Is the contract void if relative of landlord signed the lease?

Daughter signed the lease as agent for her parent. Parent ratified the lease by accepting payments from you and allowing you to move in. You...

Do I have any value in a house house that was willed to my wife

California is a community property state. However, property received through inheritance is your wife's separate property. The owner of the house...

Got a call from Department Store for not paying civil demand letter. What to do?

As you recognize, the civil demand letter is scary. However, it is all bark and no bite. There are no repercussions to ignoring a civil demand...

A 1993 judgment against me has expired but a writ was issued last month (17 years later) to garnish wages. How do I stop it?

The first thing you want to do is check the court files and see if the judgment was renewed in 2003, before the 10 years expired. If not, you can...

Selected as the best answer

As Trustee, can I sell a condo without worrying about a lawsuit from my sister?

Short of resigning as trustee and giving the job to your sister it does not sound like you can do anything to prevent her from suing. However, as...

My ex wife and I share custody of our 14 year old boy.....can my son decide that he wants to live with her full time?

He can decide who he wants to live with the same way he can decide he wants to drive a car, drink alcohol, smoke, etc. He either needs both of you...

Hello I was awarded a car in my divorce and my ex got the payments he has refused to pay the loan and the car is going to be

You can make the payments and bring a contempt proceeding against him, assuming that he is willfully not making the payments as opposed to his...

I rent a condo that was foreclosed. My lease expires 07-01-2010. What should I do?

The Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act, Pub. L. No. 111-22, §§ 701-704 (2009), which became law on May 20, 2009, applies to state eviction...

Does a forensic audit really work against 1st and 2nd loan mortgage banks?

It usually works only to benefit the company doing the forensic audit. Of course, if they will do this at no upfront cost to you, it cannot...

Is it safe to talk about possibly doing a bankuptcy with my lender if im in the middle of a loan mod

No. If you file for bankruptcy or tell the lender you are considering filing it will hurt if not destroy your chances of getting a loan...