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