Termination of tenancy is another way of saying the lease legally ends.

Generally, no. An increase in family size does not typically allow lease termination (though one should carefully read any signed lease to see what termination rights a tenant may have, such as the right to terminate with a certain amount of notice). The only real way to "release"... View More

While more information is needed to adequately answer whether the customer will be in the "right," anyone can stop payment through their financial institution. However in some cases after a service has been performed withholding payment will amount to breach of contract and/or give the... View More

If you are referring to appointment over a deceased's estate, this is done by filing a petition for appointment as Personal Representative. Generally there is no "temporary" appointment, rather the PR serves until the estate is concluded, though it is possible to serve and later... View More

A POA has no validity after death and the Personal Representative should have information about all property titled in the deceased's name at the time of his/her death.

If your question deals with foreclosure, once a substitute trustee sells property at auction, the court must approve or "ratify" the sale. At that time the purchaser at the foreclosure auction may move for possession of the property or to evict the residents. Note that changes to the... View More

Determining where to incorporate or form a new business involves a great number of factors and is not easily answered by an online post. That being said, to issue mortgages in the state of Maryland one needs Maryland licensure.

You are encouraged to seek legal counsel before starting any... View More

Most business licenses are obtained from the clerk of the circuit court, but the junk dealers / scrap metal license is issued by the State Highway Administration.

Unfortunately this question is far too broad to answer. Maryland has a body of commercial law affecting the validity of contracts. Statutory law may be found in the Maryland Annotated Code.

A trustee should manage any property held in Trust, while the Guardian of the Property should manage any property held in the individual name of the disabled person.

If the deceased did not name anyone in the will to serve as PR, then yes, a surviving relative has priority to serve.

The personal representative (not necessarily the attorney who drafted the will) has a duty to promptly file the will and open the estate. This is usually within a few months after death. A copy of the petition and will must be mailed to all interested persons. It may take several years to wrap up... View More

The question is not clear as written. Obviously a will written 20 years after someone's death is not valid. Every will in this state must be witnessed by two witnesses who see the Testator sign which helps ensure that a document presented by an heir was actually written by the deceased. If... View More

It depends and a person can set it up either way in their will. Check the will to see whether the beneficiaries were listed to inherit "per capita" or "per stirpes." Per stirpes means that if an heir died before receiving their potion, their kids inherit their share. Note that... View More

At the outset you should check the will to see whether the estate pays death taxes or whether the beneficiary bears the burden. Next realize that there are multiple levels of possible taxes and various taxes may apply depending on the size of the state and relationship between the deceased and the... View More

Quite possibly yes. The answer depends on how the property was titled and what the will of the last spouse to die said. If the property passed outright to a spouse, at their death their estate would get it and pass it according to the will (or if there was no will by intestate succession to their... View More

This question involves an extremely fact-specific area of law and cannot adequately be answered with general information on an online post. The law contains a multi-part test for determining whether workers are employees or independent contractors. In some circumstances a company may... View More

Yes, an LLC can register trade names owned by the LLC. Note that if the LLC involves a regulated profession the board of that profession may limit the ability to practice under a trade name and/or may impose restrictions.

While I hope the above general information helps, it doesn't... View More

Maryland law contains certain default provisions for the governance of entities, including religious corporations (churches). These can be found in the Corporations & Associations article of the Annotated Code. Unless a church's plan says otherwise, the minister is a Trustee and thus... View More

The answer depends on what family members survive and whether the child is a minor or not. If the child is over eighteen, the spouse gets the first $15,000 as a "spousal allowance" and the rest is divided in half between the spouse and child(ren). This post offers general legal... View More