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You're welcome. I'm glad you found the information useful and wish you the best of luck in pursuing the purchase.

First, it's important to understand what a life estate means. The rights of the property get split into two parts, a life estate and remainder interest. The person holding the life estate (your neighbor) is known as the life tenant. The person holding the remainder interest (you) is known as the...

What did the manufacturer or dealer say that "manufacturer certified preowned" means? The general rule when buying used goods is that they are sold as is, without any kind of warranty, express or implied. If you buy something and it breaks the next day, that's usually on you to pay to repair...

Good attorneys do everything they can within the rules that govern legal practice to achieve the goals the client, which in this is avoiding conviction and possibly a long prison term. But attorneys are not sorcerers that can create something out of nothing. If the state has a solid case with no...

Typically what states laws require when it comes to licensed occupations like lawyers, doctors, therapists, etc is the entity may only be owned by a person or group of persons who are licensed in that profession. The reason for that is to preserve professional independence. The state doesn't...

As I do with most of these wrongful termination questions, I'll start by defining what wrongful termination means generally in the U.S. When the employer is not a government agency, then the employer may legally fire you for any reason (or no reason at all) except for a few reasons prohibited...

How old is your son? Given what you posted, I'm going to guess he's at least age 18. If so, there's nothing you can do for him other than get him a private attorney, if you're willing and able to do that. Furthermore, so long as your son is represented by a lawyer, only the lawyer may file...

That they are not much used doesn't matter much here. What matters is whether on HOA property doing what you were doing. The tennis court is, after all, private property and the owner (HOA) has the right to deny the use of the pool to persons who aren't members of the HOA unless the HOA...

The three most common types of civil cases that may be brought in federal court are: (1) The complaint or answer includes an issue of federal law; (2) The United States, a federal agency, or a federal official in his/her official capacity is a party to the case; and/or (3) The plaintiff is...

How old is your student and where did he find that rule? If it didn't come from the HOA agreements that all the owners are bound by then you ought not rely on that. It may be that a homeowner may give permission to guests to use the pool. If that's the case, get permission from a homeowner in...

You listed the jurisdiction as federal law, but defamation claims are state law claims and each state's definition of what statements are defamatory may vary from one state to another. If you want to get information more specific to the state where the defamation claim would be brought, we need...

Exactly what does your (hopefully written) contract say about the deal was going to work and what remedy you'd have in the event of default. If the holding of the title is treated similar to a security interest in the vehicle you could take the steps necessary under your state's law to repo the...

That I agree with 100%. I've said several times already that Trump hurts himself when he goes off script and just says whatever first pops into his head. He'd be a much more compelling candidate if he could just suppress the urge to do that. There is a saying that goes something like "it's not...

You were implying that I would be wasting my vote (and thus shouldn't bother) if I vote for some alternative candidate. But it's not a complete waste. It wouldn't help Biden or Harris, but it would help the party I do vote for have an easier time in my state getting their candidates on the...

Well said. It's not disagreement itself that is threatening the nation but rather the increasingly vicious and violent manner that disagreements are being expressed today. I support the right for anyone to demonstrate peacefully. If the demonstration become violent, results in destruction of...

You are looking at the word prayer in only a religious context. That's understanable given that in our modern society people rarely hear that word used in any nonreligious way. But like many English words and phrases, this term has more than one meaning. The term prayer for relief as used in the...

My hope is that no candidate is a threat to democracy. But Trump doesn't help himself when he makes comments like he'd be dictator for a day if reelected. He's used that line more than once. Sure, that might just be one Trump's over the top statements (that's his style after all) that he really...

If you voted for the candidate you truly thought was the better person for the job and didn't just blindly vote Republican (or whatever other party candidates you voted for) then I applaud you for voting with some careful thought, even if in some of those elections I might have voted differently...

Congratulations, Redemptionman, you've just mocked the value of voting in this country and staked out the position of a dictator: the public should vote for only one party (the dictator's party, course) and anyone who votes otherwise should be punished. Should we just tear up the Constitution...

That's about as anti-democratic a statement as I've seen you make. The fundamental foundation of our republic is that the public elects its representatives, and every eligible person should be encouraged to get out and vote for their preferred candidate. Only one will win, but that doesn't mean...