If I sue a tenant under a lease can I sue for accruing unpaid lease payments

This typically depends on the terms and conditions of the lease. As a general rule, most leases have what is called an "acceleration" clause, which...

Motion to dismiss

A motion to dismiss is properly filed any time before an answer or responsive "pleading" is served. Typically they are limited to attacks on the...

I am the defendant in a civil case filed in April 2011. The plaintiff's lawyer mistakenly filed a Voluntary Dismissal in 2012.

Its possible that the new lawyer took over from old lawyer for the purpose of dismissing the case, but you need to KNOW exactly what happened not...

What do I do now?

I agree with both lawyers above. Like the old saying goes " no ticky- no shirty". While you may be informally supporting your child, if you have...

If Plaintiff filed the original mortgage and note with the Court but they are not originals, is this Fraud upon the Court?

Something is missing from the facts. If a motion to dismiss was filed and unresolved by the Court, there cannot properly be a default let alone a...

Do I need a real estate attorney? My apartment complex changed the locks on me and I payed rent for the entire month already!

I agree, you should retain an attorney who handles tenant based, landlord/tenant cases. The issue you describe sounds like it revolves around...

My house has been in foreclosure for the pass 3 years my husband is on the mortgage and I'm on the deed there was a pre trial

You need to rephrase your question so its more undertstandable. What are you looking to achieve? What are you concerned about etc? Other than that,...

Can I join in on a case that is going on that involves a property that I just purchased?

If you purchased the house from the bank seeking the eviction, you can probably do a subtitution of party or posssibly "intervene" into the pending...

Can a creditor harass me in the state of Florida because I owe money?

As a lawyer with a practice focus in this very area, if its a consumer debt they are attempting collect, no. If its a consumer collector, they are...

Even worse than whats stated above, if you say the wrong things or the other side complains, you might find that you force a favorable judge off of...