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Supreme Court Strikes Down Moratorium – August 26, 2021

We’re still doing evictions.  We never stopped.  The eviction moratorium is over, but not really.

On August 26, 2021, the United States Supreme Court struck down the federal eviction moratorium, explaining “The moratorium has put… millions of landlords across the country, at risk of irreparable harm by depriving them of rent payments with no guarantee of eventual recovery… If a federally imposed eviction moratorium is to continue, Congress must specifically authorize it.”
This decision has little, if any, impact on California landlords and tenants because the California moratorium, and the moratoriums in many cities and counties, remain. Nonetheless, we continue to successfully file evictions for cause as well as for non-payment of rent where the non-payment is not the result of Covid-19.

The Supreme Court’s full decision can be read here.

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We primarily assist with child custody, evictions, family law, guardianships, expungements, criminal sealing orders, name changes, and restraining orders, but through our local network of paralegals and experts, we can assist you with a wide variety of services:

Family Law Pleadings

• All first paper documents (Petition, Summons, etc.) for initial dissolution filings
• Disclosures (Income and Expense Declaration, Schedule of Assets and Debts, etc.)
• Order to Show Cause filings for specific contested issues
• All discovery documents including motions
• Arrears, spousal support, and child support
• Judgment packets with stipulated attachments or Marital Settlement Agreement

Evictions (Unlawful Detainers)

• Required notices (3-day, 15-day, 30-day, and 60 days)
• All first paper documents (Petition, Summons, etc.)
• Replies
• Interrogatories
• Defaults
• Lock-out orders

Guardianship

• Guardianship package
• Objection to guardianship

Criminal Matters

• Sealing Order
• Petition to Dismiss (Expungement)
• Petition to Reduce Charges
• Quash restraining order

Will Package

• California Statutory Will
• Power of Attorney
• Advanced Healthcare Directive with notarization and witnesses

Other Civil Matters

• Civil Restraining Order
• Summons and Complaint – Limited Civil
• Name Change
• Other civil pleadings, answers to discovery, etc.

Other Services (Some services are only for attorneys)

• Criminal and quasi-criminal
  • State Motions – Suppression, Discovery, Pitchess, 995, Murgia, Return of Property, Bail, etc.
  • Federal Motions – All Rule 12 Motions, Rule 33 Motion for New Trial, Rule 35 Sentence Corrections, etc.
  • Demurrer – Misjoinder, Failure to State, etc.
  • Criminal Writ Petitions – Prohibition, Mandamus, Habeas, Nobis, etc.
  • Appeals – Misdemeanor Superior Court Appeals, State Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit Appeals
  • Administrative Mandamus – DMV License Reinstatement
• Computer Services
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  • Video, audio, and photograph enhancement
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