18.10.2021 | answered by Bernhard Müller
Hello,
a traditional orchard (a single, contiguous parcel) is shared in proportion to half by family A, with the other half being divided equally among families B, C, and D (family D shares their third with another family member). It was agreed at le...
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09.09.2019 | answered by Jasmin Pesla
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am referring to the Legal Services Act.
It is not uncommon to see people in online forums seeking legal advice without wanting to pay for a proper lawyer.
My questions:
1. Who is committing an administrative offense under the ...
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03.08.2016 | answered by Jan Wilking
A widow has two children and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Due to advancing age, mobility impairments, and dementia following a stroke, she could no longer stay in her own apartment and had to be admitted to a nursing home for long-t...
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22.07.2016 | answered by Jan Wilking
What are the specific requirements for §1613 of the German Civil Code (BGB) in my case?
In my case, I was requested via email to pay maintenance for the unmarried mother of my child and our non-marital child (2 years old). However, no questions were ...
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13.05.2016 | answered by Bernhard Müller
Dear Sir or Madam,
my wife has owned the apartment on the first floor of a 3-family condominium since August 2008. The ground floor and attic belong to two other owners. Since the establishment of the condominium in 1999, the ground floor also has t...
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10.09.2015 | answered by Jan Wilking
Hello,
I live on the first floor of a 3-family house. I have placed balcony plants on the outer window sills. My landlord, who lives in the apartment below, complains that occasionally water from watering the plants drips onto his window sill or win...
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31.07.2014 | answered by Jan Wilking
A German acquaintance of mine has fathered a child in the Philippines, who will turn 11 years old this year. Because the mother and the child live in poverty, I have repeatedly asked him to take financial responsibility for his child, but he refuses....
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02.06.2014 | answered by Jan Wilking
We are tenants in a single-family house. The tank has probably never been cleaned or it has been decades since it was last cleaned. The house is now 40 years old. We have been tenants for only 5 years.
The heating system constantly failed due to bur...
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08.05.2014 | answered by Jasmin Pesla
It takes and takes no end...
...Dear Sir or Madam, and every day the groundhog greets... that's how I feel about the circumstances. I'll try to keep it short: There have been disputes with our landlady for several weeks, of a personal nature, which ...
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07.05.2014 | answered by Jan Wilking
Hello,
the situation is as follows: I am 39 years old and my biological father has passed away. I am his only daughter. However, I was adopted a few years ago (already as an adult) by my mother's new husband - I had been raised by both of them. The ...
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01.05.2014 | answered by Jan Wilking
Dear Sir or Madam,
Due to various disputes with the landlord, we currently have the following question:
Upon moving into a rental property (a 2-family house), it was stated that a garage directly adjacent to the property could be rented shortly aft...
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24.11.2013 | answered by Dr. Danjel-Philippe Newerla
Hello, how can I tell if an advance directive is forged? Three years were added to half a year. I don't know if it was my mother or the lawyer. The address is incorrect, and the family doctor has changed as well. I am currently the legal guardian....
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08.05.2013 | answered by Jan Wilking
Three daughters form an inheritance community specified in the will after the father's death (previously undivided inheritance community). In addition to cash assets, the daughters' inheritance includes a property (single-family house). Each heir's s...
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06.05.2012 | answered by Dr. Danjel-Philippe Newerla
Dear Sir or Madam,
We are planning to purchase a semi-detached house which is located on a property with three other semi-detached houses and a single-family house. It is divided into condominiums.
Upon purchasing the house, we would like to conver...
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23.04.2012 | answered by Jan Wilking
Hello dear lawyers,
Since 01.11.2005, I have been renting a condominium, which has now been sold to a direct neighbor (same floor). The viewing was about 2 weeks ago, and the notification from the previous landlord stating "Mr. XXXX will be the new ...
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21.02.2012 | answered by Jan Wilking
Dear Sir or Madam,
My husband, a British citizen, would like to adopt my son, who is 25 years old and a German citizen, as my son would like to take on my husband's family name. We have been married for 10 years and should have surely done this a lo...
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24.12.2011 | answered by Jan Wilking
Dear Sir or Madam,
On December 21st, 2011, I purchased an Audi A3 allegedly from a private seller. The advertisement stated that it had a minor parking dent, which had been professionally repaired. I inspected the vehicle, test drove it, and had the...
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16.12.2011 | answered by Steffan Schwerin
Hello,
I am 36 years old, a single mother of 2 children aged 5 and 8 years old.
I have completed a three and a half year vocational training as a dental technician with 21 months of work experience afterwards. I then worked in a non-vocational job ...
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30.11.2011 | answered by Dr. Danjel-Philippe Newerla
Good day,
Since 01.04.2009, I have been garnished by the youth welfare office for maintenance and arrears in maintenance.
The maintenance is 240.00 euros.
The maintenance arrears are 5678.00 euros from 01.01.03-31.03.09 according to the claim state...
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21.10.2011 | answered by Bernhard Müller
As far as the declaration of division / community regulations does not regulate anything further, all costs in a multi-house complex must be combined in a total sum per type of cost and distributed according to the agreed distribution key (which mean...
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10.10.2011 | answered by Dr. Danjel-Philippe Newerla
Dear Sir or Madam,
As part of a legal dispute regarding the visitation rights for my then 10-year-old son in 2001, a report was prepared for the court about us parents and our son. The result was a recommendation regarding the initiation and determin...
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13.09.2011 | answered by Jan Wilking
Dear Sir or Madam,
I have rented a house with my partner and my daughter (not my partner's biological daughter) with a jointly signed rental agreement. Ten days ago, my partner physically assaulted me during an argument, which has been confirmed by ...
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11.08.2011 | answered by Jan Wilking
Hello,
we are 4 siblings and inherited 2 properties (in 2007). One is a hall, currently rented out with a joint account in place. The other is a 3-family house, with the attic apartment vacant since January 2011 and the ground floor becoming vacant i...
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01.08.2011 | answered by Dr. Danjel-Philippe Newerla
Hello,
In 2007, a loan of €200,000 was transferred from Bank A to Bank B. The background was the internal family sale of the house. A new loan agreement was signed with Bank B in August 2007. This amounted to €200,000 with a special repayment of €16...
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02.06.2011 | answered by Dr. Danjel-Philippe Newerla
Dear Sir or Madam,
We have the following situation:
My husband (= EM) (many years older than me (= EF)) has 2 adult children (= A + B) from his first marriage; we have a child together (= C), our multi-family house was acquired by EM alone through ...
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