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I'm 16 and I don't want to go back home.
im am 16 i dont want to go back home
12/01/2016 | Category: Minors » Age of Major... | State: Florida | #27379I'm 16 and pregnant and would like too get housing can I?
I'm 16 and pregnant and would like too get housing can I?
12/01/2016 | Category: Minors » Emancipation... | State: Illinois | #27376Can an emancipated minor enter into valid contracts in Illinois?
I am an Illinois resident. Yesterday, I celebrated my 16th birthday. I have been bogged down by parental pressure all my life and have always been forced to live according to their will. Now that I have turned 16, can I live away from my parents and enter into legal contracts?
11/30/2016 | Category: Minors » Emancipation... | State: Illinois | #27363When a spouse is not satisfied with the dissolution agreement what recourse is available?
My wife and I decided to part ways amicably and filed for a dissolution of marriage at the Cleveland family court. We sat down and had reached consensus on all terms of the divorce and made an agreement to that effect with the help of our attorneys. It is after the agreement was produced before the court that I noticed a major loophole regarding the treatment of our property se...
11/30/2016 | Category: Divorce | State: Ohio | #27362Can a spouse apply for canceling spousal support payment if the recipient remarries in Ohio?
I divorced my husband about 8 months back. Although, I was successful in obtaining the decree of divorce, I was ordered by the court to pay a spousal support of $1150 every month until such time that he is able to find himself a job or remarry. When he started earning $300 from his part-time job, the court modified the support payment to $850 every month. He remarried about two...
11/30/2016 | Category: Divorce » Spousal Supp... | State: Ohio | #27361Can the court grant a divorce on a no-fault ground in Ohio?
My husband and I have been living apart for the past two years. It doesn’t look like we are ever getting back together. We have had ego clashes and work-related disagreements which caused the rift between us as we work in rival financial firms. I want to move on with my life and start afresh. I don’t have any particular fault to point out in my marriage which is convincing enou...
11/30/2016 | Category: Divorce » Grounds | State: Ohio | #27359Can a suit be filed against the landlord for intentional termination of utility services?
I live in a rented apartment in Washington. I have been living there for the past three years. My landlord has intentionally terminated electricity and water supply to my apartment three days back without providing me any notice or a good cause. I tried contacting him but he is not responding to my calls and emails. Can I bring an action against him?
11/30/2016 | Category: Landlord Tenant | State: Washington | #27358Can I invalidate our marriage based on bigamy?
My husband and I got married 3 years ago, in California. Recently I could feel a change in him. Whenever I questioned him about this, he would either ignore or evade my question. Once while he was drunk, he confessed about his former wife who he had never divorced. I do not want to be married to my husband anymore. Can I invalidate my marriage?
11/30/2016 | Category: Divorce » Annulment | State: California | #27357When can a court terminate biological father’s rights?
I am a sixteen-year-old living in California. I was adopted ten years ago and have been living with my adoptive parents ever since. I have not been able to accept my father and I do not get along with him. I would like to know how a biological father’s parental rights are terminated upon adoption?
11/30/2016 | Category: Adoption | State: California | #27356Can an action be brought against a spouse for unlawful possession of the other spouse’s property?
My husband and I have been living in Illinois for the last seven years. Prior to our marriage, I owned a property worth a few million dollars. After I got married, my husband through coercion got control over my property. This has me worried as I fear that he might eventually try to take the property completely from me. I do not want a divorce from him but I want my property t...
11/30/2016 | Category: Husband and ... » Personal Inj... | State: Illinois | #27355