Legal Questions and Answers
How Do I Respond to a Summons that already has a court date set?
I was served today (Sunday) a SUMMONS in the Court of Common Pleas from the County of Georgetown clocked June 22, 2009. It pertains to a non-jury collection action related to a credit card that I never had or authorized from Citi Bank for less than $4,000. For one thing, I do not live or work in Georgetown, yet this doc was clocked in Georgetown. I live and work in a differe...
07/05/2009 | Category: Civil Actions » Summons | State: South Carolina | #17338How Do I Establish a Medicaid Income Trust?
This question is regarding medicaid income trusts. Are these trusts normally irrevocable? Is the grantor's social security number allowed to be used when setting up a bank account in the name of the medicaid income trust? Is this also known as a supplemental needs trust? What liability does the bank have if accepting the medicaid income trust to set up a trust account? Would t...
07/05/2009 | Category: Medicaid | State: Florida | #17337How Do I Modify Child Cusotdy in Delaware?
My ex-husband and I have had one week-on, one-week off joint custody of our daughter since she was a baby. Recently, my daughter went to her father's house and said she was not given enough freedom at my home. It has been 14-weeks and she refuses to come back. Now, her father is seeking child support. I do not want to give up my daughter and feel she needs to be at both homes. ...
07/05/2009 | Category: Divorce » Modification | State: Delaware | #17336What can I do if I believe a relative abused the Power of Attorney over my aunt for his own gain?
I have an aunt that almost froze to death in February 2003. A cousin took a durable Power of Attorney and he and his wife paid my aunt $1.00 for her land on March 6, 2003 as a quick sale. Is there anything I can do about it 6 years later?
07/05/2009 | Category: Power of Attorney | State: West Virginia | #17335What is the Statute of Limitations in Florida for Credit Card Debt?
My question is about the 1 year statute of limitations on actions for specific performance in Florida. It also pertains to the discovery rule. I am planning to bring a few cases to small claims court and I wanted to see if I was too late. I have 2 charges on my credit card that were dated 6/30/2008 ($3500 and $4050). I know that would make it just over a year. However, I d...
07/05/2009 | Category: Civil Actions » Limitations | State: Florida | #17334Can I Sue for Alienation of Affections in California?
I have COPD. Up until last October, my husband and I got along great. I could not have sexual relations with him because of my COPD. In January 2009 out of the blue he said our marriage was over. I asked him if there was someone else; he lied to my face. The end of March early April he started living with a woman 20 years his junior. She is from another state. He use to travel ...
07/05/2009 | Category: Divorce | State: California | #17333How Do I Get Rid of Abandoned Property in Florida?
I'm a Private Investigator in Florida. In September 2008, I contracted with a client to perform Executive Protection at a hearing in Volusia County. The client was involved in a lawsuit brought against him by former business associates. This Executive Protection detail was successful and the client was pleased. The client requested a referral to a local Attorney so I introd...
07/04/2009 | Category: Abandoned Property | State: Florida | #17331How Do I Get Reinstated as Executor in Mississippi?
Biological children, from Ft. Lauderdale Florida came in. I had given her exact information, on what had transpired, with trust and legal advice. We had Judge/lawyer of the chancery clerk pleadings for the court and admittance to judge for decisions about validity, She and I had oral agreements to certain things. She had full knowledge and involvement in my actions as executor,...
07/04/2009 | Category: Wills and Es... » Executors an... | State: Mississippi | #17330How Do I Get Pro Bono Legal Help in Virginia?
On 4/12/2009 I was Removed from government service after 20+ years. I filed an MSPB appeal. A settlement was offered, I didn't have a lawyer, so one of the settlements offer was to change the Removal on my SF-50 to a Resignation, that was done. Next, I received a 'tentative' offer for a job within the Department of Army. After receiving the 'tentative' offer, I was offered a ...
07/04/2009 | Category: Employment | State: Virginia | #17329How Do I Add My Child to the deed in Arizona?
We have four properties held as 'community property with right of survivorship' as husband and wife. I would like to put my daughter on the deeds of all four in the event we both die. I looked at the 'Transfer on Death Deed-Arizona-Individual to individual' and it seems I would need one from both of us as husband and wife, rather than individual, so I am confused as to which fo...
07/04/2009 | Category: Real Property » Deeds | State: Arizona | #17328