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0 Answers | Asked in Consumer Law, Contracts and Real Estate Law for Utah on
Q: Post office refusing to deliver to my address because it's vacant, even though it is not vacant.

I have a legal question about an issue I'm dealing with with.

My local post office is refusing to deliver packages to my address, and when they get a package they just return it to sender.

Is there any legal action I can take?

0 Answers | Asked in Animal / Dog Law for Utah on
Q: Neighbor dog cam on my lawn where I had a mouse trap and

had some poison bait to kill a gopher and the dog ate some poison am I liable I pushed the gophers bait down inside the holes and the mouse trap just with peanut butter by the hole.

0 Answers | Asked in Criminal Law and Personal Injury for Utah on
Q: i need help was arrested under false pretenses jailed and shortly booked was assaulted face fractured 13 places

well few hrs after being booked in cell with only one other inmate while i was asleep unknow what actually happened. but woke up cuffed to bed in hospital. with 13 face fracturs and regardless of being blind in 1 eye dew to cancer and still had only understanding was arrested for phone harassment... View More

2 Answers | Asked in Family Law and Probate for Utah on
Q: Mom died, no will, I am the beneficiary her bank account. A cashiers check for over $100K, she is both payee and payor.

My mom made herself as the payable person on the check. No hard assets other than paid for car, rented low income apartment. This is why the cashiers check to keep the funds private. I have the death certificate. No other heirs, ex husband divorced over 10 years ago, no other debts other than, if... View More

Wesley Winsor
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Wesley Winsor
answered on Dec 19, 2024

The cashier's check your mother wrote to herself is considered part of her estate since she is both the payee and the payor. Under Utah law, when a decedent owns more than $100,000 in assets, the estate must go through probate in order to gain access to and distribute the funds. This means a... View More

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0 Answers | Asked in Uncategorized for Utah on
Q: I got a title loan on my truck to help pay for legal fees for my custody battle and after everything this year I haven't

I got a title loan on my truck to help pay for legal fees for my custody battle and after everything this year I haven't been able to pay it off or keep up with the interest fees on it so I am at a complete loss until I figure something out and have had to ignore their calls because I dont... View More

0 Answers | Asked in Contracts, Energy, Oil and Gas and Small Claims for Utah on
Q: I own lease for mineral rights thru SITLA. previous owner has NOI and bond still opened. Rec bond should be transferred?

I own mineral lease they SITLA, Utah state lands. I am required to file a NOI/reclamatiom bond with dept of oil gas and mining. Previous owner has had a NOI and posted bond to cover his disturbance and he is still liable for this disturbance until my NOI is approved by the state (and they get... View More

0 Answers | Asked in Criminal Law for Utah on
Q: is there anything I can do for my defense since they already took my blood

I was charged with possession because I had a few pills In a un labeled container but I did have the labeled container with me can I get that charge dismissed

0 Answers | Asked in Criminal Law for Utah on
Q: is there anything I can do for my defense since they already took my blood

I was parked at a gas station and for 15 - 25 minutes and cops showed up stated they were called by employees of the store made exit my car and field sobriety test and after taking my blood I went to jail but I was sober but I did have drugs in my system is there anything I can do for my defense... View More

0 Answers | Asked in Criminal Law for Utah on
Q: charged with assault assault and detaining and theft. All class B (domestic violence)

I Have never been in a relationship with this person however me and her did have sexual relationship with the same guy. Would this be considered domestic violence in the state of utah. If me and her hooked up with the same guy but me and her never had a relationship. Also this happened in 2020 (... View More

2 Answers | Asked in Immigration Law for Utah on
Q: I live in Utah and I want to know if you could take my case for marriage documentation. because you're in other state.

I am getting married to an American citizen and I am currently pregnant. I have my student visa and everything is legal.

Stephen Arnold Black
Stephen Arnold Black
answered on Dec 10, 2024

Yes, any immigration lawyer in any state can represent a client in any other state or in any other country on the planet. This is the nature of immigration law. If you entered the United States with permission, which it looks like you did, and you are getting married to a US citizen, then you can... View More

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0 Answers | Asked in Insurance Bad Faith for Utah on
Q: I signed up for Embrace Pet Insurance. Claimed CCL was pre-existing when it was an accident. Can I sue them? Chris

Insurance acted in bad faith, claiming an injury was preexisting and declined my $5k cost. This was not pre-existing and they know it they simply don't want to pay. Do I have any rights here? Chris

0 Answers | Asked in Family Law for Utah on
Q: I need guidance on a relocation situation in a custody litigation.

I have 50/50 shared custody, but with the final say in decisions. Current stipulation says that if I move away, I have the children with full custody. However, I tried to move in August, other party fought it, and commissioner ordered the children can't change schools.

My landlord is... View More

0 Answers | Asked in Consumer Law for Utah on
Q: I had a storage unit in Sandy, the owner of the storage facility took our belongings, didn’t even try notify us?

my wife was 2 months late on the Storage fee, with that being said, isn’t he still supposed to notify us? He should have let us know that we’re delinquent and follow the statutes that are in place for storage facilities?

0 Answers | Asked in Civil Litigation for Utah on
Q: Should Leave To Amend be decided before deciding Motion For Summary Judgment?

I am a Pro Se Defendant and filed “Leave to Amend Answer and File Counterclaim” 20 days before a Notice of Hearing was sent on March 26. That hearing was scheduled for May 8th and would decide the Plaintiffs MSJ and my Leave To Amend and File Counterclaim. The May 8th hearing was postponed... View More

0 Answers | Asked in Uncategorized for Utah on
Q: Is there a statute of limitation on how long a person can be held in prison on screening for charges?

My husband has been sitting in prison for almost 6 months. The board of pardons continues to continue his hearing for pending charges, but no charges have been filed against him. No charges has have even been sent to the DA in this matter. We live in Utah.

1 Answer | Asked in Probate for Utah on
Q: The correct way to post notice to creditors in the paper. And we're at the paper that I put it.
Wesley Winsor
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Wesley Winsor
answered on Dec 4, 2024

Can you please give me a little more context? Are you talking about publishing notice to creditors or notice to heirs that you don't know their address?

0 Answers | Asked in Employment Discrimination and Employment Law for Utah on
Q: Can my current employer have me sign a non compete in the state of Utah?

my employer has been talking about having all employees sign a non compete but none of us want to sign one, I have also heard about the supreme court banning non competes. There also won’t be any changes for us to sign it, that I am aware of.

0 Answers | Asked in Uncategorized for Utah on
Q: Can my current employer make me sign a non compete?
0 Answers | Asked in Divorce, Family Law and Child Support for Utah on
Q: Decree is silent on the issue of which party is required to pay medical, credit, and mortgage obligations until sale.

Ex thinks she found a loophole to avoid paying her share of our debt because the decree states “after the sale of the marital home,” before explicitly stating how debts are to be divided. Divorce was finalized April 2024, house still hasn’t sold despite being shown over 40 times and I’m... View More

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