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What Can I Do if My Landlord Enters Without Permission in California?
Understanding your rights and the law regarding landlord entry is crucial to protecting your privacy as a tenant in California. Unfortunately, some landlords may fail to comply with legal requirements, neglecting to provide proper notice before entering a rental unit....
What a Landlord Cannot Do in California
Understanding the Tenant Protection Law in California If you’re renting a property, knowing your rights and understanding what your landlord can and cannot do is crucial. This awareness helps you feel safe and secure in your living situation and equips you with the...
Understanding Eviction: Your Rights Regarding Belongings
Eviction is a process wherein a landlord can legally terminate a tenant’s contract and force them to vacate the property for various reasons, including incomplete or non-payment of rent, criminal activity, violating terms of agreement, sale of the rental property and...
Understanding Your Rights as a Tenant Without a Lease
Renting a property is a common arrangement for millions of people worldwide. Typically, when you rent a property, you enter into a lease agreement with your landlord, outlining the terms and conditions of your tenancy. However, there are situations where tenants find...
Understanding Contested Divorce: A Comprehensive Guide
Divorce is a complex and emotionally charged process that can take various forms, one of which is contested divorce. When a married couple decides to part ways, they often envision a swift and amicable separation. However, in some cases, disagreements on crucial...
7 Things You Aren’t Responsible For As a Tenant In California
Many people find it difficult to buy a house in California, so 45% of residents choose to rent instead. This means that almost half of the population in California lives in rented homes. If you are one of these renters, it’s important to know your tenant rights in...
3 Ways To Avoid Conflict During A Divorce
Divorce is never easy. Nobody gets married thinking that divorce will be in their future, and nobody wants to admit that it's time for a divorce. But it's not always inherently a bad thing, either. Due to a societal stigma surrounding divorce, many of us view it...
3 Steps To Take After You Decide To Divorce
Did you know that about 827,000 divorces occur each year? Considering how little we as a society talk about divorce, you probably wouldn't know it. Divorce is still treated as something of a taboo. Although many are no longer ashamed of getting divorced, they also...
3 Things You Should Know About Eviction
Unfortunately, a virtually unprecedented number of Americans are currently facing eviction due to COVID-19. The pandemic has forced many Americans to live on unemployment benefits, either temporarily as they live on furlough or for the long term following the mass...
What Kind of Law Firm Do You Need?
Honestly, most people have broken the law or ended up in legal trouble just once. If you've ever driven your car with expired tags, tried an illegal drug, or even just walked across the street without an intersection, then you've broken the law. Most of the time, you...