Deposit Not Returned, Amount in Dispute
I live in Louisiana, and have a similar problem, and they're also claiming that my deposit was smaller than it actually was. She claims that she doesn't have to prove that the notice was sent 30 days from when I moved out, and that she sent it herself, but why would I have never received it? I gave them a forwarding address that has been good for 12 years!
Re: Deposit Not Returned, Amount in Dispute
You are free to argue to the court that your non-receipt of the notice is evidence that it wasn't sent, and she's free to argue that if you didn't get it that it must have been "lost in the mail".
Your lease doesn't describe the amount of your deposit? No canceled check?