Courts are sensitive to the tough economic situation where a wage-earning spouse is looking at going to jail as a bizarre kind of revenge against...

My Tenant quit paying rent for 6 months and failed to pay for the taxes and insurance fees as per our legal agreement drawn up

You should ALWAYS have either a written contract, or an Engagement Letter, with ANY legal counsel whom you consult to which you can refer as to...

Setting up a trust for my children to have my IRA distributions upon my death. How is this accomplished?

Depending on the youth of your children, you may be unduly complicating the situation. You have an IRA and other retirement accounts which can be...

Mom passed away last month and before she died she left me the house, but the mortgage is still in her name.

You should try to apply to another bank to ask for a mortgage which would pay off the mortgage: otherwise, the house will likely have to be...

If homeowner abandon property, can the bank rent the property?

This entirely depends on the specifics contained in the Deed of Trust and Deed of Trust Note which the abandoning homeowner signed at the time the...

Unfortunately, this all depends on who dies first- 1) your grandmother dies, leaving your dad, and his three siblings alive as of the time of her...

Do I need a traffic or real estate attorney? Am I in danger of losing my home?

Send the neighbor a letter asking him to provide to you in writing a list of all of the damages he is claiming have arisen as a result of this...

Looking for help, bought a piece of land, now trying to sell the land only to find that a right of way and frontage not recorded

Unfortunately, you've 'bought' yourself a lawsuit- when a parcel of land is sold between abutting property owners, but is kept as a separate...

If you have a written lease, then you need to read that 'fine print' to see who has the responsibility to pay what. From your description, it...

For many months we paid our landlord & they accepted rent without complaint about being late. Now,they want to charge late fees.

The question is, what does your written lease say, and if it has expired, does it contain a clause which states that the provisions in it WILL...