Legal Questions and Answers
What has rights to raise my daughter's children if she will not?
I have a daughter who has been in some trouble with the law. She has 2 children by different fathers. One she was pressured to give guardianship to the child's grandmother, now she wants the mother (other grandparent) to take custody until she is back and out of trouble, who has the right to get her,no court action taken place yet?
01/17/2009 | Category: Divorce » Grandparents... | State: Maine | #15020What is used to determine how much a tenants rent can be raised at one time?
On 12/05/08 I purchased a small building in Pennsylvania. The two tenants have been living there for one year; I need to increase their rent. They are paying $600.00 a month for a six room apartment and I don't know how much to increase the rent. The oil prices are killing me.
01/17/2009 | Category: Landlord Tenant | State: New York | #15019What can I do if I am being sued for back child support and they child might not be mine?
A woman is suing me for back child support. The child has another man's name on the birth certificate. What should I do? This child is almost 17 years old. I never met the child. The night of supposed conception, was 19 years ago.
01/17/2009 | Category: Paternity | State: Mississippi | #15017If there is a repair bill for a car we are repossessing, who is obligated to pay it?
We are a used car dealer in California that financed one of our own customers on a car. He is now in Florida and has a $5000 unpaid repair bill at a Lexus dealership. Are we obligated to pay the whole bill when we go to reposess the car, or is their a law that dictates they can only charge the lien holder so much or must give us notification prior to such a large repair being...
01/17/2009 | Category: Judgment Liens | State: California | #15016What can we do if we believe our former CEO is trying to access our new CEO's email?
Our weekly report of authority/system reports revealed that a the former Chief Financial Officer of our company made three attempts to log into our current Chief Financial Officer's mail . We have identified their 'workstation' , 'geostation' and 'Thinkpad' ID numbers as his. Is this a crime? Should the company contact an attorney?
01/17/2009 | Category: Internet » Hacking | State: New Jersey | #15015Is there a form that could dismiss me from any legal financial responsibility if I am the father?
I might be the father of a child, but the mother doesn't want to get a DNA test and her husband is the legal father. Is there a form that could dismiss me from any legal financial responsibility? I am not involved in their life at all. I just want to cover my self for the future.
01/17/2009 | Category: Paternity | State: Hawaii | #15014What are the requirements to change my name to my husband's last name?
I was married in 2002 in Michigan and now live in New York City. After 6 years, I now want to change my last name to my husband's family name. In New York State, do I need to obtain a legal court document or can I just change my name according to usage, i.e. change my name in all of my documentation? In this case, how do I go about legally changing my name?
01/16/2009 | Category: Name Change | State: New York | #15012How can I file for divorce and my wife keep the marital property?
I went to an Attorney and paid $300.00 for a divorce action. I wanted to leave my wife and have her keep the two cars and the house. I found out that there was a lien on the house from the government. The Attorney never answered my calls to see what I needed to do to proceed with the divorce.
01/16/2009 | Category: Divorce | State: Texas | #15010How do I obtain a construction lien?
My husband is a contractor who owns his own business. A builder hasn't paid our company in 3 months. He has completed the work for this builder and still hasn't been paid in 3 months. How do we go about putting liens on the work completed?
01/16/2009 | Category: Contractors » Construction... | State: Colorado | #15009Could you tell me what forms I need and how to file for adverse possession in Georgia?
Could you tell me what forms I need and how to file for adverse possession in Georgia?
01/15/2009 | Category: Real Property » Adverse Poss... | State: Georgia | #15008