A Non-illegal Way to Get Around Horrible Contracts You've Signed Into

My brother is having some trouble with substance abuse and has found himself in a mess. I am not going to go into detail, but his son told his therapist about an incident that happened over the Fourth of July weekend. The therapist reported the incident to the Department of Social Services, who then sent an investigator over. Now, let me give you a background of this therapist. She has reported everything, I mean EVERYTHING, that my brother's son has told her. This is the fourth or fifth time that she reported my brother's family to the DSS. They closed all cases after careful deliberation, and decided the the family was turning for the better. So, now she reports this. It is like she wants my brother and his son to be separated, and have no contact. His wife cannot do anything, so she says! I saw their situation before, and compare it to now. He has gotten sober, and has been sober for a long time now.

To make a long story short, the DSS sent an investigator over their home today. The investigator interviewed all members of the family, and came up with a Service Plan 5 hours later. He left, met with his supervisor, called immediate members of the family, and went back to the residence. He the informed the three about his Service Plan. In it is stated that my brother would need to leave the home by Monday, and find another place of residence temporarily. It also stated that he cannot have contact with his son if he is under the influence of illegal substances. So, he called me up after the investigator left and asked me to go over. I immediately rushed over to their home and read over the contract they were forced into signing. If they did not sign it, the son would have guardianship changed over to the state.

Not to brag, but I am known for my "ways of avoiding stipulations" so you can say. I find the littlest things in contracts and agreements to work to my advantage. Now, my brother really had nowhere to go, other than stay with me for a while. I told him that that was not the best option, and he should stay with his family. As I was reading the contract over, I noticed one small thing.

For stipulation number 3, it read: (Name) must find a new place of residence until further assessment is provided by Monday, July 30th, noon. If he did not, or refuse the custody of my nephew would be forced to change hands, or be put into foster care. Stipulation number 4 read, (Name) may not make any contact with his son if he is under the influence of illegal substances.

Taking those two stipulations, I thought of this. Well, his wife can allow him to visit if he is sober, and clean. Who is to say someone cannot make a 2 month long visit, eh? All he has to do is stay away from the "crap", which he has been during that time period. Because he will be clean, and sober he will be able to stay at the home under the wife's permission and be able to be with his son. Everything works out good! The only thing he has to do is have his legal residence changed to my address, and his mail forwarded to my home. I would then deliver his mail every night. See, everything works out great. No breaching of contracts is committed.

This idea also works with many other things, not just this. It does not work all the time! If you want to start to do something like this, and be a "small-time lawyer", here are some tips. Just be ready to have the contract and a full explanation, that is legal, if you are required.

Look for the worst stipulations in the contract, in this case leaving the residence and no contact with his son are the worst. Take those and think it through seriously. Replace big, and complicated words with smaller words so you can understand the true meaning of the stipulation. If this contract said he cannot make any contact with his son, unless supervised then that is another problem. If you get something like that, and the supervisor is not indicated, an immediate family member can serve as the supervisor, in this case being the wife.

Here are a few tips to get out of those horrible contracts:
1. Replace long words with shorter, easier to understand ones. Contracts always use those enormous words to sound intimidating.
2. Evaluate the meaning of the selected stipulations.
3. Determine what you actually want to do.
4. Re-evaluate the contract and see if your method will work.

I understand that this can be very hard to learn, so I would be happy to help you in very hard contracts that you might not understand- or if they are mean and cruel as was the one I was explaining. So, if you find yourself in a predicament like my brother, nephew, and sister-in-law did, just send me an e-mail at nickwwepin@comcast.net or contact me by sending me a message from the Profile.

I will need to know your situation before we start, and please don't be ashamed. We all have problems in our life. I will not share your issues with anyone, and will keep it very secret. In addition, I will need you to photocopy the contract and attach it in an e-mail, or type it out from top to bottom. It is very important for me to get every little detail. And remember, I cannot help you with all contracts... some are just unavoidable! But, I'll do my best. I am doing this for free, and will NEVER charge. I feel it is important for people to live the best life they can, and should not be pinned down by harsh contracts and agreements.