Legal Questions and Answers
What Are the Consequences if a Spouse is Named on the Deed but not the Mortgage?
My husband is deceased and his name only is on the mortgage, my name, as his spouse, is on the deed. What consequences, as a result of his passing, will I be subjected to?
02/12/2011 | Category: Debts and Credit | State: California | #24211What Are Workplace Privacy Rights With Regard to Camera Surveillance?
I thought that it was against the law to place sound audio due to privacy violation laws. I am aware that cameras are perfectly legal. Harassment is defined as the person coming to your face and saying or doing whatever it is that they are trying to relay, however, I have had my: managers, employers, the employs I work with & even HR stand around and verbally assault me the e...
02/12/2011 | Category: Privacy | State: Mississippi | #24210Are Both Spouses Required to Sign to Open a Joint Bank Account?
Before a spouse passes away, can money in a savings account be opened in the other spouse's name as long as the account read Mr. or Mrs.? Once this done, does this new account become community property in Louisiana?
02/12/2011 | Category: Banking laws | State: Louisiana | #24209How Do I Evict Tenants Who Signed a Lease Under Rental Fraud of a Vacant Home?
Homeowner victim of trespass of home with no legal assistance from the Police Department when contacted 911. I own a house in Florida which I had been trying to rent for the past 8 months. The house has been vacant but I visit the house every month and my daughters check on the house at least once a week. I had my home advertised on a particular website but since I was not ge...
02/12/2011 | Category: Real Property » Foreclosure | State: Florida | #24208Do I Have to Remove an Encroachment that has Existed for 20 Years in Delaware?
I received a letter from a lawyer of a property owner stating I am encroaching on his property behind my house what it looks like from the enclosed map 20 ft onto his property with my fence and shed. I have been living here for 20 years and bought the house with the shed and fence in the location its in now. The lawyer wants me to sign this legal letter stating I acknowledge...
02/11/2011 | Category: Real Property » Encroachment | State: Delaware | #24206Can an In-Law Claim a Child as a Dependent on a Tax Return?
My daughter turned 18 in December and has married a man who has no job, lives in the same house with his father and mother and half brother and wife with one child. The father-in-law of my daughter says he going to claim my daughter as a dependent on the tax form.Can he legally do this?
02/11/2011 | Category: Taxes | State: Illinois | #24205What is a Consumer's Right to Have Something Fixed in West Virginia?
IN THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA AS A RETAILER DO YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO FIX - CONSUMER IS DEMANDED MONEY BACK..SMALL PROBLEM IN INSTALLATION CAN BE FIXED.
02/11/2011 | Category: Warranties | State: West Virginia | #24204How Can I Change A Mistaken Term in a Divorce Decree?
When in CA a divorce judgment has been ruled on less than 10 days and before the couple is technically divorced, can the wife submit an addendum to the judgement with regards to visitation rights for the children. Both parties agree but the husband is in prison and to be released in a few months. The wife did not complete the visitations details properly. She had made a mista...
02/11/2011 | Category: Divorce » Modification | State: Utah | #24203What Are The Tax Consequences of a Parent Deeding a Home to a Child?
My parents are 80 and 70 and want to give me and my wife their lake house before the pass. What forms do I need and what are the tax implications for them and us. The way I understand it is I will also inherit their basis. They paid around 25,000 and the property is now worth around 80,000. However, I don't believe I would owe any taxes until I sell the property. Their net...
02/11/2011 | Category: Real Property » Sales | State: Alabama | #24202How Can I Prevent my Estate From Going to the State if I Go to a Nursing Home?
I have a mortgage on my home - what do I have to do to ensure my home will not go to the state if I have to go into a nursing home. I have two adult children. What would be the most economical way to proceed, since I've had to file bankruptcy and I am retired.
02/11/2011 | Category: Medicaid | State: Illinois | #24201