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Question about legal language and Order of Court?

12 Jul

It is Ordered the Property identified as specified shall be exposed to Public Sale at a duly advertised future Allegheny Co. Sheriff’s Sale and any continuation thereof permitted by law, at which time the Property shall be sold freed and discharged of all Respondents tax and municipal claims, liens, mortgages, charges and estates to the highest bidder and the proceeds realized therefrom shall be distributed in accordance with the priority of each claim, the costs of the Sale and the charges, expenses, fees, and attorney fees being paid first, and the purchaser at such Sale shall take and forever thereafter have an absolute title to the Property sold freed and discharged from respondents, claims, liens, mortgages, charges and estates and not subject to any right of redemption.

 
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what do you do when you want to give someone legal power of attorney?

03 Jun

I want to give my 25 year old daughter legal power of attorney over my 12 year old daughter because only them two are going to Georgia. So what do i do to give her 100% power of attorney? any forms needed? where can i get these forms? do i have to go to court? Please help!

 
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Should any one who owns a business be made to prove legal status?

29 May

Should all who apply for a business license be made sure that they are here legally?
Should this be a national requirement for all businesses?
Should illegal aliens be allowed to own a business here since they have disrespected our laws?
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City business owners must prove citizenship
Filling out an application is not enough anymore. Business owners within the city of Conyers must now confirm they are in the country legally before they can run a business.
Reporter: By Alena Parker, Staff Reporter
Email Address: alena.parker@rockdalecitizen.com

CONYERS — Filling out an application is not enough anymore. Business owners within the city of Conyers must now confirm they are in the country legally before they can run a business.

Local government agencies were recently called to verify citizenship and immigration status of business owners through the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements, or SAVE, program of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

The Conyers City Council voted Jan. 20 to enter into an agreement with the federal agencies though Conyers city attorney Michael Waldrop noted they did not have much choice.

“The Georgia Legislature has required that cities and counties participate in the SAVE program to verify the legality of those who do business and receive benefits from the city,” Waldrop told the council members.

Councilman Marty Jones voiced concerns that paying for notary services every year, in addition to getting a business license, would be inconvenient “on the operations side.”

“People who write the regulations don’t have to live by them,” Jones said.

The new requirement will affect the roughly 1,800 businesses in Conyers.

“Unless you have a notary in your office, the proprietor is going to have to go somewhere — whether it’s the city, the bank, the post office, somewhere — to get someone to notarize this document (affidavit), swearing that he is, in fact, a legal citizen or here legally, whatever the status may be,” Waldrop said.

The new requirement will affect those applying for retirement benefits, health benefits, contracts, alcoholic beverage licenses, occupation tax certificates, taxi cab licenses, insurance company licenses, pawn brokers licenses, massage therapists licenses, billiard room operations licenses, precious metals and gems dealers licenses, conducting flea market licenses and peddlers and itinerant trades licenses, according to the city documents.

 
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as a server can i with hold tips and not report them till i do my taxes with my 1040 form and stil be legal ty

29 May

well i only declared 4800.00 worth of tips to my employer,but i come to find out while doing my taxes that i can declare more tips that i didnt declare to my employer,thus raising my income and basicly getting a bigger refund.i just want to know if this is legal,am i within my rights to withhold that income from my employer and then declare it and the end of the tax year,i mean after all there is a place on the 1040 tax form that says tips not reported to your employer.so pls someone get back asap hopefully a cpa or a tax lawyer or some very informed about tax laws.ty ty have a good day.

 
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Can someone’s legal power of attorney file bankruptcy for them?

26 May

My mother is bed ridden and unable to go to a lawyer’s office to file bankruptcy papers for herself. I am wondering I am with my rights to do so on her behalf as her legal power of attorney?
How does someone who is bed ridden and infirmed to the point that they cannot travel file for bankruptcy? She is not able to go do an office visit and needs someone to come to her residence to sign the paperwork. I am asking this question because I thought I could do so as her representative and legal power of attorney.

 
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Is the ‘Federal Income Tax’ Legal?

25 May

I have heard about this Lawyer that won a case against one filed against him for not paying his Federal Income Tax. I’m not too sure if this story is true, I don’t even know if the Lawyer said is even a real Lawyer.

I’m a bit skeptical about the story because its found on the internet, and you can’t trust a website unless it’s found to be a reputable source or at least have one.

My question is, is the Federal Income Tax legal or illegal?

Please provide me with sources, preferably non-internet or at least a website with a good reputation for accurate information, for this subject.

Thank you, your help is greatly appreciated :-)

 
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legal & tax advice buying a home for in-laws (michigan)?

16 May

my wifes parents are claiming bankruptcy (business closed) and are leaving their house. we would like to buy a housethey could stay in, near to us (within 5 miles). Some lenders require more (down payment/higher rate) because this is an “investment property” but i have been told that they are family and this could be my second home (lower down/lower rate). my attorney states that we should have a lease, and would pay taxes on a fair market rent, but we dont plan on charging them. Will I have to pay taxes on a non-existent income? can I still get the tax deductions for mortgage interest and city taxes I pay? can they homestead the property? I’m lost. any knowledgeable direction is greatly appreciated. Basically, can I buy a second home for myself and let my in-laws stay for free? Will I have claim this as income producing (even though it’s not)? Are tax advantages better one way or another?

 

Would Canada consider a system of FREE Legal Services in each Province?

16 May

Like similar to Free Healthcare, except you make legal services a right of the Canadian citizen by requiring that Attorney fees be paid in the form of taxes.

Now, there is equal justice under the law, not just for criminal prosecutions, but civil torts, contract breaches, discrimination in the workplace, everybody can now see a Lawyer like they can see a Doctor.

Depending on the severity of your injustice, you wait for your time to be represented. For example, if you are fired because of your race or national origin, you would get immediate attention.

A system like this would empower some of Canada’s poorest citizens to afford the same legal recourses as wealthy businessmen. Would Canada consider Legal Reform like this?
Or maybe this could be a 2 tier system, where you must begin with a public lawyer, and if that lawyer determines your case is not strong enough for litigation, you can then choose to pay a hefty fee and get a private attorney
Also there would be a key exception to this Legal Reform Idea.

If the entity you are suing is the Govt of Canada, then the Canadian Government would have STRICT laws limiting its powers against an individual citizen/resident, including the amount of funding of its advocates….and Govt money to support your advocates would be your unconditional right…the Legal Governing body would be severed from the rest of Canada’s Govt Workings.

 
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Is it legal in the state of Pennsylvania to prepare tax returns without a license?

12 May

I’ve had three internships totaling almost two years of experience in tax and audit. I don’t graduate college for another year. I’m looking to earn some extra cash preparing federal, state, and local returns for taxpayers. I just don’t want to ruin my career before it even starts. I can’t seem to find my answer. I know some states regulate this. Is PA one of them?
I work in an office doing taxes already. I just want to make money on the side.

 
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Is it legal for my former boss to fax my w-2’s to my ex husband and his attorney without my permission?

11 May

Child support bureau increased my support my income 10000.00 per year my ex 63000.00. He is fighting it. My former employer (friend of my ex) faxed my w-2 from 1996 without my permission to my ex and his attorney. No subpoena. Done as a favor. I have been told it is totally against the law to disclose this info to anyone. I wasn’t even married to him in 1996 (divorced in 94). He is fighting the support increase saying I can earn more money. I had a heart attack 2 years ago and was told no more bookkeeping/stress job. I work 33 hours a week in a low stress job. My ex only has to pay til June 07. I need to know what I can do to my former employer. This is terrible that he felt ok faxing my personal tax info with SS # without my permission

 

How do I prepare a professional email to request an attorney’s legal service?

11 May

I would like to prepare a general email to send to multiple attorneys in my area and I need to know the professional format and appropriate way to request their legal help if they see fit. If you also have any personal recommendations for an attorney in the kansas city area for a personal injury claim they would be very much appreciated!

 
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Can anyone tell me some of the legal things I need to do for my business , or do I need to go to a lawyer?

30 Apr

I wonder if I need to do any legal paper work on my business or just report my income on my tax return.

 
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MO & AR divorce laws, legal advice about spousal support, adultery, home…any lawyers?

29 Apr

Long story…complicated a bit! Please be kind, this is a very emotionally disturbing situation, only serious answers please.
I’ll try to sum it up…

Married in arkansas, resided together in Missouri.
Married almost 4 years, I was a single mother of 3 going back to college when we met, and i had my own home.
we married, I sold my home, we bought a $300,000+ home together.
I had to quit going to college and work full-time because his promise to pay my tuition after we married was not fulfilled.
I quit working all together 6 months later at his request because he works away from home and wanted me home when he was not working.
June 2007, he moved out and got an apartment in arkansas, putting much of the blame on his children, stating they do not care for me.
Has spent much time here in our home since then, with many unkept promises of moving back.
He took a job in Asia 1 year ago and while claims to be working 3 months on and 3 WEEKS off, I just found out that he has not been working all that time and in fact has an asian girlfriend with which he is residing, believed to be in Thailand. yet he will not admit this.
He has since let the mortgage get behind, his vehicle was even repossessed this week.
Although I have had suspicions of all of this, I confronted him manytimes and it was always denied.
I lost my part-time job this week because of emotional upset and inability to work. and have discussed many times about geting a full-time job and each time he simply refuses and says there’s no need.
the emotional upset is because i had not spoken tohim in 7 days, got suspicious, found internet profiles(facebook, myspace) with many asian female friends, learned he’s learning the language, etc. I called the vessel he was supposed to beon and he had left 1 week earlier. learned he had been in bangkok, had lasik eye surgery, then was supposed to fly home on feb. 11th, move home permanently, catch up the mortgage, then on the 11th i got an email from him stating he wasn’t coming home. 5 days went by with no word from him, he claimed he had been in jail for hitting the doctor while at his lasik check-up. Now today, 5 more days later, he confesses its over!

I have no money, a home that will eventually go into foreclosure, an unfinished degree with student loans to pay, 3 children to support, no means to go to the doctor for some type of help with my upset and nervous situation.
His job is a contract position, no taxes withheld, all checks deposited into an Asian bank account, possibley in Singapore. His income averages $150,000 per year. He claims he doesnt have a passport anymore either.
I have suspected, but he will not admit to anything and I’m afraid he may be seeking citizenship in an Asian country and am unsure as to whether or not this will make me responsible for all of our shared debt.
What are my chances of getting spousal support, at least temporarily?
Should I go ahead and file for divorce now? or only tryto seek spousal support and let him show that he is the guilty and abandoning party by waiting for him to file?

***PLEASE***before any snide and hurtful remarks are made, please be aware that the only thing I am guilty for is loving someone who happens to be quite manipulative, hurtful, selfish, quite convincing, and someone whom I have always been able to trust and who I thought was my best friend as well. I am not a stupid person, I am very trusting and have always been an honest person. I am however, obviously a terrible judge of character. This situation has completely turned my world upside down, so please only serious answers from those who have serious educated answers.
I do plan to get an attorney, but have to have finances first and am trying to get a sense of what I may be up against.

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Is it legal for a live-in boyfriend to claim children on IRS taxes?

27 Apr

Situation: A boyfriend and girlfriend have been living together for less than one year. The two children do not belong to the boyfriend. They are the girlfriend’s children. When it was time to file for ‘06, the boyfriend claimed both of the children (with gf’s permission) on his tax form. Is this legal? Do you know anyone who has done this & then the IRS wanted the BIG refund back?? Is there a website that would say if this is legal? I searched on the IRS website but did not see anything. Thanks for your help!
The girlfriend did not claim the children. They boyfriend claimed and then they split the money.
LOL! It wasn’t me. I don’t even have kids, AND I’m married!
I’m not sure what he put on the tax return for the relationship. They are not married and have probably only been together about a year total now…

 
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26 Apr

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