My landlord did not respond to my bedbug issue when I gave her written notice in February.

Sounds like you have notified her in writing as you are required to do. Then read RCW 59 18 090 carefully and decide what you want to do. You can...

Do I need a real estate lawyer?

Please go read RCW 59 18 085 and my legal guide on Tenant Relocation. Your landlord's refusal to repair the roof is a basis for relocation damages...

Can a landlord RETURN you rent check?

Your obligation as a tenant is to tender the rent timely. Hold on to that receipt showing you did so. It is not your obligation to somehow make...

Can you take a person to small claims court for multiple issues but have separate cases/claims?

The most you can recover in small claims is $5K. You have to plead all your claims against the same person at the same time for a total of $5K. The...

Can a landlord sell a SFH even if the tenant's lease has yet to expire?

Contracts are always construed against the drafter. Typically the owner provides the contract and the tenant signs it. A 36-month lease for a...

Social worker is not doing her job. My last 3 visits have been canceled by transporter and she won't explain is this illegal?

Anytime the State has taken away your child, you are entitled to counsel. Sounds like no one has bothered to explain this to you. This is not your...

While I was working,I was hit & injured by a shoplifter trying to escape from Security.The "fall" broke my rt.hip &leg!

About half of getting a good result is the facts of your case; the other half is finding and retaining the right lawyer. Avvo makes it possible for...

My finances ex filed a TPO against him & she included my full name & said I "threatened her & her 2 kids. (a lie) Help!

Just to expand a little bit, documents submitted to a court are privileged, which means you cannot sue somebody for something they said in a...

What you want to look at are the Washington Civil Rules. There is a section called MAR, that stands for "Mandatory Arbitration Rules". In WA, if...

RCW 26.26. If the mother is receiving TANF, can DSHS still find the sperm donor to be the father?

Unless you have an iron-clad contract with a sperm donation clinic/doctor, DCS doesn't care how conception occurred, rather they care that you are...