My wife wants to keep the house but she is on disability and what she makes monthly will barely pay the mortga....
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6/11/2013 15:24
by trulystuck |
Good morning...So my gf and her son moved into an apartment in MA last year. We squeezed into a one br for a f....
Under Massachusetts law, there is no such thing as a valid or enforcea....
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6/11/2013 08:54
by CBerthiaume |
We are not happy with the way our painting contractor is doing the work.
he insist the the work is done right....
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6/10/2013 14:02
by hagit |
I have a lease that ends on July 31 that specified that the tenants must give 60 days notice to renew or move ....
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6/10/2013 12:02
by renterfornotmuchlonger |
My little dog attacked a neighbor's large dog. The large dog lifted my dog up at the neck, leaving a single bi....
I can see that point of view. Is that because my dog (and hence I) wa....
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6/8/2013 03:17
by Pou |
The company I use to work for had only been recently paying overtime pay. For a long time I wasn't even going ....
You should speak with a Massachusetts Wage & Hour attorney. A Massachu....
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6/7/2013 22:26
by rainperimeter |
Can an executor sell or transfer property from an estate without having all beneficiaries of the estate sign o....
Thank you for your response.
The waivers were not filed, my attorney....
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6/6/2013 13:30
by executor428 |
I'm single mother of a child with autism, and I'm not happy with my district's educational plan for my son. ....
First, sorry about your frustration regarding your son and about your ....
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6/3/2013 08:04
by Angrymom2 |
As plaintiff in SC case, where a lis pendens has been issued against properties that the acting trustee will n....
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5/27/2013 20:56
by ackman |
Hi. Hopefully someone can give me some good information because I'm finding this all confusing. I was workin....
Yes, In Massachusetts, the attorney who handles your workers compensat....
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5/21/2013 10:30
by Timer88 |
If I am co-owner of our 2 family home and have agreed to pay the entire mortgage as part of the divorce settle....
Dear Fool-in-love: The divorce settlement requires you to pay the full....
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1/29/2013 20:41
by Fool-for-love |
Several of my colleagues will dictate consultation notes in which they state they don't have the complete hist....
The question probably boils down to whether or not such practice is wi....
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10/2/2011 18:37
by Anonymous |
Self-defense in MA
I believe there is a difference in the law of self defense in Massachusetts between incidents occuring withing the "defender's" house or dwelling and incidents occuring outside of the dwelling. First, when outside of the dwelling, in an assault and battery situation, for example, Massachusetts law recognizes the defense of self-defense if the person asserting that defense: (1) reasonably beleieved that he was being, or about to be, attacked; (2) used reasonable or proportional force (no shooting someone who slaps your face), and (3) made reasonable efforts to avoid the use of force.
That last requirement may, in some cases, place a burden on the defender to retreat from the scene if he can reasonably do so. This is the duty to retreat that you may have heard of. However, Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 278, Section 8A, in discussing the right of self defense and the killing or injuring of a person who is unlawfully in a dwelling, allows the ocupant of the dwelling to use force, even deadly force, if he reasonably believed that the unlawfull entrant was about to inflict "great bodily injury or death" upon the ocupant and others lawfully in the house. Section 8A specifically states that there is no duty to retreat in such a situation. Note, however, that we are talking about the INSIDE of the dwelling. You cannot chase a burglar into the yard and then shoot him in the back. Hope that helps.