If a person puts, for example, an unpaid ring from the store into the person's pocket, the person can be charged and convicted of theft even though...

Can an employer pay one employee benefits and not another?

"can an employer pay one employee benefits and not another?" Depending on the facts, employer can legally treat employees differently. For...

Foreign travel with children

My understanding is that Mexico is one of the countries to require a parent traveling with a minor child to show written evidence that the other...

A child is not a property whose "possession" or "custody" can be disposed via a will. A parent has a right to express whatever wishes the parent...

Is there a law that requires a grace period?

There is no WA law that requires a landlord to give a tenant time to tender payment after the due date. If your rental is a residence, the WA...

Governments have their special ways of counting when something is timely. The governments' ways are not necessarily the ways private businesses do...

I signed a 6 month lease just the beginning of this month and am only 9 days into my first month, my landlord has presented me w

"only over a few nights a week" means he is living there, especially if you have been "only 9 days into my first month". Unless your lease...

Carpets can last much more than 5 years if properly cared for. Participating in the Section 8 program does not give a tenant more or fewer rights...

How do I find out what "derogatory public records and collection notices" refer to as reason for credit card cancellation?

"derogatory public records and collection notices" to a bank is any reason the bank can find to cancel an account it does not want. With the new...

I have a 15 1/2 year old stepson can he choose where he lives

"Can he just jump back and forth like that?" Only if his parents let him. As a unemancipated minor, the child cannot legally decide where or...