If the landlord is refusing to honor your renewal option, you can sue to enforce the contract, for declaratory relief, etc. The only possible...

If this is a residential lease, that provision would normally be invalid, including under Civil Code Sections 1942.1 and 1953. You should...

It usually makes a lot more sense to use the lease forms from the Cal. Apt. Assn. or their local affiliate.

My condolences on your loss. However, it sounds like you were guests/licensees, rather than subtenants, and even subtenancies generally terminate...

Plaintiffs sometimes submit false proofs of service, and may not even know that the process server was not truthful. If the deadline to respond to...

Preliminarily, you need to review the lease to determine not only the permitted number of occupants, but what the restrictions are on guests and/or...

Your post does not indicate who (if anyone) occupied the unit after the tenant died, and when you found out about the death. If you were unaware of...

I'm sorry you are experiencing this. I assume you either don't have insurance, or had your claim denied? In any event, I don't know any...

Code Civ. Proc., § 2030.020 provides in relevant part: (a) A defendant may propound interrogatories to a party to the action without leave of...

You should have grounds to terminate without penalty under Civil Code Section 1942 and/or the legal doctrine of constructive eviction. If the...