Reader question: My neighbor's tree isn't maintained and hangs over my fence onto my property. Can I legally trim the tree, the part that hangs over my property? Answer: I brought this question to ...

Neighborly disputes are nothing new, especially when it comes to trees growing over the fence line. Whether a neighbor's tree branches hang over your property or their shrubbery is bursting through a ...

"Good fences make good neighbors," as Robert Frost famously put it. Trees are another matter, however. A tree overhanging your property, shading out your garden, sending roots into your septic system, ...

Q: We have a situation where a neighbor’s tree is dripping some kind of brownish stuff on our wall, which comes down like streaks of paint, and there is a bunch of debris. I finally had a tree expert ...