A small estate affidavit would normally help if your father owned no land and his total property is valued less than $100,000. If there is land in Utah, but no will, an informal probate will be necessary.

Here is the state website for forms:

https://www.utcourts.gov/howto/informalprobate/

There is no rule. You can actually rent a property without a lease if both parties agree to do so. This is called a month to month tenancy. Leases are recommended as it gives stability and allows the parties to have a signed document confirming everything agreed upon. If you have no lease, you are... View More

These things are illegal. file police reports and do your best to gather evidence. If you can get video or photos of these people they can be prosecuted and possibly go to prison.

Yes. A power of attorney can be prepared which is broad to allow her to sign anything for you, or limited to just apartment applications and lease.

Your situation is just complicated enough that there is no way to give you an effective answer without reading the lease. I recommend you take the lease to an attorney to see what your options are.

Having a mortgage does not equal ownership. As long as the terms of the mortgage are met, the mortgage holder will never be an owner. Only the owner, or a court, can give ownership to another party. Equity is divided equally between owners. This equal percentage can change if the deed specifies a... View More

If you are refinancing your home, the bank is required by law to give you 3 business days to change your mind and cancel. So the bank doesn't allow the funding to be released for 3 business days. The bank rarely will send the funds early to the title company, but they will tell them not to... View More

If you feel the landlord has no cause for eviction, you must be paying rent on time. In that case, it sounds as if you are able to afford rent at a new location. One month is normally plenty of time to find a new location.

If you are unable to pay rent, contact United Way: (801) 374-2588.... View More

If you are unable to pay rent, it would be unusual for you to be able to avoid eviction.

If you cannot pay rent, there are several resources in Utah that can help you. One is United Way. Call them to see if they can help: (801) 374-2588. They will also be aware of the many other resources... View More

Judges have no patience for a tenant that does not pay rent. They must first pay rent, then if there is an agreement, they can sue for fulfillment of the agreement. If there is no agreement, they have little to sue for. The property conditions would have to be pretty bad for them to be able to... View More

The answer to your question depends on your lease. Some say that after the lease ends, a new lease begins if neither party terminates the contract.

If you lease really ends, then if neither party terminates, many contracts continue on a month to month basis.

If they give you... View More

On a month to month, Landlord must give you a minimum of two weeks notice prior to the end of the month they say is your last month. If you get notice on June 1, then you have until the end of June to leave, as long as you are paying rent. If you get notice on June 25, then the month to month is... View More

The answer lies in the state where you will be going to school. Whether or not you can sign a contract with someone will depend mostly on them. If they want to let you sign it and then try to enforce it later when it was signed by a minor, that is the landlord's problem. They might still... View More

If the condo is in Nevada, then you will need an opinion from a Nevada attorney. Suing someone for interference with a contract is possible, but normally you have to prove exactly how much money you lost. If you sell the home to someone new, and get the same amount as was in the original contract,... View More

You can sue them here and if you win, you can take the judgment to California to request that a local court there enforce the judgment. If they do, then you will have a California judgment, which hopefully follows the same laws as Utah, allowing you to garnish their wages in California.

That is hard to say. Your insurance may cover any issues, or they may have left it out of your insurance agreement. When you buy the home, it's hard to pursue the prior owner for less than professional work, as you did have the opportunity to inspect. The city or county where the home lies may... View More

I am not aware of any such laws. If you have an obvious personal trait that is protected under federal law, they might be using this fee as a way just to be difficult to make you go elsewhere without looking like they are discriminating against you. If they don't charge everyone the fee,... View More

The answers to your questions are in your contract. As I haven't read the contract, I can't give you any sure answers. I will say that most Buyout Clauses in leases are designed for the Tenant to buy the property, not the reverse. How to serve documents on a Tenant, like a clause allowing... View More

Definitely. When you cosign, the person you are helping gets a house or car and you normally get nothing. If that is the case, and you have to make the payments, you can demand that they give you the house or car, or at a minimum make their own payments.

There are many ways to deal with property owned by multiple people. Sometimes someone is allowed to stay on a property for free to care for it, thus protecting everyone's interest in the property. Other times one owner will live there as a tenant, and the other owners are landlords. In that... View More