Can a legal guardian choose where they want the child to go if they pass away? The guardian wants us to get her not her mother

The court's determination of who will be the guardian of the child if grandmother, who is the guardian of the child, passes away, will be based on...

Can a landlord refuse to extend my lease and then put a store just like mine in my former space?

I think it unlikely you can prevent him from opening his own store in that location; but if he trades on the goodwill that exists towards your...

My husband personally served me with papers to start divorce proceedings. I am seeing a lawyer in a few days can I wait to sign?

What are you being asked to sign? You don't tell us. Generally people ought not sign things presented to them by a opponent in a lawsuit without...

Can my employer give me a warning for a quote I posted at my workstation?

Assuming your employer is a private employer, I know of no reason you could not be given a warning. Many people think the First Amendment to the...

Copyright is a bundle of rights that someone who creates an original work of authorship gets when they fix their original work by recording it or...

Can I sue my employer from being assultated while on the job ?

The following document on the website of the American Bar Association describes the legal issues relating to workplace violence, and may be of some...

We can't actually tell if you have a case. The question is whether the business was negligent, and whether the negligence proximately caused your...

Can one party terminate a joint tenancy in Vermont by deeding their interest to 3rd party?

Vermont follows the majority rule that allows the conveyance of one joint tenant’s interest to a third party, prior to the death of either joint...

I'm an adult looking to end parental rights with my parent for character reasons. How do I do this

If this person is your biological parent, no action of a court can stop this person from stating that they are your biological parent, because they...

A dentist in Williston Vermont did extractions on my mentally ill brother a few years ago....left huge cavatations, can I sue?

Besides the statute of limitations, there is also the certificate of merit which 12 V.S.A. § 1042 requires. § 1042. Certificate of merit (a)...