Criminal Law

The Check is in the Mail
Although a street address is required for a summons in a residential eviction ? and therefore PO boxes are not appropriate in a summons - the statute is silent as to whether a PO Box is acceptable in a notice to pay rent or vacate...

Application To Vacate Refugee Status
Next Monday I will be in the beautiful city of Montreal, QC to represent my client who is facing an application to vacate his refugee status...

Conversions to Washington's Condominium Conversion Law
On August 1, 2008, new law concerning condominium conversions will take effect. SHB 2014 increases the notice requirements for conversions from 90 days to 120 days...

Special Representative Gets Bonus Time To Appeal
LeRoy Voga sued his son, Lyle, to collect on a defaulted promissory note. After LeRoy got a judgment, Lyle?s former wife, Teresa, , intervened to quiet title to real property she had been awarded in her divorce proceeding with Lyle, seeking to prevent LeRoy from levyng on the property...

Q&A; When a Landlord Won't Return a Security Deposit
Q I moved into an apartment on a one-year lease. Thirty days before the end of my lease, I gave notice to vacate and requested, in writing, the return of my security deposit and interest...

Alabama Court of Civil Appeals Offers Guidance Regarding the Time for Appeal of Arbitration Awards
In Yayman v. FIA Card Services, N.A., released May 30, 2008, the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals further clarified the procedure for appeal of arbitration awards...

How to evict a roommate?
First, in most jurisdictions "self-help" is not a remedy available to any party ...

How can I get my parents away from my bulling brother?
First of all, if you are paying your lawyer, you should not be on the back burne...

The renters that i have took my furnace out of rental house, riped all the wall paper off the walls, broke the windows busted the door off its hinges, plus broke the leaded glass out of the door, door is just leaning aga
You may be able to file a vandalism or destruction of private property complaint...

Who do I sue if my car was towed illegally to make room for a street repaving?
It is understandable that you feel offended in this matter. From your point-of-v...

How can I get my roommate to move out when he is refusing? He was given over 30 days notice and is only subleasing the room from me, the master tenant.
I know in Masachusetts you would have to file a legal eviction wich can be drawn...