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Can a wholesale vendor put a lien on a "for sale," property for goods they sold to a sole proprietor? Can a wholesale vendor use a real estate website to send a message threatening to do this? I have had to put a mechanics lien on a property before (due to non-payment by the GC) but I know...

I have a case that I need to file for small claims. The person I will be taking to court (the defendant) has already told me that he has someone who is going to testify about a conversation (that never took place) on his behalf. In most instances, I would rely on common sense/the obvious...

I have a situation involving my small business that has me so upset I could cry! We did some contract work a year and a half ago and billed & collected the agreed amount. However, another contractor created a huge problem and the quickest & cheapest solution was to have us remove our...

I have a friend in a tough situation, VERY low on funds, and in need of a divorce. Unfortunately, her husband has her convinced of all kinds of crap & she's afraid of the "consequences" if she files. Right now, she is paying the mortgage, the utilities, all medical co-pays (she has insurance...

I am looking into starting a repossession business. I have spent most of today researching the law on it for the states I would serve, but over and over again, the only thing I find as far as the law is the same: "As per UCC, law allows..." but I haven't been able to find a link to read / know...

A friend of mine, I'll call her Sally, has an ugly situation brewing. Her husband, whom she's been separated from for almost a year, is currently doing a 60 day sentence for burglary. He has work release 12 hours a day, 7 days a week, because he is "self-employed." He lives with his mother...

This whole story is long, so I'll summarize & hope it's enough information. When my son moved to the state he would be going to college in, he took a cell phone. The number he had is part of my mother's account. He had gotten his grandmother's permission to add texting to the number...

The local school district went to great lengths to write the current "bullying policy." They recruited community volunteers to draft the policy in cooperation with paid school faculty. Bullying is a big problem and this new policy was supposed to be a major tool in curbing the problem...

I know that, at least in most states, bartenders have the right to refuse service to customers, generally based on intoxication or disruptive conduct. I have become aware of a situation in a South Dakota bar where the manager has instructed all staffers not only to refuse to serve a...

A mortgage foreclosure management company in a neighboring state hired my husband and I to photograph the foreclosed property and "secure it" by replacing the lock on the main entry. I consulted local police before beginning any work, not wanting to end up charged with any crime. The...

My son is in his first year of college. He has been maintaing respectable grades, even with a heavy class load, being on the football team, and having monthly drill for the Guards. He has chosen to pay for his education himself. A couple of months ago, he came down with a sore throat...

I'll make this as short & too the point as possible. The current situation involves 6th grade students. A police officer's daughter has a tendency to lash out physically at other students. Very early on this year, she punched a kid in the stomach, then kicked him twice while he was on the...

I had to attend a funeral this week, during which I learned of the following situation an old friend's family is going through. From what I gathered, there are five siblings involved. All but the oldest have taken things from the estate. The youngest has decided she is in charge. The...

A relative confronted someone he knew had stolen from him. Words were exchanged, fingers were pointed, and opinions about what should have happened to the thief were made. No actual threats, nothing physical. The thief went to the local cops and told them he'd been assaulted by my relative...

My son moved off to college. When he went, he took the cell phone, and thereby the cell number, that my mother had bought to keep in contact with me & my family. When he left here, everything about his service was in my mother's name. He called me one day to tell me he was buying a...

A customer where I work has been charged with a DWI, and I believe, a possession charge. He is a resident of another state, his employment here has now ended, and his lease is up the end of this month. When he made his first court appearance, he made it known that, come August 1st, not only...

I was talking to a local bar owner recently. A few months back, there was an issue involving a minor and a fight on his property, for which the local police got a warrant for his security recording system. (It is a computer based system, so they actually take his laptop.) Only one officer has...

I own a business and have a HUGE problem. We ordered a product to be used in a job. We ordered the product believing it would be made according to the vendor company's published specifications. We received and installed the product, unaware that the product provided was not manufactured...

How can a person estimate how much litigation will cost? Is there anyway to assertain whether or not litation costs would be paid by the losing party?

What does it take to be considered an "expert witness?" How much does it generally cost to supoena an expert witness? Can one party challenge weather or not the other party's witness is truly an "expert?" Is there a database for locating expert witnesses? Can the fees for expert...