Legal Questions and Answers
Can my credit card debt from 1996 still be collected?
I had a Visa (credit card) in 1996, it maxed out at $9,900, which I could not pay. In January of 2000, a law firm filled a judgment in New York against me for $23,000 plus accrued interest, lawyer fees, penalties, and etc. Is this still collectible? What recourse do I have?
04/28/2009 | Category: Debts and Cr... » Credit Cards | State: New York | #16253How do I establish paternity and request the name of my child be changed to mine?
In March 2006 I had sex with an Ivorian (citizen of Ivory Coast ) woman who was a student in Pennsylvania. I was a student in California (I am also an Ivorian citizen who came in the US for a one year program). After we had had sex for the first time the woman told me she was pregnant. In August, I returned home after completion of my program. The woman stayed in the US after h...
04/28/2009 | Category: Paternity | State: Pennsylvania | #16252Can I file a civil suit against my husbands ex-wife for harassment?
My fiance and I have lived together for 2 years. His ex-wife keeps taking him back to court for different things. She received quite a bit of settlement in their divorce, but keeps taking him back to court because she states that he hid money, but she accepted the terms of the divorce. It weighs heavy on our relationship that she can keep doing this. I want to try to stop this...
04/28/2009 | Category: Civil Actions | State: ALL | #16251What type of attorney would handle a claim against my mortgage company for mishandling my account?
My mortgage company has mishandled my account, which caused my credit report to be damaged making it impossible to refinance. I attempted to rectify this problem by contacting the mortgage company numerous times with no success. They either could not figure out the problem or transferred me to the incorrect group. I have kept records showing when I paid my account but they sti...
04/28/2009 | Category: Courts » Attorneys | State: ALL | #16250What are my legal rights if there is no lease and tenant is not paying rent as agreed?
I have a tenant who about a year ago started to pay the rent late. A few months later started to pay less than the agreed price. The last couple of months she hasn't even paid half and last two months has been less than $200.00. We do not have a written lease agreement, can I still serve her with eviction papers? And, will not having a written lease cause a problem with the ev...
04/28/2009 | Category: Landlord Tenant | State: ALL | #16249How do we collect money from another business that owes for equipment?
We have a signed and dated Purchase Order for equipment we sold Wings etc in Fort Wayne - The quote was for a little over $107,000 and he gave us $50,000.00 down leaving a balance of $57,000. Now he doesn't want to pay us because his contractor did a little bit of work that he thinks we should pay for. He never called us about this matter so we knew nothing about it. When we as...
04/28/2009 | Category: Contracts | State: Indiana | #16248Postnuptial Agreement in the state of Nebraska
Can you get a postnuptial agreement in the state of Nebraska?
04/28/2009 | Category: Marriage » PostMarital ... | State: Nebraska | #16247I was not happy with work performed by a contractor and now he will not give me a refund
I hired a painter (One Man and a Brush); who by his own admission, his subcontractors did a bad job. After an attempt to fix the issues and various conversations and emails the owner stated to have the painters leave and he would refund my payment ($1195.00). He then retracted this statement in an email stating after further consideration I had paid the bill thus indicating I w...
04/28/2009 | Category: Contractors | State: ALL | #16246Can I take legal action if a false harassment claim cost me my government contracted job?
I was accused of harassment by a co-worker stemming from a relationship I had with her. Management has informed me that they will not take any action now, but if any further allegations are made, they will. I work for a contracting company on a government contract. My understanding is that the government can request removal of individuals at will. I do not believe I am guilty ...
04/28/2009 | Category: Employment | State: ALL | #16245How do I file a marital separation and property settlement agreement in New York?
I am trying to file a marital separation and property settlement agreement (uncontested) in Kings County New York. I sent 3 notarized copies to the correct place at the Clerk's office with the proper fee and it was sent back to me saying I needed a 'note of issue', a fee for the note of issue, an index number with an index fee. Where do I get the note of issue and index number?...
04/28/2009 | Category: Divorce | State: New York | #16244