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This forum cannot give all the answers to a legal case and you have a huge list of questions. Since there are some interesting areas you mentioned I would advise you to talk to an attorney and have her talk to an attorney. I guess the best thing for her would be to set up a will, a living will...

Hm, there are some details left out which might be interesting: -where were the witnesses? How far away from the car? If you have spun around 45 degrees, that is quite a lot. If you drive a car with less than 10mph the car should not spin at all even on gravel, it might slide a foot or two...

You have a valid claim against him, but to sue him, you have to find out where he is. That is exactly the problem. But, if his wife is trying to divorce him, she has the same problem, she needs to get hold of him. So may be you keep contact to her so you can find out.

You cannot just go to the passport office, you first need proof of your citizenship and this will be the "certificate of citizenship" issued by the USCIS. After the Supreme Court held in 1980 that the automatic expatriation of anyone who became a citizen of another country was...

you got a break when the charges were reduced to disorderly conduct. A larceny conviction could have made you deportable and inadmissible and you might have been deported. There is no difference between eligibility for a H-4 or a Green Card when it comes to crimes. Either you don't get a...

First of all: who has been awarded custody? If she has been awarded custody then under American law you would have certain "visitation" rights which include also the right to keep in contact with the children by phone or mail or other means. But this of course is American law. While your...

Trespass to land is a civil tort, a wrongful act for which the courts will provide a remedy in a civil case. Here you probably have "intentional trespass to land", that is the intentional unauthorized entering of land in the possession of another. The law doesn't really care about why the...

since you don't mention the state you are in I cannot comment on the exact provisions of the penal code. But yes, those two offenses are two different and separate offenses. It is common practice of prosecutors to charge an offender with every applicable offense in order to have a certain...

It depends on a few things: In most cases, you are a U.S. citizen if ALL of the following are true: One of your parents was a U.S. citizen when you were born; Your citizen parent lived at least 5 years in the United States before you were born; and At least 2 of these 5 years in...

yes, it will surely be interesting to know what will happen.

It depends on your local court rules and the value of your claim if you can file a suit in small claims court or have to file in regular court. Go to your court to the "small claims clerk", they usually have a brochure and other material about who can file and how. Generally you seem to have...

The fiancee visa is called the K-1 Visa and allows an alien to enter the United States if so petitioned by an American citizen for 90 days. Within these 90 days she either must marry the citizen who petitioned for the visa and file an "application for adjustment of status and he must file...

she does not really "need" to accept the insurance company's verdict. The law basically says only: If someone interfered with your property, you deserve to get damages, that is a fair compensation in money. This is in two ways important: The law says, you have a right to get money, so you can...

from what you write it sounds to me at least arguable if the cop had a cause for this kind of search and seizure. But as your dad surely will be able to explain to you, there are different requirements for different situations. If the cop had probable cause and the privilege to arrest you...

It depends on how you are called. If you are subpoenaed you probably will have to go and tell the judge in court. If someone only advises you that you will be called to testify, you can call them (for example the DA's office) and tell them you will refuse pursuant to this rule so that they...

hm, since I assume that you will have an attorney, this is something he or she needs to focus on. It is very difficult to make an evaluation in these cases, since the most minute detail of what happened can make a huge difference. So what you should do is tell your attorney as detailed as...

First of all you should start documenting all this. Take pictures or a video of what happens when they drive by, of the conditions of your land before and after, and also of all other conditions which might be caused by them or their land. You might have a case of "nuisance" or even...

you are right, you should not do this alone. What you should do is go to a family counseling agency or service and have someone explain all the possibilities, legal questions etc. In most cities there should be some of these agencies who will counsel for free, some are city run, some are church...

While she has a right to refuse to let you or anyone you chose do the repairs, she also has a duty to mitigate the damage. So in court, if you can show that she picked the most expensive estimate and that most other companies would repair the damage for less, you might have good chances for the...

Hm, I am sorry to hear that. If you look around in the forum, you will see that you are not alone with experiences like that (by the way, I guess this threat is in the wrong category, since this is not a job discrimination problem). What can you do? Not too much, but may be a few things...