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You can come to agreement on this at any time before the judge rules on the partition petition. But the longer into the litigation you get, the more money you spend on lawyers and court costs, which reduces the final amount you and the ex will get in your pockets once you do reach agreement (or...

Were you ever married? If so, do you have a divorce decree? If you do, what does it say about what happens with the house? If there is no court order then realistically you have the following options: Agree to sell the house and split the proceeds; Buy out her share of the house, which would...

That's political question for which there is no certain answer. The Montana legislature might never change it, or if it does, it's impossible to say how it might change. Who knows what the what the effect on the industry will be when the future isn't known? That too, is not a legal question...

If you use that kind of statement in court it will tarnish your reputation making it all that much harder to win. The U.S. is neither a third world country nor a communist state. Not even close. Note that not all third world nations are dictatorships. By the way, the original definition of...

In general, the way one would do that is to appeal the matter as far as you can go in the state courts, and then appeal the decision of the final court in the state that could hear your case, i.e. the state court of appeals or the state supreme court if it agrees to take the case. If the supreme...

I'd be skeptical, too. Very skeptical. In the U.S. one must be a lawyer licensed in the jurisdiction(s) in which he/she provides legal services, including providing legal advice. That rule applies to anyone, even a person claiming to be lawyer who located outside of the U.S. Of course, being...

Then, from a legal perspective, you don't have any recourse because the change does not affect you. About all you can do is try to force a vote on the matter following the rules in the HOA governing documents, but I anticipate with 62% of the owners already having them the vote wouldn't likely...

When you don't pay the ticket on time and run of time to appeal, the fine goes up to $200. Moreover, the police may boot your car (which is an attachment to a car wheel that prevents you from driving it) and will have to pay the full fine plus the charges for removing the boot. Let it go long...

Assuming you are an adult, simply taking the photos is not a crime. It's what he does with them that matters. If he releases them, you'd likely have at least a civil claim against him for a privacy related tort. A tort is a civil claim other than a contract claim or a statutory claim (i.e. a...

You told him you had pics of him getting a blow job. He responded that he has naked pics of you. It sounds to me that he took your statement of having pics of him much like you're now taking his statement of pics of you. That strikes me that he's warning you if that if you make those pics public...

Adding a member to the LLC will make it a partnership for federal tax purposes unless you elect to have it treated as a S-corporation or C-corporation. As far as tax law is concerned, it's a new entity regardless of whether you amend the current LLC documents or form a new one and will need its...

It's OPM, the agency that processes all the position changes, benefit changes, etc for all federal civilian civil service employees. The CSRS is the old full benefit retirement system that the federal government phased out in the late 80s, but those already on CSRS could keep it if they wanted...

By federal law financial institutions must file one of the various types of Forms 1099 for dividends, interest, capital gains, etc that are earned on the investment. In order to do that, they need the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) for the account holder. For individuals that's either...

Yes, you might get intro legal trouble doing that. Your daughter has made it clear to you that she wants no contact with you. As a result, your repeated efforts to do just that may amount to illegal harassment. In attention to whatever penalties your state has regarding that, you might end up...

That's what I'd expect. That's the norm now for federal statutes and regulations that state specific dollar amount. About two decades Congress finally woke up the fact that inflation is always going to be there and if they want the statutes to continue to do what they want without having to pass...