will I made my will when I lived in Kansas City, Missouri.

will
I made my will when I lived in Kansas City, Missouri. I now live in Tucson, Arizona. The first sentence of the will says ”of Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.” Now that I live in Arizona, do I have to make a new will, and does that also affect the Health Care Directive that I created at the same time? Thank you.

Regain Possession of Property My wife and I are senior citizens that must sell…

Regain Possession of Property
My wife and I are senior citizens that must sell our rental house in AZ. The annual lease is up 9/30/06, and we planned to terminate our relationship with our Mgmt Co. and our tenant at that time. We informed our Mgmt Co. by email 8/1/06, and our tenant by phone 8/3/06 – not a written notice. We had our realtor visit the house on 8/17/06 to estimate what had to be done to prepare for the sale, and ask the tenant if he wanted to buy the house. As of 9/23/06 the tenant has not found a new home, and says he will not be out 9/30/06. Arizona Landlord and Tenant Act – 33-341 ”Termination of tenancies” A. states ”A tenancy from year to year terminates at the end of each year unless written permission is given to remain for a longer period” and D. states ”When a tenancy is for a certain period under verbal or written agreement, and the time expires, the tenant shall surrender possession. Notice to quit or demand of possession is not then necessary”. My questions are: Do I have a right to possession of the property on 10/1/06? and What should I do if the tenant wont leave?

Rancher hiring Day labor I am a private Rancher who does hire day labor.

Rancher hiring Day labor
I am a private Rancher who does hire day labor. Would like to cover them (protect me) in case of an accident on the job. I do not have any kind of a contract with them ie: ”Contract or Hold Harmless Agreements”. I will pay a yearly premium, but since there is no payroll, would or is an audit needed??? Sincerely –name removed—-name removed–

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I’m currently in the process of settling out on a worker’s comp case.

I’m currently in the process of settling out on a worker’s comp case. The attorney for the insurance co. has drafted up the compromise and settlement agreement and all we need to do is sign and return then wait 30 days to receive our check. There is one clause in there that has me concerned, my attorney has explained her position on this but without going into that I would like to know what someone else would do in my situation. The clause states this;

c. Applicant agrees that the satisfaction of any existing or future medical liens or expenses for any care and treatment to Applicant, arising out of the alledged industrial injury of 7/09/09 shall be the sole responsibility of the Applicant. This includes, but is not limited to, any leins, claims for reimbursement, recapture leins, claims for balance billing, or rights of recovery asserted by medicare, the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) any hospital, any physician, any insurance company, any health plan, or any Employment Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) qualified plan or program.
d. Applicant agrees to protect, indemnify and hold harmless the Defendant Employer and Defendant Insurance Company, and their predecessors and successors in interest, from any claim for un-reimbursed or under-reimbursed medical expenses or unpaid liens, including, but not limited to, recapture liens, claims for balance billing, rights of recovery, hospital liens, or any other liens arising out of the incidents occurring on 7/09/09, including any attorney’s fees incurred in defending against any claim or claims for expenses arising out of the accident occurring on 7/09/09.

Now what i would like to know is whether this is a standard clause in this type of settlement, and also in the verbage of this clause does this give the defendant and/or their attorney the ability to hold my settlement check in lieu of the possibility of any future leins or claims for unpaid bills etc.? I just wonder if this is some kind of hidden trick of semantics that could give them the power to delay the issuance of my check. I am considering asking the defendants attorney to include the following paragraph at the end of chapter d.;

“Nothing in this paragraph will delay the issuance of the settlement check in the amount of $350,000.00 once the decision becomes final (as described in paragraph 16). The defendants cannot and will not hold the applicant liable for any attorneys fees incurred prior to the decision becoming final or the issuance of the settlement check.”

I don’t mind dealing with any future claims that may arise out of this accident, I’m just concerned that the verbage in this clause will give the attorney free reign to hold me responsible for all prior fees from this case and deduct those fees from my settlement check and/or hold my settlement check past the standard 30 day period and make it impossible to ever see my money based on the possibility that some day there may be another claim that comes up?
So; 1) Is this clause something I should be concerned with?
2) Was the additional paragraph request reasonable?
3) If they refuse to add the additional paragraph, could I still sign the agreement and not be worried about getting bilked out of my settlement?

Thanks for your time and sorry for the lengthy question, I just didn’t know how else to ask it?

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