Practical, easy-to-understand answers to questions about divorce, child support, and child custody; credit, bankruptcy, and debt collection; starting a business; leases and tenant rights; small claims court and lawyers; wills and probate; false advertising and warranties; immigration; and more.

The Deceptive Trade Practices Act (DTPA) is the leading consumer protection legislation in Texas. This e-book provides comprehensive, in-depth, and practical information as well as forms and checklists for those involved in a DTPA lawsuit.

"This reliable source explores traditional and emerging areas in consumer protection law. Federal and state law dealing with consumer transactions is covered, including caselaw and statutes. The volume begins with an overview of public (both FTC and CFPB) and private enforcement actions to regulate the marketplace. The remaining chapters track the legal aspects of consumer transactions in a roughly chronological fashion, starting with advertising and marketing, consumer privacy, credit reports and identity theft, and equal access to credit. The discussion continues with coverage of mandated disclosures as well as substantive protections for consumers under the federal credit laws, especially the Truth in Lending Act (TILA), including installment sales, credit cards and real estate related financing." - publisher's description

"The definitive consumer litigation treatise concerning defective new and used cars (including leased vehicles), manufactured homes, new homes, home improvements, automobile repairs, service contracts, assistive devices, and more." - publisher's description

"This treatise covers federal and parallel state statutes that prohibit broad categories of merchant or creditor conduct and is an essential companion for any attorney handling deception or consumer credit cases." - publisher's description

The Deceptive Trade Practices Act (DTPA) is the leading consumer protection legislation in Texas. This e-book provides comprehensive, in-depth, and practical information as well as forms and checklists for those involved in a DTPA lawsuit.

This thorough treatment of the laws surrounding the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act contains the most current research. Coverage includes proper party plaintiffs and defendants, breach of warranty, unconscionability, the insurance code, and interaction with other laws. This annually updated publication contains case law information and appendices with historical versions of the DTPA.

Part of the Deception and Warranties Library from the National Consumer Law Center, the eighth edition of this title provides a broad overview of unfair and deceptive acts and practices law. Specific chapters focus on scope, demonstrating a UDAP violation, credit and collections, motor vehicle sales, home related transactions, litigating a UDAP case, private remedies, and state agency enforcement. *

Created by the Texas Justice Court Training Center for court and constable personnel, this resource is a practical source of information for situations they may encounter in eviction and landlord/tenant cases.

The guide available at the link below is a comprehensive guide put together by attorney Judon Fambrough for the Texas A&M Real Estate Center. It covers information many tenants and landlords will find useful.

"Explains many of the questions and legal issues that arise in a landlord-tenant relationship." - from the publisher

This book from Nolo is intended to help landlords with legal issues, including screening tenants, leases, security deposits, sublets, the landlord’s duty to repair, right of entry, and evictions.

Written in straightforward and easy-to-understand language, Nolo’s guide to tenant rights is an excellent explanation of the legal pitfalls a renter can encounter.

This title from Nolo provides plain English information on leases and rental agreements. Chapters cover preparing leases, choosing tenants, getting tenants moved in, and ending a tenancy. Appendices cover topics such as landlord/tenant statutes, rent rules, security deposit rules, and landlord’s access to the property for each state. Also available are several different types of fill-in-the-blank rental forms.

"This Guide is designed to assist public housing authority staff and HUD with a range of issues related to public housing occupancy, from application for admission and rent calculations through ongoing occupancy to lease termination. The guidebook is intended to provide a handy reference for all aspects of admissions and occupancy administration." -Introduction

"This deskbook on Civil Procedure in justice courts is intended to offer a practical and readily accessible source of information relating to issues you are likely to encounter in civil cases in justice court." - from the introduction

This Nolo title includes small claims procedures for every state. Chapters discuss basic procedures like writing demand letters, filing and serving papers, preparing evidence, and mediating an out-of-court settlement.

"Real advice you can trust and use in small claims court. When every other method to collect has failed, a small claim is the right remedy to seek. If you're looking at either prosecuting or defending in a small claims court, with or without an attorney, the information presented in Filing & Winning Small Claims For Dummies is indispensable.The nuances of small claims courts vary from state to state, but the basic approach in preparing and presenting a small claims case is extremely uniform no matter where you are." - publisher's description