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Neighbor Boundary Disputes: Trees, Fences, Noise, and More

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Colorado CLE Approved 2 Total
Montana CLE Approved 1.5 Total
North Dakota CLE Approved 1.5 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Nevada CLE Approved 1.5 Total
New York CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Oregon CLE Upon Request 1.5 Total
Washington CLE Approved 1.5 Total
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1 hours 32 minutes
Joseph Scalia
With Joseph W. Scalia from Law Offices of Joseph W. Scalia, APC
Recorded December 05, 2023
Product ID 97788

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Overview

Confidently Resolve Contentious Boundary Disputes Between Neighbors

When neighbors fight over easements, encroachments, trees, and drainage issues, they are often too clouded with emotion to equitably resolve matters on their own. It takes a skilled attorney to guide clients through the emotional fog and offer advice on legally sound solutions to these contentious disputes. In this comprehensive yet concise guide to neighbor disputes, our experienced faculty will provide you with strategies you can immediately use to resolve your next case - register today!

  • Determine the legal basis for disputes over spite fences, blocked views, property line encroachments, and more.
  • Discover cutting-edge strategies you can use to resolve your next neighbor dispute outside of court.
  • Understand how quiet title actions and other causes of action can be used to resolve boundary disputes.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Proving the Legal Basis of Neighbor Disputes: Common Law, Statutory Law, Etc.
    1. Unwanted Noise, Light, and Blight
    2. Disputed Property Lines
    3. Encroachments: Buildings, Fences, Roof Overhangs, Retaining Walls, etc.
    4. Blocked Views
    5. Spite Fences
    6. Trees on Property Lines: Potential and Actual Damage, Pruning, and Other Issues
    7. Drainage and Other Water Damage/Contamination Issues
    8. Earth Movement
    9. Easement Issues: Ingress, Egress, Trespass, and Encroachment
  2. Strategies for Resolving Neighbor Disputes Outside of Court
  3. Key Cause of Action Elements in Neighbor Disputes
    1. Nuisance or Abatement Actions
    2. Easements: Implied, Prescriptive, Equitable, Etc.
    3. Negligence
    4. Boundary by Acquiescence
    5. Adverse Possession
    6. Quiet Title Actions
    7. Curative Deeds and Boundary Agreements

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Product ID 97788

Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Colorado CLE Approved 2 Total
Montana CLE Approved 1.5 Total
North Dakota CLE Approved 1.5 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Nevada CLE Approved 1.5 Total
New York CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Oregon CLE Upon Request 1.5 Total
Washington CLE Approved 1.5 Total
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  1. Neighbor Boundary Disputes: Tree, Fences, Noise, and More

    1. Proving the Legal Basis of Neighbor Disputes: Common Law, Statutory Law, Etc.
      1. Unwanted Noise, Light, and Blight
      2. Disputed Property Lines
      3. Encroachments: Buildings, Fences, Roof Overhangs, Retaining Walls, etc.
      4. Blocked Views
      5. Spite Fences
      6. Trees on Property Lines: Potential and Actual Damage, Pruning, and Other Issues
      7. Drainage and Other Water Damage/Contamination Issues
      8. Earth Movement
      9. Easement Issues: Ingress, Egress, Trespass, and Encroachment
    2. Strategies for Resolving Neighbor Disputes Outside of Court
    3. Key Cause of Action Elements in Neighbor Disputes
      1. Nuisance or Abatement Actions
      2. Easements: Implied, Prescriptive, Equitable, Etc.
      3. Negligence
      4. Boundary by Acquiescence
      5. Adverse Possession
      6. Quiet Title Actions
      7. Curative Deeds and Boundary Agreements

Who Should Attend

This informative overview of neighbor disputes is for attorneys. Paralegals may also find it useful.

Speakers

Joseph W Scalia
Joseph W.
Scalia
Law Offices of Joseph W. Scalia, APC
Speaker bio
Joseph W Scalia

Joseph W. Scalia

Law Offices of Joseph W. Scalia, APC
Joseph Scalia

is a sole practitioner and has been practicing law since 1976. He currently maintains his office in Roseville, California, where he focuses in the areas of business law, construction law, employment law, sports and entertainment law, as well as real estate litigation. Mr. Scalia has been a licensed real estate broker in the state of California since 1982. He serves as a settlement judge pro tem for the Sacramento Superior Court and as an arbitrator with the Sacramento County Judicial Arbitration Association. Mr. Scalia has also served as a member on the panel of arbitrators for the American Arbitration Association and as a mediator in alternative dispute resolutions for El Dorado County Superior Court. He earned his B.A. degree, with honors, from the University of Notre Dame; and his J.D. degree, with honors, from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, where he was a member of the Law Review. He recently co-wrote a new CEB publication entitled Neighbor Disputes-Law and Litigation, and recently published a children’s book entitled The Adventures of Amelia Loggerhead. Mr. Scalia is a member of the Sacramento County Bar Association and the State Bar of California.

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