Legal Questions and Answers
How Does a Parent Get Custody Back from a Grandparent in Ohio?
My son and his wife are Not divorced, but he is paying her child support. His daughter has not lived with her mother for several months, she lives with her grandma. The mom cannot work because of seizures, she just had her car repossessed and is being evicted. My son wants custody of his daughter, but wants to make sure he does it legally... how should he proceed?
10/19/2010 | Category: Divorce » Child Custody | State: Ohio | #23435How Can A Person Get Citizenship in the United States Other Than Through Marriage?
At the age of 18, it is not lawful or right to get married. But, for anyone who wants to live in a country that is not the one they were born into, marriage to a citizen of said country is a requirement. So, that means that every two people who met online and want to save marriage for a more financially stable age, have no legal recourse. Now I ask - how can that be? How can th...
10/19/2010 | Category: Marriage | State: New York | #23432How Do I Claim That a Vehicle on Private Property in California Has Been Abandoned?
Divorce settlement-abandoned vehicle moved out of my house (that I shared with my husband) on Oct. 25, 09. Our divorce was final July 23, 10. In the divorce settlement, the court awarded my ex-husband, one set of my bridal rings and an old abandoned vehicle that has been sitting on my parent's property for over ten (10) years. Since Nov. 25, 09 I have had a restraining order ag...
10/19/2010 | Category: Abandoned Property | State: California | #23431When Can a Sole Source Provider Be Used in California?
In the state of California, if an architect sole sourced a product in an effort to restrict competition would this be a violation of the Sherman act?
10/19/2010 | Category: Consumer » Unfair Pract... | State: Georgia | #23429Can I Have Repair Work Billed to Someone Else Without Their Consent?
My question is 'Can I get a landscape company come out and fix the problem with the standing water and have the seller billed for it?' Details that lead to the question. I bought a house last October 2009. During the property inspection by a reputable company they found that in the back yard the landscape is such that when it rains it has standing water. The seller agreed ...
10/19/2010 | Category: Contracts | State: Alabama | #23427Can I Withdraw Funds From a Joint Account My Father and I Both Contributed to?
My 89 year old father and I have owned a mutual fund and a money market account for approximately 10 - 15 years. We both put money into these accounts. He recently had to go to a nursing home. Since the accounts are in joint tenancy and we both contributed funds to them what is my right to any of the funds in these accounts?
10/19/2010 | Category: Real Property » Joint Tenants | State: Iowa | #23425Can I Ask for a Change of Venue if I Can't Find a Local Attorney?
I am the executor of my mother's estate. She died in 2008. My brothers have filed suit against me for accepting a gift from her using her medical records stating she was diagnosed with Severe Alzeimers. It was originally diagnosed in 1998. In 2000 my brothers manipulated her into making serious errors in judgement that lost the family latge sums of money something which I foug...
10/19/2010 | Category: Venue | State: Louisiana | #23424What Kind of Trust Do I Need for My Disabled Wife?
i am trying to figure out what kind of living trust i need to fill out due to being married and everything we own is in both of are names but also i am the court apointed gaurdian of my wife due to her being incompatent due to a car wreck a few yrs back.,and also have power of attorney . can you tell me what kinda of living trust i need
10/19/2010 | Category: Trusts | State: Oklahoma | #23423How Do I Make a Grandparent Conservator of My Child in Texas?
Do I have to get an attorney to keep the courts from taking my son whom I got when the mom let someone adopt him at birth. I hired an attorney to find him, went through the courts--had his name changed to mine w/Jr. In the meantime, his birth mother relinguished her rights & didn't appear in court. For the past 14 years I & my mom have taken care of this child. My mom has co...
10/18/2010 | Category: Paternity » Termination ... | State: Texas | #23417Can Social Security or Military Retirement Income be Used to Pay Creditors?
Are Military Retirement Pension, Veteran Disability Payments and Social Security Income safe From Garnishment? I am 67 y/o disabled 100% Service Connected & wife is 67 also & Retired on SSI. We are in an impossible position and facing Foreclosure. Lender refuses to refinance , Payment is $2,912.90. We are upside in excess of $200,00.00. Mortgage @ $392,000.00, Appraisal @ $2...
10/18/2010 | Category: Debts and Cr... » Garnishment | State: West Virginia | #23414