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I filed for chapter 7bankruptcy over 1 yr ago. My house was was part of the bankruptcy filing.
Asked in Perth Amboy,  NJ Dec. 10, 2015 ,  1 Answers

Now a different mortgage company is sending papers for remodification. How is this possible my house was part of the bankriptcy

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I am about to file chapter 13 with no lawyer. Do I have to do the filing in person? or can I send someone else to do it for me?
Asked in Calabasas,  CA Jun. 06, 2015 ,  10 Answers
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I am about to file chapter 13 with no lawyer. Di I have to do the filing in person? or can I send someone else to do it for me?

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Can I have a retail store that does not provide access to public bathrooms?
Asked in Walla Walla,  WA May 08, 2015 ,  2 Answers
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My husband and I are trying to open a business. We are renting in an existing space. The building inspector said that bathroom was not ADA compliant and so we failed the inspection. I told him that was an employee only bathroom. He stated that all public buildings must have access to a public restro...

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Is this quit claim deed valid if there arent any witnesses?
Asked in Winter Park,  FL May 23, 2014 ,  8 Answers
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i ahve a family member that died, and she was on the deed with one of my siblings...it was a quit claim deed executed in 2008. There are no witnesses on it just the grantors signature and a notary signature. I am told that the deed is invalid because there arent any witnesses on it...but i was also ...

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My mortgage was charged off in a 2011 chapter 7 bankruptcy and wasn't supposed to be. What now?
Asked in Conover,  NC Feb. 18, 2014 ,  8 Answers
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(North Carolina) My mortgage was charged off in a 2011 chapt.-7 bankruptcy and wasn't supposed to be. The discharge schedule was for credit cards and misc debts ONLY. I instructed my atty at the time that I planned to continue making mortgage payments and keep the house. He assured me my mortgage/ho...

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I started building a house, neighbor is claiming we're building on their property, claiming adverse possession.
Asked in Seattle,  WA Oct. 12, 2013 ,  3 Answers
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We built according to the property stakes placed by surveyors. I've been paying taxes on the "disputed land".They said they had a fence before we had purchased the property 9 years ago. Currently there isn't a fence or any sign of an old fence since I've owned it. Can they claim adverse possession? ...

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If an area was developed in1950 and there are enchroachments, how is it settled?
Asked in Columbus,  OH Sep. 09, 2013 ,  2 Answers
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I have contracted a house in an older area and looked at the county maps. It appears one side is being enchroached on and the other side is enchroaching on the other neighbor. There are no boundary surveys recorded. Where the subject property is being enchroached on is a driveway. Where it is enchro...

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Does using property (private land) give you certain rights on that property?
Asked in Beaver Falls,  PA Sep. 07, 2013 ,  3 Answers
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My father granted use of his land to someone without any signed agreement. The person hired a crew to harvest Hay, treat the soil for planting, remove some trees and do minor landscaping; all with my fathers permission. My father is not compensated, nor did he request compensation. He has also grant...

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I'm a photographer. Previous things I've researched has not clearly explained anything to me--Am I considered a business?
Asked in Coshocton,  OH Jun. 20, 2013 ,  4 Answers
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I live in Ohio, I'm 21 years old, I live with my mother, I'm claimed on my mother's taxes, and I still attend college. The photography (Photo-work) I'm engaged in doesn't have a business name, I work under my own name to display me, I charge service fees per-client I gain from the range of $125.00-$...

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A nanny's liability issues with pool and neighborhood kids always wanting to come over to swim invited or uninvited.
Asked in Malvern,  PA Apr. 22, 2013 ,  10 Answers
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As a nanny, I am concerned about the liability issues I could face with as many as eight neighborhood kids coming over to swim either invited or uninvited. I would be interested in some pool rules also that may protect me in this situation ( i.e. just by saying a parent must be with them, am I no lo...

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Is a bank owned property that is currently on the market subject to police search without a warrant?
Asked in San Fernando,  CA Dec. 29, 2012 ,  2 Answers
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The house has been vacant for 4 months, on the real estate market for the past month is it subject to police search without a warrant ar do the same rules that apply to homeowners apply to any squatters that are staying on the property

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Can i lose my home through adverse possession if I left under a hostile situation.
Asked in Garner,  NC Jul. 29, 2012 ,  2 Answers

I have an incompetent partner and now has legal guardians of estate and person. I want my home but i feel unsafe going back

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My brother and I own a CA home 50/50. He wants to sell. I don't. Can he compel me to sell?
Asked in San Jose,  CA May 23, 2012 ,  5 Answers
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n/a

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Regarding boundary tree ownership, how is the trunk of a tree defined legally?
Asked in Mercer Island,  WA Mar. 18, 2012 ,  3 Answers
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This question pertains to Washington State. We have an old boundary tree that was obviously planted on our property but whose trunk has grown close to the property line. We had the tree surveyed to establish how far from the property line the tree is and the surveyor placed a pin about 12" above the...

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Adverse possession/prescriptive easement?
Asked in Issaquah,  WA Jan. 23, 2011 ,  4 Answers
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We are looking at purchasing a parcel that is bisected by a private road. The smaller part that is bisected road, say part B, has an encroachment where a 1/2 of an old/unoccupied home, part of the corresponding lawn and a driveway are located. The remainder of the home and lawn are on the owner's 5 ...

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