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As the prior response noted, you didn't ask a question, so the purpose of your post is unclear. Were you a state employee? Or did you work for a private company that had a contract with the state? I'm confident that none of the several attorneys with whom you consulted simply told you, "I...

That's almost certainly incorrect. You described the lease as "a month-to-month lease with two roommates." Month-to-month leases don't "end," so I don't know what you mean by the statement that "the lease has ended." Even if it isn't a month-to-month lease, a standard lease for a term will...

In addition to what the prior response noted, whether in the UK or the U.S., reliable advice about a pending criminal matter cannot come from anonymous strangers on the internet. Get yourself an attorney.

It is? To which "tenant rights or housing laws" are you referring? When multiple tenants lease residential real property, the tenancy exists - and all tenants remain bound - until such time as (1) all tenants vacate the premises and the tenancy is terminated or (2) one tenant leaves and all...

I may have been confusing this with another small claims thread. Thanks.

No. California superior court case records do not come up when one's name is googled, unless the case has been picked up by a third-party reporting service, but I'm not aware of any service that indexes small claims records. While I can't say I'm familiar with the practices of every one of...

I think you meant that the opposing party served responses that you don't like for the reasons stated. I also think (a) means that, in your opinion, the answers to the interrogatories weren't responsive. As for (c), in more than 30 years in the legal field, I've never seen a set of...

Are you serious? Of course you could get in trouble. Also, since you admitted to a crime in a public forum (using a screen name that appears to be a real name), you might want to ask the mods to delete this thread.

Just FYI, there is no pretrial discovery in California small claims court.

It is, but so what? Hundreds of thousands of lawsuits have been filed in your lifetime. How many documents filed in those cases have you read (excluding cases in which you were a party or otherwise involved)? If you're claiming that the declaration in question could, theoretically, cause you...

You are using the word "exhibit" incorrectly. What I think you're talking about is commonly referred to as a demonstrative. It's not itself an exhibit (or evidence or any sort); rather, it's a visual summary of the evidence. The clearer you can make things for the small claims judge (who may...

No. That is correct. The lawyer and client could agree to a different arrangement, but a standard retainer agreement would call for the lawyer to send monthly invoices, and those invoices would typically look like the following: 1/2/2024 - Emails w/ client re lawsuit - 0.3 hrs - $150.00...

Because the general presumption in the law is that the person in possession of a piece of property is the owner. If A possesses a widget, and B claims the widget belongs to him, and A doesn't want to give the widget to B, then B's recourse is to take the matter to the court.

These boards only deal with issues of U.S. law, and I doubt anyone here will know how things are "usually handle[d]" in any of the 200+ countries that aren't the U.S. In the U.S., the parties' citizenship doesn't matter. A divorce court in State X will apply the law of State X unless one of...

What sort of trouble? Why is the child living with a guardian instead of his parents? No one here knows. You have referred to both the child's "father" and "bio father." Are those two different people? Adding "bio" is unnecessary and confusing unless the child has a father other than his...

They can ask all they want. However, first of all, lawyers are not allowed in small claims court in California. Second, small claims court is a division of the superior court. Third, there is no provision for moving cases over which the small claims division properly has jurisdiction to...

Not really sure what this means. Any employee has a minimum level of competency that is expected by his/her employer. You can put whatever you want in your letter, but it won't give you any special rights or impose any special obligations.

No, unless the retainer agreement expressly provides for such a warning. Considered by whom? What about them? Not every bit of work done by an attorney directly manifests itself in written work product. Given that we have no specifics, there is no way for anyone here to assess your concerns.

Depends on the reason for the submission of the declaration. Typically, declarations are submitted in support of motions (or oppositions thereto or replies to oppositions). If the declaration was submitted in support of a motion or opposition, then you can address your concerns in your...

Let's start by acknowledging that California small claims courts have authority to order injunctive relief "only when a statute expressly authorizes a small claims court to award that relief." Civ. Proc. Code section 116.220(a)(5). That said, there is special provision for enforcement of small...