In Cohen v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County, the California Court of Appeal grappled with a pivotal question: who holds the right to sue for violations of a city ordinance? This seemingly technical issue stemmed from a neighborhood dispute between the Cohens and...
We are pleased to report another successful judgment. Yesterday, Schorr Law was successful in obtaining a judgment against a corporation at trial. We successively moved to strike the corporation’s answer on the day of trial and enter their default because the...
Using Writ of Attachment to Collect Judgments How can we use a Writ of Attachment to enable judgment collection? In our October 15, 2013 blog post, we dealt with using debtor examinations, after securing a judgment, as a way of determining what assets the judgment...
Who Can Issue a Writ of Possession in California? In California, a writ of possession is an order issued by the Court to assist a property owner with recovering possession of their real (or personal) property. This most commonly occurs after a judgment is entered in...
What is an abstract of judgment and how to fill out abstract of judgment California? Let’s say you have just won a money judgment in court against a defendant who owed you a sum of money. What do you do next? Winning a money judgment doesn’t mean that you...
This is the first part of a two-part series on the constitutionally protected homestead right. This first part serves as an introduction to the purpose of the homestead. The second part will discuss exemption amounts, and the differences between the automatic...
