Recent content by LisaDW

Is it ethical for an attorney in another state (Ill), to appear to represent a person in Calif on the sale of a house? Without that person's permission? I live in Calif. During my divorce, my brother-n-l who has a legal practice in Ill, called my real estate agent and my attorney, appearing to...

The judge wanted to hear my husband's testomony. Although he was given 3 months to get an attorney he did not have one yet. My attorney wanted to go ahead with the trial anyway. The judge refused to accept our evidence and denied our motion. I am on my own now and would like to find a way to...

My attorney filed a contempt charge against my husband for liquidating all our retirement funds and not accounting for what he did with it, four months after I filed for divorce. During trial the judge denied the motion. My husband refused to testify unless he had an attorney. I am now...

Thank you. The Life Insurance is all I got in the divorce so it is extremely important (he got the business, the LLC...a medical building....the house short sold and he liquidated my retirement) after 30 years of marriage! It was domestic abuse/violence. I am going to file a contempt motion...

Settlement was signed May 2011. Divorce finalized June 6 2011. Spouse has not turned over ownership of Life Insurance to me yet. The first paperwork he sent to Life Insurance people (I signed and filled out first and mailed to him to sign) he added beneficiaries I did not want without my...

He is a physician and owns the medical building he practices in as an LLC.....and yes, he rents out the other 2 floors to medical labs. He says his income is now $0, but he lives a comfortable lifestyle. He has not produced any discovery. The settlement says we 'have chosen not to exercise our...

My stbx offered a settlement of $1,750/month spousal support and $10,000 cash. How much income tax would I be paying? Can I put the $10,000 someplace safe so I won't be taxed? I'm 58 years old married 30 years. He is keeping his practice and his LLC (medical building). I know I'm mgetting...

I heard there is a new Calif Code )as of Jan 2011) that requires the testmoney of a witness in order to get documents accepted as evidence. My question is.....the court ordered a forensic accountant to assess the income available for support. This was in 2010. The trial is in 2 months. I...

Calif My husband is a professional and has several employees who work for him. They do not work for commission. The salaries range from $35,000/year to $75,000/year. My husband told the judge his salary is $0/year. A forensic accountant stated my husband pays personal living expenses of at...

I filed my compliant with the State Bar and have been calling up Malpractice attorney's. They have all been very nice, have said I do have a case, but cannot help due to money and/or time...not enough of either. Can I remove the lien on my husband's business myself? If so, how? The attorneys...

Would it help my case if I sent the State Bar, along with my complaint, copies of over 70 property liens this attorney has filed between 2006-2010? Perhaps this is not an unusual number of liens for a Family Law attorney to file, I don't know.

Is it a malpractice attorney you are referring to? I have contacted a couple of attorney's in other cities. They both said, after I faxed proof, that the attorney was guilty of malpractice. However, both attorney's also said they do not handle Family Law malpractice cases because they are so...

fee agreement is strange Looking over all the paperwork, I realize the only fee agreement was the $50,000 lien on my home. There is no mention stating what his hourly fees were and there was no retainer. All his statements said 'No payment due'. The house short sold. He sent everyone involved...

It was done. Attorney filed at the Recorder's Office. The lien is filed in wife's name. Property is in husband's name only, purchased as separate property.

I believe the lien on spouse's property was done with the intent that property will be declared community property by the judge and fees can will then be secured when property is divided and settlement is finalized. However, lien was filed while property was still separate property. It has not...