When a rental burns, the lease may end by statute, the landlord may owe duties, and negligence can matter even with no insurance. The California rules.
After a declared-emergency total loss, California law eases how you prove your belongings — category inventories, a contents baseline, and advances.
Smoke, soot, and ash are covered fire damage under a standard California policy even when flames never reach your home. The claim, and the fight.
A fire that starts on someone else's land and escapes to yours can make them liable under Health & Safety Code 13007. Fire-spread liability explained.
If a utility's equipment starts a wildfire, California's inverse-condemnation doctrine can make it strictly liable for property damage even without negligence.
When a court refuses to dismiss and sets an evidentiary hearing, factual disputes exist. Ava and Michael Benavides, Esq. on why that beats a clean refiling in many cases.
A large transfer late in life to a caregiver or the person who drafted the document can trigger a presumption of undue influence. Ava and Michael Benavides, Esq. on the California rules.
California gives three years to sue for breach of trust, but when the clock starts depends on what the trustee disclosed. Ava and Michael Benavides, Esq. explain Section 16460.
A trustee who says the trust holds no assets still owes a duty to account under Probate Code 16062. Ava and Michael Benavides, Esq. on compelling an accounting and Section 850.
In California an amended petition replaces the original; the first pleading becomes a nullity. Ava and Michael Benavides, Esq. on the trap that catches self-represented litigants.