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A client owes me (California S corp) $15000 but they wont pay. I placed a Lien but Lawyers charge $200/$400 so enforcing the lien is going to cost me the full contract or even more. What should I do?

Hi everyone, I’m a contractor and my company is an S-corp. We did a job for a homeowner for about $14,800. The work was completed, they’re using it, and they’re not paying the balance. I already se...

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I Think my parents are lying about me being on federal probation

Location: Florida, Broward backstory: In 9th grade my brother was selling weed and nicotine devices and I was just smoking weed. My parents found out and took all of it and were going to throw it a...

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Appears seller did not disclosure a known issue right before closing causing us to foot the bill after closing

Location: PA I purchased a home on 9/18/2025. In our standard disclosures form it has listed that the gas furnace is 32 years old and air conditioner is 27 years old. We did perform a home inspecti...

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federal firefighter fired 5 days before probation ended due to Trump executive order, two federal judges ruled it illegal. what possible steps to take?

Location: federal texas base So was in army as a firefighter for five years, then became DOD firefighter. so total of almost 6 years between army/federal. The trump EO "strengthening probationary f...

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NY tree fell into neighbors yard

Location: central New York area I bought a house in January that had 5 ash trees that died when the ash beetles came by. They are dead but for the most part not overly concerning condition. Over th...

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Legal Separation - Spouse with Disability

Location: California (US) Hi all, I’m looking for guidance on how a husband with ADHD and depression can document efforts to manage household responsibilities (e.g. cleanliness) during a legal sepa...

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My brother in law pushed me aggressively during an argument.

Location: Florida I (24F) was living with my in laws while our house is being renovated. For context, I don’t get along with my in laws due to the fact that my husband preferred to spend more time ...

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Financial exploitation of an elder

I need serious advice. This is long, but I’m desperate for guidance. I’m one of three sisters from the same mom and dad. I moved to Michigan about 10 years ago but always stayed connected. My paren...

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My wife is cheating and Im the stay at home parent alone in another state.

So I will try to keep this somewhat vague as this is a throw away. And its 1am here so I apologize if I ramble. Location: Ohio BACKSTORY: I(M) found hard evidence that my SO(F) has been cheating on...

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Gauging demand for a verified citation AI legal research tool

Hi there, I am a former lawyer and I am together with my cofounder building a (mostly) free AI legal research tool. The idea is to use Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) to retrieve real sources ...

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Can I donate/dispose of my ex husbands property he left at my house?

Location: North Dakota Small update: Thanks everyone for your advice and kind words and tough love. I have an appointment with base legal (I’m military, he’s civilian) later this week to see if th...

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Is there a way to anonymously contact the judge assigned to a case to request a person not be able to bail out or not be able to stay with you when they do bail out?

LOCATION: Texas Former partner of ten years arrested for aggravated SA of a child and some other child sex crime related charges. Initial Bail set at $500K. Has status hearing and bail reduction mo...

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Neighbor Installed a Security Camera Aimed at My Bedroom Window

Location: WA Last week my neighbor installed a new outdoor security camera on the side of his house. The way he mounted it, the camera is pointed directly at my bedroom window across the fence line...

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I designed a modification for my car, now other people want to buy it. I'm afraid of getting sued if someone claims the modification caused a crash.

Edit: RIP inbox. The project is getting canned and I am not going to sell it. It's not something that would've made any money anyway. Location: North Carolina, USA. Consumer law(?) Without getting...

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I just won full custody but now step mom is harassing me

Location: Arkansas. I (30f) had to take my ex husband (28m) to court because he refused to pay for or half anything to do with our daughter from medical bills, school lunches and after school activ...

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Paid lawyer $8900 and he claims services were rendered (they haven’t been-I don’t think?)

Location: Florida I’ll try to make this as concise as possible, but will be happy to answer any questions more thoroughly. I also am admittedly not fully aware of processes and services of lawyers ...

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HOA Board Member Suing for defamation

There is a lot to this story but I'm going to try to summarize. At the HOA annual meeting, my partner (who is NOT on the board) stood up and requested an emergency motion added to the agenda to dis...

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Ex trying to send me an itemized list of things he wants back.

Location: New Mexico. Hi, I’m really stressed out right now and need any kind of advice really. My ex, who I broke up with 1 and half years ago, decided to send me an itemized list of things I “mus...

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My ex started a house fire, killed my dog, and won’t reimburse me for my things

Location: Michigan Hi! I desperately need advice. TL;DR While I was on an out of state work trip, my partner (at the time) started a house fire by hitting his bong and dumping the still hot ash in...

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Girlfriend was sent a cease and desist from a former employer for treating a client at a retirement community that employer has contract with, employer references violations of parts of contract that do not exist

Location: Georgia My girlfriend is a massage therapist. She was sent an informal cease and desist (email was from the business owner and titled “Cease and Desist” but not on legal letterhead from...

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Car Performance Tuning shop used my car to go to a party, damaged it, tried to cover it up and lied to me about the circumstances (video proof)

Location: CA Background: A foreign parts manufacturer has intentions of entering the market in the United States. They partnered with a tuning shop near me, who was tasked with finding a local own...

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