Legal Questions and Answers
What can I do about my neighnor installing a camera facing my bedroom?
My neighbor put a surveillance camera facing my bedroom, child's room and living room. Real or fake camera, I do not know it it is constantly recording. Isn't there a law against that? What can I do? This causes my family and I a lot of stress and takes the comfort away from my home.
03/17/2009 | Category: Civil Rights » Privacy | State: California | #15670Who would we sue to have our home that was damaged by neighbor's contractor's repaired?
We have filed our complaint in NY State court on our neighbor whose contractors have damaged our home. We did not file against the contractors and one of the contractors is willing to settle by the neighbors attorney who sued the contractor to bring them into the lawsuit does not wish to settle this section of the case. Can we not simply amend our complaint now and sue the co...
03/17/2009 | Category: Civil Actions | State: New York | #15669How would my wife get a legally binding Power of Attorney for her daughter who is ill?
My wife wants to have power of attorney to make medical and legal decisions for her daughter who is mentally challenged and has the mental capacity of about a twelve year old child. The daughter, my step-daughter, is living in a group home, but has serious physical illnesses such as fluid buildup on the brain. The daughter presently is in the hospital. The question I have is a...
03/17/2009 | Category: Guardianship | State: Maryland | #15668How can I ensure that my mother and daughter can purchase my home upon my death?
I own two properties, not paid off. I want to convey the right to purchase the properties to my mother and daughter if I die. How can I do this?
03/17/2009 | Category: Real Property » Sales | State: Washington | #15667How can I be sued by a company in Florida if I am in Connecticut?
I have been served with a Civil Action Summons from a Miami, FLA Court, by a FLA attorney. According to my investigation, the plaintiff is not registered with the Sec. of State to do buisness in CT. I now have to respond to the complaint. Does the Miami Court have the authority to apply it's juristriction here in my home state of CT? In other words, if the court finds for ...
03/17/2009 | Category: Judgments » Foreign Judg... | State: Connecticut | #15666Termination of Sports Club Contract
I have signed a membership agreement with the Las Vegas Athletic Club sometime middle of 2008-for how long I don't know because they did not provide me a copy. I asked them to terminate my membership because I could no longer pay the monthly fee of $22.00 because I lost my job. I wrote them a letter requesting this. They said 'I'm under contract' and they would not allow me t...
03/17/2009 | Category: Contracts | State: Nevada | #15665Tenant not Paying Utilities that are in Landlords name
What recourse of legal actions or options as a landlord do I have if tenant fails to pay utitilities if the account is in the Landlord's name. Can the landlord have the utilities cut off until payment is made?
03/17/2009 | Category: Landlord Tenant | State: Ohio | #15664Sex Offender
My boyfriend of one year has told me that he was arrested 4 months AFTER having sex with a minor whom had lied about her age at that time. now he feels like he is living in hell right now because he couldn't get a job or move in with me; the state made him to be placed on the sex offender registry level two! i just found out that he will be on the registry for life just because...
03/17/2009 | Category: Criminal | State: ALL | #15663Do I need to have a liability waiver for an independant driver for my company in case of an accident
I own a transportation company with only 1 independent contractor. I would like to add a co-driver. My question is: Do I need to have a liability waiver for that driver and how do I go about getting one? I need it so that if he were to get into an accident, he would be responsible for himself and anyone else he may have hurt. I would also like for him to be responsible for the ...
03/17/2009 | Category: Employment » Independent ... | State: Michigan | #15662Illegal eavesdropping outside apartment doors
Is it legal for a super to eavesdrop outside of apartment doors?
03/17/2009 | Category: Civil Rights » Privacy | State: New York | #15661