Legal Question in Business Law in California

You WERE forced out.

Now your remedy is a lawsuit for your interest in the business. If you have an enforceable written agreement about the business, it will be relatively straight forward litigation, with possible settlement and resolution if you have the proof of your claim. It seems odd she would do this unless she thought she could 'legally' do so under the terms of your contract.

If serious about hiring counsel to help in this, and if this is in SoCal courts, feel free to contact me. I�ll be happy to help fight and get the best outcome possible, using whatever defenses and sympathies there may be. I�ve been doing these cases for many years.

95947, eh? Hardly SoCal. I spent some time there working on a deal to lease the Almanor Railroad from Collins Pine. It (obviously) didn't work out.

It'd be interesting to know what kind of story Suzy gave the sheriff. So, I'd probably start by requesting a police report. Of course, any lawyer handling your case would also need to have full and impartial information as to why the partnership went sour, and what Suzy will tell the court in ((attempted) justification of her actions. Also, a careful reading of your partnership agreement would be very necessary.

Although this is probably a groundless power play, and one for which you can probably recover worthwhile damages, I'd also counsel you that getting bought out and/or recovering significant monetary damages in court is probably the better outcome for you than trying to salvage your position as a working partner.

I still have clients and cases in Quincy, Portola, Redding and Yreka, so I'm up that way fairly often and could represent you without travel time charges.