is inaccurate or unclear, and a public source when possible. We prioritise errors that could change a calculation, misstate a source, create a misleading impression of certainty, or hide a local limitation.

We may change the wording, add a scope note, update a source link, or retire a page when a general model would be misleading. We do not promise to provide individual legal analysis in response to a correction request.

Privacy of worksheet entries

Current worksheets are designed to calculate in the browser and do not require document uploads or accounts. Do not enter names, case numbers, privileged communications, account numbers, or unnecessary medical details. Browser history, screenshots, analytics, or other services outside the worksheet can still have their own privacy behaviour; review the privacy policy for the site-level details.

When to stop researching online

If a notice gives a response date, a court hearing is near, an eviction or garnishment is active, a criminal charge or licence suspension is involved, or safety and housing are at risk, contact the relevant authority, legal-aid office, or licensed local professional promptly. An organised worksheet should never be a reason to wait.