Defendants Answer?

In 45 years of practice, I have never filed a demurrer to an answer. If there are technical defects in the answer, the court will allow those to be...

I used Court form interrogatories, does that mean I still can draft additional 35 specially prepared interrogatories to defenda?

You could have used a case questionnaire and then propounded 35 discovery requests. However, if you used Form Interrogatories, my recollection is...

Attorney ethics

If I have read your post correctly, you are complaining about an adverse party's attorney not communicating with your attorney; correct? If so, you...

You are entitled to reasonable compensation for services that "benefit the trust." If you could have hired someone to do the work you did as...

Litigator misrepresented our agreement to a sale of a property to Trustees - is it malpractice?

You don't have an agreement until you "sign on the dotted line." What does the trust say about the trustee's ability to sell the property? Your...

You will want to obtain a written agreement with the dismissed defendant concerning a waiver of costs. Otherwise, you might find yourself facing a...

Defendants have not filed a response to my Summon/Complaint for 33 days since served. Can I filed a default judgment now?

The first step is to enter the default of the defendants that are served. Whether you can obtain a default judgment will depend on the nature of...

Can I sell my interest in property to one of the co-owners while we're all involved in a partition action in California?

You can accomplish your goal via a stipulation and order in the partition action. If you do not have an attorney, you need one.

There are probably much better ways to transfer the property that will not increase property taxes unless you do not care about those. Is the...

See Item #10 on this page from the Solano County website: https://www.solanocounty.com/depts/ttcc/tax_collector/tax_sale/faq.asp