Legal Questions and Answers
Does a Life Estate Deed Eliminate the Need for a Will?
Would using the legal form 'Texas Warranty Deed to Child Reserving a Life Estate in the Parents' avoid the need for a will if all that my mother owns and wishes to grant as inheritance to me is a house?
12/23/2009 | Category: Wills and Estates | State: Texas | #20164What Are the Consequences if I Walk Away from My Home and Mortgage Payments?
I am going to be retired next year, my monthly income will be $762.00 and my mortgage $1,623.00. I owe $260,000 for the house but the house's value is $120,000 now. My plan is to leave this country because I will not be able to support this payment. What consequence can i face if I just leave the house? Can I lose all credit cards and credits?
12/22/2009 | Category: Real Property » Foreclosure | State: Florida | #20163What Are My Options if A Creditor Files a Lawsuit Against Me for a Debt I Cannot Pay?
My wife just got a summons and complaint from a furniture retailer. The purchase was in 2002 and the balance is $3800.00. We are retired and on a fixed income. We could not come to payment arrangements with the retailer. What are our options?
12/22/2009 | Category: Debts and Credit | State: Michigan | #20162Can an Advance Health Care Directive Require the Surrogate to Consult With Others?
In NJ, the principal (declarent) may direct the health care representative to consult with specified individuals including alternate designees, family members and friends in the course of the decision making process. Does this work under Florida law?
12/22/2009 | Category: Power of Att... » Advanced Hea... | State: New Jersey | #20159How Do I Evict a House Guest in Georgia Who Doesn't Pay Rent?
How do I dispossess a person I allowed to stay in my home, that I own for a short time. Now over one year. She has not left when I asked. No rent was ever paid nor asked. She does take care of my dog when I am out of town weekdays. I just was trying to help a person in need. Is she a tenent at will or a trespassor? How to handle?
12/22/2009 | Category: Landlord Ten... » Lease Termin... | State: Georgia | #20157If I file for legal separation, can I file for divorce anytime afterwards or is there a waiting period?
If I file for legal separation, can I file for divorce anytime afterwards or is there a waiting period? If after three months and circumstances do not change, can I file for divorce and will there be additional waiting period before final divorce?
12/22/2009 | Category: Divorce | State: New Mexico | #20155Can a Car Deal for a Trade-In Be Rescinded Due to Regret?
My son made a poor decision and traded in a 2009 car which he purchased new in April. He traded it in yesterday for a 2005 vehicle. This was a very poor decision and one that he regrets.Is there a certain time period whereby he is able to return the car and stop the deal. He lives in Va. and works in Maryland.
12/22/2009 | Category: Contracts » Recission | State: Virginia | #20154Can a Lifetime Benefit for Dental Insurance Be Limited By Biannual Payments?
My daughter had her braces put on July of 08 when she was 17 yrs old. She had 15 monthly visits to the orthodontist before she turned 19 in Sept 09. Our dental benefits state there is a $1500 life time benefit that terms at age 19. She is due to have her braces off in Jan 2010 so i can understand being responsible for any money owed after Sept. 09 but because the dental ins....
12/22/2009 | Category: Contracts » Breach of Co... | State: Pennsylvania | #20152How Can I Cancel a Loan Modification Agreement?
I want to file a cancellation notice.of a bad loan modification going way to long. Notice to change original loan agreement changed...a second agreement is in process...but i don't here who, what, where and how this can take place without me...I want it stoped now... what can I do..?
12/21/2009 | Category: Contracts » Recission | State: California | #20150How Do I Disprove Paternity After a Child Support Order in Florida?
I currently pay child support for a child that was born 10 months before I married his mother. We divorced five years later where I had custody of the child. Five years after that he went to live with his mother and she sued me child support. I have been in compliance of the order but have always had suspension that the child in question is not mine. A DNA test was never acc...
12/21/2009 | Category: Paternity » Child Support | State: Florida | #20149