I recently purchased a laser skin resurfacing package from a med spa, which was supposed to be buy two treatments, get two free. I paid $312.50 for the first treatment, but the spa owner now claims I owe another $312.50 because the regular cost for one treatment is $625. I signed no contract agreeing to these payment terms, only a refund policy stating there are no refunds on package purchases. Do I owe the additional money, or is their claim invalid due to the lack of a written contract?

December 4th, 2024

My sister in Michigan is very ill and financially destitute. She has started the process of applying for state and federal aid. We sent her some money to help her make it until she can get this help. Within the past 2 days, one of her creditors got the bank to send them all of the money she had left ($800). When she talked to the bank, she was told that the credit card company sued her, got some kind of judgment, and had the right to do this, and that the bank had no choice but to send them the money. Is this true? Is it legal? Does her personal circumstances change anything? What will happen when she starts to get monetary aid?

May 9th, 2023

I currently have conditional residency, and in a few months, I will be able to apply for permanent residency or citizenship since I have been married to my wife for 3 years. My question is, how would a minor offense affect this?

May 18th, 2023

My grandparents took conservatorship over me when my birth mother died when I was 3 months old. They used money left to me from my birth mother's death for their own house when I was 3 years old. I was not fully informed of all the details when I turned 18 and ended the conservatorship. Now, at 32, I discovered issues with the conservatorship, including the courts not pursuing annual records until I was 11, my grandparents not repaying the money with interest as contracted, and the lawyer drafting but not legally submitting a mortgage and promissory note. Can I pursue legal action given these new discoveries?

March 22nd, 2024

After a separation agreement has been signed, can a wife re-work the agreement? She is threatening to take my entire paycheck, yet she wrote and signed the agreement just like I did. We have joint custody of children, I pay health insurance for her, both our kids, and her biological child from a previous marriage. I also pay some home utilities per our agreement. Besides adhering to the separation agreement, is there anything else I should be doing to protect myself?

April 2nd, 2023