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Receiverships for Hoarding: Life-Threatening Conditions

All too often we hear about tragic residential fires related to the unsafe accumulation of papers.  Recently, an elderly woman in La Jolla died in a house fire potentially caused or exacerbated by an unreasonable amount of papers within the living areas, leaving the...

How to Use the Health and Safety Code Receivership Remedy

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...

What is a Court-Appointed Partition Referee?

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...