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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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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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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...
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...
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...
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...
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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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稅務法拍 (因財產稅拖欠而導致被法拍 – Tax Foreclosures
稅務法拍,又稱稅收止贖 ( tax foreclosure) 是什麼意思？ 取消抵押品贖回（foreclosure）權是鎮府或市府強制繳納不動產稅的法律程序。如果未在特定日期之前繳納稅款，該鎮或市將獲得財產的合法所有權。 “…in this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes” –...
可居住性 (Habitability)：作為租戶您有權獲得什麼
作為租戶，您有權獲得安全和體面的住房。這其實是租屋相對於擁有房產的好處之一：房東有責任提供一個安全且實用的居住場所。房東有責任維持出租單位的良好狀態。...
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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....
我應該申請子女扶養費嗎 (Child Support)？
是的！雖然有些父母會私下達成口頭協議 (verbal agreements )，協助支付不在自己身邊照顧的孩子的尿布或食物費用，但這些口頭協議在法庭上是無法強制執行的 (enforceable)。主要照顧者（Parent of Primary...
¿Está Usted Protegido Contra la Ejecución de una Sentencia?
Aunque cualquier persona puede tener una sentencia judicial en su contra, cuando decimos que alguien está “protegido contra la ejecución...
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