Legal Questions and Answers
How Can We Prevent Intestate Distribution to a Separated Spouse in Washington?
My inlaws legally seperated in 2001 and my father in law believed that the divorce was finalized. He just recently passed away and we have discovered that the divorce was never completed. He did not have a will, only notes and spreadsheets dividing his assets amongst his children and now my mother in law has come back to Washington State from Canada (where she has lived since 2...
12/06/2010 | Category: Wills and Es... » Intestacy | State: Washington | #23773Can I Get an Injunction to Graduate from School Despite an Academic Probation?
My wife is a college nursing student. Her current class has 2 parts. One clinical (in the hospital settting) and one in the academic classroom. She currently has 2 academic tests left and an 86% average. She was failed in her clinical side of the course on the last day. She is being denied the ability to complete her final two exams even though she has filed a grade appeal...
12/06/2010 | Category: Schools | State: Illinois | #23772Can Property I Own With My Spouse Be Used to Pay For My Individual Debt?
My wife and I purchased a home in 1997. I have a creditor suing me and I was wondering if they get a judgment against me, could they attach it to the property. We live in North Carolina and the judgment would be against me only as my wife is not on the account.
12/06/2010 | Category: Debts and Credit | State: North Carolina | #23768What State's Will Should I Use if I Don't Have a Residence?
My drivers license (good until 2017) is from Wisconsin. I left Wisconsin in Feb 2010 and have been traveling via a 5th wheel camper ever since. I do not have a house any more in WI due to a divorce. I'm currently staying in a RV park in Florida. So, I'm a full time traveler without a physical house address. I want to create a Will but not sure what State specific one to use? Or...
12/06/2010 | Category: Residence | State: Wisconsin | #23767Do the Wishes of a Will for When to Distribute Assets Have to Be Followed?
my father passed away and left my brother and i everything including stock portfolio, annuities, life insurance, etc. we divided everything up, and npw a copy of his will appeared and it said that 1/3 be given upon death, 1/3 given in 5 years and the remainder in 10 years. do we have to abide by the will or are they ways to get around the 1/3, 1/3 and 1/3. what are our leg...
12/05/2010 | Category: Wills and Es... » Probate | State: Massachusetts | #23766Do I Have to Answer a Complaint Against My Former Business?
I was served recently by a person who has an asbestos case against numerous companies. He is suing me when I was the owner of a corporation which was disolved in 1992. Do I need to do something with this summons. I had a small business but I'm not longer the president of the corporation which doesn't even exist anymore. Should I just ignore this?
12/05/2010 | Category: Civil Actions » Summons | State: California | #23763How Do I Garnish Wages After I Get a Judgment Against Someone in Virginia?
If I have a judgment for money owed and they have not paid. How can I get a checking garnishment?
12/04/2010 | Category: Debts and Cr... » Garnishment | State: Virginia | #23760Can a Warrant be Issued the Day After a Summons is Issued?
Can the court issue a summon on certain date and issue an arrest warrant on next date on same case?
12/04/2010 | Category: Criminal » Warrants | State: Tennessee | #23759How Do I Compel Discovery When the Judge Has Recused Himself from the Case?
I filed a complaint pro se against the county and sent my 1st set of interrogatories and request for production of documents with a 28-day time.The county's attorney 2 weeks later filed a motion for a protective order to keep from answering the interrogatories or producing the documents pending deposition of me, which they have never attempted to schedule.The judge then recused...
12/04/2010 | Category: Civil Actions | State: Ohio | #23758Do Both Spouses' Assets Count for Medicaid Purposes if One Goes to a Nursing Home?
a irrevocable A-B Trust was set up in 1989 it has a medicaid trust clause that protected the assets of that trust if nursing home is needed. wife who was deeded 2 income properties in 1989, with affidevit stating that grantor , husband was retaining no reserved interest in property and it was filed.property not in trust but owned solely and willed to children with herand only ...
12/04/2010 | Category: Wills and Estates | State: New York | #23756