Courts

I'm representing myself in my divorce case. Can I get people I want to testify on my behalf subpoenaed & how do I go about it?

There is a $7,000 credit due to me in my daughter's account with a divorce lawyer. The divorce is case is closed and the attorney refuses to refund the credit. There was no financial agreement signed by neither my daughter nor myself. I paid for all of my daughter's expenses directly to the attorney and he in turn sent me the invoices and requests for retainers. I do not want to involve my daughter while attempting to get a refund, so I content that I can sue the attorney myself because I have a 'third-party standing' position. Please give me your opinion. Thank you.

In a civil case, can a judge decide on an issue NOT brought by petition to the court (though introduced at trial), and use that issue to award the petitioner an award if the petitioner has otherwise failed on the original issues of the petition? Specifically, can the judge impose a constructive trust if the petitioner has failed (as admitted by the judge) to meet the test for a constructive trust? The question pertains to a Surrogate's Court decision in Rockland County, New York.

The Miami-Dade family court has ordered a Writ of Bodily Attachment for a friend of mine because of a divorce case. He does not live in Florida; only his wife and son do. I want to know if he can fly into New York without being held at the airport for this court order.

For the past several weeks my wife and I have been deluged with tons of junk mail -- all travel brochures. I'm fairly sure who is doing this and it's becoming a real torment. In desperation, I wrote to 2 of the convention & tourism bureaus in other states. However I led them to believe I was an attorney and that I needed the I.P. address of the computer where the original email (asking the bureau to send us a travel brochure) was sent. I told them specifically I didn't suspect them of any wrongdoing at all, and that I merely wanted the I.P. address if they could provide it. My worry is, could passing myself off as an attorney get me into big trouble? I wasn't trying to defraud or get money out of anyone -- just trying to track down our tormentor. My wife and I are in our 60's and in poor health.