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Is it legal to give somebody a carbon copy of a contract that does not have all the info on it that the original top page has?

Asked in Newark, CA - 12 months

I signed a contract with a Real Estate guru. It said that I would recieve 6 months of one on one mentoring. The company called to sell me menotoring service. I said I had already paid for that service. At my insistence they pulled my original contract and offered the service for one month. My copy does not have any of the info on it. When I took my copy of the contract I did not examine it because I thought a copy would have ALL the same info as the original. Please help. Thank you very much. Jackie

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Clauson Timothy Smoot

Clauson Timothy Smoot

Redondo Beach Securities Offerings Lawyer

Licensed in CA

Answered 12 months ago. Whether giving you an incomplete copy is legal or not depends on the intent and whether they are willing to honor the original contract as signed. If they gave you an incomplete copy to defraud you by getting you to pay for something they were not going to provide, that is fraud and illegal. I suggest that you ask to see the original contract that you signed. If the Agreement that you signed and the parties agreed to included 6 months mentoring then their failure to give you that is a breach of contract. If you cannot work out a business deal then you are left with litigation which is a lousy option.
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Frank Wei-Hong Chen

Frank Wei-Hong Chen

San Marino Litigation Lawyer

Licensed in CA

Answered 12 months ago. I think the question is not so much whether it is "legal" but rather which version of the contract is enforceable. The other party cannot unilaterally modify a written contract without your consent.
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Dave Bahr

Dave Bahr

Eugene Litigation Lawyer

Answered 12 months ago. I agree that the main question is which document constitutes the enforceable contract. The effort of one party to alter the terms on a contract unilaterally can be seen as evidence in a dispute over the primary issue of which document is binding, but it is not, generally speaking, "illegal" in the sense of violating a section of the criminal code (although certain facts that are not present in your question possibly could). You may want to talk to a lawyer to get a sense of your options. Good luck.
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