Can owners in and HOA perform maintenance to common areas to save the association money that would usually fall to a contractor?

It would likely be considered doing contractor work without a license. Also, with no insurance on these people doing the work, it's a liability...

Is it lawful for a Homeowner's Association to require its residents to participate in a mandatory workday?

Read the CC&Rs and By Laws. See what it says. If it is stated in there that they can have these days, you can be fined for not participating. Most...

Is there some ordinance about how many dogs a dog walker can supervise at one time at an off-leash dog park?

Call city code enforcement and ask them your question. Animal Control (which is the County) may be able to help too. The owner of the dog that bit...

You have the right to trim back any part of the tree that encroaches into your property. But you do not have the right to make the tree owner pay...

My boss School principal retaliated against me and harassment, what options do I have or do i have a case against the school?

So you're saying he stole the teacher's laptop? Your question is very hard to follow. If I were you, I'd get a consultation with a local plaintiff...

DFS is not law enforcement. They don't need warrants or court orders to talk to you. If you don't cooperate and fulfill whatever plan they give...

Rent a center blaming me

Hire a lawyer to communicate with them on your behalf. Otherwise, you can not stop them from suing you, but they'd have to prove their case. You...

My daughter lives with her mom and her mom's boyfriend in a one bedroom apartment.

Report this to CPS/DCFS (whatever social services agency protects children in your state) and talk to the lawyer who handled your divorce, or...

What would I need to sue for libel, slander, defamation?

Call the cops and report the blackmail. Defamation (slander is spoken defamation; libel is written defamation) suits are expensive, are rarely won,...

How long can a renter have a guest?

This is the type of thing that should have been addressed in your lease. Get a consult with a local landlord/tenant attorney and he/she can advise...