Day for example they have called 21 times in 13 days
answered on Apr 26, 2024
Under Texas law:
(a) A person commits an offense if, with intent to harass, annoy, alarm, abuse, torment, or embarrass another, the person:
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(4) causes the telephone of another to ring repeatedly or makes repeated telephone communications anonymously or in a manner... View More
Conscious and alert minor not under arrest.
answered on Apr 26, 2024
No. There would be no reason law enforcement should be involved in a minor (or adult) seeking care from a hospital, especially if they are conscious and alert. Under New Jersey law, some minors have the legal capacity to consent to treatment at a hospital in certain circumstances, and almost all... View More
My husband and I bought a house in 2022, we bought it while in a different state so we never saw it in person. They needed to fix the foundation before the sale could go through and when they did it caused a lot of damage to the house, plumbing was detached and ruined, the chimney detached and... View More
answered on Apr 26, 2024
Assuming your Lender is not the same person or entity as the Seller, your best strategy to avoid harming your credit is to sell the house "as-is" to an investor and pay off the mortgage. Given the problems you describe, you will likely lose much of your equity and may even have to pony... View More
Violating parenting time order
Violating court ordered therapy for children
Violating initial agreement for living accommodations
Removed my access to children’s medical records
answered on Apr 25, 2024
A motion for contempt is not a DIY project. You need to consult an attorney with experience in the area of family law in or near the county of the court that issued the orders being violated. It is very easy for an inexperienced attorney--much less a layperson--to fail to satisfy the specificity... View More
Also if this is legal can I write my gas off even though I drive there vehicle
answered on Apr 25, 2024
An independent contractor (i.e. a 1099 employee) such as yourself can enter into any agreement you want with the company that hires you. They may ask to condition your use of their vehicle on you paying for the fuel you use, and you can agree or not.
It is kind of unusual to have an... View More
Coerced into signing a plea deal because if not the lawyer said would get death penalty if didn't but no evidence was found no DNA no video no nothing how can one go about trying to get justice for a loved one?
answered on Apr 25, 2024
You can file a writ of habeas corpus and will have to prove coercion. Be aware that coercion is NOT recommending that a defendant accept a plea deal because, if not, he will likely receive the death penalty. Coercion IS pointing a gun at a defendant and telling him to sign the plea deal or you... View More
She had no real property, no vehicles, a small life insurance policy, and small bank account. If the will has to be probated, do I need an attorney or can I as the executor handle this? Does the will need to be probated?
answered on Apr 25, 2024
To probate your mother's will, you need an attorney. You may be able to probate the will as a muniment of title under the circumstances. Probating a will in Texas is a relatively simple straightforward process for an attorney familiar with probate law. Unless someone contests the will, it... View More
My husband's employer notified all employees that their pay was getting switched from a daily pay rate to an hourly pay rate. They reassured them that their pay would not be lowered but would not let them know what the hourly rate would be or when it would take place. My husband went in to... View More
answered on Apr 24, 2024
Under the circumstances described, neither the employee nor the employer has done anything illegal. Your husband could have declined to work yesterday without being told what his hourly pay rate would be. Since he was told that his pay was getting switched from a daily rate to an hourly rate but... View More
Both names on the mortgage. One doesn’t want to lose any rights to house, kids, or assets.
answered on Apr 24, 2024
It can be used against you in a temporary order hearing to award the wife temporary exclusive use and possession of the house during the pendency of the divorce action. It will not affect a final disposition of the property in your divorce decree.
I moved out Jan. 2024 and still havent received anything. I have sent emails and I had the run around. I also went into the office to ask questions and they said everything is processing. That was March 22nd. I am reaching out for help since I havent received an itemized statement of deductions or... View More
answered on Apr 24, 2024
The most common issue in a case involving the delay in issuing a refund of a security deposit is proof that the tenant gave the landlord a written statement of the tenant's forwarding address. Section 92.107 of the Texas Property Code makes this a condition precedent to the landlord's... View More
answered on Apr 24, 2024
If there is a valid ground to contest the foreclosure, an attorney likely would file an application for a temporary restraining order and temporary injunction as part of a declaratory judgment action seeking a declaration that the HOA does not have valid grounds to foreclose on the property.... View More
an now I'm having breathing problems if I would of seen a lung Dr when I told the lawyer I wouldn't have to do breathing treatments the rest of my life he failed to get me a Dr when I first told him an my wife has to have back surgery an the same thing with her it took him that long to... View More
answered on Apr 24, 2024
Typically, lawyers are not involved in making arrangements for patients to see doctors. That being said, pulmonologists are a type of specialized doctor that is in high demand. When my internist referred me to my pulmonologist, the earliest appointment I could get with her was more than six... View More
Court is set for May 10 at the Justice of Peace precinct in my county. The copy of the continuance request I received states it is due to them not receiving an answer to the summons and wanting to prepare paperwork for a default judgement instead. They requested it be set back 60 days but I did... View More
answered on Apr 24, 2024
You should file a Response to the Motion for Continuance stating that you did properly file your answer with the justice of the peace court and attach a file-marked copy of your answer as an exhibit to your Response. Unless there are other factors at play, I would state that you are ready to... View More
We have the bill of sale and registered the sale with the DMV. How can we go about being removed as defendants in this case? Case is in Harris County, Texas
answered on Apr 24, 2024
Ask the lawyer defending you in the accident case to file a traditional motion for summary judgment asserting that you were not the owners of the vehicle at the time of the accident. You can attach the bill of sale and registration as summary judgment evidence.
We have been having difficulty with the custodial household. We have had instances where the child has been neglected in hygine, health, and possible excessive punishments for small things. We have had to get in touch with cps several times and nothing is being done.
answered on Apr 24, 2024
You need to hire an attorney with experience in family law to file a Motion to Modify in Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship and ask for temporary orders. I strongly recommend that you stop communicating with CPS unless one of your children suffers a serious bodily injury or medical... View More
My papers say that I get my kids the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Friday of every month. My summer possession are as follows I get two weeks in June and two weeks in July. The papers also state that I get them in the summer for my regularly weekend visits, but that is not what I was told when they where... View More
answered on Apr 24, 2024
First and most importantly, your summer possession schedule is determined by exactly what your possession order says.
Normally, under the standard possession schedule in Texas, you get your weekDAY (typically Thursday) period of possession only during the school year, but you get your... View More
I am a nursing mother outside of work and I just started working well when I said I needed to pump my employer asked if I was drying up because during the mornings it’s so busy and I won’t have time to pump and when I said no she stayed quiet is this grounds to fire me? I didn’t know this... View More
answered on Apr 24, 2024
Any employer who has at least fifty employees is required to provide reasonable breaks and a private place other than a restroom for a mother to pump milk for one year from the date of birth of the child.
Guidance suggests that "reasonable breaks" should be 2-3 breaks in an... View More
The Company is Divisions Maintenance Group in Ohio but operates a handyman app that provides a job load board for technicians anywhere in the nation. As we perform maintenance jobs for businesses in our local region, the businesses pay Divisions Maintenance Group for our services, and we get paid... View More
answered on Apr 19, 2024
In justice court, a suit on an oral or written contract for labor actually performed may be brought in the county and precinct where the labor was performed. TCPRC 15.092. So in the JP court for the precinct where the Sam's Warehouse where you performed the services is located.
I had gallbladder surgery removal because I had stones. The doctor missed one and I ended up with sepsis and a second surgery for the removal of second stone. My heath has never been the same. Can someone please help me.
answered on Apr 19, 2024
As I am sure you have been told, a bad outcome in a surgery does not necessarily mean that your surgeon committed malpractice.
Take your medical records to another surgeon in or near the county where you first surgery occurred and pay him/her to thoroughly review those records to determine... View More
How do I legally obtain the property?? My neighbor was a no-nonsense guy who didn’t live frivolously!
answered on Apr 19, 2024
There is likely no way to legally enforce a verbal promise to hand over real property in these circumstances. The decedent should have made a Will or recorded a Transfer on Death Deed. At this point, you will have to contact his heirs and ask them to deed the property to you, and they are under... View More
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