There's often what the law says, and then there's what actually needs to be done. Be safe. Get your sig notarized, or certified by an apostille, or...

Florida Rental Property under a Family Trust ... How to best protect these assets? Quit Claim Deed or Warranty Deed to LLC?

I urge you, in the strongest possible terms, to hire an attorney to create your trusts or other entities, and to advise you on the relative merits...

Legal Words, Phrases, and Terminology

Neglect can be benign, unintentional, negligent or willful. And SCOTUS essentially granted themselves the power to rule on consitutional issues in...

Is Gorman still the law of the land in California?

Which Gorman? Gorman v Swaggart, Gorman v. Phillyburbs, or some other decision? The more details you provide here (without giving names), the more...

Litigants appearing pro per are generally not given any more leeway than attorneys. It's a tough system. Your'e asking tough and complicated...

Once the attorney has entered his or her appearance with the Court, the attorney may only be relieved as counsel with permission of the Court or...

I have a dispute with a neighbor. He has not yet sued me but threatens to. Can I file Ch. 13 Bankruptcy now or must I wait?

When you file your bankruptcy petitions, you must list all prospective litigation anyway, so yes, you could file now and achieve discharge of this...

CA: Can I bring a claim against a person for breach of contract after they filed for bankruptcy, but the breach occurred before?

Typically, unless fraud is proven, a judgment will be discharged in bankruptcy to the same degree other unsecured creditors are discharged. You can...

Aside from FDCPA violations, are additional causes of action ever successful in debt collection lawsuits?

Causes of action are very fact-dependent. You should run this by an attorney who does FDCPA work (ahem...) for an analysis. It's too much to deal...

Judgment Debtor and Protecting One's Assets

The money in Switzerland is still reachable by a determined creditor. If paying off the house makes sense from a financial and tax perspective,...