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  • We just received a notice of auction for a property we are renting. Per this letter, the landlord was behind on the mortgage prior to us signing the lease, which we were not aware of. He has no intention of keeping the house and we have another 6 months to our lease. Do we have any rights to with hold rent considering he intentionally scammed us into renting when he had no intentions of using our money to pay the rent and was already behind?
  • i am 21. work part time, school part time at GCC. my boyfriend(baby daddy) and i just broke up. i need help on what to do legally for custody and also to file for child support. i need help before around christmas time. i am 30 weeks pregnant and don't want to lose my little baby boy.
  • My husband is having a adultery, can I report him and her to the police? Would they both prosecuted? She is also marriage in China.
  • Is a tenant responsible for existing code violations when the violations existed before tenet moved in.The landlord has served an eviction notice.
  • I live in a mobile home court. Ive lived here for 5 years. I have 2 dogs a cat and a bird. My landlord is now tell all of us in the court we can only have 2 pets. I've had these animals for 5 years. Dogs have a fenced yard never get out of yard. Cat is inside outside. Bird lives in my house. She goes outside only in the summer always supervised. Can make yhey make me get ridof my pets? I own my trailer have never been late on lot rent. Hived lived here for 5 years
  • my son was required to observe a criminal court docker in circuit court. He has to write a report about it and answer four questions. We don't understand one of the questions. Can you tell me what this question is asking? What have learned from this observation about the rights I am afforded and the responsibilities I have towards others?
  • Three years ago, I put myself on child support because the mother of my child would not allow me to see our daughter. As part of the court order, the mother of my child claims our daughter on taxes for all even years while I claim our daughter for all odd years. Earlier this year, when I went to file my 2013 taxes, I was advised that someone had already claimed my daughter's social security number. What are my next best steps? And no, I have not yet filed my 2013 taxes and she has admitted to this crime. Can I take her to court? Should I file anyway and let the IRS catch her?
  • I pay child support to my ex. It used to be taken directly out of my paycheck but 2 years ago I quit my job to be a stay at home parent. I have still been up to date on child support payments i have just been paying the support online through ipayonline through AZ.gov. My questions is there anything i should feel out to inform the courts that i no longer have an employer?
  • me and my husband we have a retricted order against my husbands exwife. She's not aloud to call us or to come near our bussiness or home due to the fact that she and her family used to call and call me names and threaten me when i was pregnant . She's aloud only to comunicate with my husband through email regarding their kids.Now she start calling my husband again calling me a stripper and telling to everybody thisplus other bad names,What can i
  • Can my landlord continue to fine me HOA fees for a dead tree in my yard? I looked at my leases and it says I’m responsible for yard maintenance but paying to have a whole tree cutdown doesn’t seem like maintenance to me. It alters the property and I rent this house not own it. I’ve went back and forth with them on this and they stop responding to me and attached fines to my rent.

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    Referral number 602-257-4434
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    www.pimacountybar.org
    Referral number 520-623-4625
  • National Domestic Violence Hotline
    800-799-7233
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    866-553-0893
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