Adoption and name change are two very separate legal procedures. Adult adoption is authorized under Idaho law, but it is initiated by the adopting...

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For almost all purposes a person can use any name they choose. The known exceptions are passport, star card and social security. The fact that...

What is meant by "have a case open?" If a child custody order has been entered, full compliance with that order is expected. If the order...

You have reached a public Q&A forum that provides general information about the law and legal, nothing more. Which parent can claim the child's...

As between the landlord and tenant, liability will depend on fault. In this description, even if the tenant proved that the stove was defective,...

Paragraph 6 is the adjustment for the award of the child's income tax benefits. The reference to "exemptions" is actually incorrect as the only...

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First of all, one wonders how a decedent with $14,000 in the bank was found eligible for Medicaid. If Medicare has been confused with Medicaid,...

There is probably no law, statutory or case, that addresses this issue. Privacy and free speech rights are implicated, but it is not a consent...

What is happening here is unclear. There is more than one way for a person's name to be "on" a bank account, and rights vary from one way to...