Legal Questions and Answers
I had a friend who was diagnosed with colon cancer two yeas ago. I was the one who took care of him (his family was in Afric...
I had a friend who was diagnosed with colon cancer two yeas ago. I was the one who took care of him (his family was in Africa) before he passed. On March 27 this year he told me that he would leave his car to me; so he requested for a notary public official to come to the hospital to have the car transferred to me. Everything went fine until the person who was supposed to ex...
05/20/2009 | Category: Gifts | State: Pennsylvania | #16736Louisiana usufruct - responsibility for repairs
Does a person who has a usufruct of a property have the right to work on that house without the permission of the owner, and if such work is unsatisfactory or even to the point of depreciating the property, does the owner have any legal rights to stop such work or even have the person who has usufruct financially responsible for work?
05/20/2009 | Category: Real Property | State: Louisiana | #16735What can I do legally if I payed for a service that has not been provided?
I ordered a dress for my granddaughter via the internet with a company the specialized in the type dress that I wanted. I followed the companies requirements and sent a cashiers check for $270.00 in mid-April to the woman's address she provided. She has since been very vague about when it will be ready. I had asked for it by mid-May. She refuses to answer my emails or retur...
05/20/2009 | Category: Contracts » Breach of Co... | State: Tennessee | #16734Does a Deed of Gift override the premarital agreement giving me right to half the house?
I signed a premarital agreement two weeks after I was married. This agreement gave me life rights to live here. Since our marriage we have redone the mortgage and my husband signed a notorized Deed of Gift to me. Now, he is talking divorce and I need to know if the Deed of Gift overrides the premarital agreement giving me right to half the house. My name is on the note as bo...
05/20/2009 | Category: Marriage » PostMarital ... | State: Virginia | #16732What needs to be done to make a will legal other than having it notarized?
We filled out a will and power of attorney for my mother and and had it signed and notorized. Does this need to be filed with a legal agency?
05/20/2009 | Category: Wills and Estates | State: Tennessee | #16731Is it wise to use a debt consolidation company to reduce the payoff on my home?
I have $43,000 in credit card debt. I make larger than minimum payments and am current. My income has decreased greatly and most of the debt is from funding my rental account for repairs and updates. I called the bank but was told the payoff was not negotiable. Should I employ a company that advertises a 60% reduction in payoff?
05/20/2009 | Category: Debts and Cr... » Credit Repair | State: Texas | #16730What is the law regarding corporal punishment in school?
School policies and procedures states: Excessive tardies will be punished by the principal. Case: Student (fifth grade) was tardy four times during the 9 weeks to school in the morning. Principal stated the child would receive a paddling. The parents were not informed by the school of the rule or that the child would be paddled. The child came home from school upset and told th...
05/20/2009 | Category: Education » Student Rights | State: Mississippi | #16727What is detrimental dependence as applied to a community using water from a private owned water well
Explain detrimental dependence as applied to a community using water from a privately owned well for many years paying an annual fee for the water. If the well owner decides to suddenly terminate the arrangement and the houses have no other source of water, the effect on the houses would be a detrimental dependence situation and the homeowners could enter into a class action s...
05/20/2009 | Category: Injunctions | State: Georgia | #16726How do I get my deceased mother's annuities to pay if there was a Medallion Signature Guarantee?
This question has two parts and concerns Medallion Signature Guarantees. My mother died recently, naming me and my brother as beneficiaries on her annuities and successor trustees on her trusts. (1.) I was asked to fill out a form by the annuity company to continue to receive annuity payments. This form required a signature guarantee. The bank would not do this until I 'prov...
05/20/2009 | Category: Trusts | State: Washington | #16725What type of attorney is needed to write a patent contract?
I have to write a contract and have it signed. I'm in the process of getting a patent for a new laundry detergent. I had to hire additional help to complete the patent. What the contract will be asking a cosmetic chemist is to accept salary payment to help me get a patent. After the contract is written by a lawyer, ask the cosmetic chemist to sign the salary acceptance contrac...
05/20/2009 | Category: Intellectual Prope... | State: California | #16724