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The order doesn't matter as long as the person can be identified.  In other words, unless you are claiming (a) that you were speaking aobut another person not the person who is suing you; or (b) that nobody would have realized that you were speaking about the person suing you because you used the name in a different order, it doesn't matter.  The good news is that truth is an absolute defense to any defamation claim.  Moreover, if your statements were given in the context of a lawsuit, I believe (assuming that Maryland law is like New York's in this regard) that they would be privileged.... Read Answer

It's not that simple to be deported. Are you married to a US Citizen? Please call my office and speak with the immigration specialist. We can certainly try to help you evaluate your options. Feel free to give us a call or text for a free consultation. Thank You. Toll-Free 1-877-866-8665 // Immigration Lawyer in ID... Read Answer

You will need a competent and aggressive attorney that will go after your ex for child support. We go the extra mile for child support and child custody cases. Last case we had in MD was a child support and alimony case where we had to get $400,000 from the rich ex that was always getting away from paying his rightful share to his kids and ex wife. We were able to recover half, which is what he had anyway. We can certainly assist you. Feel free to give us a call for a free consultation. Thank You. Toll-Free 1-877-866-8665 // Child Support Lawyer in MD.... Read Answer

Yes you have legal rights. Your ex-has violated the court order and you should make sure you get your half along with whatever else the court gives you as for him defaulting in his part of the deal and following into contempt. Feel free to give us a call for a free consultation. Thank You. Toll-Free 1-877-866-8665 // Family Lawyer in MD.... Read Answer

Are you on the child birth certificate? How old is your son? Parental Kidnapping occurs when there is a custody established in court for the kids. However, as a parent, anyone can travel with the child anywhere so long it's not endangering the child or its wellbeing. If you feel the child is in danger, you need to contact the Police. If it's a domestic dispute and she ran away, you need to file an emergency motion to locate the child and establish custody. Please contact an attorney to work with you. Many attorneys will ask for an upfront payment of $3,000.00 Please keep in mind that not all lawyers are same. Therefore be very cautious as to which attorney or law firm you chose to work with. We are based in New York but my network of SMS ATTORNEYS does travel out of state for clients. If you would like to retain our services while on a limited budget, do let us know and we will try to do our best to offer payment plans option. Feel free to give us a call for a free consultation. Ahsan Syed answer and comments to questions are for general purposes only and do not constitute legal advice or establish an attorney-client relationship with SMS ATTORNEYS without a signed retainer. Thank You. Toll-Free 1-877-866-8665 // Child Custody Lawyer in MD.... Read Answer

Before the Trump administration, a common tactic was to request prosecutorial discretion from DHS to drop the removal proceedings. The chances of that happening are much less now, but perhaps your attorney can still give it a try. Even though it has been almost 10 years since you came to the US, you would not be eligible for cancellation of removal, the so-called ten-year green card, because the government stops counting time once you are served with a notice to appear in the immigration court. If you or your wife have any skills and/or education and can be sponsored by an employer (most likely through a labor certification), you could perhaps go to Canada or your home country and wait until all the papers are approved for you to interview at the home country consulate or embassy for immigrant visas for yourself and your wife. If Immigration never revoked or denied your F-1 and you just naturally fell out of status, you would not be barred for 3/10 years (assuming that you are not ordered removed) because of your overstay as unlawful presence for that purpose is only counted beginning from when U.S.C.I.S. denies or revokes the status or you receive an unfavorable ruling from the immigration court. Your other options are to apply for withholding of removal if you have been persecuted or have a probability of being persecuted in your home country because of religion, nationality, social group, political opinion or race, or for your wife to sponsor you to live in Canada. Due to the limitations of the Lawyers.com Forums, Alan Lee, Esq.'s (the "Firm") participation in responding to questions posted herein does not constitute legal advice, nor legal representation of the person or entity posting a question. No Attorney/Client relationship is or shall be construed to be created hereby. The information provided herein by the Firm is general, and requires that the poster obtain specific legal advice from an attorney. The poster shall not rely upon the information provided herein as legal advice nor as the basis for making any decisions of legal consequence.  ... Read Answer

You should have a lawyer with you throughout until the child turns adult age. Until then the child-parent will always be dragging you to court for one thing or another. I highly doubt that you will be able to get an extension for the payment.What you might be able to do is contact the other parent and explain the situation. This will be the only way you can get away from contempt. I would need to know more details but contact the other parent sounds like the most viable option. Above answer and comments to questions are for general purposes only and does not constitute legal advice or establishes an attorney-client relationship without a signed retainer. Please reach out to an attorney you are comfortable with working and discussing your case in more details. If you can not afford a private attorney, you may be eligible for a Pro Bono lawyer provided by some courts and if not, feel free to ask about our affordable payment plans.... Read Answer

When did you submit modification? Did you use an assistance of a qualified representative to go through the process or did you did it yourself? Your details sound like you did it yourself. I would like to know more details about the issue and see what I can assist you with. I have attorneys licensed in other states, but we can assist in MD as we usually come to MD for other clients cases. If you like you can email me any and all documents to be reviewed free of cost at help@smsattorneys.com // if you can not afford an attorney, we do provide services for indigent // low-income clients at a reduced affordable rate. Above answer and comments to questions are for general purposes only and does not constitute legal advice or establishes an attorney-client relationship without a signed retainer. Please reach out to an attorney you are comfortable with working and discussing your case in more details.... Read Answer

Hi Fatima, this is Ahsan from New York. Your question sounds like you are representing yourself in child support matter. An attorney would be able to review the case details and take appropriate measures to resolve the case. It’s best to discuss the case details directly than to correspond in public question answer. So feel free to give me a call Thursday any time to go over your situation and I will see what we can do to help you. You can call me Thursday or text me any time at 212-387-8001. I travel from state to state and I love traveling to MD so I am looking forward to hearing from you.... Read Answer

Ordinarily, in a Maryland court, a court clerk will be directed to send a letter to a defendant notifying him, her or it that a motion has been made to enter an order of default. The letter will invite the party to state a valid defense, if there is one, to the complaint and explain the reason for noncompliance with the Rules of court. Assuming that a default is actually entered by the court, the case will be set for a hearing and the Plaintiff will be permitted to offer ex parte proof of damages suffered. The defaulting party will not be permitted to contest the evidence of damage presented at the hearing. Until, a judgment is entered after that hearing, assessing the damages awarded by the court, there is nothing to collect. If and when an award of judgment has been entered, one may seek to collect by interrogatories to the judgment debtor about their assets and location in order to make attachments on the assets. In addition, an oral sworn statement may be taken of the debtor for the same purpose. The Rules of court control how and the circumstances under which collection efforts may be undertaked using court process. In addition, the post judgment rate of interest in Maryland is 10 percent. Though not highly complicated, you may need to retain a lawyer to assist or to tell you what you must do to comply with requirements governing collection on a judgment. ... Read Answer

Anybody can sue anybody for anything, and I don't know the facts or how the weddding was ruined, but it is very unlikely that you can successfully sue Men's Warehouse for any kind of consequential damages, let alone emotional damages.  Direct damages would be those arising directly from the wrongdoing (e.g. you paid $1500 to rent tuxedos which they didn't provide, your direct damages would be the lesser of $1500 or the difference between $1500 and the amount you had to pay to get substitute tuxedos).  Consequential damages would be damages arising indirectly from the wrongdoing (e.g. because Men's Warehouse didn't provide the tuxedos, the wedding was delayed and you only got 3 hours at the reception hall when you had paid for 5).  These can only be recovered in particular circumstances which don't appear to be present here, and may be specifically excluded in your contract with Men's Warehouse - check your sales/rental paperwork.  Again, I don't know the facts, but you appear to be writing about emotional damages, i.e. you didn't actually lose any money, but you felt that your wedding wasn't all that you had hoped.  Absent some egregiius intentional wrongdoing, you can't recover these damages.... Read Answer

You probably have a good case against Lyft, and the driver, if the drvier had a condition, which he knew, or should have known made it dangerous to drive.      You will need to do extensive investigation into the Lyft driver's medical histroy.    I would suggest you contact a lawyer as soon as possible to discuss the details, as these cases can be complicated.  The first consultation is always free, and you do not pay a fee unless you recover money.... Read Answer

If you have a question, it is not apparent from what you have written. In fact, what has occurred is not clearly enough explained to thoughtfully respond to a question were one evident. Perhaps you can try your question again by writing the circumstances giving rise to your question and in doing so assume no one knows anything about yor issue. Perhaps state the who, what, where, when, why and how of your grievance. The question will be more understandable. ... Read Answer