Legal Questions and Answers
My wife filed two divorce cases in two different counties. Can I get the second one canceled?
My wife has filed two divorce cases against me, in two different counties in Pennsylvania. First one she’s filed in the county where we last lived and the second one in the county where she is now living with her parents. Can I get the second one canceled?
02/24/2017 | Category: Divorce | State: Pennsylvania | #32802Is there any legal requirement in the adoption of a child if he has attained 12 years of age?
My third son will attain 12 years of age after 4 months. My husband and I decided to give him in adoption to my sister since she doesn’t have a child. We live in West Virginia. My son may not be ready to go with them as he doesn’t like to be detached from his siblings. Somebody advised me that there will be legal obligations if he passed 12. Is it correct?
02/23/2017 | Category: Adoption » Consent of M... | State: West Virginia | #32752Does a widow need the consent of her parents to give her child in adoption?
My husband died long back and now am living with my parents in West Virginia. I want to give one of my two children in adoption since I don’t even have any means to look after them. A couple came to adopt the child. But my parents are not giving consent. Is their consent required to give my child in adoption?
02/23/2017 | Category: Adoption | State: West Virginia | #32751Is there any age restriction to adopt an elder person in West Virginia?
I’m a 26-year-old engineer residing in West Virginia. Recently, I met with a woman who resembles my deceased mother. Can I adopt her and change her name to my mother’s name? She is ready, but her parents are not consenting to the adoption. She is elder than me. Is there any age restriction in adoption?
02/23/2017 | Category: Adoption | State: West Virginia | #32749Can a 17-year-old married girl enter into a mortgage agreement?
I am 17 and my husband is 25 years old. We wish to mortgage the property that is my husband’s name and me. What I wanna know is-can a 17-year-old married girl enter into a mortgage agreement?
02/23/2017 | Category: Minors | State: New Jersey | #32747Is an agreement that restricts an adoption is legally valid in West Virginia?
My sister and I had an agreement which has a condition that, if I ever adopt a child, I will adopt her son only, and I will not adopt any other child. Now my wife and I plan to adopt another child in West Virginia. Can we adopt that child? Are we obliged to adopt my sister’s son as stated by the agreement?
02/23/2017 | Category: Adoption | State: West Virginia | #32746Can a premarital agreement be oral or does it always have to be in writing to be valid?
Can a premarital agreement be oral or does it always have to be in writing to be valid? Need to know the New Jersey law in this regard.
02/23/2017 | Category: Marriage » Premarital A... | State: New Jersey | #32745Can a physically handicapped child get financial support from his parents beyond the age of 18?
I am 18 years old. I’m physically handicapped and living with my parents in West Virginia. Can I continue to get financial support from my parents after I turn 18? Is there any law in West Virginia that makes me eligible for support?
02/23/2017 | Category: Minors » Child Support | State: West Virginia | #32744If the marriage is declared void, will the premarital agreement get cancelled too?
If the marriage is declared void, will the premarital agreement get cancelled too?
02/23/2017 | Category: Marriage » Premarital A... | State: New Jersey | #32743How can a premarital agreement be amended?
I need to bring some changes to my premarital agreement. Can you provide me more information on this? I live in New Jersey.
02/23/2017 | Category: Marriage » Premarital A... | State: New Jersey | #32742