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What is a hold harmless agreement? Should i sign it? even though my home was foreclosed in 2005?

Margery's answer | Answered on March 25, 2009

It is hard to give you any sort of answer, since none of us know what the issue is they are contacting you about. However, a "hold harmless"...

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What are the rights a child has to be an executor for a parents estate against a girlfriend?

Margery's answer | Answered on March 25, 2009

A person who is mentally competent has the right to determine who will be his or her executor, and also to decide to whom to leave their estate. ...

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What process does a mortgage company have to follow to foreclose on a home that was in bankruptcy?

Margery's answer | Answered on March 25, 2009

You have not provided sufficient information to evaluate the issues or t respond. If hwat you filed is a Chpater 13, you do have to continue...

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What is our legal rights concerning forclosure?

Margery's answer | Answered on March 25, 2009

Whatever you do, DO NOT get involved with one of those third party "loan modification" outfits. Most of them are scams, State Attorneys General...

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Can Chase take money from my WaMu accounts to pay off my delinquent Chase credit card?

Margery's answer | Answered on March 25, 2009

This is not an usual event. Whether Chase can do this depends on the terms of their account agreements, and you may well have signed something...

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Can credit card debt bring a lein on my cari have stopped paying on my debts dont have the money

Margery's answer | Answered on March 25, 2009

If any creditors sue you and obtain a judgment, in most states they are then able to levy on that judgment against any assets you own, which would...

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If you have two properties with two different banks and one forecloses do you have to go bankrupt on that property?

Margery's answer | Answered on March 25, 2009

No one ever has to go bankrupt. Whether you will have a problem with a potential deficiency judgment from the one that is in foreclsure depends on...

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Intentionally letting a property go into foreclosure to damage someone’s credit, is this a crime?

Margery's answer | Answered on March 25, 2009

While state laws vary, it is doubtful that it is a crime. However, depending on how it was articulated in the divorce, it may well be contempt of...

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What are my options? I received an affadavit today from a lawyer from my credit card company.

Margery's answer | Answered on March 25, 2009

Before you do ANYTHING, you should speak to a debt collection defense attorney. It may well be that the debt is time-barred, and if handled...

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PRESS INQUIRY: Top 10 Accounting Mistakes that get people in legal trouble with the IRS?

Margery's answer | Answered on March 25, 2009

I am seeing unmarried couples who file as "married filing jointly". Apparently there is a widespread misconception that when people live together...

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What is a hold harmless agreement? Should i sign it? even though my home was foreclosed in 2005?

What are the rights a child has to be an executor for a parents estate against a girlfriend?

What process does a mortgage company have to follow to foreclose on a home that was in bankruptcy?

What is our legal rights concerning forclosure?

Can Chase take money from my WaMu accounts to pay off my delinquent Chase credit card?

Can credit card debt bring a lein on my cari have stopped paying on my debts dont have the money

If you have two properties with two different banks and one forecloses do you have to go bankrupt on that property?

Intentionally letting a property go into foreclosure to damage someone’s credit, is this a crime?

What are my options? I received an affadavit today from a lawyer from my credit card company.

PRESS INQUIRY: Top 10 Accounting Mistakes that get people in legal trouble with the IRS?