Legal Questions and Answers
Can we terminate our lease and get our money if we have not een moved in?
Yesterday May 3rd, My husband and I signed a lease to start renting a house starting June 1st. We wrote a check for $2,400 ($1,200 June Rent/$1,200 security dep). Today May 4 (24 hrs later) my husband got turned down for social security disability. Is there a period of time in which we can cancel the lease. It doesn't specify on our 'run of the mill' lease. How much time do we ...
05/04/2009 | Category: Landlord Ten... » Lease Termin... | State: California | #16564How can I recoup funds from improvments made on my rental since it has been sold?
I'm a 20 year tenant on a month-to-month rental agreement. In a verbal agreement the owner said 10% of rent would credit as downpayment to the day he decided to sell to me. I made $50,000 in improvement thinking I would own the place eventually. He died, someone else out bid me and the property sold. I want to ask for the 10% of the rent money paid since the verbal agreement. A...
05/04/2009 | Category: Contracts » Oral | State: California | #16563Am I responsible for payment of my deceased father's credit card debt?
My father died Jan '09 with a will, appointing me executrix and leaving everything to my sister and me evenly split. Unfortunately, the will was hand written w/ no witnesses and no notarization. So the clerk of the court declared the will invalid, but said it didnt matter because my sister and I were heirs-at- law by Virginia state law anyway(Our mother passed away ten years ...
05/04/2009 | Category: Wills and Es... » Probate | State: Virginia | #16562What are the requirements for a no fault divorce with no debt or children?
What is required for a no-fault divorce on the grounds of desertion by the wife, no property to be divided, no children, with the spouse living in another state? She wants to revert to her maiden name.
05/04/2009 | Category: Divorce | State: Mississippi | #16561What is required to change my daughter's name legally?
I'd like to change my 15-year-old daughter's legal name. By mistake, Doe was supposed to be her second middle name not a part of her last name. We've had many inconvenience situation because of this (i.e. tax return, travel documents, school application, etc.). Is it possible? If so, what should I say as a reason of change?
05/04/2009 | Category: Name Change | State: Michigan | #16560Is there a form the doctor can sign verifying my father is not of sound mind?
We have a durable power of attorney for my father and we took the document to his physician to attest that he was in fact no longer capable of acting on his own behalf. She indicated that she would be willing to sign attesting to that fact, but that usually there is a single form that she signs stating that fact. Question: Do you have such form and if not where can I get one fo...
05/04/2009 | Category: Power of Attorney | State: California | #16559Can I terminate a tenant's lease if their child is causing problems with other tenants?
As a Landlord do I have the right to terminate a lease due to my tenant’s child causing a problem to the neighbors? Can the neighbors sue me for not terminating the lease?
05/04/2009 | Category: Landlord Ten... » Lease Termin... | State: Mississippi | #16558What are my options if I was served with a three day eviction notice?
My landlord served us with papers to pay rent or leave within three days. I lost my job and wanted to pay it with my tax refund. Yesterday I received a notice to vacate by 3/16/08. I have to leave by Sunday. It's impossible with 5 children and no where to go, what can I do?
05/04/2009 | Category: Landlord Ten... » Lease Termin... | State: California | #16557Can I Pro Se file a motion to disregard a deposition?
In a deposition where I was a pro se party, the opposing attorney wouldn't allow me to answer the question fully saying we would address that later. At the end he said it was over, he paid for the deposition and any other points were irrelevant. This produced a biased deposition. Can I make a motion to have this deposition suppressed and not used as evidence?
05/04/2009 | Category: Courts » Pro Se | State: ALL | #16556Does a divorce contain an automatic restraining order?
If my sister divorces, is there an automatic restraining order between her and her husband, because they have agreed he can stay in the 5th wheel on the property, and is fearful she would put him in jail for breaking the restraining order, note: there is no past or current restraining order.
05/04/2009 | Category: Divorce | State: Colorado | #16555