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Hello all. Embarrassed to admit my husband and I have judgements from credit cards. We're retired, so our income is from social security. Our bank has notified us that our social security is protected from garnishment, but what about any other cash we may deposit? For example, if our SS is...

Jurisdiction: LA County, CA My husband and I are taking care of the paperwork (and appearance) for his 97 yr-old father who is the owner of a rental house. Tenants are multi-generational and lived in the rental for 20+ yrs (without anything in writing). They stopped paying rent in March...

My jurisdiction is: California My jurisdiction is: California I hope this is the right forum ... here goes. A month ago our son traded in his car on a used truck. The dealer STILL hasn't paid off the balance of the trade-in car ($3,900) and the regular monthly payment is coming due...

My jurisdiction is: Orange County, CA A couple of yrs ago my husband purchased a new car for our son. The contract shows my husband as the Buyer and our son as the Co-Buyer. With our permission, our son traded in the car and drove off the lot in a different (used) vehicle. This took place...

My jurisdiction is: CA/LA and Orange Counties Sorry to bother you all with another probation violation question, but please ... here goes ... Orange County: felony conviction w/3 yrs reporting probation. 6 mos later, LA County: misdemeaner conviction w/3 yrs non-rpt probation...

Could anyone give me an approximate length of time the DA might take, or is allowed to take, before filing charges in a Calif case? Our adult son was videotaped as an accomplice in a store robbery in December. He distracted a clerk as his friend did a grab and run. The friend turned...

My step-mother in CA has been threatening to divorce my father who is 92, cannot see or hear, and has early signs of dimentia. Now she is saying she's disappointed because she learned she cannot legally divorce him due to his health, even though he could go into an assisted living facility. Is...

My father (92) and step-mother (87) have been married 38 yrs. They live in their own condo in CA. There is no power of attorney, but due to my father's eyesight and diminishing capacity, I write out checks for them and my dad signs. I take them to the market, doctors, and misc...

I seem to be striking out on getting responses. This may seem like a stupid question, but I don't have much experience with the law. My son is in Theo Lacy on a Remanding Order Booking. That's all I was able to find online. Can anyone tell me what this is? Thanks for your patience...

Would someone please define this for me? Thank you for your time.

Just a quick question ... Is it true that a juvenile's expunged record would be visible to the judge when the defendant goes to court as an adult? If so, would info on his past record, though expunged, have any impact on a new misdemeanor sentence? This pertains to CA. As always, thank you...

We are a small custom cabinet shop. Our written contract included the cost of the granite counter top and the installation cost, which was about $6-$7 thousand. We were paid for the granite and in turn paid the manufacturer who then paid the granite yard. We accompanied the client to a...

I'm back re: NSF checks. I'm trying to get an idea of what penalty might be imposed for passing $3,000 in NSF checks in CA. The maker of the checks is unemployed, has no residence, no assets (except an old car), and couldn't care less about his credit report. There must be some sort of...

Would passing $3,000 in NSF cks (in CA) be considered a criminal or civil, felony or misdemeanor matter? One ck was $349.00. Would you take a minute and tell me the course of action that could be taken after the maker is notified and no restitution is made? Thank you for your time.

Our unemployed, homeless 23-year-old son has written numerous NSF cks in CA which currently total $1800. Although he hasn't lived w/us for years, he continues to use our address for mailing; thus the bank statements which we opened to find out what he's up to. What are the consequences for...