Questions Answered by Radha Rothrock
1 Answer | Asked in Consumer Law for Florida on Nov 27, 2012
It depends on the amount of your damages. If your damages are a few hundred dollars, the attorney fee will be higher than your damages. In that case, you can try the attorney general's office or the better business bureau. If that route fails, find ...
1 Answer | Asked in Tax Law for Florida on Jan 27, 2011
Yes, you don't need to be a biological parent to claim someone as a dependent. Just make sure no one else claimed the child as a dependent on their return. If so, the IRS will come after you for money. The best thing to do is to get a waiver signed ...
1 Answer | Asked in Tax Law for Florida on Feb 9, 2011
The IRS won't give you this information without a power of attorney. If your divorce decree requires you to provide a copy of the return to the other person, you might be able to file some sort of an enforcement action throught the divorce court.
1 Answer | Asked in Tax Law for Florida on Apr 6, 2011
You must be a registered preparer with the IRS. They will give you a ptin number. They have minimum requirements to get the ptin number depending on your educational level.
1 Answer | Asked in Tax Law for Florida on May 4, 2011
The inmate wouldn't file the 1099. The person paying the inmate would file the 1099. Inmates are subject to the same reporting requirements as other citizens when it comes to tax law.
1 Answer | Asked in Tax Law for Florida on Jul 21, 2011
The feds can ask for a receipt for any amount. As a practical matter, they usually won't object to it if if it's under $20.
1 Answer | Asked in Tax Law for Florida on Nov 28, 2012
Do you owe the federal government for IRS taxes or the local government for property taxes? If you owe the feds, they will probably lien the property. They can force you to sell it, but generally do so as a last resort. If you owe the county property ...
1 Answer | Asked in Tax Law for Florida on Dec 16, 2012
If they sent you a notice, you will have to appeal it by a certain deadline depending on what you sent. Consult with a tax attorney as soon as possible. If you miss the deadline to appeal, your remedies will be limited.
1 Answer | Asked in Tax Law for Florida on Dec 18, 2012
California has state and federal taxes so I would recommend consulting with a tax professional in California rather than Florida.
1 Answer | Asked in Tax Law for Florida on Dec 25, 2012
There are a lot of factors that will decide this issue. The first factor is whether or not you have already filed a tax return. If you haven't already filed the return, you can prepare it single as well as joint to see which way results in the ...
2 Answers | Asked in Foreclosure for Florida on Sep 17, 2012
You should really hire an attorney for this. If you don't raise a defense, you will waive it later. I have had so many people come to me at the last minute asking me to take a case and I have to tell them that they waived all their defenses by not ...
2 Answers | Asked in Foreclosure for Florida on Dec 6, 2012
Try calling the opposing counsel to see if they oppose your motion to enlarge the time to respond. Usually, they won't oppose it. If they don't oppose it, you can prepare a sipulated order and ask the judge to sign it. If you are living in the ...
2 Answers | Asked in Foreclosure for Florida on Dec 17, 2012
Many of the clerk's office allow you to search their records online at no charge. Some of the offices allow you to see the documents while others allow you to see the docket sheet without seeing the document.
2 Answers | Asked in Foreclosure for Florida on Dec 28, 2012
There are two places you can look for a low cost or pro bono attorney. First, you can check with your local bar association in the county in which you reside. Some of the attorneys agree to accept cases on a low cost or free service. The second place ...
3 Answers | Asked in Bankruptcy Law for Florida on Jan 9, 2012
If you are filing in the Fort Myers division of Florida, you should wait until your modification is complete before filing a chapter 13 or else you will have to pay your mortgage payment and mortgage arrears through the chapter 13 plan. Of course, if the ...
2 Answers | Asked in Bankruptcy Law for Florida on Feb 13, 2012
The bankruptcy will save your home . . . temporarily. Filing bankruptcy will suspend collection activity temporarily, but the creditor can file a motion in the bankruptcy court to resume the foreclosure. If you do not have any income, you won't be ...
2 Answers | Asked in Bankruptcy Law for Florida on Apr 29, 2012
If the case was filed a month ago, you should have received notice from the court by now. If you haven't received notice, use PACER as the other attorney suggested. You can also try the United States Trustee's Office, which oversees chapter 11 ...
2 Answers | Asked in Bankruptcy Law for Florida on May 17, 2012
It will appear on your credit report for 10 years but you can usually rebuild your credit within 2 years and you are generally eligible for a new mortgage within 3 years of the discharge.
2 Answers | Asked in Bankruptcy Law for Florida on Jul 6, 2012
It depends where you live as far as what the trustee will do. In the Fort Myers division of the Middle District of Florida, the trustees typically don't force the short sales because the properties are so far under water here.
2 Answers | Asked in Bankruptcy Law for Florida on Jul 6, 2012
You could also call the Clerk of the Courts for the Bankruptcy Court in the district where the person resides.