by Dennis Beaver | background checks, dating, online dating
February 20, 2016 • By Dennis Beaver Today’s story will be of special interest to anyone who is or who knows someone in a dating relationship which began online and led to personally meeting. We begin with “Three of the most important questions which must be credibly...
by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees, lawyers
February 13, 2016 • By Dennis Beaver The older we become, the more we understand “Life doesn’t come with an instruction manual,” including work, marriage, raising kids, and until recently, hiring a lawyer. As far as hiring a lawyer is concerned, that’s all changed, as...
by Dennis Beaver | education, lawyers
February 6, 2016 • By Dennis Beaver For the many lawyers who read this column, in the next few minutes, wander the corridors of memory with me, to those hectic weeks before final exams during the first year at law school. It is a time of intense review, study group...
by Dennis Beaver | auto repair, lemon law, warranty
January 30, 2016 • By Dennis Beaver If you been taking your car in repeatedly for warranty service on a substantial problem — such as stalling, brakes, steering — and the dealer just can’t seem to repair it, chances are it is covered by the Lemon Law. Last week we...
by Dennis Beaver | auto repair, lemon law, warranty
January 23, 2016 • By Dennis Beaver Driving a lemon is much more than an inconvenience — constantly taking the car back to the dealer to attempt repairs because, “This time we can fix it, for sure,” as countless owners have been told. “If your car stalls for no...
by Dennis Beaver | homeowner's insurance, insurance, property damage
January 16, 2016 • By Dennis Beaver ‘In one of your recent articles the spokesman for State Farm insurance said something that applies to my situation,” Cheryl’s email began. He said ‘Being a good neighbor requires keeping tree branches and limbs in a safe condition...
by Dennis Beaver | housing, landlord/tenant
January 9, 2016 • By Dennis Beaver ‘How much control can a landlord have over the lives of tenants, and especially, tenants who have children? Does owning an apartment house give the owner a right to dictate behavior? And if so, what are the limits?” “I plan to use my...
by Dennis Beaver | housing, landlord/tenant
January 2, 2016 • By Dennis Beaver “We are a family of five, three boys — 6 to 12 — my husband and myself. Last week we moved into a nice apartment here in the Kingsburg area. Prior to signing the lease and paying our deposits, we were told by the manager that this is...
by Dennis Beaver | homeowner's insurance, insurance, property damage
December 26, 2015 • By Dennis Beaver Daily, now, we are hearing warnings of the approaching El Niño weather system which is predicted to be one of the most destructive in decades. The insurance industry is facing the prospect of claims on a scale not seen since the...
by Dennis Beaver | contracts
December 19, 2015 • By Dennis Beaver Readers who grew up in America of the 1950s and 1960s, and lived in a house with a garage or basement will undoubtedly have warm memories of their deep freezer, also known as a chest freezer. Frozen foods were becoming the rage, as...
