Should I request discovery?

You don't say in which court you are suing, but if is Small Claims Court (which it sounds like) there is no right of formal discovery. The parties...

Is the tender rule a requirement in a quiet title action?

No. Tender is often raised in defense of a wrongful foreclosure action, but not in quiet title actions, per se. When you refer to a Motion to...

Urgent:Legal status of attorney's letter

Settlement offers are generally confidential and protected from use as evidencel. Your attorney knows this and will not let it come in as evidence....

My brother and I are each 50% owners of a commercial property.

You may need to mediate this dispute. You are a 50% owner and have a coexistant and equal right with your brother to manage the property including...

Selected as the best answer

Attorney Reed is correct. The only reason escrow is asking you to quitclaim is because California is a community property state and a married...

Is my lawyer on the right track:

This is probably a waste of time and money. A completed trustee sale is presumed proper as matter of law. If a 3rd party purchased the property at...

Can I file an unlawful detainer during a short sale?

As long as you are the record title owner, you can give the tenants a proper 3 day notice to pay or quit, and if they don't pay within the 3 day...

My husband has been contacted by a lawyer up in the bay area about suing BOFA for a bad home loan, what ?'s should we be asking?

Ask him/her not to bother you again. This is probably not a licensed lawyer, and certainly a scam. It is illegal in California for anyone,...

If we have a non-recourse purchase money loan in CA with no second, I understand only recourse for lender is to get house back?

For a purchase money mortgage, the lender cannot get a deficiency judgment if the house sells at foreclsoiure sale (Trustee sale) for less than...

If I win a court case, can I be held accountable for the Respondent's attorney fee's?

If this wasn't a serious case, Respondent's actions here would be laughable. No - this is not common and not anywhere near proper. First of all, in...