Can we hire an 18 year old for approximately 25 hours a week for 4 months as a temporary employee?

There is no problem in principle hiring someone who is 18 years old and who will be working 25 hours a week. I do not see, however, how this...

How do I make sure I can get a fair hearing only if case not heard by same judge?

Your remedy here would likely be a appropriate motion for disqualification for cause, pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure Section 170.1. I am not...

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If I am a party in an employment case without an attorney can I speak with potential witnesses if they work for the employer?

I assume that you are in pro per. Under this assumption, I don't think that speaking with the employees would violate the attorney-client...

If I find questions in discovery to be irrelevant, do I have to answer? And if so, can I just state that it is irrelevant?

An objection that discovery is "'irrelevant" is improper. The objection has to be that it is "outside the scope of discovery," which is much,...

Bond set and then reduced without explanation

You are certainly entitled to see the court file, and anything the judge saw or read will be in that file. If you believe the bond is too low,...

I have sole custody of my minor son who is CEO of an LLC that is suing me. Can I dissolve the LLC, or how to stop the lawsuit

Dissolving the LLC won't stop the lawsuit. It also isn't clear how the LLC is involved here. If the family court proceeding is still alive,...

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I am considering subpoenaing the OUT OF STATE declarant of a CCP 98. Would you help me choose which subpoena form to use?

You cannot subpoena an out-of-state party to appear at trial. There are ways to have a subpoena issued for a deposition of an out-of-state...

Issuing a Civil Subpoena in response to a CCP 98. How many days before trial can I attempt to have it served?

The rules for serving a trial subpoena are in Code of Civil Procedure Section 1987. There are no strict time limits in the law as to when the...

If ex parte for OST can not be applied for OC’s motion with a post-trial hearing date, can I request it in my?

If you file your motion to compel and it is heard on shortened time, one of the responding party's defenses will be that service was improper, as...

If it is clear from the papers that you are the defendant described in the complaint, then the misspelling of your name and an incorrect address...