I am being sued in small claims court by a friend who stored items in my garage. She claims items are missing and is suing for $10,000. We had no contract, and she never paid rent for storing or staying with me. What should I do to defend myself, and can I countersue for unpaid rent?

October 30th, 2024

If the court denies access to the evidence used against me at trial, but I am allowed to hear a recording played by the bailiff at the Clerk of Courts office, and the CD with the recording in the case file contains 2 messages while the CD used at trial only had 1 message, and the Court of Appeals ruling quotes the message word for word but the recording in the file does not match the quoted words or the length of the message analyzed by an expert in the first case, can these issues of the evidence used against me at trial be raised at the probation revocation hearing, especially since this is the reason for the probation?

June 25th, 2023

How would California's 'two-party consent' wiretapping law and Texas' 'one-party consent' law apply if two Texas residents, while in California, record a phone conversation made from them to a single Texas resident in Texas who is unaware of the recording? Would it be breaking any Federal or State laws?

February 13th, 2024

Is his brother, who is the only living relative, entitled to 1/2 of the money in the checking account? If so, is there some way this can be changed so that I get it all? There were funeral expenses. All of the money in the account came from our shared retirement fund and his social security.

October 23rd, 2024

Did the Homeowners Association (HOA) in California violate my son's right to privacy and mine by disclosing information about a restraining order against my son, which was obtained from a public police report, to all homeowners?

June 6th, 2024