Legal Questions and Answers
How can I get my money back if I have been a victim of a credit repair scam?
I am a victim of a 'Credit Repair' scam with removal of negative items and using the 'piggybacking' technique for increasing one's credit rating. The company is located in Pineals, Florida. This started in late July 08 or early August 08. I was to send in $1200 for their fee. Now it is January 2009 and after several emails (of which I have copies of to and from mail) now they w...
01/20/2009 | Category: Debts and Cr... » Credit Repair | State: Georgia | #15030Am I entitled to my deposit back since I canceled before I ever moved in?
I have signed a standard apartment lease contract in Miami, Florida and because of a family emergency I had to cancel it within 2 days of signing it. I signed it the January 14 to move in on January 16 but on the 16th I had cancel it. I don't have the keys to the apartment and I haven't moved in. Am I entitled to my deposit back from the landlord or do I have to hold the lease ...
01/20/2009 | Category: Landlord Ten... » Lease Termin... | State: Florida | #15029What can we do with the items that we were storing for a friend who can not pick them up?
My fiancee's friend asked if we could hold some of her belongings while she temporarily moved to another state. We were expecting to hold the items for a couple of months, but now she says that she is not coming back. She will not pay for us to ship them to her and she will not pay for a storage center to hold her items. Is she right to expect us to hold her things indefinit...
01/20/2009 | Category: Abandoned Property | State: Alabama | #15028Is my parents will that was created in Arizona still good in Texas?
My wife and I have Wills and Living Wills which were drawn up by an attorney in the state of Arizona. Is it valid in Texas or do we have to have another one made here in Texas?
01/19/2009 | Category: Living Wills | State: Texas | #15027What documents are needed to show that I now own property that was willed to me?
I am the surviving joint tenant of two 40 acre parcels. A total of 80 acres. I have the original Trust Deeds and the original Full Reconveyances. I also have the certified death certificates for the deceased joint tenants. I want to accomplish two things. (1) I want to file the proper documents to show myself as the sole owner. (2) I want to add my living children as joint te...
01/19/2009 | Category: Real Property » Deeds | State: California | #15026If I had problems with my vehicle and reported it after the warranty expired is it still covered?
I have an automobile that experienced a problem while still under warranty, but because I was on a long trip, I wasn't able to report the problem to my dealer until the warranty had expired. I have documentation for the fact that the problem occurred under warranty, yet my dealership has denied that the problem is covered under warranty. Am I covered?
01/19/2009 | Category: Warranties | State: Utah | #15025On 12/27/07, my husband and I rented/leased a single family home. When meeting with the landlord to pay for entry into premis...
On 12/27/07, my husband and I rented/leased a single family home. When meeting with the landlord to pay for entry into premises, he had no forms and/or rental agreement for us to sign. I paid the money to him but insisted he write the money received and for what on paper with his signature. He said he forgot the paperwork and will be by within a week with the lease for us to si...
01/18/2009 | Category: Landlord Ten... » Lease Termin... | State: Florida | #15024Do the overriding royalty holders drop off of the list once the lease has changed hands?
I live in Tennessee and I purchased several oil leases in Lee County, Kentucky. These leases have not been in production for over 15 years. Do the overriding royalty holders drop off of the list once the lease has changed hands? Or, Is the overriding royalty expired because production was stopped for so long and the lease has changed hands? (Were talking overriding royalty, not...
01/18/2009 | Category: Oil Gas and Minerals | State: Tennessee | #15023Can I complete paperwork to have my godson's name changed to mine as he as requested?
I'm writing to you in behalf of my best friend whose son is going to be 16 years old this coming November. Her son, which is my godson, wants to change his last name because his father was never around. The birth certificate does not have his father's name because his father and my best friend had an agreement that once she became pregnant he would have no obligation to the chi...
01/18/2009 | Category: Name Change | State: New York | #15022When is a bill of sale a bill of sale?
When is a bill of sale a bill of sale? We typed up a bill of sale and emailed it to someone who we were going to sell and finance a BBQ trailer. Nothing was signed and they never replied to the email. They claim it is now their trailer! They have threatened to sue if we don't let them come get the trailer immediately. We no longer want to let them have it. Are we okay? The trai...
01/18/2009 | Category: Contracts | State: Alabama | #15021