Can my deposit from a 6 month lease that ended several months prior to me moving out be kept by the landlord?

When your lease ended and you held over, you converted the lease to a "month-to-month" tenancy which requires 30 days notice to terminate. If you...

The key question is whether you are receiving Medicare or Medicaid? If you are on SSDI, you should be Medicare eligible and the winnings would not...

We need structural piers on the shared wall of our condo and the neighbor is refusing to cooperate or pay half. How to handle?

Construction that exceeds the scope of a building permit might have been actionable at the time the construction was being done. However, the fact...

What can we do?

I agree with the previous answer. There are two key issues in these types of situations: 1) what remedies are provided for in the documents, and...

How do I go about getting out of my lease with a doctors note?

What you are describing is a "constructive eviction" which relieves a tenant from liability under a lease were the leased property is...

In most residential sales, the earnest money is paid to the seller who holds it. However, I have seen it held by brokers, attorneys or other 3rd...

Can I walk away from an offer?

This is not a personal injury question, so I am changing the practice area to real estate to see if you get any different answers from what I am...

My husband died with a will. Married 8 years. Will made before we met. Do I have spousal rights?

You do have spousal rights. A spouse is entitled to the first $25,000.00 in the estate, which can come from the personal property, cash assets,...

Can I sue my apartment complex for having my 4 year old daughter and I living in unsafe circumstances

The conditions you describe justify your terminating the lease and moving without liability for rent after you move. This is called constructive...

This is a family law issue, not social security, so I am changing the practice area to see if someone in that field of practice can answer your...