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Colorado. What type of lawyer/law firm handles cases against HOA management companies? A family member lives in Aurora, Colorado, and the HOA management company there is dishonest, does not keep homeowners informed of finances, does not make agreed repairs, keeps raising the dues, is not...
I am part of a small book publishing company in California. One of our titles is a biography that was co-written by the subject of the book (Author 1) and a partner in the publishing company (Author 2). Copyright Form TX lists both authors as copyright claimants, and both are also listed as...
What is the name of your state? California. Does our situation qualify for the Lemon Law, and if so, should we wait until the car is repaired before contacting counsel?
We purchased a new 2020 vehicle last year; all went well for 13 months until 3 warning lights (Forward Collision Avoidance...
Name of our state: California.
We sent a watch to Texas for repair. The company either lost or stole the watch and appears to be running a scam. We’d like to take legal action and wonder which means would be best/most effective: small claims, class action or something else. If we win a small...
State is California where many HOA policies are not being renewed due to fire coverage. I spoke with a few insurance agents last week, and they supplied quotes. We have not signed any documents for homeowners insurance yet, but yesterday when I mentioned to one of the brokers that a photographer...
I have some questions about a California Stock Purchase Agreement. The main thing we wonder is if the contract is typical/standard, or if my cousin Tim should request a few changes in the language/content. Apologies in advance if some of the questions seem silly or if our assumptions are wrong...
In California, would it be risky to be listed on the car title of a car belonging to someone else? In other words, is everyone on the title liable for any damages, lawsuits, etc. associated with the vehicle? Thanks.
Some relatives in California (a married couple) were expecting their federal tax refund by now. They reside in California and received their Calif tax refund already. Yesterday they received a very vague letter from the IRS saying the refund can't be issued because something was missing on the...
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I am familiar with how small claims works and would like to know what to expect in case we use arbitration in California instead.
We were told by a county investigator that we can choose between having a builder's license disciplined, arbitration or small claims. An actual civil case...
Is it possible to initiate an appeal with the California Department of Insurance (Los Angeles), with respect to a construction issue, or if not, where can this be done?
Claimant (who is a friend) could not find a link to file an appeal on the website www.insurance.ca.gov. I took a look and...
Is a licensed contractor’s bond adjustor a neutral party or on the side of the builder?
Background: This refers to California law and problems with a licensed contractor who did some grading without obtaining a permit, without erosion control and who damaged the parcel in question in that it...
This pertains to California.
I would like to know how to interpret the 30-day clause concerning submittal of construction plans for approval in this language of the CC&Rs (I added the bolding to the last line):
“ARCHITECTURAL CONTROL: No building shall be erected or altered on any lot until...
This pertains to Madera County, California. A builder is asking for nearly $11,000 to use existing house plans (created for another home he built some years ago). The plans can be modified/customized but are fairly close to the desired outcome. It’s for a ranch home, 2800 sq ft. Is this a fair...
Does anyone know how to estimate a fair fee to pay a successor trustee in California? The trust documents in question do not dictate anything specific, just that the trustee is entitled to reasonable payment for duties to distribute the assets.
In a different thread posted quite a while ago...
Has anyone had experience appealing social security's "windfall elimination provision" law, and if so, did you do it yourself, with the help of your local SSA or did you use an attorney?
We are trying to find out if social security deducts foreign pension income from a US citizen's social security benefit. Background:
- US citizen worked in the Netherlands for 15 years and paid taxes in NL during that time.
- No social security credits were earned during the 15 years of working...
In California, if someone has started receiving their social security benefits after reaching full retirement age, is still employed and becomes disabled, can they either (a) change to SSI to receive a higher amount than their ss amount or (b) receive a supplement to their regular social...
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Colorado law applies to this contract. The termination clause states: "Either party may terminate this agreement at any time for any reason by providing written notice to the other party. Early termination of the Right-To-Sell Contract will not terminate the Seller's commission...
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This pertains to Colorado. Are European government pensions considered to be "other income" (Line 21 on Form 1040) or should a recipient of a European pension request the government in question to complete a Form 1099-R? If it varies from country to country, I'd like to find out about...
We have owned and used a domain name for at least 8 years and today received an email from someone demanding we give up the domain name because they filed a Word Mark with the same name. The exact demand is that this person's attorney "advised us to contact you first and give you a reasonable...
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