My sons girlfriend recieved a call from his exwife saying they needed to pick up Aiden ( 6 year old child of my son and his ex) she told hime she did not want him never wanted to see him again and he was never welcome there. She tore apart his bed room and broke his TV. Our sons girlfriend went to pick him up and figured he would just stay with them. The police dept was notified and our son has called Social Services and left many messages but has not heard anything back and the police dept. has not left a report at Social Services.The parents of Aiden have equal cusody of him. After this happened he is so scared to go there and we don't know what to do. I talked to Social Services today and they said since he was not hurt then they can't do anything about it. And that Randy needs to get an attorney and back to the court system to get full custody. Can you help us so we know what needs to be done to protect this child?

The Mother is very addicted and abuses to prescription meds she is normally high most of the time. The enviorment is not good there.

Hello!

In October 2006, my husband and I had a contractor agree to remodel our master bath. He assured us the work would be done in three weeks, and introduced us to the plumber and to the tile contractor.

The main contractor himself was fine; jovial and easy to work with; all work done by him personally was on time. But his subs and the tilesetter in particular were less so. While the plumber turned out to be a little slower than promised, the guy who installed the tile was a world-record holder. The 3-week job that began in October ended up FINALLY wrapping up in Mid-March of 2007! We were so glad to have the tilesetter out of our house after five and a half months that we bit our tongues about some poor workmanship that to us was only cosmetic; we just wanted to be able to use our bath again and have a little privacy restored.

Some of that poor workmanship has come home to roost; we re-did some re-sealing of the tile some months after they left, but just today, I see where some grout must have gapped inside the shower pan, and the tile is lifting. There is a 1/4 to 1/2 inch gap running about 15 inches along the doorsill where the horizontal tiles cap the vertical tiles, and clearly water has gotten in there and under the tiles, and swollen the tileboard. Not an easy or fast fix.

What is the law regarding what the contractor is liable to repair and for how long after he originally finished? My husband has been unemployed now for seven months; money is tight and we are NOT interested in the same tile setter *ever* entering our house ever again.... please answer, now our shower is again unusable!

Thank you so much in advance for your speedy response!

Sincerely,

---Marie and Bob

Insane Divorce Case

I filed for divorce in Feb. 07 from my wife of 5 years on grounds on Cruelty & Adultery. We have no children. She has a masters Degree and makes $10,000 per year more than I do. She hired an attorney that does not have a lot of experience in divorce cases but is cheap. He basically cut & pasted my complaint & then added a claim for alimony, part of my 32 y.o. business & 22 y.o. home. In their complaint they list only my one witnesses and none of their own!! It is now mid July and they have produced almost no discovery info. He has filed numerous protective orders, motions to quash and every other tactic designed to delay & run up my costs. So far the court has done nothing (sanctions, motion to compel, etc.) Even though my wife makes $60,000 /yr he has told my attorneys he might just do the work for FREE. My wife is almost a bystander in the process; he is calling all the shots and directing her. I played by the rules, fulfilled all discovery requests and more- on time! He does not even read it and keeps filing everything and anything he can. At what point (if ever) can an attorney be held responsible for going on a personal vendetta especially when he has absolutely no case, no facts, no witnesses, & has discovery info

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