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Housing:
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Habitability: What you’re entitled to as a tenant
As a tenant, you have the right to safe and decent housing. That is in fact one of the benefits of renting versus owning: that it is the landlord’s responsibility to provide a...
How to Use Landlord Identity Law as a Defense for Eviction
Using Landlord Identity Law is one of the many ways tenants can hold landlords’ feet to the fire. Tenants can challenge the landlord’s registration for the property every time...
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Moving out of State with your Child
It is generally in the best interest of the child to have consistent contact with both parents. However, when there is a change in the custodial parent’s employment, housing or...
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...
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Employment while receiving Social Security Disability Benefits
Question: can you work while receiving Social Security disability benefits? Answer: yes, but there are important rules that must be followed. First, it’s important to know...
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Mudarse fuera del estado con su hijo
Generalmente, es en el mejor interés del niño mantener un contacto constante con ambos padres. Sin embargo, cuando hay un cambio en el empleo, la Vivienda, u otra circunstancia...
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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幫助新澤西州居民獲得能源和公用事業援助 – Helping New Jersey Residents Access Energy and Utility Assistance
生活成本不斷上漲，使得許多家庭越來越難以支付每月的水電瓦斯等公用事業帳單 (utility bills)。幸運的是，新澤西州推出了一系列計劃，旨在幫助居民應對瓦斯、電力、水費甚至住房支出。根據新澤西州公共事業委員會 (Board of Public Utilities, 簡稱BPU) 和 (Public Service Electric and Gas...
Are You ‘Judgment Proof’？- 你是否具有免於判決執行的豁免權？
雖然任何人都有可能被判決敗訴，但當我們說某人 “免於判決執行” (judgment proof)，即無力償債時，我們真正的意思是，此人沒有任何收入或財產可以被勝訴方扣押。這是因為新澤西州及聯邦法律規定，即使您因法院判決而負債，某些收入和財產仍受保護，免遭扣押。此類受保護的收入和財產被稱為 “豁免財產” (exempt). 豁免收入與財產的範例包括：...
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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...
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。...
Hardship Stay of Eviction 艱難情況暫緩驅逐
有一種誤解認為，租戶在被驅逐後有 30 天的時間搬離他們的公寓。或者他們可以從法院獲得艱難情況暫緩驅逐 ( Hardship Stay of Eviction )...
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