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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...

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Family Matters:

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Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes

Although parents don’t always live together, they both still have the obligation to financially contribute to the well-being of their children. Child Support includes not only...

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...

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Consumer:

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Your Right to Ask for Proof of a Debt (called “Debt Validation”)

Sometimes, people get calls or letters from debt collectors asking them to pay money. This can happen by mistake—especially if you have a common name. You might not recognize the...

Bankruptcy – What It Means

Bankruptcy is a legal process that helps people who can’t pay their debts. The rules are the same across the country. It doesn’t matter if you file in New Jersey or Utah—it works...

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Public Benefit:

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Are you Eligible to have your Medicare Part B and Medicare Part D Covered?

Once an individual is eligible for Medicare, they may find themselves having to pay a premium every month for Medicare Part B and Medicare Part D coverage. However, under certain...

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...

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Senior Citizens:

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Why Should You Have a Living Will

You may have heard of or experienced firsthand that your family or friends have been faced with or suffered from the fact that you did not have a living will or last will and...

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Artículos en español:

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Por qué tener un testamento es esencial

Muchas personas entienden, en términos generales, que un Último Testamento determina qué sucede con sus bienes al fallecer. Sin embargo, una cantidad sorprendentemente grande de...

Cuando la ley le permite cancelar un contrato firmado

Existe una idea equivocada común de que un consumidor tiene tres días para cambiar de opinión y cancelar un contrato después de firmarlo. Esto no es universalmente cierto. Hay...

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亞洲文章:

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Requesting a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) 申請臨時限制令 TRO

本文探討家庭暴力限制令，並對臨時限制令 (Temporary restraining order, 簡稱TRO)和最終限制令 (Final restraining order, 簡稱FRO) 進行了說明。您可以隨時（一天 24 小時、一星期 7 天）申請TRO。如果您想在週一至週五上午 9:00 至下午 3:30...