Law & Ethics - October 2007

2007-10-19 07:29:10 · 5 answers · asked by Giggly Giraffe 7

Shouldn't family court judges be held accountable and shouldn't there be an appeal process to the decissions they make? I was told there was no appeal process to family court rulings by the state of Delaware. Some decissions put non-custodial parents in a position where they can't even take care of themselves let alone their children. Shouldn't there be some "just" form of checks and balances?

2007-10-19 07:22:36 · 6 answers · asked by open_phunguy 3

Are you for or against the death penalty? and why?

Keep in mind the prices of keeping someone on death row for 40 years.

2007-10-19 07:15:49 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-19 07:15:12 · 4 answers · asked by bumper55706 2

My mom passed away in August and I filed an insurance claim but to date haven't gotten any notification. The burial expenses are supposed to be paid from the benefits and the remainder put into accounts for each beneficiary. The bill is due tomorrow, October 20.

Do I need to ask my family for money to help pay it off or just wait. I don't want the funeral home getting double paid. There are no liquid assets otherwise I would just pay from estate, that's been used to pay mortgage. I recently filed paperwork to become administrator because she died intestate.

2007-10-19 07:09:52 · 9 answers · asked by Veritas et Aequitas () 7

Should they have absolute definitions and be set in stone, or are they relative and should change?

2007-10-19 07:06:57 · 8 answers · asked by smith.w6079 3

Yesterday, (on October 18, 2007,) i had entered this chat room that I had not been on to in a while. I had entered a screen name by random and I had talked to this kid whom was under the a different name at that time as because from what I understand, he was apparently trying to disguise himself to find out who I was. I then proceeded to exit and re-entered with my old screen name that I had used. I then went on to talk to him again to greet him. He had then proceeded to tell me that he had remembered whom I was and had reminded me that I've had unpleasant encounters with him. I do admit that I was sort of inappropriate and I do deeply regret it as I know much better of myself and have been taught otherwise. I did proceeded to apologize to him for any trouble that I may have caused him.

He then had stated that I had apparently introduced him to a certain website. He had denied my statement when I had claimed that he introduced me to the particular website first and that I had only asked him about it at a later time. He stated to me rather quickly as possible as if to scare me that his mother works for the FBI and that this kid also does FBI work as well as he works with his mom. He said that he would inform his mother of me and that they can both track down my IP address and find me and said that I would be going to jail. He claimed that he was so serious, that he would have the SWAT team down to my location in about 45 minutes and breaking our houses door down. Without the giving of my personal information or evidence of any kind, I don't see how I could be tracked. Unless, my IP address would be given to my ISP, but I am curtain that that only happens if something illegal is done, then only the police and NOT the FBI would then be involved. With that time frame in mind, numerous hours have passed since then.

He has claimed to have busted many people in chat rooms, but he said that a good percentage of people from MySpace have been busted. He did not specify any reasoning as to why they were busted, so than seemed strange to me. I had proceeded to apologize and ask for forgiveness once again. He claimed that it was OK and that he promised that I could have another chance and that I would not be tracked down. I proceeded to leave, shocked, and terrified with my heart beating so fast that I was almost confided that it would be popping out of my chest. Some time had passed, and I don't have the slightest idea why, but I began to do a little bit of my own research. I had proceeded to look up his MySpace page that he previously had gave me a while back. I began to look for curtain things, and the first thing that I noticed was that his name had been changed from Ricky to Jake.

The next thing that I had noticed was that his age had been changed from sixteen to eighteen. The last two things that I had also noticed were that the state he was living in was changed from California to Arkansas and that his state of education had been unchanged as it still states that he still remains in High School. I strongly believe that I was not very sensitively inappropriate. I certainly did not do anything against the law or that would put me in the situation of being tracked down. Since the happening of this, I have been trying to spend as much time with my family as possible giving them all the hugs, kisses, and I Love You's in the universe. I am terrified whenever I hear the phone ringing or a knock on the door or the ringing of the doorbell in thinking that it is the FBI and that I am going to jail.

I was told by someone else I talked to that the FBI is a backup force and they would do nothing to hurt me and I would not be going to jail, that I was just lied to for a good scare. This is the start of many unpleasant and uncomfortable days and nights to come, I was indeed shocked about this whole ordeal and am very concerned. I am wondering if this whole thing is to scare me or what is going on. Is this just a good scare because their mad at me? It seems strange.

2007-10-19 07:00:27 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

My husband and i have both been in poor health last year and this year. Hospitals want money now.?
If we paid all our medical bills per month at $100, which is what they want us to do because we can't pay all in full it would add up to over $900 per month. That doesn't include our living expenses and other regular bills. We want to send them what we can which is $10 a month on each one until some of them are paid and then we can slowly increase what we are paying. We live in the state of georgia. The main hospital won't work with us and said they will only accept $100 per month. The magistrate said the hospitals didn't have to accept what we paid unless it was what they wanted and even if we were paying 10-$20. per month they could still turn it over for collection or garnish my husbands wages. we want to pay, but my husband hours at work have been cut to 32 and they've already laid some of them off. I am on total disability and only get one check per month for $563. Can anyone help?

2007-10-19 06:58:47 · 9 answers · asked by Beth 2

If I was to steal other peoples money, I would be arrested, taken to court and possibly sent to prison .

2007-10-19 06:44:58 · 5 answers · asked by Nick P 2

2007-10-19 06:40:52 · 9 answers · asked by izabellsmom2begodgranted 2

My husband has been kidnapped in Mexico....today is the 10th day! I feel like dying.....The people who kidnapped me only contacted me once, the day after they took him. Why haven't they called me anymore? Do you think they killed him? I have been to the morgue and they don't have his body, I read the newspapers and see the news everyday. I know for sure he was kidnapped.....How do these criminals think, why don't they contact me or let him go??? I feel like I am dying. How long will it take???? HELP!

2007-10-19 06:35:59 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-19 06:32:32 · 7 answers · asked by angelanju94 1

Why do most people in this world have poor judgment?

Why does a genuine cry for help get reported and deleted here on Y!A?
Can we stop being judgmental, can we take a moment to think and VERIFY things carefully before jumping into conclusions?

2007-10-19 06:31:46 · 7 answers · asked by Anna 3

if i get in trouble in school can i plead the fifth?

2007-10-19 06:30:05 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-19 06:25:04 · 4 answers · asked by babydoll67005 1

I entered a lease with an apartment, and I can maybe-just-barely fulfill the contract, which would eat up the rest of my savings. I want out. Does being unemployed affect my terms of lease in South Carolina?

2007-10-19 06:20:23 · 5 answers · asked by a link to the past 1

Michael Mukasey has been put forward by Bush for the job of Attorney General of the US. When asked if he thought that waterboarding (simulated drowning), forced nudity, and mock excecutions of suspected terrorists was , in his opinion, Torture, he replied that he could not say if it was torture, as he hid not have any information on the matter!!!

Do you Americans want a man who can't decide on when simulated drowning, forced nudity and mock executions of a person held in captivity for up to 4 years without trial, is torture or not. Just being held in captivity for severalyears without trial is torture enough.

Come on Mukasey, common sense is all anyone needs to be able to comment on this..

2007-10-19 06:17:43 · 3 answers · asked by Knight Crusader 2

if you dont know what it is in VA, then just in general in the country

2007-10-19 06:15:34 · 3 answers · asked by jerry 2

Last June, I was coerced into purchasing a Kirby vacuum cleaner. I did not care for the high-pressure sales tactics. I repeatedly said "NO" as I found the unit too heavy and cumbersome as well as having complicated attachments and it was expensive. The salesman would just stare me down, then cry that he needed to sell "just one more vacuum" so he could win a trip to see his dying grandfather in Italy. He finally he grabbed my hand, put a pen in it and held my hand to the contract until I signed it. Then he picked up my old vacuum and started to walk out. When I questioned this action, he said that trading-in the old vacuum was part of the"deal."

I have found that the Kirby doesn't really clean that well, not even as good as my old one and my shoulder aches after I use it. I contacted the Attorney General, but was informed that although Kirby's sales practices are unethical, they aren't illegal, so I have no recourse as I signed a contract. Kirby has a three-day return policy.

2007-10-19 06:09:28 · 11 answers · asked by debodun 2

When a judge awards a payment to a plaintiff, who enforces it? How does he/she get his/her payment if the defendant does not pay? This has baffled me and 10 points for the best answer.

2007-10-19 05:49:23 · 18 answers · asked by Jambo 6

2007-10-19 05:47:02 · 6 answers · asked by Wonder 2

Hey i just wanted to know whats the punishment for a minor 16years of age driving without a licence in India(Kerala).

2007-10-19 05:41:46 · 6 answers · asked by renju c 1

okay i need to know who to report my lanlord to! I have rats mold holes the works and he wont fix it we are always sick who would you contact to report it? Also i asked him for a letter showing we rent from him and he said he doesnt want to report to the government that he has this income coming in .....who do I call about this??? He is messing with the wrong person. I may be young but not as dumb as he thought!!!!Please help

2007-10-19 05:38:19 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am doing a college debate and I got pro for lowering the drinking age..

I do believe it would be good to lower it because it WILL lower the amout of underage drinkers because since it is allowed it wont be as fun since less people will be breaking the law...

I need more information on why we should lower it in the US

Please help

THNX

BRM

2007-10-19 05:29:20 · 21 answers · asked by Riley 1

What would you do if someone you barely knew online through Y!A announced that they were going to commit suicide?

Happened to me...do have a look at
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ajsmd.2Cyag0xdY6gFj8AXnsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20071015163431AAvJj6H&show=7#profile-info-m3QB5Gv4aa

I am feeling both alarmed and guilty...

WARNING: Please do NOT report it at this stage...it would do more harm to that particular poster, I am afraid.

2007-10-19 05:14:31 · 8 answers · asked by Anna 3

let's say government is somewhat of an evil... we are forced to do things that we don't want to do as citizens.

2007-10-19 05:06:07 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-19 05:04:41 · 1 answers · asked by chris c 1

Does he borrow the money, and if he doesn´t flee the country, he get the money back?

2007-10-19 05:00:29 · 13 answers · asked by Learning is fun! 4

my dad is 94, he pays for his care at home, we help him of course. He has a small works pension to live on, when domestic stuff needs doing we do it for him. What happens to the elderly who have no-one

2007-10-19 04:58:14 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

My apartment's contract states in the fine print that I need to give 60 days' notice to vacate. When I asked for clarification of the terms on vacating the premises, I was not shown or referred to the 60 days notice in the contract. Instead, I was given a verbal explanation that mislead me into believing that I did not need to give such notice. Am I out of luck, or should I fight this?

2007-10-19 04:54:31 · 7 answers · asked by a link to the past 1