Charles M. Baron

Offering top-notch legal services in South Florida for over 36 years.

University of Florida

J.D. (1984) | Law

1982 - 1984

University of Florida

B.A. (1981) | Political Science

1978 - 1981

Certified Circuit Civil Mediator

Florida Dispute Resolution Center

Qualified Arbitrator

Florida Supreme Court

Florida Dispute Resolution Center

Current

Association of South Florida Mediators and Arbitrators

Current

National Lawyers Guild

Current

Broward County Bar Association

Current

South Broward Bar Association

Current

Florida

Since 1985

11th Circuit

Since 1989

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Q. Can I take an individual to small claims court if they agreed via text message to pay for a concert ticket

November 19, 2024

A: You'd have a valid claim if "offering to pay for this ticket" means that from the git-go, it was an agreement for you to obtain the ticket on the condition he/she pay you back for it. If "offering to pay for this ticket" means making a gift of the ticket, you would not have a valid claim, even if he/she decided to pay you back as a favor and promised to do so. In the latter scenario, such a promise would not be enforceable because the moment a gift is conveyed, end of story.

Q. is it unconstitutional to be arrested 30 yrs after a crime that you have already plead to and done your time?

November 13, 2024

A: There's a bad news opinion about that issue from the US Supreme Court, but to be certain, your fiance must consult a criminal defense attorney who handles sex offender cases. In the 2003 Supreme Court case Smith v. Doe, a retroactive state statute on registration requirements was challenged as being an ex post facto law - meaning a law that changes the punishment for a particular crime after commission of the crime, which would be unconstitutional. The Supreme Court, ruling against the man who failed to timely register, held that the statute at issue in that case was not unconstitutional because they deemed it to be a civil regulatory law rather than a statute that imposes a punishment. However, a reliable opinion about the law in your fiance's situation cannot be obtained online. In order to give a reliable opinion, he'd need a lawyer to review the statute at issue, determine if there's already been a legal challenge it that has lost, and if there has been no legal challenge thus far, determine if up-to-date case law in analogous cases provides the answer. Alternatively, justice organizations such as the ACLU might be able to provide an answer. ... Read More

Q. What can I do about people living and working on my property without my permission?

November 12, 2024

A: A court action against non-tenants being possessing property without consent is called an unlawful detainer action, or in some scenarios, an ejectment action (or both). So search for lawyers in your area who handle those types of claims. Some landlord-tenant lawyers will also handle those types of non-tenant claims.

I don't know what you mean by people "working" there without permission, but if you mean they are living there without permission and working out of the property (such as remote phone or laptop work), it's the same kind of court action(s).