My brother’s illegal Mexican wife will not allow him to see his own daughter, and this is killing him, he doesn’t have enough money to hire a lawyer so i was wondering how i can obtain pro bono work to make this happen.

I am 18 and I currently live with my grandmother. I live in a small town in south eastern Alaska. When I was 14 my parents divorced and my father moved to Juneau and I moved with my mom and brother to Irvine, CA. About a year ago I told my mom I wanted to move home to be with family and friends. I was homesick. And I felt as if I didn’t fit in with Orange County culture. I’m Alaskan! So I went to live with my grandmother. I was going to school but finished early this year. When I first moved back to Alaska we got along great and it was so nice to be back. But now all we do is fight. She told me the other day that she doesn’t trust me anymore because I lied to her once when she was visiting us in CA when I was 15. I’m gay but I wasn’t out at the time (I came out at 16) and I told her I was going to a girls house to do a project when I really was going to my boyfriends house. I don’t know why, but I told her the truth a few months ago, because I felt I could tell her anything. So she’s mad at me for something that happened years ago. And now she told some of the family she can’t trust me because she always thought I told her the truth about everything. Then she told me she’s giving me until the end of the month to find a job to pay board. Well there’s no work in this little town right now, but I’m trying my hardest. I’ve applied to 8 different places, it’s not my fault they’re not calling me. It takes time here because there are more people than jobs, but she doesn’t seem to understand. Now she’s getting after me to clean my room. But it is clean; I just have a lot of stuff, including a lot of clothes and not a lot of room. I feel like she treats me like a little kid. She yells all the time over everything. She also seems to hate my friends, which I don’t understand, because they’re all nice and respectful to her. She says my best friend Allie dresses like a slut and my other friends have pathetic lives. She also yells at me when I’m in town after dark because I might get beaten up for being gay. Well I’m a masculine guy and I work out and can take care of myself, and I’m usually with a group of friends and everyone that’s younger knows me, so how could that happen?! She’s always calling my father and stepmother names and telling me how horrible they are, which bugs me. But if I stick up for them she yells even more. She tells me that my parents should have sent her money to take care of me, which they didn’t, and that’s not my fault. I was a kid. Although my father did send me 0 sometimes to buy myself some stuff. Everything about me seems to bother her. She’s hates my clothes. She hates my hair. She hates that I take a lot of time in the bathroom in the morning. She gets mad at me because I don’t agree with everything she says or believes in. She gets mad because I seem to get along with my aunt more than her (which is because my aunt listens to me). She gets mad because she says I don’t do enough around the house. But I tell her I will do anything she wants, just to ask and I’ll do it. I can’t read minds! She’s always telling me to go back to California and live with my mother because she can’t put up with me. I don’t know what to do. How can I fix this? I want the relationship I used to have with my grandmother. Or should I just go back to California even though I feel as if I don’t fit in there? What do I do? Thanks for your time. –Jordan-

I am 18 and I currently live with my grandmother. I live in a small town in south eastern Alaska. When I was 14 my parents divorced and my father moved to Juneau and I moved with my mom and brother to Irvine, CA. About a year ago I told my mom I wanted to move home to be with family and friends. I was homesick. And I felt as if I didn’t fit in with Orange County culture. I’m Alaskan! So I went to live with my grandmother. I was going to school but finished early this year. When I first moved back to Alaska we got along great and it was so nice to be back. But now all we do is fight. She told me the other day that she doesn’t trust me anymore because I lied to her once when she was visiting us in CA when I was 15. I’m gay but I wasn’t out at the time (I came out at 16) and I told her I was going to a girls house to do a project when I really was going to my boyfriends house. I don’t know why, but I told her the truth a few months ago, because I felt I could tell her anything. So she’s mad at me for something that happened years ago. And now she told some of the family she can’t trust me because she always thought I told her the truth about everything. Then she told me she’s giving me until the end of the month to find a job to pay board. Well there’s no work in this little town right now, but I’m trying my hardest. I’ve applied to 8 different places, it’s not my fault they’re not calling me. It takes time here because there are more people than jobs, but she doesn’t seem to understand. Now she’s getting after me to clean my room. But it is clean; I just have a lot of stuff, including a lot of clothes and not a lot of room. I feel like she treats me like a little kid. She yells all the time over everything. She also seems to hate my friends, which I don’t understand, because they’re all nice and respectful to her. She says my best friend Allie dresses like a **** and my other friends have pathetic lives. She also yells at me when I’m in town after dark because I might get beaten up for being gay. Well I’m a masculine guy and I work out and can take care of myself, and I’m usually with a group of friends and everyone that’s younger knows me, so how could that happen?! She’s always calling my father and stepmother names and telling me how horrible they are, which bugs me. But if I stick up for them she yells even more. She tells me that my parents should have sent her money to take care of me, which they didn’t, and that’s not my fault. I was a kid. Although my father did send me 0 sometimes to buy myself some stuff. Everything about me seems to bother her. She’s hates my clothes. She hates my hair. She hates that I take a lot of time in the bathroom in the morning. She gets mad at me because I don’t agree with everything she says or believes in. She gets mad because I seem to get along with my aunt more than her (which is because my aunt listens to me). She gets mad because she says I don’t do enough around the house. But I tell her I will do anything she wants, just to ask and I’ll do it. I can’t read minds! She’s always telling me to go back to California and live with my mother because she can’t put up with me. I don’t know what to do. How can I fix this? I want the relationship I used to have with my grandmother. Or should I just go back to California even though I feel as if I don’t fit in there? What do I do? Thanks for your time. –Jordan-

I am 18 and I currently live with my grandmother. I live in a small town in south eastern Alaska. When I was 14 my parents divorced and my father moved to Juneau and I moved with my mom and brother to Irvine, CA. About a year ago I told my mom I wanted to move home to be with family and friends. I was homesick. And I felt as if I didn’t fit in with Orange County culture. I’m Alaskan! So I went to live with my grandmother. I was going to school but finished early this year. When I first moved back to Alaska we got along great and it was so nice to be back. But now all we do is fight. She told me the other day that she doesn’t trust me anymore because I lied to her once when she was visiting us in CA when I was 15. I’m gay but I wasn’t out at the time (I came out at 16) and I told her I was going to a girls house to do a project when I really was going to my boyfriends house. I don’t know why, but I told her the truth a few months ago, because I felt I could tell her anything. So she’s mad at me for something that happened years ago. And now she told some of the family she can’t trust me because she always thought I told her the truth about everything. Then she told me she’s giving me until the end of the month to find a job to pay board. Well there’s no work in this little town right now, but I’m trying my hardest. I’ve applied to 8 different places, it’s not my fault they’re not calling me. It takes time here because there are more people than jobs, but she doesn’t seem to understand. Now she’s getting after me to clean my room. But it is clean; I just have a lot of stuff, including a lot of clothes and not a lot of room. I feel like she treats me like a little kid. She yells all the time over everything. She also seems to hate my friends, which I don’t understand, because they’re all nice and respectful to her. She says my best friend Allie dresses like a slut and my other friends have pathetic lives. She also yells at me when I’m in town after dark because I might get beaten up for being gay. Well I’m a masculine guy and I work out and can take care of myself, and I’m usually with a group of friends and everyone that’s younger knows me, so how could that happen?! She’s always calling my father and stepmother names and telling me how horrible they are, which bugs me. But if I stick up for them she yells even more. She tells me that my parents should have sent her money to take care of me, which they didn’t, and that’s not my fault. I was a kid. Although my father did send me 0 sometimes to buy myself some stuff. Everything about me seems to bother her. She’s hates my clothes. She hates my hair. She hates that I take a lot of time in the bathroom in the morning. She gets mad at me because I don’t agree with everything she says or believes in. She gets mad because I seem to get along with my aunt more than her (which is because my aunt listens to me). She gets mad because she says I don’t do enough around the house. But I tell her I will do anything she wants, just to ask and I’ll do it. I can’t read minds! She’s always telling me to go back to California and live with my mother because she can’t put up with me. I don’t know what to do. How can I fix this? I want the relationship I used to have with my grandmother. Or should I just go back to California even though I feel as if I don’t fit in there? What do I do? Thanks for your time. –Jordan-

I am 18 and I currently live with my grandmother. I live in a small town in south eastern Alaska. When I was 14 my parents divorced and my father moved to Juneau and I moved with my mom and brother to Irvine, CA. About a year ago I told my mom I wanted to move home to be with family and friends. I was homesick. And I felt as if I didn’t fit in with Orange County culture. I’m Alaskan! So I went to live with my grandmother. I was going to school but finished early this year. When I first moved back to Alaska we got along great and it was so nice to be back. But now all we do is fight. She told me the other day that she doesn’t trust me anymore because I lied to her once when she was visiting us in CA when I was 15. I’m gay but I wasn’t out at the time (I came out at 16) and I told her I was going to a girls house to do a project when I really was going to my boyfriends house. I don’t know why, but I told her the truth a few months ago, because I felt I could tell her anything. So she’s mad at me for something that happened years ago. And now she told some of the family she can’t trust me because she always thought I told her the truth about everything. Then she told me she’s giving me until the end of the month to find a job to pay board. Well there’s no work in this little town right now, but I’m trying my hardest. I’ve applied to 8 different places, it’s not my fault they’re not calling me. It takes time here because there are more people than jobs, but she doesn’t seem to understand. Now she’s getting after me to clean my room. But it is clean; I just have a lot of stuff, including a lot of clothes and not a lot of room. I feel like she treats me like a little kid. She yells all the time over everything. She also seems to hate my friends, which I don’t understand, because they’re all nice and respectful to her. She says my best friend Allie dresses like a slut and my other friends have pathetic lives. She also yells at me when I’m in town after dark because I might get beaten up for being gay. Well I’m a masculine guy and I work out and can take care of myself, and I’m usually with a group of friends and everyone that’s younger knows me, so how could that happen?! She’s always calling my father and stepmother names and telling me how horrible they are, which bugs me. But if I stick up for them she yells even more. She tells me that my parents should have sent her money to take care of me, which they didn’t, and that’s not my fault. I was a kid. Although my father did send me 0 sometimes to buy myself some stuff. Everything about me seems to bother her. She’s hates my clothes. She hates my hair. She hates that I take a lot of time in the bathroom in the morning. She gets mad at me because I don’t agree with everything she says or believes in. She gets mad because I seem to get along with my aunt more than her (which is because my aunt listens to me). She gets mad because she says I don’t do enough around the house. But I tell her I will do anything she wants, just to ask and I’ll do it. I can’t read minds! She’s always telling me to go back to California and live with my mother because she can’t put up with me. I don’t know what to do. How can I fix this? I want the relationship I used to have with my grandmother. Or should I just go back to California even though I feel as if I don’t fit in there? What do I do? Thanks for your time. –Jordan-

My family members are In the beginning of settling an estate …What is the difference between a wills & probate lawyer versus a family law and divorce lawyer…A brother who CLAIMS to be in charge of the estate sent paper work to me ….I looked up the lawyer he hired and the lawyer is called a Family law and divorce lawyer…….The type attorney I need to hire to settle quit claim deeds and repairs and upgrades made to the property left to the family is a Probate and will lawyer…Correct??..This brother who on the death of my mother DID NOT give a reading of the will and also DID NOT send any of the 6 kids a copy of her will…He is now demanding over 000 in back taxes our mom paid already..as well as repairs he made when he was given power of attorney to manage the property. He consulted nobody else on the deed about this….He is now going after everyone by the throat to cough up 00- 00 in 10 days OR ELSE…Is it a Wills and probate lawyer we contact??

Hi! I was wondering if my lawyer who I have used for several years for several different cases can represent my sister in law in her divorce custody case against my brother? Isn’t it some sort of conflict of interest or not? It kind of makes me mad because I need my lawyer now for another case and I am so upset because he is fighting against my brother. I don’t even know if he realizes what the situation is because we all had the same last name? I appreciate your comments. Thank you in advance.

I am great friends with my brother in law, and we are always playing pranks on each other. I want some sort of legal way of severing relations with him, for a joke. I will totally go through with it, I just don’t know how.