Category: Questions: Legal Wiz

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My nephew rented my house, and now cant get rent nor the house back

LegalWiz

QUESTION: Dear Legal Wiz, I left my nephew to take care of my house. He was not working so he got my house free to stay. He called me to tell me that he is trying to get a tenant he put there out. He said the court is not helping. What can I do from here in Michigan? Clara Maragh RESPONSE: Dear Ms Maragh, Your nephew should have been advised that he needed to get a written documents from the person with legal authority. A title can prove who…

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My bro is evicting my other bro from our dad’s land in Jamaica

LegalWiz

My brother in Jamaica and another brother received power to be administrators on my dead father’s property in England.
One of the brothers obtained an order to evict the other brother from the same property in a matter at Sutton Street court, although the other brother who is to be evicted was not in court when the judge ruled.
Please assist.

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HOW TO: Give someone notice to leave property in Jamaica

Anthea

In Jamaica, when considering to terminate occupancy of your premises, one needs to serve a notice upon the occupant. To ‘serve a notice’ means that a notice to quit is written up and given to the occupant you want to leave/ quit the premises. Below is the notice to quit/ eviction notice form you can use is available for you to download and use. You must fill in two such notice forms. Therefore two forms appear on one sheet below – after you have filled them both in, please cut…

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