Legal Questions and Answers
Can Joint Property and Bank Accounts With My Mother Be Attached to Pay Nursing Home Bills?
If my brother and I are named as co-owners along with my 80 year old Mother on all bank accounts (cash around $200,000) and property deeds (property $600,000 4 in Pa, 2 in Fl no mortgages on anything). What can be taken if our Mother goes in a nursing home?
09/29/2010 | Category: Medicaid | State: Pennsylvania | #23286Can i Sue For Paternity Fraud in California to Get Child Support Payments Back?
What recourse do I have if I just found out after 18 years that my ex-wife cheated and lied about me being my childs father? She did know the whole time, she just told me so. We divorced after the child was nine years old and I paid all my child support, is there any way to recoupe that? Or have her charged with fraud, either with law enforcement or a child support agency?
09/28/2010 | Category: Paternity » Child Support | State: California | #23285How Do I See a Copy of My Deceased Father's Will and Trust?
My father passed away. He told me a couple years ago that he had a Will and Trust and as long as everyone follows his wishes then everything would be fine. However, he said, he is a little worried that ___the girls___ meaning his step daughters, would try to change things. He went on to say that their father passed away a couple of years ago and there was a big battle over ...
09/28/2010 | Category: Wills and Estates | State: Texas | #23278Does a Health Insurer in Colorado Have to Use the Name on My Drivers License?
I have been using my initials as my legal name for the past 30 years. My social security card has this name on it but my drivers license has my full name including my maiden name on it. Recently when I visited a health clinic they proceeded to put my full name on my registration. I have not used this name in 30 yrs. My health insurance card also has only my initials and my ...
09/28/2010 | Category: Name Change | State: Colorado | #23277How Do I Find Out Who the New Landlord of My Building Is?
I NEED LEGAL HELP! I LIVE IN AN SECTION 8 APARTMENT I MOVED IN 2 MONTHS AGO BUT! THERE IS NO LANDLORD NOW, THE PREVIOUS OWNER SOLD THE BUILDING AND WE DO NOT KNOW WHO THE BUILDING BELONGS TO. I AM A 74 YEAR OLD MAN AND MY WIFE. I BEEN HOSPITALIZED 3 TIME SINCE THIS HAPPEN I AM EMOTIONALLY A SICK MEN. AND CAN NOT DEAL WITH STRESS. I HAD APPLIED FOR AN APARTMENT A YEAR AGO, AND I...
09/28/2010 | Category: Landlord Tenant | State: New York | #23275What Can I Do About a Neighbor's Tree Roots Causing Damage to My Fence?
My neighbor's water oak is leaning toward my property with the majority of branches over hanging our side. The trunk is one inch (1) from our fence at the top of the fence, and right on the fence at the lower part of the trunk. This lower part of the trunk has pushed our fence to the point that the fence is bowing out almost 10 inches from the bottom of the fence up about 3 to...
09/28/2010 | Category: Trees | State: Alabama | #23274How Do I Transfer Property from My Deceased Spouse into a Trust?
I need to transfer title to my house from my (now deceased) wife and I (husband and wife, as joint tenants) to myself as trustee of a revocable trust (in other words, putting my house in living trust). Can I do that in one step, or do I have to transfer title to me as sole owner first, then transfer to me as trustee of trust? Can I execute (sign and notarize) the trust before I...
09/27/2010 | Category: Wills and Es... » Probate | State: California | #23270Can my ex wife put our son out of the house?
My ex-wife has custody of my son, who is 18 years and still in school. Can she put him out of the house?
09/27/2010 | Category: Divorce » Child Custody | State: Florida | #23269How Do You Change the Name of a Minor Born Overseas?
Hello...my daughter was born in Jordan and has a Jordanian birth certificate and passport....she recently got a US passport and now i would like to change her name....is this possible? or will i be asked to change the name on her birth certificate in jordan first????
09/27/2010 | Category: Name Change | State: New Jersey | #23268Can a Gas Company Cross Our Property to Get to a Neighbor's Well?
If a gas company untizes us with an adjoining landowner and the well site is on the neighbors land, does that give the Co. the right to cross our property to get to the well site - or do they still have to obtain our permission to cross our ground?
09/27/2010 | Category: Real Property » Easements | State: Pennsylvania | #23267