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    How do I figure out which version of a civil code is in effect?

    You always want to check what the legal service you are using states how current the information is. And the more current the source, the better. The California legislature is still in session for 2024, and all non emergency bills passed this session will become effective January 1, 2025. As of...
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    Legal or Technical?

    That depends on why it's not moving faster. Lawyers provide legal advice and representation to clients. Most lawyers don't do technical drawings or oversee the process to get the drawings from wherever they are located. That's up to the client to do. Just because the requiremennt is stated in...
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    Protecting / Registering Desktop Icon Rights: Similar to Registering TM?

    A trademark is established by the use of the mark in commerce. No registration is required, but registration does provide some added benefits to the holder. Note that the specific design of the icon itself is also protected under copyright law so making use of that icon image may subject the...
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    Adding someone (non-spouse) to a home title

    Yes. Assuming that the asset is worth more than the donor's the donee gets the asset with same basis the donor had. This is known as a carry over basis in tax law. If it is likely that the OP's brother will die before the OP does then giving the OP a share of it now would result in higher...
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    Adding someone (non-spouse) to a home title

    It can be done before the mortgage is paid off. That's the whole point of the part of the federal Garn-St. Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982 that made it impossible for a mortgage lender to terminate the mortgage early using a due on sale/transfer provision when the transfer is one of...
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    Sentencing, Plea Bargains Colorado man sentenced to 448 years in prison, longest sentence ever imposed in the US for human trafficking

    Not in Colorado. The state legislature abolished the death penalty in 2020. Prior that, in the period from 1975 to 2020 Colorado had the death penalty as an option, but only one person in all that time was actually executed. The rest of those who were given death sentences during those years...
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    Seeking Legal Advice on Recording Calls

    A little more detail for the OP: It wouldn't be costly to actually do it. The issue is whether that consent will be effective for all future calls unless revoked, and if that is possible, exactly what the written consent needs to say to make it enforceable. For that, you need legal advice in...
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    Are there are any legitimate reasons a court might grant a motion to vacate a judgment if the Defendant DID appear at the small claims hearing?

    Typically what you would want to do when accommodations were granted months ahead of time is contact the court clerk shortly before the hearing to confirm those accommodations will be available. If you didn't do that, did you raise the issue with the judge at the start of the hearing? If you...
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    Sentencing, Plea Bargains Colorado man sentenced to 448 years in prison, longest sentence ever imposed in the US for human trafficking

    The way the Colorado law is on parole, this sentence at least guarantees he will never be eligible for parole and will serve a true life sentence. Justly deserved, though I wish we taxpayers didn't have to pay for housing this scumbag for the next 40+ years that he might live. Whatever assets he...
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    Sentencing, Plea Bargains Colorado man sentenced to 448 years in prison, longest sentence ever imposed in the US for human trafficking

    A man was sentenced yesterday in Denver District Court to 448 years in prison, with a 200 year concurrent sentence for human trafficking, pimping, sexual abuse and other offenses. It the longest sentence ever imposed in any court in the U.S. for these kinds of crimes. It's unfortunate, really...
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    Court seems biased

    The problem here is that you are not unbiased in this situation either. That's to be expected. You support your sister and view the situation through the way she sees it. The father's family sees things quite differently, which is not unusual in bitterly contested custody and support conflicts...
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    Husband has a disability and needs help recall info, sick and needs to withdrawal funds from 401k they wont distribute

    Let me add a bit more explanation. The reason that plan administrators (which often is the employer itself) are sticklers for this is because if they fail to set up the plan properly or fail to manage the plan in compliance with the terms of the plan the employer may face fines for doing so or...
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    Husband has a disability and needs help recall info, sick and needs to withdrawal funds from 401k they wont distribute

    It needs to be a financial power of attorney. The one army judge linked is a medical power of attorney. All that really means is that the terms of the POA in his sample would need to be changed from granting power to make medical decisions for disabled spouse to one granting power to make...
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    buyout price for early termination

    That's not the right take. Put into the lease (1) every provision state law requires and (2) every provision that state law allows that will protect yourself in the event trouble arises. Putting in penalties, etc., to motivate things like timely payment of rent, for example, should always be in...
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    buyout price for early termination

    I hate to say this, but you really need to see a CA landlord/tenant attorney on this one. CA has some of the most tenant friendly (and detailed/complex) residential rental laws in the country. In addition to state law you may have city/county ordinances that regulate this kind of thing as well...
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    Vindictive, Clueless Man Sentenced 2 Probation 4 Posting Explicit Video of Minor Girlfriend Online!

    You missed the point. The woman involved in this is a MINOR. The reason minors are protected is because most of them are not fully mature enough to understand the full ramifications of doing something like this and are more easily persuaded to do things like this. Yes, she went along with it...
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    US Federal Law Does HIPAA 6 year retention apply to email?

    I agree with zddoodah's take on it. Keeing the email costs almost nothing so its not a terrible burden to keep it. Sometimes in situations like this and many others that come up through life, it is better to just take the path that will give you less of a headache or cost you less grief in the...
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    Weapons, Guns, Firearms Joking about a terroristic threat

    There are, however, some limits placed on federal agencies as to what communications they can routinely scan without a warrant. The Constitution didn't get thrown away when the Congress enacted these statutes. They had to be written in a way that would pass muster in the federal courts. This is...
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    Mr. Simpson, Are You Driving, Asked The Judge?

    The entire scene is worth watching. I didn't know about the yarn site before, but I've bookmarked it now. It looks like a great place to get shorts of just about anything.
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    Weapons, Guns, Firearms Joking about a terroristic threat

    The police can't get those texts without a warrant, and that means they must already have some suspicion that the texts would provide evidence of a crime. So if your friend doesn't reveal that to anyone else it's unlikely any police trouble would follow. However if your friend reacts with fear...
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