Someone has breached a contract against you, and you wonder: what should you do?
Step 1: Gather together all records of your dealings with the person.
If you paid the person by check, you should be able to get copies of cashed checks from your bank. If you have an online bank account, log into
Federal tax laws say that the parent with whom the child resides for a longer period of time during the taxable year, may claim the child as a dependent. If both parents have equal time with the child, then the parent with the higher adjusted gross income may claim the child. But the parent entitled
The short answer is: some wills do go through probate, but not all wills do. A will goes through probate if 1) the property named in the will is in the name of the decedent alone, and no one else, and 2) state law requires that the property be probated in order to be distributed.
You’re a contractor, and you’ve done work on someone’s property. They won’t pay you. You wonder: What can you do?
One way of enforcing a debt owed to you, for work on property, is to file a “mechanic’s lien” or “materialmen’s lien.”
What is a lien?
When I was in college and law school, it
Often, when spouses get divorced, one or both spouses owe debt. Recently someone asked me, “What happens to debt in divorce cases?”
If debt is the separate debt of one spouse, then the court should order that spouse to pay the debt. However, if the debt is marital debt, the court will usually divide the
An increasingly used service in the American court system is “legal ghostwriting.” Legal ghostwriting is the practice where someone represents himself in court, but has a lawyer draft his written pleadings for him. The client signs the legal pleadings himself.
For many clients, legal ghostwriting is less expensive than retaining a lawyer to represent them.
If you’re looking for probate records, you may be asking: Can I find probate records online for free?
In Oklahoma, the answer depends on the county where the probate case was filed. Each county varies as to what records it posts online. In general, the more recently a probate case was filed, the more likely
Many mothers choose to stay at home with their children. Some may ask if not having a job will cause them to lose custody of their children.
Generally, the answer is no. I have never known of a custody case in which a mother lost custody for not having a job.
Custody disputes between the
Elsewhere on this blog, I have written that if a debt collector attempts to collect from you, you have certain rights under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), and that the FDCPA prohibits debt collectors from taking certain actions against you. In this post, I’ll cover the FDCPA in more detail, to explain precisely
You have a relative who has passed away, and you wonder if you need to go through probate.
Probate is the process where, after a person dies, the deceased person (the decedent)’s heirs go to court and ask a judge to place the property in the legal ownership of the heirs. Even the simplest probate
