Oregon Landlord And Tenant Legal Questions

If you have a rental property that gives you a $377 positive cash flow after make the mortgage payments and if there are no other expenses that you incur with regard to the maintenance of that property which you hold for rent then your taxable on the entire net amount so if after paying the mortgage payments it will depend on whether the taxes and insurance are held in escrow in our party your payment or whether you pay those separately. If there are other upkeep expenses of the property of course you're entitled to deduct those in arriving at the net amount of taxable income.... Read More

You are going to have a fight on your hands. You need to involve an attorney, right away. If probate would otherwise not be necessary, the surviving spouse can get a new title issued in her name, as next of kin. She would then have legal authority to evict you. It does not sound like she is going to quietly walk away and allow you to have the home. I would get a lawyer right away and prepare for legal war.... Read More

The first thing I would advise you to do, especially since he left no will, is to retain an attorney to open a probate estate in the probate division of the circuit court for the county in which your father was living at the time of his death. If this woman is legally his wife (common law marriages are not recognized by Missouri even if another state recognizes them) she will have certain spousal rights. She would be entitled to the first $20 thousand dollars in value of estate assets plus one-half of the balance. The other half would be divided equally between children of the deceased or their descendants if the child is deceased. A spouse may have the right to elect to take against the estate but this can be complicated and there is a limit on the time during which this election can be made. Hire an attorney immediately. Don't waste time arguing.... Read More

Unfortunately you cannot make her smoke outside. The only place you still can smoke is in your home or outside and that is not going to change anytime soon. You should send her some pamphlets on cancer, emphysema, and COPD to let her know how horrible and slow her death will be and how certain it is that she will at the very least get COPD. Other than that you can get a fan, use towels under the doors, use an air cleaner, or an air filter. There are many good air purifiers that will take all the smoke out of your air for $500 or less.... Read More