The partition remedy in California addresses disputes between co-owners of property. Any person with an interest in real property in California may bring a partition action against a co-owner. The partition remedy is necessary when co-owners cannot decide how to...
Many times, a property under the control of a health and safety code receiver is occupied by tenants. The substandard condition of the property may not be the fault of the property tenants. This situation commonly arises when the property owner/landlord is...
A Health and Safety Receivership is a comprehensive and systematic tool that eliminates problems with slum housing and problem properties without any costs to the referring agency. Utilizing the receivership remedy saves a city, or other municipality, time and...
Richardson “Red” Griswold of Griswold Law acts as a court-appointed Partition Referee in the State of California. A Partition Referee is nominated and appointed in the context of disputes between co-owners of real property. A typical dispute example is when three...
Section 2938 of the California Civil Code requires commercial tenants to pay their rent to the creditor of their landlord when a landlord defaults on its obligations to its creditor under certain circumstances. The general principle is that if a landlord defaults...
Deutsche Bank is having a rough month. On May 3, 2011, the U.S. government filed a civil lawsuit against banking giant Deutsche Bank, alleging the bank’s mortgage subsidiary lied about the quality of loans insured under a government program. The mortgages were...
