Liberty Moonbeam

I took my 2006 Chevy Impala into a shop for a pre-purchase inspection

I wanted to get any necessary repairs or maintenance done on it since

it has 89,000 miles on it. They said this was checked out. Brakes, A/C,

Suspension, Struts, Cooling, Charging, hoses, belts, spark plugs, safety,

computer, fluids, filters, ignition. It passed except they said the brake

fluid & steering fluid were dirty & could use a change so I got those

changed. Then I asked if the alignment had been checked & they said no

that they would check the alignment for free. They checked & it needs

an alignment. They charged me 100 for the brake fluid change, 100 for

the steering fluid change & 100 for the pre-purchase inspection. They

also said the front brakes were worn at 70 percent & the back were worn

at 80 percent so I should replace the brakes. Well that would be 200 dollars

for the front & 200 for the back. I am not getting it done right now. I

will be waiting a little because I am also trying to find a new car that

I like instead.

It is a 2004 Cavalier. The wipers are fine. The fluid has been filled up, still when I push the lever

nothing comes out. On a cavalier, what is usually the problem so I know where to start looking?

Also, the driver visor is broken at the hanging part so sometimes it will fall unfolded into my driving

vision while driving. What type of auto place would be most likely to be able to order or have in

stock the right visor to put in a 10 year old car? If I had them remove the passenger side one

(hardly ever used) & put it in the driver side turning the other way would it work so I wouldn't have

to wait for an ordered driver one? I know the folding mirror would be on the wrong side or outside

but it doesn't matter. What matters is not having to wait for an ordered one that would fit.

I just wondered if you simply turned the pass. one around if it could fit.

Can 1 spouse in a comm. prop. state get a ladybird deed for just her 50 percent of the house so that if she becomes mentally incapacitated or dies her 50 percent goes directly to her offspring rather than to her current spouse? The current deed on record reads "John and Mary Smith" rather than "John or Mary Smith" so if my spouse has a will that I am unaware of his half could already be

named or willed away.

If one spouse can do so then since ladybird deeds are a matter of public record ( but spouse still

owns 50 percent of said house) then what deed would be on record with the county?

My spouse is unwilling to accept mortality. I have been a caregiver/only child of 2 alzheimer's

parents in a broken nursing home system & I am tired of waiting for his consent to take measures

for my assets upon my death or incapacity but I will do a will if that is all I can do it just wouldn't

help the kid avoid probate & wouldn't help until I'm dead & I would like to do more.

I will not be naming the spouse in the deed as getting my half so basically if I die first the spouse

would be half owning the house with his offspring as the offspring is both ours. Since spouse is

5 years my elder I will prob. go last anyway but just in case I would like to do this instead of a will.

You may see my question on another screen name but I wanted to post in a different sub category as well.

Texas is a community property state which means that anything earned by either spouse since marriage is community property. Meaning that in the case of a divorce it would be considered.

Anything that is inheritance (coming from either spouse's parent) is not considered in a divorce

and furthermore any inheritance also bypasses the legally married spouse at the heir's death &

goes automatically to next of kin which would be my grown sons.

We married in 1977. My husband moved out to an apt. in 2000. He took the older son with him (14)

leaving the 12 yr old at home with me. They were both our children together. I had worked for income

for the 8 years til I had the boys & my income was not enough to pay for childcare & so I stayed

home to raise the kids never returning to work. My husband earned $1K per week take home at the

time he moved out. He was 53 at the time & immediately took early retirement so he wouldn't have

to pay child support or as much alimony or whatever. He made some money in the stock market from

a past employer in those first 6 weeks. It was a good bit of money, plenty for us to live separately on

w/o working. After 6 weeks or 2 months something like that he closed the only joint checking account

we had so that when I went to the grocery store for food I would get to the checkout & have no way

to pay for the food. I hired a divorce attorney, went in & explained he had moved out & it was supposed to be a trial sep. but now I had no money for groceries for me & our son because of a closed account. I paid a $5,000.00 retainer. The lawyer asked how I wanted papers delivered to

the spouse. I didn't care. What he did next was not rep. me. He asked for a joint appt. with my ex.

We came into his office together & he informed my ex that he knew I wanted to divorce & with that much money he suggested to my ex that he hire his own rep. The ex never did & paid off the lawyer or something because I lost the rest of the $5,000.00 & never got a divorce. The ex just kept refusing to sign any papers & the lawyer backed out after spending like 1 & a half hours on my case & never refunded the rest of the retainer.

So based on what orders he made to both of us at that stage a new joint checking account was

created I still use today.

However once he started collecting SS direct deposits & Raytheon pension direct deposits he had

them ordered to go straight the joint account he shares with his mother. Those checks are comm. property & all of them including the 1 year back pension from Raytheon are now considered inheritance instead of comm. prop. because they hit his mother's acct. So if he died (he is 5

years older) those comm. prop. deposits will bypass me & my food, mortgage on our joint house

I live in & go directly to our adult offspring as inheritance.

I understand from probate & divorce attorneys that anything deposited to his mother's account cannot even be investigated & can never come to me at his death.

Since he can buy off any divorce lawyer while alive & have me lose another 5K & get no divorce would I be better off waiting til he dies (so he can't buy anyone off) to hire a probate lawyer to

stop those comm. prop. funds from going to the kids that were dd'd into her inheritance account.

Or will a probate/estate lawyer not even be able to help me recap what is rightfully mine as a widow.

I have also repeatedly requested that due to possible death of one of us & his mom being 101 & imminent that he change the account that the dd's go to a comm. prop. account like the joint account. Of course he is not doing so.

BTW he could not collect his Raytheon pension without getting a signature on a form from me

since I was his legally married spouse but he promised the 1 year back pension & future dd's would go into the comm. prop. accounts & they didn't. If I hadn't signed they wouldn't be anywhere in our possession.

Which type of lawyer could help & at which time. I am afraid I will lose another lawyer/retainer if

I do it now.

We own a vacant lot near the ocean. We never listed it for sale because real estate value has

been low in that area & we would lose money right now off what we paid for it years ago. We bought it with an existing house on it for $188,000.00 & the back to back hurricanes had other ideas for that beautiful house. It was a great house. Anyway, we had to pay to demolish it & the real estate tanked in the area because of all the damage & fear from the storms. There was a short sale recently on the street for $120,000 & after paying prop. taxes all these years & all the closing costs & 6 percent commission we would lose so much money it isn't worth it. Now years after the storms

the area is finally picking up in traffic, vacationers, new people moving in, all the area has rebuilt.

Still not listing it but we got a good offer on the lot. $230,000.00 which seemed too good to be true & as it turns out it was. Too good to be true as the adage goes. Now we are in over our head with shady buyers, a signed offer contract, a closing lawyer that backed out, no replacement lawyer that will take the closing.

My question is now that the buyer & both joint tenant sellers have all 3 signed the offer contract drawn by a closing lawyer - then the lawyer tears up the escrow deposit check & hands escrow back to the potential buyer - then hands signed offer contract back to the potential buyer. There is a closing date of Dec. 12th on the contract. The shady buyers then take said contract to a title company & tell them the lawyer is still holding escrow when we know he tore up the escrow check.

Joint tenant sellers both want out of the sale - out of the closing - just like lawyer wanted out for

same reasons. Can we now back out of the offer we signed since no one is holding escrow & there is no closing agent without being in breach of contract or could they sue us for damages?

I have tried to get any other legal representation for closing in that area & they all bow & cowtow to the honest lawyer that backed out. I am now taking his lead since they are lying all over town about us. There are too many other steps in this closing where they could change the rules of the game as we go along. But could they sue us for breach of contract?

Please someone answer??

We own a vacant lot near the ocean. We never listed it for sale because real estate value has

been low in that area & we would lose money right now off what we paid for it years ago. We bought it with an existing house on it for $188,000.00 & the back to back hurricanes had other ideas for that beautiful house. It was a great house. Anyway, we had to pay to demolish it & the real estate tanked in the area because of all the damage & fear from the storms. There was a short sale recently on the street for $120,000 & after paying prop. taxes all these years & all the closing costs & 6 percent commission we would lose so much money it isn't worth it. Now years after the storms

the area is finally picking up in traffic, vacationers, new people moving in, all the area has rebuilt.

Still not listing it but we got a good offer on the lot. $230,000.00 which seemed too good to be true & as it turns out it was. Too good to be true as the adage goes. Now we are in over our head with shady buyers, a signed offer contract, a closing lawyer that backed out, no replacement lawyer that will take the closing.

My question is now that the buyer & both joint tenant sellers have all 3 signed the offer contract drawn by a closing lawyer - then the lawyer tears up the escrow deposit check & hands escrow back to the potential buyer - then hands signed offer contract back to the potential buyer. There is a closing date of Dec. 12th on the contract. The shady buyers then take said contract to a title company & tell them the lawyer is still holding escrow when we know he tore up the escrow check.

Joint tenant sellers both want out of the sale - out of the closing - just like lawyer wanted out for

same reasons. Can we now back out of the offer we signed since no one is holding escrow & there is no closing agent without being in breach of contract or could they sue us for damages?

I have tried to get any other legal representation for closing in that area & they all bow & cowtow to the honest lawyer that backed out. I am now taking his lead since they are lying all over town about us. There are too many other steps in this closing where they could change the rules of the game as we go along. But could they sue us for breach of contract?

Please someone answer??