Legal Questions and Answers
Is the Security deposit a security for default in rent payment?
My younger brother blew all his money gambling and has no money to pay his rent for the month. Can he request the landlord to adjust the unpaid rent with the security deposit, considering it as a security for such defaults?
02/13/2017 | Category: Landlord Ten... » Security Dep... | State: Texas | #32054Is it possible in Texas to rent a property for less than a year?
I am a resident of New York but am planning to undergo a surgery in Texas. Is it possible to rent a place for less than a year, preferably three to four months to recuperate?
02/13/2017 | Category: Landlord Tenant | State: Texas | #32053What is the time-frame within which notice of lease renewal should be sent to the tenant in Texas?
I rented my apartment to a family for a term of 2 years. Is there a time-frame within which notice of lease renewal should be sent to the tenant in Texas, for a lease that expires on the 31st of next month ?
02/13/2017 | Category: Landlord Tenant | State: Texas | #32051Will the landlord be guilty of retaliation if he evicts tenants for damaging the rental property and threatening to harm him?
I have, unfortunately, ended up renting out my property to two uni students who have started acting up recently. One of ‘em outright threatened to harm me when I questioned their unbecoming behavior. If I evict them, will I be held liable for retaliation?
02/13/2017 | Category: Landlord Tenant | State: Texas | #32050What is the Tennessee law on revocation of will?
Few years back on my 50th birthday, I had made a will that I wanna revoke. How do I go about doing that per the law in Tennessee?
02/13/2017 | Category: Wills and Es... » Revocation | State: Tennessee | #32049If a will was attested by an interested witness, can the will be held invalid?
My granny made a will and got it attested by two witnesses, of them being my brother-in-law. She has left him a portion of her property in her will. Can I challenge the validity of this will because an interested witness has attested it?
02/13/2017 | Category: Wills and Es... » Witnesses | State: Tennessee | #32048What is a nuncupative will?
I have been advised by my counsel to make a nuncupative will, since I have been diagnosed with leukemia. I wanna know why he has advised me so, cause this is the first time I have heard of it.
02/13/2017 | Category: Wills and Estates | State: Tennessee | #32047Status of the potential adoptive father upon his death before completion of adoption?
My husband and I live in New York City. We had filed for a petition with the adoption agency for adopting a child which is due next month but my husband died of heart attack last week. Since my husband and I were the two parties to the petition for adoption, will my husband still be considered as the legal parent of the adoptive child?
02/13/2017 | Category: Adoption | State: New York | #32044Can a wife restore her maiden name after obtaining divorce in Michigan?
I’m a resident of Michigan and am planning to get a divorce from my husband. How do restore my maiden name after the divorce?
02/13/2017 | Category: Divorce | State: Michigan | #32042What is the law on withdrawal of petition from adoption?
We had filed a petition for adoption with an agency few months ago. Unforeseen circumstances have led us to back off from it and would like to know the law on withdrawal of petition from adoption in California?
02/13/2017 | Category: Adoption | State: California | #32041