My ex is driving a car that is in my name only, I want the car back but he wont give the keys w/o me paying him what he paid in.

Assuming you are the owner, nobody can prevent you from taking the car wherever you find it. Whether or not he can or would sue you for what he...

Although not necessarily, petitions are usually documents pertaining to the probate court, the functional equivalent of complaints filed in the...

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If we assume that the beneficial interest in the original deed of trust has been sold or assigned, sometimes frequently, then it would not...

Without asking my relative, how can I find out how much inheritance was given?

If the estate was large enough to have been probated, you check the index at the Superior Court at the location where the decedent last resided,...

Probate question

No, as a practical matter letters will not be read or considered, and if the interested party is not able to personally appear or represent...

The simple answer is that anyone can sue anyone else for some personal wrong, including slander or defamation. Unless you have substantial...

My husband died and we never got a final decree we have an interlocutory

As a general proposition you are the surviving spouse and entitled to all community property, half of his separate property if he is survived by a...

Clarification of the $100,000 Probate Rule

Property in a trust is excluded from calculating the $100,000 small estate provision. See Probate Code Sec. 13050.

My mother filed a lawsuit for defamation against someone, and personal details about me are in it.

With rare exceptions anything which is put into the pleading papers in a pending lawsuit is privileged, meaning protected. While these are public...

Violation of a No Contact Order -- no violence, but can I sue for Breach of Contract?

Interesting question. As a general rule, if there is a written agreement to perform it may be enforced in case of breach. The question is one of...