Do I have to return a deposit?

You must have a written agreement in place to keep a security deposit for a residential rental unit. Your best and only argument is called...

If landlord did not previously enforce no pet portion of lease for 6 yrs (& other dogs live here) can they send Notice to Cease?

Your lease and any written rules control whether you can have a pet. Unless the landlord waives the "no pets" rule in writing any past relaxation...

As a landlord, is it considered valid to send tenant invoices for work done by others that I wrote myself?

A landlord can charge a vacating tenant for the reasonable value of cleaning/repair services it performs. However, for the charge to stand up in...

In order for facts to be admitted into evidence in a family law case a live person with expertise must be able to recite their skills and training,...