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Does the former girlfriend have any ownership interest in the house? Did your father have a will? If so, what does the will say about what is supposed to happen with the house, and what does it say about the former girlfriend? Please confirm that the surrogate's court has appointed you to...

Why would you think anyone would possibly care about that - or even know about it? Regardless, again, if you're not comfortable hiring a former high school classmate as your attorney, hire someone else.

This is beyond vague (and your follow up post didn't help clarify things). Also, you didn't ask a question. What does "a family matter" mean? Are you contemplating divorce? Something else? Are you saying that you went to high school with the attorney who might represent you? If that...

OK, but choose your battles. If you have enough neighbors who feel the same way, perhaps you can all share the cost of an attorney to review the situation, advise you, and take appropriate action.

I seriously doubt you have been on the set during the production of these shows and, as such, have any idea whether any of the arbitrators/judges do any amount of legal research. That said, the cases that show up on the TV "court" shows are simple contract, tort and landlord/tenant issues that...

Lawyers are not permitted in small claims court in California, and there is no witness examination (or, more accurately, the judge handles witness examination). A small claims trial in California looks a lot like an episode of People's Court or Judge Judy.

I join in "adjusterjack's" question. Particularly if the pipes run "under [your] home," I don't really see how this could be possible. What the heck is a "water master"? And who are "they"? Huh? So...you're claiming that unlicensed "farmhands" "forced pressurized irrigation pipes through...

"No action based upon [a] health care provider's professional negligence may be commenced unless the defendant has been given at least 90 days' prior notice of the intention to commence the action." Cal. Civ Proc. Code section 364(a) (all statutory references are to the Code of Civil...

One additional thing I noticed is that, in paragraph 32, it says that the covenants are "for the benefit of any and all persons who now may own, or who may hereafter own, property in the . . . Subdivision, and such persons are specifically given the right to enforce these provisions. . . ." It...

I think what you mean is the following: You live in a development that is subject to restrictive covenants, which provide for fees for maintenance of common areas, and the "maintenance committee" recently raised the fees. Is that right? I clicked the link and saw a $240 annual green space...

In order to acquire ownership of a copyright owned by this defunct corporation, you'll need to ascertain what happened to the corporation's assets when it became defunct. As I mentioned previously, if a proper dissolution occurred, then the copyrights should have been transferred from the...

What do you mean by "intellectual assets"? Did you mean intellectual property (e.g., copyrights, trademarks and/or patents)? If so, the answer varies depending on the type of asset. Was the company a corporation? An LLC? Something else? Do you have any information about the dissolution of...

Along with the italics.

Depends on what your lease says. This question doesn't raise any legal issue.

What do you mean that you're "the executor . . . of . . . [an] annuity"? I don't understand what you're asking. Did you receive the annuity as a result of a settlement in connection with the death 12 years ago (e.g., as part of a settlement of a wrongful death action)? Typically, all you do...

I'm not sure who "our" refers to. Are you a member of the HOA board? Regardless, why would the board need anyone to bring it to your attention? If the HOA was a party to the contract, the board should have known when the contract expired. Seems reasonable. Recoup from whom? On what...

I assuming the ending quotation mark is at the end of the post. Correct? What is the purpose for which you're using this language? A deed of some sort? What sort of deed? You posted on an estate planning board, so is this in connection with the administration of an estate or trust? Where...

Wait a minute. If the firm is out of business, who is it that "has no copies of" the will? For that matter, how do you know a will was made in 1989? You used the pronoun "she" twice in this sentence, but I'm not clear if you're referring to the same person. I'm guessing the first reference...

The dispute with your credit card company is not binding on the creditor. Your credit card company's determination just means that it won't bill you for the charge. The creditor is free to try and collect in any other way permitted by law. You don't have anything for which you could seek...

What does "lawsuit happening with branch" mean? Are you referring to the lawsuit recently filed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau against Walmart and Branch Messenger? Let's play the alphabet game! I know what ACH means, but I have no idea what DDI means in this context. Not...