What can I do to avoid going to housing court for non payment?

You can always ngotiate with a landlord if they are also willing. If you are otherwise a good tenant, he/she should want to keep you as a tenant...

Massachusetts: Centralized heating is not working properly, can my landlord provide electric heaters and say everything is fine?

Contact your Board of Health to get an inspector out to check on the issue . It is a violation of the state sanitary code if the heating system...

Can I avoid jail time for my DUI? If so I’ll hire you.

No attorney can guarantee results. What an attorney can do is do their best negotiating with the commonwealth. Otherwise, a lawyer may win at...

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Chances are that they will not call. Although the police are mandated reporters, they must have reasonable believe that there is an issue of abuse...

Is it legal to demand a former partner repayment for dates and gifts?

Only if the other party stated that they would pay them back and was specific.

As long as it is only your bedroom and you do not audio tape or record, there is nothing illegal by video taping where others do not have an...

What do I do if an executor of a will has said that there is no estate but I know for a fact that there are assets.

You can hire an attorney. If the attorney discovers sonerhing wrong, his/her fee may be paid out of the estate. Otherwise, you can go to the...

What can we expect to happen in small claims as defendants of a complaint by debt collection companies?

Relax about this. I handle these cases for credit card often. If you go to court with an amount that you can afford to pay monthly, the company...

A lawyer does not have to refund a true retainer. If it was a retainer paid by you as a deposit for future fees, the lawyer is entitled to keep...

A contempt is not rectified simply by the parent giving you more time in the short term future. I I represented you, I would ask for all fees and...