cnu In the third month of marriage, my mother-in-law sat at my own kitchen table and said my apartment was “family property,” then told me I owed her $1,000 a month in rent—but when I calmly said I would just go back to my apartment

consultation.

I had kept Karen on retainer since February.

She knew everything I knew.

When I told Karen about Patricia’s rent demand and my response, there was a long pause on the phone.

Then she said, “Good. You didn’t agree to anything in writing?”

I said, “No.”

She said, “Even better. How soon can you come in?”

I said, “Tomorrow morning, 7:30.”

She said,continue reading …