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answered on Oct 21, 2019
The issue of reasonable is no longer at issue once there is consent
My landlord/owner of the house I'm renting the basement opened my locked door while I was changing, walked right in. I did not pay rent for July ($200, verbal agreement to pay by the last day of each month) and was given a notice to pay within 2 weeks or vacate the premises. However, they made... View More 
answered on Aug 9, 2019
From the description of your living arrangements, I suspect that the unit is not "legal". As a result you may have defenses to claims for unpaid rent. However, unless you have a lease or are rent-regulated, provided the proper court process is commenced, the landlord will ultimately be... View More
Car was bought for $4000 and there was a another witness when transaction took place, but when my uncle died his fiance couldn't find the title. Married woman was selling car and it turns out she was getting divorced and it was not going well. When husband found out apparently he reported car... View More
answered on Feb 5, 2019
None. He never owned the car, and he knew it since he had no title.
answered on Jan 3, 2019
No, the warrant they actually used should be the warrant submitted as evidence of the lawful search and seizure. More details are necessary to provide a professional analysis of your issue. The best first step is an Initial Consultation with an Attorney such as myself. You can read more about me,... View More
I'm being forced to create an online account but i don't want an online "presence". I want to continuing receiving communications (statements, lease renewals, etc) by U.S. 1st class mail to keep all documentation in a physical file, not on a computer( i want a keep a physical... View More
answered on Oct 1, 2018
Are you referring to NYCHA's NextGen Online Certification Program? If so, you can inform your property manager that you are opting out of taking advantage of the new option for online recertification and requesst a traditional paper packet... View More
I am the mother of the deceased daughter. Her husband blocked me from receiving the Coroner or Medical Examiner's Report of when she passed, how she passed.
They keep sending me &/or serving me papers..after I already told them I'm not interested in doing business with them & that I don't concent to any of it..& they still keep harassing me. Cease & desist letter was never answered & just ignored obviously. I'm ready to sue them .
answered on Aug 8, 2018
Boy do you have no clue how this process works. Get ready for jail. Ignore them at your peril.
She has been in county jail since last Tuesday (4/10) and is experiencing serious withdrawal from not taking her suboxone. The jail refuses to contact the physician to get the prescription for her, and the physician won't talk to anyone that isn't her because there were no consent forms... View More
answered on Apr 16, 2018
Have her lawyer redocket the case and get an order from the judge directing the jail to deliver and administer the medication in accordance with the physician s instructions.
Silly example, but if a legal statute says that you must pay another person $100 if that other person claims under oath that they are entitled to it, and if the judge defers to this statute and uses it to justify his/her decision and order, could that judge be held liable under 42 USC 1983 for... View More
answered on Dec 27, 2017
Judges for the most part have immunity. If they rely on a statute--that is what they are to do, so I'm not seeing the problem.
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answered on Oct 30, 2017
I'm unaware of any case that says it's not afforded the protections...
As the defendant, we just filed a motion to reargue based on plaintiffs recent filing of notice of summary judgment in their favor. We have what I believe are extreme questions of fact that the judge erroneously overlooked. It is my understanding that plaintiff now has 30 days to file opposition to... View More
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answered on Sep 8, 2017
Hire an attorney.
Had drugs in my bra and male officer with out my consent retrieved it again my name was not in warrant nor my description
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answered on Aug 15, 2017
Each case turns on its own facts. From what you put in this message, it seems to be an illegal search. Police have limited rights to search a person who is not named on a warrant, for safety purposes.
Call New York criminal law specialists Bob Baska, at this number, to get his detailed... View More
As we know intl law and treaties have been created so as to regulate relation between intl community members(countries and intl organization) ,through which they would be able to achieve golas that have been conceived in different treaties and documents such as Un charter , environmental agreements... View More
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answered on Aug 9, 2017
This is a legal Q&A board, not a forum for expressing philosophical views on world politics and international relations.
My family and I just moved in with my sister in New York who is going through a family court case against the state and they keep telling us what we can and can't do
answered on Jul 26, 2017
This is too vague to answer. More details are necessary to provide a professional analysis of your issue. The best first step is an Initial Consultation with an Attorney such as myself. You can read more about me, my credentials, awards, honors, testimonials, and media appearances/ publications on... View More
answered on Jul 18, 2017
As a general premise, yes; but a custody decision depends on the facts. More details are necessary to provide a professional analysis of your issue. The best first step is an Initial Consultation with an Attorney such as myself. You can read more about me, my credentials, awards, honors,... View More
It is legal by state, just need to know if the city or county has any laws against female toplessness, despite it being legal by state.
answered on Jul 8, 2017
Topless where, in public? Usually it's illegal. More details are necessary to provide a professional analysis of your issue. The best first step is an Initial Consultation with an Attorney such as myself. You can read more about me, my credentials, awards, honors, testimonials, and media... View More
i WAS incarcerated and now i have mental and or other issues because of the length of time locked up also being the fact i cant find employment i want to know is there away for the state to compensate me while i try to become stable financially and educationally
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answered on Jun 6, 2017
Depends on whether you were mistreated while you were incarcerated, which is a high bar. There are all sorts of programs available to help you get back on your feet and if you have a parole officer that person can guide you.
If a litigant convinces a NY Supreme Court Justice that a NY statute is unconstitutional, can he refuse to apply the law? Or must he apply the law as written and the litigant then appeal or go to some other court? Thanks!
answered on May 26, 2017
What kind of divorce case are you dealing with that would be relevant to Const. Law? More details are necessary to provide a professional analysis of your issue. The best first step is an Initial Consultation with an Attorney. You can read more about me, my credentials, awards, honors,... View More
If a litigant convinces a NY Supreme Court Justice that a NY statute is unconstitutional, can he refuse to apply the law? Or must he apply the law as written and the litigant then appeal or go to some other court? Thanks!
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answered on May 26, 2017
An NY Supreme Court (plenary, county court) justice can determine a law to be unconstitutional and not apply the law, he or she would have to have grounds for doing so based on principles constitutional jurisprudence, scrutiny, and review.
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