Small Claims Court

How to Be Sworn in at Trial With the Proper Oath

By Cloey

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Will you be attending a court trial as a witness or party to a matter and are you concerned with the nature of the oath that will be administered to you? Here are a few suggestions that will help you... more »

How to Choose a Trial Judge

By Cloey

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Have you been in court and realized that if you ever had to go to trial there would be certain judges you’d want to stand before and others you would want to avoid? Do you actually have the right to pick a judge? Here are a few thoughts on that ... more »

How to Choose a Witness for Trial

By Cloey

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When you are going to trial and you don’t have physical evidence to prove your case, you can bring in people who witnessed your issue or dealt with it firsthand. Here are a few suggestions on how to choose a witness for trial... more »

How to Determine If It Is Worthwhile to File in Small Claims Court, Advice from a Judge

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When someone owes you money, from a contract dispute, damage to your property, a landlord-tenant situation or other reason, it can sometimes be difficult to decide if it is worthwhile taking your case to small claims court. Here are some things ... more »

How to Get A Witness to Testify at Trial

By Cloey

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Are you facing a court trial and your key witness won’t agree to come and testify? They say they don’t want to get involved or can’t afford to take time off work? If their testimony is what you need to win your case, then there are ways of ... more »

How to Get Unusual Evidence into a Court Trial

By Cloey

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Are you going to trial and the evidence that will prove your case is just too big and clunky to bring in? Is it impossible to bring in? Is it a furnace or basement floor? Here are a few suggestions on how to get unusual evidence into your trial... more »

How to Give Effective Submissions to the Trial Judge

By Cloey

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When your small claims court trial is ended and all the facts are in and the witnesses have given their testimonies, the judge will give the representative of each party the opportunity to give a summation of all of their evidence. This stage of ... more »

How to Impress a Judge at Trial

By Cloey

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Are you going to represent yourself in a trial at court? Are you worried that you are going to totally botch everything you do and look foolish to the judge? Are you concerned that the judge won’t have respect for you because you’re not a ... more »

How to Know How Much to Sue For in Small Claims Court

By Cloey

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Are you having problems collecting on a debt and now you have no choice but to sue? Do you know how much to sue for or how much you will be allowed to sue for in court? Or, are you being sued for a debt that doubled when it became a claim? Here ... more »

How to Know if You Need Someone to Represent You at Trial

By Cloey

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If you are involved in a legal matter, sometimes it’s not only what you know, but who you know that will determine your success at trial. Your matter may not be complex enough to require legal representation during the trial, but it’s important ... more »

How to Know the Difference Between Fact and Hearsay Evidence

By Cloey

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Fact and hearsay evidence are so easily linked as the same thing to an untrained litigant, but in truth they are not. The big civil courts deal only with facts and Small Claims Court prefers fact but will accept hearsay in some circumstances. ... more »

How to Know What to Sue for in Small Claims Court

By Cloey

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If this is your first time in Small Claims Court, you are probably wondering what kind of things you can sue for. Here are a few suggestions on how to know what to sue for in Small Claims Court... more »

How to Know When to Stop Questioning Your Witness

By Cloey

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If you are representing yourself in small claims court and you are asking questions to your witness in the stand, you probably have set in your mind what you want the witness to say. You can’t always control what will be said, but you can take ... more »

How to Know When Your Trial Will Be Called

By Cloey

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Are you going to trial and have no idea what time your matter will be called? Here are a few suggestions to help you narrow down your timing... more »

How to Learn Small Claims Court Procedure

By Cloey

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If you’re going to trial in the Small Claims Court, you can be a bag of nerves by the time you’ve read all the do’s and don’ts of the information packages and faced the lawyer of the other party. To top that off, if you have friends that have ... more »

How to Outdo the Neighbor's Tiresome Music

By airesflora

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So your neighbor feels the world loves his or her music as much as they do. They continually blast their stereo day and night and you are wondering if you can tolerate one more minute of ooom pah pah, or low pitched base rythym that causes your ... more »

How to Prepare a Litigant for Court

By Cloey

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Are you being sued by someone that you never thought would take it that far? Are you needing to sue someone for monies owed to you but find it difficult to file a claim against them? How can you be prepared for a legal matter when you can’t get ... more »

How to Present Your Evidence in a Trial

By Cloey

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If you are going to trial without a lawyer, you will still need to support your claim and give your evidence. Do you ask yourself questions? Do you go to the witness box or speak from the counsel table? Here are a few suggestions to help you give ... more »

How to Request Court Documents

By llreynolds

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There comes a time when there's no avoiding dealing with "the system." When you need a document for a legal reason--whether it's a divorce decree for a mortgage application or a trial transcript for an appeal, it pays to know how to go about ... more »

How to Respond to A Claim Made Against You When You Are Innocent

By Cloey

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Have you ever been served a claim that alleged you owed money but you knew you did not? Have you ever just thought to trash this claim because the allegations were not true? Have you ever had a judgment made against you and you have no idea how ... more »

How to Stop a Lawyer From Representing you at Trial

By Cloey

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When in pursuit of justice, you hire a lawyer to represent you in a Small Claims Court trial. But after a while, you realize that you no longer want their services, either because you can’t afford them or because they have provided you with ... more »

How to Stop an Agent From Representing you in Court

By Cloey

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Have you ever had to face a Small Claims Court matter but couldn’t afford a lawyer and so you had an agent represent you? By agent, that could be a friend, family member or a paralegal--a person who is hired to act as legal counsel because they ... more »

How to Sue a Business in Another City

By Cloey

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Have you ever visited another city and bought something and after using it a few times realized you bought a lemon? Have you ever considered suing the store or business but thought that traveling across the country to a court trial was too much? ... more »

How to Sue a Restaurant

By eHow Legal Editor

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To sue a restaurant can be a difficult and lengthy course to take. If you've been wronged and cannot reach a solution with the management or owner, a lawsuit may be your only option... more »

How to Sue Someone From A Distance

By Cloey

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Did you ever try to sue someone who coincidentally moved across the country or even out of the country? Did you feel that because of that, you missed out on justice? Did you know that location isn’t necessarily a barrier when it comes to ... more »

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