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What if the lawyer filed the lawsuit after the 50-h hearing but doesn’t complete and return certain questionnaires by deadlines?
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Answered on March 24, 2019
If this is a state court case, you can check the county clerk's files to see if an action was commenced; it would have to have been within one year...
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How can i perfect Appeals from 2017-2018 to Appellate Division First Department ?
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Answered on March 24, 2019
You have a problem. If you filed notices of appeal on nonfinal orders, but neither perfected them nor withdrew them, the appeals were...
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Does a family court have the right or jurisdiction to present an order up for appeal as evidence or cause?
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Answered on March 23, 2019
ACS can take an after-born child based on the prior removal of another child. You are guilty until proven innocent here. Get a lawyer assigned...
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I'm in need of a probono attorney in Rockland county for my husband to appeal his sentence. He was given an extensive sentence.
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Answered on March 23, 2019
If your husband agreed to the sentence the likelihood of success on appeal is minimal. If he waived the right to appeal there are few grounds...
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SEEKING ATTY WHO KNOWS ALL DETAILS TO APPLYING FOR SURPLUS FUNDS W/ QUEENS SUPREME COURT. RE TAX FORECLOSURE ON 1 FAMILY HOME
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Answered on March 18, 2019
Reposting to Real Estate, as property tax foreclosure are a very specialized area of the law.
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If a Plaintiff goes past the deadline of producing evidence during an inquest of damages, can it be dismissed?
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Answered on March 13, 2019
Judges have discretion to extend most deadlines and, as my colleague notes, the courts prefer to decide matters on the merits.
A case in Federal Court, I am thinking about to move for summary judgment. if jury is excluded, who decide punitive damage?
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Answered on March 13, 2019
Summary judgment would be on liability only, not on damages. A trial--whether by judge or jury--would then be required on all damages, not just...
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Trying to obtain a copy of a dismissed charged.
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Answered on March 13, 2019
Your question is unclear. It sounds like a Criminal Court matter, although you refer to Civil Court. Go to the Criminal Court clerk in the county...
If I filed a counterclaim with my answer, can I still file a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction?
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Answered on March 13, 2019
Your counterclaim does not bar a motion to dismiss. If the motion is successful, your counterclaim will survive as a separate action.
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What can i do when a teacher looks through my phone without my permission ?
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Answered on March 13, 2019
I have reposted to Civil Rights so that experts in that complex area can respond. In the meantime I suggest you call the ACLU on Broadway in...
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