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My husband has had his son in his care for his whole life. He had filed for custody and was sent to mediation. The mediator made him feel bad for not letting his birth mom see the child. He agreed to 50/50 custody, but the mom never signed the papers
Fast forward two months she sent him... View More 
answered on Apr 5, 2024
Mediation itself is typically not binding unless the parties involved reach a mutually agreed-upon settlement that is then documented in a binding agreement and submitted to the Court. One of the tenants of mediation is the understanding that the parties may speak to individual counsel after... View More
Last summer, I was homeless. I started working for a guy that started renting a house to me. I worked 7 days a week nearly 14 hours a day. I took a day off and let him know beforehand. He would call asking where I was and I would remind him I was taking a day off. He would then start calling me... View More
answered on May 14, 2023
You didn’t ask a legal question. A reasonable next step would be to hire a local attorney to write a letter to your landlord.
The case starts with discrimination and a huge negligence issue all the way to the Dean of that building. Then the VP of Student affairs emailed me several times (she didn't know I was cc'd) with three employees I don't knit l know, misrepresenting themselves as the President of ASU.... View More
answered on Dec 24, 2022
All I can discern from your post is the your child was the victim of some sort of discrimination based on sexual orientation and that you cannot afford to pay an attorney by the hour to represent her. I suggest you contact some attorneys who handle discrimination matters and see if anyone would... View More
We live in Missouri and we want to know how can we get the lien off of our property the blue world pool is removable they can come get it we just want out of all of it they're ripping us off
answered on Nov 18, 2022
You will need to retain an attorney to determine whether you can get out of your contract.
asking for it several times, and which included paragraphs holding the co. harmless re: age discrimination and other things. This was not discussed at the termination nor covered in the Employee Handbook. They are holding my last promised pay until I agree to this. I have email trail. Missouri is... View More
answered on Nov 14, 2022
Attorneys are not allow to solicit business through their responses on Justia. You'll have to reach out to an attorney directly.
There is a good Missouri statute on unpaid wages but it must be followed strictly in order for the clock to start ticking on the employer. Some attorneys... View More
I have a publishing contract that has not allowed me to publish with anyone else during this time. The contract was signed january 18th, 2021 and the company had 220 maximum days to complete the contract. They have done zero promotion of the book, as it is in the contract, have not even sent me the... View More
answered on Mar 5, 2022
I'm sorry your question remains open for a month. A Missouri attorney could advise best, but any attorney would likely want to review the terms of the contract before offering meaningful guidance. You could reach out to Missouri attorneys to discuss. This is posted under Arbitration/Mediation.... View More
I reported it to school and the boys admitted to it & the parents said they'd pay to repair it so I filed a claim with my insurance company. The deductible turned out to be $225. Upon hearing that amount the parents now don't want to pay. They expected the screen repair was only going... View More
We had a home inspection, radon, sewer lateral inspection, and gas inspection. We closed and moved in on 9/1/17, it hasn't even been a full three months. Since moving in we've had our garage door break, ac went out, we had to snake one drain stack due to it being full of roots, our master... View More
Custody of child and support of child was settled by arbitrator. Child was with father every other weekend, and a specified time during each week. Mother was awarded child support, but father never paid. Situation may be adversarial.
answered on Nov 21, 2013
Since the father acknowledged the child the child will be one of the intestate heirs. There may be other heirs depending on all of the facts.
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