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Housing:
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The Importance of Paying Your Rent
In New Jersey, it’s not easy for a landlord to make a paying tenant leave their home. Tenants have rights even if a lease (rental agreement) ends or the building is sold. That’s...
How Eviction Works
A tenant can be evicted for several reasons, including failure to pay rent or consistently paying late, damage to the apartment, or violation of lease rules. You can only be...
Family Matters:
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Should I File for Child Support?
YES! Although there are parents who reach verbal agreements to assist with buying diapers or food for the child that is not in their care, those verbal agreements are not...
The Prevention of Domestic Violence Act: Domestic violence, Family Matters, Restraining order
A temporary restraining order (TRO) is a civil order a judge can issue that requires an abuser to stay away from the survivor of domestic violence. The TRO can also provide other...
Consumer:
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Filing a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
It’s a new year, and you want a fresh start. You have a ton of medical bills, credit card debt, car note, utility bills, and other expenses that you would like to dispose of, but...
Are You “Judgment Proof?”
While anyone can have a judgment entered against them, when we say that someone is “judgment proof” what we really mean is that the person does not have any income or property...
Public Benefit:
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Bank Accounts and How They Can Affect Eligibility for SSI Benefits
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is a program run by Social Security and it provides monthly benefits and medical coverage to disabled or elderly individuals who have little or...
Unemployment Compensation
The Unemployment Insurance Benefits (UIB) program meets the short-term needs of people who are unemployed. The Federal law sets basic standards. History The states set up their...
Senior Citizens:
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Bank Accounts and How They Can Affect Eligibility for SSI Benefits
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is a program run by Social Security and it provides monthly benefits and medical coverage to disabled or elderly individuals who have little or...
Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
History of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Before 1974, state and federal governments provided financial aid for low-income blind, disabled, and aged people. Local county...
Artículos en español:
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Habitabilidad: a qué tiene derecho como inquilino
Como inquilino, tiene derecho a una vivienda segura y digna. De hecho, ese es uno de los beneficios de alquilar frente a ser propietario: que es responsabilidad del propietario...
Derechos del inquilino – Tenant’s rights
Derechos del inquilino Consejos para mudarse a un piso Antes de mudarse, consiga un contrato de alquiler por escrito en el que se especifiquen claramente las condiciones del...
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持續支付租金的重要性 – The Importance of Paying Your Rent
在新澤西州，房東要驅逐 (evict) 一直支付房租的房客 (paying tenant) 是不容易的。即使租賃期 (lease terms) 結束或房產被出售，新澤西州的租戶權利 (tenants’ rights) 仍受到保護。新澤西州經常被描述為 “對租戶友好” (tenant-friendly)...
我應該申請子女扶養費嗎 (Child Support)
是的！儘管有些父母達成口頭協議 (verbal agreements )，協助為不由他們照顧的孩子購買尿布或食物，但這些口頭協議不是可以在法庭上強制執行 (enforceable) 的。主要住所的父母（與孩子同住一起生活超過 50%...
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The Importance of Paying Your Rent
In New Jersey, it’s not easy for a landlord to make a paying tenant leave their home. Tenants have rights even if a lease (rental...
持續支付租金的重要性 – The Importance of Paying Your Rent
在新澤西州，房東要驅逐 (evict) 一直支付房租的房客 (paying tenant) 是不容易的。即使租賃期 (lease terms) 結束或房產被出售，新澤西州的租戶權利 (tenants’ rights) 仍受到保護。新澤西州經常被描述為 “對租戶友好”...
我應該申請子女扶養費嗎 (Child Support)
是的！儘管有些父母達成口頭協議 (verbal agreements )，協助為不由他們照顧的孩子購買尿布或食物，但這些口頭協議不是可以在法庭上強制執行 (enforceable) 的。主要住所的父母（與孩子同住一起生活超過 50%...
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