If I accept late rent without the late fee, is the late fee invalid?

This is a classic issue of being "hung by your own petard". Anytime a lawyer quotes Shakespeare its gonna be a messy issue. Fla. Stat. 83.56(5)...

Default Judgment

Default is NOT a judgment. A judgment has a specific money amount determined by the court to be owed. The insurance limits nor the jurisdictional...

If P is ordered by the court to file an answer within ten days does a response to my Motion for default constitute an answer?

Not sure what you are actually asking, and its impossible to really tell without a lawyer actually reviewing the court order. Generally, a response...

After 24 hr writ of possession is placed on apartment door by sheriff & 24 hrs has passed can sheriff come back at night?

While there is no prohibition for them doing it, most Sheriffs seem to enforce those issues during business hours to minimize controversy and...

Landlord agreed verbally to accept rent by end of month

sounds like a weak he said/she said retaliation case. You may want to have lawyer look at the contents and nature of the text messages as they...

If you make small monthly payments to a company can they still send your account to collections?

Well, starting point is always that you owe what you owe, not what you are willing to pay. If the agreement says one of you is right, that's the...

My dad made a verbal agreement with his friend. This friend was supposed to rent the back porch (basically half the house)

Unfortunately, without hearing the other guys side of the story, or directly from your dad, there's no real way to tell what happened. Since both...

Can a landlord keep my 1st month's rent even if I only stayed in the apt four days? I had no signed Lease agreement.

Not habitable in what way? There is a great deal of difference between not habitable as described by Chap 83, Fla. Stat. and not adequate for...

What steps need to be taken when a neighbor hires someone to take down the fence and cut down your trees while you are working?

This is a classic real property dispute, especially the part where the neighbor altered his property to adversely affect hers. I would be curious...

Do I still owe bank fees when in the event of voluntarily dismissal of writ of garnishment?

That's an interesting question that will start with your account agreement. If the bank does try to charge you for a judgment creditors failed...

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