Hi, I’m an American living in Israel and I’ve heard there is a law in the U.S. called a grandfather law which entitles me and my children to some sort of monetary assistance yearly. Can you tell me if this is true and if so where I can find information on this law.

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Our Condo HOA is located in San Antonio, TX. We have a person who has destoryed our HOA by buying up distressed units within our HOA that now gives this person a 17% ownership in the HOA that has hiked our insurance and prevents other owners in selling via VHA or VA loans who restrict […]

I have a situation in NJ where there is a large landscaping business in my town and this business has a small area on my residential street that dump trucks are constantly coming in and out during the day to get dirt…etc.
The reason it is still there is because they were grand fathered in and […]

I purchased a home about 2 years ago and my neighbor has been a huge problem. His fence line is sitting on my property and I’ve asked him if he could at least come around to my side and hedge the grass from the fence. I am not the type of person that wants to […]

I own a home and the sidewalk plus foot foot of yard on the other side of it and part of my garage is in a grandfather property law. The neighbors have the right to use it. How long does this go on? I can’t seem to find out. They use […]

My neighbors property is fenced in on my property by 9 feet. If I have/pay a city surveyor to establish my property will that over-ride the grandfather clause my neighbor may have?
The city surveyor will charge me $600.00, should I go to arbitration prior to the survey.

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Is there a statute of limitation on how long a homeowner has to file a claim?

Can a home owners association in North Carolina make you change your landscape when they have not published a new passed rule-so no one knows about it, or do they have to grandfather you in.

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My house is governed by an HOA in the state or Georgia. When I purchased the home in 2005 it had a existing fence in the back yard. There were no issues brought up in closing as far as outstanding covenant violations. I recently received a letter directing me to move my fence 16′ toward […]

Is it legal to change someones hourly wage after they were “grandfathered” into that wage after seven years of employment?

I heard that there is a Grandfather Law that states an insurance company can not deny coverage of a medication that a patient was previously prescribed even if it is not covered by the new/changed prescription coverage of the medical plan. Is this true? How would a patient go about getting the medication required through […]

Can the township make you move your fences back when you reconstruct your fences. I have left the original posts in the ground. They are claiming my fence is 4in in to the street. This has been this way since the construction of the fences way before the adoption of the township codes. They are […]

I have had a checking account with this one particular bank for over 10 years. It was opened when my husband started working for the bank and we got it for free. He no longer works for the bank and hasn’t for many years. Now the bank is billing my account ATM and monthly service […]

I bought a house 2 years ago. The house is 20 years old and the driveway thats with it is also 20 years old. There are vacant, overgrown lots on either side of me. Today I came home to find the owner of the property (whom Ive never seen before) “surveying” (he claims he has […]

My step father had land with grandfather clause and operating business. He died, left my mother. His son operates business. There is mortgage. Does the property have to be inherited, to keep the clause, or can she sell it to the step son, and clause remain in effect?

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I just bought a home. One of my neighbors which has been in their home for 6 years says the fence is off the property line in my favor. It is partial(according to the my surveyor) but not as much as they say. One of the reasons I bought my home was due to the […]

i am a homeowner in brooklyn,n.y. I purchased my home in 1978 which had an existing driveway since 1972. i have rec’d two violations in the past 6 months stating”work without permit”. one violation was dismissed 7/2007, now I have another one. I have all of the original documents including a permit,engineers rendering and a […]

Prior to 1990, Where I work, 20 hours was full time. In 1990 they made 30 full time. For the past 3 years I have workd 20 hours with full benefits. They now are doing away with the grandfather clause and I have lost all benefits and hours. Can they just […]

I live in an area governed by an HOA. I built a fence in 1997 with permission from our architectural review board. The approval stated that the fence may be left natural, which is what I did. Recently the ARB board decided that all fences in my neighborhood are to be stained gray. Does the […]