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A grounded child welfare law discussion follows how family conflict can become a dependency case.
Child welfare comes into focus through a bleak question: after another toddler's death following foster placement, is Santa Clara County facing an isolated breakdown or something more systemic?
A clear guide to bankruptcy's court process, from filing and automatic stay to trustee questions and discharge.
Bankruptcy is treated here less as a dramatic last resort than as a court process with defined steps. The discussion follows the path from gathering documents and preparing a filing to the automatic stay, which can pause most collection efforts, and then on to the trustee's…
A San Mateo political shake-up opens into a measured discussion of ballot seizures, investigations, and trust in California elections.
San Mateo's sudden political churn gives this Your Legal Rights episode a useful local entry point. After roughly 40 years without major disruption, the conversation turns to party organization, a crowded Democratic field, and Corinne Rankin's effectiveness as Republican Party…
A practical landlord-tenant episode that keeps roommate disputes and lease structures at the center.
Shared housing and eviction issues come through most clearly in the episode's look at the arrangements that make roommate disputes hard to sort out: co-tenants, master tenants, and subtenants.
A practical guide to sentence review when California law and county jurisdiction matter.
California's process for revisiting old criminal sentences is framed here as a matter of changed law, county authority, and the records that show where a case belongs.
Jeff Hayden and Kevin Charles Thurber use KALW's Your Legal Rights to examine California juvenile dependency after a Santa Clara County foster-care death drew attention to the system.
["A single Bay Area borrower making $130,000 with $20,000-$30,000 in credit-card debt may still fail Chapter 7.", "Jeff Hayden and Shea Larkin use that hypothetical on KALW's Your Legal Rights to compare Chapter 7, Chapter 13, and California's homestead rules.", "Larkin says some tax debt can be discharged, but 2023 and 2024 do not yet meet the timing rule, and preference payments to family members can be clawed back.", "Callers ask about $12,000 restitution that grew to about $40,000, a $5,500 credit-card judgment, a dismissed Chapter 13, and $50,000-$60,000 in card debt while trying to buy a house."]
["Jeff Hayden opens KALW's 'Your Legal Rights' with a blunt claim that President Trump's SAVE Act could eliminate vote-by-mail in San Mateo County.
KALW's Your Legal Rights uses a studio panel with Jessica Chalik, Salvatore Timpano, and David Finkelstein to explain California Tenant Protection Act of 2019 rules on rent control and eviction control.
Your Legal Rights on KALW 91.7 FM centers on California resentencing, with Jeff Hayden asking when courts should revisit sentences imposed years earlier under older rules.
Host Jeff Hayden introduces a discussion on medical malpractice law, explaining its complexities and inviting listener questions.
Host Jeff Hayden discusses post-conviction relief for non-citizens facing deportation, exploring the intersection of immigration law and criminal justice.
Attorney Jeff Hayden discusses recent changes in landlord-tenant law in San Francisco and invites listener calls.
Host Jeff Hayden and co-host David Begelisen discuss probate, estate planning, and common myths, inviting listener calls.
A legal talk show discussing digital privacy issues and surveillance with attorneys from the Electronic Frontier Foundation.