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Housing:
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What to Do if Your Landlord Shuts Off Your Utilities
Who this article is for: Tenants whose heat, electricity, gas, or water are included in their rent. Any tenant whose landlord shuts off their utilities on purpose. This article...
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...
Family Matters:
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How to Get Ready for Your Domestic Violence Trial
Once you have a Temporary Restraining Order, you will have a date to return to court to request the Final Restraining Order. If you are the person asking for help in a domestic...
Why Getting a Final Restraining Order Is Just the First Step to Escape Domestic Violence
It takes a lot of courage and strength for someone to leave an abusive relationship. It’s not easy. In fact, it can feel really scary and hard. A person leaving an abuser often...
Consumer:
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Tax Foreclosures
Tax Foreclosures “…in this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes” – Benjamin Franklin And in New Jersey, if you don’t pay your property taxes, you will lose your home....
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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Understanding Medicaid & New Jersey FamilyCare: A Simple Guide
There are several types of Medicaid (also called New Jersey FamilyCare) programs in New Jersey, and each has its own eligibility rules. The rules can be complicated. If you live...
Understanding the Court System
The State Court System / Understanding the Court System Every state has its court system. Some courts handle trials and others review those trials. This article explains how the...
Senior Citizens:
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Power of Attorney: all you need to know
What is a Power of Attorney (POA)? A power of attorney is a document that allows you, the principal, to give another person, referred to as an “agent”, the ability to make...
Working While Receiving Social Security or SSI Disability Benefits: A Word Of Caution
In order to receive Social Security or SSI disability benefits you must prove that you are not able to work at a regular full time job; however, you can still work and earn wages...
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Qué hacer si su arrendador le corta los servicios públicos
¿Para quién es este artículo? Inquilinos cuyo alquiler incluye calefacción, electricidad, gas o agua. Cualquier inquilino cuyo arrendador le corte los servicios públicos...
Cómo Prepararse para su Juicio de Violencia Doméstica
Una vez que tenga una Orden de Restricción Temporal (TRO), recibirá una fecha para regresar a la corte y solicitar la Orden de Restricción Final (FRO). Si usted es la persona que...
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如果房東切斷了您的公用事業設施，您該怎麼辦？- What to Do If Your Landlord Shuts Off Your Utilities
本文適用於以下族群： 租金包含暖氣、電力、瓦斯或水費的租戶。 被房東故意切斷水電瓦斯暖氣 (utilities) 供應的租戶。 本文不適用於因未支付帳單而被切斷公用事業設施供應的租戶。 房東在公用事業上有哪些責任？...
您要求債務證明的權利（稱為「債務確認」) Your Right to Ask for Proof of a Debt
您要求債務證明的權利（稱為「債務確認」） 有時候，人們會接到債務催收公司/債務催收人 (debt collectors) 的電話或信件，要求他們還錢。這種情況可能會因誤打誤撞而發生——尤其是您的名字是很普通常見的。您可能不認識這家催債公司，也可能不記得自己是否欠了錢。那麼，您能怎麼辦呢？...
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她帶走了我的心，還拿走了我的氣炸鍋: 離婚中的「公平分配」究竟意味著什麼？What “Equitable Distribution” Means in a Divorce
在新澤西州，夫妻離婚時必須分割共同擁有的財產和共同承擔的債務。這個過程被稱為公平分配 (Equitable Distribution)。 「公平」(Equitable) 意味著公正，但這並不總是意味著每個人都能正好得到一半。 公平分配是什麼意思？...
如果房東切斷了您的公用事業設施，您該怎麼辦？- What to Do If Your Landlord Shuts Off Your Utilities
本文適用於以下族群： 租金包含暖氣、電力、瓦斯或水費的租戶。 被房東故意切斷水電瓦斯暖氣 (utilities) 供應的租戶。 本文不適用於因未支付帳單而被切斷公用事業設施供應的租戶。 房東在公用事業上有哪些責任？...
Su derecho a solicitar prueba de una deuda (llamada “validación de deuda”)
A veces, las personas reciben llamadas o cartas de cobradores de deudas pidiéndoles que paguen dinero. Esto puede suceder por...
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