If the police have a warrant to obtain DNA, yes, and after you’ve been charged and arraigned, they can request a DNA sample as part of the discovery rules. Discuss this with your lawyer, or if you do not have one, get one.

Once upon a time, the traffic code only applied on public highways and streets maintained by the state or local governments. I won a lot of traffic cases for clients defending under this restriction, including a lot of probable cause stops for DUI based on not moving violations within apartment... View More

"Can" you file for alimony? Yes. Will a court award you alimony? Not enough facts to evaluate that claim. 7 years separation with no contact will not help, but is not determinative. Length of marriage prior to separation, total length of marriage including period of separation,... View More

(1) Truth is a complete defense to a suit for defamation/libel. Revealing private medial or health information about someone, or their SSN or other private personal information, may give rise to a invasion of privacy or harassment claim, even if the statements are true.

(2) Defamatory... View More

Generally, administrative disciplinary actions taken against prisoners for misconduct and rules violations, and to maintain disciplinary order within the prison, are not deemed “punishment” for purposes of double jeopardy that would bar a subsequent criminal prosecution for the conduct that... View More

You’ll need a NJ lawyer to clear a NJ ticket.

What you do not state is whether your father is mentally competent to make his own decisions, from a legal standpoint. The fact that "social services" (you do not name the government department by name, so it is unclear whom, exactly, you are referencing) deems him competent to go home... View More

You won't find them online, and most likely not in the court file back when paper records were kept. Any conditions would have been stated orally on the record, and recored by the defendant's attorney in their private client file and by the prosecutor in the State's file. If the... View More

Yes, they can live there through probate, so long as the PR permits it (or the Will directs that they may). Are the contents of the house also going to the two children in the home, or are other persons receiving some of those contents? Until the house is distributed by deed to your two children,... View More

Do not believe what the adjuster is telling you. Contact a NJ lawyer for representation. Damages for pain and suffering are allowed in NJ; however, NJ is a comparative fault state, meaning that you must not be more than 50% at fault for the accident, and your percentage of fault will reduce your... View More

(1) File a complaint with the Maryland AG's Office of Consumer Protection; https://www.marylandattorneygeneral.gov/Pages/CPD/Complaint.aspx

(2) File a complaint with the MD Dept. of Labor, which licenses HVAC companies and has a complaint process;... View More

Either parent in a custody/child support case can request paternity DNA testing to prove whether the alleged father is in fact the father of the child. This motion and request is how that is done.

Taxes are imposed on the gross estate. There are exemptions, credits and deductions that are/may be applicable. You absolutely need to pay a CPA to do these taxes for this size of an estate, as well as have estate counsel for the estate administration (or trust distribution). There are too many... View More

You need to be careful about how you use or report this information. You benefited financially from this fraud, by way of subsidized housing. How do you explain having such low housing expense all those years, without knowing the reason for it? If you received a benefit you were not entitled to,... View More

If they were evicted by court process, with service of a writ of possession by the Sheriff, then their return is trespassing, and you should file criminal charges (assuming you are the landlord with the writ of possession issued to you after prevailing in the eviction action). Ordinarily, upon... View More

If someone gives you a "fake bill" ... don't pay it. It's fake. Unless you're not telling all the facts. Impossible to know what is going on. Let the company sue you if you dispute the alleged charge, and then a judge can decide whether the bill is fake or not and whether you owe any money.

Unclear what legal options you have since you say you are beyond the warranty period, but so long as you made the warranty claim within the waranty period, the ongoing failures to remedy the issue will act to extend that claim. Warranty clims are tricky and must comply with the notice requirements... View More

Obviously, hire a lawyer and deal with the warrant first, then the VOP can be addressed.

The Maryland State Department of Natural Resources has jurisdiction over the navigable rivers of Maryland, including police authority, and there are laws prohibiting dumping of trash, waste materials and other objects into rivers, punishable bu criminal and civil fines and penalties. Local county... View More

Real Property Code Section 8-212.2, provides in petinent part;

(b) [I]f a tenant under a residential lease meets the conditions set forth in subsection (c) of this section, the tenant's liability for rent under the lease may not exceed 2 months' rent after the date on which the... View More