<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <STYLE></STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=MailContainerBody style="PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; = COLOR: #000000; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; PADDING-TOP: 15px; FONT-STYLE: = normal; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; = BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; TEXT-DECORATION: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: = none" bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=0 topMargin=0 name="Compose message = area" CanvasTabStop="true" acc_role="text"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>James, everybody:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Know and heed this: A mechanics lien = for unclaimed, unpaid for or abandoned merchandise is treated as a universally gold = plated implied contract between shop and customer and is reinforced = via state mechanics lien laws. These liens are some of the oldest laws in place surrounding business dealings and take precedence over everything except = God actually stepping in and taking possession! A divorce decree, while a = nice piece of paper to hang in your bathroom, has no force of law to actually = enforce its provisions on third parties' legal interests. To wit: Try not paying for = a credit card balance that the wife is supposed to pay per the divorce = papers when she defaults. <EM>You</EM> are liable per the original contract, = brother, decree or no decree! DAMHIK! Any divorce paper work that says one of the = parties is entitled to the piano has nothing to do with the shop's rights = via the lien.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>Joseph Alkana RPT</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jimfrazee@msn.com href="mailto:jimfrazee@msn.com">James H = Frazee</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 15, = 2006 1:00 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Piano Rebuild = Client AWOL - AAaaaagggghhh!</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Terry,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I just thought of something:  you had better find out if the = piano was in any way part of the property settlement in the divorce = decree!  If so, it MAY still belong to the husband or to someone else and NOT this = woman's mother.  Good grief . . .</DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>