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answered on Jul 10, 2022

I would not "laugh" at their defense, I would take it seriously because landlord / tenant disputes may have attorney fees attached if their position prevails. If a lawyer filed a counter-claim, I would assume it is not frivolous, and they are not knowingly wasting money on a losing case.... View More

You should have an attorney review the complaint and defend it. There's no way to know if he has stated a good cause of action for civil theft.

Your lawyer cannot practice in a state in which he is not licensed. It's probably not practicing law to negotiate a payment if no suit has been filed, but the choice must be made by the attorney.

Without reading your lease or knowing the nature of the fines, it's impossiblento answer. See an attorney with all the documents if you need a legal opinion.

This is not a question. To get help, you should call one of the local lawyers to help you.

Knowing how to evict a tenant is Landlord 101. Here's what I recommend that you do:

1. Hire an attorney to handle this tenant removal from start to finish. We can't get you up to speed in a Q&A forum.

2. Assuming the attorney you hire is someone whom you will want to... View More

You could try the Fla. Bar Lawyers Referral Service and ask for a Low Fee Panel attorney - see https://lrs.floridabar.org/

However, in the event that there is no law that protects you from the code enforcement authorities, there is little or nothing a lawyer can do. Schedule a consultation... View More

An "eviction" can mean one of several things.

1) If you are late paying rent, the landlord can give you written notice to leave the premises. Or, if you are month-to-month, the landlord can give you such a notice for no reason at all (or apparently failure to abide by the... View More

Probably not. But to be sure, ask the local planning department. As far as the current tenants are concerned, it would depend upon the wording of their lease, but the lease probably covers the entire lot.

Unless I miss my guess if you are a good tenant your grateful landlord might be happy to let you stay on as a month-to-month tenant, or perhaps give you a short-term lease because the landlord needs money coming in too.

Try approaching the landlord "hat-in-hand" and be polite. Do... View More

Yes, assuming you don't have a lease, your landlord can raise the rent whenever he wants to.

When a landlord fails to comply with the statute requiring either return of a security/damage deposit within 15 days or instead, a letter via certified mail within 30 days explaining why the landlord is retaining some or all of the deposit, the tenant may file suit against the landlord in small... View More

The answer to your question depends on whether you have a valid, enforceable lease agreement, and if so, whether there are lease terms that dictate how the parties must attempt to resolve the types of disputes you are having, and on whether there is any issue of landlord's failure to meet... View More

Your stepfather is mistaken; there is no problem with your boyfriend getting his mail there.

She can't be removed from the lease without the consent of the landlord (or the landlord's manager). And it doesn't appear that, she has breached the lease, so the landlord might not be able to remove her even then. He could perhaps sue her in small claims court for her share of... View More

This is why no one should ever rent their residence or business space on a month-to-month basis. Unless you have a written lease your landlord can do anything they want, as long as they give you 30 days' notice.

No, you can stay there until midnight on June 30. if the landlord wants you to leave early they can offer to buy you out of the rest of the lease. But you do not have to accept. You get to decide.

It's a matter of contributory negligence. You were negligent in the way you operated the stove, as well as in leaving the flammable bowl on the stove. That may be a defense to your claim that the landlord was negligent in failing to connect the alarm. Have you filed a claim with your... View More

A landlord can refuse to renew a contract for any reason as long as it is not discriminatory (based on race, sex, color, etc.). FS 83.64 is residential leases. Chapter 83, Part 1 governs non-residential leases. I would think the landlord would have agreed with you the machinery needed to be on... View More

If you have a lawyer tell them to consider filing a counter-claim for the damages and a motion to dismiss the plaintiff's claims for pain and suffering for res judicata or collateral estoppel. If your lawyer does not know what res judicata and collateral estoppel mean hire another lawyer that does.