You can file a suit for declaratory judgment and seek to pay rent into escrow at the court during the pendency of the lawsuit. I suggest you hire...

Unless your lease requires you to provide a reason (highly unlikely) your landlord’s position seems weak.

I’m not sure what you mean by the rent being sent to attorneys on a certain date. Regardless, the written terms of your lease controls....

If you are a tenant, then your mother can file a rent-and-possession suit. If you are not a tenant, you mother may give notice to vacate and then...

Anyone can sue for anything. Expect that once you sue, however, your in-laws will give notice of termination of the month-to-month tenancy. So as...

A landlord can charge whatever he or she wants. What matters is if you’ve complied with the lease terms. If this were to come down to a lawsuit...

A settlement in an individual basis would be divvied up between you and your counsel based on the terms of your engagement letter.

You can file whatever you wish but if a judgment has been entered against it will show up on Casenet. Unless you post bond and file a timely...

You decline it by declining it. Confer with an attorney about the ramifications about getting sued. You are free to make a counteroffer as well.

If you have admissible evidence that it was an inside job, as opposed to a hunch, then hire an attorney and file suit.