Does anyone know the definition of Petite Lite Control? Re: a court awarding to a ex spouse who ran a business
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I could not find anything on the web pretaining to that. I would think you would have to talk with your lawyer about this...
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Hey icemike.  Sad but ramrod may be right.  I had to take a former co-worker/friend to small claims court.  First you have to go to the closest district court (probably to where the modeling agency is in this case or maybe to your house) and fill out some forms (need to explain the issue, need to know the address/phone number etc of the modeling agency,etc) and pay a filing fee (it may be around $70 and the defendant is forced to pay this back to you if you win the case).  My case was a couple of months after I filed and the defendant never showed up so I automatically won the case.  Tried having their wages garnished but they quickly quit their job.  Next I tried to have any bank savings seized but you needed to know where they banked (luckily I did but they didn't have any cash).  Then I went back to the court to seize any property (car/real estate/etc) that the person owned but the court could find nothing (car was leased, house was in exes name,etc.).  Each step I took was @$75 more and a year later I still haven't collected anything of the $3,000 verdict (the max in Michigan small claims-defendant actually owed $5,000 but I didn't want to bother with lawyers and a longer court process) plus the increased costs of each attempt to collect(technically the defendant will have to pay all these fees too). Basically, the defendant skipped town and it has become my responsibility to track defendant down (believe me the court has been absolutely no help); I have 20 years or more to collect (plus interest is supposedly accumulating on the amount owed) but right now I don't see that happening.  You may want to go file a complaint with a government agency like the Better Business Bureau instead.  Another thing is to look at the contract, it may not say any jobs are guaranteed and, in that case, your friend is probably screwed; I know recently a "modeling agency" notified me to come work for them as a "scout" where basically people paid you to register them as models but no work was ever guaranteed for these people; it sure sounded like the "agency" was scamming both the "models" and "scouts" because the agency took a good cut of the money and probably left the scout with all the legal liabilty.  The only other option I can suggest is to go to the modeling agency, if they actually have an office nearby, and tell them you are going to protest/picket(I'd check with the police or someone first to see how to do it legally) and or possibly put an ad in the paper(s) explaining your dealings with them to the public(I'd see a lawyer or someone before doing it though to make sure you can't be sued for slander).  Perhaps the possible negative press/scaring away of further "customers" will be enough for them to give you your money back. Good luck!
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It really depends on the state. Which lawyer were you talking to? Hers? Yours?  \n\nIn many states only the wifes 1/2 of the community property is hers.
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I looked it up on westlaw...it looks like a landlord/tenant case.  the plaintiff, Karagiannis, leased the sixth floor of a building from defendant Malltown.  The lease stated that all "common areas" (shared areas) would be under the control of the lessor (defendant)  When other floors became unoccupied, the defendant stopped service of some of the elevators/escalators that brought people to the sixth floor cafeteria owned by the defendant.  The plaintiff requested an injunction, he wanted people to have access, obviously.  The defendant said it opened up his unoccupied floors to vandalism, etc.  The court held that the defendant needed to resume service immediately.  It looks as though the reason the court gave was that there was an implied promise on the part of the defendant, b/c the plaintiff had been using the services for a year.....there is alot of detail at the end, but I think that sums it up.  If you need more on reasons why, and if this is for a class you probably do, try googling the case, or findlaw.com\n\nGood luck!
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The law setting out who gets what is called intestate succession.  Each state has a statute that sets this out.  The statutes differ from one another in some respects.\n\nIn general: \n1.  Property that was held in some form of "pay on death" title will go to the surviving co-owner.  Typical of these are: beneficiaries to life insurance, persons holding property as "joint tenants", the beneficiary of a trust account at a bank or savings and loan.\n2.  In a community property state the surviving spouse receives all of the community property.\n3.  In a non-community property state or as to non-community property in a community property state the surviving spouse gets all if the deceased has no living descendants.  If there is one child (or the issue of the deceased only child) the child and the spouse split 50:50.  If there is more than one child, the spouse and the children split 1/3rd for the spouse, 2/3rds for the children.  \n4.  The  only time the state gets the estate is if there is no will and there are no known relatives.
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I believe that just mean COMPANIES and/or GROUPS cannot take the tennent to court. A single person, such as the landlord, apartment owner, or any other person who represents the groups CAN take the tennent to court. Don't trust the answers here, ask a Lawyer.
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Actually, in the case of short marraiges where there are no children the courts now tend to disregard money earned or inherited by one spouse before the marriage took place - what is split is the assets that were built up during the marriage.\n\nThat is not the case here because they have a child, and their welfare must come first so different rules apply.
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Adult child is actually too vague to respond to in view of the fact a child can be an adult, but still not be emancipated from the family; assuming the adult did not live at home, it would depend upon her will executor assigned ... the property she owned, and what her bills were at the time of death. If she had property, it would have to be sold and her bills paid from the sales.
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this sounds like a concept that is specific to UK law. there is a definition in the source below but you might need to use edit/find to find the specific reference
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I don't know, but you should ask an attorney.\n\nHe sounds like a real scumbag.\n\nGood luck, friend.
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Check with state attourney general for a statement of what a tenant's rights are for.  She will probably be able to take him to small claims court and win.
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Take it a small claim court.
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Basically a judge decides these things but it can be a contested divorce which means nothing goes until all parties agree. I'd suggest negotiating more...
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First, I sure get tired of folks responding to questions as if they were text messaging you; I wonder if they can properly spell anything. Second, each state has slightly different laws regarding personal property and tenancy. I also have a feeling you left a few details out; the owner of the property where your "house" or trailer was/is sitting on, is a rented space to you (Lessee) owned by the Lessor.  You must have recieved multiple notices regarding the issue of your back lot rent, and THEN it went to Small Claims Court.  The Judge in Small Claims must have had your "paid up" receipts of record, (if you bothered to show up)or not-if not, the Lessor (owner of the property) would have won the small claims case, then she/he (Lesor)would have had an additional request, through another court, at another date later, to request seizure of your property to pay the back owed bills.***** They can only do this if they have proved you had received Notices of these actions.**** The only way they could have had the utilities turned off is if they ended up owning YOUR property in this very legal way.  Seek free legal help from your community legal program; there is pro bono in just about every city in the USA.
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The above answer, in a nutshell, is good for starters.\n\nThe problem is each state has differant laws, differant proceedures, and amount limits.  \n\nI'd suggest for starters just do a Yahoo search for "small claims court <YOUR STATE>".  \n\nHere in Michigan, there is a tremendous amount of information available.  The average person can easily file his own paperwork and get through the whole process.
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I'm no expert but do receive. And they have to keep sending as long as there is an appeal in process. I have been in the middle of one for 2 years now and I believe they just don't know what's going on. Didn't you have a lawyer? Good Luck with this, don't roll over to everything they say!! ~:)x
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its small claims court although u need a really good reason