A recent Los Angeles case reaffirms that a person who files a demand for a jury trial in an unlawful detainer (eviction) action is entitled to a trial by jury even if that person filed a fee waiver. Elva Silva’s landlord filed an unlawful detainer against her. Ms....
Sometimes a landlord will file and serve her tenant a complaint for forcible detainer instead of an unlawful detainer. What is the difference? Forcible detainers are usually filed and served when the landlord is alleging that the tenant has stayed in her apartment...
You see a listing for an apartment on the Internet. There is only one electric meter and one water meter for the apartment and for the upstairs single family house. The apartment was built in the back of a garage. You take the apartment because the rent is...
On the day set for trial, the judge will tell you your case has been assigned to a courtroom. You will be told to report to that courtroom immediately. What is going to happen at the trial? The judge to whom you have been assigned will usually tell you the rules of...
All residential leases in California have an implied warranty of habitability. But what can the tenant do if the implied warranty of habitability is breached by the landlord? A tenant can plead breach of the warranty of habitability as a defense to an unlawful...