My mom died intestate with a mortgaged home the lender sold portfolio of mortgages and in paperwork it showed owners death certificate but didn't show any documents of the 3 heirs so now the new mortgage co. Is trustee and said they need our birth cert. And signed quit claim deeds from the 3... Read more »
answered on Apr 1, 2023
You should immediately seek counsel from a Trust and Estate attorney who is familiar with foreclosure actions. You should contact the heirs and open an Estate with the Sussex County Register of Wills or in the County of her residence when she passed away and have the heirs appoint an Adminstrator... Read more »
answered on Mar 31, 2023
This very vague question has no answer.
Pennsylvania children, like all other children of all other states, will from time to time exhibit self-injuring behaviors. Some will exhibit homicidal behaviors. The instinctive reaction of surrounding adults is to say the child needs mental health... Read more »
What is the next steps for him or me as a grandparent
answered on Mar 31, 2023
The son can file for paternity (best to retain an attorney), and then be prepared to pay child support for eighteen years unless he litigates throughout. The asker will have difficulty in petitioning for grandparent visitation because the family statutes place the biological parents up front as... Read more »
answered on Mar 31, 2023
This is a vague question about forensic expert witness output.
Just as in the 1992 motion picture "My Cousin Vinny" starring Joe Pesci and Marisa Tomei, expertise knows no geographical boundaries and is admissible as long as to is helpful.
In the motion picture, a... Read more »
answered on Mar 31, 2023
This is a vague question about forensic expert witness output.
Just as in the 1992 motion picture "My Cousin Vinny" starring Joe Pesci and Marisa Tomei, expertise knows no geographical boundaries and is admissible as long as to is helpful.
In the motion picture, a... Read more »
2 children live with her and I here in PA. PA doesn’t have jurisdiction over her son and WA doesn’t have jurisdiction over her daughters. How can a custody agreement be filed? Does it have to be filed separately for the son in WA and for the daughters here? Should we get an attorney?
Had to sell house, all liens paid in full, all sent certified registered, only one returned sealed.
We're waiting on the division of the funds balance but no go on any response.
Use parents address as my main address
Hello, my name is Amber. I contacted my local domestic relations office to see about establishing paternity, they said I have to contact an attorney. My son was born December 30, 2022, his father and I signed an acknowledgment of paternity form at the hospital on December 31st, 2022. I decided to... Read more »
answered on Mar 31, 2023
This is an impossible question to answer because of the state of statutory law that governs deceased paternity.
The hair samples that are collected outside a court order are inadmissible. The samples had to be collected under a court order to better support their reliability that the... Read more »
I provide all expenses for me and my daughter except for a house. My mother is making it extremely difficult for me to parent my daughter. I live in franklin county, pa, which said they do not recognize emancipation. Is there any way for me to bypass that?
answered on Mar 21, 2023
Pennsylvania is a very weird bird when it comes to minors (people under 18 years of age). Pennsylvania allows minors to file 'private petitions' and recognizes minors as having standing when they lost access to both parents. However, all courts treat minors as minors even though this... Read more »
What can I do or does the court do if he didn’t send this form in within the 30 days
That we were at a adjudication hearing and asked for countinues to get a payed lawyer when the master told my kid mom that if she didn't take a urine that thay would hold her in contempt is that a violation of are 4th amendment
4 yrs ago I was arrested & ejected from my house for terroristic threats. I threatened to execute my ex wife by sticking a butcher knife in the back of her skull while my 5 year old son watched, then continuing on to kill my son, the family dog & myself (I was under the influence of... Read more »
answered on Mar 11, 2023
No, you cannot. If the child's mother files to have your fights terminated in connection with an adoption, then you may sign a consent to the termination. Otherwise, no.
Found truant 4 years ago of a 6 and 8 year old after husband suddenly passed away and I a month later was hospitalized near death for a tore bowel . Fact is I was never truant but have evidence school principal had motive to lie being tied to disgruntle x in law. Two of those years I elected to... Read more »
My tax information was shared to a 3rd party
Child support case was originally in another town approx. 3 hours away
I recently received a “Notice of Registration of Order – IFSA CASE” and have a conference hearing coming up (unless I contest it).
I have never heard of IFSA; only UIFSA, and do not know the difference.... Read more »
I have no basis or reason to ask other than someone that was married in Italy said when they came back home they had to go to JP to remarry, PA would not accept their marriage as legal.. I dont know why. I am planning a romantic fall marriage in Italy with my fiance and we will reside in in PA... Read more »
answered on Mar 19, 2023
In general, if a marriage is legally valid in the country where it took place, it should also be recognized as valid in the United States, including in the state of Pennsylvania. However, there are some limited circumstances where a foreign marriage may not be recognized as valid in Pennsylvania.... Read more »
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