If neither side is ready for trial, the parties can agree to continue the trial date to a later date so that they can be prepared. Theywould...

You can detail all your diligent efforts to serve Mother personally. If you can prove you made diligent efforts, you can file a motion for an...

I'm sorry to hear that living in your parents' home is emotionally burdensome for you. Unfortunately, the age of emancipation in New York is 21...

I understand that your exasperated by your lost property and efforts to receive it. Unfortunately, based on the facts in your post, you would not...

I agree with Attorney Nguyen that until such time as the court order is changed, the terms of the court order will be enforced. I encourage you...

It sounds like Dad went and got an emergency ex parte order and then went to your home with law enforcement to have you served/ given notice of the...

The adoption of a child from the Philipines by a person in the U.S. is an intercountry adoption. This must be done pursuant to the Hague Adoption...

The facts you set forth are very extreme. It is certainly common for unsophisticated individuals to be disadvantaged in unrepresented in legal...

When the moving party doesn't show up for their own show cause hearing, the court doesn't hear the case, it strikes the case from the calendar. ...

Washington has a statute or law that tells you where a lawsuit may be filed. RCW 4.12. The correct county for filing is called "venue." The...