Sent plaintiff interrogatories and plaintiff objected to a number of questions. Will this help my case?

Generally, objections to your discovery responses do not help your case. You want answers. You have to "meet and confer" with the plaintiff to...

How long must I occupy my rental property for it to be legal to lease again?

Because you are in Los Angeles, I assume that you want to take advantage of the rent control ordinance's exception for owner occupancy. If that is...

Is there any law that states in a short sale the buyer must remove all contents , ie couch, from the property?

A short sale is no different than any other sale, except that the holder of the seller's mortgage agrees to forgive any part of the outstanding...

You raise two separate issues. The first is a breach of the implied warranty of habitability because the sink is unusable. Your landlord has the...

I own a small company that hires subcontractors to sell water and lemonade to seated customers at an entertainment venue in

Mr. Lockhart is generally correct. Although the larger company cannot require these subcontractors to sign a contract saying that they will not...

I pay my rent via on line banking.Landlord sent me a copy of the bank check which dated 3-1-13, they claimed it was recieved 3-7

Your bank and the Post Office act on your behalf when transmitting the funds. If they delay, you are the one who has to take the...

At what point can a pleading not change?

A plaintiff gets one free amendment of its original complaint, which ends either at the hearing on a demurrer to it or upon the filing of an...

Did the landlord breach the contract, and am I entitled to my full security deposit?

He must return your entire deposit because that was your agreement. He breached your sublease by not having the place available in the way he...

We are trying to end a lease where we are responsible for finding a new tenant, yet owners want to sell at end of our lease term

You are in a bind, but it is, I'm sorry to say, a bind of your own making. You entered into a lease for a certain time, and now you want to end it...

Rarely do judges grant stays when the tenant is in arrears on rent, especially this month in arrears. Prepare a declaration that states the...

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