Michigan Landlord And Tenant Legal Questions

Thank you for serving your country. It is not worthwhile to pay for legal counsel; see what the Jag. will do. A letter from the military might cause the landlord to act. Go through all the billings and give a detailed letter to the landlord stating everything you object to and what you want documented. $200 to repaint a door is grossly excessive.... Read More

It depends what the deposit was for. A security deposit normally is a deposit to compensate the landlord if you leave without paying all of the rent due or cause physical damage to the unit. It would be fully refundable if you do not move in. A payment to secure the rental of the unit is a payment to the landlord to hold the unit available for your rental at a later date. You are not entitled to return of that sum because the terms of the agreement have been fulfilled the landlord held the unit for you but you decided not to move in. By holding the unit for you, they had to turn away others who would rent the unit so lost rent in not being able to rent it out earlier than otherwise. You do not provide enough information for me to tell which type of payment it was.... Read More

It's a bit hard to say because your question doesn't make it very clear what the problem is. If your landlord knows you have a disabled parking bay I would t is because they assigned that spot to you. So it is difficult to see why you can't park in a place that the landlord has said it OK for you to park in.... Read More

The first thing you need to do is take a look at your lease in terms of whether it provides which party is responsible for the maintenance. On a typical residential lease, the landlord is responsible for the maintenance no matter what the lease agreement says. However, it is not unusual for the landlord to shift the maintenance obligations to the tenant as consideration for the purchase option in a lease. In any event, unless the lease provides otherwise, the landlord has no obligation to provide insurance -coverage for the benefit of the tenant. You have the right to withhold up to one months rent every six months provided that you use that rent to repair problems affecting the habitability of the leased premises.... Read More

There is no requirement that you pay rent for a period of time beyond the 30 day period after the written notice of termination. Even if you are subject to a lease that has not reached it's scheduled termination date, you're moving at the request of landlord, and therefore have a right to terminate any such lease early upon 30 days notice.... Read More

You do not give enough information to really answer this question.. First, if your soon to be ex is still living there he can be held responsible for the rent. Second, in Michigan the worst case scenario is you will be liable for ONLY the unpaid rent until the term of the lease is up. Third, the landlord has a responsibility to mitigate damages, e.g. re-rent, a vacant unit.... Read More

Yes, an individual can act as their own attorney. However, Partition actions are very technical different rules than regular civil actions. You must purchase a litigation guarantee from a title company, and file a copy of the litigation guaranty with the complaint to partition. Your complaint needs to name as defendants, all persons identified in the Litigation Guarantee, as having a potential interest in the property, as well as all unknown persons claiming any such interest. You then need to get a court order permitting service of the unknown persons by publishing the Summons in an appropriate newspaper. You also need to get a court order permitting you to record a Lis Pendens, and file a copy of the Lis Pendens with the County Recorder's stamp in the court file. Partition is governed generally by Code Civ. Proc. 872.010 et seq. and 874.010 et seq.The procedure for partition by sale is governed by Code Civ. Proc. 873.510 et seq. The procedure for partition by appraisal is governed by Code Civ. Proc. 873.910 et seq.... Read More