will of deceased aunt

At 90, my adoptive father's sister (my aunt) died this past summer. Last week I received a letter from a law firm (NYC) that specializes in elder law stating that I need to sign a ''WAIVER OF PROCESS: CONSENT TO PROBATE'' form that, from what I can gather, essentially suggests that I am signing away my rights to something that in the will already states that I, as a ''Taker of Last Resort,'' already ''shall not take any distribution'' of ''for reasons known'' only to my aunt. The executors of this will are two older cousins (I am 40): both wealthy, one happens to be a lawyer. Due to age and geography, I have never been close to these cousins, yet I feel that I was close to my aunt and that such feeling was reciprocated. My aunt fell ill last Christmas, was placed in assisted living in March 07 (the month of her new will) and we were notified of her death this past June. Not knowing my cousins well enough, I called the funeral home and asked for the executor that was not the lawyer and instead received a call back from the one that is. She told me that she was sorry and that she could see that there was ''contact'' between myself and my aunt. I feel that something odd is afoot here, and do not want to sign until I am 100% sure.

court summons for capital one creditcardc

Hi my is--name removed--I was just recently given a summons about 2 weeks ago and I filed my answer last week

well my court date is next Tues. and I have talk to a Firm that's representing Capital One, and I was ask how much do I make a month I stated $2000. The person ask me if we can work out a solution so I want have to go to court, But I told the person I have no money, because I have to pay child care, my expenses and my elderly grandma's expenses, so he stated to me if I go to court I will be garnish at least 25% which he stated is $500 a month. I stated to him I can't afford that. I also did enroll in a debt management services. But lawyer stated that it doesn't matter and they don't deal with 3rd party companies. So at this point I don't know what to do because I can't afford $500 month for garnishment. I feel like the only option is bankruptcy which I don't want to do... Can you please tell me what can I do by Mar. 20, 2007

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--name removed--Foster

Hi,

My father recently had court on 4/29 for a credit card (Portfolio Recovery Associates). The attorney representing Portfolio wanted to come to an agreement with my father for him to pay the debt but my father disputed the amount. Because it is more than what he left owing and all they sent him was a copy of a statement not even the contract he signed. In fact he never even signed a contract for that credit card he was approved by phone (care credit). The attorney representing Portfolio said he would set up a trail so he can dispute the amount and we were free to go. Today I logged in the clerks website and on the day of court a "MEMORANDUM OF DISPOSITION" was filled. Can some one please tell me what this is? Thank you.

My wife started a new job with a "mom and pop" restaurant. They started by not paying her for the first week, saying it was training -- which we ignored, at the time. They then give her hassle about wanting a W2; saying that she should just take payment in cash, and she doesn't need a paycheck. After three weeks, they finally gave her a W2, but said they would only pay her for 20 hours, then the rest in cash. The problem there is she needs to get a loan, but needs to show employment, and can't really do a good job of that if all she's "working" is 20 hours a week.... But, even that we've been trying to work with. But the past few days they've been yelling at her for things like leaving "early" when she stayed well after her shift, and said before the shift that she needed to get off early -- as well as other useless things like that.

There have also been situations where her superior will be talking about what a "good Albanian wife would do" in regards to cleaning and cooking, and the general stereotypical "wife" things to do. He then asked her if she was a "good wife", to which she replied that she and I split the cleaning, and the superior stated "That's why I'm single and not married to a lazy American girl". Which, is something rather simple and easy to shrug off, but when it's every day that she gets this from her superiors, and it's not in a "joking" manor to where she feels like she can say something back; it's a situation where if she "talks back", she'll be yell at again.

But, what broke my wife today was her male superior walked into the female bathroom today while she was in the stall, and yelled at her to come out immediately because they had to yell at her for something else....

So, my question is: is there anything within the law that we can use to "fight back", so to speak? Honestly, she's considering quitting, but right now, she's not even sure she'll get any money at all for the past three weeks, if she leaves.... Is there anything at all that we can do?