Legal Questions and Answers
Signing a quitclaim deed and a homestead waiver for my seperated spouse
My husband is planning to buy a house in California. For that he asked me to sign the Quitclaim deed and the homestead waiver. We are living separate and not divorced. We have two kids also. Since I didn't know these documents I wasn't ready to sign. Why is he asking me to sign these docs ? Is it required by law ?
03/11/2009 | Category: Real Property » Deeds | State: ALL | #15543Peeping Tom Case or Invasion of Privacy
If a neighbor sets up a camoflaged hunting blind on the edge of your property (Edge of property is loosely defined. On the outside of their fence but probably still within their property) with the sole intent of viewing all angles of your pool (areas not accessible viewed from their house - there could be no other purpose), and then reveals private information about you to oth...
03/10/2009 | Category: Real Property » Neighbor Rel... | State: Indiana | #15542If my son's wife won a lottery but is divorcing him, is he entitled to any money?
My son is in prison in another state, his wife has filed for Divorce. She just won a large sum in a lottery and she has inherited a home from her grandmother. Does he have any rights to these assets in a divorce settlement?
03/11/2009 | Category: Divorce » Property Set... | State: Tennessee | #15540Unfair Labor Practice by Another State in Arkansas Union
How do you challenge another state's activities in our union for the purpose of declaring it a threat to the civilization in your state?
03/11/2009 | Category: Unions | State: Arkansas | #15539What can I legally charge patients for after their yearly maximum for benefits has been charged?
I am a dentist and am contracted with some dental PPO insurance companies. Some plans allow me to charge my fee for service fees to the patient after the patient has reached their yearly maximum benefit coverage allowance. However, some say that since I am contracted with them, I need to charge my discounted rate for that plan to the patient- even after the patient has exceeded...
03/10/2009 | Category: Insurance | State: Arizona | #15538Is my niece legally required to return the auto she was gitfted by guardian of late relative?
This concerns an elderly couple living in Arkansas. The husband died and wife was declared incompetent. Their guardian's signed over the family auto to a niece before the incompetent wife passed away. The wife passed away soon after. A year passed and the sister of the now deceased wife, who lives in nursing home, filed for the car's return. No hearing has been set yet. The wi...
03/10/2009 | Category: Guardianship | State: Texas | #15537Is there any way to force my step daughter to pay for her student loans I cosigned on?
I am a co-signer on a student loan for my stepdaughter who continuously avoids payment on it. I have paid about $2000.00 on it over a period of 8 years. I am getting harassing phone calls from the lender. She also avoids them as much as possible, but the last 2 times she set up payment she had insufficient funds and then they proceed to me. Can I take out a debt warrant or is t...
03/10/2009 | Category: Debts and Cr... » Cosigning | State: Virginia | #15536How do I file a formal complaint about the pesticide spraying in our area?
Without knowing exactly which entity is responsible, but having been told that the USDA is conducting an insect eradication program (this spraying over a one year period of time without notification) for a fruit fly. How do we file the appropriate forms to gain a temporary restraining order against this activity which has hurt our health, our landscape, and our livelihood. I ha...
03/10/2009 | Category: Injunctions | State: California | #15535Where can I get Assistance Regarding Tax Treatment of a Resident Alien?
I have been working in the US with L-1 visa. But I have a contract with (and I am payed by) the main company, which is abroad (in Germany). The company to which my visa was issued is a sister company of the company I work for. My main company did not withhold any taxes for 2008. I am considered a resident alien in the US, and my question is how shall I pay taxes for 2008. I cal...
03/10/2009 | Category: Taxes | State: Illinois | #15534What is the law regarding Lease Termination in Kansas?
I gave my landlord 30 days written, notarized notice that I was terminating my lease. The manager said the apartment was the cleanest she had ever seen. Now, however, she is telling me I owe her for the remainder of the lease. I thought as long as I gave her the written notice, according to Kansas law, I could legally terminate the lease. Where do I go from here?
03/10/2009 | Category: Landlord Ten... » Lease Termin... | State: Kansas | #15533