texas

Hello! I am an aspiring entrepreneur... I say aspiring because I am in pursuit of starting my own small business however there may be something holding me back, recently I departed from a company that in part of their independent contractor agreement, I also signed a non compete, now I am trying...

The standard Medical Power of Attorney form in Texas has the main agent plus 2 alternate agents. Is Ok, valid, and legal to add a third so the power attorney is made with a main agent and 3 alternate agents to be signed before a public notary? Same question for the Durable POA. I would...

Got laid off exactly one week ago. On video call was told I would get severance pay of two weeks. Didn't think much of it at the time nor did I sign anything or verbally confirm anything. Was mostly just thinking of what I was going to do next. Immediately applied for unemployment. three days...

Hello, My wife and I bought a single family home in October 2022. There were foundation repairs done to the house back in 2012 and the seller stated in the seller disclosure that the repair comes with a lifetime warranty and I was told that all I needed is to transfer the warranty after we...

You are capped at 250k against a hospital Civil law goes off paid medical expenses with insurance not total billable need state legislature approval to sue a state University a la Chris Bread or Mike Leach People in the state are just screwed when it comes to any type of meaningful...

Good Afternoon, My car that is registered in my apartment complex caught fire and is broken down in my reserved parking space. On Monday, I went and got a new car to replace that car, we all know that car dealerships takes hours. We did not finish until late and I did not get home till after...

Hello All - I'm wondering about pursuing back support in TX for old orders from CA. When order issued, ex lived in CA and I was in NV. There had been garnishment, but he lost his job. For years we had a mostly cordial arrangement, so I signed a temporary waiver that specified "while he was...

A family owns a home. They have one child, a son. The mother dies and the father does not probate the will. 5 years later the father dies and gives the house to the grandson. The grandson lives in the house but also does not probate the will. Now after 5 years the grandson has not paid the city...

I have an account with Block Fi and I requested to withdraw my money a day before they announced they would be halting withdrawals. Unfortunately they halted with draws and I am unable to get my money out which is a few thousand. I hear they have filed for bankruptcy. What can I do ? Are they...

I live in a small community consisting of 58 lots. We have a property owners association to "manage" the place and it's run by members of the community. I use the term manage loosely as the Board of Directors have ZERO power to do anything to manage the place. In our community, we have common...

Is it attorney conflict of interest for a lawyer who is representing a client in a criminal case to purchase that client's business? Let's say John owns a pawn shop. John then gets arrested for possession of cocaine, a large amount. John makes bail and hires Tim, his new attorney. Tim tells john...

Well, this is a situation. I’m looking for answers and getting a lot of shoulder shrugging. Been a little over a decade since I tangled with payday loans, I finally killed that monster, but now I’m sorry to find myself back in a way. Same situation, different dressing. I swore I would never get...

In Texas, I signed a buyer's order for a used car with a Texas dealer. They signed it as well. After signing it, we could not come to an agreement on the means by which I would pay for the car and they stopped responding to me. I see mixed things online and I just need to know if I am legally...

Sold a car by contract for $2400 dollars to be paid at $208.00 per month with 416.00 down. Payment ,he is now 3 months behind .what can I do to repossess the car?

In Texas if someone dies without a will any community property owned by him and his spouce, and they do not have the same children, is to be split in half. Half for the spouce. Half for the children of the deceased. I am the child of the deceased. When Dad died, however, my stepmom never told...

Hi My domestic partner and I jointly purchased a single family home a few years ago to use as an investment property. We would like to set it up so that if I die, the property will automatically transfer to my daughter upon my death (whether or not my partner is still alive), bypassing probate...

I bought a car from a private seller listing on FaceBook Marketplace. The car was not running, and had not run for 2 years. The add said that the car had a bad head gasket. The seller (in writing) said he had it "looked over" by a mechanic and that a repair estimate was given to repair the...

I bought a Big Tex trailer a couple months ago from a private seller, everything went smooth and even registered it in Texas. It was financed by my local bank, and they did the registration for me. A few weeks ago, I was contacted by a repo company that they were looking for the trailer and...

I need help. I'm the beneficiary of an estate in Fort Bend County, Texas. The executor is non compliant. The estate has "closed" but I submitted a complaint to the court and a request for accounting. I don't know what to do next. The executor is not disclosing the gross estate and Trust(s). He...

My husband and I recently (about 2 months ago) moved into a house with a man who said he owned the home. He didn’t charge us rent as he said he had no rent payments, and he wanted to help us get back on our feet. My husband has done thousands of dollars worth of work on the land and around the...