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Wow. Night 3.

Back to that story of how my place flooded with sewage, I had to clean it up because the landlord is a shady bastard, and my pets and I got sick. 

Really sick. I almost choked to death in my apartment last week and had to call 911-- the place always had a problem with mold, but after the flood it got so bad that it became difficult to breathe in there-- for me, and almost every other person that visited. 

On the up side, I finally got my cats free vet care from the Downey Memorial clinic in Seattle, which operated out of a mission downtown twice a month. It was a real ordeal, but I really got them over $400 of life-saving vetrinary care. Both cats had an allergic reaction, but one lost more than half of his fur and became very ill. 

So, in any case, I'm glad to be alive. I also really need a lawyer in Seattle to take my case on contingency or pro bono. I've gotten a lot of advice on this, have lots of pictures and documentation, and have been advised that I really do have a VERY good case....particularly because I had Seattle city code compliance come in and discover that it was never meant to be an apartment. It was an office that was illegally converted. 

That, and I almost died in it. They actually rented this place to me, and to my best friend, who has an immune disorder. I am so glad he wasn't here when this happened. They rented this place knowing that it had flooded in excess of ten times for the previous tenant, and after he moved did not properly install new carpeting, or gut the walls. What happened was swept under the rug, and they passed it onto the next tennents. 

They acted like they were trying to find a reason to kick me out after the flood, and I was sick, and decided that my only option would be to move- even though I cannot afford it. It's not safe to be there. I went to the hospital three times over related problems. 

Now I am -homeless-, and my cats are stuck in a friends bathroom. I have never been in a situation like this before.

I really could use some help- legal help, financial help, help with housing, transportation, a vehicle, and/or a way to get back to New Orleans for a while (where I have a better support network ) . 

If anyone has some advice, I'm listening...

Hi I owe the IRS over $200,000 and NY State $63,000 I need help to hire a

tax lawyer to handle my case. Can anyone give me some advice or financial help?

I am a mom grandma and great grama my husband left me. After 30 years of marriage I had to go to work I was used to being a stay at home mom and now find myself Falling further and further behind in my bills and my house is on the tax sale list and if I can't make enough to keep up I am afraid I will loose it and moreThe cderit card companies keep hounding me and don't understand that if I paid them  I wouldn't have any money for bills. Discover card has a judgement against me and have threatened to sell my belongings to satisfy a 3000 dollar bill that had a 1800 credit line  last week I got a shut off notice for the gas water and phone bill and the notice from Discover card all in 2 days.  The water company tagger 20 more dollars on to the bill and the gas and phone companies added fee's too don't they reaize I can't pay the first one how can I ever get ahead if they keep adding fee's ?  This is jjust to tip of the ice berg I live alone with 2 dogs and  2 cats so I am not eligable for but 10.00 in food stamps and every other agency said I make to  much money to get assistance I DON'T BRING home what my pay stub says I make and that is how everything is based   Thanks for letting me vent maybe someone out there knows of some help

Does anyone out there know where to get cheap legal help? I have some collection issues with my business and need help getting papers drawn up.If anyone knows where to get some cheap legal help please let me know,thanks.

November 2008 I bought a car. I needed it to work and didn't have really any extra money. I found a 1991 Ford Explorer on Craigslist. The owner was really nice, and sold it to me for only $300 on payments. I thought she was a saint. Now, I'm wondering if she maybe just saw me coming, and sold it so cheaply because it was actually unsellable. I really hope I'm wrong about her, I liked her.
I finally got it paid off about a month ago. I've been using tags from another car. I had insurance but couldn't get the title to get new tags b/c I was making payments. The tags I was using expired, but I was able to get temp tags that are good for 30 days.
The problem: Now that it is paid off, the previous owner refuses to send the title. I found the dealer she bought it from (she wouldn't tell me who they were, I had to research). I contacted the dealer and they said they have the title, but she never signed the back and they won't send it to her until she does. I've asked her if she will do that, then send it to me, but she just tells me she's tried, but when she goes to the car lot, noone is there to help her. She doesn't seem willing to do anything about the situation at all. She doesn't answer my phone calls or emails.
I need this car for work. When the tag expires, I can't drive it. Also, things are starting to break down and I will need to sell it soon so I can get another car, but without a title, what can I do?
What legal recourse do I have, so I can obtain the title? Thanks in advance for any help.

Need help america,not being paid for work my company has performed.What makes business bad is when companies call you to do work and then refuse to pay.If you don't want to pay for work completed,then do the work yourself!Having to pay more money to my attorney to collect on work from as far back as January of this year.If anyone out there needs good legal help let me know,I have info on legal help for very small cost.

It is time to stop feeling sorry for ourselves and start making the steps to change our situation! Yes, we have been dealt a hand that has turned many of our lives upside down. However, we are still here. As long as we are here in the land of the living, we have a fighting chance to see better days. Depending on your situation, it's going to be far from easy. But we can't give up! No matter how long it takes, as long as there is breath in our bodies we have to keep fighting. A real failure fails because they stop trying, otherwise it only setbacks and stumbling blocks we overcome to win.

For anything to live it must die. A flower blooms more beautiful each year because of the winters it has to go through. Many of us are in our winter moments right now. Well, it's spring time people! Many of us has overcome great odds already. Either through illness or injury we have had to relearned how to live again. That is not an easy thing to do, I know. It has been two years for me and my mind still keep going back to the way it used to be and I have to remember I can't do it like that anymore. I have to pace myself, and learn to appreciate the small tasks I complete instead of dwelling on the whole task that is still undone.

Give God thanks for the things we can do. I used to get overwhelmed by all my uncompleted tasks, but I started making a list of everything I needed to do for that day and checking off the tasks I could complete. This allowed me to see I was accomplishing something.

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My name is Amanda. I have an ex husband that I am currently battling in court or primary custodial parental rights. I have talked to a lawyer and he is requesting a 2,500 retainer fee. I cannot get a personal over 500. My husband just started a new job, and he cannot get a personal loan over 500 either. We are able to pay someone back this amount within 6-8months, it is just hard finding a break. We are not trying to take my son away from his father or get more child support from him, but it is better for him to continue to live primarily with me and my family. I have provided a stable home for him for 3 years and he has two loving brothers, grandparents, and stepfather in his life. I pray that someone will be able to help us and have faith in what we are trying to do for my son.

 Thank you for any help you can provide. Please keep us in prayer.

 Amanda

  I live in a modest side-by-side duplex.  I have been here for 13 years and the tenants have been here for nearly 20 years.  I have suffered numerous financial setbacks that have put me in foreclosure.  I lost a job of 10 years due to a relocation and a job of 5 years due to closing.  I have also suffered two major health issues.  Thankfully, I have recovered fully from both and recently found a very good job that I hope and pray that I can stay with for life.

Hello my name is cindy and i am a 28 year old mother of four children. I was told about this site by a friend and she told me i should post something on here to see if anyone has any idea of how i can get help. Ok. here goes. 3 years ago i got married to a man who was wonderful to me and my children or so i thought. He was great at least when i was around. Well he took my son to his friends house and my son was 18 months old. mind u he was great to my kids when i was around and they never told me or anyone anything to make us think diferently. well while he was at his friends house he threw my son on top of the car hood and smacked him and was trying to choke him and my hubby's friends neighbor called the cops. I found out about all of this whenever the cops and DCFS showed up. Needless to say i told the cop that they were lucky they got to him before i found out about it or they would have been taking me to jail and my hubby to the morge. ok so here the problem my hubby went to jail and i have moved so that he can not find me and the kids. because after he went to prison he told me when he got out if i didnt take him back he'd kill me. now obviously im not dumb enough to be with him. but i live in illinois and they told me that since he wont file for a divorce i will have to pay for both sides of the divorce. Which obviously is expensive and i cant afford that. so i tried calling land of lincoln legal services who help with divorce for low income family's but they told me that they could not help me because none of my children were fathered by my husband. I need to know if anyone knows what i can do if there are any other places that help. i really want to get a divorce from that monster. I am afraid that if i am still married to him when he gets out he will try to do something. I do not want to have any ties to this man. I am really at my wits end. i have talked to everyone i can think of to find out what to do. which is y my friend told me to try this that maybe there was someone out there that could tell me what i could do. So i thought y not i'll try anything to get rid of him. ok well there it is all in black and white. i also found out after he left and my daughters realized he wasnt coming back they started telling me things he did. my oldest told me that she didnt say anything while he was there because he told her that if she told anyone then he would kill her or hurt me or her sisters or brother. she said one time he came into her room and grabbed her by the throat and held her against the wall choking her and told her that if she told me or anyone he would kill her. i was told he smacked them around when i wasnt there always being told he would hurt or kill them or me if they told. I still live with the guilt to this day. i am there mother i should have known. but there were no marks he knew  how to hurt them so that it wouldnt show. i cry myself to sleep to know that i had no idea that my kids were being treated that way. it hurts me to know those babies had to go through that. they r my children and i love them more than anything. i would lay down my life litterally to save them. i will never forgive myself that this happened. i am afraid to be with anyone else because i am afraid that it happened once and i didnt know it. god help me it will not happen again. i love my children with all of my heart. so please dont think that i am a woman who does not care. because i do. it scares me to think how it could have been so much worse. i would never have been able to make it through if he would have killed one of my children. i hear the song allyssa lies and it kills me to think omg that could have been one of my kids and i would have never known until it was too late it scares me to death it makes me sick. My husband makes me sick. so there it is any help that i could get or any program u know of in my state (illinois,Usa) i would be indebted to u forever if u could help me find a way to get this divorce and finally be free of this monster who has terrorized me and my children. whom we all still fear to this day. thank you and god bless your hearts

3 years ago my wife and I had to file bankrupcy. We were losing everything, but instead of putting our house up for forclosure. I contacted a company who said they buy homes.  They caught up the payments and have been paying for everything.  I recently went to look at the house a few states away and It looks terrible.  Originally I thought this company would sell my house within 2 years.  I feel they took advantage of my situation.  The house is in a Deed of Trust and I am looking for legal advice.  Because of the distance between this house and our current home I am having trouble finding a lawyer to review the paper work and advise me.  The home is in Colorado and I live in texas.  Any advice would help

I am the mother of three amazing children, ages 6, 2, and 4 months.  We recently moved from the Pittburgh area to the Richmond, VA area.  We purchased our first home, which is incredibly modest and needs lots of work.  We knew the house was a fixer-upper when we looked at it, but according to the inspection we would be able to handle everything ourselves.  We are both pretty handy and my husband has an amazing knack for learning how to fix things, so we weren't worried.  We've been slowly chipping away at things that need fixed like insulating and minor plumbing and roof work.  Its a slow project because of finances.  Anyway, my brother-in-law was helping us with our yard work when we discovered a wet spot in the dirt that would not dry, where we had dumped some dirt into a weed filled hole.  Keep in mind, this was during a major drout.  We decided to dig the spot up to see what was causing it.  We discovered a world of trouble.  The wetness was sewage.  Initially we thought maybe we damaged a pipe connecting the septic tank to the distribution box, then we discovered there was no distribution box!  Further more, there was no drainfield!  We had a septic designer and inspector check our property and he confirmed what we had found, he also confirmed that because of the layout of our property and a right of way through it, there was no way of putting one on our property.  At this point we are amazed that we have sewage running from our septic tank, through a concrete pipe, into a ditch onto my neighbors vacant property.  This was originally all one family's property, and apparently that's when this set up was done. 

This leads me to the legal issue that has now been created.  When we agreed to purchase this house, we and the seller signed a purchase agreement.  That agreement stated that the seller had the septic tank inspected and pumped, the distribution box inspected and the drainfield inspected.  Now, we had a completely Full septic tank, no distribution box and no drainfield.  Obviously the seller commited some fraud here.  This fraud has put us in a situation where the county could condemn our house, and my family runs a serious risk of getting sick from having raw sewage in the back yard.  we have been pursuing this matter but have run out of options at the moment.  We need a lawyer to help us.  The realtor that sold it to us was also the owner.  We have made him aware of the situation and he keeps playing dumb.  I think he assumes that we are stupid first time home buyers and we aren't going to press the issue.  We have to though.  Because we can't put a drainfield on our property, we have to make a deal with the owner of the other property to have an easement to put it on.  Between that and the tens of thousands it will cost to have it designed and builtwe are in serious trouble!  I think the seller should lose his lisence and have to pay minimally to put the system in  because of his fraudulant behavior.  Legal help is the biggest thing we need right now.I haven't been able to find anyone who will take us on pro bono.  We can't afford to pay a lawyer because I just had to quit my job .  It was pointless for me to work when all I was doing was paying someone else to raise my kids and clearing little more than that. Now I can spend time with my children and our income isn't affected.  This also allows me to put more time into fixing this situation. It was very hard to work on as a retail manager putting in ridiculous hours.  Anyway, I welcome advice or assistance in any way.  We have been struggling financially since before we moved here and thought we were entering a better situation when we bought this house.  Boy, were we wrong!  I would just like to know that I'm not going to lose our house because of using our mortgage money to pay a lawyer, we have a hard enough time making the payments as it is.  Thank you for reading this!

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To whom it may concern,  My name is Mrs Angela Thomas of Omaha, Ne. I need help with financial support to obtain a attorney in Tyler, Texas. My husband Clyde thomas was taken away from Omaha on Dec 03,2007 by His sister and two brothers without my or my husbands consent.  They would not communicate with me to to tell me where he is at or how to get in contact with me.  My attorneys here say that they can't help me here and that I need an attorney in Tyler, Texas to help me.  My husband has lived here for 40 years, and we have known each other for 38 years and dated for 8 of those years, and reunited in 2005 and he ask me to marry him in 2006 and we were married June 02, 2007.  His sister and brother did attend the wedding and wecolming me into their family.  His sister did the invintations and the annoucements, and his brother was his best man and signed the marriage license.  Clyde has Parkinson's and have been diagnose with mild dementia on Sep 26, 2007.  His sister kept pressuring him into moving back to Texas, and he did not want to be told against his will to go back.  She had put a power of attorney in force and took him and we have not talk to each other since Dec 3,2007.  He was worried that someone would take me way from him, but he never thought his family would take him from me.  The reason why she is trying to push me out is because she gets 50% of all his insurance and anuities and his pension and his children recieve the other 50%.  When Clyde told his family that we were getting married two of his sibilings told him that I would receive half if something should happen to him and they receive nothing.  Clyde and I did not marry for money, we married each other for companionship, support of each other and we are in love with each other.  Clyde said that they are just waiting for him to die to get there hands on his money.  I told him it is his money, he put his self in school and no one have any right to his money not even me, and he can give it to charity if he wants because I am not interested in his money, I have worked all my life, and supported myself, but now I am on disability because of Stenooisi of the spine and Spondyolitis and Scoliosis of my spine, and I was told to have back surgery soon or I will never be able to walk and be in a wheel chair for the rest of my life, I can't get it right now because of this mess.  Now, I received court documents where she is trying to get permanent Guardianship of him, and I do not have the money to get an attorney in Texas and to travel there to go to court.  I just Lost my brother who was my best man and gave me away at my wedding.  He died of an unepected death, I was disgnated by my family to make the funeral arrangements.  He died on Nov 17, 2007 and buried on Nov 27, 2007.  My husband was in the hospital at the time, and I had taken care of him while I was taking care of the funeral arrangements.  I need help and I need to have some one to represent me at the custody hearing so the court will know what had happen and bring my husband back to his home.  All of his belongings his home cars trike clothes are here.  She is forcing me out of our home, she needs to be stopped.  I am 54 and my husband is 65. She closed out our credit card and transfered his account to Texas, which she has cut off my fiances, so now all I have for income is 658 a month from my disability. court is in ten days and I need help.  I have alway helped other people who where in a financial need when I had it, and now I need it and can't find a soul to help me.  If some one can help me with donation or even a small loan, it will be paid back in full.  You can contact me at; 402-612-1886, PO Box 111543, Omaha, Ne 68111 and by e-mail athomas68111@yahoo.com.

Thank you for listening to me, and I have always trust the Lord and put it in his hands.  She is also trying to get our marriage dissolved.

Sincerely very truely yours

Mrs Angela Thomas

PO Box 111543

Omaha, Ne 68111

I just need to be able to get my child support that is owed to me.  I supposedly make too much money for the state or any reduced rate legal programs to help me, but I have 4 children to support and I don't have the ability to pay a big retainer fee.  I am at my wits end. My ex-husband owes me over $30,000 in back support and he runs around care free all the time while I have to suffer.  I don't know what to do.  I can't even afford to buy my kids coats and mittens this year.  Everything is just closing in so fast.  I feel hopeless.

Don't get me wrong, I am not trying to get a handout, just some kind of help so I know what to do...

I live in a Low income housing unit but if I try to draw attention to public health or public safety then I am forced to move. Maryland has a vacate premise without cause where managers can make us move without a reason.

I am single, would like to work, find a career job and get completely off disability. Soon. Need legal help soon.

i need money to help me take care of my children.i am trying to save some money up to get a lawyer so that i can get a divorce. if i had the money i could take there father to court and make him help us.its hard being a singal mother with little income, trying to buy what they need for school, home, and paying the bills to keek a roof over there heads.please help me.......i dont know how were going to make it.