Hello i have been renting an older home and my landlord wants to take me to small claims court because we owe him back rent. Lately we have not been able to pay our rent in full because of having to put more than we can afford into our power bill we have to keep it at 66 to not use more than 10 dollars a day he will not allow us to use the fireplace. We are at our wits end the old wood floors have cracks that u can see the ground underneath and just two days ago the waterheater busted we went a full day with no water and now only cold water. what truly scares me is when we opened the water heater to stop the flood of water the heater inside was rusty with rotten initiation and exposed wires with electrical tape so now im even to scared to use water in fear of an fire there are also other problems as well. The heater looked like it has busted before and some one put appoxi on it and never bothered to truly fix it. Right now the only thing holding other together is jb weild. so if you tell me of this is safe or not please let me know i didn't know where to turn. Also when we moved in tthe washer and dryer didn't work he told us we had to buy our own but in the rental agreement it states that all property included with the house would be fixed at landlords expense such as any furnishings and plumbing along as we didn't brake it witch we did not.

Does Att'y Risk DISCIPLINE/SANCTION if Write letter 2 the Judge here?

I am a NYS admitted attorney, but I am not an experienced litigator.

My client is the Respondent in a Special Proceeding.

Petitioner and Respondent have each already submitted PROPOSED FINDNGS OF FACT AND

CONCLUSIONS OF LAW to the judge but the judge has not yet rendered a decision.

My client wants to expand and elaborate on some arguments made in our already

submitted PROPOSED FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW, and my client also wants

to submit to the judge additional scientific reports which might bolster his case;

and, to that end, he wants me to WRITE A LETTER to the judge raising these more

elaborately argued, arguments and to include these scientific reports to accompany my

letter.

If I were to comply with my client's request and send this letter and scientific

reports to the judge at this stage in the proceedings, do I risk being subjected to

DISCIPLINARY measures or to sanctions of any kind, and if so, what is the ''worst case

scenario'' of the SEVERITY of any such discipinary measures?

Can any body provide me with reference to any law or rule which would subject me to

any such DISCIPLINARY measures or SANCTIONs under these circumstances?

filing for divorce

i filed my papers 12/08 and he filed a papers 2/09. which divorce petition will the courts follow? do i have to do anything in response to his petition? why was he able to file a second petition when i had already filed one?

College Fund

About a year after their divorce my husbands x-wife decided that they should each open a prepaid college fund for the 2 children. She would take 1 child and he would take the other. These children have been promised these fund since they were little children.

My stepson is now ready to go to college and his Mother refuses to let him use the fund. She has cited that its time for her to have a life and she needs the money.

My stepson has already applied to college and has been accepted.

From where I'm standing this seems like a breech of promise.

I was just wondering if anyone has any thoughts on whether my husband has a colorable cause of action. I don't want to rack up thousands of dollars in attorney's fee's, lose the case and wind up paying for the education as well.

Thank You