Do I need to pay new person rent on a lease agreement that is now void?

Even if there is no lease, and the lease is void, you are required to pay the value of your stay to the real owner through "use and occupancy." If...

In Massachusetts it is illegal for employers to ask about anything other than convictions. You are only required to disclose those. However, be...

What are the legal ramifications of stopping payment?

It doesn't matter that your other checks bounced. The person who wrote the check could potentially be responsible under criminal fraud statutes,...

How to serve papers to someone I cannot locate, but works where other party involved is being served.

You can always serve someone "in-hand" meaning that they have a copy of the complaint handed to them. There are special process servers who...

Massachusetts generally contains no right to "cancel" a dela based on dissatisfaction with performance. Your rights here will be completely...

Unfortunately there is nothing illegal about this arrangement. As long as the cameras only view the common areas of the building (such as hallways...

How do I petition to have my daughter’s fathers rights terminated involuntary ?

If you have been living in MA, then MA would most likely have jurisdiction over a step-parent adoption. The process to do so can be somewhat...

When you dissolve a trust and want to make a new one does the new one have to be in place ?

Whether or not she can legally dissolve the trust is actually the first question. Many types of trusts cannot simply be revoked (especially ones...

Violation of a law CAN be evidence of a tort, but it isn't dispositive. Just because someone violated a law won't be enough to prove for certain...

There is not really a legal requirement that a landlord must provide a reference or even that one is required, so it's all dependent on your...