Legal Questions and Answers
Can I Return a Home I Bought Due to Construction Defects?
I purchased a newly constructed home in December 2009. It is still under the one year warranty. It has had one problem after another. Leaks, faulty pipes, air conditioning problems, nearly every month something is wrong. Is there the equivalent of a lemon law for a home? I am miserable and hate this home. I have it on the market but there is now another problem and I'm wond...
09/19/2010 | Category: Real Property » Sales | State: Texas | #23209What is a Parent's Liability for Allowing Underage Drinking in the Home in California?
What is the law regarding parents who allow their children and their friends to drink in their home.
09/19/2010 | Category: Drivers Lice... » Influence of... | State: California | #23208Can I Qualify for Widow's Benefits Through Social Security if We Weren't Married?
Hello, My name is Linda my partner James of 23 years died august 31,2010. We never married. I would like to know if I qualify for widows benefits?
09/18/2010 | Category: Social Security | State: California | #23206How Do I Appeal a Federal Appellate Court Decision?
How can I request that my Federal Employment Discrimination Case in the Southern District Court NYC be redone because I believe the Judge was bought-off and deliberately buried a new case that I was awaiting a docket number for with the old case and called it a 2nd amended complaint knowing that I had already filed a fourth amended. I filed motions asking for the court to co...
09/18/2010 | Category: Criminal » Appeals | State: New York | #23205Do I Have to Pay Child Support if I Had an Affair With a Married Woman and She Got Pregnant?
I live in Illinois, am married and had an affair with a married woman. When we first met she assured me she had a hysterectomy. About 2 months after I had stopped seeing her she contacted me to tell me she was pregnant with my child, and admitted she lied about the hysterectomy. She initially indicated that she was going to tell her husband it was his, but then decided to ha...
09/18/2010 | Category: Paternity » Child Support | State: Illinois | #23202How Does Name Change Take Effect After Marriage in New Jersey?
When we went overseas, my stepdad told us to use his last name, which was not the name I was born with. This is on my marriage license, and all of my I.D. thru the years. My question is I am filing for a legal name change so I can get my driver's ID. But I don't understand what name am I suppose to be assuming. When I married, I went from my maiden name to my husband's last nam...
09/18/2010 | Category: Name Change | State: New Jersey | #23196Can a Guardian in North Carolina Sell Property of a Ward?
I am legal guardian for my aunt,who has no other heirs, who is in the nursing home with no possibly of returning home. May I sell her house,under nc law, before her death?
09/17/2010 | Category: Guardianship | State: North Carolina | #23195Heirship Affidavit to provide to an insurance co for collection of the insurance amount.
I just ordered a Heirship Affidacit to provide to an insurance co for collection of the insurance amount 4k. There is no money in the estate, no real property. My mom passed away 13 days after my dad and the insurance co is requiring a Small Estate Affidavit whereas my mom's life insurance only requested a notorized affidavit. Wouldn't an Heirship affidavit suffice in this i...
09/17/2010 | Category: Wills and Es... » Small Estate... | State: Texas | #23193Can the mother of a grantee act as a subscribing witness to a deed where she has no interest in the transaction and no notary...
Can the mother of a grantee act as a subscribing witness to a deed where she has no interest in the transaction and no notary is available?
09/17/2010 | Category: Real Property » Deeds | State: New York | #23190Hello, I have property in Montana that I own free and clear. I have a house in Sultan, WA that I have a mortgage on. I am hav...
Hello, I have property in Montana that I own free and clear. I have a house in Sultan, WA that I have a mortgage on. I am having a hard time making the payment. If the bank forecloses on the Sultan home can they go after my property in Montana to satisfy the remaining debt, if any?
09/16/2010 | Category: Real Property » Foreclosure | State: Washington | #23184