Chapter 7 exemptions?

Whether an item of personal property is entitled to exemption is decided by the bankruptcy judge, based on existing law, not by your attorney. ...

Can I adopt my boyfriend’s child?

Adopting the child of someone to whom you are not married is a recipe for heartache, not to mention costly future legal problems. Of course...

Does my wife have community property interest in the house if she signed a quit claim deed when I bought it?

Community and separate property interests are far more complicated than imagined here. While, as a general rule, a quitclaim deed is dispositive...

What is proof of "hardship claim" in a debt buyer lawsuit

There is no legal right called "hardship claim," but it may be an accommodation by the collection agent. See below. In litigation under the...

What rights do fathers have? Is it possible to get financial help or pro bono to get a good lawyer to take our case?

Divorced fathers in Idaho have whatever legal and physical custody rights are decreed by the divorce court. If this pregnancy was known but...

What if a newspaper prints false statesman a Judge made?

Misquoting a judge is neither libel nor slander. An appropriate remedy is a correction by the publication. Even where there is a knowing false...

My sympathy for this medical challenge, but Idaho is an employment at will state, meaning (except where there is an employment contract or public...

A father who is not married to the mother of a child has no parental rights until he petitions a court to establish paternity. Paternity may also...

How do we claim responsibility for a child?

"We" don't do anything. HE files a Petition for Filiation to establish his paternity by court order. That petition can request a decree of...

Is it illegal to sell his things?

There is no Idaho law that protects your right to sell someone's property to pay rent claimed. Doing so could be prosecuted or result in judgment...