Purchasing a home in California can be complicated and expensive. Before investing hundreds of thousands of dollars into a residence or property, you want to be certain you are getting what you pay for. This is where property disclosures can help.The laws governing...
Year: 2019
Undue Influence in Trust Disputes
Buffington Law Firm's trust dispute attorneys have more than two decades of experience in handling trust inheritance disputes. This Blog article will briefly discuss a certain type of trust dispute that is unfortunately quite common -- situations in which someone...
Living Trust Disputes — What to Look For
Buffington Law Firm's living trust litigation attorneys have more than two decades of experience in handling trust disputes. In this brief Blog article we will touch on a few of the more common causes for trust disputes.Over the past twenty or thirty years,...
The Art of Knowing When and How to Settle a Case
Buffington Law Firm's main practice areas consist of trust litigation, real estate litigation, and business/corporate litigation. There is one common denominator to these three practice areas -- that is the need for the client to know if, when, and how to settle a...
Firing fairly to avoid legal action
Undoubtedly, one of the most stressful duties of a business owner or manager is firing employees. A termination may be the sorry result of an economic downturn or the culmination of an employee's lack of success. You may know well the embarrassment of losing a job and...
The penalties for elder abuse are severe in California!
As discussed in last week's Blog article, Financial Elder Abuse is a growing and serious problem in California. The Welfare and Institutions Code defines it as a situation in which someone:(1) Takes, secretes, appropriates, obtains, or retains real or personal...
Financial Elder Abuse Takes Many Forms
Financial elder abuse in California is a pervasive and growing problem. Buffington Law Firm's Trust and Elder Law litigation attorneys have frequently and repeatedly encountered egregious examples of financial elder abuse. We have a track record of solving such...
The tree-trimming incident brought tears to your neighbor
You have lived next door to Margie for five years now. You get along well, and you thought you knew her—but that was before the tree-trimming incident.Several branches of the box elder Margie owns hang over your property. You told your neighbor that you intend to trim...
5 workplace torts that may derail your small business
As a small business owner, you have a variety of tasks you must complete each day. When trying to maximize profits, please customers and retain employees, you may eventually rub someone the wrong way. If you do, you should know about some workplace torts that may...
Breach of contract before its completion date
Running a small business seems to become more challenging every day. Not only must you comply with an increasingly complex set of laws and regulations, but you also must likely work with contractors. If one of your contractors fails to deliver, you may be unable to...