Can a lawyer tell A judge he checked the wrong box when he filed the unlawful detaIner on us. Can he file the detainer in th

Regardless of which box he checked (and the judge has the discretion to allow last minute amendments, unless you timely objected, and proved that...

As explained in one respected treatise, there is a split of authority on the jurisdictional argument: [8:157] Failure to state summary...

Tenant wants back rent for the months unit was illegal ?he doesn’t want to leave (it’s rent

Rent is normally not owed for an illegal rental unit. See North 7th Street Associates v. Constante (2016) 7 Cal.App.5th Supp. 1. If you want to...

Commercial property with no lease agreement in place, tenant refused to sign lease and is now late on paying rent.

You can serve a 3-day notice to pay rent or quit, and could also consider serving a notice of change in terms of tenancy under Civil Code Section...

Can I legally take my name off the utilities on a rental and not get my self in trouble??

If the lease requires her to pay utilities, you can serve a 3-day notice to cure breach of covenant or quit. Otherwise, if the tenancy is...

Can my LL verbally tell me to vacate property in 60 days after receiving full rent money, come a week after and serve me in pape

Verbal termination notices are invalid. Assuming you are month-to-month, the landlord can terminate by giving appropriate written notice under...

Can a landlord force a tenant to leave their unit for needed repairs/eradicate black mold with only 3 days notice ?

Unless the city has ordered you out (unclear from your post), the landlord would normally have to go through the standard termination/notice...

Can you evict someone with a 30-day notice if they have never paid rent

If he is a tenant at will (including because he has no ownership interest in the property), you can terminate by a 30-day written notice, as per...

Amended Answer versus Original Answer to a Complaint

One can only speculate. However, it is quite possible that the original answer was simply filed in a hurry, to avoid a default judgment. The...

Assuming there is no legitimate reason for it to be unlimited (see e.g. Code of Civil Procedure Section 86), you could bring a motion to have the...