What you get

Your summary-process packet, section by section

Not a tip sheet — a complete, attorney-signed packet built for your case. Everything a lawyer would prepare, organized for the first court event and ready for trial. Pick your side below.

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Tenant Defense Packet

For tenants: stop the eviction, or settle on your terms

Built to meet the answer deadline, raise every defense, and turn the landlord's own mistakes into leverage.

What's inside

  • 1
    Your case roadmap & deadline. Exactly where you are on the c. 239 timeline and the date your answer and discovery are due.
  • 2
    The Answer, drafted to your facts. Every defense pleaded — defective notice, improper service, payment/cure.
  • 3
    Counterclaims that offset rent. Warranty of habitability, security deposit (c. 186 §15B — up to triple damages), retaliation (c. 186 §18).
  • 4
    Statutory discovery requests. Served on time, they also postpone trial about two weeks.
  • 5
    Evidence checklist. The photos, inspection reports, receipts, and records that prove your defenses.
  • 6
    Mediation & hearing scripts. What to say to the Housing Specialist and the judge.
Why it matters

The math can flip

A tenant who walks in with documented Sanitary Code violations and a security-deposit counterclaim isn't just defending — they may be owed money. A defective Notice to Quit can dismiss the case outright. The difference is having the paperwork filed correctly, on time.

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Landlord Summary-Process Packet

For landlords: do it right the first time

Built so a defective notice or a wrong entry date doesn't dismiss your case and cost you weeks of rent.

What's inside

  • 1
    The correct Notice to Quit. Matched to your ground — 14-day nonpayment or 30-day/rental-period no-fault — counted and dated right.
  • 2
    Summons & Complaint roadmap. How and when to serve, and how to fill it out cleanly.
  • 3
    Entry-date calendar. The correct Monday entry, 7–30 days after service, in the right court.
  • 4
    Exhibit & ledger package. Rent ledger, lease, communications, and proof of service, organized as exhibits.
  • 5
    Anticipated-defenses prep. Habitability, security deposit, and retaliation — addressed before the tenant raises them.
  • 6
    Mediation & hearing scripts. How to present possession and damages and how to settle enforceably.
Why it matters

A dismissal is a restart

The two most common reasons a landlord's case gets thrown out are a defective Notice to Quit and a mistimed entry date — and each one means starting over while the rent keeps not coming in. A clean file also kills the tenant counterclaims that turn an eviction into a payout.

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Every page reviewed by a real attorney

A licensed Massachusetts attorney, Patrick Donovan, Esq., reviews and signs every paid packet — tenant or landlord. That review is what turns the AI's draft into legal advice prepared for your case. No outcome is guaranteed.

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