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user: dentist is threathening to sue me for 10 million dollars because of a negative review. this all began when i went to a new dentist. when i found out that the dentist operated beside a church on a trailer i began having doubts. this dentist explained that he had a clinic but only used the trailer on the weekends. when it was time for my teeth to be x-rayed the equipment didn't work because of "internet failure." turns out he was using the church internet. i made the decision not to go back again. a few months pass, and on a whim i decided to check my insurance. while perusing through my insurance, i noticed that i was charged for unrelated services regarding my last dental visit. i was charged for x-ray which i know didn't happen because his equipment didn't work. the most he did was clean my teeth and he charged 150 for that which i was fine with. i went to the facebook page of his clinic and found that other people were also complaining of overcharging. obviously unhappy i left a negative review saying that i had a bad experience and that he was overcharging. i also contacted my insurance to look into the charges made. another few months pass and i received a voicemail saying that "i am going to sue you for 1 million dollars for slander and defamation." in the call i could tell he was seething which was great but he also threatened to sue me which was not great. in the same day i called my insurance for a follow up and they told me that when they asked the dentist to provide proof of why he charged for that particular service he could not provide any. i would like to know if i am going to be a prospective homeless person in the coming months. ​ state is nm if anyone's curious. ​ edit: typo in the title, supposed to be 1 million not 10 million. bot: not a lawyer, but i work in hr people who are upset say “i’m going to sue you” people who actually bring lawsuits don’t telegraph their intentions, they just file suit.

user: dentist is threathening to sue me for 10 million dollars because of a negative review. this all began when i went to a new dentist. when i found out that the dentist operated beside a church on a trailer i began having doubts. this dentist explained that he had a clinic but only used the trailer on the weekends. when it was time for my teeth to be x-rayed the equipment didn't work because of "internet failure." turns out he was using the church internet. i made the decision not to go back again. a few months pass, and on a whim i decided to check my insurance. while perusing through my insurance, i noticed that i was charged for unrelated services regarding my last dental visit. i was charged for x-ray which i know didn't happen because his equipment didn't work. the most he did was clean my teeth and he charged 150 for that which i was fine with. i went to the facebook page of his clinic and found that other people were also complaining of overcharging. obviously unhappy i left a negative review saying that i had a bad experience and that he was overcharging. i also contacted my insurance to look into the charges made. another few months pass and i received a voicemail saying that "i am going to sue you for 1 million dollars for slander and defamation." in the call i could tell he was seething which was great but he also threatened to sue me which was not great. in the same day i called my insurance for a follow up and they told me that when they asked the dentist to provide proof of why he charged for that particular service he could not provide any. i would like to know if i am going to be a prospective homeless person in the coming months. ​ state is nm if anyone's curious. ​ edit: typo in the title, supposed to be 1 million not 10 million. bot: not a lawyer. i am not giving you qualified legal advice. you are responsible for the outcomes. you are not going to be homeless. not by a bloody mile. there are two issues to look at. * is your bad experience an opinion or fact? * is your overcharging claim a demonstrable fact? your bad experience is an opinion. you did not like it, and you voiced your opinion about not liking it. your negative opinion is not a basis for a defamation case, full stop. if you made false claims about facts, such as he caused damage, doesn't have a license, or uses unhygienic practices, then you are liable for damages. truth is an affirmative defense for defamation. overcharging you is a demonstrative fact. if it is true, you can shout it out at the top of your lungs all day, and he can do nothing about it. if you lied, then you are in trouble. it is simple enough a fact to prove. tell your insurance company what he threatened you with, and ask for a copy of their conclusions. if they balk at sharing, get your lawyer to ask for their conclusions. get a lawyer to take care of this for you. this is a simple case. it may pay off to pay attention to the dentist's statements now, and figure out if you are being defamed in turn.

user: dentist is threathening to sue me for 10 million dollars because of a negative review. this all began when i went to a new dentist. when i found out that the dentist operated beside a church on a trailer i began having doubts. this dentist explained that he had a clinic but only used the trailer on the weekends. when it was time for my teeth to be x-rayed the equipment didn't work because of "internet failure." turns out he was using the church internet. i made the decision not to go back again. a few months pass, and on a whim i decided to check my insurance. while perusing through my insurance, i noticed that i was charged for unrelated services regarding my last dental visit. i was charged for x-ray which i know didn't happen because his equipment didn't work. the most he did was clean my teeth and he charged 150 for that which i was fine with. i went to the facebook page of his clinic and found that other people were also complaining of overcharging. obviously unhappy i left a negative review saying that i had a bad experience and that he was overcharging. i also contacted my insurance to look into the charges made. another few months pass and i received a voicemail saying that "i am going to sue you for 1 million dollars for slander and defamation." in the call i could tell he was seething which was great but he also threatened to sue me which was not great. in the same day i called my insurance for a follow up and they told me that when they asked the dentist to provide proof of why he charged for that particular service he could not provide any. i would like to know if i am going to be a prospective homeless person in the coming months. ​ state is nm if anyone's curious. ​ edit: typo in the title, supposed to be 1 million not 10 million. bot: not a lawyer, but i work in hr people who are upset say “i’m going to sue you” people who actually bring lawsuits don’t telegraph their intentions, they just file suit.

user: dentist is threathening to sue me for 10 million dollars because of a negative review. this all began when i went to a new dentist. when i found out that the dentist operated beside a church on a trailer i began having doubts. this dentist explained that he had a clinic but only used the trailer on the weekends. when it was time for my teeth to be x-rayed the equipment didn't work because of "internet failure." turns out he was using the church internet. i made the decision not to go back again. a few months pass, and on a whim i decided to check my insurance. while perusing through my insurance, i noticed that i was charged for unrelated services regarding my last dental visit. i was charged for x-ray which i know didn't happen because his equipment didn't work. the most he did was clean my teeth and he charged 150 for that which i was fine with. i went to the facebook page of his clinic and found that other people were also complaining of overcharging. obviously unhappy i left a negative review saying that i had a bad experience and that he was overcharging. i also contacted my insurance to look into the charges made. another few months pass and i received a voicemail saying that "i am going to sue you for 1 million dollars for slander and defamation." in the call i could tell he was seething which was great but he also threatened to sue me which was not great. in the same day i called my insurance for a follow up and they told me that when they asked the dentist to provide proof of why he charged for that particular service he could not provide any. i would like to know if i am going to be a prospective homeless person in the coming months. ​ state is nm if anyone's curious. ​ edit: typo in the title, supposed to be 1 million not 10 million. bot: also, report him to the bbb, state ags office and the local dental board, he shouldnt be practicing.

user: dentist is threathening to sue me for 10 million dollars because of a negative review. this all began when i went to a new dentist. when i found out that the dentist operated beside a church on a trailer i began having doubts. this dentist explained that he had a clinic but only used the trailer on the weekends. when it was time for my teeth to be x-rayed the equipment didn't work because of "internet failure." turns out he was using the church internet. i made the decision not to go back again. a few months pass, and on a whim i decided to check my insurance. while perusing through my insurance, i noticed that i was charged for unrelated services regarding my last dental visit. i was charged for x-ray which i know didn't happen because his equipment didn't work. the most he did was clean my teeth and he charged 150 for that which i was fine with. i went to the facebook page of his clinic and found that other people were also complaining of overcharging. obviously unhappy i left a negative review saying that i had a bad experience and that he was overcharging. i also contacted my insurance to look into the charges made. another few months pass and i received a voicemail saying that "i am going to sue you for 1 million dollars for slander and defamation." in the call i could tell he was seething which was great but he also threatened to sue me which was not great. in the same day i called my insurance for a follow up and they told me that when they asked the dentist to provide proof of why he charged for that particular service he could not provide any. i would like to know if i am going to be a prospective homeless person in the coming months. ​ state is nm if anyone's curious. ​ edit: typo in the title, supposed to be 1 million not 10 million. bot: not a lawyer, but i work in hr people who are upset say “i’m going to sue you” people who actually bring lawsuits don’t telegraph their intentions, they just file suit.

user: dentist is threathening to sue me for 10 million dollars because of a negative review. this all began when i went to a new dentist. when i found out that the dentist operated beside a church on a trailer i began having doubts. this dentist explained that he had a clinic but only used the trailer on the weekends. when it was time for my teeth to be x-rayed the equipment didn't work because of "internet failure." turns out he was using the church internet. i made the decision not to go back again. a few months pass, and on a whim i decided to check my insurance. while perusing through my insurance, i noticed that i was charged for unrelated services regarding my last dental visit. i was charged for x-ray which i know didn't happen because his equipment didn't work. the most he did was clean my teeth and he charged 150 for that which i was fine with. i went to the facebook page of his clinic and found that other people were also complaining of overcharging. obviously unhappy i left a negative review saying that i had a bad experience and that he was overcharging. i also contacted my insurance to look into the charges made. another few months pass and i received a voicemail saying that "i am going to sue you for 1 million dollars for slander and defamation." in the call i could tell he was seething which was great but he also threatened to sue me which was not great. in the same day i called my insurance for a follow up and they told me that when they asked the dentist to provide proof of why he charged for that particular service he could not provide any. i would like to know if i am going to be a prospective homeless person in the coming months. ​ state is nm if anyone's curious. ​ edit: typo in the title, supposed to be 1 million not 10 million. bot: report him to the office of the superintendent of insurance for the state of new mexico.

user: dentist is threathening to sue me for 10 million dollars because of a negative review. this all began when i went to a new dentist. when i found out that the dentist operated beside a church on a trailer i began having doubts. this dentist explained that he had a clinic but only used the trailer on the weekends. when it was time for my teeth to be x-rayed the equipment didn't work because of "internet failure." turns out he was using the church internet. i made the decision not to go back again. a few months pass, and on a whim i decided to check my insurance. while perusing through my insurance, i noticed that i was charged for unrelated services regarding my last dental visit. i was charged for x-ray which i know didn't happen because his equipment didn't work. the most he did was clean my teeth and he charged 150 for that which i was fine with. i went to the facebook page of his clinic and found that other people were also complaining of overcharging. obviously unhappy i left a negative review saying that i had a bad experience and that he was overcharging. i also contacted my insurance to look into the charges made. another few months pass and i received a voicemail saying that "i am going to sue you for 1 million dollars for slander and defamation." in the call i could tell he was seething which was great but he also threatened to sue me which was not great. in the same day i called my insurance for a follow up and they told me that when they asked the dentist to provide proof of why he charged for that particular service he could not provide any. i would like to know if i am going to be a prospective homeless person in the coming months. ​ state is nm if anyone's curious. ​ edit: typo in the title, supposed to be 1 million not 10 million. bot: not a lawyer, but i work in hr people who are upset say “i’m going to sue you” people who actually bring lawsuits don’t telegraph their intentions, they just file suit.

user: dentist is threathening to sue me for 10 million dollars because of a negative review. this all began when i went to a new dentist. when i found out that the dentist operated beside a church on a trailer i began having doubts. this dentist explained that he had a clinic but only used the trailer on the weekends. when it was time for my teeth to be x-rayed the equipment didn't work because of "internet failure." turns out he was using the church internet. i made the decision not to go back again. a few months pass, and on a whim i decided to check my insurance. while perusing through my insurance, i noticed that i was charged for unrelated services regarding my last dental visit. i was charged for x-ray which i know didn't happen because his equipment didn't work. the most he did was clean my teeth and he charged 150 for that which i was fine with. i went to the facebook page of his clinic and found that other people were also complaining of overcharging. obviously unhappy i left a negative review saying that i had a bad experience and that he was overcharging. i also contacted my insurance to look into the charges made. another few months pass and i received a voicemail saying that "i am going to sue you for 1 million dollars for slander and defamation." in the call i could tell he was seething which was great but he also threatened to sue me which was not great. in the same day i called my insurance for a follow up and they told me that when they asked the dentist to provide proof of why he charged for that particular service he could not provide any. i would like to know if i am going to be a prospective homeless person in the coming months. ​ state is nm if anyone's curious. ​ edit: typo in the title, supposed to be 1 million not 10 million. bot: > i received a voicemail saying that "i am going to sue you for 1 million dollars for slander and defamation." people say this all the time. don't worry unless you actually get served with court papers. even then, as long as you told the truth you will be fine, but consult a lawyer if you get served (which is highly unlikely).

user: dentist is threathening to sue me for 10 million dollars because of a negative review. this all began when i went to a new dentist. when i found out that the dentist operated beside a church on a trailer i began having doubts. this dentist explained that he had a clinic but only used the trailer on the weekends. when it was time for my teeth to be x-rayed the equipment didn't work because of "internet failure." turns out he was using the church internet. i made the decision not to go back again. a few months pass, and on a whim i decided to check my insurance. while perusing through my insurance, i noticed that i was charged for unrelated services regarding my last dental visit. i was charged for x-ray which i know didn't happen because his equipment didn't work. the most he did was clean my teeth and he charged 150 for that which i was fine with. i went to the facebook page of his clinic and found that other people were also complaining of overcharging. obviously unhappy i left a negative review saying that i had a bad experience and that he was overcharging. i also contacted my insurance to look into the charges made. another few months pass and i received a voicemail saying that "i am going to sue you for 1 million dollars for slander and defamation." in the call i could tell he was seething which was great but he also threatened to sue me which was not great. in the same day i called my insurance for a follow up and they told me that when they asked the dentist to provide proof of why he charged for that particular service he could not provide any. i would like to know if i am going to be a prospective homeless person in the coming months. ​ state is nm if anyone's curious. ​ edit: typo in the title, supposed to be 1 million not 10 million. bot: not a lawyer, but i work in hr people who are upset say “i’m going to sue you” people who actually bring lawsuits don’t telegraph their intentions, they just file suit.

user: dentist is threathening to sue me for 10 million dollars because of a negative review. this all began when i went to a new dentist. when i found out that the dentist operated beside a church on a trailer i began having doubts. this dentist explained that he had a clinic but only used the trailer on the weekends. when it was time for my teeth to be x-rayed the equipment didn't work because of "internet failure." turns out he was using the church internet. i made the decision not to go back again. a few months pass, and on a whim i decided to check my insurance. while perusing through my insurance, i noticed that i was charged for unrelated services regarding my last dental visit. i was charged for x-ray which i know didn't happen because his equipment didn't work. the most he did was clean my teeth and he charged 150 for that which i was fine with. i went to the facebook page of his clinic and found that other people were also complaining of overcharging. obviously unhappy i left a negative review saying that i had a bad experience and that he was overcharging. i also contacted my insurance to look into the charges made. another few months pass and i received a voicemail saying that "i am going to sue you for 1 million dollars for slander and defamation." in the call i could tell he was seething which was great but he also threatened to sue me which was not great. in the same day i called my insurance for a follow up and they told me that when they asked the dentist to provide proof of why he charged for that particular service he could not provide any. i would like to know if i am going to be a prospective homeless person in the coming months. ​ state is nm if anyone's curious. ​ edit: typo in the title, supposed to be 1 million not 10 million. bot: ignore him unless you get an actual legal notice. if you get one, you may want to look up anti-slapp laws in your state

user: dentist is threathening to sue me for 10 million dollars because of a negative review. this all began when i went to a new dentist. when i found out that the dentist operated beside a church on a trailer i began having doubts. this dentist explained that he had a clinic but only used the trailer on the weekends. when it was time for my teeth to be x-rayed the equipment didn't work because of "internet failure." turns out he was using the church internet. i made the decision not to go back again. a few months pass, and on a whim i decided to check my insurance. while perusing through my insurance, i noticed that i was charged for unrelated services regarding my last dental visit. i was charged for x-ray which i know didn't happen because his equipment didn't work. the most he did was clean my teeth and he charged 150 for that which i was fine with. i went to the facebook page of his clinic and found that other people were also complaining of overcharging. obviously unhappy i left a negative review saying that i had a bad experience and that he was overcharging. i also contacted my insurance to look into the charges made. another few months pass and i received a voicemail saying that "i am going to sue you for 1 million dollars for slander and defamation." in the call i could tell he was seething which was great but he also threatened to sue me which was not great. in the same day i called my insurance for a follow up and they told me that when they asked the dentist to provide proof of why he charged for that particular service he could not provide any. i would like to know if i am going to be a prospective homeless person in the coming months. ​ state is nm if anyone's curious. ​ edit: typo in the title, supposed to be 1 million not 10 million. bot: if you report to the local dental board they may consider having another dentist review your file, which would definitely work against him in court if the board were to publicly discipline him after determining that he billed for unperformed services. source: medical board employee.

user: dentist is threathening to sue me for 10 million dollars because of a negative review. this all began when i went to a new dentist. when i found out that the dentist operated beside a church on a trailer i began having doubts. this dentist explained that he had a clinic but only used the trailer on the weekends. when it was time for my teeth to be x-rayed the equipment didn't work because of "internet failure." turns out he was using the church internet. i made the decision not to go back again. a few months pass, and on a whim i decided to check my insurance. while perusing through my insurance, i noticed that i was charged for unrelated services regarding my last dental visit. i was charged for x-ray which i know didn't happen because his equipment didn't work. the most he did was clean my teeth and he charged 150 for that which i was fine with. i went to the facebook page of his clinic and found that other people were also complaining of overcharging. obviously unhappy i left a negative review saying that i had a bad experience and that he was overcharging. i also contacted my insurance to look into the charges made. another few months pass and i received a voicemail saying that "i am going to sue you for 1 million dollars for slander and defamation." in the call i could tell he was seething which was great but he also threatened to sue me which was not great. in the same day i called my insurance for a follow up and they told me that when they asked the dentist to provide proof of why he charged for that particular service he could not provide any. i would like to know if i am going to be a prospective homeless person in the coming months. ​ state is nm if anyone's curious. ​ edit: typo in the title, supposed to be 1 million not 10 million. bot: not a lawyer. i am not giving you qualified legal advice. you are responsible for the outcomes. you are not going to be homeless. not by a bloody mile. there are two issues to look at. * is your bad experience an opinion or fact? * is your overcharging claim a demonstrable fact? your bad experience is an opinion. you did not like it, and you voiced your opinion about not liking it. your negative opinion is not a basis for a defamation case, full stop. if you made false claims about facts, such as he caused damage, doesn't have a license, or uses unhygienic practices, then you are liable for damages. truth is an affirmative defense for defamation. overcharging you is a demonstrative fact. if it is true, you can shout it out at the top of your lungs all day, and he can do nothing about it. if you lied, then you are in trouble. it is simple enough a fact to prove. tell your insurance company what he threatened you with, and ask for a copy of their conclusions. if they balk at sharing, get your lawyer to ask for their conclusions. get a lawyer to take care of this for you. this is a simple case. it may pay off to pay attention to the dentist's statements now, and figure out if you are being defamed in turn.

user: dentist is threathening to sue me for 10 million dollars because of a negative review. this all began when i went to a new dentist. when i found out that the dentist operated beside a church on a trailer i began having doubts. this dentist explained that he had a clinic but only used the trailer on the weekends. when it was time for my teeth to be x-rayed the equipment didn't work because of "internet failure." turns out he was using the church internet. i made the decision not to go back again. a few months pass, and on a whim i decided to check my insurance. while perusing through my insurance, i noticed that i was charged for unrelated services regarding my last dental visit. i was charged for x-ray which i know didn't happen because his equipment didn't work. the most he did was clean my teeth and he charged 150 for that which i was fine with. i went to the facebook page of his clinic and found that other people were also complaining of overcharging. obviously unhappy i left a negative review saying that i had a bad experience and that he was overcharging. i also contacted my insurance to look into the charges made. another few months pass and i received a voicemail saying that "i am going to sue you for 1 million dollars for slander and defamation." in the call i could tell he was seething which was great but he also threatened to sue me which was not great. in the same day i called my insurance for a follow up and they told me that when they asked the dentist to provide proof of why he charged for that particular service he could not provide any. i would like to know if i am going to be a prospective homeless person in the coming months. ​ state is nm if anyone's curious. ​ edit: typo in the title, supposed to be 1 million not 10 million. bot: if you report to the local dental board they may consider having another dentist review your file, which would definitely work against him in court if the board were to publicly discipline him after determining that he billed for unperformed services. source: medical board employee.

user: dentist is threathening to sue me for 10 million dollars because of a negative review. this all began when i went to a new dentist. when i found out that the dentist operated beside a church on a trailer i began having doubts. this dentist explained that he had a clinic but only used the trailer on the weekends. when it was time for my teeth to be x-rayed the equipment didn't work because of "internet failure." turns out he was using the church internet. i made the decision not to go back again. a few months pass, and on a whim i decided to check my insurance. while perusing through my insurance, i noticed that i was charged for unrelated services regarding my last dental visit. i was charged for x-ray which i know didn't happen because his equipment didn't work. the most he did was clean my teeth and he charged 150 for that which i was fine with. i went to the facebook page of his clinic and found that other people were also complaining of overcharging. obviously unhappy i left a negative review saying that i had a bad experience and that he was overcharging. i also contacted my insurance to look into the charges made. another few months pass and i received a voicemail saying that "i am going to sue you for 1 million dollars for slander and defamation." in the call i could tell he was seething which was great but he also threatened to sue me which was not great. in the same day i called my insurance for a follow up and they told me that when they asked the dentist to provide proof of why he charged for that particular service he could not provide any. i would like to know if i am going to be a prospective homeless person in the coming months. ​ state is nm if anyone's curious. ​ edit: typo in the title, supposed to be 1 million not 10 million. bot: also, report him to the bbb, state ags office and the local dental board, he shouldnt be practicing.

user: dentist is threathening to sue me for 10 million dollars because of a negative review. this all began when i went to a new dentist. when i found out that the dentist operated beside a church on a trailer i began having doubts. this dentist explained that he had a clinic but only used the trailer on the weekends. when it was time for my teeth to be x-rayed the equipment didn't work because of "internet failure." turns out he was using the church internet. i made the decision not to go back again. a few months pass, and on a whim i decided to check my insurance. while perusing through my insurance, i noticed that i was charged for unrelated services regarding my last dental visit. i was charged for x-ray which i know didn't happen because his equipment didn't work. the most he did was clean my teeth and he charged 150 for that which i was fine with. i went to the facebook page of his clinic and found that other people were also complaining of overcharging. obviously unhappy i left a negative review saying that i had a bad experience and that he was overcharging. i also contacted my insurance to look into the charges made. another few months pass and i received a voicemail saying that "i am going to sue you for 1 million dollars for slander and defamation." in the call i could tell he was seething which was great but he also threatened to sue me which was not great. in the same day i called my insurance for a follow up and they told me that when they asked the dentist to provide proof of why he charged for that particular service he could not provide any. i would like to know if i am going to be a prospective homeless person in the coming months. ​ state is nm if anyone's curious. ​ edit: typo in the title, supposed to be 1 million not 10 million. bot: if you report to the local dental board they may consider having another dentist review your file, which would definitely work against him in court if the board were to publicly discipline him after determining that he billed for unperformed services. source: medical board employee.

user: dentist is threathening to sue me for 10 million dollars because of a negative review. this all began when i went to a new dentist. when i found out that the dentist operated beside a church on a trailer i began having doubts. this dentist explained that he had a clinic but only used the trailer on the weekends. when it was time for my teeth to be x-rayed the equipment didn't work because of "internet failure." turns out he was using the church internet. i made the decision not to go back again. a few months pass, and on a whim i decided to check my insurance. while perusing through my insurance, i noticed that i was charged for unrelated services regarding my last dental visit. i was charged for x-ray which i know didn't happen because his equipment didn't work. the most he did was clean my teeth and he charged 150 for that which i was fine with. i went to the facebook page of his clinic and found that other people were also complaining of overcharging. obviously unhappy i left a negative review saying that i had a bad experience and that he was overcharging. i also contacted my insurance to look into the charges made. another few months pass and i received a voicemail saying that "i am going to sue you for 1 million dollars for slander and defamation." in the call i could tell he was seething which was great but he also threatened to sue me which was not great. in the same day i called my insurance for a follow up and they told me that when they asked the dentist to provide proof of why he charged for that particular service he could not provide any. i would like to know if i am going to be a prospective homeless person in the coming months. ​ state is nm if anyone's curious. ​ edit: typo in the title, supposed to be 1 million not 10 million. bot: report him to the office of the superintendent of insurance for the state of new mexico.

user: dentist is threathening to sue me for 10 million dollars because of a negative review. this all began when i went to a new dentist. when i found out that the dentist operated beside a church on a trailer i began having doubts. this dentist explained that he had a clinic but only used the trailer on the weekends. when it was time for my teeth to be x-rayed the equipment didn't work because of "internet failure." turns out he was using the church internet. i made the decision not to go back again. a few months pass, and on a whim i decided to check my insurance. while perusing through my insurance, i noticed that i was charged for unrelated services regarding my last dental visit. i was charged for x-ray which i know didn't happen because his equipment didn't work. the most he did was clean my teeth and he charged 150 for that which i was fine with. i went to the facebook page of his clinic and found that other people were also complaining of overcharging. obviously unhappy i left a negative review saying that i had a bad experience and that he was overcharging. i also contacted my insurance to look into the charges made. another few months pass and i received a voicemail saying that "i am going to sue you for 1 million dollars for slander and defamation." in the call i could tell he was seething which was great but he also threatened to sue me which was not great. in the same day i called my insurance for a follow up and they told me that when they asked the dentist to provide proof of why he charged for that particular service he could not provide any. i would like to know if i am going to be a prospective homeless person in the coming months. ​ state is nm if anyone's curious. ​ edit: typo in the title, supposed to be 1 million not 10 million. bot: if you report to the local dental board they may consider having another dentist review your file, which would definitely work against him in court if the board were to publicly discipline him after determining that he billed for unperformed services. source: medical board employee.

user: dentist is threathening to sue me for 10 million dollars because of a negative review. this all began when i went to a new dentist. when i found out that the dentist operated beside a church on a trailer i began having doubts. this dentist explained that he had a clinic but only used the trailer on the weekends. when it was time for my teeth to be x-rayed the equipment didn't work because of "internet failure." turns out he was using the church internet. i made the decision not to go back again. a few months pass, and on a whim i decided to check my insurance. while perusing through my insurance, i noticed that i was charged for unrelated services regarding my last dental visit. i was charged for x-ray which i know didn't happen because his equipment didn't work. the most he did was clean my teeth and he charged 150 for that which i was fine with. i went to the facebook page of his clinic and found that other people were also complaining of overcharging. obviously unhappy i left a negative review saying that i had a bad experience and that he was overcharging. i also contacted my insurance to look into the charges made. another few months pass and i received a voicemail saying that "i am going to sue you for 1 million dollars for slander and defamation." in the call i could tell he was seething which was great but he also threatened to sue me which was not great. in the same day i called my insurance for a follow up and they told me that when they asked the dentist to provide proof of why he charged for that particular service he could not provide any. i would like to know if i am going to be a prospective homeless person in the coming months. ​ state is nm if anyone's curious. ​ edit: typo in the title, supposed to be 1 million not 10 million. bot: > i received a voicemail saying that "i am going to sue you for 1 million dollars for slander and defamation." people say this all the time. don't worry unless you actually get served with court papers. even then, as long as you told the truth you will be fine, but consult a lawyer if you get served (which is highly unlikely).

user: dentist is threathening to sue me for 10 million dollars because of a negative review. this all began when i went to a new dentist. when i found out that the dentist operated beside a church on a trailer i began having doubts. this dentist explained that he had a clinic but only used the trailer on the weekends. when it was time for my teeth to be x-rayed the equipment didn't work because of "internet failure." turns out he was using the church internet. i made the decision not to go back again. a few months pass, and on a whim i decided to check my insurance. while perusing through my insurance, i noticed that i was charged for unrelated services regarding my last dental visit. i was charged for x-ray which i know didn't happen because his equipment didn't work. the most he did was clean my teeth and he charged 150 for that which i was fine with. i went to the facebook page of his clinic and found that other people were also complaining of overcharging. obviously unhappy i left a negative review saying that i had a bad experience and that he was overcharging. i also contacted my insurance to look into the charges made. another few months pass and i received a voicemail saying that "i am going to sue you for 1 million dollars for slander and defamation." in the call i could tell he was seething which was great but he also threatened to sue me which was not great. in the same day i called my insurance for a follow up and they told me that when they asked the dentist to provide proof of why he charged for that particular service he could not provide any. i would like to know if i am going to be a prospective homeless person in the coming months. ​ state is nm if anyone's curious. ​ edit: typo in the title, supposed to be 1 million not 10 million. bot: life info: 1. the vast majority of the time when people threaten to sue, it is just a threat full of hot air to get you to do what they want. when people are serious about suing they are more likely to just do it than talk about it or at least have their lawyer send you a letter telling you to stop. 2. when people talk about a million dollars they are usually just talking. i'd be more concerned about someone threatening to sue for $450,000, because that sounds like they might know the law and have reasoning for their amount, instead of just being mad and wanting a million dollars. specific to your situation: *it is unlikely he is going to sue you in the first place. if he does, it is going to cost you some time and money to deal with it, but from what you said here, he does not have a case. additionally, it sounds like he does not have money to hire a lawyer. are you wealthy? even if he did have a case, a lawyer - among other things - might tell him it is not worth suing if there is nothing to get. finally, based on your description of his practice, he doesn't sound like he is good at getting things together. *do not respond to him or contact him in any way. *to oversimplify, defamation is basically telling lies about people that cause them harm. it does not sound like you have done that. slander is defamation that is spoken. he meant libel which is written defamation. *if you get any official legal documents, be sure to show up in court and not ignore them. at that point, even if it is just small claims court, i would at least consult an attorney. so what do you do: *just in case, document everything and save it. i would include your description of what happened (what you wrote here is fine.) screen shot your review and others review. save the voicemail he sent you. i'd also keep a copy of your insurance charges and note any communication you have with insurance. if you save it electronically, be sure to back it up. if he actually did sue or continues to harass you, all of these things would be very useful and they may be useful for the following. *if you want, you would not be wrong to take further action. there is someone who oversees insurance for your state. the insurance company presumably has contacted them, but you can as well. i think the party that licensed dentists would be interested in hearing about your experience as well - the insurance company would not have contacted them. if you are really feeling upset, you may check the business licensing and see if he is supposed to be operating out of a trailer in that location. (this kind of set up is often used for dentist in low income areas with no insurance, so it's not unheard of - just not typical for one you'd go to when you are fully covered by insurance.) if he has a clinic in the area, why wouldn't he use it? you could do a little digging - maybe he is part of a practice but has this as a side business stealing customers from the greater practice and they are not aware. is he on church property? i'm wondering if the church thinks he is running a free dentist clinic - assuming he has their consent - not his normal business. they may not be okay with this either. the guy seems super shady - i suspect there are more issues if you are feeling petty and have time to look into local laws. personally, that sounds like too much work to me, but i would contact the dental board. tl;dr. not getting sued. document everything just in case i'm wrong. don't call him back. if what you listed is accurate, he definitely does not have a case. maybe contact dental licensing.

user: dentist is threathening to sue me for 10 million dollars because of a negative review. this all began when i went to a new dentist. when i found out that the dentist operated beside a church on a trailer i began having doubts. this dentist explained that he had a clinic but only used the trailer on the weekends. when it was time for my teeth to be x-rayed the equipment didn't work because of "internet failure." turns out he was using the church internet. i made the decision not to go back again. a few months pass, and on a whim i decided to check my insurance. while perusing through my insurance, i noticed that i was charged for unrelated services regarding my last dental visit. i was charged for x-ray which i know didn't happen because his equipment didn't work. the most he did was clean my teeth and he charged 150 for that which i was fine with. i went to the facebook page of his clinic and found that other people were also complaining of overcharging. obviously unhappy i left a negative review saying that i had a bad experience and that he was overcharging. i also contacted my insurance to look into the charges made. another few months pass and i received a voicemail saying that "i am going to sue you for 1 million dollars for slander and defamation." in the call i could tell he was seething which was great but he also threatened to sue me which was not great. in the same day i called my insurance for a follow up and they told me that when they asked the dentist to provide proof of why he charged for that particular service he could not provide any. i would like to know if i am going to be a prospective homeless person in the coming months. ​ state is nm if anyone's curious. ​ edit: typo in the title, supposed to be 1 million not 10 million. bot: not a lawyer. i am not giving you qualified legal advice. you are responsible for the outcomes. you are not going to be homeless. not by a bloody mile. there are two issues to look at. * is your bad experience an opinion or fact? * is your overcharging claim a demonstrable fact? your bad experience is an opinion. you did not like it, and you voiced your opinion about not liking it. your negative opinion is not a basis for a defamation case, full stop. if you made false claims about facts, such as he caused damage, doesn't have a license, or uses unhygienic practices, then you are liable for damages. truth is an affirmative defense for defamation. overcharging you is a demonstrative fact. if it is true, you can shout it out at the top of your lungs all day, and he can do nothing about it. if you lied, then you are in trouble. it is simple enough a fact to prove. tell your insurance company what he threatened you with, and ask for a copy of their conclusions. if they balk at sharing, get your lawyer to ask for their conclusions. get a lawyer to take care of this for you. this is a simple case. it may pay off to pay attention to the dentist's statements now, and figure out if you are being defamed in turn.

user: dentist is threathening to sue me for 10 million dollars because of a negative review. this all began when i went to a new dentist. when i found out that the dentist operated beside a church on a trailer i began having doubts. this dentist explained that he had a clinic but only used the trailer on the weekends. when it was time for my teeth to be x-rayed the equipment didn't work because of "internet failure." turns out he was using the church internet. i made the decision not to go back again. a few months pass, and on a whim i decided to check my insurance. while perusing through my insurance, i noticed that i was charged for unrelated services regarding my last dental visit. i was charged for x-ray which i know didn't happen because his equipment didn't work. the most he did was clean my teeth and he charged 150 for that which i was fine with. i went to the facebook page of his clinic and found that other people were also complaining of overcharging. obviously unhappy i left a negative review saying that i had a bad experience and that he was overcharging. i also contacted my insurance to look into the charges made. another few months pass and i received a voicemail saying that "i am going to sue you for 1 million dollars for slander and defamation." in the call i could tell he was seething which was great but he also threatened to sue me which was not great. in the same day i called my insurance for a follow up and they told me that when they asked the dentist to provide proof of why he charged for that particular service he could not provide any. i would like to know if i am going to be a prospective homeless person in the coming months. ​ state is nm if anyone's curious. ​ edit: typo in the title, supposed to be 1 million not 10 million. bot: life info: 1. the vast majority of the time when people threaten to sue, it is just a threat full of hot air to get you to do what they want. when people are serious about suing they are more likely to just do it than talk about it or at least have their lawyer send you a letter telling you to stop. 2. when people talk about a million dollars they are usually just talking. i'd be more concerned about someone threatening to sue for $450,000, because that sounds like they might know the law and have reasoning for their amount, instead of just being mad and wanting a million dollars. specific to your situation: *it is unlikely he is going to sue you in the first place. if he does, it is going to cost you some time and money to deal with it, but from what you said here, he does not have a case. additionally, it sounds like he does not have money to hire a lawyer. are you wealthy? even if he did have a case, a lawyer - among other things - might tell him it is not worth suing if there is nothing to get. finally, based on your description of his practice, he doesn't sound like he is good at getting things together. *do not respond to him or contact him in any way. *to oversimplify, defamation is basically telling lies about people that cause them harm. it does not sound like you have done that. slander is defamation that is spoken. he meant libel which is written defamation. *if you get any official legal documents, be sure to show up in court and not ignore them. at that point, even if it is just small claims court, i would at least consult an attorney. so what do you do: *just in case, document everything and save it. i would include your description of what happened (what you wrote here is fine.) screen shot your review and others review. save the voicemail he sent you. i'd also keep a copy of your insurance charges and note any communication you have with insurance. if you save it electronically, be sure to back it up. if he actually did sue or continues to harass you, all of these things would be very useful and they may be useful for the following. *if you want, you would not be wrong to take further action. there is someone who oversees insurance for your state. the insurance company presumably has contacted them, but you can as well. i think the party that licensed dentists would be interested in hearing about your experience as well - the insurance company would not have contacted them. if you are really feeling upset, you may check the business licensing and see if he is supposed to be operating out of a trailer in that location. (this kind of set up is often used for dentist in low income areas with no insurance, so it's not unheard of - just not typical for one you'd go to when you are fully covered by insurance.) if he has a clinic in the area, why wouldn't he use it? you could do a little digging - maybe he is part of a practice but has this as a side business stealing customers from the greater practice and they are not aware. is he on church property? i'm wondering if the church thinks he is running a free dentist clinic - assuming he has their consent - not his normal business. they may not be okay with this either. the guy seems super shady - i suspect there are more issues if you are feeling petty and have time to look into local laws. personally, that sounds like too much work to me, but i would contact the dental board. tl;dr. not getting sued. document everything just in case i'm wrong. don't call him back. if what you listed is accurate, he definitely does not have a case. maybe contact dental licensing.

user: dentist is threathening to sue me for 10 million dollars because of a negative review. this all began when i went to a new dentist. when i found out that the dentist operated beside a church on a trailer i began having doubts. this dentist explained that he had a clinic but only used the trailer on the weekends. when it was time for my teeth to be x-rayed the equipment didn't work because of "internet failure." turns out he was using the church internet. i made the decision not to go back again. a few months pass, and on a whim i decided to check my insurance. while perusing through my insurance, i noticed that i was charged for unrelated services regarding my last dental visit. i was charged for x-ray which i know didn't happen because his equipment didn't work. the most he did was clean my teeth and he charged 150 for that which i was fine with. i went to the facebook page of his clinic and found that other people were also complaining of overcharging. obviously unhappy i left a negative review saying that i had a bad experience and that he was overcharging. i also contacted my insurance to look into the charges made. another few months pass and i received a voicemail saying that "i am going to sue you for 1 million dollars for slander and defamation." in the call i could tell he was seething which was great but he also threatened to sue me which was not great. in the same day i called my insurance for a follow up and they told me that when they asked the dentist to provide proof of why he charged for that particular service he could not provide any. i would like to know if i am going to be a prospective homeless person in the coming months. ​ state is nm if anyone's curious. ​ edit: typo in the title, supposed to be 1 million not 10 million. bot: also, report him to the bbb, state ags office and the local dental board, he shouldnt be practicing.

user: dentist is threathening to sue me for 10 million dollars because of a negative review. this all began when i went to a new dentist. when i found out that the dentist operated beside a church on a trailer i began having doubts. this dentist explained that he had a clinic but only used the trailer on the weekends. when it was time for my teeth to be x-rayed the equipment didn't work because of "internet failure." turns out he was using the church internet. i made the decision not to go back again. a few months pass, and on a whim i decided to check my insurance. while perusing through my insurance, i noticed that i was charged for unrelated services regarding my last dental visit. i was charged for x-ray which i know didn't happen because his equipment didn't work. the most he did was clean my teeth and he charged 150 for that which i was fine with. i went to the facebook page of his clinic and found that other people were also complaining of overcharging. obviously unhappy i left a negative review saying that i had a bad experience and that he was overcharging. i also contacted my insurance to look into the charges made. another few months pass and i received a voicemail saying that "i am going to sue you for 1 million dollars for slander and defamation." in the call i could tell he was seething which was great but he also threatened to sue me which was not great. in the same day i called my insurance for a follow up and they told me that when they asked the dentist to provide proof of why he charged for that particular service he could not provide any. i would like to know if i am going to be a prospective homeless person in the coming months. ​ state is nm if anyone's curious. ​ edit: typo in the title, supposed to be 1 million not 10 million. bot: life info: 1. the vast majority of the time when people threaten to sue, it is just a threat full of hot air to get you to do what they want. when people are serious about suing they are more likely to just do it than talk about it or at least have their lawyer send you a letter telling you to stop. 2. when people talk about a million dollars they are usually just talking. i'd be more concerned about someone threatening to sue for $450,000, because that sounds like they might know the law and have reasoning for their amount, instead of just being mad and wanting a million dollars. specific to your situation: *it is unlikely he is going to sue you in the first place. if he does, it is going to cost you some time and money to deal with it, but from what you said here, he does not have a case. additionally, it sounds like he does not have money to hire a lawyer. are you wealthy? even if he did have a case, a lawyer - among other things - might tell him it is not worth suing if there is nothing to get. finally, based on your description of his practice, he doesn't sound like he is good at getting things together. *do not respond to him or contact him in any way. *to oversimplify, defamation is basically telling lies about people that cause them harm. it does not sound like you have done that. slander is defamation that is spoken. he meant libel which is written defamation. *if you get any official legal documents, be sure to show up in court and not ignore them. at that point, even if it is just small claims court, i would at least consult an attorney. so what do you do: *just in case, document everything and save it. i would include your description of what happened (what you wrote here is fine.) screen shot your review and others review. save the voicemail he sent you. i'd also keep a copy of your insurance charges and note any communication you have with insurance. if you save it electronically, be sure to back it up. if he actually did sue or continues to harass you, all of these things would be very useful and they may be useful for the following. *if you want, you would not be wrong to take further action. there is someone who oversees insurance for your state. the insurance company presumably has contacted them, but you can as well. i think the party that licensed dentists would be interested in hearing about your experience as well - the insurance company would not have contacted them. if you are really feeling upset, you may check the business licensing and see if he is supposed to be operating out of a trailer in that location. (this kind of set up is often used for dentist in low income areas with no insurance, so it's not unheard of - just not typical for one you'd go to when you are fully covered by insurance.) if he has a clinic in the area, why wouldn't he use it? you could do a little digging - maybe he is part of a practice but has this as a side business stealing customers from the greater practice and they are not aware. is he on church property? i'm wondering if the church thinks he is running a free dentist clinic - assuming he has their consent - not his normal business. they may not be okay with this either. the guy seems super shady - i suspect there are more issues if you are feeling petty and have time to look into local laws. personally, that sounds like too much work to me, but i would contact the dental board. tl;dr. not getting sued. document everything just in case i'm wrong. don't call him back. if what you listed is accurate, he definitely does not have a case. maybe contact dental licensing.

user: dentist is threathening to sue me for 10 million dollars because of a negative review. this all began when i went to a new dentist. when i found out that the dentist operated beside a church on a trailer i began having doubts. this dentist explained that he had a clinic but only used the trailer on the weekends. when it was time for my teeth to be x-rayed the equipment didn't work because of "internet failure." turns out he was using the church internet. i made the decision not to go back again. a few months pass, and on a whim i decided to check my insurance. while perusing through my insurance, i noticed that i was charged for unrelated services regarding my last dental visit. i was charged for x-ray which i know didn't happen because his equipment didn't work. the most he did was clean my teeth and he charged 150 for that which i was fine with. i went to the facebook page of his clinic and found that other people were also complaining of overcharging. obviously unhappy i left a negative review saying that i had a bad experience and that he was overcharging. i also contacted my insurance to look into the charges made. another few months pass and i received a voicemail saying that "i am going to sue you for 1 million dollars for slander and defamation." in the call i could tell he was seething which was great but he also threatened to sue me which was not great. in the same day i called my insurance for a follow up and they told me that when they asked the dentist to provide proof of why he charged for that particular service he could not provide any. i would like to know if i am going to be a prospective homeless person in the coming months. ​ state is nm if anyone's curious. ​ edit: typo in the title, supposed to be 1 million not 10 million. bot: report him to the office of the superintendent of insurance for the state of new mexico.

user: dentist is threathening to sue me for 10 million dollars because of a negative review. this all began when i went to a new dentist. when i found out that the dentist operated beside a church on a trailer i began having doubts. this dentist explained that he had a clinic but only used the trailer on the weekends. when it was time for my teeth to be x-rayed the equipment didn't work because of "internet failure." turns out he was using the church internet. i made the decision not to go back again. a few months pass, and on a whim i decided to check my insurance. while perusing through my insurance, i noticed that i was charged for unrelated services regarding my last dental visit. i was charged for x-ray which i know didn't happen because his equipment didn't work. the most he did was clean my teeth and he charged 150 for that which i was fine with. i went to the facebook page of his clinic and found that other people were also complaining of overcharging. obviously unhappy i left a negative review saying that i had a bad experience and that he was overcharging. i also contacted my insurance to look into the charges made. another few months pass and i received a voicemail saying that "i am going to sue you for 1 million dollars for slander and defamation." in the call i could tell he was seething which was great but he also threatened to sue me which was not great. in the same day i called my insurance for a follow up and they told me that when they asked the dentist to provide proof of why he charged for that particular service he could not provide any. i would like to know if i am going to be a prospective homeless person in the coming months. ​ state is nm if anyone's curious. ​ edit: typo in the title, supposed to be 1 million not 10 million. bot: life info: 1. the vast majority of the time when people threaten to sue, it is just a threat full of hot air to get you to do what they want. when people are serious about suing they are more likely to just do it than talk about it or at least have their lawyer send you a letter telling you to stop. 2. when people talk about a million dollars they are usually just talking. i'd be more concerned about someone threatening to sue for $450,000, because that sounds like they might know the law and have reasoning for their amount, instead of just being mad and wanting a million dollars. specific to your situation: *it is unlikely he is going to sue you in the first place. if he does, it is going to cost you some time and money to deal with it, but from what you said here, he does not have a case. additionally, it sounds like he does not have money to hire a lawyer. are you wealthy? even if he did have a case, a lawyer - among other things - might tell him it is not worth suing if there is nothing to get. finally, based on your description of his practice, he doesn't sound like he is good at getting things together. *do not respond to him or contact him in any way. *to oversimplify, defamation is basically telling lies about people that cause them harm. it does not sound like you have done that. slander is defamation that is spoken. he meant libel which is written defamation. *if you get any official legal documents, be sure to show up in court and not ignore them. at that point, even if it is just small claims court, i would at least consult an attorney. so what do you do: *just in case, document everything and save it. i would include your description of what happened (what you wrote here is fine.) screen shot your review and others review. save the voicemail he sent you. i'd also keep a copy of your insurance charges and note any communication you have with insurance. if you save it electronically, be sure to back it up. if he actually did sue or continues to harass you, all of these things would be very useful and they may be useful for the following. *if you want, you would not be wrong to take further action. there is someone who oversees insurance for your state. the insurance company presumably has contacted them, but you can as well. i think the party that licensed dentists would be interested in hearing about your experience as well - the insurance company would not have contacted them. if you are really feeling upset, you may check the business licensing and see if he is supposed to be operating out of a trailer in that location. (this kind of set up is often used for dentist in low income areas with no insurance, so it's not unheard of - just not typical for one you'd go to when you are fully covered by insurance.) if he has a clinic in the area, why wouldn't he use it? you could do a little digging - maybe he is part of a practice but has this as a side business stealing customers from the greater practice and they are not aware. is he on church property? i'm wondering if the church thinks he is running a free dentist clinic - assuming he has their consent - not his normal business. they may not be okay with this either. the guy seems super shady - i suspect there are more issues if you are feeling petty and have time to look into local laws. personally, that sounds like too much work to me, but i would contact the dental board. tl;dr. not getting sued. document everything just in case i'm wrong. don't call him back. if what you listed is accurate, he definitely does not have a case. maybe contact dental licensing.

user: dentist is threathening to sue me for 10 million dollars because of a negative review. this all began when i went to a new dentist. when i found out that the dentist operated beside a church on a trailer i began having doubts. this dentist explained that he had a clinic but only used the trailer on the weekends. when it was time for my teeth to be x-rayed the equipment didn't work because of "internet failure." turns out he was using the church internet. i made the decision not to go back again. a few months pass, and on a whim i decided to check my insurance. while perusing through my insurance, i noticed that i was charged for unrelated services regarding my last dental visit. i was charged for x-ray which i know didn't happen because his equipment didn't work. the most he did was clean my teeth and he charged 150 for that which i was fine with. i went to the facebook page of his clinic and found that other people were also complaining of overcharging. obviously unhappy i left a negative review saying that i had a bad experience and that he was overcharging. i also contacted my insurance to look into the charges made. another few months pass and i received a voicemail saying that "i am going to sue you for 1 million dollars for slander and defamation." in the call i could tell he was seething which was great but he also threatened to sue me which was not great. in the same day i called my insurance for a follow up and they told me that when they asked the dentist to provide proof of why he charged for that particular service he could not provide any. i would like to know if i am going to be a prospective homeless person in the coming months. ​ state is nm if anyone's curious. ​ edit: typo in the title, supposed to be 1 million not 10 million. bot: > i received a voicemail saying that "i am going to sue you for 1 million dollars for slander and defamation." people say this all the time. don't worry unless you actually get served with court papers. even then, as long as you told the truth you will be fine, but consult a lawyer if you get served (which is highly unlikely).

user: dentist is threathening to sue me for 10 million dollars because of a negative review. this all began when i went to a new dentist. when i found out that the dentist operated beside a church on a trailer i began having doubts. this dentist explained that he had a clinic but only used the trailer on the weekends. when it was time for my teeth to be x-rayed the equipment didn't work because of "internet failure." turns out he was using the church internet. i made the decision not to go back again. a few months pass, and on a whim i decided to check my insurance. while perusing through my insurance, i noticed that i was charged for unrelated services regarding my last dental visit. i was charged for x-ray which i know didn't happen because his equipment didn't work. the most he did was clean my teeth and he charged 150 for that which i was fine with. i went to the facebook page of his clinic and found that other people were also complaining of overcharging. obviously unhappy i left a negative review saying that i had a bad experience and that he was overcharging. i also contacted my insurance to look into the charges made. another few months pass and i received a voicemail saying that "i am going to sue you for 1 million dollars for slander and defamation." in the call i could tell he was seething which was great but he also threatened to sue me which was not great. in the same day i called my insurance for a follow up and they told me that when they asked the dentist to provide proof of why he charged for that particular service he could not provide any. i would like to know if i am going to be a prospective homeless person in the coming months. ​ state is nm if anyone's curious. ​ edit: typo in the title, supposed to be 1 million not 10 million. bot: life info: 1. the vast majority of the time when people threaten to sue, it is just a threat full of hot air to get you to do what they want. when people are serious about suing they are more likely to just do it than talk about it or at least have their lawyer send you a letter telling you to stop. 2. when people talk about a million dollars they are usually just talking. i'd be more concerned about someone threatening to sue for $450,000, because that sounds like they might know the law and have reasoning for their amount, instead of just being mad and wanting a million dollars. specific to your situation: *it is unlikely he is going to sue you in the first place. if he does, it is going to cost you some time and money to deal with it, but from what you said here, he does not have a case. additionally, it sounds like he does not have money to hire a lawyer. are you wealthy? even if he did have a case, a lawyer - among other things - might tell him it is not worth suing if there is nothing to get. finally, based on your description of his practice, he doesn't sound like he is good at getting things together. *do not respond to him or contact him in any way. *to oversimplify, defamation is basically telling lies about people that cause them harm. it does not sound like you have done that. slander is defamation that is spoken. he meant libel which is written defamation. *if you get any official legal documents, be sure to show up in court and not ignore them. at that point, even if it is just small claims court, i would at least consult an attorney. so what do you do: *just in case, document everything and save it. i would include your description of what happened (what you wrote here is fine.) screen shot your review and others review. save the voicemail he sent you. i'd also keep a copy of your insurance charges and note any communication you have with insurance. if you save it electronically, be sure to back it up. if he actually did sue or continues to harass you, all of these things would be very useful and they may be useful for the following. *if you want, you would not be wrong to take further action. there is someone who oversees insurance for your state. the insurance company presumably has contacted them, but you can as well. i think the party that licensed dentists would be interested in hearing about your experience as well - the insurance company would not have contacted them. if you are really feeling upset, you may check the business licensing and see if he is supposed to be operating out of a trailer in that location. (this kind of set up is often used for dentist in low income areas with no insurance, so it's not unheard of - just not typical for one you'd go to when you are fully covered by insurance.) if he has a clinic in the area, why wouldn't he use it? you could do a little digging - maybe he is part of a practice but has this as a side business stealing customers from the greater practice and they are not aware. is he on church property? i'm wondering if the church thinks he is running a free dentist clinic - assuming he has their consent - not his normal business. they may not be okay with this either. the guy seems super shady - i suspect there are more issues if you are feeling petty and have time to look into local laws. personally, that sounds like too much work to me, but i would contact the dental board. tl;dr. not getting sued. document everything just in case i'm wrong. don't call him back. if what you listed is accurate, he definitely does not have a case. maybe contact dental licensing.

user: dentist is threathening to sue me for 10 million dollars because of a negative review. this all began when i went to a new dentist. when i found out that the dentist operated beside a church on a trailer i began having doubts. this dentist explained that he had a clinic but only used the trailer on the weekends. when it was time for my teeth to be x-rayed the equipment didn't work because of "internet failure." turns out he was using the church internet. i made the decision not to go back again. a few months pass, and on a whim i decided to check my insurance. while perusing through my insurance, i noticed that i was charged for unrelated services regarding my last dental visit. i was charged for x-ray which i know didn't happen because his equipment didn't work. the most he did was clean my teeth and he charged 150 for that which i was fine with. i went to the facebook page of his clinic and found that other people were also complaining of overcharging. obviously unhappy i left a negative review saying that i had a bad experience and that he was overcharging. i also contacted my insurance to look into the charges made. another few months pass and i received a voicemail saying that "i am going to sue you for 1 million dollars for slander and defamation." in the call i could tell he was seething which was great but he also threatened to sue me which was not great. in the same day i called my insurance for a follow up and they told me that when they asked the dentist to provide proof of why he charged for that particular service he could not provide any. i would like to know if i am going to be a prospective homeless person in the coming months. ​ state is nm if anyone's curious. ​ edit: typo in the title, supposed to be 1 million not 10 million. bot: ignore him unless you get an actual legal notice. if you get one, you may want to look up anti-slapp laws in your state

user: dentist is threathening to sue me for 10 million dollars because of a negative review. this all began when i went to a new dentist. when i found out that the dentist operated beside a church on a trailer i began having doubts. this dentist explained that he had a clinic but only used the trailer on the weekends. when it was time for my teeth to be x-rayed the equipment didn't work because of "internet failure." turns out he was using the church internet. i made the decision not to go back again. a few months pass, and on a whim i decided to check my insurance. while perusing through my insurance, i noticed that i was charged for unrelated services regarding my last dental visit. i was charged for x-ray which i know didn't happen because his equipment didn't work. the most he did was clean my teeth and he charged 150 for that which i was fine with. i went to the facebook page of his clinic and found that other people were also complaining of overcharging. obviously unhappy i left a negative review saying that i had a bad experience and that he was overcharging. i also contacted my insurance to look into the charges made. another few months pass and i received a voicemail saying that "i am going to sue you for 1 million dollars for slander and defamation." in the call i could tell he was seething which was great but he also threatened to sue me which was not great. in the same day i called my insurance for a follow up and they told me that when they asked the dentist to provide proof of why he charged for that particular service he could not provide any. i would like to know if i am going to be a prospective homeless person in the coming months. &#x200b; state is nm if anyone's curious. &#x200b; edit: typo in the title, supposed to be 1 million not 10 million. bot: &#x200b; << . i would like to know if i am going to be a prospective homeless person in the coming months. >> &#x200b; no, the dentist is the one who is most likely going to be in trouble for fraudulent claims, he will probably have bigger things to worry about since he charged your insurance for a procedure that he cannot prove he performed

user: dentist is threathening to sue me for 10 million dollars because of a negative review. this all began when i went to a new dentist. when i found out that the dentist operated beside a church on a trailer i began having doubts. this dentist explained that he had a clinic but only used the trailer on the weekends. when it was time for my teeth to be x-rayed the equipment didn't work because of "internet failure." turns out he was using the church internet. i made the decision not to go back again. a few months pass, and on a whim i decided to check my insurance. while perusing through my insurance, i noticed that i was charged for unrelated services regarding my last dental visit. i was charged for x-ray which i know didn't happen because his equipment didn't work. the most he did was clean my teeth and he charged 150 for that which i was fine with. i went to the facebook page of his clinic and found that other people were also complaining of overcharging. obviously unhappy i left a negative review saying that i had a bad experience and that he was overcharging. i also contacted my insurance to look into the charges made. another few months pass and i received a voicemail saying that "i am going to sue you for 1 million dollars for slander and defamation." in the call i could tell he was seething which was great but he also threatened to sue me which was not great. in the same day i called my insurance for a follow up and they told me that when they asked the dentist to provide proof of why he charged for that particular service he could not provide any. i would like to know if i am going to be a prospective homeless person in the coming months. &#x200b; state is nm if anyone's curious. &#x200b; edit: typo in the title, supposed to be 1 million not 10 million. bot: ignore him unless you get an actual legal notice. if you get one, you may want to look up anti-slapp laws in your state

user: dentist is threathening to sue me for 10 million dollars because of a negative review. this all began when i went to a new dentist. when i found out that the dentist operated beside a church on a trailer i began having doubts. this dentist explained that he had a clinic but only used the trailer on the weekends. when it was time for my teeth to be x-rayed the equipment didn't work because of "internet failure." turns out he was using the church internet. i made the decision not to go back again. a few months pass, and on a whim i decided to check my insurance. while perusing through my insurance, i noticed that i was charged for unrelated services regarding my last dental visit. i was charged for x-ray which i know didn't happen because his equipment didn't work. the most he did was clean my teeth and he charged 150 for that which i was fine with. i went to the facebook page of his clinic and found that other people were also complaining of overcharging. obviously unhappy i left a negative review saying that i had a bad experience and that he was overcharging. i also contacted my insurance to look into the charges made. another few months pass and i received a voicemail saying that "i am going to sue you for 1 million dollars for slander and defamation." in the call i could tell he was seething which was great but he also threatened to sue me which was not great. in the same day i called my insurance for a follow up and they told me that when they asked the dentist to provide proof of why he charged for that particular service he could not provide any. i would like to know if i am going to be a prospective homeless person in the coming months. &#x200b; state is nm if anyone's curious. &#x200b; edit: typo in the title, supposed to be 1 million not 10 million. bot: i am not a lawyer but bottom line; if he is going to sue you for 1 million dollars he will need to take it to normal court not small claims court. keep the voice mail, keep any dialogue from your insurance and most important if you receive anything in the mail make sure to verify it and then properly respond. i am going to go out on a limb and say the guy working out of a trailer stealing church wifi isn’t going to have the money to hire a lawyer to sue you for a million, specially since that’s like the definition of a frivolous lawsuit and has an extremely low chance of being heard let alone won as long as what you said was true. if the guy keep hounding you update the review to say that. hopefully it scare s enough people away. also probably not a bad idea to notify the church he is doing that. i am sure their insurance would not appreciate the liability he is giving them by operating a medical facility on their property. doesn’t sound like he has their permission

user: dentist is threathening to sue me for 10 million dollars because of a negative review. this all began when i went to a new dentist. when i found out that the dentist operated beside a church on a trailer i began having doubts. this dentist explained that he had a clinic but only used the trailer on the weekends. when it was time for my teeth to be x-rayed the equipment didn't work because of "internet failure." turns out he was using the church internet. i made the decision not to go back again. a few months pass, and on a whim i decided to check my insurance. while perusing through my insurance, i noticed that i was charged for unrelated services regarding my last dental visit. i was charged for x-ray which i know didn't happen because his equipment didn't work. the most he did was clean my teeth and he charged 150 for that which i was fine with. i went to the facebook page of his clinic and found that other people were also complaining of overcharging. obviously unhappy i left a negative review saying that i had a bad experience and that he was overcharging. i also contacted my insurance to look into the charges made. another few months pass and i received a voicemail saying that "i am going to sue you for 1 million dollars for slander and defamation." in the call i could tell he was seething which was great but he also threatened to sue me which was not great. in the same day i called my insurance for a follow up and they told me that when they asked the dentist to provide proof of why he charged for that particular service he could not provide any. i would like to know if i am going to be a prospective homeless person in the coming months. &#x200b; state is nm if anyone's curious. &#x200b; edit: typo in the title, supposed to be 1 million not 10 million. bot: ignore him unless you get an actual legal notice. if you get one, you may want to look up anti-slapp laws in your state

user: is my giant snail illegal to own in the usa? i will have to move from my home in europe to somewhere in the usa sometime in the next year for reasons out of my control. i will most likely have to move to illinois, new york, or north carolina but i will not know for sure for some time. this legal question is based on nationwide restrictions though. i have a pet giant west african snail, also known as the banana rasp snail or the archachatina marginata. i understand that the **giant african land snail** is illegal to own in the usa because people are afraid it could be an invasive species in florida, but i can't find any information if the **giant west african snail** has the same restrictions. they are two completely different species despite the name similarity. are giant west african snails illegal in the usa? also, i will not be bringing my pet to the usa unless i can be sure that i won't risk harm to the environment. i am talking to an ecologist about that. i want to undestand separately what the legal situation is. i may have to find a new home for my pet, or even euthanise him if i can't find one. so i want to know everything about the situation and understand every option before i even consider doing that to a creature under my care. bot: instead of euthanasia, call any zoos or exotic sanctuaries near you and ask if they could take your snail if you are unable to take your pet to america

user: is my giant snail illegal to own in the usa? i will have to move from my home in europe to somewhere in the usa sometime in the next year for reasons out of my control. i will most likely have to move to illinois, new york, or north carolina but i will not know for sure for some time. this legal question is based on nationwide restrictions though. i have a pet giant west african snail, also known as the banana rasp snail or the archachatina marginata. i understand that the **giant african land snail** is illegal to own in the usa because people are afraid it could be an invasive species in florida, but i can't find any information if the **giant west african snail** has the same restrictions. they are two completely different species despite the name similarity. are giant west african snails illegal in the usa? also, i will not be bringing my pet to the usa unless i can be sure that i won't risk harm to the environment. i am talking to an ecologist about that. i want to undestand separately what the legal situation is. i may have to find a new home for my pet, or even euthanise him if i can't find one. so i want to know everything about the situation and understand every option before i even consider doing that to a creature under my care. bot: it looks like they are all lumped under the same ban?

user: recently moved into a condo, and apparently 80%+ of the units are owned by a company who is renting them out as short term stays. today they passed a motion that basically says they can fine any tenant (upto 5k) who interferes with their renters. do we have any sort of case here? we moved into a brand new condo in downtown toronto, ontario about a month ago (we own the unit and i paid for it when they were being built). we found out today from one of the few other people who live here full time that apparently over 80% of the units are owned by a company who rents them out on airbnb. today was the second condo board meeting (i wasn't here for the first) where i basically learned that nothing i can do means a damn thing. two motions or laws (idk which) were passed by majority even though everyone there disagreed with it but since the company owns the majority of the units they can pass whatever they want? 1. any tenant who interferes with any renters enjoyment of the unit can be fined up to $5,000. (apparently the owner is furious that our building lost its super host status as several people called bylaw/police on airbnb tenants). 2. the storage on the first floor will now be converted into a small gym and pool area (oh and we are expected to pay for it through something called an easement?). i don't know very much around the rules of condo ownership and board. but frankly this isn't what i paid for. do i have any sort of case or chance to fight this? bot: call the city. #### contact information **311** phone outside toronto: 416-392-city (2489) **tty:** 416-338-0tty (0889) **email:** 311@toronto.ca](mailto:311@toronto.ca) [https://www.toronto.ca/community-people/housing-shelter/rental-housing-standards/short-term-rentals/ # short-term rentals residents and property owners are renting out rooms or entire units for short periods (less than 28 days) in growing numbers across the city, facilitated by the rise of online platforms such as airbnb, vrbo, etc. **currently, short-term rentals are not permitted in toronto.** on december 7, 2017, and january 31, 2018, city council approved the regulation of short-term rentals in toronto. the new rules require short-term rental companies to obtain a licence and short-term rental operators to register with the city and pay a municipal accommodation tax (mat) of 4 per cent. however, the city’s zoning bylaw amendments to permit short-term rentals as a use have been appealed to the local planning appeal tribunal (lpat). they are therefore not in force. the lpat had scheduled a two-day hearing for august 30 and 31, 2018, however at the hearing it was determined that two days was insufficient time for the proceedings and a five day period would be more appropriate. for that reason, the august 30 and 31, 2018 lpat hearing was adjourned and re-scheduled for august 26, 2019. the city’s regulations for short-term rentals will not come into force until after the appeal decision is reached. if the city receives a positive decision at the lpat, the short-term rental regulations will come into effect. soon after, individuals will be given a period of time to submit applications for a licence or registration and the 4 per cent tax will be implemented. more information on what is required to collect and remit the tax will be available at that time. if you would like to receive updates about the short-term rental registry and licensing program, contact mlsfeedback@toronto.ca](mailto:mlsfeedback@toronto.ca) to be added our mailing list. for more information, see [chapter 547, licensing and registration of short-term rentals 📷. &#x200b; * short-term rentals are permitted across the city in all housing types in residential and the residential component of mixed-use zones. * ***people can host short-term rentals in their pr***incipal residence only – both homeowners and tenants can participate. * people can rent up to three bedrooms or entire residence. * people who live in secondary suites can also participate, as long as the secondary suite is their principal residence. * an entire home can be rented as a short-term rental if owner/tenant is away – to a maximum of 180 nights per year. * people who rent their homes short term must register with the city and pay $50. * companies such as airbnb must become licensed and pay a fee of $5,000, plus $1/night booked through the platform. * people doing short-term rentals must pay a 4 per cent municipal accommodation tax (mat) on all rentals that are less than 28 consecutive days. * companies such as airbnb can enter into voluntary agreements to collect the mat on behalf of those associated with their company. &#x200b; #### related information &#x200b; * view investigation requests and violations in toronto * information about the municipal accommodation tax 📷jobs at the city 📷media room 📷contact us 📷 📷translateconnect: 📷 📷 📷 📷 📷 📷 view all toronto.ca social media accounts © city of toronto 1998 - 2019 | privacy | accessibility at the city of toronto

user: recently moved into a condo, and apparently 80%+ of the units are owned by a company who is renting them out as short term stays. today they passed a motion that basically says they can fine any tenant (upto 5k) who interferes with their renters. do we have any sort of case here? we moved into a brand new condo in downtown toronto, ontario about a month ago (we own the unit and i paid for it when they were being built). we found out today from one of the few other people who live here full time that apparently over 80% of the units are owned by a company who rents them out on airbnb. today was the second condo board meeting (i wasn't here for the first) where i basically learned that nothing i can do means a damn thing. two motions or laws (idk which) were passed by majority even though everyone there disagreed with it but since the company owns the majority of the units they can pass whatever they want? 1. any tenant who interferes with any renters enjoyment of the unit can be fined up to $5,000. (apparently the owner is furious that our building lost its super host status as several people called bylaw/police on airbnb tenants). 2. the storage on the first floor will now be converted into a small gym and pool area (oh and we are expected to pay for it through something called an easement?). i don't know very much around the rules of condo ownership and board. but frankly this isn't what i paid for. do i have any sort of case or chance to fight this? bot: read your ccr. does the ccr allow 80% to be rentals? does the ccr allow one person or entity to have such a high percentage of ownership?

user: recently moved into a condo, and apparently 80%+ of the units are owned by a company who is renting them out as short term stays. today they passed a motion that basically says they can fine any tenant (upto 5k) who interferes with their renters. do we have any sort of case here? we moved into a brand new condo in downtown toronto, ontario about a month ago (we own the unit and i paid for it when they were being built). we found out today from one of the few other people who live here full time that apparently over 80% of the units are owned by a company who rents them out on airbnb. today was the second condo board meeting (i wasn't here for the first) where i basically learned that nothing i can do means a damn thing. two motions or laws (idk which) were passed by majority even though everyone there disagreed with it but since the company owns the majority of the units they can pass whatever they want? 1. any tenant who interferes with any renters enjoyment of the unit can be fined up to $5,000. (apparently the owner is furious that our building lost its super host status as several people called bylaw/police on airbnb tenants). 2. the storage on the first floor will now be converted into a small gym and pool area (oh and we are expected to pay for it through something called an easement?). i don't know very much around the rules of condo ownership and board. but frankly this isn't what i paid for. do i have any sort of case or chance to fight this? bot: so they’re trying to run a hotel via airbnb. i’m sure they’re breaking all sorts of rules. lawyer and city council.

user: recently moved into a condo, and apparently 80%+ of the units are owned by a company who is renting them out as short term stays. today they passed a motion that basically says they can fine any tenant (upto 5k) who interferes with their renters. do we have any sort of case here? we moved into a brand new condo in downtown toronto, ontario about a month ago (we own the unit and i paid for it when they were being built). we found out today from one of the few other people who live here full time that apparently over 80% of the units are owned by a company who rents them out on airbnb. today was the second condo board meeting (i wasn't here for the first) where i basically learned that nothing i can do means a damn thing. two motions or laws (idk which) were passed by majority even though everyone there disagreed with it but since the company owns the majority of the units they can pass whatever they want? 1. any tenant who interferes with any renters enjoyment of the unit can be fined up to $5,000. (apparently the owner is furious that our building lost its super host status as several people called bylaw/police on airbnb tenants). 2. the storage on the first floor will now be converted into a small gym and pool area (oh and we are expected to pay for it through something called an easement?). i don't know very much around the rules of condo ownership and board. but frankly this isn't what i paid for. do i have any sort of case or chance to fight this? bot: before you talk to a lawyer, you need to familiarize yourself with the ontario strata property act and amendments. in bc, we have a civil rights tribunal that deals with this sort of thing before you seek out a lawyer - to lessen the financial burden and to try to work towards a solution through an arbitrator. i imagine ontario has something similar. (i'm too lazy to do the research)

user: recently moved into a condo, and apparently 80%+ of the units are owned by a company who is renting them out as short term stays. today they passed a motion that basically says they can fine any tenant (upto 5k) who interferes with their renters. do we have any sort of case here? we moved into a brand new condo in downtown toronto, ontario about a month ago (we own the unit and i paid for it when they were being built). we found out today from one of the few other people who live here full time that apparently over 80% of the units are owned by a company who rents them out on airbnb. today was the second condo board meeting (i wasn't here for the first) where i basically learned that nothing i can do means a damn thing. two motions or laws (idk which) were passed by majority even though everyone there disagreed with it but since the company owns the majority of the units they can pass whatever they want? 1. any tenant who interferes with any renters enjoyment of the unit can be fined up to $5,000. (apparently the owner is furious that our building lost its super host status as several people called bylaw/police on airbnb tenants). 2. the storage on the first floor will now be converted into a small gym and pool area (oh and we are expected to pay for it through something called an easement?). i don't know very much around the rules of condo ownership and board. but frankly this isn't what i paid for. do i have any sort of case or chance to fight this? bot: retaliation for calling the police (for an actual emergency or criminal activity) is very much illegal, no court on the planet would help uphold it. if they take someone to court over it, they would be opening up a can of legal issues and fines. not too sure about the second thing, but an easement is a right to cross or otherwise use someone else's land for a specified purpose, it has nothing to do with paying for changes to a location.

user: recently moved into a condo, and apparently 80%+ of the units are owned by a company who is renting them out as short term stays. today they passed a motion that basically says they can fine any tenant (upto 5k) who interferes with their renters. do we have any sort of case here? we moved into a brand new condo in downtown toronto, ontario about a month ago (we own the unit and i paid for it when they were being built). we found out today from one of the few other people who live here full time that apparently over 80% of the units are owned by a company who rents them out on airbnb. today was the second condo board meeting (i wasn't here for the first) where i basically learned that nothing i can do means a damn thing. two motions or laws (idk which) were passed by majority even though everyone there disagreed with it but since the company owns the majority of the units they can pass whatever they want? 1. any tenant who interferes with any renters enjoyment of the unit can be fined up to $5,000. (apparently the owner is furious that our building lost its super host status as several people called bylaw/police on airbnb tenants). 2. the storage on the first floor will now be converted into a small gym and pool area (oh and we are expected to pay for it through something called an easement?). i don't know very much around the rules of condo ownership and board. but frankly this isn't what i paid for. do i have any sort of case or chance to fight this? bot: call a lawyer.

user: neighbor getting attorney over cat getting taken to shelter? does he have a case? long story short, my neighbor has been neglecting his cat by keeping it locked outside in the cold, resulting in it roaming the neighborhood and trying to get into people’s houses, including mine. i called animal control to take the cat to the shelter, and he’s very upset. he’s sent threatening texts and is now demanding that i go to the shelter to claim the cat, pay the fee, and pay to get a license so that we’re “co-owners”. he could’ve gone to the shelter to claim the cat himself any of these past couple days, but he hasn’t, he wants us to do everything. he says it will get ugly if the cat isn’t “meowing in his backyard soon” and that he’s willing to get an attorney over a cat. is there any way that he could make this into a thing where i would need an attorney? bot: you warned animal control about a stray cat, then animal control took the cat away; this is now an issue between animal control and the cat owner.

user: neighbor getting attorney over cat getting taken to shelter? does he have a case? long story short, my neighbor has been neglecting his cat by keeping it locked outside in the cold, resulting in it roaming the neighborhood and trying to get into people’s houses, including mine. i called animal control to take the cat to the shelter, and he’s very upset. he’s sent threatening texts and is now demanding that i go to the shelter to claim the cat, pay the fee, and pay to get a license so that we’re “co-owners”. he could’ve gone to the shelter to claim the cat himself any of these past couple days, but he hasn’t, he wants us to do everything. he says it will get ugly if the cat isn’t “meowing in his backyard soon” and that he’s willing to get an attorney over a cat. is there any way that he could make this into a thing where i would need an attorney? bot: most communities have leash laws for pets, and that includes cats. domestic cats aren't allowed to roam around freely anymore than a dog would be allowed to, which is surely why animal control picked up the cat. his problem is not with you - it's with animal control.

user: neighbor getting attorney over cat getting taken to shelter? does he have a case? long story short, my neighbor has been neglecting his cat by keeping it locked outside in the cold, resulting in it roaming the neighborhood and trying to get into people’s houses, including mine. i called animal control to take the cat to the shelter, and he’s very upset. he’s sent threatening texts and is now demanding that i go to the shelter to claim the cat, pay the fee, and pay to get a license so that we’re “co-owners”. he could’ve gone to the shelter to claim the cat himself any of these past couple days, but he hasn’t, he wants us to do everything. he says it will get ugly if the cat isn’t “meowing in his backyard soon” and that he’s willing to get an attorney over a cat. is there any way that he could make this into a thing where i would need an attorney? bot: text: please cease all contact. should you choose to continue all available legal options will be taken that’s it. stop engaging with them as that’s making it worse. if he continues follow thru.

user: neighbor getting attorney over cat getting taken to shelter? does he have a case? long story short, my neighbor has been neglecting his cat by keeping it locked outside in the cold, resulting in it roaming the neighborhood and trying to get into people’s houses, including mine. i called animal control to take the cat to the shelter, and he’s very upset. he’s sent threatening texts and is now demanding that i go to the shelter to claim the cat, pay the fee, and pay to get a license so that we’re “co-owners”. he could’ve gone to the shelter to claim the cat himself any of these past couple days, but he hasn’t, he wants us to do everything. he says it will get ugly if the cat isn’t “meowing in his backyard soon” and that he’s willing to get an attorney over a cat. is there any way that he could make this into a thing where i would need an attorney? bot: if there is a pending case for animal abuse, this might be considered witness intimidation. make sure to document it.

user: my father died on the 21st. my mom and him were still married but "secret family" is refusing to give us his death certificate and allow my mom to read the will. sorry for the long rambling titled. my mom kicked my dad out after he hit her when i was 4 years old, that was 35 years ago. they were separated but never got a divorce. so i'm trying to get my father's death certificate and what else was left to her, but on wednesday, his girlfriend's son in law called me and was threatening us and only said his lawyer will give us the death certificate and we can't read the will. so, this brings us to the "secret family" part. my mom knew my father was cheating on her while they were married. but apparently, he had a girlfriend, which we found out about 2 weeks ago. when i asked how old she was, she said 42. i'm 39. they said he took care of her and and his girlfriend's kids all of his life and were like what the hell? we never knew this. wednesday, the son in law from their family asked me how come i wasn't in his life, why am i trying to get my mom, who is still my dad's wife, his death certificate and will. the answer was: he physically and sexually abused me when until i my mom moved away from the bronx. i was in high school. i didn't tell him that. i responded with," i'm his son and my mom was still married to him." he moved from new york to pennsylvania when he retired and then i snapped and flipped the fuck out with a fury of a thousand suns. my mom had to had talk to him. she kept saying that she was his wife and she had a right to his death certificate and read his will, but he said we can only do is through his lawyer, which is wrong. he refused to tell us the name and number of his lawyer. yesterday i called the funeral home again and they told me my mom had to write a letter to them asking for it. cool, she did that. but the problem we are having is that we have no access to his will, and we don't know how to get it. so i'm just asking for help on how my mom can read his will. we don't know what steps to take, and this is a very new and frustrating thing for us. is it possible to help us by letting us know how my mom can access to the will. i'd greatly appreciate that. this is affecting my mental and physical health (i have multiple sclerosis so stress really fucks my body up). we have no idea how to do so. bot: this is a very complex situation. you need to retain a wills, trusts, & estates attorney to handle this.

user: my father died on the 21st. my mom and him were still married but "secret family" is refusing to give us his death certificate and allow my mom to read the will. sorry for the long rambling titled. my mom kicked my dad out after he hit her when i was 4 years old, that was 35 years ago. they were separated but never got a divorce. so i'm trying to get my father's death certificate and what else was left to her, but on wednesday, his girlfriend's son in law called me and was threatening us and only said his lawyer will give us the death certificate and we can't read the will. so, this brings us to the "secret family" part. my mom knew my father was cheating on her while they were married. but apparently, he had a girlfriend, which we found out about 2 weeks ago. when i asked how old she was, she said 42. i'm 39. they said he took care of her and and his girlfriend's kids all of his life and were like what the hell? we never knew this. wednesday, the son in law from their family asked me how come i wasn't in his life, why am i trying to get my mom, who is still my dad's wife, his death certificate and will. the answer was: he physically and sexually abused me when until i my mom moved away from the bronx. i was in high school. i didn't tell him that. i responded with," i'm his son and my mom was still married to him." he moved from new york to pennsylvania when he retired and then i snapped and flipped the fuck out with a fury of a thousand suns. my mom had to had talk to him. she kept saying that she was his wife and she had a right to his death certificate and read his will, but he said we can only do is through his lawyer, which is wrong. he refused to tell us the name and number of his lawyer. yesterday i called the funeral home again and they told me my mom had to write a letter to them asking for it. cool, she did that. but the problem we are having is that we have no access to his will, and we don't know how to get it. so i'm just asking for help on how my mom can read his will. we don't know what steps to take, and this is a very new and frustrating thing for us. is it possible to help us by letting us know how my mom can access to the will. i'd greatly appreciate that. this is affecting my mental and physical health (i have multiple sclerosis so stress really fucks my body up). we have no idea how to do so. bot: hire a private attorney and they will get to the bottom of it.

user: my car was wrongfully towed and i feel like i’m being scammed by my own apartment complex i moved into this apartment complex about a month ago, i pay for my assigned parking spot and yesterday i woke up to go to work and my car wasn’t there, i freaked out and called every number from the apartment complex and no one answered, it was a sunday but even the emergency numbers didn’t answer and when they did they said my apartment complex wasn’t even in their system. using google i was able to find out my car was towed a couple of miles from me so i went to the tows company place and they told me that either someone complained or i was missing my parking pass that’s supposed to be on my windshield. no one has parked or attempted to park where i park because that’s been my fucking assigned spot for over a month, so no one would complain, and we haven’t even been given parking passes. they refused to give me my car back even after i explained to them i was right and even showed them the text that proved it, at the end the lady at the towing company said “my boss called the apartment complex and they say you were parked in the wrong spot” which was funny considering they ignored all my calls emails and messages. during my first 2 days living here i was assigned a parking number, then one day i came to see a car parked there, so they switched my parking spot to another number which is where i’ve been parking ever since, i have the text as proof that i was indeed supposed to be parking where my car was towed for “incorrect parking” today one of the people from the apartment complex replied to me and pretty much said “you were parked in the wrong spot so it’s your fault”. i’m thinking i take this to small claims court? i had to pay 350 to get my car out and i had to miss a day of work. bot: yes small claims is where you go. though it gets messy if your lease says park in spot a and you were towed from spot b even if they told you to.

user: my car was wrongfully towed and i feel like i’m being scammed by my own apartment complex i moved into this apartment complex about a month ago, i pay for my assigned parking spot and yesterday i woke up to go to work and my car wasn’t there, i freaked out and called every number from the apartment complex and no one answered, it was a sunday but even the emergency numbers didn’t answer and when they did they said my apartment complex wasn’t even in their system. using google i was able to find out my car was towed a couple of miles from me so i went to the tows company place and they told me that either someone complained or i was missing my parking pass that’s supposed to be on my windshield. no one has parked or attempted to park where i park because that’s been my fucking assigned spot for over a month, so no one would complain, and we haven’t even been given parking passes. they refused to give me my car back even after i explained to them i was right and even showed them the text that proved it, at the end the lady at the towing company said “my boss called the apartment complex and they say you were parked in the wrong spot” which was funny considering they ignored all my calls emails and messages. during my first 2 days living here i was assigned a parking number, then one day i came to see a car parked there, so they switched my parking spot to another number which is where i’ve been parking ever since, i have the text as proof that i was indeed supposed to be parking where my car was towed for “incorrect parking” today one of the people from the apartment complex replied to me and pretty much said “you were parked in the wrong spot so it’s your fault”. i’m thinking i take this to small claims court? i had to pay 350 to get my car out and i had to miss a day of work. bot: what state are you in? depending on the state and laws there may be more you can do.

user: my car was wrongfully towed and i feel like i’m being scammed by my own apartment complex i moved into this apartment complex about a month ago, i pay for my assigned parking spot and yesterday i woke up to go to work and my car wasn’t there, i freaked out and called every number from the apartment complex and no one answered, it was a sunday but even the emergency numbers didn’t answer and when they did they said my apartment complex wasn’t even in their system. using google i was able to find out my car was towed a couple of miles from me so i went to the tows company place and they told me that either someone complained or i was missing my parking pass that’s supposed to be on my windshield. no one has parked or attempted to park where i park because that’s been my fucking assigned spot for over a month, so no one would complain, and we haven’t even been given parking passes. they refused to give me my car back even after i explained to them i was right and even showed them the text that proved it, at the end the lady at the towing company said “my boss called the apartment complex and they say you were parked in the wrong spot” which was funny considering they ignored all my calls emails and messages. during my first 2 days living here i was assigned a parking number, then one day i came to see a car parked there, so they switched my parking spot to another number which is where i’ve been parking ever since, i have the text as proof that i was indeed supposed to be parking where my car was towed for “incorrect parking” today one of the people from the apartment complex replied to me and pretty much said “you were parked in the wrong spot so it’s your fault”. i’m thinking i take this to small claims court? i had to pay 350 to get my car out and i had to miss a day of work. bot: write a demand letter to both the apartment management company and the tow company. don't overthink this because the pertinent facts are: * your lease entitles you to parking as part of your agreement. * you were instructed by the apartment manager to park in the spot from which your car was towed. * you were towed anyhow. i would also fill out the small claims paperwork naming both the apartment complex and the two company in the suit. attach that to the letter and give them a deadline. have it delivered certified mail and send a digital copy if you can as well. give them a deadline and send the form to the court if you don't get a solution. if it were me, i'd throw in some extra damages for loss of use. for example, if you had to take a day off of work to deal with this bill them for what you would have been paid otherwise.

user: my car was wrongfully towed and i feel like i’m being scammed by my own apartment complex i moved into this apartment complex about a month ago, i pay for my assigned parking spot and yesterday i woke up to go to work and my car wasn’t there, i freaked out and called every number from the apartment complex and no one answered, it was a sunday but even the emergency numbers didn’t answer and when they did they said my apartment complex wasn’t even in their system. using google i was able to find out my car was towed a couple of miles from me so i went to the tows company place and they told me that either someone complained or i was missing my parking pass that’s supposed to be on my windshield. no one has parked or attempted to park where i park because that’s been my fucking assigned spot for over a month, so no one would complain, and we haven’t even been given parking passes. they refused to give me my car back even after i explained to them i was right and even showed them the text that proved it, at the end the lady at the towing company said “my boss called the apartment complex and they say you were parked in the wrong spot” which was funny considering they ignored all my calls emails and messages. during my first 2 days living here i was assigned a parking number, then one day i came to see a car parked there, so they switched my parking spot to another number which is where i’ve been parking ever since, i have the text as proof that i was indeed supposed to be parking where my car was towed for “incorrect parking” today one of the people from the apartment complex replied to me and pretty much said “you were parked in the wrong spot so it’s your fault”. i’m thinking i take this to small claims court? i had to pay 350 to get my car out and i had to miss a day of work. bot: op read through your lease, that would be the first place to start. make sure you get a copy of the text message and all other emails out that mentions the parking spot. plenty of pictures and then get a lawyer. what you want to know is if they are in violation of the lease that you and they signed. if they are, you could see about breaking it and maybe getting all of the money back, along with the stuff for your car. along with other damages, that could cost more than just what you are looking for. while small claims would be idea, however it would mean that they would be going after you for any and everything that they could to evict you, in retaliation.

user: my car was wrongfully towed and i feel like i’m being scammed by my own apartment complex i moved into this apartment complex about a month ago, i pay for my assigned parking spot and yesterday i woke up to go to work and my car wasn’t there, i freaked out and called every number from the apartment complex and no one answered, it was a sunday but even the emergency numbers didn’t answer and when they did they said my apartment complex wasn’t even in their system. using google i was able to find out my car was towed a couple of miles from me so i went to the tows company place and they told me that either someone complained or i was missing my parking pass that’s supposed to be on my windshield. no one has parked or attempted to park where i park because that’s been my fucking assigned spot for over a month, so no one would complain, and we haven’t even been given parking passes. they refused to give me my car back even after i explained to them i was right and even showed them the text that proved it, at the end the lady at the towing company said “my boss called the apartment complex and they say you were parked in the wrong spot” which was funny considering they ignored all my calls emails and messages. during my first 2 days living here i was assigned a parking number, then one day i came to see a car parked there, so they switched my parking spot to another number which is where i’ve been parking ever since, i have the text as proof that i was indeed supposed to be parking where my car was towed for “incorrect parking” today one of the people from the apartment complex replied to me and pretty much said “you were parked in the wrong spot so it’s your fault”. i’m thinking i take this to small claims court? i had to pay 350 to get my car out and i had to miss a day of work. bot: just wanted to add here that after taking the landlord and/or towing company to small claims court, you should assume your lease will not be renewed when it is done so start looking for a new place to live at least a couple of months out from your end date.

user: my car was wrongfully towed and i feel like i’m being scammed by my own apartment complex i moved into this apartment complex about a month ago, i pay for my assigned parking spot and yesterday i woke up to go to work and my car wasn’t there, i freaked out and called every number from the apartment complex and no one answered, it was a sunday but even the emergency numbers didn’t answer and when they did they said my apartment complex wasn’t even in their system. using google i was able to find out my car was towed a couple of miles from me so i went to the tows company place and they told me that either someone complained or i was missing my parking pass that’s supposed to be on my windshield. no one has parked or attempted to park where i park because that’s been my fucking assigned spot for over a month, so no one would complain, and we haven’t even been given parking passes. they refused to give me my car back even after i explained to them i was right and even showed them the text that proved it, at the end the lady at the towing company said “my boss called the apartment complex and they say you were parked in the wrong spot” which was funny considering they ignored all my calls emails and messages. during my first 2 days living here i was assigned a parking number, then one day i came to see a car parked there, so they switched my parking spot to another number which is where i’ve been parking ever since, i have the text as proof that i was indeed supposed to be parking where my car was towed for “incorrect parking” today one of the people from the apartment complex replied to me and pretty much said “you were parked in the wrong spot so it’s your fault”. i’m thinking i take this to small claims court? i had to pay 350 to get my car out and i had to miss a day of work. bot: op read through your lease, that would be the first place to start. make sure you get a copy of the text message and all other emails out that mentions the parking spot. plenty of pictures and then get a lawyer. what you want to know is if they are in violation of the lease that you and they signed. if they are, you could see about breaking it and maybe getting all of the money back, along with the stuff for your car. along with other damages, that could cost more than just what you are looking for. while small claims would be idea, however it would mean that they would be going after you for any and everything that they could to evict you, in retaliation.

user: my car was wrongfully towed and i feel like i’m being scammed by my own apartment complex i moved into this apartment complex about a month ago, i pay for my assigned parking spot and yesterday i woke up to go to work and my car wasn’t there, i freaked out and called every number from the apartment complex and no one answered, it was a sunday but even the emergency numbers didn’t answer and when they did they said my apartment complex wasn’t even in their system. using google i was able to find out my car was towed a couple of miles from me so i went to the tows company place and they told me that either someone complained or i was missing my parking pass that’s supposed to be on my windshield. no one has parked or attempted to park where i park because that’s been my fucking assigned spot for over a month, so no one would complain, and we haven’t even been given parking passes. they refused to give me my car back even after i explained to them i was right and even showed them the text that proved it, at the end the lady at the towing company said “my boss called the apartment complex and they say you were parked in the wrong spot” which was funny considering they ignored all my calls emails and messages. during my first 2 days living here i was assigned a parking number, then one day i came to see a car parked there, so they switched my parking spot to another number which is where i’ve been parking ever since, i have the text as proof that i was indeed supposed to be parking where my car was towed for “incorrect parking” today one of the people from the apartment complex replied to me and pretty much said “you were parked in the wrong spot so it’s your fault”. i’m thinking i take this to small claims court? i had to pay 350 to get my car out and i had to miss a day of work. bot: i've said this before and i'll say it again. do not sue the management! sue the apartment complex! i had a similar thing happen. parked in a guess parking spot at a girlfriend's apt complex and it was towed. i sued the apartment complex. when we got to court the judge didn't even talk to me, the first thing he did was ask the manager that showed up if she had permission to represent the complex. she did not. so they postponed the suit. she came back with a letter from the management company, not the owner! the judge dismissed the case in my favor, i never said a word and still won. it's like suing starbucks and a barista shows up, can't do that. someone else also pointed out that if the complex is in an llc or corporation it must have a lawyer represent them, even if it is technically owned by a single person who put the complex in an llc. no one is going to pay a lawyer over a $350 tow charge. so most def, sue them!

user: my car was wrongfully towed and i feel like i’m being scammed by my own apartment complex i moved into this apartment complex about a month ago, i pay for my assigned parking spot and yesterday i woke up to go to work and my car wasn’t there, i freaked out and called every number from the apartment complex and no one answered, it was a sunday but even the emergency numbers didn’t answer and when they did they said my apartment complex wasn’t even in their system. using google i was able to find out my car was towed a couple of miles from me so i went to the tows company place and they told me that either someone complained or i was missing my parking pass that’s supposed to be on my windshield. no one has parked or attempted to park where i park because that’s been my fucking assigned spot for over a month, so no one would complain, and we haven’t even been given parking passes. they refused to give me my car back even after i explained to them i was right and even showed them the text that proved it, at the end the lady at the towing company said “my boss called the apartment complex and they say you were parked in the wrong spot” which was funny considering they ignored all my calls emails and messages. during my first 2 days living here i was assigned a parking number, then one day i came to see a car parked there, so they switched my parking spot to another number which is where i’ve been parking ever since, i have the text as proof that i was indeed supposed to be parking where my car was towed for “incorrect parking” today one of the people from the apartment complex replied to me and pretty much said “you were parked in the wrong spot so it’s your fault”. i’m thinking i take this to small claims court? i had to pay 350 to get my car out and i had to miss a day of work. bot: op read through your lease, that would be the first place to start. make sure you get a copy of the text message and all other emails out that mentions the parking spot. plenty of pictures and then get a lawyer. what you want to know is if they are in violation of the lease that you and they signed. if they are, you could see about breaking it and maybe getting all of the money back, along with the stuff for your car. along with other damages, that could cost more than just what you are looking for. while small claims would be idea, however it would mean that they would be going after you for any and everything that they could to evict you, in retaliation.

user: my car was wrongfully towed and i feel like i’m being scammed by my own apartment complex i moved into this apartment complex about a month ago, i pay for my assigned parking spot and yesterday i woke up to go to work and my car wasn’t there, i freaked out and called every number from the apartment complex and no one answered, it was a sunday but even the emergency numbers didn’t answer and when they did they said my apartment complex wasn’t even in their system. using google i was able to find out my car was towed a couple of miles from me so i went to the tows company place and they told me that either someone complained or i was missing my parking pass that’s supposed to be on my windshield. no one has parked or attempted to park where i park because that’s been my fucking assigned spot for over a month, so no one would complain, and we haven’t even been given parking passes. they refused to give me my car back even after i explained to them i was right and even showed them the text that proved it, at the end the lady at the towing company said “my boss called the apartment complex and they say you were parked in the wrong spot” which was funny considering they ignored all my calls emails and messages. during my first 2 days living here i was assigned a parking number, then one day i came to see a car parked there, so they switched my parking spot to another number which is where i’ve been parking ever since, i have the text as proof that i was indeed supposed to be parking where my car was towed for “incorrect parking” today one of the people from the apartment complex replied to me and pretty much said “you were parked in the wrong spot so it’s your fault”. i’m thinking i take this to small claims court? i had to pay 350 to get my car out and i had to miss a day of work. bot: i've said this before and i'll say it again. do not sue the management! sue the apartment complex! i had a similar thing happen. parked in a guess parking spot at a girlfriend's apt complex and it was towed. i sued the apartment complex. when we got to court the judge didn't even talk to me, the first thing he did was ask the manager that showed up if she had permission to represent the complex. she did not. so they postponed the suit. she came back with a letter from the management company, not the owner! the judge dismissed the case in my favor, i never said a word and still won. it's like suing starbucks and a barista shows up, can't do that. someone else also pointed out that if the complex is in an llc or corporation it must have a lawyer represent them, even if it is technically owned by a single person who put the complex in an llc. no one is going to pay a lawyer over a $350 tow charge. so most def, sue them!

user: my car was wrongfully towed and i feel like i’m being scammed by my own apartment complex i moved into this apartment complex about a month ago, i pay for my assigned parking spot and yesterday i woke up to go to work and my car wasn’t there, i freaked out and called every number from the apartment complex and no one answered, it was a sunday but even the emergency numbers didn’t answer and when they did they said my apartment complex wasn’t even in their system. using google i was able to find out my car was towed a couple of miles from me so i went to the tows company place and they told me that either someone complained or i was missing my parking pass that’s supposed to be on my windshield. no one has parked or attempted to park where i park because that’s been my fucking assigned spot for over a month, so no one would complain, and we haven’t even been given parking passes. they refused to give me my car back even after i explained to them i was right and even showed them the text that proved it, at the end the lady at the towing company said “my boss called the apartment complex and they say you were parked in the wrong spot” which was funny considering they ignored all my calls emails and messages. during my first 2 days living here i was assigned a parking number, then one day i came to see a car parked there, so they switched my parking spot to another number which is where i’ve been parking ever since, i have the text as proof that i was indeed supposed to be parking where my car was towed for “incorrect parking” today one of the people from the apartment complex replied to me and pretty much said “you were parked in the wrong spot so it’s your fault”. i’m thinking i take this to small claims court? i had to pay 350 to get my car out and i had to miss a day of work. bot: pay the towing company to get your car so that you can use it and so you don't rack up any more fees, it's not their fault that they towed a car that the property management had them tow. present the evidence to your property management that you were towed wrongfully and ask them for the money back. if they refuse take them to small claims and ask for extra money for any lost wages or inconvenience caused by your car being wrongfully towed.

user: my car was wrongfully towed and i feel like i’m being scammed by my own apartment complex i moved into this apartment complex about a month ago, i pay for my assigned parking spot and yesterday i woke up to go to work and my car wasn’t there, i freaked out and called every number from the apartment complex and no one answered, it was a sunday but even the emergency numbers didn’t answer and when they did they said my apartment complex wasn’t even in their system. using google i was able to find out my car was towed a couple of miles from me so i went to the tows company place and they told me that either someone complained or i was missing my parking pass that’s supposed to be on my windshield. no one has parked or attempted to park where i park because that’s been my fucking assigned spot for over a month, so no one would complain, and we haven’t even been given parking passes. they refused to give me my car back even after i explained to them i was right and even showed them the text that proved it, at the end the lady at the towing company said “my boss called the apartment complex and they say you were parked in the wrong spot” which was funny considering they ignored all my calls emails and messages. during my first 2 days living here i was assigned a parking number, then one day i came to see a car parked there, so they switched my parking spot to another number which is where i’ve been parking ever since, i have the text as proof that i was indeed supposed to be parking where my car was towed for “incorrect parking” today one of the people from the apartment complex replied to me and pretty much said “you were parked in the wrong spot so it’s your fault”. i’m thinking i take this to small claims court? i had to pay 350 to get my car out and i had to miss a day of work. bot: i've said this before and i'll say it again. do not sue the management! sue the apartment complex! i had a similar thing happen. parked in a guess parking spot at a girlfriend's apt complex and it was towed. i sued the apartment complex. when we got to court the judge didn't even talk to me, the first thing he did was ask the manager that showed up if she had permission to represent the complex. she did not. so they postponed the suit. she came back with a letter from the management company, not the owner! the judge dismissed the case in my favor, i never said a word and still won. it's like suing starbucks and a barista shows up, can't do that. someone else also pointed out that if the complex is in an llc or corporation it must have a lawyer represent them, even if it is technically owned by a single person who put the complex in an llc. no one is going to pay a lawyer over a $350 tow charge. so most def, sue them!

user: my car was wrongfully towed and i feel like i’m being scammed by my own apartment complex i moved into this apartment complex about a month ago, i pay for my assigned parking spot and yesterday i woke up to go to work and my car wasn’t there, i freaked out and called every number from the apartment complex and no one answered, it was a sunday but even the emergency numbers didn’t answer and when they did they said my apartment complex wasn’t even in their system. using google i was able to find out my car was towed a couple of miles from me so i went to the tows company place and they told me that either someone complained or i was missing my parking pass that’s supposed to be on my windshield. no one has parked or attempted to park where i park because that’s been my fucking assigned spot for over a month, so no one would complain, and we haven’t even been given parking passes. they refused to give me my car back even after i explained to them i was right and even showed them the text that proved it, at the end the lady at the towing company said “my boss called the apartment complex and they say you were parked in the wrong spot” which was funny considering they ignored all my calls emails and messages. during my first 2 days living here i was assigned a parking number, then one day i came to see a car parked there, so they switched my parking spot to another number which is where i’ve been parking ever since, i have the text as proof that i was indeed supposed to be parking where my car was towed for “incorrect parking” today one of the people from the apartment complex replied to me and pretty much said “you were parked in the wrong spot so it’s your fault”. i’m thinking i take this to small claims court? i had to pay 350 to get my car out and i had to miss a day of work. bot: what state? some states have very specific towing requirements and you can recover all your costs plus some if you were wrongfully towed.

user: my car was wrongfully towed and i feel like i’m being scammed by my own apartment complex i moved into this apartment complex about a month ago, i pay for my assigned parking spot and yesterday i woke up to go to work and my car wasn’t there, i freaked out and called every number from the apartment complex and no one answered, it was a sunday but even the emergency numbers didn’t answer and when they did they said my apartment complex wasn’t even in their system. using google i was able to find out my car was towed a couple of miles from me so i went to the tows company place and they told me that either someone complained or i was missing my parking pass that’s supposed to be on my windshield. no one has parked or attempted to park where i park because that’s been my fucking assigned spot for over a month, so no one would complain, and we haven’t even been given parking passes. they refused to give me my car back even after i explained to them i was right and even showed them the text that proved it, at the end the lady at the towing company said “my boss called the apartment complex and they say you were parked in the wrong spot” which was funny considering they ignored all my calls emails and messages. during my first 2 days living here i was assigned a parking number, then one day i came to see a car parked there, so they switched my parking spot to another number which is where i’ve been parking ever since, i have the text as proof that i was indeed supposed to be parking where my car was towed for “incorrect parking” today one of the people from the apartment complex replied to me and pretty much said “you were parked in the wrong spot so it’s your fault”. i’m thinking i take this to small claims court? i had to pay 350 to get my car out and i had to miss a day of work. bot: op, first thing you do is write a registered letter saying what you've told us and saying that you intend legal action. a registered letter is the first step of opening a legal can of whip-ass. they mean that you mean business.

user: my car was wrongfully towed and i feel like i’m being scammed by my own apartment complex i moved into this apartment complex about a month ago, i pay for my assigned parking spot and yesterday i woke up to go to work and my car wasn’t there, i freaked out and called every number from the apartment complex and no one answered, it was a sunday but even the emergency numbers didn’t answer and when they did they said my apartment complex wasn’t even in their system. using google i was able to find out my car was towed a couple of miles from me so i went to the tows company place and they told me that either someone complained or i was missing my parking pass that’s supposed to be on my windshield. no one has parked or attempted to park where i park because that’s been my fucking assigned spot for over a month, so no one would complain, and we haven’t even been given parking passes. they refused to give me my car back even after i explained to them i was right and even showed them the text that proved it, at the end the lady at the towing company said “my boss called the apartment complex and they say you were parked in the wrong spot” which was funny considering they ignored all my calls emails and messages. during my first 2 days living here i was assigned a parking number, then one day i came to see a car parked there, so they switched my parking spot to another number which is where i’ve been parking ever since, i have the text as proof that i was indeed supposed to be parking where my car was towed for “incorrect parking” today one of the people from the apartment complex replied to me and pretty much said “you were parked in the wrong spot so it’s your fault”. i’m thinking i take this to small claims court? i had to pay 350 to get my car out and i had to miss a day of work. bot: what state? some states have very specific towing requirements and you can recover all your costs plus some if you were wrongfully towed.

user: state of georgia asking me for child support on kids my ex wife had while we were separated (15yrs) with 2 other men while i lived 2000 miles away. help. my ex and i were married many years ago in tennessee. separated after a few years and i have not seen her since 2000. she has 2 kids in georgia during the next 17 years. we officially divorced last year and in the papers it states that she gets nothing from me for the kids, since they were not mine. she has never claimed they were mine. the state of georgia is now saying i may owe a ridiculously large amount of child support (kids are 5 and 8). will a simple dna test settle this? the ex is actually trying to get the kids back from her mother who has custody of them for some reason. it was my stupidity for not getting the divorce years ago, but i was traveling alot and just never did the paperwork. any advice or thoughts from experience would be greatly appreciated. bot: not a lawyer. did the divorce decree actually address the two children as not yours or did it just ignore them completely? if they were listed as not being your children in the court order you should be able to provide the state with the order as proof you’re not the father. if the order just ignores the kids’ existence then an argument may be made that they are children of the marriage and legally your children. in which case a lawyer would be your best option to see if genetic testing can be done to disestablish paternity.

user: state of georgia asking me for child support on kids my ex wife had while we were separated (15yrs) with 2 other men while i lived 2000 miles away. help. my ex and i were married many years ago in tennessee. separated after a few years and i have not seen her since 2000. she has 2 kids in georgia during the next 17 years. we officially divorced last year and in the papers it states that she gets nothing from me for the kids, since they were not mine. she has never claimed they were mine. the state of georgia is now saying i may owe a ridiculously large amount of child support (kids are 5 and 8). will a simple dna test settle this? the ex is actually trying to get the kids back from her mother who has custody of them for some reason. it was my stupidity for not getting the divorce years ago, but i was traveling alot and just never did the paperwork. any advice or thoughts from experience would be greatly appreciated. bot: did you sign the birth certificates?

user: state of georgia asking me for child support on kids my ex wife had while we were separated (15yrs) with 2 other men while i lived 2000 miles away. help. my ex and i were married many years ago in tennessee. separated after a few years and i have not seen her since 2000. she has 2 kids in georgia during the next 17 years. we officially divorced last year and in the papers it states that she gets nothing from me for the kids, since they were not mine. she has never claimed they were mine. the state of georgia is now saying i may owe a ridiculously large amount of child support (kids are 5 and 8). will a simple dna test settle this? the ex is actually trying to get the kids back from her mother who has custody of them for some reason. it was my stupidity for not getting the divorce years ago, but i was traveling alot and just never did the paperwork. any advice or thoughts from experience would be greatly appreciated. bot: you need a lawyer to help you navigate this, but the good news is that in georgia there is a rebuttable presumption that the husband is the legal father of the children but they do recognize that since there is no possibility that you are the father (since you did not see the mother at all during the time she would have gotten pregnant) and can prove via dna testing that you aren't the biological parent, you will be able to get out of it. but you'll want to get a georgia lawyer to navigate your way through this. just fyi, the state coming after you means that someone (either your ex-wife or her family) tried to get some sort of public assistance (peachcare, snap, wic, something) and now the state is trying to recoup some of the costs by nailing you for child support. since you're not the father, you won't have to pay, unless you screw up somehow. get an attorney.

user: state of georgia asking me for child support on kids my ex wife had while we were separated (15yrs) with 2 other men while i lived 2000 miles away. help. my ex and i were married many years ago in tennessee. separated after a few years and i have not seen her since 2000. she has 2 kids in georgia during the next 17 years. we officially divorced last year and in the papers it states that she gets nothing from me for the kids, since they were not mine. she has never claimed they were mine. the state of georgia is now saying i may owe a ridiculously large amount of child support (kids are 5 and 8). will a simple dna test settle this? the ex is actually trying to get the kids back from her mother who has custody of them for some reason. it was my stupidity for not getting the divorce years ago, but i was traveling alot and just never did the paperwork. any advice or thoughts from experience would be greatly appreciated. bot: you're going to need a lawyer to navigate this properly, but since you can show that they're not your children and you haven't had any relationship or involvement in your life for their entire lives, i'd be pretty confident you're not going to owe her child support. again, get a lawyer to navigate this properly. they may also be able to see if anything's actually been filed anywhere.

user: state of georgia asking me for child support on kids my ex wife had while we were separated (15yrs) with 2 other men while i lived 2000 miles away. help. my ex and i were married many years ago in tennessee. separated after a few years and i have not seen her since 2000. she has 2 kids in georgia during the next 17 years. we officially divorced last year and in the papers it states that she gets nothing from me for the kids, since they were not mine. she has never claimed they were mine. the state of georgia is now saying i may owe a ridiculously large amount of child support (kids are 5 and 8). will a simple dna test settle this? the ex is actually trying to get the kids back from her mother who has custody of them for some reason. it was my stupidity for not getting the divorce years ago, but i was traveling alot and just never did the paperwork. any advice or thoughts from experience would be greatly appreciated. bot: you need a lawyer to help you navigate this, but the good news is that in georgia there is a rebuttable presumption that the husband is the legal father of the children but they do recognize that since there is no possibility that you are the father (since you did not see the mother at all during the time she would have gotten pregnant) and can prove via dna testing that you aren't the biological parent, you will be able to get out of it. but you'll want to get a georgia lawyer to navigate your way through this. just fyi, the state coming after you means that someone (either your ex-wife or her family) tried to get some sort of public assistance (peachcare, snap, wic, something) and now the state is trying to recoup some of the costs by nailing you for child support. since you're not the father, you won't have to pay, unless you screw up somehow. get an attorney.

user: state of georgia asking me for child support on kids my ex wife had while we were separated (15yrs) with 2 other men while i lived 2000 miles away. help. my ex and i were married many years ago in tennessee. separated after a few years and i have not seen her since 2000. she has 2 kids in georgia during the next 17 years. we officially divorced last year and in the papers it states that she gets nothing from me for the kids, since they were not mine. she has never claimed they were mine. the state of georgia is now saying i may owe a ridiculously large amount of child support (kids are 5 and 8). will a simple dna test settle this? the ex is actually trying to get the kids back from her mother who has custody of them for some reason. it was my stupidity for not getting the divorce years ago, but i was traveling alot and just never did the paperwork. any advice or thoughts from experience would be greatly appreciated. bot: did you sign the birth certificates?

user: state of georgia asking me for child support on kids my ex wife had while we were separated (15yrs) with 2 other men while i lived 2000 miles away. help. my ex and i were married many years ago in tennessee. separated after a few years and i have not seen her since 2000. she has 2 kids in georgia during the next 17 years. we officially divorced last year and in the papers it states that she gets nothing from me for the kids, since they were not mine. she has never claimed they were mine. the state of georgia is now saying i may owe a ridiculously large amount of child support (kids are 5 and 8). will a simple dna test settle this? the ex is actually trying to get the kids back from her mother who has custody of them for some reason. it was my stupidity for not getting the divorce years ago, but i was traveling alot and just never did the paperwork. any advice or thoughts from experience would be greatly appreciated. bot: you're going to need a lawyer to navigate this properly, but since you can show that they're not your children and you haven't had any relationship or involvement in your life for their entire lives, i'd be pretty confident you're not going to owe her child support. again, get a lawyer to navigate this properly. they may also be able to see if anything's actually been filed anywhere.

user: state of georgia asking me for child support on kids my ex wife had while we were separated (15yrs) with 2 other men while i lived 2000 miles away. help. my ex and i were married many years ago in tennessee. separated after a few years and i have not seen her since 2000. she has 2 kids in georgia during the next 17 years. we officially divorced last year and in the papers it states that she gets nothing from me for the kids, since they were not mine. she has never claimed they were mine. the state of georgia is now saying i may owe a ridiculously large amount of child support (kids are 5 and 8). will a simple dna test settle this? the ex is actually trying to get the kids back from her mother who has custody of them for some reason. it was my stupidity for not getting the divorce years ago, but i was traveling alot and just never did the paperwork. any advice or thoughts from experience would be greatly appreciated. bot: did you sign the birth certificates?

user: got a letter from california highway patrol for "displaying out-of-state plates" despite the fact that i am not a permanent resident there. i got a letter in the mail from the california highway patrol, and the letter states that my car is displaying out-of-state plates and i need to register the car right away. i have stayed and worked in california for a few months, but my primary residence is where the car is tagged, in new jersey. i am actually currently in new jersey now for a few months working on a job, as i am a freelance filmmaker, and i had to leave my car parked over in california (in a driveway) to take a plane back home. i am wondering how serious is this letter, and whether or not i should call to explain my case to them. if i have to, i could register the car in the state to avoid any more trouble, but i feel that it isn't fair that i have only stayed there for a short time and the chp is tracking me. bot: op, a lot of the comments here are wrong. i dealt with this when i was a student in law school in ca with mn plates. here is california vehicle code 516, defining what it means to be a "resident": “resident” means any person who manifests an intent to live or be located in this state *on more than a temporary or transient basis.* presence in the state for six months or more in any 12-month period gives rise to a rebuttable presumption of residency. i don't believe they can give you a ticket for simply having out-of-state plates. you would just have to pay more if you decide to register your car in ca. edit: op, i pulled up my complaint against the dmv from 2015 and found other code sections that are directly on point for "nonresidents" of california. look at california vehicle code sections 6700 and 6700.2. they basically say that a nonresident can operate the vehicle in ca until you obtain gainful employment in ca *or* "until residency is established." (cal. vehicle code 6700(a).) section 6700.2 deals with nonresident "daily commuters." it states that you can operate a motor vehicle as a nonresident if you are not a commercial vehicle, and your car is less than a certain weight (8,001 pounds), and the vehicle is not used "in the course of business," such as for hauling property. suffice it to say, you should respond to chp with a letter, citing these code sections.

user: got a letter from california highway patrol for "displaying out-of-state plates" despite the fact that i am not a permanent resident there. i got a letter in the mail from the california highway patrol, and the letter states that my car is displaying out-of-state plates and i need to register the car right away. i have stayed and worked in california for a few months, but my primary residence is where the car is tagged, in new jersey. i am actually currently in new jersey now for a few months working on a job, as i am a freelance filmmaker, and i had to leave my car parked over in california (in a driveway) to take a plane back home. i am wondering how serious is this letter, and whether or not i should call to explain my case to them. if i have to, i could register the car in the state to avoid any more trouble, but i feel that it isn't fair that i have only stayed there for a short time and the chp is tracking me. bot: hey op, cali is weird, and hates getting screwed by it’s neighbor states for insurance claims. cali has slightly higher requirements for insurance than most states (esp my home of nv). because they have a lot of tourists and seasonal workers, their laws are written to protect their residents and force folks who are in the state for an extended period to register with the state. i would reach out to the dmv and ask if there is any exception. they are unlikely to impound your car or something if it is legally in that driveway, but if you get pulled over when you go back, you might face higher consequences.

user: got a letter from california highway patrol for "displaying out-of-state plates" despite the fact that i am not a permanent resident there. i got a letter in the mail from the california highway patrol, and the letter states that my car is displaying out-of-state plates and i need to register the car right away. i have stayed and worked in california for a few months, but my primary residence is where the car is tagged, in new jersey. i am actually currently in new jersey now for a few months working on a job, as i am a freelance filmmaker, and i had to leave my car parked over in california (in a driveway) to take a plane back home. i am wondering how serious is this letter, and whether or not i should call to explain my case to them. if i have to, i could register the car in the state to avoid any more trouble, but i feel that it isn't fair that i have only stayed there for a short time and the chp is tracking me. bot: have a friend who splits time between cicago and san diego. he is diligent in making sure he is never in ca for more than 6 months. he cuts it off around 5.5 months. he said they look at things like cell records and tolls and crap like that to establish 6 months.

user: got a letter from california highway patrol for "displaying out-of-state plates" despite the fact that i am not a permanent resident there. i got a letter in the mail from the california highway patrol, and the letter states that my car is displaying out-of-state plates and i need to register the car right away. i have stayed and worked in california for a few months, but my primary residence is where the car is tagged, in new jersey. i am actually currently in new jersey now for a few months working on a job, as i am a freelance filmmaker, and i had to leave my car parked over in california (in a driveway) to take a plane back home. i am wondering how serious is this letter, and whether or not i should call to explain my case to them. if i have to, i could register the car in the state to avoid any more trouble, but i feel that it isn't fair that i have only stayed there for a short time and the chp is tracking me. bot: this may be helpful too:. https://www.chp.ca.gov/pressreleases/pages/chp-revamps-registration-violators-program.aspx

user: buying a house via fha 203k. fannie mae acting as owner/seller, but refusing to sell half of the land that was already agreed on....? as the title says, i'm buying my first home which happens to be a foreclosed home that requires lots of repair to make it livable. as such, i was given the opportunity to use the fha 203k program to finance both the sale of the house and its repair. the initial signed contract is for two lots that make up the combined 2 acres that are being sold. the seller/owner, fannie mae, clearly knew this. we're now about 30 days from close and they just now said they're not allowed to sell two parcels, only one, under the fha 203k... they refuse to combine the properties or sell the second lot "for cheap" assuming a successful sale of the primary. further, the well is powered by our house/lot, yet it now falls on the lot they don't want to give us. in the az desert, we need water and now i'm afraid they'll say they can't sell the house to us without water. what can i do? it was advertised as two acres. i have a signed and agreed upon contract for the two lots with the fha 203k clearly spelled out as the source of financing. how can they just now "learn" that the program i'm using (fha 203k) won't allow for this type of sale? is this even legal? any advise you many have would be greatly appreciated. thank you. bot: fha doesnt allow it. this isnt a legal question. your lender sucks. the lender should have known this. your agent might have known this too....but agents arent lenders im a realtor and former lender so i did. most realtors never were lenders. sidenote - fha 203k loans suck bad. they often take 90 days to process.

user: buying a house via fha 203k. fannie mae acting as owner/seller, but refusing to sell half of the land that was already agreed on....? as the title says, i'm buying my first home which happens to be a foreclosed home that requires lots of repair to make it livable. as such, i was given the opportunity to use the fha 203k program to finance both the sale of the house and its repair. the initial signed contract is for two lots that make up the combined 2 acres that are being sold. the seller/owner, fannie mae, clearly knew this. we're now about 30 days from close and they just now said they're not allowed to sell two parcels, only one, under the fha 203k... they refuse to combine the properties or sell the second lot "for cheap" assuming a successful sale of the primary. further, the well is powered by our house/lot, yet it now falls on the lot they don't want to give us. in the az desert, we need water and now i'm afraid they'll say they can't sell the house to us without water. what can i do? it was advertised as two acres. i have a signed and agreed upon contract for the two lots with the fha 203k clearly spelled out as the source of financing. how can they just now "learn" that the program i'm using (fha 203k) won't allow for this type of sale? is this even legal? any advise you many have would be greatly appreciated. thank you. bot: what did your real estate agent say

user: [california] - i wish i never joined the hoa board. sov cit in our community has been a problem for a few years, now filing erroneous leans on hoa board members homes and community property. california using a throwaway because i do not want this associated with my regular account here on reddit. gonna try and keep this as concise as possible. highly restrictive hoa community. this is made plainly clear upon the pending purchase of the house. we require that the prospective buyer have a quick call with one of the five hoa board members to confirm that they know just how strict our hoa is, what the $450/month hoa fee actually goes to, etc. this has been our sop for almost 20 years. i know this sub has a lot of hate for hoa's, but we are fair, totally transparent with all operations, and rarely have issues. our high hoa fee covers a lot of what most hoa's have problems with such as front yard maintenance, painting of all houses, minor exterior repairs, and roofing (other things like pool maintenance, security, common area upkeep, a basic cable package and high speed internet are also included in the hoa fee). the net result of this hoa's work = this is a highly desirable neighborhood to live in - homes sell in mere days once they hit the market, and as stated above, there is not typically much in the way of issues/violations in the neighborhood. people know well in advance what they are buying into. i hope that is clear at this point. over the years we have continually had problems with a retired, somewhat well off older gentlemen (i think he's in his late 60's now). mostly minor stuff like leaving his trash can out/putting it out too early, trash/junk in his backyard, parking overnight on the street, etc. his wife died at the beginning of the year and the issues we have had with him have increased exponentially over the course of this year to the point now where we have threatened to put a lien on his house if does not correct the myriad of violations. a little more backstory: he stopped paying his hoa dues back in may, he cited financial hardship. we know it is bs because over summer he purchased a $60k+ suburban. since we are a gated community, we require all vehicles parked in the community to have valid and up to date registration. he put a fake license plate on the new suv - it has no state, it says "society of the sojourner" and he has fbi anti copyright warnings on the dash of his car. so he's in violation there. you are allowed to have veggie gardens in your backyard, no hoa approval required. he put a comically large veggie garden on his side yard, we wrote him a letter that he needs to get rid of it, or install a fence around the side yard that also encompases his backyard (needs approval for the fence, no biggie). well he has now gone off the deepend, apparently we are now "threatening his property and livelihood" because we are not going to allow his huge garden without it being fenced in. in the past few weeks he has now filed liens against all community property as well as liens against all members of the hoa board. we (the board) is supposed to meet with the community lawyer today, but we are concerned about how much this whole thing is going to cost. secondarily, one of the board members is set to put his home on the market in the next couple of weeks and now has to deal with a fake lien. what questions do you think we ought to ask the lawyer? should we let our mortgage companies or homeowners insurance companies know about this situation? bot: filing a false lien for the purpose of harassment in california carries a civil penalty of up to $5000 payable to the property owner. the court also has discretion to award court costs and attorney fees to the prevailing party in a lien dispute. interestingly enough, this law was only passed in 2015, so crazy old man picked a poor time to be a sov cit. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/15-16/bill/asm/ab_1251-1300/ab_1267_bill_20150813_chaptered.html

user: [california] - i wish i never joined the hoa board. sov cit in our community has been a problem for a few years, now filing erroneous leans on hoa board members homes and community property. california using a throwaway because i do not want this associated with my regular account here on reddit. gonna try and keep this as concise as possible. highly restrictive hoa community. this is made plainly clear upon the pending purchase of the house. we require that the prospective buyer have a quick call with one of the five hoa board members to confirm that they know just how strict our hoa is, what the $450/month hoa fee actually goes to, etc. this has been our sop for almost 20 years. i know this sub has a lot of hate for hoa's, but we are fair, totally transparent with all operations, and rarely have issues. our high hoa fee covers a lot of what most hoa's have problems with such as front yard maintenance, painting of all houses, minor exterior repairs, and roofing (other things like pool maintenance, security, common area upkeep, a basic cable package and high speed internet are also included in the hoa fee). the net result of this hoa's work = this is a highly desirable neighborhood to live in - homes sell in mere days once they hit the market, and as stated above, there is not typically much in the way of issues/violations in the neighborhood. people know well in advance what they are buying into. i hope that is clear at this point. over the years we have continually had problems with a retired, somewhat well off older gentlemen (i think he's in his late 60's now). mostly minor stuff like leaving his trash can out/putting it out too early, trash/junk in his backyard, parking overnight on the street, etc. his wife died at the beginning of the year and the issues we have had with him have increased exponentially over the course of this year to the point now where we have threatened to put a lien on his house if does not correct the myriad of violations. a little more backstory: he stopped paying his hoa dues back in may, he cited financial hardship. we know it is bs because over summer he purchased a $60k+ suburban. since we are a gated community, we require all vehicles parked in the community to have valid and up to date registration. he put a fake license plate on the new suv - it has no state, it says "society of the sojourner" and he has fbi anti copyright warnings on the dash of his car. so he's in violation there. you are allowed to have veggie gardens in your backyard, no hoa approval required. he put a comically large veggie garden on his side yard, we wrote him a letter that he needs to get rid of it, or install a fence around the side yard that also encompases his backyard (needs approval for the fence, no biggie). well he has now gone off the deepend, apparently we are now "threatening his property and livelihood" because we are not going to allow his huge garden without it being fenced in. in the past few weeks he has now filed liens against all community property as well as liens against all members of the hoa board. we (the board) is supposed to meet with the community lawyer today, but we are concerned about how much this whole thing is going to cost. secondarily, one of the board members is set to put his home on the market in the next couple of weeks and now has to deal with a fake lien. what questions do you think we ought to ask the lawyer? should we let our mortgage companies or homeowners insurance companies know about this situation? bot: i'm sure there are various organizations who'd love to know about this dude driving (?) around in a car with fake tags and registration as well. getting the bogus liens struck shouldn't take much of a fight, as i'm guessing he's like most sov cit types and may as well have filed them in crayon on behalf of modok. if you're this heavy of a hoa you should have funds set aside for a legal fight. the only way this guy wins is by outspending you. and he'd have to do it by a lot.

user: [california] - i wish i never joined the hoa board. sov cit in our community has been a problem for a few years, now filing erroneous leans on hoa board members homes and community property. california using a throwaway because i do not want this associated with my regular account here on reddit. gonna try and keep this as concise as possible. highly restrictive hoa community. this is made plainly clear upon the pending purchase of the house. we require that the prospective buyer have a quick call with one of the five hoa board members to confirm that they know just how strict our hoa is, what the $450/month hoa fee actually goes to, etc. this has been our sop for almost 20 years. i know this sub has a lot of hate for hoa's, but we are fair, totally transparent with all operations, and rarely have issues. our high hoa fee covers a lot of what most hoa's have problems with such as front yard maintenance, painting of all houses, minor exterior repairs, and roofing (other things like pool maintenance, security, common area upkeep, a basic cable package and high speed internet are also included in the hoa fee). the net result of this hoa's work = this is a highly desirable neighborhood to live in - homes sell in mere days once they hit the market, and as stated above, there is not typically much in the way of issues/violations in the neighborhood. people know well in advance what they are buying into. i hope that is clear at this point. over the years we have continually had problems with a retired, somewhat well off older gentlemen (i think he's in his late 60's now). mostly minor stuff like leaving his trash can out/putting it out too early, trash/junk in his backyard, parking overnight on the street, etc. his wife died at the beginning of the year and the issues we have had with him have increased exponentially over the course of this year to the point now where we have threatened to put a lien on his house if does not correct the myriad of violations. a little more backstory: he stopped paying his hoa dues back in may, he cited financial hardship. we know it is bs because over summer he purchased a $60k+ suburban. since we are a gated community, we require all vehicles parked in the community to have valid and up to date registration. he put a fake license plate on the new suv - it has no state, it says "society of the sojourner" and he has fbi anti copyright warnings on the dash of his car. so he's in violation there. you are allowed to have veggie gardens in your backyard, no hoa approval required. he put a comically large veggie garden on his side yard, we wrote him a letter that he needs to get rid of it, or install a fence around the side yard that also encompases his backyard (needs approval for the fence, no biggie). well he has now gone off the deepend, apparently we are now "threatening his property and livelihood" because we are not going to allow his huge garden without it being fenced in. in the past few weeks he has now filed liens against all community property as well as liens against all members of the hoa board. we (the board) is supposed to meet with the community lawyer today, but we are concerned about how much this whole thing is going to cost. secondarily, one of the board members is set to put his home on the market in the next couple of weeks and now has to deal with a fake lien. what questions do you think we ought to ask the lawyer? should we let our mortgage companies or homeowners insurance companies know about this situation? bot: filing a false lien for the purpose of harassment in california carries a civil penalty of up to $5000 payable to the property owner. the court also has discretion to award court costs and attorney fees to the prevailing party in a lien dispute. interestingly enough, this law was only passed in 2015, so crazy old man picked a poor time to be a sov cit. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/15-16/bill/asm/ab_1251-1300/ab_1267_bill_20150813_chaptered.html

user: [california] - i wish i never joined the hoa board. sov cit in our community has been a problem for a few years, now filing erroneous leans on hoa board members homes and community property. california using a throwaway because i do not want this associated with my regular account here on reddit. gonna try and keep this as concise as possible. highly restrictive hoa community. this is made plainly clear upon the pending purchase of the house. we require that the prospective buyer have a quick call with one of the five hoa board members to confirm that they know just how strict our hoa is, what the $450/month hoa fee actually goes to, etc. this has been our sop for almost 20 years. i know this sub has a lot of hate for hoa's, but we are fair, totally transparent with all operations, and rarely have issues. our high hoa fee covers a lot of what most hoa's have problems with such as front yard maintenance, painting of all houses, minor exterior repairs, and roofing (other things like pool maintenance, security, common area upkeep, a basic cable package and high speed internet are also included in the hoa fee). the net result of this hoa's work = this is a highly desirable neighborhood to live in - homes sell in mere days once they hit the market, and as stated above, there is not typically much in the way of issues/violations in the neighborhood. people know well in advance what they are buying into. i hope that is clear at this point. over the years we have continually had problems with a retired, somewhat well off older gentlemen (i think he's in his late 60's now). mostly minor stuff like leaving his trash can out/putting it out too early, trash/junk in his backyard, parking overnight on the street, etc. his wife died at the beginning of the year and the issues we have had with him have increased exponentially over the course of this year to the point now where we have threatened to put a lien on his house if does not correct the myriad of violations. a little more backstory: he stopped paying his hoa dues back in may, he cited financial hardship. we know it is bs because over summer he purchased a $60k+ suburban. since we are a gated community, we require all vehicles parked in the community to have valid and up to date registration. he put a fake license plate on the new suv - it has no state, it says "society of the sojourner" and he has fbi anti copyright warnings on the dash of his car. so he's in violation there. you are allowed to have veggie gardens in your backyard, no hoa approval required. he put a comically large veggie garden on his side yard, we wrote him a letter that he needs to get rid of it, or install a fence around the side yard that also encompases his backyard (needs approval for the fence, no biggie). well he has now gone off the deepend, apparently we are now "threatening his property and livelihood" because we are not going to allow his huge garden without it being fenced in. in the past few weeks he has now filed liens against all community property as well as liens against all members of the hoa board. we (the board) is supposed to meet with the community lawyer today, but we are concerned about how much this whole thing is going to cost. secondarily, one of the board members is set to put his home on the market in the next couple of weeks and now has to deal with a fake lien. what questions do you think we ought to ask the lawyer? should we let our mortgage companies or homeowners insurance companies know about this situation? bot: it shouldn't be too difficult to get the invalid liens removed. a bit of a pain, a bit of an expense, but you'll manage. you might talk to the lawyer about requesting an injunction against this guy filing any more liens. the hoa can sue him for attorney fees, too, but no guarantee that will succeed. and naturally, the hoa probably has the authority to put a lien on his house over any unpaid dues or assessments. as for the cost, you can raise the monthly fees if you need to.

user: [california] - i wish i never joined the hoa board. sov cit in our community has been a problem for a few years, now filing erroneous leans on hoa board members homes and community property. california using a throwaway because i do not want this associated with my regular account here on reddit. gonna try and keep this as concise as possible. highly restrictive hoa community. this is made plainly clear upon the pending purchase of the house. we require that the prospective buyer have a quick call with one of the five hoa board members to confirm that they know just how strict our hoa is, what the $450/month hoa fee actually goes to, etc. this has been our sop for almost 20 years. i know this sub has a lot of hate for hoa's, but we are fair, totally transparent with all operations, and rarely have issues. our high hoa fee covers a lot of what most hoa's have problems with such as front yard maintenance, painting of all houses, minor exterior repairs, and roofing (other things like pool maintenance, security, common area upkeep, a basic cable package and high speed internet are also included in the hoa fee). the net result of this hoa's work = this is a highly desirable neighborhood to live in - homes sell in mere days once they hit the market, and as stated above, there is not typically much in the way of issues/violations in the neighborhood. people know well in advance what they are buying into. i hope that is clear at this point. over the years we have continually had problems with a retired, somewhat well off older gentlemen (i think he's in his late 60's now). mostly minor stuff like leaving his trash can out/putting it out too early, trash/junk in his backyard, parking overnight on the street, etc. his wife died at the beginning of the year and the issues we have had with him have increased exponentially over the course of this year to the point now where we have threatened to put a lien on his house if does not correct the myriad of violations. a little more backstory: he stopped paying his hoa dues back in may, he cited financial hardship. we know it is bs because over summer he purchased a $60k+ suburban. since we are a gated community, we require all vehicles parked in the community to have valid and up to date registration. he put a fake license plate on the new suv - it has no state, it says "society of the sojourner" and he has fbi anti copyright warnings on the dash of his car. so he's in violation there. you are allowed to have veggie gardens in your backyard, no hoa approval required. he put a comically large veggie garden on his side yard, we wrote him a letter that he needs to get rid of it, or install a fence around the side yard that also encompases his backyard (needs approval for the fence, no biggie). well he has now gone off the deepend, apparently we are now "threatening his property and livelihood" because we are not going to allow his huge garden without it being fenced in. in the past few weeks he has now filed liens against all community property as well as liens against all members of the hoa board. we (the board) is supposed to meet with the community lawyer today, but we are concerned about how much this whole thing is going to cost. secondarily, one of the board members is set to put his home on the market in the next couple of weeks and now has to deal with a fake lien. what questions do you think we ought to ask the lawyer? should we let our mortgage companies or homeowners insurance companies know about this situation? bot: we'll need a ms paint diagram of this comically large veggie garden.

user: [california] - i wish i never joined the hoa board. sov cit in our community has been a problem for a few years, now filing erroneous leans on hoa board members homes and community property. california using a throwaway because i do not want this associated with my regular account here on reddit. gonna try and keep this as concise as possible. highly restrictive hoa community. this is made plainly clear upon the pending purchase of the house. we require that the prospective buyer have a quick call with one of the five hoa board members to confirm that they know just how strict our hoa is, what the $450/month hoa fee actually goes to, etc. this has been our sop for almost 20 years. i know this sub has a lot of hate for hoa's, but we are fair, totally transparent with all operations, and rarely have issues. our high hoa fee covers a lot of what most hoa's have problems with such as front yard maintenance, painting of all houses, minor exterior repairs, and roofing (other things like pool maintenance, security, common area upkeep, a basic cable package and high speed internet are also included in the hoa fee). the net result of this hoa's work = this is a highly desirable neighborhood to live in - homes sell in mere days once they hit the market, and as stated above, there is not typically much in the way of issues/violations in the neighborhood. people know well in advance what they are buying into. i hope that is clear at this point. over the years we have continually had problems with a retired, somewhat well off older gentlemen (i think he's in his late 60's now). mostly minor stuff like leaving his trash can out/putting it out too early, trash/junk in his backyard, parking overnight on the street, etc. his wife died at the beginning of the year and the issues we have had with him have increased exponentially over the course of this year to the point now where we have threatened to put a lien on his house if does not correct the myriad of violations. a little more backstory: he stopped paying his hoa dues back in may, he cited financial hardship. we know it is bs because over summer he purchased a $60k+ suburban. since we are a gated community, we require all vehicles parked in the community to have valid and up to date registration. he put a fake license plate on the new suv - it has no state, it says "society of the sojourner" and he has fbi anti copyright warnings on the dash of his car. so he's in violation there. you are allowed to have veggie gardens in your backyard, no hoa approval required. he put a comically large veggie garden on his side yard, we wrote him a letter that he needs to get rid of it, or install a fence around the side yard that also encompases his backyard (needs approval for the fence, no biggie). well he has now gone off the deepend, apparently we are now "threatening his property and livelihood" because we are not going to allow his huge garden without it being fenced in. in the past few weeks he has now filed liens against all community property as well as liens against all members of the hoa board. we (the board) is supposed to meet with the community lawyer today, but we are concerned about how much this whole thing is going to cost. secondarily, one of the board members is set to put his home on the market in the next couple of weeks and now has to deal with a fake lien. what questions do you think we ought to ask the lawyer? should we let our mortgage companies or homeowners insurance companies know about this situation? bot: if there isn't a rule or approval process for vegetable gardens, why would it be a problem to have a "comically large" one? i'm not saying the guy isn't crazy but it seems like the hoa is picking a fight here that they shouldn't.

user: [california] - i wish i never joined the hoa board. sov cit in our community has been a problem for a few years, now filing erroneous leans on hoa board members homes and community property. california using a throwaway because i do not want this associated with my regular account here on reddit. gonna try and keep this as concise as possible. highly restrictive hoa community. this is made plainly clear upon the pending purchase of the house. we require that the prospective buyer have a quick call with one of the five hoa board members to confirm that they know just how strict our hoa is, what the $450/month hoa fee actually goes to, etc. this has been our sop for almost 20 years. i know this sub has a lot of hate for hoa's, but we are fair, totally transparent with all operations, and rarely have issues. our high hoa fee covers a lot of what most hoa's have problems with such as front yard maintenance, painting of all houses, minor exterior repairs, and roofing (other things like pool maintenance, security, common area upkeep, a basic cable package and high speed internet are also included in the hoa fee). the net result of this hoa's work = this is a highly desirable neighborhood to live in - homes sell in mere days once they hit the market, and as stated above, there is not typically much in the way of issues/violations in the neighborhood. people know well in advance what they are buying into. i hope that is clear at this point. over the years we have continually had problems with a retired, somewhat well off older gentlemen (i think he's in his late 60's now). mostly minor stuff like leaving his trash can out/putting it out too early, trash/junk in his backyard, parking overnight on the street, etc. his wife died at the beginning of the year and the issues we have had with him have increased exponentially over the course of this year to the point now where we have threatened to put a lien on his house if does not correct the myriad of violations. a little more backstory: he stopped paying his hoa dues back in may, he cited financial hardship. we know it is bs because over summer he purchased a $60k+ suburban. since we are a gated community, we require all vehicles parked in the community to have valid and up to date registration. he put a fake license plate on the new suv - it has no state, it says "society of the sojourner" and he has fbi anti copyright warnings on the dash of his car. so he's in violation there. you are allowed to have veggie gardens in your backyard, no hoa approval required. he put a comically large veggie garden on his side yard, we wrote him a letter that he needs to get rid of it, or install a fence around the side yard that also encompases his backyard (needs approval for the fence, no biggie). well he has now gone off the deepend, apparently we are now "threatening his property and livelihood" because we are not going to allow his huge garden without it being fenced in. in the past few weeks he has now filed liens against all community property as well as liens against all members of the hoa board. we (the board) is supposed to meet with the community lawyer today, but we are concerned about how much this whole thing is going to cost. secondarily, one of the board members is set to put his home on the market in the next couple of weeks and now has to deal with a fake lien. what questions do you think we ought to ask the lawyer? should we let our mortgage companies or homeowners insurance companies know about this situation? bot: we'll need a ms paint diagram of this comically large veggie garden.

user: [california] - i wish i never joined the hoa board. sov cit in our community has been a problem for a few years, now filing erroneous leans on hoa board members homes and community property. california using a throwaway because i do not want this associated with my regular account here on reddit. gonna try and keep this as concise as possible. highly restrictive hoa community. this is made plainly clear upon the pending purchase of the house. we require that the prospective buyer have a quick call with one of the five hoa board members to confirm that they know just how strict our hoa is, what the $450/month hoa fee actually goes to, etc. this has been our sop for almost 20 years. i know this sub has a lot of hate for hoa's, but we are fair, totally transparent with all operations, and rarely have issues. our high hoa fee covers a lot of what most hoa's have problems with such as front yard maintenance, painting of all houses, minor exterior repairs, and roofing (other things like pool maintenance, security, common area upkeep, a basic cable package and high speed internet are also included in the hoa fee). the net result of this hoa's work = this is a highly desirable neighborhood to live in - homes sell in mere days once they hit the market, and as stated above, there is not typically much in the way of issues/violations in the neighborhood. people know well in advance what they are buying into. i hope that is clear at this point. over the years we have continually had problems with a retired, somewhat well off older gentlemen (i think he's in his late 60's now). mostly minor stuff like leaving his trash can out/putting it out too early, trash/junk in his backyard, parking overnight on the street, etc. his wife died at the beginning of the year and the issues we have had with him have increased exponentially over the course of this year to the point now where we have threatened to put a lien on his house if does not correct the myriad of violations. a little more backstory: he stopped paying his hoa dues back in may, he cited financial hardship. we know it is bs because over summer he purchased a $60k+ suburban. since we are a gated community, we require all vehicles parked in the community to have valid and up to date registration. he put a fake license plate on the new suv - it has no state, it says "society of the sojourner" and he has fbi anti copyright warnings on the dash of his car. so he's in violation there. you are allowed to have veggie gardens in your backyard, no hoa approval required. he put a comically large veggie garden on his side yard, we wrote him a letter that he needs to get rid of it, or install a fence around the side yard that also encompases his backyard (needs approval for the fence, no biggie). well he has now gone off the deepend, apparently we are now "threatening his property and livelihood" because we are not going to allow his huge garden without it being fenced in. in the past few weeks he has now filed liens against all community property as well as liens against all members of the hoa board. we (the board) is supposed to meet with the community lawyer today, but we are concerned about how much this whole thing is going to cost. secondarily, one of the board members is set to put his home on the market in the next couple of weeks and now has to deal with a fake lien. what questions do you think we ought to ask the lawyer? should we let our mortgage companies or homeowners insurance companies know about this situation? bot: hopefully, you picked an experienced hoa lawyer. if so, you should take his/her advice. generally speaking, almost all hoa declarations allow you to bill back the costs of litigation. so if this guy is violating your rules or otherwise causing problems, you should be able to fine so long as you follow your association's rules fairly and you are not in violation of other laws (some states are more/less restrictive on what an hoa can do). good luck.

user: my 18 year old brother is dating a 14 year old. what do i do? i'm 20 and my brother is 18. he's currently dating a 14 year old in high school. no they didn't meet in high school they met 5 weeks ago in church. the family just started attending. we live in california in the usa. i told my brother about it and he called me a hypocrite because my girlfriend is 28. we started dating when i was 18 and she was 26. i was already in college when we met. long story short we were in the same college. he said "you can't call me out, my relationship is a lot better than yours' ' i told my mom and my dad and they told me "don't judge your brother i support his relationship more than i do yours". they are out alone really really late. what should i do? am i truly in the wrong? is there a difference between my relationship and my brothers? bot: depends on what “dating” means.

user: my 18 year old brother is dating a 14 year old. what do i do? i'm 20 and my brother is 18. he's currently dating a 14 year old in high school. no they didn't meet in high school they met 5 weeks ago in church. the family just started attending. we live in california in the usa. i told my brother about it and he called me a hypocrite because my girlfriend is 28. we started dating when i was 18 and she was 26. i was already in college when we met. long story short we were in the same college. he said "you can't call me out, my relationship is a lot better than yours' ' i told my mom and my dad and they told me "don't judge your brother i support his relationship more than i do yours". they are out alone really really late. what should i do? am i truly in the wrong? is there a difference between my relationship and my brothers? bot: in terms of legality, if they aren’t having sex and her parents are okay with it then that’s kind of the end of it.

user: my 18 year old brother is dating a 14 year old. what do i do? i'm 20 and my brother is 18. he's currently dating a 14 year old in high school. no they didn't meet in high school they met 5 weeks ago in church. the family just started attending. we live in california in the usa. i told my brother about it and he called me a hypocrite because my girlfriend is 28. we started dating when i was 18 and she was 26. i was already in college when we met. long story short we were in the same college. he said "you can't call me out, my relationship is a lot better than yours' ' i told my mom and my dad and they told me "don't judge your brother i support his relationship more than i do yours". they are out alone really really late. what should i do? am i truly in the wrong? is there a difference between my relationship and my brothers? bot: some of these responses are bonkers. yes, *technically* dating is not illegal, only sexual activity is. but that includes a wide spectrum of sexual activity. we really expect them to date and not grope each other for the next 4 years?? of course not. if they engage in sex, if he texts her a naked picture, if she texts him one, if he asks her to text him one, if he texts her encouragement to engage in sexual activity, then he is committing a crime. she will not decide whether to prosecute, her parents will not decide, the government will. this is wildly dangerous for your brother, and at a minimum it may be valuable to at least inform him of the full legal risks. he may be mistakenly thinking that he is ok as long as they don’t have piv sex.

user: my 18 year old brother is dating a 14 year old. what do i do? i'm 20 and my brother is 18. he's currently dating a 14 year old in high school. no they didn't meet in high school they met 5 weeks ago in church. the family just started attending. we live in california in the usa. i told my brother about it and he called me a hypocrite because my girlfriend is 28. we started dating when i was 18 and she was 26. i was already in college when we met. long story short we were in the same college. he said "you can't call me out, my relationship is a lot better than yours' ' i told my mom and my dad and they told me "don't judge your brother i support his relationship more than i do yours". they are out alone really really late. what should i do? am i truly in the wrong? is there a difference between my relationship and my brothers? bot: in terms of legality, if they aren’t having sex and her parents are okay with it then that’s kind of the end of it.

user: my 18 year old brother is dating a 14 year old. what do i do? i'm 20 and my brother is 18. he's currently dating a 14 year old in high school. no they didn't meet in high school they met 5 weeks ago in church. the family just started attending. we live in california in the usa. i told my brother about it and he called me a hypocrite because my girlfriend is 28. we started dating when i was 18 and she was 26. i was already in college when we met. long story short we were in the same college. he said "you can't call me out, my relationship is a lot better than yours' ' i told my mom and my dad and they told me "don't judge your brother i support his relationship more than i do yours". they are out alone really really late. what should i do? am i truly in the wrong? is there a difference between my relationship and my brothers? bot: some of these responses are bonkers. yes, *technically* dating is not illegal, only sexual activity is. but that includes a wide spectrum of sexual activity. we really expect them to date and not grope each other for the next 4 years?? of course not. if they engage in sex, if he texts her a naked picture, if she texts him one, if he asks her to text him one, if he texts her encouragement to engage in sexual activity, then he is committing a crime. she will not decide whether to prosecute, her parents will not decide, the government will. this is wildly dangerous for your brother, and at a minimum it may be valuable to at least inform him of the full legal risks. he may be mistakenly thinking that he is ok as long as they don’t have piv sex.

user: my 18 year old brother is dating a 14 year old. what do i do? i'm 20 and my brother is 18. he's currently dating a 14 year old in high school. no they didn't meet in high school they met 5 weeks ago in church. the family just started attending. we live in california in the usa. i told my brother about it and he called me a hypocrite because my girlfriend is 28. we started dating when i was 18 and she was 26. i was already in college when we met. long story short we were in the same college. he said "you can't call me out, my relationship is a lot better than yours' ' i told my mom and my dad and they told me "don't judge your brother i support his relationship more than i do yours". they are out alone really really late. what should i do? am i truly in the wrong? is there a difference between my relationship and my brothers? bot: absolutely nothing you can do. dating isnt illegal.

user: my 18 year old brother is dating a 14 year old. what do i do? i'm 20 and my brother is 18. he's currently dating a 14 year old in high school. no they didn't meet in high school they met 5 weeks ago in church. the family just started attending. we live in california in the usa. i told my brother about it and he called me a hypocrite because my girlfriend is 28. we started dating when i was 18 and she was 26. i was already in college when we met. long story short we were in the same college. he said "you can't call me out, my relationship is a lot better than yours' ' i told my mom and my dad and they told me "don't judge your brother i support his relationship more than i do yours". they are out alone really really late. what should i do? am i truly in the wrong? is there a difference between my relationship and my brothers? bot: i am not a lawyer. the age of consent is 18 in california and there are no romeo and juliet laws. if your brother has sex with this girl, it’s statutory rape.

user: my 18 year old brother is dating a 14 year old. what do i do? i'm 20 and my brother is 18. he's currently dating a 14 year old in high school. no they didn't meet in high school they met 5 weeks ago in church. the family just started attending. we live in california in the usa. i told my brother about it and he called me a hypocrite because my girlfriend is 28. we started dating when i was 18 and she was 26. i was already in college when we met. long story short we were in the same college. he said "you can't call me out, my relationship is a lot better than yours' ' i told my mom and my dad and they told me "don't judge your brother i support his relationship more than i do yours". they are out alone really really late. what should i do? am i truly in the wrong? is there a difference between my relationship and my brothers? bot: in terms of legality, if they aren’t having sex and her parents are okay with it then that’s kind of the end of it.

user: my 18 year old brother is dating a 14 year old. what do i do? i'm 20 and my brother is 18. he's currently dating a 14 year old in high school. no they didn't meet in high school they met 5 weeks ago in church. the family just started attending. we live in california in the usa. i told my brother about it and he called me a hypocrite because my girlfriend is 28. we started dating when i was 18 and she was 26. i was already in college when we met. long story short we were in the same college. he said "you can't call me out, my relationship is a lot better than yours' ' i told my mom and my dad and they told me "don't judge your brother i support his relationship more than i do yours". they are out alone really really late. what should i do? am i truly in the wrong? is there a difference between my relationship and my brothers? bot: i am not a lawyer. the age of consent is 18 in california and there are no romeo and juliet laws. if your brother has sex with this girl, it’s statutory rape.

user: my 18 year old brother is dating a 14 year old. what do i do? i'm 20 and my brother is 18. he's currently dating a 14 year old in high school. no they didn't meet in high school they met 5 weeks ago in church. the family just started attending. we live in california in the usa. i told my brother about it and he called me a hypocrite because my girlfriend is 28. we started dating when i was 18 and she was 26. i was already in college when we met. long story short we were in the same college. he said "you can't call me out, my relationship is a lot better than yours' ' i told my mom and my dad and they told me "don't judge your brother i support his relationship more than i do yours". they are out alone really really late. what should i do? am i truly in the wrong? is there a difference between my relationship and my brothers? bot: dating between those ages? legal sex between those ages? illegal moral stance on such an arrangement? horrible. 18 year old dude shouldn't be dating a 14 year old. but that's a discussion for another day

user: my 18 year old brother is dating a 14 year old. what do i do? i'm 20 and my brother is 18. he's currently dating a 14 year old in high school. no they didn't meet in high school they met 5 weeks ago in church. the family just started attending. we live in california in the usa. i told my brother about it and he called me a hypocrite because my girlfriend is 28. we started dating when i was 18 and she was 26. i was already in college when we met. long story short we were in the same college. he said "you can't call me out, my relationship is a lot better than yours' ' i told my mom and my dad and they told me "don't judge your brother i support his relationship more than i do yours". they are out alone really really late. what should i do? am i truly in the wrong? is there a difference between my relationship and my brothers? bot: i am not a lawyer. the age of consent is 18 in california and there are no romeo and juliet laws. if your brother has sex with this girl, it’s statutory rape.

user: my 18 year old brother is dating a 14 year old. what do i do? i'm 20 and my brother is 18. he's currently dating a 14 year old in high school. no they didn't meet in high school they met 5 weeks ago in church. the family just started attending. we live in california in the usa. i told my brother about it and he called me a hypocrite because my girlfriend is 28. we started dating when i was 18 and she was 26. i was already in college when we met. long story short we were in the same college. he said "you can't call me out, my relationship is a lot better than yours' ' i told my mom and my dad and they told me "don't judge your brother i support his relationship more than i do yours". they are out alone really really late. what should i do? am i truly in the wrong? is there a difference between my relationship and my brothers? bot: absolutely nothing you can do. dating isnt illegal.

user: my 18 year old brother is dating a 14 year old. what do i do? i'm 20 and my brother is 18. he's currently dating a 14 year old in high school. no they didn't meet in high school they met 5 weeks ago in church. the family just started attending. we live in california in the usa. i told my brother about it and he called me a hypocrite because my girlfriend is 28. we started dating when i was 18 and she was 26. i was already in college when we met. long story short we were in the same college. he said "you can't call me out, my relationship is a lot better than yours' ' i told my mom and my dad and they told me "don't judge your brother i support his relationship more than i do yours". they are out alone really really late. what should i do? am i truly in the wrong? is there a difference between my relationship and my brothers? bot: she is not at the age of consent. she is not an underage woman. she is a child. he could be labeled a sexual predictor if he has a nude pic of her, say on his phone. i know someone that ruined their life this way. even sexual conversations could be considered illegal. this would not happen in your age difference relationship. you both are able to consent. that is the difference.

user: my 18 year old brother is dating a 14 year old. what do i do? i'm 20 and my brother is 18. he's currently dating a 14 year old in high school. no they didn't meet in high school they met 5 weeks ago in church. the family just started attending. we live in california in the usa. i told my brother about it and he called me a hypocrite because my girlfriend is 28. we started dating when i was 18 and she was 26. i was already in college when we met. long story short we were in the same college. he said "you can't call me out, my relationship is a lot better than yours' ' i told my mom and my dad and they told me "don't judge your brother i support his relationship more than i do yours". they are out alone really really late. what should i do? am i truly in the wrong? is there a difference between my relationship and my brothers? bot: dating between those ages? legal sex between those ages? illegal moral stance on such an arrangement? horrible. 18 year old dude shouldn't be dating a 14 year old. but that's a discussion for another day

user: my 18 year old brother is dating a 14 year old. what do i do? i'm 20 and my brother is 18. he's currently dating a 14 year old in high school. no they didn't meet in high school they met 5 weeks ago in church. the family just started attending. we live in california in the usa. i told my brother about it and he called me a hypocrite because my girlfriend is 28. we started dating when i was 18 and she was 26. i was already in college when we met. long story short we were in the same college. he said "you can't call me out, my relationship is a lot better than yours' ' i told my mom and my dad and they told me "don't judge your brother i support his relationship more than i do yours". they are out alone really really late. what should i do? am i truly in the wrong? is there a difference between my relationship and my brothers? bot: she is not at the age of consent. she is not an underage woman. she is a child. he could be labeled a sexual predictor if he has a nude pic of her, say on his phone. i know someone that ruined their life this way. even sexual conversations could be considered illegal. this would not happen in your age difference relationship. you both are able to consent. that is the difference.

user: my 18 year old brother is dating a 14 year old. what do i do? i'm 20 and my brother is 18. he's currently dating a 14 year old in high school. no they didn't meet in high school they met 5 weeks ago in church. the family just started attending. we live in california in the usa. i told my brother about it and he called me a hypocrite because my girlfriend is 28. we started dating when i was 18 and she was 26. i was already in college when we met. long story short we were in the same college. he said "you can't call me out, my relationship is a lot better than yours' ' i told my mom and my dad and they told me "don't judge your brother i support his relationship more than i do yours". they are out alone really really late. what should i do? am i truly in the wrong? is there a difference between my relationship and my brothers? bot: absolutely nothing you can do. dating isnt illegal.

user: my 18 year old brother is dating a 14 year old. what do i do? i'm 20 and my brother is 18. he's currently dating a 14 year old in high school. no they didn't meet in high school they met 5 weeks ago in church. the family just started attending. we live in california in the usa. i told my brother about it and he called me a hypocrite because my girlfriend is 28. we started dating when i was 18 and she was 26. i was already in college when we met. long story short we were in the same college. he said "you can't call me out, my relationship is a lot better than yours' ' i told my mom and my dad and they told me "don't judge your brother i support his relationship more than i do yours". they are out alone really really late. what should i do? am i truly in the wrong? is there a difference between my relationship and my brothers? bot: dating between those ages? legal sex between those ages? illegal moral stance on such an arrangement? horrible. 18 year old dude shouldn't be dating a 14 year old. but that's a discussion for another day

user: my 18 year old brother is dating a 14 year old. what do i do? i'm 20 and my brother is 18. he's currently dating a 14 year old in high school. no they didn't meet in high school they met 5 weeks ago in church. the family just started attending. we live in california in the usa. i told my brother about it and he called me a hypocrite because my girlfriend is 28. we started dating when i was 18 and she was 26. i was already in college when we met. long story short we were in the same college. he said "you can't call me out, my relationship is a lot better than yours' ' i told my mom and my dad and they told me "don't judge your brother i support his relationship more than i do yours". they are out alone really really late. what should i do? am i truly in the wrong? is there a difference between my relationship and my brothers? bot: absolutely nothing you can do. dating isnt illegal.

user: [tx] i reported my dog stolen via microchip. the thief i named took the dog to a vet who did nothing my dog's microchip was scanned at the vet, which names me as the sole owner, and in the notes i had the person who took her listed as the thief. i was never contacted and this person still has my dog. is this legal on the veterinarian's part? bot: i am not a lawyer but i am a veterinarian. the vet has no direct access to the microchip's records. the scanners vets use only reveal an id number which is then called in to the company that owns the microchip, that company keeps your contact info and any alerts on file. it is common for vets to include a microchip number in the medical record which may be why your dog was scanned. while it is ideal for any new pet to a clinic to also have ownership status checked by calling the microchip company, this is not a legal requirement. simply by scanning your dog, the vet would have no idea that she was stolen. even if the vet called the microchip company and learned that your dog was stolen, they have no legal right to hold your dog; all they could do is call the cops (and if for some reason they didn't it is not a crime, though it may be an ethics violation).

user: [tx] i reported my dog stolen via microchip. the thief i named took the dog to a vet who did nothing my dog's microchip was scanned at the vet, which names me as the sole owner, and in the notes i had the person who took her listed as the thief. i was never contacted and this person still has my dog. is this legal on the veterinarian's part? bot: how recently was the dog reported lost/stolen? if you knew who took your dog all along, why weren't you able to get your dog back?

user: [tx] i reported my dog stolen via microchip. the thief i named took the dog to a vet who did nothing my dog's microchip was scanned at the vet, which names me as the sole owner, and in the notes i had the person who took her listed as the thief. i was never contacted and this person still has my dog. is this legal on the veterinarian's part? bot: why not file a civil lawsuit, and possibly push them to return the dog instead of paying for the cost of the dog? might get things rolling if you’re unable to get the police to do anything about getting the dog back. my neighbor many years ago had her 3 large parrots stolen. she could hear them screaming just a few doors down, and knew exactly who had them. it was torture for her and the birds were so scared. mind you these were $4,000 a piece birds as well. the police wouldn’t do anything. they were microchipped and she had tons of pictures of her with the birds to prove they were hers, as well as vet records. i’m not saying it’s the right thing to do, but she broke in to that house during the day and took her birds back! she didn’t care, she said she’d risk jail time to get them back. nothing ever came from it, and she wasn’t charged.

user: [tx] i reported my dog stolen via microchip. the thief i named took the dog to a vet who did nothing my dog's microchip was scanned at the vet, which names me as the sole owner, and in the notes i had the person who took her listed as the thief. i was never contacted and this person still has my dog. is this legal on the veterinarian's part? bot: what did the police say?

user: [tx] i reported my dog stolen via microchip. the thief i named took the dog to a vet who did nothing my dog's microchip was scanned at the vet, which names me as the sole owner, and in the notes i had the person who took her listed as the thief. i was never contacted and this person still has my dog. is this legal on the veterinarian's part? bot: op, i went to your history because i was confused by comments that had info that it looked like you did not provide looking to see if i missed a comment. are you giving the whole story here? from other posts dating a year back it looks like you have a complicated situation that you might be oversimplifying. you mention a dog you and someone else owned and then a post saying you went to civil court for property unspecified but judge gave property to defendant and a money judgement that defendant won't/can't pay. from your post here about the vet and saying you know the name. your recourse would be to sue them in civil court for the dog back but if that was the property case which you won monetary and not custody then you don't have recourse but possible further court actions like liens. if the defendant does not pay it does not allow you to turn around the court property order by claiming the dog stolen because they have yet to pay you. what is the whole story? i have an inkling that all three posts you made over the year are connected which means in this question you are asking you are not giving us everything.

user: [tx] i reported my dog stolen via microchip. the thief i named took the dog to a vet who did nothing my dog's microchip was scanned at the vet, which names me as the sole owner, and in the notes i had the person who took her listed as the thief. i was never contacted and this person still has my dog. is this legal on the veterinarian's part? bot: what did the police say?

user: [tx] i reported my dog stolen via microchip. the thief i named took the dog to a vet who did nothing my dog's microchip was scanned at the vet, which names me as the sole owner, and in the notes i had the person who took her listed as the thief. i was never contacted and this person still has my dog. is this legal on the veterinarian's part? bot: op, i went to your history because i was confused by comments that had info that it looked like you did not provide looking to see if i missed a comment. are you giving the whole story here? from other posts dating a year back it looks like you have a complicated situation that you might be oversimplifying. you mention a dog you and someone else owned and then a post saying you went to civil court for property unspecified but judge gave property to defendant and a money judgement that defendant won't/can't pay. from your post here about the vet and saying you know the name. your recourse would be to sue them in civil court for the dog back but if that was the property case which you won monetary and not custody then you don't have recourse but possible further court actions like liens. if the defendant does not pay it does not allow you to turn around the court property order by claiming the dog stolen because they have yet to pay you. what is the whole story? i have an inkling that all three posts you made over the year are connected which means in this question you are asking you are not giving us everything.

user: [tx] i reported my dog stolen via microchip. the thief i named took the dog to a vet who did nothing my dog's microchip was scanned at the vet, which names me as the sole owner, and in the notes i had the person who took her listed as the thief. i was never contacted and this person still has my dog. is this legal on the veterinarian's part? bot: the vet didn’t do anything illegal. in fact, texas has [medical privacy laws for animals] (http://www.veterinary.texas.gov/documents/vetact/vla_2013.pdf) that apparently function in a way so that once that [veterinarian treats the animal they establish a medical relationship with the dog thief and would then have to report that the dog might be stolen to the their and not to you.] (http://veterinarynews.dvm360.com/veterinarians-wrestle-with-legal-ethical-concerns-over-microchips-and-ownership) and to add to the people telling you to call the police, if you already did that and nothing happened you should see if you have any spca officers in your area, because they deal almost exclusively with animals and would be better suited to help or at least put you on the right path. edit: after writing this and talking back and forth with u/nermalkitty , i realized there may actually be something illegal that veterinarian did. if you found out that the dog was taken there for care from the vet and not from some third party, they could actually be violating privacy laws in texas, although in favor of the dog thief and not in your favor.

user: [tx] i reported my dog stolen via microchip. the thief i named took the dog to a vet who did nothing my dog's microchip was scanned at the vet, which names me as the sole owner, and in the notes i had the person who took her listed as the thief. i was never contacted and this person still has my dog. is this legal on the veterinarian's part? bot: op, i went to your history because i was confused by comments that had info that it looked like you did not provide looking to see if i missed a comment. are you giving the whole story here? from other posts dating a year back it looks like you have a complicated situation that you might be oversimplifying. you mention a dog you and someone else owned and then a post saying you went to civil court for property unspecified but judge gave property to defendant and a money judgement that defendant won't/can't pay. from your post here about the vet and saying you know the name. your recourse would be to sue them in civil court for the dog back but if that was the property case which you won monetary and not custody then you don't have recourse but possible further court actions like liens. if the defendant does not pay it does not allow you to turn around the court property order by claiming the dog stolen because they have yet to pay you. what is the whole story? i have an inkling that all three posts you made over the year are connected which means in this question you are asking you are not giving us everything.

user: [tx] i reported my dog stolen via microchip. the thief i named took the dog to a vet who did nothing my dog's microchip was scanned at the vet, which names me as the sole owner, and in the notes i had the person who took her listed as the thief. i was never contacted and this person still has my dog. is this legal on the veterinarian's part? bot: used to work at a corporate vet chain with a legal department. except for like two counties out of the entire us, legally, a microchip is not an indication of ownership. we could tell the person with the pet that the owner was looking for the pet, but the person with the pet had to be the one to set up contact with the owner and give the pet back (if they wanted), or it could put the office in legal trouble. i am sorry.

user: i'm a high school teacher who was attacked by an autistic student in my class after intervening as he attacked another student. questions about liability and worker's comp. i teach high school choir in kentucky. we have an arrangement at my school where the fmd (functionally and mentally disabled) students visit my classes to listen and sometimes sing with us. they always have student helpers with them and occasionally have adult classroom aids as well. today, out of seemingly nowhere, one of the fmd students walked up to a girl in my class and grabbed her hair and began to slam her head down (repeatedly) on the metal bars next to her seat. i was working with other students at the time so the first noise i heard that alerted me was the sound of her head hitting the bar. i jumped up at the sound and rushed to free her from his grasp while yelling to the other students to call the office. once i got him to let go of her hair, he focused his rage on me. he began clawing at my face, so i tried to protect my hands, which got some pretty deep gashes. i bent my head to protect my face and hands and he grabbed my hair and slammed me to the ground. side note, this kid is easily 200lbs and i'm a 5'4", petite female. he continued to rip out my hair (i realized later that my scalp was bleeding) while stomping on my legs and chest. at this point, some of the students were able to get him off me and they rushed him out of the room while he continued to scratch and yell at them. at this point i was dazed and shaken, not to mention injured (though at the time i felt nothing as the adrenaline was in full gear). i knew i couldn't leave my class unattended so i called down to the office and told them we had an incident and we needed an administrator asap. once everything got settled, i learned that the student who attacked me had a history of this kind of behavior and was not even cleared to leave the fmd room. he has been attending my class for weeks and i had no idea he had this issue. additionally he was with two young, female students who had not been properly trained to deal with him. i have filled out worker's comp. paperwork and student incident reports, but i'm just not really sure what my legal options are here. does workman's comp cover my medical bills relating to this incident? my injuries aren't extensive, but my ankle sustained a pretty good kick (it's very swollen and tender) and i believe i have a bruise rib (hurts to breathe deeply). additionally, i want to make sure there's no liability on my end for any of the students involved. i acted in accordance with my districts policies, but i'm worried that parents of the students who were attacked (4 total) will be angry about the fact that i didn't stop the altercation before it occurred. finally, what liability is the school facing in this situation? i have no desire to sue (i'm not tenured), but if i were a parent, i would be furious that this student was put in a situation that could result in such an attack. tl;dr i was attacked by an autistic student while defending another student. i did not fight back and was injured and the situation was pretty traumatic for all involved. what are my legal options? what kind of legal situation is my school facing? am i at risk of being sued due to my role in the incident? bot: i would contact your union rep asap, if not a union, state teaching rep. cya. hate to say it, this could get messy. who was responsible at the time for the child? student aides dont count. a clerical error on another teachers part is a semi valid excuse. was there ever any documentation to you that this child was unstable? ever? this sounds like a bad lawsuit in the making. was the first girl hurt as well? ambulances? once again, cya! you need legal representation first thing, and don't sign anything the school asks you to sign. on a side note, you may be tenured very soon. fyi, my ex was involved in a similar situation, with a mentally disabled student beating another student. this all happened during a school wide intramural, and she was an escort. it came down to the escort that was actually in charge of this student. ie:the last documented person that knew he was dangerous. btw, she no longer teaches. as well, i really hope you are alright. i know this was traumatizing, and hope you can put it behind you. take some time for yourself and recoup, you've been through a bunch. be good to you, first! *edit=words and punc

user: i'm a high school teacher who was attacked by an autistic student in my class after intervening as he attacked another student. questions about liability and worker's comp. i teach high school choir in kentucky. we have an arrangement at my school where the fmd (functionally and mentally disabled) students visit my classes to listen and sometimes sing with us. they always have student helpers with them and occasionally have adult classroom aids as well. today, out of seemingly nowhere, one of the fmd students walked up to a girl in my class and grabbed her hair and began to slam her head down (repeatedly) on the metal bars next to her seat. i was working with other students at the time so the first noise i heard that alerted me was the sound of her head hitting the bar. i jumped up at the sound and rushed to free her from his grasp while yelling to the other students to call the office. once i got him to let go of her hair, he focused his rage on me. he began clawing at my face, so i tried to protect my hands, which got some pretty deep gashes. i bent my head to protect my face and hands and he grabbed my hair and slammed me to the ground. side note, this kid is easily 200lbs and i'm a 5'4", petite female. he continued to rip out my hair (i realized later that my scalp was bleeding) while stomping on my legs and chest. at this point, some of the students were able to get him off me and they rushed him out of the room while he continued to scratch and yell at them. at this point i was dazed and shaken, not to mention injured (though at the time i felt nothing as the adrenaline was in full gear). i knew i couldn't leave my class unattended so i called down to the office and told them we had an incident and we needed an administrator asap. once everything got settled, i learned that the student who attacked me had a history of this kind of behavior and was not even cleared to leave the fmd room. he has been attending my class for weeks and i had no idea he had this issue. additionally he was with two young, female students who had not been properly trained to deal with him. i have filled out worker's comp. paperwork and student incident reports, but i'm just not really sure what my legal options are here. does workman's comp cover my medical bills relating to this incident? my injuries aren't extensive, but my ankle sustained a pretty good kick (it's very swollen and tender) and i believe i have a bruise rib (hurts to breathe deeply). additionally, i want to make sure there's no liability on my end for any of the students involved. i acted in accordance with my districts policies, but i'm worried that parents of the students who were attacked (4 total) will be angry about the fact that i didn't stop the altercation before it occurred. finally, what liability is the school facing in this situation? i have no desire to sue (i'm not tenured), but if i were a parent, i would be furious that this student was put in a situation that could result in such an attack. tl;dr i was attacked by an autistic student while defending another student. i did not fight back and was injured and the situation was pretty traumatic for all involved. what are my legal options? what kind of legal situation is my school facing? am i at risk of being sued due to my role in the incident? bot: i am not a lawyer but have worked for workers comp doctors (in a different state) who had schools as clients and several teachers that were assaulted were seen under wc.

user: is there any use taking spirit airlines to small claims court? hi, my partner and i (and our 10 month old puppy) purchased round trip tickets through spirit airlines... direct flights from milwaukee, wi to lax to visit my family for the first time in two years due to the pandemic. the night before our return trip, we got an email from spirit saying that our flight was cancelled, and strangely, "not to try to call or come to the airport". the news showed that spirit had been dealing with this issue for 3 days at that time, with people stranded at the airport for 30 hours in some cases. we called spirit multiple times to try to find another flight. at first, their phone lines would pick up and we'd hold for about an hour and then it would automatically hang up on us. eventually, their phone line stopped taking calls and had an automated message that said to use their online chat feature and then hung up on us. we tried that, but it was unable to book flights with other carriers or offer hotel or food vouchers (the replacement flights spirit originally offered us all ended up getting cancelled two days later). i sent an email to spirit's email complaint forms prior to our expected departure time, stating that we were stranded and sought to get a flight through another carrier, and never heard back from that. i also went to the airport to extend our rental car and stood in line with spirit for hours to no avail. in short, we were stranded in la with no way to get home and no way to get ahold of the airline we'd booked with and no budget for our extra stay. we ended up finding the best deal we could find on a flight home through united two days later (flights the same day were over $1000/ticket) and just putting it on a credit card, hopeful that we could fight it out with spirit if/when we could finally get in touch with them. the cheapest we could find was $870.40 one-way for the two of us with our dog, two days later (and with a lay-over). we extended our rental car, and booked the cheapest hotel we could find that would take our dog. not to mention, we had to feed ourselves for those days and miss work. we arrived home late last night. i've tried to call spirit multiple times today with no luck. i was on hold for nearly 30 mins just now and then was hung up on automatically. spirit's ceo keeps carefully phrasing his apologies to include things like "weather" which i imagine they'll hope to use to get out of their contract with passengers, however it seems clear that this issue had more to do with overbooking and under-staffing and their own operational issues as they've also apologized for publicly. at this point, spirit's poor management decisions cost us over $1700 just to get home from this trip (not including our food and loss of work). are there any legal avenues to get compensated by a company like spirit in this situation? is small claims court an option? any help would be deeply appreciated, as these unexpected expenses all went on credit cards this week. thank you! bot: did you book with a credit card that has travel insurance? many do, especially from chase. usually cover 500 a day for lodging/delays.

user: is there any use taking spirit airlines to small claims court? hi, my partner and i (and our 10 month old puppy) purchased round trip tickets through spirit airlines... direct flights from milwaukee, wi to lax to visit my family for the first time in two years due to the pandemic. the night before our return trip, we got an email from spirit saying that our flight was cancelled, and strangely, "not to try to call or come to the airport". the news showed that spirit had been dealing with this issue for 3 days at that time, with people stranded at the airport for 30 hours in some cases. we called spirit multiple times to try to find another flight. at first, their phone lines would pick up and we'd hold for about an hour and then it would automatically hang up on us. eventually, their phone line stopped taking calls and had an automated message that said to use their online chat feature and then hung up on us. we tried that, but it was unable to book flights with other carriers or offer hotel or food vouchers (the replacement flights spirit originally offered us all ended up getting cancelled two days later). i sent an email to spirit's email complaint forms prior to our expected departure time, stating that we were stranded and sought to get a flight through another carrier, and never heard back from that. i also went to the airport to extend our rental car and stood in line with spirit for hours to no avail. in short, we were stranded in la with no way to get home and no way to get ahold of the airline we'd booked with and no budget for our extra stay. we ended up finding the best deal we could find on a flight home through united two days later (flights the same day were over $1000/ticket) and just putting it on a credit card, hopeful that we could fight it out with spirit if/when we could finally get in touch with them. the cheapest we could find was $870.40 one-way for the two of us with our dog, two days later (and with a lay-over). we extended our rental car, and booked the cheapest hotel we could find that would take our dog. not to mention, we had to feed ourselves for those days and miss work. we arrived home late last night. i've tried to call spirit multiple times today with no luck. i was on hold for nearly 30 mins just now and then was hung up on automatically. spirit's ceo keeps carefully phrasing his apologies to include things like "weather" which i imagine they'll hope to use to get out of their contract with passengers, however it seems clear that this issue had more to do with overbooking and under-staffing and their own operational issues as they've also apologized for publicly. at this point, spirit's poor management decisions cost us over $1700 just to get home from this trip (not including our food and loss of work). are there any legal avenues to get compensated by a company like spirit in this situation? is small claims court an option? any help would be deeply appreciated, as these unexpected expenses all went on credit cards this week. thank you! bot: also this had nothing to do with overbooking — overbooking means a plane is ready for departure and that there are too many seats sold. spirit planes are out of position. — crew is out of position. you will not be able to credibly claim overbooking. there is understaffing on the service contractors — spirit takes the lowest bid for ground services (loading. etc) so the contractor pays minimum wage for difficult work —- so people walk out of the job. those low fares you paid mean that the staff is barebones — as is their infrastructure —- and you are fine with that until you need service and then wonder why people do not want to work for spirit contractors — and why spirit has substandard internal infrastructure (aka it).

user: is there any use taking spirit airlines to small claims court? hi, my partner and i (and our 10 month old puppy) purchased round trip tickets through spirit airlines... direct flights from milwaukee, wi to lax to visit my family for the first time in two years due to the pandemic. the night before our return trip, we got an email from spirit saying that our flight was cancelled, and strangely, "not to try to call or come to the airport". the news showed that spirit had been dealing with this issue for 3 days at that time, with people stranded at the airport for 30 hours in some cases. we called spirit multiple times to try to find another flight. at first, their phone lines would pick up and we'd hold for about an hour and then it would automatically hang up on us. eventually, their phone line stopped taking calls and had an automated message that said to use their online chat feature and then hung up on us. we tried that, but it was unable to book flights with other carriers or offer hotel or food vouchers (the replacement flights spirit originally offered us all ended up getting cancelled two days later). i sent an email to spirit's email complaint forms prior to our expected departure time, stating that we were stranded and sought to get a flight through another carrier, and never heard back from that. i also went to the airport to extend our rental car and stood in line with spirit for hours to no avail. in short, we were stranded in la with no way to get home and no way to get ahold of the airline we'd booked with and no budget for our extra stay. we ended up finding the best deal we could find on a flight home through united two days later (flights the same day were over $1000/ticket) and just putting it on a credit card, hopeful that we could fight it out with spirit if/when we could finally get in touch with them. the cheapest we could find was $870.40 one-way for the two of us with our dog, two days later (and with a lay-over). we extended our rental car, and booked the cheapest hotel we could find that would take our dog. not to mention, we had to feed ourselves for those days and miss work. we arrived home late last night. i've tried to call spirit multiple times today with no luck. i was on hold for nearly 30 mins just now and then was hung up on automatically. spirit's ceo keeps carefully phrasing his apologies to include things like "weather" which i imagine they'll hope to use to get out of their contract with passengers, however it seems clear that this issue had more to do with overbooking and under-staffing and their own operational issues as they've also apologized for publicly. at this point, spirit's poor management decisions cost us over $1700 just to get home from this trip (not including our food and loss of work). are there any legal avenues to get compensated by a company like spirit in this situation? is small claims court an option? any help would be deeply appreciated, as these unexpected expenses all went on credit cards this week. thank you! bot: did you book with a credit card that has travel insurance? many do, especially from chase. usually cover 500 a day for lodging/delays.

user: is there any use taking spirit airlines to small claims court? hi, my partner and i (and our 10 month old puppy) purchased round trip tickets through spirit airlines... direct flights from milwaukee, wi to lax to visit my family for the first time in two years due to the pandemic. the night before our return trip, we got an email from spirit saying that our flight was cancelled, and strangely, "not to try to call or come to the airport". the news showed that spirit had been dealing with this issue for 3 days at that time, with people stranded at the airport for 30 hours in some cases. we called spirit multiple times to try to find another flight. at first, their phone lines would pick up and we'd hold for about an hour and then it would automatically hang up on us. eventually, their phone line stopped taking calls and had an automated message that said to use their online chat feature and then hung up on us. we tried that, but it was unable to book flights with other carriers or offer hotel or food vouchers (the replacement flights spirit originally offered us all ended up getting cancelled two days later). i sent an email to spirit's email complaint forms prior to our expected departure time, stating that we were stranded and sought to get a flight through another carrier, and never heard back from that. i also went to the airport to extend our rental car and stood in line with spirit for hours to no avail. in short, we were stranded in la with no way to get home and no way to get ahold of the airline we'd booked with and no budget for our extra stay. we ended up finding the best deal we could find on a flight home through united two days later (flights the same day were over $1000/ticket) and just putting it on a credit card, hopeful that we could fight it out with spirit if/when we could finally get in touch with them. the cheapest we could find was $870.40 one-way for the two of us with our dog, two days later (and with a lay-over). we extended our rental car, and booked the cheapest hotel we could find that would take our dog. not to mention, we had to feed ourselves for those days and miss work. we arrived home late last night. i've tried to call spirit multiple times today with no luck. i was on hold for nearly 30 mins just now and then was hung up on automatically. spirit's ceo keeps carefully phrasing his apologies to include things like "weather" which i imagine they'll hope to use to get out of their contract with passengers, however it seems clear that this issue had more to do with overbooking and under-staffing and their own operational issues as they've also apologized for publicly. at this point, spirit's poor management decisions cost us over $1700 just to get home from this trip (not including our food and loss of work). are there any legal avenues to get compensated by a company like spirit in this situation? is small claims court an option? any help would be deeply appreciated, as these unexpected expenses all went on credit cards this week. thank you! bot: as others have said, you basically take this risk on when you book with certain airlines. and your ticket contains the terms of service - don't like them? don't buy their ticket. so practically, no there is no use taking spirit to court for this. i'm sorry you went through this, but you'll sleep a lot easier letting the money go.

user: is there any use taking spirit airlines to small claims court? hi, my partner and i (and our 10 month old puppy) purchased round trip tickets through spirit airlines... direct flights from milwaukee, wi to lax to visit my family for the first time in two years due to the pandemic. the night before our return trip, we got an email from spirit saying that our flight was cancelled, and strangely, "not to try to call or come to the airport". the news showed that spirit had been dealing with this issue for 3 days at that time, with people stranded at the airport for 30 hours in some cases. we called spirit multiple times to try to find another flight. at first, their phone lines would pick up and we'd hold for about an hour and then it would automatically hang up on us. eventually, their phone line stopped taking calls and had an automated message that said to use their online chat feature and then hung up on us. we tried that, but it was unable to book flights with other carriers or offer hotel or food vouchers (the replacement flights spirit originally offered us all ended up getting cancelled two days later). i sent an email to spirit's email complaint forms prior to our expected departure time, stating that we were stranded and sought to get a flight through another carrier, and never heard back from that. i also went to the airport to extend our rental car and stood in line with spirit for hours to no avail. in short, we were stranded in la with no way to get home and no way to get ahold of the airline we'd booked with and no budget for our extra stay. we ended up finding the best deal we could find on a flight home through united two days later (flights the same day were over $1000/ticket) and just putting it on a credit card, hopeful that we could fight it out with spirit if/when we could finally get in touch with them. the cheapest we could find was $870.40 one-way for the two of us with our dog, two days later (and with a lay-over). we extended our rental car, and booked the cheapest hotel we could find that would take our dog. not to mention, we had to feed ourselves for those days and miss work. we arrived home late last night. i've tried to call spirit multiple times today with no luck. i was on hold for nearly 30 mins just now and then was hung up on automatically. spirit's ceo keeps carefully phrasing his apologies to include things like "weather" which i imagine they'll hope to use to get out of their contract with passengers, however it seems clear that this issue had more to do with overbooking and under-staffing and their own operational issues as they've also apologized for publicly. at this point, spirit's poor management decisions cost us over $1700 just to get home from this trip (not including our food and loss of work). are there any legal avenues to get compensated by a company like spirit in this situation? is small claims court an option? any help would be deeply appreciated, as these unexpected expenses all went on credit cards this week. thank you! bot: did you book with a credit card that has travel insurance? many do, especially from chase. usually cover 500 a day for lodging/delays.

user: is there any use taking spirit airlines to small claims court? hi, my partner and i (and our 10 month old puppy) purchased round trip tickets through spirit airlines... direct flights from milwaukee, wi to lax to visit my family for the first time in two years due to the pandemic. the night before our return trip, we got an email from spirit saying that our flight was cancelled, and strangely, "not to try to call or come to the airport". the news showed that spirit had been dealing with this issue for 3 days at that time, with people stranded at the airport for 30 hours in some cases. we called spirit multiple times to try to find another flight. at first, their phone lines would pick up and we'd hold for about an hour and then it would automatically hang up on us. eventually, their phone line stopped taking calls and had an automated message that said to use their online chat feature and then hung up on us. we tried that, but it was unable to book flights with other carriers or offer hotel or food vouchers (the replacement flights spirit originally offered us all ended up getting cancelled two days later). i sent an email to spirit's email complaint forms prior to our expected departure time, stating that we were stranded and sought to get a flight through another carrier, and never heard back from that. i also went to the airport to extend our rental car and stood in line with spirit for hours to no avail. in short, we were stranded in la with no way to get home and no way to get ahold of the airline we'd booked with and no budget for our extra stay. we ended up finding the best deal we could find on a flight home through united two days later (flights the same day were over $1000/ticket) and just putting it on a credit card, hopeful that we could fight it out with spirit if/when we could finally get in touch with them. the cheapest we could find was $870.40 one-way for the two of us with our dog, two days later (and with a lay-over). we extended our rental car, and booked the cheapest hotel we could find that would take our dog. not to mention, we had to feed ourselves for those days and miss work. we arrived home late last night. i've tried to call spirit multiple times today with no luck. i was on hold for nearly 30 mins just now and then was hung up on automatically. spirit's ceo keeps carefully phrasing his apologies to include things like "weather" which i imagine they'll hope to use to get out of their contract with passengers, however it seems clear that this issue had more to do with overbooking and under-staffing and their own operational issues as they've also apologized for publicly. at this point, spirit's poor management decisions cost us over $1700 just to get home from this trip (not including our food and loss of work). are there any legal avenues to get compensated by a company like spirit in this situation? is small claims court an option? any help would be deeply appreciated, as these unexpected expenses all went on credit cards this week. thank you! bot: any travel insurance? the airline coc limits consequential damage — ie extra hotels etc this is one of the risks with ulcc — there are cheaper because of what they do not have — customer service, interline agreements

user: is there any use taking spirit airlines to small claims court? hi, my partner and i (and our 10 month old puppy) purchased round trip tickets through spirit airlines... direct flights from milwaukee, wi to lax to visit my family for the first time in two years due to the pandemic. the night before our return trip, we got an email from spirit saying that our flight was cancelled, and strangely, "not to try to call or come to the airport". the news showed that spirit had been dealing with this issue for 3 days at that time, with people stranded at the airport for 30 hours in some cases. we called spirit multiple times to try to find another flight. at first, their phone lines would pick up and we'd hold for about an hour and then it would automatically hang up on us. eventually, their phone line stopped taking calls and had an automated message that said to use their online chat feature and then hung up on us. we tried that, but it was unable to book flights with other carriers or offer hotel or food vouchers (the replacement flights spirit originally offered us all ended up getting cancelled two days later). i sent an email to spirit's email complaint forms prior to our expected departure time, stating that we were stranded and sought to get a flight through another carrier, and never heard back from that. i also went to the airport to extend our rental car and stood in line with spirit for hours to no avail. in short, we were stranded in la with no way to get home and no way to get ahold of the airline we'd booked with and no budget for our extra stay. we ended up finding the best deal we could find on a flight home through united two days later (flights the same day were over $1000/ticket) and just putting it on a credit card, hopeful that we could fight it out with spirit if/when we could finally get in touch with them. the cheapest we could find was $870.40 one-way for the two of us with our dog, two days later (and with a lay-over). we extended our rental car, and booked the cheapest hotel we could find that would take our dog. not to mention, we had to feed ourselves for those days and miss work. we arrived home late last night. i've tried to call spirit multiple times today with no luck. i was on hold for nearly 30 mins just now and then was hung up on automatically. spirit's ceo keeps carefully phrasing his apologies to include things like "weather" which i imagine they'll hope to use to get out of their contract with passengers, however it seems clear that this issue had more to do with overbooking and under-staffing and their own operational issues as they've also apologized for publicly. at this point, spirit's poor management decisions cost us over $1700 just to get home from this trip (not including our food and loss of work). are there any legal avenues to get compensated by a company like spirit in this situation? is small claims court an option? any help would be deeply appreciated, as these unexpected expenses all went on credit cards this week. thank you! bot: did you book with a credit card that has travel insurance? many do, especially from chase. usually cover 500 a day for lodging/delays.

user: is there any use taking spirit airlines to small claims court? hi, my partner and i (and our 10 month old puppy) purchased round trip tickets through spirit airlines... direct flights from milwaukee, wi to lax to visit my family for the first time in two years due to the pandemic. the night before our return trip, we got an email from spirit saying that our flight was cancelled, and strangely, "not to try to call or come to the airport". the news showed that spirit had been dealing with this issue for 3 days at that time, with people stranded at the airport for 30 hours in some cases. we called spirit multiple times to try to find another flight. at first, their phone lines would pick up and we'd hold for about an hour and then it would automatically hang up on us. eventually, their phone line stopped taking calls and had an automated message that said to use their online chat feature and then hung up on us. we tried that, but it was unable to book flights with other carriers or offer hotel or food vouchers (the replacement flights spirit originally offered us all ended up getting cancelled two days later). i sent an email to spirit's email complaint forms prior to our expected departure time, stating that we were stranded and sought to get a flight through another carrier, and never heard back from that. i also went to the airport to extend our rental car and stood in line with spirit for hours to no avail. in short, we were stranded in la with no way to get home and no way to get ahold of the airline we'd booked with and no budget for our extra stay. we ended up finding the best deal we could find on a flight home through united two days later (flights the same day were over $1000/ticket) and just putting it on a credit card, hopeful that we could fight it out with spirit if/when we could finally get in touch with them. the cheapest we could find was $870.40 one-way for the two of us with our dog, two days later (and with a lay-over). we extended our rental car, and booked the cheapest hotel we could find that would take our dog. not to mention, we had to feed ourselves for those days and miss work. we arrived home late last night. i've tried to call spirit multiple times today with no luck. i was on hold for nearly 30 mins just now and then was hung up on automatically. spirit's ceo keeps carefully phrasing his apologies to include things like "weather" which i imagine they'll hope to use to get out of their contract with passengers, however it seems clear that this issue had more to do with overbooking and under-staffing and their own operational issues as they've also apologized for publicly. at this point, spirit's poor management decisions cost us over $1700 just to get home from this trip (not including our food and loss of work). are there any legal avenues to get compensated by a company like spirit in this situation? is small claims court an option? any help would be deeply appreciated, as these unexpected expenses all went on credit cards this week. thank you! bot: if you can't get ahold of a customer service agent via telephone, write a letter and mail it certified. see if that produces a result.

user: is there any use taking spirit airlines to small claims court? hi, my partner and i (and our 10 month old puppy) purchased round trip tickets through spirit airlines... direct flights from milwaukee, wi to lax to visit my family for the first time in two years due to the pandemic. the night before our return trip, we got an email from spirit saying that our flight was cancelled, and strangely, "not to try to call or come to the airport". the news showed that spirit had been dealing with this issue for 3 days at that time, with people stranded at the airport for 30 hours in some cases. we called spirit multiple times to try to find another flight. at first, their phone lines would pick up and we'd hold for about an hour and then it would automatically hang up on us. eventually, their phone line stopped taking calls and had an automated message that said to use their online chat feature and then hung up on us. we tried that, but it was unable to book flights with other carriers or offer hotel or food vouchers (the replacement flights spirit originally offered us all ended up getting cancelled two days later). i sent an email to spirit's email complaint forms prior to our expected departure time, stating that we were stranded and sought to get a flight through another carrier, and never heard back from that. i also went to the airport to extend our rental car and stood in line with spirit for hours to no avail. in short, we were stranded in la with no way to get home and no way to get ahold of the airline we'd booked with and no budget for our extra stay. we ended up finding the best deal we could find on a flight home through united two days later (flights the same day were over $1000/ticket) and just putting it on a credit card, hopeful that we could fight it out with spirit if/when we could finally get in touch with them. the cheapest we could find was $870.40 one-way for the two of us with our dog, two days later (and with a lay-over). we extended our rental car, and booked the cheapest hotel we could find that would take our dog. not to mention, we had to feed ourselves for those days and miss work. we arrived home late last night. i've tried to call spirit multiple times today with no luck. i was on hold for nearly 30 mins just now and then was hung up on automatically. spirit's ceo keeps carefully phrasing his apologies to include things like "weather" which i imagine they'll hope to use to get out of their contract with passengers, however it seems clear that this issue had more to do with overbooking and under-staffing and their own operational issues as they've also apologized for publicly. at this point, spirit's poor management decisions cost us over $1700 just to get home from this trip (not including our food and loss of work). are there any legal avenues to get compensated by a company like spirit in this situation? is small claims court an option? any help would be deeply appreciated, as these unexpected expenses all went on credit cards this week. thank you! bot: not a lawyer but i work customer service for a bank - call yours and ask if you can get help disputing the charge since you did not get the service you paid for. alternatively, if you paid for the tickets with your credit card company, call them. it may take a while, but that is another avenue you can explore to get your money back.

user: is there any use taking spirit airlines to small claims court? hi, my partner and i (and our 10 month old puppy) purchased round trip tickets through spirit airlines... direct flights from milwaukee, wi to lax to visit my family for the first time in two years due to the pandemic. the night before our return trip, we got an email from spirit saying that our flight was cancelled, and strangely, "not to try to call or come to the airport". the news showed that spirit had been dealing with this issue for 3 days at that time, with people stranded at the airport for 30 hours in some cases. we called spirit multiple times to try to find another flight. at first, their phone lines would pick up and we'd hold for about an hour and then it would automatically hang up on us. eventually, their phone line stopped taking calls and had an automated message that said to use their online chat feature and then hung up on us. we tried that, but it was unable to book flights with other carriers or offer hotel or food vouchers (the replacement flights spirit originally offered us all ended up getting cancelled two days later). i sent an email to spirit's email complaint forms prior to our expected departure time, stating that we were stranded and sought to get a flight through another carrier, and never heard back from that. i also went to the airport to extend our rental car and stood in line with spirit for hours to no avail. in short, we were stranded in la with no way to get home and no way to get ahold of the airline we'd booked with and no budget for our extra stay. we ended up finding the best deal we could find on a flight home through united two days later (flights the same day were over $1000/ticket) and just putting it on a credit card, hopeful that we could fight it out with spirit if/when we could finally get in touch with them. the cheapest we could find was $870.40 one-way for the two of us with our dog, two days later (and with a lay-over). we extended our rental car, and booked the cheapest hotel we could find that would take our dog. not to mention, we had to feed ourselves for those days and miss work. we arrived home late last night. i've tried to call spirit multiple times today with no luck. i was on hold for nearly 30 mins just now and then was hung up on automatically. spirit's ceo keeps carefully phrasing his apologies to include things like "weather" which i imagine they'll hope to use to get out of their contract with passengers, however it seems clear that this issue had more to do with overbooking and under-staffing and their own operational issues as they've also apologized for publicly. at this point, spirit's poor management decisions cost us over $1700 just to get home from this trip (not including our food and loss of work). are there any legal avenues to get compensated by a company like spirit in this situation? is small claims court an option? any help would be deeply appreciated, as these unexpected expenses all went on credit cards this week. thank you! bot: as others have said, you basically take this risk on when you book with certain airlines. and your ticket contains the terms of service - don't like them? don't buy their ticket. so practically, no there is no use taking spirit to court for this. i'm sorry you went through this, but you'll sleep a lot easier letting the money go.

user: is there any use taking spirit airlines to small claims court? hi, my partner and i (and our 10 month old puppy) purchased round trip tickets through spirit airlines... direct flights from milwaukee, wi to lax to visit my family for the first time in two years due to the pandemic. the night before our return trip, we got an email from spirit saying that our flight was cancelled, and strangely, "not to try to call or come to the airport". the news showed that spirit had been dealing with this issue for 3 days at that time, with people stranded at the airport for 30 hours in some cases. we called spirit multiple times to try to find another flight. at first, their phone lines would pick up and we'd hold for about an hour and then it would automatically hang up on us. eventually, their phone line stopped taking calls and had an automated message that said to use their online chat feature and then hung up on us. we tried that, but it was unable to book flights with other carriers or offer hotel or food vouchers (the replacement flights spirit originally offered us all ended up getting cancelled two days later). i sent an email to spirit's email complaint forms prior to our expected departure time, stating that we were stranded and sought to get a flight through another carrier, and never heard back from that. i also went to the airport to extend our rental car and stood in line with spirit for hours to no avail. in short, we were stranded in la with no way to get home and no way to get ahold of the airline we'd booked with and no budget for our extra stay. we ended up finding the best deal we could find on a flight home through united two days later (flights the same day were over $1000/ticket) and just putting it on a credit card, hopeful that we could fight it out with spirit if/when we could finally get in touch with them. the cheapest we could find was $870.40 one-way for the two of us with our dog, two days later (and with a lay-over). we extended our rental car, and booked the cheapest hotel we could find that would take our dog. not to mention, we had to feed ourselves for those days and miss work. we arrived home late last night. i've tried to call spirit multiple times today with no luck. i was on hold for nearly 30 mins just now and then was hung up on automatically. spirit's ceo keeps carefully phrasing his apologies to include things like "weather" which i imagine they'll hope to use to get out of their contract with passengers, however it seems clear that this issue had more to do with overbooking and under-staffing and their own operational issues as they've also apologized for publicly. at this point, spirit's poor management decisions cost us over $1700 just to get home from this trip (not including our food and loss of work). are there any legal avenues to get compensated by a company like spirit in this situation? is small claims court an option? any help would be deeply appreciated, as these unexpected expenses all went on credit cards this week. thank you! bot: not a lawyer but i work customer service for a bank - call yours and ask if you can get help disputing the charge since you did not get the service you paid for. alternatively, if you paid for the tickets with your credit card company, call them. it may take a while, but that is another avenue you can explore to get your money back.

user: is there any use taking spirit airlines to small claims court? hi, my partner and i (and our 10 month old puppy) purchased round trip tickets through spirit airlines... direct flights from milwaukee, wi to lax to visit my family for the first time in two years due to the pandemic. the night before our return trip, we got an email from spirit saying that our flight was cancelled, and strangely, "not to try to call or come to the airport". the news showed that spirit had been dealing with this issue for 3 days at that time, with people stranded at the airport for 30 hours in some cases. we called spirit multiple times to try to find another flight. at first, their phone lines would pick up and we'd hold for about an hour and then it would automatically hang up on us. eventually, their phone line stopped taking calls and had an automated message that said to use their online chat feature and then hung up on us. we tried that, but it was unable to book flights with other carriers or offer hotel or food vouchers (the replacement flights spirit originally offered us all ended up getting cancelled two days later). i sent an email to spirit's email complaint forms prior to our expected departure time, stating that we were stranded and sought to get a flight through another carrier, and never heard back from that. i also went to the airport to extend our rental car and stood in line with spirit for hours to no avail. in short, we were stranded in la with no way to get home and no way to get ahold of the airline we'd booked with and no budget for our extra stay. we ended up finding the best deal we could find on a flight home through united two days later (flights the same day were over $1000/ticket) and just putting it on a credit card, hopeful that we could fight it out with spirit if/when we could finally get in touch with them. the cheapest we could find was $870.40 one-way for the two of us with our dog, two days later (and with a lay-over). we extended our rental car, and booked the cheapest hotel we could find that would take our dog. not to mention, we had to feed ourselves for those days and miss work. we arrived home late last night. i've tried to call spirit multiple times today with no luck. i was on hold for nearly 30 mins just now and then was hung up on automatically. spirit's ceo keeps carefully phrasing his apologies to include things like "weather" which i imagine they'll hope to use to get out of their contract with passengers, however it seems clear that this issue had more to do with overbooking and under-staffing and their own operational issues as they've also apologized for publicly. at this point, spirit's poor management decisions cost us over $1700 just to get home from this trip (not including our food and loss of work). are there any legal avenues to get compensated by a company like spirit in this situation? is small claims court an option? any help would be deeply appreciated, as these unexpected expenses all went on credit cards this week. thank you! bot: any travel insurance? the airline coc limits consequential damage — ie extra hotels etc this is one of the risks with ulcc — there are cheaper because of what they do not have — customer service, interline agreements

user: is there any use taking spirit airlines to small claims court? hi, my partner and i (and our 10 month old puppy) purchased round trip tickets through spirit airlines... direct flights from milwaukee, wi to lax to visit my family for the first time in two years due to the pandemic. the night before our return trip, we got an email from spirit saying that our flight was cancelled, and strangely, "not to try to call or come to the airport". the news showed that spirit had been dealing with this issue for 3 days at that time, with people stranded at the airport for 30 hours in some cases. we called spirit multiple times to try to find another flight. at first, their phone lines would pick up and we'd hold for about an hour and then it would automatically hang up on us. eventually, their phone line stopped taking calls and had an automated message that said to use their online chat feature and then hung up on us. we tried that, but it was unable to book flights with other carriers or offer hotel or food vouchers (the replacement flights spirit originally offered us all ended up getting cancelled two days later). i sent an email to spirit's email complaint forms prior to our expected departure time, stating that we were stranded and sought to get a flight through another carrier, and never heard back from that. i also went to the airport to extend our rental car and stood in line with spirit for hours to no avail. in short, we were stranded in la with no way to get home and no way to get ahold of the airline we'd booked with and no budget for our extra stay. we ended up finding the best deal we could find on a flight home through united two days later (flights the same day were over $1000/ticket) and just putting it on a credit card, hopeful that we could fight it out with spirit if/when we could finally get in touch with them. the cheapest we could find was $870.40 one-way for the two of us with our dog, two days later (and with a lay-over). we extended our rental car, and booked the cheapest hotel we could find that would take our dog. not to mention, we had to feed ourselves for those days and miss work. we arrived home late last night. i've tried to call spirit multiple times today with no luck. i was on hold for nearly 30 mins just now and then was hung up on automatically. spirit's ceo keeps carefully phrasing his apologies to include things like "weather" which i imagine they'll hope to use to get out of their contract with passengers, however it seems clear that this issue had more to do with overbooking and under-staffing and their own operational issues as they've also apologized for publicly. at this point, spirit's poor management decisions cost us over $1700 just to get home from this trip (not including our food and loss of work). are there any legal avenues to get compensated by a company like spirit in this situation? is small claims court an option? any help would be deeply appreciated, as these unexpected expenses all went on credit cards this week. thank you! bot: you won’t have any luck beyond getting a refund for the cancelled flight. the type of consequential damages you suffered are not covered by the airline. you can purchase travel insurance to cover costs arising from an interruption, delay, or cancellation.

user: is there any use taking spirit airlines to small claims court? hi, my partner and i (and our 10 month old puppy) purchased round trip tickets through spirit airlines... direct flights from milwaukee, wi to lax to visit my family for the first time in two years due to the pandemic. the night before our return trip, we got an email from spirit saying that our flight was cancelled, and strangely, "not to try to call or come to the airport". the news showed that spirit had been dealing with this issue for 3 days at that time, with people stranded at the airport for 30 hours in some cases. we called spirit multiple times to try to find another flight. at first, their phone lines would pick up and we'd hold for about an hour and then it would automatically hang up on us. eventually, their phone line stopped taking calls and had an automated message that said to use their online chat feature and then hung up on us. we tried that, but it was unable to book flights with other carriers or offer hotel or food vouchers (the replacement flights spirit originally offered us all ended up getting cancelled two days later). i sent an email to spirit's email complaint forms prior to our expected departure time, stating that we were stranded and sought to get a flight through another carrier, and never heard back from that. i also went to the airport to extend our rental car and stood in line with spirit for hours to no avail. in short, we were stranded in la with no way to get home and no way to get ahold of the airline we'd booked with and no budget for our extra stay. we ended up finding the best deal we could find on a flight home through united two days later (flights the same day were over $1000/ticket) and just putting it on a credit card, hopeful that we could fight it out with spirit if/when we could finally get in touch with them. the cheapest we could find was $870.40 one-way for the two of us with our dog, two days later (and with a lay-over). we extended our rental car, and booked the cheapest hotel we could find that would take our dog. not to mention, we had to feed ourselves for those days and miss work. we arrived home late last night. i've tried to call spirit multiple times today with no luck. i was on hold for nearly 30 mins just now and then was hung up on automatically. spirit's ceo keeps carefully phrasing his apologies to include things like "weather" which i imagine they'll hope to use to get out of their contract with passengers, however it seems clear that this issue had more to do with overbooking and under-staffing and their own operational issues as they've also apologized for publicly. at this point, spirit's poor management decisions cost us over $1700 just to get home from this trip (not including our food and loss of work). are there any legal avenues to get compensated by a company like spirit in this situation? is small claims court an option? any help would be deeply appreciated, as these unexpected expenses all went on credit cards this week. thank you! bot: if you can't get ahold of a customer service agent via telephone, write a letter and mail it certified. see if that produces a result.

user: dentist broke drill in tooth during root canal and left it in; found out 5 years later. (sorry if this is poorly written, i am on a few painkillers) my tooth started hurting very badly on monday, i’m talking crying in bed because it hurt too much to move my head or talk. so i hit up a friend of mine, who is a dentist i know through mutual friends, and knew wouldn’t charge me a consultation fee because i don’t haven’t dental insurance. there, he told me i had an infection under a tooth i had already had a root canal on but that it looked like they could salvage the tooth and the crown. he then referred me to a different dentist i went to on tuesday. we did a few more x-rays to which i found out- not only is there an infection under this tooth, but the dentist who originally did the root canal, broke a drill in my tooth and left it there without ever telling me. so now they’re not sure if they can do another root canal, which they could’ve done if there wasn’t the drill in there, and i may now have to get the entire tooth removed and get an implant. i want to press charges. is it too late for me since it’s been 5 years? is there a chance he’ll lose his license? and what kind of compensation would i receive? i know i have to get a medical malpractice lawyer, but this is my first time having to even consider suing someone and would just like to know how this is most likely going to turn out or how it’s going to go down. oh and this happened in california. bot: you need a lawyer, as you said. this is beyond the scope of reddit because it's in malpractice territory. your statute of limitations on whether you can pursue the case will depend on what state you had the procedure done, but you should be covered by what's called the discovery rule, which means that you get a certain amount of time after you discover the issue if you could not have reasonably discovered the issue until that point (5 years later in your case). get a lawyer, they will be able to tell you if you have a good case. i would say this is worth the consultation

user: dentist broke drill in tooth during root canal and left it in; found out 5 years later. (sorry if this is poorly written, i am on a few painkillers) my tooth started hurting very badly on monday, i’m talking crying in bed because it hurt too much to move my head or talk. so i hit up a friend of mine, who is a dentist i know through mutual friends, and knew wouldn’t charge me a consultation fee because i don’t haven’t dental insurance. there, he told me i had an infection under a tooth i had already had a root canal on but that it looked like they could salvage the tooth and the crown. he then referred me to a different dentist i went to on tuesday. we did a few more x-rays to which i found out- not only is there an infection under this tooth, but the dentist who originally did the root canal, broke a drill in my tooth and left it there without ever telling me. so now they’re not sure if they can do another root canal, which they could’ve done if there wasn’t the drill in there, and i may now have to get the entire tooth removed and get an implant. i want to press charges. is it too late for me since it’s been 5 years? is there a chance he’ll lose his license? and what kind of compensation would i receive? i know i have to get a medical malpractice lawyer, but this is my first time having to even consider suing someone and would just like to know how this is most likely going to turn out or how it’s going to go down. oh and this happened in california. bot: malpractice of any kind is very fact specific and it is unfortunately beyond the scope of this subreddit. if this is a medical question, it is highly recommended to speak with a medical malpractice attorney; your state's bar may be able to refer you to one. they typically work on contingency, meaning there is little up front cost to you. similarly, consultations are typically free. it wouldn't hurt to meet with one, have them look over your info, and go from there. if this is a question about legal malpractice, you should seek the advice of a second unrelated attorney and/or report the matter to your state bar association" *i am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/legaladvice) if you have any questions or concerns.*

user: dentist broke drill in tooth during root canal and left it in; found out 5 years later. (sorry if this is poorly written, i am on a few painkillers) my tooth started hurting very badly on monday, i’m talking crying in bed because it hurt too much to move my head or talk. so i hit up a friend of mine, who is a dentist i know through mutual friends, and knew wouldn’t charge me a consultation fee because i don’t haven’t dental insurance. there, he told me i had an infection under a tooth i had already had a root canal on but that it looked like they could salvage the tooth and the crown. he then referred me to a different dentist i went to on tuesday. we did a few more x-rays to which i found out- not only is there an infection under this tooth, but the dentist who originally did the root canal, broke a drill in my tooth and left it there without ever telling me. so now they’re not sure if they can do another root canal, which they could’ve done if there wasn’t the drill in there, and i may now have to get the entire tooth removed and get an implant. i want to press charges. is it too late for me since it’s been 5 years? is there a chance he’ll lose his license? and what kind of compensation would i receive? i know i have to get a medical malpractice lawyer, but this is my first time having to even consider suing someone and would just like to know how this is most likely going to turn out or how it’s going to go down. oh and this happened in california. bot: not a lawyer, but a dentist. a file (you’re calling it a drill but it’s most likely an endodontic file, just fyi, doesn’t change anything here) does have a chance to break in a tooth and it’s part of reasonable risk when you sign a consent. however the fact the dentist didn’t tell you it happened or warn you about complications is actually a big no-no. so you trying to pursue this case would be dependent on proving that the dentist didn’t inform you. one thing you will probably want to do is request your records from that dentist (without telling them you are possibly taking legal action, because unfortunately the type of doctor to fail to inform a patient of complications is also capable of editing their records) and have your malpractice lawyer go through them. i would say that if you did have the conversation about the file and forgot about it until it became relevant (i mention this because i have had a lot of patients that seem to let vital information go in one ear and out the other, make sure this isn’t the case here), you’re gonna have a hard time winning, but if they didn’t tell you and have no record of telling you, then they’re gonna have a hard time fighting you.

user: dentist broke drill in tooth during root canal and left it in; found out 5 years later. (sorry if this is poorly written, i am on a few painkillers) my tooth started hurting very badly on monday, i’m talking crying in bed because it hurt too much to move my head or talk. so i hit up a friend of mine, who is a dentist i know through mutual friends, and knew wouldn’t charge me a consultation fee because i don’t haven’t dental insurance. there, he told me i had an infection under a tooth i had already had a root canal on but that it looked like they could salvage the tooth and the crown. he then referred me to a different dentist i went to on tuesday. we did a few more x-rays to which i found out- not only is there an infection under this tooth, but the dentist who originally did the root canal, broke a drill in my tooth and left it there without ever telling me. so now they’re not sure if they can do another root canal, which they could’ve done if there wasn’t the drill in there, and i may now have to get the entire tooth removed and get an implant. i want to press charges. is it too late for me since it’s been 5 years? is there a chance he’ll lose his license? and what kind of compensation would i receive? i know i have to get a medical malpractice lawyer, but this is my first time having to even consider suing someone and would just like to know how this is most likely going to turn out or how it’s going to go down. oh and this happened in california. bot: malpractice of any kind is very fact specific and it is unfortunately beyond the scope of this subreddit. if this is a medical question, it is highly recommended to speak with a medical malpractice attorney; your state's bar may be able to refer you to one. they typically work on contingency, meaning there is little up front cost to you. similarly, consultations are typically free. it wouldn't hurt to meet with one, have them look over your info, and go from there. if this is a question about legal malpractice, you should seek the advice of a second unrelated attorney and/or report the matter to your state bar association" *i am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/legaladvice) if you have any questions or concerns.*

user: dentist broke drill in tooth during root canal and left it in; found out 5 years later. (sorry if this is poorly written, i am on a few painkillers) my tooth started hurting very badly on monday, i’m talking crying in bed because it hurt too much to move my head or talk. so i hit up a friend of mine, who is a dentist i know through mutual friends, and knew wouldn’t charge me a consultation fee because i don’t haven’t dental insurance. there, he told me i had an infection under a tooth i had already had a root canal on but that it looked like they could salvage the tooth and the crown. he then referred me to a different dentist i went to on tuesday. we did a few more x-rays to which i found out- not only is there an infection under this tooth, but the dentist who originally did the root canal, broke a drill in my tooth and left it there without ever telling me. so now they’re not sure if they can do another root canal, which they could’ve done if there wasn’t the drill in there, and i may now have to get the entire tooth removed and get an implant. i want to press charges. is it too late for me since it’s been 5 years? is there a chance he’ll lose his license? and what kind of compensation would i receive? i know i have to get a medical malpractice lawyer, but this is my first time having to even consider suing someone and would just like to know how this is most likely going to turn out or how it’s going to go down. oh and this happened in california. bot: not a lawyer, but a dentist. a file (you’re calling it a drill but it’s most likely an endodontic file, just fyi, doesn’t change anything here) does have a chance to break in a tooth and it’s part of reasonable risk when you sign a consent. however the fact the dentist didn’t tell you it happened or warn you about complications is actually a big no-no. so you trying to pursue this case would be dependent on proving that the dentist didn’t inform you. one thing you will probably want to do is request your records from that dentist (without telling them you are possibly taking legal action, because unfortunately the type of doctor to fail to inform a patient of complications is also capable of editing their records) and have your malpractice lawyer go through them. i would say that if you did have the conversation about the file and forgot about it until it became relevant (i mention this because i have had a lot of patients that seem to let vital information go in one ear and out the other, make sure this isn’t the case here), you’re gonna have a hard time winning, but if they didn’t tell you and have no record of telling you, then they’re gonna have a hard time fighting you.

user: dentist broke drill in tooth during root canal and left it in; found out 5 years later. (sorry if this is poorly written, i am on a few painkillers) my tooth started hurting very badly on monday, i’m talking crying in bed because it hurt too much to move my head or talk. so i hit up a friend of mine, who is a dentist i know through mutual friends, and knew wouldn’t charge me a consultation fee because i don’t haven’t dental insurance. there, he told me i had an infection under a tooth i had already had a root canal on but that it looked like they could salvage the tooth and the crown. he then referred me to a different dentist i went to on tuesday. we did a few more x-rays to which i found out- not only is there an infection under this tooth, but the dentist who originally did the root canal, broke a drill in my tooth and left it there without ever telling me. so now they’re not sure if they can do another root canal, which they could’ve done if there wasn’t the drill in there, and i may now have to get the entire tooth removed and get an implant. i want to press charges. is it too late for me since it’s been 5 years? is there a chance he’ll lose his license? and what kind of compensation would i receive? i know i have to get a medical malpractice lawyer, but this is my first time having to even consider suing someone and would just like to know how this is most likely going to turn out or how it’s going to go down. oh and this happened in california. bot: not a lawyer. get in contact with the old office asap and request a copy of your patient file. they are required by hippa to retain the record for 6 years so they better have it (just say you're going to a new dentist and want your record for them, don't alert them that you may be seeking a malpractice claim). ask for a copy of your patient record from your friend dentist who referred you and a copy of the patient record from the endodontist (esp the images showing the broken drill head still in the root). if you had insurance at the time of the original root canal also see if you can contact the insurance company to see if you can obtain a record of the claim filed, this will show what tooth # and op they paid out to the original office. as others have said contact a malpractice attorney.

user: (california) got t-boned by a drunk driver who ran a red light, now my car is totaled and i have major medical bills. a friend recommended an attorney, and i have an appointment to meet with him tomorrow afternoon. my concern is that i'm going to get screwed over by the attorney taking a massive chunk of money from this case. how can i make sure they only take a reasonable cut? the other night my friend and i were driving home from work, we had a green light, and a drunk driver ran a red and hit my drivers side door. my car is absolutely fucked, and they took us to the hospital in an ambulance. before they took us, i made the officer give me a field sobriety test so that it would be on record that i was completely sober and had not been drinking that night. the driver who hit us was totally hammered, and the officer told us he'd be going to jail as well as he hospital for his own injuries. honestly considering the damage its a miracle my passenger and i came out of it alive. we're pretty banged up tho, and have missed work the last few days. because of our low income, we were granted temporary medi-cal coverage. what kinds of things should i know before i go into my appointment tomorrow with my attorney? what questions should i ask? what part of the fine print should i read to make sure i don't get financially screwed? bot: went through this over the past 3 yrs in tx.. 33% is typical.. my atty said 40% if it went to trial, which it didn't. their attys will be looking for every possible reason to attach some fault to you so they can reduce the payout. in texas, if the judge/jury finds you 20% at fault, the payout is reduced by 20%. as for property damage (your vehicle etc...), you or your insurance company should work directly with their insurance company - you do not need or want a lawyer for this. this is a very straight forward process. their ins. will make you an offer - don't just take their word for it. make sure you get your insurance company to evaluate how much you car is worth, too, and submit the higher offer as your claim. for the time being, your medical insurance should pay for everything.. then, when settlement is received, you'll pay them back. you can negotiate with your insurance company - we had about 275k in medical bills and negotiated about 60k or so (i forget). depending on medical bills i would offer to settle with them without using an attorney. you don't necessarily need an attorney but you don't want to get screwed. i had plenty of time to research and saw numbers of 3 - 5x medical as the typical settlement amounts. our very severe accident was right at 3x because they dug up some medical issues and basically threatened to drag us through court with it. don't be in a hurry to sign with an atty (in tx, you have 2 years to file suit.) - take your time, research, and think about your options. 30% off the top (before insurance reimbursements etc.. is a lot of money). edit: it sounds like this was not a commercial vehicle, but rather a personal vehicle - i hope they have enough coverage. you can sue for their max.. any more than that, and the driver would be on the hook for it - but, if the driver isn't worth much you may not see any money coming out of their pockets.

user: (california) got t-boned by a drunk driver who ran a red light, now my car is totaled and i have major medical bills. a friend recommended an attorney, and i have an appointment to meet with him tomorrow afternoon. my concern is that i'm going to get screwed over by the attorney taking a massive chunk of money from this case. how can i make sure they only take a reasonable cut? the other night my friend and i were driving home from work, we had a green light, and a drunk driver ran a red and hit my drivers side door. my car is absolutely fucked, and they took us to the hospital in an ambulance. before they took us, i made the officer give me a field sobriety test so that it would be on record that i was completely sober and had not been drinking that night. the driver who hit us was totally hammered, and the officer told us he'd be going to jail as well as he hospital for his own injuries. honestly considering the damage its a miracle my passenger and i came out of it alive. we're pretty banged up tho, and have missed work the last few days. because of our low income, we were granted temporary medi-cal coverage. what kinds of things should i know before i go into my appointment tomorrow with my attorney? what questions should i ask? what part of the fine print should i read to make sure i don't get financially screwed? bot: generally a pi attorney in ca takes 30% on a contingency contract.

user: are parents legally obligated to feed you even if you have money? i am 17 and have a job and a bit of money because of that. my step mom hates me and has said she wont be buying me groceries or cooking for me anymore (she already never cooked for me). my dad won't want to upset her so he won't get me food either. today i had to buy my own groceries and although i have enough money to feed myself it would drain a lot of my income. is this perfectly normal and legal since i could take care of myself or are my parents obligaded to provide food since i am a minor. this is ma usa btw. bot: holy crap, yes. your parents are required to provide basic necessities for you. if you can't get help with your school counselor (as suggested), call department of family services (617) 748-2000

user: are parents legally obligated to feed you even if you have money? i am 17 and have a job and a bit of money because of that. my step mom hates me and has said she wont be buying me groceries or cooking for me anymore (she already never cooked for me). my dad won't want to upset her so he won't get me food either. today i had to buy my own groceries and although i have enough money to feed myself it would drain a lot of my income. is this perfectly normal and legal since i could take care of myself or are my parents obligaded to provide food since i am a minor. this is ma usa btw. bot: your parents are obligated to ensure you’re fed. they’re also entitled to control your income until you’re adult. that extends to having you pay for your own groceries.

user: are parents legally obligated to feed you even if you have money? i am 17 and have a job and a bit of money because of that. my step mom hates me and has said she wont be buying me groceries or cooking for me anymore (she already never cooked for me). my dad won't want to upset her so he won't get me food either. today i had to buy my own groceries and although i have enough money to feed myself it would drain a lot of my income. is this perfectly normal and legal since i could take care of myself or are my parents obligaded to provide food since i am a minor. this is ma usa btw. bot: when you turn 18 please lock your credit and get a new bank account somewhere else. locking your credit is easy just never lose the password. if they are already this vindictive they might try to call into your bank and take money or start new bank accounts/loans in your name. it's happened countless times on here.

user: are parents legally obligated to feed you even if you have money? i am 17 and have a job and a bit of money because of that. my step mom hates me and has said she wont be buying me groceries or cooking for me anymore (she already never cooked for me). my dad won't want to upset her so he won't get me food either. today i had to buy my own groceries and although i have enough money to feed myself it would drain a lot of my income. is this perfectly normal and legal since i could take care of myself or are my parents obligaded to provide food since i am a minor. this is ma usa btw. bot: ial not your lawyer this is arguably child abuse/neglect. talk to your school resource officer/counselor, and have proof ready. have your grocery receipts in hand. your stepmother is almost certainly going to lie. tell me if this sounds right: "what? absolutely not! we would never do [thing we absolutely did but can't admit to because it's shameful or illegal]! i can't believe op would say that. she's a little liar sometimes. i think she got that from [mother/relative they don't like]."

user: are parents legally obligated to feed you even if you have money? i am 17 and have a job and a bit of money because of that. my step mom hates me and has said she wont be buying me groceries or cooking for me anymore (she already never cooked for me). my dad won't want to upset her so he won't get me food either. today i had to buy my own groceries and although i have enough money to feed myself it would drain a lot of my income. is this perfectly normal and legal since i could take care of myself or are my parents obligaded to provide food since i am a minor. this is ma usa btw. bot: when you turn 18 please lock your credit and get a new bank account somewhere else. locking your credit is easy just never lose the password. if they are already this vindictive they might try to call into your bank and take money or start new bank accounts/loans in your name. it's happened countless times on here.

user: are parents legally obligated to feed you even if you have money? i am 17 and have a job and a bit of money because of that. my step mom hates me and has said she wont be buying me groceries or cooking for me anymore (she already never cooked for me). my dad won't want to upset her so he won't get me food either. today i had to buy my own groceries and although i have enough money to feed myself it would drain a lot of my income. is this perfectly normal and legal since i could take care of myself or are my parents obligaded to provide food since i am a minor. this is ma usa btw. bot: nla. as a parent, i cannot comprehend parents like this. if you have not already, read the wiki pages on r/personalfinance. make sure you have all your documents social security card, birth certificate, etc. as soon as you turn 18, get your own bank account at a different bank. its not you... its them. go live your best life.

user: are parents legally obligated to feed you even if you have money? i am 17 and have a job and a bit of money because of that. my step mom hates me and has said she wont be buying me groceries or cooking for me anymore (she already never cooked for me). my dad won't want to upset her so he won't get me food either. today i had to buy my own groceries and although i have enough money to feed myself it would drain a lot of my income. is this perfectly normal and legal since i could take care of myself or are my parents obligaded to provide food since i am a minor. this is ma usa btw. bot: when you turn 18 please lock your credit and get a new bank account somewhere else. locking your credit is easy just never lose the password. if they are already this vindictive they might try to call into your bank and take money or start new bank accounts/loans in your name. it's happened countless times on here.

user: are parents legally obligated to feed you even if you have money? i am 17 and have a job and a bit of money because of that. my step mom hates me and has said she wont be buying me groceries or cooking for me anymore (she already never cooked for me). my dad won't want to upset her so he won't get me food either. today i had to buy my own groceries and although i have enough money to feed myself it would drain a lot of my income. is this perfectly normal and legal since i could take care of myself or are my parents obligaded to provide food since i am a minor. this is ma usa btw. bot: your parents are obligated to ensure you’re fed. they’re also entitled to control your income until you’re adult. that extends to having you pay for your own groceries.

user: are parents legally obligated to feed you even if you have money? i am 17 and have a job and a bit of money because of that. my step mom hates me and has said she wont be buying me groceries or cooking for me anymore (she already never cooked for me). my dad won't want to upset her so he won't get me food either. today i had to buy my own groceries and although i have enough money to feed myself it would drain a lot of my income. is this perfectly normal and legal since i could take care of myself or are my parents obligaded to provide food since i am a minor. this is ma usa btw. bot: when you turn 18 please lock your credit and get a new bank account somewhere else. locking your credit is easy just never lose the password. if they are already this vindictive they might try to call into your bank and take money or start new bank accounts/loans in your name. it's happened countless times on here.

user: are parents legally obligated to feed you even if you have money? i am 17 and have a job and a bit of money because of that. my step mom hates me and has said she wont be buying me groceries or cooking for me anymore (she already never cooked for me). my dad won't want to upset her so he won't get me food either. today i had to buy my own groceries and although i have enough money to feed myself it would drain a lot of my income. is this perfectly normal and legal since i could take care of myself or are my parents obligaded to provide food since i am a minor. this is ma usa btw. bot: i am not a lawyer. yes, parents are legally responsible for their minor children. having a job does not exempt the parents from this responsibility. i'm not sure if that responsibility extends to your stepmom, but your father absolutely is responsible. is it ok to have a teen who has a job sometimes go for leftovers, or get takeout for themselves, sure. but that shouldn't be the default.

user: are parents legally obligated to feed you even if you have money? i am 17 and have a job and a bit of money because of that. my step mom hates me and has said she wont be buying me groceries or cooking for me anymore (she already never cooked for me). my dad won't want to upset her so he won't get me food either. today i had to buy my own groceries and although i have enough money to feed myself it would drain a lot of my income. is this perfectly normal and legal since i could take care of myself or are my parents obligaded to provide food since i am a minor. this is ma usa btw. bot: ial not your lawyer this is arguably child abuse/neglect. talk to your school resource officer/counselor, and have proof ready. have your grocery receipts in hand. your stepmother is almost certainly going to lie. tell me if this sounds right: "what? absolutely not! we would never do [thing we absolutely did but can't admit to because it's shameful or illegal]! i can't believe op would say that. she's a little liar sometimes. i think she got that from [mother/relative they don't like]."

user: are parents legally obligated to feed you even if you have money? i am 17 and have a job and a bit of money because of that. my step mom hates me and has said she wont be buying me groceries or cooking for me anymore (she already never cooked for me). my dad won't want to upset her so he won't get me food either. today i had to buy my own groceries and although i have enough money to feed myself it would drain a lot of my income. is this perfectly normal and legal since i could take care of myself or are my parents obligaded to provide food since i am a minor. this is ma usa btw. bot: your parents are obligated to ensure you’re fed. they’re also entitled to control your income until you’re adult. that extends to having you pay for your own groceries.

user: just found out my ex-husband hired a private detective to put a gps tracking device on my car in 2014. is this legal? (south carolina) in the course of a current custody dispute with my ex-husband, i received documents via subpoena that show that he hired a private detective to place a gps tracking device on my car for two months in 2014. the device was battery-operated. our divorce was finalized in 2013 and also, the car was never part of our marital property. obviously, he never had my permission to do this and i had no knowledge of this until yesterday. my questions are, in south carolina, is this legal? is it criminal? if illegal, is there a statute of limitations i should be aware of? i tried using my best google-fu, but i can't find a clear answer to my question. thanks in advance for the help. bot: this happened to a friend of mine in sc. her ex put the tracker on her work vehicle and then she found it. and in a meeting with all of the attorneys together she put it on the table. i think she even had security footage of him placing it. what the tard failed to understand was that her work car was owned by the federal govt and she is an agent with a federal agency. she reported him to the marshals at her work. he was lucky since she could have pushed for a federal indictment against him. it was a backwards case where he had been living off her trust funds and investments and was living in a 5th wheel with some girl and wanted alimony. he pretty much lost everything at that moment.

user: just found out my ex-husband hired a private detective to put a gps tracking device on my car in 2014. is this legal? (south carolina) in the course of a current custody dispute with my ex-husband, i received documents via subpoena that show that he hired a private detective to place a gps tracking device on my car for two months in 2014. the device was battery-operated. our divorce was finalized in 2013 and also, the car was never part of our marital property. obviously, he never had my permission to do this and i had no knowledge of this until yesterday. my questions are, in south carolina, is this legal? is it criminal? if illegal, is there a statute of limitations i should be aware of? i tried using my best google-fu, but i can't find a clear answer to my question. thanks in advance for the help. bot: you should ask your lawyer if south carolina has a tort called "invasion of privacy." if it does, you may be able to sue him for damages. (or include this claim in your family law suit if that is possible to gain more leverage) there was some case i was reading not long ago that found a man liable for this tort for putting a gps on someone's car without that person's permission. but only for the time the gps was tracking the vehicle on private property.

user: had 8 wisdom teeth extracted. insurance is denying coverage on one of the extractions... long story short... i had eight wisdom teeth. seven were billed to medical and one was billed to dental. the 7th tooth billed to my medical was denied by my insurance, because apparently only 6 of the same code for "boney extraction" is allowed to be submitted on one day. now the oral surgeon office is charging me for the wisdom tooth that was denied. what are my options? bot: as someone that also had extra wisdom teeth... call your insurance and explain to them that you had extra wisdom teeth and ask what documentation or other codes your dentist could use. you can also ask your dentist to do this as well if you're not comfortable but in my experience it wasn't bad. my insurance really supported me with this and called my dentist while on the phone with me so we could all work it out.

user: had 8 wisdom teeth extracted. insurance is denying coverage on one of the extractions... long story short... i had eight wisdom teeth. seven were billed to medical and one was billed to dental. the 7th tooth billed to my medical was denied by my insurance, because apparently only 6 of the same code for "boney extraction" is allowed to be submitted on one day. now the oral surgeon office is charging me for the wisdom tooth that was denied. what are my options? bot: try /r/healthinsurance for this question

user: how to get (14f) my mother (34f) to believe that her boyfriend (32m) groped me? throwaway acc for obvious reasons. my mother had me when she was 20, and my father is not involved in my life. i’ll call my mothers boyfriend “david”. david and i have gotten closer over the past year, he helps my mom a bunch and is always willing to take to me to soccer practice/school or my friends house, etc. so i like him, and he’s a good ‘father’ figure to me. recently he’s started saying ‘weird’ things. like he’ll ask me if i want to hear a joke then tell me dirty jokes. my mom laughs this off. i was stretching in the living room after soccer practice and he said to me— and i quote “close your legs before i get excited haha.” i didn’t say anything bc maybe he was just joking. last night my mother and david went out for a drink while i was home alone. after my mom fell asleep, david came into my room (while drunk) asking me if i needed help with my essay for school so i asked him if he could proofread it. he started telling me, “you know, you’re growing up fast. you’re getting curvier just like your mother.” i honestly thought he was just telling me that in an innocent way. as i was writing on my laptop, he came behind me and started rubbing my shoulders, then grabbed my boobs. i got up and told him to get the hell out of my room. i was very scared. he’s 6’0 ft and i’m 5’5 ft. i told my mother the next morning and she didn’t believe me at all. she asked david about it and he denied it also. i’m so embarrassed and trying to think of ways i could’ve prevented this, but maybe if he wasn’t drunk this wouldn’t of happened. i was thinking of recording him and trying to get it on tape if he tries something again, but i know that recording someone without their knowledge is illegal. what should i do? **tl;dr my mother’s boyfriend grabbed my boobs and makes weird comments to me. how do i get my mother to believe me? what should i do? i live in california.** bot: 1.) contact the police. 2.) contact cps. 3.) talk to your counselor at school. 4.) search for him here on the national sex offender public website (nsopw) and the california megan's law site. "mom, he's a convicted sex offender." definitely carries more weight. 5.) recording in ca normally requires 2 parties, but there is an exception for suspicion of child abuse (cal penal code section 632.01(d)(1)(b)). record away. if you need help or support, you can contact the national sexual assault hotline and calcasa rape prevention resource center. good luck!

user: how to get (14f) my mother (34f) to believe that her boyfriend (32m) groped me? throwaway acc for obvious reasons. my mother had me when she was 20, and my father is not involved in my life. i’ll call my mothers boyfriend “david”. david and i have gotten closer over the past year, he helps my mom a bunch and is always willing to take to me to soccer practice/school or my friends house, etc. so i like him, and he’s a good ‘father’ figure to me. recently he’s started saying ‘weird’ things. like he’ll ask me if i want to hear a joke then tell me dirty jokes. my mom laughs this off. i was stretching in the living room after soccer practice and he said to me— and i quote “close your legs before i get excited haha.” i didn’t say anything bc maybe he was just joking. last night my mother and david went out for a drink while i was home alone. after my mom fell asleep, david came into my room (while drunk) asking me if i needed help with my essay for school so i asked him if he could proofread it. he started telling me, “you know, you’re growing up fast. you’re getting curvier just like your mother.” i honestly thought he was just telling me that in an innocent way. as i was writing on my laptop, he came behind me and started rubbing my shoulders, then grabbed my boobs. i got up and told him to get the hell out of my room. i was very scared. he’s 6’0 ft and i’m 5’5 ft. i told my mother the next morning and she didn’t believe me at all. she asked david about it and he denied it also. i’m so embarrassed and trying to think of ways i could’ve prevented this, but maybe if he wasn’t drunk this wouldn’t of happened. i was thinking of recording him and trying to get it on tape if he tries something again, but i know that recording someone without their knowledge is illegal. what should i do? **tl;dr my mother’s boyfriend grabbed my boobs and makes weird comments to me. how do i get my mother to believe me? what should i do? i live in california.** bot: it seems like your main question, "how do i get mom to believe me?" is more of a relationship one than a legal one. if it's important to you (and it might be) then you need to seek help for that part elsewhere. but here's the thing. legally speaking, **it doesn't matter if mom believes you or not.** you deserve to be safe. you deserve to get help. tell a teacher or counselor at school what happened- they can notify the police or social services and get that ball rolling. i'm sorry this happened and i'm sorry your mom is being this way.

user: how to get (14f) my mother (34f) to believe that her boyfriend (32m) groped me? throwaway acc for obvious reasons. my mother had me when she was 20, and my father is not involved in my life. i’ll call my mothers boyfriend “david”. david and i have gotten closer over the past year, he helps my mom a bunch and is always willing to take to me to soccer practice/school or my friends house, etc. so i like him, and he’s a good ‘father’ figure to me. recently he’s started saying ‘weird’ things. like he’ll ask me if i want to hear a joke then tell me dirty jokes. my mom laughs this off. i was stretching in the living room after soccer practice and he said to me— and i quote “close your legs before i get excited haha.” i didn’t say anything bc maybe he was just joking. last night my mother and david went out for a drink while i was home alone. after my mom fell asleep, david came into my room (while drunk) asking me if i needed help with my essay for school so i asked him if he could proofread it. he started telling me, “you know, you’re growing up fast. you’re getting curvier just like your mother.” i honestly thought he was just telling me that in an innocent way. as i was writing on my laptop, he came behind me and started rubbing my shoulders, then grabbed my boobs. i got up and told him to get the hell out of my room. i was very scared. he’s 6’0 ft and i’m 5’5 ft. i told my mother the next morning and she didn’t believe me at all. she asked david about it and he denied it also. i’m so embarrassed and trying to think of ways i could’ve prevented this, but maybe if he wasn’t drunk this wouldn’t of happened. i was thinking of recording him and trying to get it on tape if he tries something again, but i know that recording someone without their knowledge is illegal. what should i do? **tl;dr my mother’s boyfriend grabbed my boobs and makes weird comments to me. how do i get my mother to believe me? what should i do? i live in california.** bot: you can’t convince someone who is in denial that you are telling the truth. what you can do is call the police or if you have a trusted teacher or other adult tell them. please, do not let your mothers denial stop you from seeking more help, this was sexual assault and is a very bad warning sign that he will try again and may do worse.

user: how to get (14f) my mother (34f) to believe that her boyfriend (32m) groped me? throwaway acc for obvious reasons. my mother had me when she was 20, and my father is not involved in my life. i’ll call my mothers boyfriend “david”. david and i have gotten closer over the past year, he helps my mom a bunch and is always willing to take to me to soccer practice/school or my friends house, etc. so i like him, and he’s a good ‘father’ figure to me. recently he’s started saying ‘weird’ things. like he’ll ask me if i want to hear a joke then tell me dirty jokes. my mom laughs this off. i was stretching in the living room after soccer practice and he said to me— and i quote “close your legs before i get excited haha.” i didn’t say anything bc maybe he was just joking. last night my mother and david went out for a drink while i was home alone. after my mom fell asleep, david came into my room (while drunk) asking me if i needed help with my essay for school so i asked him if he could proofread it. he started telling me, “you know, you’re growing up fast. you’re getting curvier just like your mother.” i honestly thought he was just telling me that in an innocent way. as i was writing on my laptop, he came behind me and started rubbing my shoulders, then grabbed my boobs. i got up and told him to get the hell out of my room. i was very scared. he’s 6’0 ft and i’m 5’5 ft. i told my mother the next morning and she didn’t believe me at all. she asked david about it and he denied it also. i’m so embarrassed and trying to think of ways i could’ve prevented this, but maybe if he wasn’t drunk this wouldn’t of happened. i was thinking of recording him and trying to get it on tape if he tries something again, but i know that recording someone without their knowledge is illegal. what should i do? **tl;dr my mother’s boyfriend grabbed my boobs and makes weird comments to me. how do i get my mother to believe me? what should i do? i live in california.** bot: it seems like your main question, "how do i get mom to believe me?" is more of a relationship one than a legal one. if it's important to you (and it might be) then you need to seek help for that part elsewhere. but here's the thing. legally speaking, **it doesn't matter if mom believes you or not.** you deserve to be safe. you deserve to get help. tell a teacher or counselor at school what happened- they can notify the police or social services and get that ball rolling. i'm sorry this happened and i'm sorry your mom is being this way.

user: how to get (14f) my mother (34f) to believe that her boyfriend (32m) groped me? throwaway acc for obvious reasons. my mother had me when she was 20, and my father is not involved in my life. i’ll call my mothers boyfriend “david”. david and i have gotten closer over the past year, he helps my mom a bunch and is always willing to take to me to soccer practice/school or my friends house, etc. so i like him, and he’s a good ‘father’ figure to me. recently he’s started saying ‘weird’ things. like he’ll ask me if i want to hear a joke then tell me dirty jokes. my mom laughs this off. i was stretching in the living room after soccer practice and he said to me— and i quote “close your legs before i get excited haha.” i didn’t say anything bc maybe he was just joking. last night my mother and david went out for a drink while i was home alone. after my mom fell asleep, david came into my room (while drunk) asking me if i needed help with my essay for school so i asked him if he could proofread it. he started telling me, “you know, you’re growing up fast. you’re getting curvier just like your mother.” i honestly thought he was just telling me that in an innocent way. as i was writing on my laptop, he came behind me and started rubbing my shoulders, then grabbed my boobs. i got up and told him to get the hell out of my room. i was very scared. he’s 6’0 ft and i’m 5’5 ft. i told my mother the next morning and she didn’t believe me at all. she asked david about it and he denied it also. i’m so embarrassed and trying to think of ways i could’ve prevented this, but maybe if he wasn’t drunk this wouldn’t of happened. i was thinking of recording him and trying to get it on tape if he tries something again, but i know that recording someone without their knowledge is illegal. what should i do? **tl;dr my mother’s boyfriend grabbed my boobs and makes weird comments to me. how do i get my mother to believe me? what should i do? i live in california.** bot: his actions meet the elements of sexual assault. his behavior will only get worse and she will never believe you. if you don't want to tell on your mom, tell a teacher that will report it to social services for you. please do not stay in this situation where you may end up getting raped. that man is a child molester and they do not change. please do something now!

user: how to get (14f) my mother (34f) to believe that her boyfriend (32m) groped me? throwaway acc for obvious reasons. my mother had me when she was 20, and my father is not involved in my life. i’ll call my mothers boyfriend “david”. david and i have gotten closer over the past year, he helps my mom a bunch and is always willing to take to me to soccer practice/school or my friends house, etc. so i like him, and he’s a good ‘father’ figure to me. recently he’s started saying ‘weird’ things. like he’ll ask me if i want to hear a joke then tell me dirty jokes. my mom laughs this off. i was stretching in the living room after soccer practice and he said to me— and i quote “close your legs before i get excited haha.” i didn’t say anything bc maybe he was just joking. last night my mother and david went out for a drink while i was home alone. after my mom fell asleep, david came into my room (while drunk) asking me if i needed help with my essay for school so i asked him if he could proofread it. he started telling me, “you know, you’re growing up fast. you’re getting curvier just like your mother.” i honestly thought he was just telling me that in an innocent way. as i was writing on my laptop, he came behind me and started rubbing my shoulders, then grabbed my boobs. i got up and told him to get the hell out of my room. i was very scared. he’s 6’0 ft and i’m 5’5 ft. i told my mother the next morning and she didn’t believe me at all. she asked david about it and he denied it also. i’m so embarrassed and trying to think of ways i could’ve prevented this, but maybe if he wasn’t drunk this wouldn’t of happened. i was thinking of recording him and trying to get it on tape if he tries something again, but i know that recording someone without their knowledge is illegal. what should i do? **tl;dr my mother’s boyfriend grabbed my boobs and makes weird comments to me. how do i get my mother to believe me? what should i do? i live in california.** bot: it seems like your main question, "how do i get mom to believe me?" is more of a relationship one than a legal one. if it's important to you (and it might be) then you need to seek help for that part elsewhere. but here's the thing. legally speaking, **it doesn't matter if mom believes you or not.** you deserve to be safe. you deserve to get help. tell a teacher or counselor at school what happened- they can notify the police or social services and get that ball rolling. i'm sorry this happened and i'm sorry your mom is being this way.

user: how to get (14f) my mother (34f) to believe that her boyfriend (32m) groped me? throwaway acc for obvious reasons. my mother had me when she was 20, and my father is not involved in my life. i’ll call my mothers boyfriend “david”. david and i have gotten closer over the past year, he helps my mom a bunch and is always willing to take to me to soccer practice/school or my friends house, etc. so i like him, and he’s a good ‘father’ figure to me. recently he’s started saying ‘weird’ things. like he’ll ask me if i want to hear a joke then tell me dirty jokes. my mom laughs this off. i was stretching in the living room after soccer practice and he said to me— and i quote “close your legs before i get excited haha.” i didn’t say anything bc maybe he was just joking. last night my mother and david went out for a drink while i was home alone. after my mom fell asleep, david came into my room (while drunk) asking me if i needed help with my essay for school so i asked him if he could proofread it. he started telling me, “you know, you’re growing up fast. you’re getting curvier just like your mother.” i honestly thought he was just telling me that in an innocent way. as i was writing on my laptop, he came behind me and started rubbing my shoulders, then grabbed my boobs. i got up and told him to get the hell out of my room. i was very scared. he’s 6’0 ft and i’m 5’5 ft. i told my mother the next morning and she didn’t believe me at all. she asked david about it and he denied it also. i’m so embarrassed and trying to think of ways i could’ve prevented this, but maybe if he wasn’t drunk this wouldn’t of happened. i was thinking of recording him and trying to get it on tape if he tries something again, but i know that recording someone without their knowledge is illegal. what should i do? **tl;dr my mother’s boyfriend grabbed my boobs and makes weird comments to me. how do i get my mother to believe me? what should i do? i live in california.** bot: if you're concerned about getting the police or cps to believe you, don't be. "mom's boyfriend abuses her kids" is a trope older than time. >i’m so embarrassed and trying to think of ways i could’ve prevented this, but maybe if he wasn’t drunk this wouldn’t of happened. you can't have prevented this because it's not your fault. you didn't do anything wrong. neither did your mother, really, bringing that man into your home; people who date women to get at their kids can be very charismatic and clever, and they know exactly what they're doing. what he's doing is wrong but it's also extremely concerning. he's gaining confidence with each overstep and the next assault could be worse. contact the police.

user: how to get (14f) my mother (34f) to believe that her boyfriend (32m) groped me? throwaway acc for obvious reasons. my mother had me when she was 20, and my father is not involved in my life. i’ll call my mothers boyfriend “david”. david and i have gotten closer over the past year, he helps my mom a bunch and is always willing to take to me to soccer practice/school or my friends house, etc. so i like him, and he’s a good ‘father’ figure to me. recently he’s started saying ‘weird’ things. like he’ll ask me if i want to hear a joke then tell me dirty jokes. my mom laughs this off. i was stretching in the living room after soccer practice and he said to me— and i quote “close your legs before i get excited haha.” i didn’t say anything bc maybe he was just joking. last night my mother and david went out for a drink while i was home alone. after my mom fell asleep, david came into my room (while drunk) asking me if i needed help with my essay for school so i asked him if he could proofread it. he started telling me, “you know, you’re growing up fast. you’re getting curvier just like your mother.” i honestly thought he was just telling me that in an innocent way. as i was writing on my laptop, he came behind me and started rubbing my shoulders, then grabbed my boobs. i got up and told him to get the hell out of my room. i was very scared. he’s 6’0 ft and i’m 5’5 ft. i told my mother the next morning and she didn’t believe me at all. she asked david about it and he denied it also. i’m so embarrassed and trying to think of ways i could’ve prevented this, but maybe if he wasn’t drunk this wouldn’t of happened. i was thinking of recording him and trying to get it on tape if he tries something again, but i know that recording someone without their knowledge is illegal. what should i do? **tl;dr my mother’s boyfriend grabbed my boobs and makes weird comments to me. how do i get my mother to believe me? what should i do? i live in california.** bot: it seems like your main question, "how do i get mom to believe me?" is more of a relationship one than a legal one. if it's important to you (and it might be) then you need to seek help for that part elsewhere. but here's the thing. legally speaking, **it doesn't matter if mom believes you or not.** you deserve to be safe. you deserve to get help. tell a teacher or counselor at school what happened- they can notify the police or social services and get that ball rolling. i'm sorry this happened and i'm sorry your mom is being this way.

user: how to get (14f) my mother (34f) to believe that her boyfriend (32m) groped me? throwaway acc for obvious reasons. my mother had me when she was 20, and my father is not involved in my life. i’ll call my mothers boyfriend “david”. david and i have gotten closer over the past year, he helps my mom a bunch and is always willing to take to me to soccer practice/school or my friends house, etc. so i like him, and he’s a good ‘father’ figure to me. recently he’s started saying ‘weird’ things. like he’ll ask me if i want to hear a joke then tell me dirty jokes. my mom laughs this off. i was stretching in the living room after soccer practice and he said to me— and i quote “close your legs before i get excited haha.” i didn’t say anything bc maybe he was just joking. last night my mother and david went out for a drink while i was home alone. after my mom fell asleep, david came into my room (while drunk) asking me if i needed help with my essay for school so i asked him if he could proofread it. he started telling me, “you know, you’re growing up fast. you’re getting curvier just like your mother.” i honestly thought he was just telling me that in an innocent way. as i was writing on my laptop, he came behind me and started rubbing my shoulders, then grabbed my boobs. i got up and told him to get the hell out of my room. i was very scared. he’s 6’0 ft and i’m 5’5 ft. i told my mother the next morning and she didn’t believe me at all. she asked david about it and he denied it also. i’m so embarrassed and trying to think of ways i could’ve prevented this, but maybe if he wasn’t drunk this wouldn’t of happened. i was thinking of recording him and trying to get it on tape if he tries something again, but i know that recording someone without their knowledge is illegal. what should i do? **tl;dr my mother’s boyfriend grabbed my boobs and makes weird comments to me. how do i get my mother to believe me? what should i do? i live in california.** bot: op, please report this to a teacher / guidance counselor or directly to the police asap. while this entire experience is a giant red flag, part of your story raised a second red flag for me: > my mother and david went out for **a drink** > after my mom fell asleep, david came into my room (while drunk) david may have intentionally gotten your mother drunk enough to pass out or even slipped a drug into her drink in order to facilitate alone-time with you. it wasn't "a drink," since he was visibly intoxicated. but it wasn't enough (on his part) that he went to sleep as soon as she did, either. if this is the case, he may use the same tactic with you. until either you or david are out of the house, be careful about what you eat and drink, especially if david prepares it or offers it to you. especially if they contain alcohol (which, in addition to its own intoxicating effect, is generally more effective at concealing the taste of other substances - which may or may not even have a taste / odor in the first place.) alcohol also gives him some plausible deniability if your mother sees you disoriented or you pass out. drink beverages from sealed bottles / cans or water directly from the tap. prepare your own meals, or eat food prepared by your mother while david isn't around. these precautions may be overkill, but better safe than sorry. edit to add that "drugs" don't have to be illegal substances or difficult to obtain. if david or your mother have a rx for a sleeping pill like ambien or an anti-anxiety drug like xanax or valium, be on high alert.

user: how to get (14f) my mother (34f) to believe that her boyfriend (32m) groped me? throwaway acc for obvious reasons. my mother had me when she was 20, and my father is not involved in my life. i’ll call my mothers boyfriend “david”. david and i have gotten closer over the past year, he helps my mom a bunch and is always willing to take to me to soccer practice/school or my friends house, etc. so i like him, and he’s a good ‘father’ figure to me. recently he’s started saying ‘weird’ things. like he’ll ask me if i want to hear a joke then tell me dirty jokes. my mom laughs this off. i was stretching in the living room after soccer practice and he said to me— and i quote “close your legs before i get excited haha.” i didn’t say anything bc maybe he was just joking. last night my mother and david went out for a drink while i was home alone. after my mom fell asleep, david came into my room (while drunk) asking me if i needed help with my essay for school so i asked him if he could proofread it. he started telling me, “you know, you’re growing up fast. you’re getting curvier just like your mother.” i honestly thought he was just telling me that in an innocent way. as i was writing on my laptop, he came behind me and started rubbing my shoulders, then grabbed my boobs. i got up and told him to get the hell out of my room. i was very scared. he’s 6’0 ft and i’m 5’5 ft. i told my mother the next morning and she didn’t believe me at all. she asked david about it and he denied it also. i’m so embarrassed and trying to think of ways i could’ve prevented this, but maybe if he wasn’t drunk this wouldn’t of happened. i was thinking of recording him and trying to get it on tape if he tries something again, but i know that recording someone without their knowledge is illegal. what should i do? **tl;dr my mother’s boyfriend grabbed my boobs and makes weird comments to me. how do i get my mother to believe me? what should i do? i live in california.** bot: it seems like your main question, "how do i get mom to believe me?" is more of a relationship one than a legal one. if it's important to you (and it might be) then you need to seek help for that part elsewhere. but here's the thing. legally speaking, **it doesn't matter if mom believes you or not.** you deserve to be safe. you deserve to get help. tell a teacher or counselor at school what happened- they can notify the police or social services and get that ball rolling. i'm sorry this happened and i'm sorry your mom is being this way.

user: how to get (14f) my mother (34f) to believe that her boyfriend (32m) groped me? throwaway acc for obvious reasons. my mother had me when she was 20, and my father is not involved in my life. i’ll call my mothers boyfriend “david”. david and i have gotten closer over the past year, he helps my mom a bunch and is always willing to take to me to soccer practice/school or my friends house, etc. so i like him, and he’s a good ‘father’ figure to me. recently he’s started saying ‘weird’ things. like he’ll ask me if i want to hear a joke then tell me dirty jokes. my mom laughs this off. i was stretching in the living room after soccer practice and he said to me— and i quote “close your legs before i get excited haha.” i didn’t say anything bc maybe he was just joking. last night my mother and david went out for a drink while i was home alone. after my mom fell asleep, david came into my room (while drunk) asking me if i needed help with my essay for school so i asked him if he could proofread it. he started telling me, “you know, you’re growing up fast. you’re getting curvier just like your mother.” i honestly thought he was just telling me that in an innocent way. as i was writing on my laptop, he came behind me and started rubbing my shoulders, then grabbed my boobs. i got up and told him to get the hell out of my room. i was very scared. he’s 6’0 ft and i’m 5’5 ft. i told my mother the next morning and she didn’t believe me at all. she asked david about it and he denied it also. i’m so embarrassed and trying to think of ways i could’ve prevented this, but maybe if he wasn’t drunk this wouldn’t of happened. i was thinking of recording him and trying to get it on tape if he tries something again, but i know that recording someone without their knowledge is illegal. what should i do? **tl;dr my mother’s boyfriend grabbed my boobs and makes weird comments to me. how do i get my mother to believe me? what should i do? i live in california.** bot: repeat after me until it sinks in: this is not your fault. you did absolutely nothing wrong. again: this is not your fault. you did absolutely nothing wrong. your 'mother' (i use the term loosely) sounds like a piece of work in not believing you. her \*job\* is to protect you. her bf being drunk is zero excuse for his behaviour. if he assaulted an adult while drunk, or got behind the wheel and killed someone, you bet your ass the cops would be waaaay up his to the point their badge would show through his mouth. i'm agreeing with everyone else here. tell another trusted adult. teachers, school staff, and doctors are all mandatory reporters. they have to call the police on your behalf in situations like this. also call cps. if you have any relatives or close friends nearby that you can stay with while you're mother's ass of a bf is over, tell them what happened and see if you can stay with them from time to time too. good luck...

user: how to get (14f) my mother (34f) to believe that her boyfriend (32m) groped me? throwaway acc for obvious reasons. my mother had me when she was 20, and my father is not involved in my life. i’ll call my mothers boyfriend “david”. david and i have gotten closer over the past year, he helps my mom a bunch and is always willing to take to me to soccer practice/school or my friends house, etc. so i like him, and he’s a good ‘father’ figure to me. recently he’s started saying ‘weird’ things. like he’ll ask me if i want to hear a joke then tell me dirty jokes. my mom laughs this off. i was stretching in the living room after soccer practice and he said to me— and i quote “close your legs before i get excited haha.” i didn’t say anything bc maybe he was just joking. last night my mother and david went out for a drink while i was home alone. after my mom fell asleep, david came into my room (while drunk) asking me if i needed help with my essay for school so i asked him if he could proofread it. he started telling me, “you know, you’re growing up fast. you’re getting curvier just like your mother.” i honestly thought he was just telling me that in an innocent way. as i was writing on my laptop, he came behind me and started rubbing my shoulders, then grabbed my boobs. i got up and told him to get the hell out of my room. i was very scared. he’s 6’0 ft and i’m 5’5 ft. i told my mother the next morning and she didn’t believe me at all. she asked david about it and he denied it also. i’m so embarrassed and trying to think of ways i could’ve prevented this, but maybe if he wasn’t drunk this wouldn’t of happened. i was thinking of recording him and trying to get it on tape if he tries something again, but i know that recording someone without their knowledge is illegal. what should i do? **tl;dr my mother’s boyfriend grabbed my boobs and makes weird comments to me. how do i get my mother to believe me? what should i do? i live in california.** bot: it seems like your main question, "how do i get mom to believe me?" is more of a relationship one than a legal one. if it's important to you (and it might be) then you need to seek help for that part elsewhere. but here's the thing. legally speaking, **it doesn't matter if mom believes you or not.** you deserve to be safe. you deserve to get help. tell a teacher or counselor at school what happened- they can notify the police or social services and get that ball rolling. i'm sorry this happened and i'm sorry your mom is being this way.

user: [alabama] another woman is claiming to have birthed my daughter and told another man he was the father and that i adopted her. okay, this is going to sound crazy. i found out last night that my ex's ex-girlfriend had saved pictures of my daughter and sent them to one of her other ex-boyfriends, and his mother, telling them that she was actually her daughter with this other ex-boyfriend and that because she was unable to take care of her, she adopted her out. she used her name, and her photos, but did not use the correct age. she said my daughter was 3, and not 6. this woman had also been talking to my daughter's biological dad (my ex, of course) about potentially dating again to "see what was there." that would have given her access to my child. she had told her other ex that we had an open adoption and he would soon be able to be a part of her life if he cleaned up and got sober and was going to set up a paternity test. obviously none of this is true. i gave birth to my daughter, she's six years old and not 3. however, i have no idea what her plans were. i don't know if she was just trying to manipulate this boy or if it would have escalated. i found out after the young man who thought he had a daughter showed a mutual friend a picture of "his little girl" last night at church. my friend said "no.... that's -daughtersname- and she's my friend's kid." he said "yes, that's her name, she's 3 and adopted." my friend knew that was wrong, obviously and got the whole story and talked to me. how should i proceed, or should i? can i and should i file a police report about this? should i talk to a lawyer? i do have screenshots of her telling the supposed "grandmother" on facebook about her "grandchild," and using the photos of my daughter in that conversation. that's about the only evidence that i have. bot: i would inform your daughter's school. you don't need to go into all of the details but set up a list of approved people who can pick her up. maybe a password your daughter knows. you might also want to inform them that this woman is not allowed to have contact with your daughter.

user: [alabama] another woman is claiming to have birthed my daughter and told another man he was the father and that i adopted her. okay, this is going to sound crazy. i found out last night that my ex's ex-girlfriend had saved pictures of my daughter and sent them to one of her other ex-boyfriends, and his mother, telling them that she was actually her daughter with this other ex-boyfriend and that because she was unable to take care of her, she adopted her out. she used her name, and her photos, but did not use the correct age. she said my daughter was 3, and not 6. this woman had also been talking to my daughter's biological dad (my ex, of course) about potentially dating again to "see what was there." that would have given her access to my child. she had told her other ex that we had an open adoption and he would soon be able to be a part of her life if he cleaned up and got sober and was going to set up a paternity test. obviously none of this is true. i gave birth to my daughter, she's six years old and not 3. however, i have no idea what her plans were. i don't know if she was just trying to manipulate this boy or if it would have escalated. i found out after the young man who thought he had a daughter showed a mutual friend a picture of "his little girl" last night at church. my friend said "no.... that's -daughtersname- and she's my friend's kid." he said "yes, that's her name, she's 3 and adopted." my friend knew that was wrong, obviously and got the whole story and talked to me. how should i proceed, or should i? can i and should i file a police report about this? should i talk to a lawyer? i do have screenshots of her telling the supposed "grandmother" on facebook about her "grandchild," and using the photos of my daughter in that conversation. that's about the only evidence that i have. bot: she is crazy. your cannot change that. no lawyer or police or court order can change that. personally i would ignore it, close my fb and not put pictures of my kid on the internet anymore. save what info you have though.

user: (oh) ex roommate filed an eviction and wants to sue but i no longer live in that house. i have to go to court. hello, i (22 f) received a packet in the mail yesterday detailing that our ex roommate (28 m) filed an eviction for my previous address that he owns. he also wants to sue for 1400$. for context, i moved into his house two years ago to live with my boyfriend (29 m) and to eventually go to school in the same city that the house was in. i paid 350 a month in rent and helped out with whatever else was needed. i never missed or was late on my rent. there was no legal documentation or lease signed at my move in. we verbally agreed to that amount and to that i could move in. again, his brother owns the house and he is the one that let me move into it. living at the house was not fun. it is an old farm house in the middle of the city. everything needs updated, half of it is in shambles, most rooms are unfinished including the floors, no working furnace or central heat, drafty windows, only one full bath that we weren’t allowed to use, etc. on top of that, he made it very clear he didn’t like me soon after move in. i am not perfect and i have gotten into verbal arguments with him before and i have a cat that is very loud that annoys him. i hadn’t moved out sooner because as much as it sucked living with him, 350 rent was the cheapest i could find anywhere that wasn’t in a horrible area. i was also just starting out when i had moved in. i work 10 hour shifts, 5 days a week and i couldn’t even nap after work because he would be blaring his tv and shaking the walls with his surround sound. any time anyone asked him to turn it down it was always a major issue. according to him he owned the house so he could do whatever he wanted. we also ended up updating the living room, painting and finishing it and turned it into our temporary bedroom. which he was perfectly okay with at first. that was until we were half way through painting the walls and then he decided that he didn’t want us to do anything to it anymore. that was a big issue that i thought was handled and he let us use it anyways. how ever, on top of the eviction, he is now trying to sue me for 1400$ for “property damage”. i moved out of this address over a week ago. i haven’t payed rent since july because i was given a notice to leave on july 3rd after a verbal altercation with him. he had people over, blaring music through the house and i asked them to please turn it down. it basically turned into me not being welcome there and was told to leave. so i started looking for places that night. the earliest move in i could get was aug 8. i was told by some friends that it was okay not to pay rent since he had wanted to evict me. there is a lot more but i’d be writing a book. what can i do about this reddit? i have plenty of poof of his harassment and me paying my rent on time. i’ve never been to court before and i’m scared this will show on renters history even though i never signed an actual lease. i don’t live there anymore and i haven’t since aug 8 2022. can he still file an eviction and sue? what can i do to help my case? bot: your friends gave you bad advice. as long as you still lived there you owe him rent, even if he gave you notice to leave. as a month to month tenant without a lease he needed to give you 30 days notice to leave, in writing. it does not sound like he did that, but that again would not have changed that you still owe rent until you did leave. before filing for an eviction he also would have needed to give you a 3-day notice to pay, which it's not clear if he did. so you *may* have some possible defenses against the eviction, for not following the correct process. but you still owe him the rent.

user: (oh) ex roommate filed an eviction and wants to sue but i no longer live in that house. i have to go to court. hello, i (22 f) received a packet in the mail yesterday detailing that our ex roommate (28 m) filed an eviction for my previous address that he owns. he also wants to sue for 1400$. for context, i moved into his house two years ago to live with my boyfriend (29 m) and to eventually go to school in the same city that the house was in. i paid 350 a month in rent and helped out with whatever else was needed. i never missed or was late on my rent. there was no legal documentation or lease signed at my move in. we verbally agreed to that amount and to that i could move in. again, his brother owns the house and he is the one that let me move into it. living at the house was not fun. it is an old farm house in the middle of the city. everything needs updated, half of it is in shambles, most rooms are unfinished including the floors, no working furnace or central heat, drafty windows, only one full bath that we weren’t allowed to use, etc. on top of that, he made it very clear he didn’t like me soon after move in. i am not perfect and i have gotten into verbal arguments with him before and i have a cat that is very loud that annoys him. i hadn’t moved out sooner because as much as it sucked living with him, 350 rent was the cheapest i could find anywhere that wasn’t in a horrible area. i was also just starting out when i had moved in. i work 10 hour shifts, 5 days a week and i couldn’t even nap after work because he would be blaring his tv and shaking the walls with his surround sound. any time anyone asked him to turn it down it was always a major issue. according to him he owned the house so he could do whatever he wanted. we also ended up updating the living room, painting and finishing it and turned it into our temporary bedroom. which he was perfectly okay with at first. that was until we were half way through painting the walls and then he decided that he didn’t want us to do anything to it anymore. that was a big issue that i thought was handled and he let us use it anyways. how ever, on top of the eviction, he is now trying to sue me for 1400$ for “property damage”. i moved out of this address over a week ago. i haven’t payed rent since july because i was given a notice to leave on july 3rd after a verbal altercation with him. he had people over, blaring music through the house and i asked them to please turn it down. it basically turned into me not being welcome there and was told to leave. so i started looking for places that night. the earliest move in i could get was aug 8. i was told by some friends that it was okay not to pay rent since he had wanted to evict me. there is a lot more but i’d be writing a book. what can i do about this reddit? i have plenty of poof of his harassment and me paying my rent on time. i’ve never been to court before and i’m scared this will show on renters history even though i never signed an actual lease. i don’t live there anymore and i haven’t since aug 8 2022. can he still file an eviction and sue? what can i do to help my case? bot: hi there! i’m the legalfaq bot. it looks like you may be experiencing housing issues related to housing or eviction. come to https://legalfaq.org to find legal resources for renters in each state. you can also find links to local groups that can help you with legal, financial, or other problems at https://legalfaq.org/gethelp. help us provide accurate advice to fellow redditors: if your post was related to housing or eviction, please like this comment; otherwise, please dislike this comment. *v0.1*

user: (oh) ex roommate filed an eviction and wants to sue but i no longer live in that house. i have to go to court. hello, i (22 f) received a packet in the mail yesterday detailing that our ex roommate (28 m) filed an eviction for my previous address that he owns. he also wants to sue for 1400$. for context, i moved into his house two years ago to live with my boyfriend (29 m) and to eventually go to school in the same city that the house was in. i paid 350 a month in rent and helped out with whatever else was needed. i never missed or was late on my rent. there was no legal documentation or lease signed at my move in. we verbally agreed to that amount and to that i could move in. again, his brother owns the house and he is the one that let me move into it. living at the house was not fun. it is an old farm house in the middle of the city. everything needs updated, half of it is in shambles, most rooms are unfinished including the floors, no working furnace or central heat, drafty windows, only one full bath that we weren’t allowed to use, etc. on top of that, he made it very clear he didn’t like me soon after move in. i am not perfect and i have gotten into verbal arguments with him before and i have a cat that is very loud that annoys him. i hadn’t moved out sooner because as much as it sucked living with him, 350 rent was the cheapest i could find anywhere that wasn’t in a horrible area. i was also just starting out when i had moved in. i work 10 hour shifts, 5 days a week and i couldn’t even nap after work because he would be blaring his tv and shaking the walls with his surround sound. any time anyone asked him to turn it down it was always a major issue. according to him he owned the house so he could do whatever he wanted. we also ended up updating the living room, painting and finishing it and turned it into our temporary bedroom. which he was perfectly okay with at first. that was until we were half way through painting the walls and then he decided that he didn’t want us to do anything to it anymore. that was a big issue that i thought was handled and he let us use it anyways. how ever, on top of the eviction, he is now trying to sue me for 1400$ for “property damage”. i moved out of this address over a week ago. i haven’t payed rent since july because i was given a notice to leave on july 3rd after a verbal altercation with him. he had people over, blaring music through the house and i asked them to please turn it down. it basically turned into me not being welcome there and was told to leave. so i started looking for places that night. the earliest move in i could get was aug 8. i was told by some friends that it was okay not to pay rent since he had wanted to evict me. there is a lot more but i’d be writing a book. what can i do about this reddit? i have plenty of poof of his harassment and me paying my rent on time. i’ve never been to court before and i’m scared this will show on renters history even though i never signed an actual lease. i don’t live there anymore and i haven’t since aug 8 2022. can he still file an eviction and sue? what can i do to help my case? bot: > i was told by some friends that it was okay not to pay rent since he had wanted to evict me. this is incorrect. you (almost) always are on the hook for rent up till when you leave or the end of any lease (if alternative tenants cannot be found) from the sounds of things you may be able to claim that because of the loud music you were denied 'peaceful enjoyment' of where you lived but even then you should have paid your rent.

user: (oh) ex roommate filed an eviction and wants to sue but i no longer live in that house. i have to go to court. hello, i (22 f) received a packet in the mail yesterday detailing that our ex roommate (28 m) filed an eviction for my previous address that he owns. he also wants to sue for 1400$. for context, i moved into his house two years ago to live with my boyfriend (29 m) and to eventually go to school in the same city that the house was in. i paid 350 a month in rent and helped out with whatever else was needed. i never missed or was late on my rent. there was no legal documentation or lease signed at my move in. we verbally agreed to that amount and to that i could move in. again, his brother owns the house and he is the one that let me move into it. living at the house was not fun. it is an old farm house in the middle of the city. everything needs updated, half of it is in shambles, most rooms are unfinished including the floors, no working furnace or central heat, drafty windows, only one full bath that we weren’t allowed to use, etc. on top of that, he made it very clear he didn’t like me soon after move in. i am not perfect and i have gotten into verbal arguments with him before and i have a cat that is very loud that annoys him. i hadn’t moved out sooner because as much as it sucked living with him, 350 rent was the cheapest i could find anywhere that wasn’t in a horrible area. i was also just starting out when i had moved in. i work 10 hour shifts, 5 days a week and i couldn’t even nap after work because he would be blaring his tv and shaking the walls with his surround sound. any time anyone asked him to turn it down it was always a major issue. according to him he owned the house so he could do whatever he wanted. we also ended up updating the living room, painting and finishing it and turned it into our temporary bedroom. which he was perfectly okay with at first. that was until we were half way through painting the walls and then he decided that he didn’t want us to do anything to it anymore. that was a big issue that i thought was handled and he let us use it anyways. how ever, on top of the eviction, he is now trying to sue me for 1400$ for “property damage”. i moved out of this address over a week ago. i haven’t payed rent since july because i was given a notice to leave on july 3rd after a verbal altercation with him. he had people over, blaring music through the house and i asked them to please turn it down. it basically turned into me not being welcome there and was told to leave. so i started looking for places that night. the earliest move in i could get was aug 8. i was told by some friends that it was okay not to pay rent since he had wanted to evict me. there is a lot more but i’d be writing a book. what can i do about this reddit? i have plenty of poof of his harassment and me paying my rent on time. i’ve never been to court before and i’m scared this will show on renters history even though i never signed an actual lease. i don’t live there anymore and i haven’t since aug 8 2022. can he still file an eviction and sue? what can i do to help my case? bot: hi there! i’m the legalfaq bot. it looks like you may be experiencing housing issues related to housing or eviction. come to https://legalfaq.org to find legal resources for renters in each state. you can also find links to local groups that can help you with legal, financial, or other problems at https://legalfaq.org/gethelp. help us provide accurate advice to fellow redditors: if your post was related to housing or eviction, please like this comment; otherwise, please dislike this comment. *v0.1*

user: (oh) ex roommate filed an eviction and wants to sue but i no longer live in that house. i have to go to court. hello, i (22 f) received a packet in the mail yesterday detailing that our ex roommate (28 m) filed an eviction for my previous address that he owns. he also wants to sue for 1400$. for context, i moved into his house two years ago to live with my boyfriend (29 m) and to eventually go to school in the same city that the house was in. i paid 350 a month in rent and helped out with whatever else was needed. i never missed or was late on my rent. there was no legal documentation or lease signed at my move in. we verbally agreed to that amount and to that i could move in. again, his brother owns the house and he is the one that let me move into it. living at the house was not fun. it is an old farm house in the middle of the city. everything needs updated, half of it is in shambles, most rooms are unfinished including the floors, no working furnace or central heat, drafty windows, only one full bath that we weren’t allowed to use, etc. on top of that, he made it very clear he didn’t like me soon after move in. i am not perfect and i have gotten into verbal arguments with him before and i have a cat that is very loud that annoys him. i hadn’t moved out sooner because as much as it sucked living with him, 350 rent was the cheapest i could find anywhere that wasn’t in a horrible area. i was also just starting out when i had moved in. i work 10 hour shifts, 5 days a week and i couldn’t even nap after work because he would be blaring his tv and shaking the walls with his surround sound. any time anyone asked him to turn it down it was always a major issue. according to him he owned the house so he could do whatever he wanted. we also ended up updating the living room, painting and finishing it and turned it into our temporary bedroom. which he was perfectly okay with at first. that was until we were half way through painting the walls and then he decided that he didn’t want us to do anything to it anymore. that was a big issue that i thought was handled and he let us use it anyways. how ever, on top of the eviction, he is now trying to sue me for 1400$ for “property damage”. i moved out of this address over a week ago. i haven’t payed rent since july because i was given a notice to leave on july 3rd after a verbal altercation with him. he had people over, blaring music through the house and i asked them to please turn it down. it basically turned into me not being welcome there and was told to leave. so i started looking for places that night. the earliest move in i could get was aug 8. i was told by some friends that it was okay not to pay rent since he had wanted to evict me. there is a lot more but i’d be writing a book. what can i do about this reddit? i have plenty of poof of his harassment and me paying my rent on time. i’ve never been to court before and i’m scared this will show on renters history even though i never signed an actual lease. i don’t live there anymore and i haven’t since aug 8 2022. can he still file an eviction and sue? what can i do to help my case? bot: there are a couple of issues here, others have already addressed your non-payment so i’m skipping that. first you may be able to argue that he already performed a constructive eviction with his loud music, cooccupancy, repeated verbal disagreements based on him not liking you, and the restricted bathroom access. secondly depending on your locale you may have some additional rights based on the lack of functioning heat in the rented space as this is considered a habitability issue in many jurisdictions. i recommend since he is already suing you that you seek legal counsel specific to your area as they can truly guide your defense against this retaliation. your non-payment isn’t helping you but if you’re lucky you may get away with it on some technicalities.

user: (oh) ex roommate filed an eviction and wants to sue but i no longer live in that house. i have to go to court. hello, i (22 f) received a packet in the mail yesterday detailing that our ex roommate (28 m) filed an eviction for my previous address that he owns. he also wants to sue for 1400$. for context, i moved into his house two years ago to live with my boyfriend (29 m) and to eventually go to school in the same city that the house was in. i paid 350 a month in rent and helped out with whatever else was needed. i never missed or was late on my rent. there was no legal documentation or lease signed at my move in. we verbally agreed to that amount and to that i could move in. again, his brother owns the house and he is the one that let me move into it. living at the house was not fun. it is an old farm house in the middle of the city. everything needs updated, half of it is in shambles, most rooms are unfinished including the floors, no working furnace or central heat, drafty windows, only one full bath that we weren’t allowed to use, etc. on top of that, he made it very clear he didn’t like me soon after move in. i am not perfect and i have gotten into verbal arguments with him before and i have a cat that is very loud that annoys him. i hadn’t moved out sooner because as much as it sucked living with him, 350 rent was the cheapest i could find anywhere that wasn’t in a horrible area. i was also just starting out when i had moved in. i work 10 hour shifts, 5 days a week and i couldn’t even nap after work because he would be blaring his tv and shaking the walls with his surround sound. any time anyone asked him to turn it down it was always a major issue. according to him he owned the house so he could do whatever he wanted. we also ended up updating the living room, painting and finishing it and turned it into our temporary bedroom. which he was perfectly okay with at first. that was until we were half way through painting the walls and then he decided that he didn’t want us to do anything to it anymore. that was a big issue that i thought was handled and he let us use it anyways. how ever, on top of the eviction, he is now trying to sue me for 1400$ for “property damage”. i moved out of this address over a week ago. i haven’t payed rent since july because i was given a notice to leave on july 3rd after a verbal altercation with him. he had people over, blaring music through the house and i asked them to please turn it down. it basically turned into me not being welcome there and was told to leave. so i started looking for places that night. the earliest move in i could get was aug 8. i was told by some friends that it was okay not to pay rent since he had wanted to evict me. there is a lot more but i’d be writing a book. what can i do about this reddit? i have plenty of poof of his harassment and me paying my rent on time. i’ve never been to court before and i’m scared this will show on renters history even though i never signed an actual lease. i don’t live there anymore and i haven’t since aug 8 2022. can he still file an eviction and sue? what can i do to help my case? bot: hi there! i’m the legalfaq bot. it looks like you may be experiencing housing issues related to housing or eviction. come to https://legalfaq.org to find legal resources for renters in each state. you can also find links to local groups that can help you with legal, financial, or other problems at https://legalfaq.org/gethelp. help us provide accurate advice to fellow redditors: if your post was related to housing or eviction, please like this comment; otherwise, please dislike this comment. *v0.1*

user: (oh) ex roommate filed an eviction and wants to sue but i no longer live in that house. i have to go to court. hello, i (22 f) received a packet in the mail yesterday detailing that our ex roommate (28 m) filed an eviction for my previous address that he owns. he also wants to sue for 1400$. for context, i moved into his house two years ago to live with my boyfriend (29 m) and to eventually go to school in the same city that the house was in. i paid 350 a month in rent and helped out with whatever else was needed. i never missed or was late on my rent. there was no legal documentation or lease signed at my move in. we verbally agreed to that amount and to that i could move in. again, his brother owns the house and he is the one that let me move into it. living at the house was not fun. it is an old farm house in the middle of the city. everything needs updated, half of it is in shambles, most rooms are unfinished including the floors, no working furnace or central heat, drafty windows, only one full bath that we weren’t allowed to use, etc. on top of that, he made it very clear he didn’t like me soon after move in. i am not perfect and i have gotten into verbal arguments with him before and i have a cat that is very loud that annoys him. i hadn’t moved out sooner because as much as it sucked living with him, 350 rent was the cheapest i could find anywhere that wasn’t in a horrible area. i was also just starting out when i had moved in. i work 10 hour shifts, 5 days a week and i couldn’t even nap after work because he would be blaring his tv and shaking the walls with his surround sound. any time anyone asked him to turn it down it was always a major issue. according to him he owned the house so he could do whatever he wanted. we also ended up updating the living room, painting and finishing it and turned it into our temporary bedroom. which he was perfectly okay with at first. that was until we were half way through painting the walls and then he decided that he didn’t want us to do anything to it anymore. that was a big issue that i thought was handled and he let us use it anyways. how ever, on top of the eviction, he is now trying to sue me for 1400$ for “property damage”. i moved out of this address over a week ago. i haven’t payed rent since july because i was given a notice to leave on july 3rd after a verbal altercation with him. he had people over, blaring music through the house and i asked them to please turn it down. it basically turned into me not being welcome there and was told to leave. so i started looking for places that night. the earliest move in i could get was aug 8. i was told by some friends that it was okay not to pay rent since he had wanted to evict me. there is a lot more but i’d be writing a book. what can i do about this reddit? i have plenty of poof of his harassment and me paying my rent on time. i’ve never been to court before and i’m scared this will show on renters history even though i never signed an actual lease. i don’t live there anymore and i haven’t since aug 8 2022. can he still file an eviction and sue? what can i do to help my case? bot: there are several routes to get free legal housing advice depending on your state. i would recommend looking into this before doing anything else. additionally, you are responsible for rent for every month you lived there - despite being told to move out. has he filed suit against you? or was it just an eviction that he filed? you are on the hook for the rent owed for the time you lived there (maybe $350 - maybe $700 - depending on when your rent was due). he may be on the hook for penalties for an improper eviction. you may also be on the hook for damages for failing to complete the painting you referred to. this is a tricky situation. a judge may find that you owe him a certain amount - and that he owes you a certain amount (for the improper eviction). i don't want to give advice on whether or not you should pay a certain amount to avoid court - as court may ultimately benefit you here. if i were in your shoes, i would consider making an offer to the "landlord" to drop the suit and eviction in exchange for 1 month's rent ($350). if he does agree to this, get it in writing - and pay him with a check/money order (not cash). if he doesn't agree, let a judge decide what is owed.

user: (oh) ex roommate filed an eviction and wants to sue but i no longer live in that house. i have to go to court. hello, i (22 f) received a packet in the mail yesterday detailing that our ex roommate (28 m) filed an eviction for my previous address that he owns. he also wants to sue for 1400$. for context, i moved into his house two years ago to live with my boyfriend (29 m) and to eventually go to school in the same city that the house was in. i paid 350 a month in rent and helped out with whatever else was needed. i never missed or was late on my rent. there was no legal documentation or lease signed at my move in. we verbally agreed to that amount and to that i could move in. again, his brother owns the house and he is the one that let me move into it. living at the house was not fun. it is an old farm house in the middle of the city. everything needs updated, half of it is in shambles, most rooms are unfinished including the floors, no working furnace or central heat, drafty windows, only one full bath that we weren’t allowed to use, etc. on top of that, he made it very clear he didn’t like me soon after move in. i am not perfect and i have gotten into verbal arguments with him before and i have a cat that is very loud that annoys him. i hadn’t moved out sooner because as much as it sucked living with him, 350 rent was the cheapest i could find anywhere that wasn’t in a horrible area. i was also just starting out when i had moved in. i work 10 hour shifts, 5 days a week and i couldn’t even nap after work because he would be blaring his tv and shaking the walls with his surround sound. any time anyone asked him to turn it down it was always a major issue. according to him he owned the house so he could do whatever he wanted. we also ended up updating the living room, painting and finishing it and turned it into our temporary bedroom. which he was perfectly okay with at first. that was until we were half way through painting the walls and then he decided that he didn’t want us to do anything to it anymore. that was a big issue that i thought was handled and he let us use it anyways. how ever, on top of the eviction, he is now trying to sue me for 1400$ for “property damage”. i moved out of this address over a week ago. i haven’t payed rent since july because i was given a notice to leave on july 3rd after a verbal altercation with him. he had people over, blaring music through the house and i asked them to please turn it down. it basically turned into me not being welcome there and was told to leave. so i started looking for places that night. the earliest move in i could get was aug 8. i was told by some friends that it was okay not to pay rent since he had wanted to evict me. there is a lot more but i’d be writing a book. what can i do about this reddit? i have plenty of poof of his harassment and me paying my rent on time. i’ve never been to court before and i’m scared this will show on renters history even though i never signed an actual lease. i don’t live there anymore and i haven’t since aug 8 2022. can he still file an eviction and sue? what can i do to help my case? bot: hi there! i’m the legalfaq bot. it looks like you may be experiencing housing issues related to housing or eviction. come to https://legalfaq.org to find legal resources for renters in each state. you can also find links to local groups that can help you with legal, financial, or other problems at https://legalfaq.org/gethelp. help us provide accurate advice to fellow redditors: if your post was related to housing or eviction, please like this comment; otherwise, please dislike this comment. *v0.1*

user: (oh) ex roommate filed an eviction and wants to sue but i no longer live in that house. i have to go to court. hello, i (22 f) received a packet in the mail yesterday detailing that our ex roommate (28 m) filed an eviction for my previous address that he owns. he also wants to sue for 1400$. for context, i moved into his house two years ago to live with my boyfriend (29 m) and to eventually go to school in the same city that the house was in. i paid 350 a month in rent and helped out with whatever else was needed. i never missed or was late on my rent. there was no legal documentation or lease signed at my move in. we verbally agreed to that amount and to that i could move in. again, his brother owns the house and he is the one that let me move into it. living at the house was not fun. it is an old farm house in the middle of the city. everything needs updated, half of it is in shambles, most rooms are unfinished including the floors, no working furnace or central heat, drafty windows, only one full bath that we weren’t allowed to use, etc. on top of that, he made it very clear he didn’t like me soon after move in. i am not perfect and i have gotten into verbal arguments with him before and i have a cat that is very loud that annoys him. i hadn’t moved out sooner because as much as it sucked living with him, 350 rent was the cheapest i could find anywhere that wasn’t in a horrible area. i was also just starting out when i had moved in. i work 10 hour shifts, 5 days a week and i couldn’t even nap after work because he would be blaring his tv and shaking the walls with his surround sound. any time anyone asked him to turn it down it was always a major issue. according to him he owned the house so he could do whatever he wanted. we also ended up updating the living room, painting and finishing it and turned it into our temporary bedroom. which he was perfectly okay with at first. that was until we were half way through painting the walls and then he decided that he didn’t want us to do anything to it anymore. that was a big issue that i thought was handled and he let us use it anyways. how ever, on top of the eviction, he is now trying to sue me for 1400$ for “property damage”. i moved out of this address over a week ago. i haven’t payed rent since july because i was given a notice to leave on july 3rd after a verbal altercation with him. he had people over, blaring music through the house and i asked them to please turn it down. it basically turned into me not being welcome there and was told to leave. so i started looking for places that night. the earliest move in i could get was aug 8. i was told by some friends that it was okay not to pay rent since he had wanted to evict me. there is a lot more but i’d be writing a book. what can i do about this reddit? i have plenty of poof of his harassment and me paying my rent on time. i’ve never been to court before and i’m scared this will show on renters history even though i never signed an actual lease. i don’t live there anymore and i haven’t since aug 8 2022. can he still file an eviction and sue? what can i do to help my case? bot: ohio renter here. i was in a similar situation where i had moved out before the landlord filed for eviction. you will have to go to court and deal with this like i did. however mine was treated as two separate things. one was the eviction and the magistrate dismissed that as it was not needed due to me already releasing the property back to the landlord. second, was the money, i was able to prove that i left the location in better shape then when i moved in. you will need to bring any and all documentation to counter his claims that you owe him money. this is one of those situations where you might want to have legal counsel with you for this. depending on where you are at and if you are still in college/school you might check in to see if they have some form of student legal services who have probably already dealt with similar situations.

user: (oh) ex roommate filed an eviction and wants to sue but i no longer live in that house. i have to go to court. hello, i (22 f) received a packet in the mail yesterday detailing that our ex roommate (28 m) filed an eviction for my previous address that he owns. he also wants to sue for 1400$. for context, i moved into his house two years ago to live with my boyfriend (29 m) and to eventually go to school in the same city that the house was in. i paid 350 a month in rent and helped out with whatever else was needed. i never missed or was late on my rent. there was no legal documentation or lease signed at my move in. we verbally agreed to that amount and to that i could move in. again, his brother owns the house and he is the one that let me move into it. living at the house was not fun. it is an old farm house in the middle of the city. everything needs updated, half of it is in shambles, most rooms are unfinished including the floors, no working furnace or central heat, drafty windows, only one full bath that we weren’t allowed to use, etc. on top of that, he made it very clear he didn’t like me soon after move in. i am not perfect and i have gotten into verbal arguments with him before and i have a cat that is very loud that annoys him. i hadn’t moved out sooner because as much as it sucked living with him, 350 rent was the cheapest i could find anywhere that wasn’t in a horrible area. i was also just starting out when i had moved in. i work 10 hour shifts, 5 days a week and i couldn’t even nap after work because he would be blaring his tv and shaking the walls with his surround sound. any time anyone asked him to turn it down it was always a major issue. according to him he owned the house so he could do whatever he wanted. we also ended up updating the living room, painting and finishing it and turned it into our temporary bedroom. which he was perfectly okay with at first. that was until we were half way through painting the walls and then he decided that he didn’t want us to do anything to it anymore. that was a big issue that i thought was handled and he let us use it anyways. how ever, on top of the eviction, he is now trying to sue me for 1400$ for “property damage”. i moved out of this address over a week ago. i haven’t payed rent since july because i was given a notice to leave on july 3rd after a verbal altercation with him. he had people over, blaring music through the house and i asked them to please turn it down. it basically turned into me not being welcome there and was told to leave. so i started looking for places that night. the earliest move in i could get was aug 8. i was told by some friends that it was okay not to pay rent since he had wanted to evict me. there is a lot more but i’d be writing a book. what can i do about this reddit? i have plenty of poof of his harassment and me paying my rent on time. i’ve never been to court before and i’m scared this will show on renters history even though i never signed an actual lease. i don’t live there anymore and i haven’t since aug 8 2022. can he still file an eviction and sue? what can i do to help my case? bot: hi there! i’m the legalfaq bot. it looks like you may be experiencing housing issues related to housing or eviction. come to https://legalfaq.org to find legal resources for renters in each state. you can also find links to local groups that can help you with legal, financial, or other problems at https://legalfaq.org/gethelp. help us provide accurate advice to fellow redditors: if your post was related to housing or eviction, please like this comment; otherwise, please dislike this comment. *v0.1*

user: i got rear ended in october, the driver fled the scene. i got a police report and 911 call, and their insurance denied my claim because the driver was "not being co-operative". what can i do about it? so i got rear ended at a red light by a driver. he hit me and then drove away. i followed and called 911 after making the report and getting the car info. while i was still on the phone, driver of the car pulled into a shady neighborhood so i asked the dispatcher what to do, and she told me that i didn't have to follow the car anymore, to just to go my nearest police station to file the report. so i went straight there. fast forward to yesterday, i get a call from the insurance saying my claim was denied because the other driver said he was not involved in a crash. i got upset and asked if they asked their client for pictures of the car, because it should have been damaged. she put me on hold to speak to management, then said they would call me back later. i got a voicemail later on in the day from her, saying my claim was denied because their client was not co-operating with them and my police report didn't identify the driver by name. i haven't called back, but i wanted to see what do i do now? i wanted to call them back and dispute that, i feel like if the client is not cooperating, then that isn't my problem. i provided police report, pictures of my truck, estimate, and screenshots of my 911 call. i am willing to take legal action if necessary. my truck is worth about 5-6k, the damage was about 3.2k. also, i live in texas, incase that matters. thanks bot: so basically, this is a shitty situation. if you have collision coverage, file a claim with your insurance company. you'll have to pay your deductible, but if they can recover it from the other driver then they'll pay you back. if you don't have collision coverage, your only option is to personally sue the other driver. they have voided their coverage by not cooperating with their insurance company, so their insurance company will not defend them or pay for the claim. this might actually make it harder to collect if they just don't have the money. you also will have to pay for the attorney yourself, no lawyer is going to take a case without bodily injury on a contingency basis. it might end up being more expensive than just paying to fix your vehicle would be.

user: i got rear ended in october, the driver fled the scene. i got a police report and 911 call, and their insurance denied my claim because the driver was "not being co-operative". what can i do about it? so i got rear ended at a red light by a driver. he hit me and then drove away. i followed and called 911 after making the report and getting the car info. while i was still on the phone, driver of the car pulled into a shady neighborhood so i asked the dispatcher what to do, and she told me that i didn't have to follow the car anymore, to just to go my nearest police station to file the report. so i went straight there. fast forward to yesterday, i get a call from the insurance saying my claim was denied because the other driver said he was not involved in a crash. i got upset and asked if they asked their client for pictures of the car, because it should have been damaged. she put me on hold to speak to management, then said they would call me back later. i got a voicemail later on in the day from her, saying my claim was denied because their client was not co-operating with them and my police report didn't identify the driver by name. i haven't called back, but i wanted to see what do i do now? i wanted to call them back and dispute that, i feel like if the client is not cooperating, then that isn't my problem. i provided police report, pictures of my truck, estimate, and screenshots of my 911 call. i am willing to take legal action if necessary. my truck is worth about 5-6k, the damage was about 3.2k. also, i live in texas, incase that matters. thanks bot: the other driver must cooperate with their own insurance company. if they don't their insurance can deny coverage. you need to get a copy of the denial letter from the other driver's insurance and provide it to your insurance company. if you have umpd (uninsured motorist property damage) coverage you can use it and then your insurance company will pursue the other driver for payment. if you don't have umpd you'll have to use collision coverage and then your insurance company will still pursue the other driver and try to get your deductible back if you have no umpd and no collision coverage then you will have to sue them in small business claims court yourself

user: i got rear ended in october, the driver fled the scene. i got a police report and 911 call, and their insurance denied my claim because the driver was "not being co-operative". what can i do about it? so i got rear ended at a red light by a driver. he hit me and then drove away. i followed and called 911 after making the report and getting the car info. while i was still on the phone, driver of the car pulled into a shady neighborhood so i asked the dispatcher what to do, and she told me that i didn't have to follow the car anymore, to just to go my nearest police station to file the report. so i went straight there. fast forward to yesterday, i get a call from the insurance saying my claim was denied because the other driver said he was not involved in a crash. i got upset and asked if they asked their client for pictures of the car, because it should have been damaged. she put me on hold to speak to management, then said they would call me back later. i got a voicemail later on in the day from her, saying my claim was denied because their client was not co-operating with them and my police report didn't identify the driver by name. i haven't called back, but i wanted to see what do i do now? i wanted to call them back and dispute that, i feel like if the client is not cooperating, then that isn't my problem. i provided police report, pictures of my truck, estimate, and screenshots of my 911 call. i am willing to take legal action if necessary. my truck is worth about 5-6k, the damage was about 3.2k. also, i live in texas, incase that matters. thanks bot: sadly, there's not much they can do to get their insured to cooperate with them. it's standard that if they cant properly investigate that they have to deny your claim based on that. it doesn't negate the other party's fault or responsibility, they just cant pay the claim. one time i actually called one of my clients and told them that they will be cancelled at renewal if they don't respond, and the insurer does have the right to non-renew them because of non-compliance with the contract. hopefully you have coverage for collision and can proceed with a claim and your insurance company will be able to subrogate back your claim payment and your collision deductible. im sorry this is happening to you. if they have a local agent, perhaps they might contact their client for you and explain to them that your carrier will be pursuing the claim via legal channels and also they will most likely face non-renewal on their coverage. i am a licensed agent in texas.

user: i got rear ended in october, the driver fled the scene. i got a police report and 911 call, and their insurance denied my claim because the driver was "not being co-operative". what can i do about it? so i got rear ended at a red light by a driver. he hit me and then drove away. i followed and called 911 after making the report and getting the car info. while i was still on the phone, driver of the car pulled into a shady neighborhood so i asked the dispatcher what to do, and she told me that i didn't have to follow the car anymore, to just to go my nearest police station to file the report. so i went straight there. fast forward to yesterday, i get a call from the insurance saying my claim was denied because the other driver said he was not involved in a crash. i got upset and asked if they asked their client for pictures of the car, because it should have been damaged. she put me on hold to speak to management, then said they would call me back later. i got a voicemail later on in the day from her, saying my claim was denied because their client was not co-operating with them and my police report didn't identify the driver by name. i haven't called back, but i wanted to see what do i do now? i wanted to call them back and dispute that, i feel like if the client is not cooperating, then that isn't my problem. i provided police report, pictures of my truck, estimate, and screenshots of my 911 call. i am willing to take legal action if necessary. my truck is worth about 5-6k, the damage was about 3.2k. also, i live in texas, incase that matters. thanks bot: the other driver must cooperate with their own insurance company. if they don't their insurance can deny coverage. you need to get a copy of the denial letter from the other driver's insurance and provide it to your insurance company. if you have umpd (uninsured motorist property damage) coverage you can use it and then your insurance company will pursue the other driver for payment. if you don't have umpd you'll have to use collision coverage and then your insurance company will still pursue the other driver and try to get your deductible back if you have no umpd and no collision coverage then you will have to sue them in small business claims court yourself

user: [fl] other driver ran a red light, hit my truck, and sped off. no charges were pressed when they were found, and her insurance insurance has denied liability. a couple of weeks ago, my truck was hit as i was taking a left turn on green arrow. the other driver, a 76 year old woman, ran the red light, clipped my truck, and then left the scene without so much as tapping her brakes. fortunately for me, my girlfriend was in the car behind me and pursued her down the street. my girlfriend was able to get a picture of the other driver’s license plate and the damage to their car, which we turned over to law enforcement. the deputies on the scene confirmed that another deputy went to the address attached to the plate number and found the damaged car outside, but couldn’t get ahold of the owner. we were free to go, so i reported to my insurance and went about my night my insurance asked for a copy of the police report, so about a week later i went to pick up a copy. the report clearly states that i had right of way and the other driver ran a red, but there was nothing listed under the traffic infractions section about the other driver fleeing the scene or running the red light. now her insurance is denying my liability claim because their driver was not on scene to give her side of the story (because she fled the scene), and the report was “one-sided”. the sheriff’s department will not get back to me with answers on why they have not filed charges against the other driver, even though i have called multiple times and left messages in multiple departments since receiving the police report. is it time to file suit? can i name the sheriff’s department in my suit as well? what possible reason would they have for not pressing charges? tia bot: usually your insurance handles all this. (that's what you pay for, and they have their own lawyers.) you don't have to do anything unless your insurance tells you otherwise. her insurance can say whatever; your insurance will take care of you, including taking her to court if need be. just give them the police report. and as others have said, the prosecutor presses charges, not the sheriff. it's only time for you to file suit if your insurance, for some reason, does nothing. in that case, you file against the other driver and no one else. not a lawyer.

user: [fl] other driver ran a red light, hit my truck, and sped off. no charges were pressed when they were found, and her insurance insurance has denied liability. a couple of weeks ago, my truck was hit as i was taking a left turn on green arrow. the other driver, a 76 year old woman, ran the red light, clipped my truck, and then left the scene without so much as tapping her brakes. fortunately for me, my girlfriend was in the car behind me and pursued her down the street. my girlfriend was able to get a picture of the other driver’s license plate and the damage to their car, which we turned over to law enforcement. the deputies on the scene confirmed that another deputy went to the address attached to the plate number and found the damaged car outside, but couldn’t get ahold of the owner. we were free to go, so i reported to my insurance and went about my night my insurance asked for a copy of the police report, so about a week later i went to pick up a copy. the report clearly states that i had right of way and the other driver ran a red, but there was nothing listed under the traffic infractions section about the other driver fleeing the scene or running the red light. now her insurance is denying my liability claim because their driver was not on scene to give her side of the story (because she fled the scene), and the report was “one-sided”. the sheriff’s department will not get back to me with answers on why they have not filed charges against the other driver, even though i have called multiple times and left messages in multiple departments since receiving the police report. is it time to file suit? can i name the sheriff’s department in my suit as well? what possible reason would they have for not pressing charges? tia bot: op does not file charges, they can only ask, which was denied. the police can recommend charges, the prosecutor is the only one who can actually file charges.

user: told my boss i have jury duty and he said i could just not go.is this true? i feel like there's some kinda of fine for it bot: call the court and let them know your boss said you can't go. if they ask, provide information about where you work. some judges live for reading jackasses like your boss the riot act. they have a legal obligation to let you attend jury duty.

user: told my boss i have jury duty and he said i could just not go.is this true? i feel like there's some kinda of fine for it bot: send an email to your boss, the boss's boss, and hr informing them that you've been summoned for jury duty and may/will be out on the following dates.

user: told my boss i have jury duty and he said i could just not go.is this true? i feel like there's some kinda of fine for it bot: call the court and let them know your boss said you can't go. if they ask, provide information about where you work. some judges live for reading jackasses like your boss the riot act. they have a legal obligation to let you attend jury duty.

user: told my boss i have jury duty and he said i could just not go.is this true? i feel like there's some kinda of fine for it bot: there are stories of judges dragging employers in and chewing them out for saying shit like that. it's a court summons, you must go. if you boss obstructs, get their obstruction in writing and turn it over to the court, as that is illegal and boss may serve jail time.

user: my father and uncle (as notary) signed away my frozen sperm to be destroyed/discarded without my knowledge (i am an adult late 30’s) hello, i’ve been having a tough and taking it to an attorney locally to chat about...this is going to be so so bad on my family relationships and also with my wife (we are trying to conceive and i just found out about this). so, i had cancer (hodgkin’s lymphoma) when i was 19-21 (2002-03/4) and in college. before starting chemo/radiation my oncologist said i should bank some sperm if i’d like to have kids one day. so, 4 deposits later i’ve had sperm stored for the last 16-17 years. my parents and i agreed to keep having the bills and things sent to their home address because it’s constant and mine has changed a few times. fast forward to now, my wife and i have been “trying” to conceive for months and it’s obvious my guys still aren’t swimming well (i’ve been tested in the past, but the quality of my sperm isn’t the issue here anyway). we start working with a fertility doc at the same place my sperm has been stored. we’ve paid big $ all out of pocket to begin and it’s non-refundable...it’s time to do ivf or whatever it’s called soon and the clinic calls and says my sperm was discarded last april (2020) bc i signed a form to do so. i said no i didn’t and send me said form. i get it and clear as day they’re right, but it was signed by my father (distinct hand writing) and notarized by my uncle (who is a cfo and i doubt fraud charges would be good for his career). i’m insanely furious and have not told my dad or asked my mom if she knows about it. only thing i’ve done is text a doc pic to my uncle and ask what the hell? confirmed he did notarize and sign (which was obvious) and doesn’t recall circumstances. left it there bc he was also my best friend for my entire life. what do you guys think i can do? should do? i am in indiana. side note (if it matters ): my father/parents are pretty darn wealthy. liquid assets along with homes, land, stocks, vehicles/“toys”, etc. i feel weird saying that bc i grew up that way but we aren’t flashy people. net worth definitely in 8 figures (lower end) but as you can see family is tight lipped on stuff. also, uncle is not as wealthy as parents but definitely well off. he’s also cfo of a nice sized, well known local company. last thing of note, the fertility clinic is obviously aware of this now and could ( have not but alerted me to possibility) refuse to keep working with us in fear of lawsuit involving them. last last thing; i’d love to get insight on my options if and big if i went legal route. but i’ll definitely want to get our money back we’ve spent bc my wife and i aren’t rich, we are middle class working folks. we’ve spent about half of our savings or more on this. most of all i want to know why he paid the bill for so many years (we’ve even had family jokes about this) and now doesn’t see me fit to be a father. this has been hurting my soul and i need to tell my wife, but i am scared it may break her from me/divorce and at minimum her hate my family. so i appreciate anyone who takes the time to read over my scenario. love to you ahead of time! i’m in pain but have to act soon as i found out about 2 weeks ago and been in shock. bot: to be clear: you're saying your father signed the paperwork in your name, and that your uncle notarized the signature? what, frankly, _the absolute fuck_. i'd be livid. you're clearly livid. your wife has every reason to be livid on your behalf as well. notary fraud is a felony. when you report this, there's a good chance that your uncle goes away for at least a year. he'll never be eligible to be a notary again, and it's fairly likely it'll have other consequences if the investigation turns up that this isn't the first time he decided to take leave of his good sense. your father has caused a large personal loss for you, and you should talk to a litigation attorney about seeking compensation. it's hard to put a dollar value on a stored sperm sample, but the loss of your ability to have children is not worthless, nor is the investment you've put into preserving that sample. do not speak to either of them until you've talked to a lawyer. _do_ talk to your wife, after you've spoken to a lawyer, but ask her to let you run the response - she deserves to know, and she deserves to know that you're taking appropriate steps.

user: my father and uncle (as notary) signed away my frozen sperm to be destroyed/discarded without my knowledge (i am an adult late 30’s) hello, i’ve been having a tough and taking it to an attorney locally to chat about...this is going to be so so bad on my family relationships and also with my wife (we are trying to conceive and i just found out about this). so, i had cancer (hodgkin’s lymphoma) when i was 19-21 (2002-03/4) and in college. before starting chemo/radiation my oncologist said i should bank some sperm if i’d like to have kids one day. so, 4 deposits later i’ve had sperm stored for the last 16-17 years. my parents and i agreed to keep having the bills and things sent to their home address because it’s constant and mine has changed a few times. fast forward to now, my wife and i have been “trying” to conceive for months and it’s obvious my guys still aren’t swimming well (i’ve been tested in the past, but the quality of my sperm isn’t the issue here anyway). we start working with a fertility doc at the same place my sperm has been stored. we’ve paid big $ all out of pocket to begin and it’s non-refundable...it’s time to do ivf or whatever it’s called soon and the clinic calls and says my sperm was discarded last april (2020) bc i signed a form to do so. i said no i didn’t and send me said form. i get it and clear as day they’re right, but it was signed by my father (distinct hand writing) and notarized by my uncle (who is a cfo and i doubt fraud charges would be good for his career). i’m insanely furious and have not told my dad or asked my mom if she knows about it. only thing i’ve done is text a doc pic to my uncle and ask what the hell? confirmed he did notarize and sign (which was obvious) and doesn’t recall circumstances. left it there bc he was also my best friend for my entire life. what do you guys think i can do? should do? i am in indiana. side note (if it matters ): my father/parents are pretty darn wealthy. liquid assets along with homes, land, stocks, vehicles/“toys”, etc. i feel weird saying that bc i grew up that way but we aren’t flashy people. net worth definitely in 8 figures (lower end) but as you can see family is tight lipped on stuff. also, uncle is not as wealthy as parents but definitely well off. he’s also cfo of a nice sized, well known local company. last thing of note, the fertility clinic is obviously aware of this now and could ( have not but alerted me to possibility) refuse to keep working with us in fear of lawsuit involving them. last last thing; i’d love to get insight on my options if and big if i went legal route. but i’ll definitely want to get our money back we’ve spent bc my wife and i aren’t rich, we are middle class working folks. we’ve spent about half of our savings or more on this. most of all i want to know why he paid the bill for so many years (we’ve even had family jokes about this) and now doesn’t see me fit to be a father. this has been hurting my soul and i need to tell my wife, but i am scared it may break her from me/divorce and at minimum her hate my family. so i appreciate anyone who takes the time to read over my scenario. love to you ahead of time! i’m in pain but have to act soon as i found out about 2 weeks ago and been in shock. bot: was the signature your name?

user: roommate took my money for rent and is now denying me access to moving into the house. what do i do? sorry for in advance for the lengthy post. i really don't know what i should do. &#x200b; i'm in ontario, canada. i met another girl to which we we're supposed to move in together, i will call her karen throughout this post to protect her identity. initially we signed a two-year lease with the landlord with both of our names on the lease. a week later, my boyfriend got another job in a different city and would be required to move. at this point i didn't want to just break the lease, so i informed the landlord and karen about my situation. the landlord gave us two options: 1. karen and i pay for three months rent upfront. 2. karen take over the lease and be responsible for finding another roommate. karen and i discussed our options, i even suggested that i would be okay for paying for the three months rent upfront to the landlord, however she was adamant about taking over the lease. since my boyfriend was not going to be settled in the new city for three more months, karen offered that i could just rent from her month to month until she found another roommate. now that was settled, i planned a move in date with karen and she informed me that i could move in and get the keys to the townhouse on the weekend. &#x200b; on the day of the move in, while all my stuff was already was packed in the moving truck, karen's tone completely changed and suddenly told me before i get the keys to the apartment that i had to send her all of the rent upfront. i panicked because all my life was essentially packed inside the back of a moving truck and she was holding the keys hostage until i payed her. i regretfully sent her all the rent upfront for the months that i would be staying there. right after she had received the rent, she told me the last thing i need to do is send her pictures of the voided previous lease. this made sense to me at the time because the landlord had previously mentioned that the old lease needed to be voided first before karen assumed position of the new lease. i went ahead and voided the old lease and sent the photos to karen. its now four hours after i was supposed to move in and karen informs me that she will be taking my money, not returning it and tells me that i not allowed to move in. she blocks me from all social media so i cannot contact her. i talked with the landlord shortly after and he told me there is nothing that he can do since her name is the only one on the lease, he said that i could bring it through a small claims court. &#x200b; is there anything that i can do here now that i don't have my name on any lease? i have it in writing over facebook that the money was to be in exchange for renting the property. can she just take my money and i can't do anything about it? i supposed she has to either let me move in for the three months as we had discussed or return m money. what do i do now? bot: i don't know canadian law very well so my best guess would be to contact the police and a lawyer. it could be considered a civil matter in which case the police wouldn't be able to do anything i believe. if its a civil matter then you will go about suing her for the money which is why you might need a lawyer.

user: roommate took my money for rent and is now denying me access to moving into the house. what do i do? sorry for in advance for the lengthy post. i really don't know what i should do. &#x200b; i'm in ontario, canada. i met another girl to which we we're supposed to move in together, i will call her karen throughout this post to protect her identity. initially we signed a two-year lease with the landlord with both of our names on the lease. a week later, my boyfriend got another job in a different city and would be required to move. at this point i didn't want to just break the lease, so i informed the landlord and karen about my situation. the landlord gave us two options: 1. karen and i pay for three months rent upfront. 2. karen take over the lease and be responsible for finding another roommate. karen and i discussed our options, i even suggested that i would be okay for paying for the three months rent upfront to the landlord, however she was adamant about taking over the lease. since my boyfriend was not going to be settled in the new city for three more months, karen offered that i could just rent from her month to month until she found another roommate. now that was settled, i planned a move in date with karen and she informed me that i could move in and get the keys to the townhouse on the weekend. &#x200b; on the day of the move in, while all my stuff was already was packed in the moving truck, karen's tone completely changed and suddenly told me before i get the keys to the apartment that i had to send her all of the rent upfront. i panicked because all my life was essentially packed inside the back of a moving truck and she was holding the keys hostage until i payed her. i regretfully sent her all the rent upfront for the months that i would be staying there. right after she had received the rent, she told me the last thing i need to do is send her pictures of the voided previous lease. this made sense to me at the time because the landlord had previously mentioned that the old lease needed to be voided first before karen assumed position of the new lease. i went ahead and voided the old lease and sent the photos to karen. its now four hours after i was supposed to move in and karen informs me that she will be taking my money, not returning it and tells me that i not allowed to move in. she blocks me from all social media so i cannot contact her. i talked with the landlord shortly after and he told me there is nothing that he can do since her name is the only one on the lease, he said that i could bring it through a small claims court. &#x200b; is there anything that i can do here now that i don't have my name on any lease? i have it in writing over facebook that the money was to be in exchange for renting the property. can she just take my money and i can't do anything about it? i supposed she has to either let me move in for the three months as we had discussed or return m money. what do i do now? bot: please review the landlord tenant questions section of the /r/legaladvice wiki for common questions and answers regarding landlord tenant issues. if this does not apply to your question, please disregard. *i am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/legaladvice) if you have any questions or concerns.*

user: roommate took my money for rent and is now denying me access to moving into the house. what do i do? sorry for in advance for the lengthy post. i really don't know what i should do. &#x200b; i'm in ontario, canada. i met another girl to which we we're supposed to move in together, i will call her karen throughout this post to protect her identity. initially we signed a two-year lease with the landlord with both of our names on the lease. a week later, my boyfriend got another job in a different city and would be required to move. at this point i didn't want to just break the lease, so i informed the landlord and karen about my situation. the landlord gave us two options: 1. karen and i pay for three months rent upfront. 2. karen take over the lease and be responsible for finding another roommate. karen and i discussed our options, i even suggested that i would be okay for paying for the three months rent upfront to the landlord, however she was adamant about taking over the lease. since my boyfriend was not going to be settled in the new city for three more months, karen offered that i could just rent from her month to month until she found another roommate. now that was settled, i planned a move in date with karen and she informed me that i could move in and get the keys to the townhouse on the weekend. &#x200b; on the day of the move in, while all my stuff was already was packed in the moving truck, karen's tone completely changed and suddenly told me before i get the keys to the apartment that i had to send her all of the rent upfront. i panicked because all my life was essentially packed inside the back of a moving truck and she was holding the keys hostage until i payed her. i regretfully sent her all the rent upfront for the months that i would be staying there. right after she had received the rent, she told me the last thing i need to do is send her pictures of the voided previous lease. this made sense to me at the time because the landlord had previously mentioned that the old lease needed to be voided first before karen assumed position of the new lease. i went ahead and voided the old lease and sent the photos to karen. its now four hours after i was supposed to move in and karen informs me that she will be taking my money, not returning it and tells me that i not allowed to move in. she blocks me from all social media so i cannot contact her. i talked with the landlord shortly after and he told me there is nothing that he can do since her name is the only one on the lease, he said that i could bring it through a small claims court. &#x200b; is there anything that i can do here now that i don't have my name on any lease? i have it in writing over facebook that the money was to be in exchange for renting the property. can she just take my money and i can't do anything about it? i supposed she has to either let me move in for the three months as we had discussed or return m money. what do i do now? bot: could you call your bank and cancel the check?

user: roommate took my money for rent and is now denying me access to moving into the house. what do i do? sorry for in advance for the lengthy post. i really don't know what i should do. &#x200b; i'm in ontario, canada. i met another girl to which we we're supposed to move in together, i will call her karen throughout this post to protect her identity. initially we signed a two-year lease with the landlord with both of our names on the lease. a week later, my boyfriend got another job in a different city and would be required to move. at this point i didn't want to just break the lease, so i informed the landlord and karen about my situation. the landlord gave us two options: 1. karen and i pay for three months rent upfront. 2. karen take over the lease and be responsible for finding another roommate. karen and i discussed our options, i even suggested that i would be okay for paying for the three months rent upfront to the landlord, however she was adamant about taking over the lease. since my boyfriend was not going to be settled in the new city for three more months, karen offered that i could just rent from her month to month until she found another roommate. now that was settled, i planned a move in date with karen and she informed me that i could move in and get the keys to the townhouse on the weekend. &#x200b; on the day of the move in, while all my stuff was already was packed in the moving truck, karen's tone completely changed and suddenly told me before i get the keys to the apartment that i had to send her all of the rent upfront. i panicked because all my life was essentially packed inside the back of a moving truck and she was holding the keys hostage until i payed her. i regretfully sent her all the rent upfront for the months that i would be staying there. right after she had received the rent, she told me the last thing i need to do is send her pictures of the voided previous lease. this made sense to me at the time because the landlord had previously mentioned that the old lease needed to be voided first before karen assumed position of the new lease. i went ahead and voided the old lease and sent the photos to karen. its now four hours after i was supposed to move in and karen informs me that she will be taking my money, not returning it and tells me that i not allowed to move in. she blocks me from all social media so i cannot contact her. i talked with the landlord shortly after and he told me there is nothing that he can do since her name is the only one on the lease, he said that i could bring it through a small claims court. &#x200b; is there anything that i can do here now that i don't have my name on any lease? i have it in writing over facebook that the money was to be in exchange for renting the property. can she just take my money and i can't do anything about it? i supposed she has to either let me move in for the three months as we had discussed or return m money. what do i do now? bot: please review the landlord tenant questions section of the /r/legaladvice wiki for common questions and answers regarding landlord tenant issues. if this does not apply to your question, please disregard. *i am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/legaladvice) if you have any questions or concerns.*

user: (tx) my employer moved up my resignation to the same day i emailed them my 2 weeks and work place issues. now they keep contacting me. (usa) hello, i was recently allowed to work from home because of the pandemic. during this time my job was giving my job duties to someone else, which is fair. when i told them i could come back a few days later the hr manger ( who is also office manager, financial director and temporary general manager) sent me an email letting me know the girl who took my job duties was displeased by my work and that i had not communicated enough to her ( i have emails showing i had) and would now be "the face" of the company and will permanently take my duties. i could be her assistant. they also stated the directors were "upset" with my pay grade for months but never let me know or have a conversation on how we could remedy that situation. because of many reasons i put in my two weeks. i offered to help train the next employee and even write up tutorials for them. the manager was very upset and moved my resignation to the same day they received my email. i picked up my things, they only gave me less than 5 minutes and told me to get out. a week later they are asking for password information. i had not read the email and they sent another one today saying " 2nd warning, please forward the information to the account that we paid for" they also never sent my last paycheck. all i want is to be left alone. i did all the professional steps needed to leave the company with good standing. i don't mind emailing them the information (if i still have it, i signed out of all their accounts on my personal devices.) and they also have access to the company email it was signed up with, but i don't want to keep receiving " warnings" with no context over things they forgot to ask for before they moved up my resignation and gave me no exit interview. im not sure what my options are or how to even ask for them to please stop. thank you for your time! bot: this is "constructive dismissal" they replaced you and took issue with your wages. file unemployment and run it through to the appeal. if you have nothing to return, simply tell them that. you don't work for the anymore. you do not need to accommodate them with anything.

user: (tx) my employer moved up my resignation to the same day i emailed them my 2 weeks and work place issues. now they keep contacting me. (usa) hello, i was recently allowed to work from home because of the pandemic. during this time my job was giving my job duties to someone else, which is fair. when i told them i could come back a few days later the hr manger ( who is also office manager, financial director and temporary general manager) sent me an email letting me know the girl who took my job duties was displeased by my work and that i had not communicated enough to her ( i have emails showing i had) and would now be "the face" of the company and will permanently take my duties. i could be her assistant. they also stated the directors were "upset" with my pay grade for months but never let me know or have a conversation on how we could remedy that situation. because of many reasons i put in my two weeks. i offered to help train the next employee and even write up tutorials for them. the manager was very upset and moved my resignation to the same day they received my email. i picked up my things, they only gave me less than 5 minutes and told me to get out. a week later they are asking for password information. i had not read the email and they sent another one today saying " 2nd warning, please forward the information to the account that we paid for" they also never sent my last paycheck. all i want is to be left alone. i did all the professional steps needed to leave the company with good standing. i don't mind emailing them the information (if i still have it, i signed out of all their accounts on my personal devices.) and they also have access to the company email it was signed up with, but i don't want to keep receiving " warnings" with no context over things they forgot to ask for before they moved up my resignation and gave me no exit interview. im not sure what my options are or how to even ask for them to please stop. thank you for your time! bot: you can communicate the last paragraph to them. it’s only an issue if they continue to contact you after you’ve asked them to stop.

user: my neighbors school bus for their 6 year old regularly shows up to two hours late and there is no one who answers at the school at the end of the school day. the parents worry when they can't locate their child. who holds legal liability here? this is in the state of maryland, prince george's county in the united states. i have a few neighbors who i noticed today regularly sit outside for hours on end after i get home from work. today i noticed the mother was in tears because the bus was three hours late. she informed the this is a regular occurrence on this route. i decided to sit with her and wait for a bit and we attempted to call: 1. the school 2. the dispatcher 3. the county district we received no response from anyone as to the location of their 6 year old child for several hours. they permanent residents that do not speak english. when the bus arrived the bus driver responded with "stop crying mam, i don't want your kid. i will bring them home eventually". the person working with the bus driver responded with "you should be telling us gracias for us bringing your kids, tell them that". when i asked what do we do if no one answers their phone call they closed the school bus door, rolled up the window and drove off. my questions are: 1. who holds liability for the location of the child when they are handed to the school this way? 2. if a child is nowhere to be found hours after they were expected to be there do the parents simply call the police immediately? assuming no one answers from the district? 3. when a school, dispatcher and other entity is unavailable and they have someone's child what's the next legally liable step and who assumes liability here? thank you. &#x200b; bot: i see a lot of people here suggesting you contact the school board and/or the city/county. while that is sound advice for the long term, that is not nearly enough of a step to take while a child is missing for 2-3 hours. call the police. call the freaking police. sit with the mom and ask her permission for you to call the police for her. there is absolutely zero reason anyone should tolerate their child being missing for 2+ hours, while no school or bus employee that is *supposed to be* responsible for them, knows their whereabouts. basically, if this happens again and their child is even 15-30 minutes late. i’d call the dispatch station and ask where the bus is and why it is so late. if they don’t know the answer to one or either of those questions, inform them that you are going to be calling the police, then. and do it. missing children aren’t something to take lightly, and the police will probably agree. and they will track down the child and sort this shit out. plus, who knows what those fucking creeps are doing with that/those child/children while they’re gone for 3 hours longer than they should be. *after* the police find her child, *then* i would take it to the school board/county/city and have them make sure this never, *ever* happens again. for the long term. but i think drastic measures need to be taken for the short term, if a child is missing. and i feel that it’s critical that i point this out. again, missing children are absolutely not something to take lightly.

user: my neighbors school bus for their 6 year old regularly shows up to two hours late and there is no one who answers at the school at the end of the school day. the parents worry when they can't locate their child. who holds legal liability here? this is in the state of maryland, prince george's county in the united states. i have a few neighbors who i noticed today regularly sit outside for hours on end after i get home from work. today i noticed the mother was in tears because the bus was three hours late. she informed the this is a regular occurrence on this route. i decided to sit with her and wait for a bit and we attempted to call: 1. the school 2. the dispatcher 3. the county district we received no response from anyone as to the location of their 6 year old child for several hours. they permanent residents that do not speak english. when the bus arrived the bus driver responded with "stop crying mam, i don't want your kid. i will bring them home eventually". the person working with the bus driver responded with "you should be telling us gracias for us bringing your kids, tell them that". when i asked what do we do if no one answers their phone call they closed the school bus door, rolled up the window and drove off. my questions are: 1. who holds liability for the location of the child when they are handed to the school this way? 2. if a child is nowhere to be found hours after they were expected to be there do the parents simply call the police immediately? assuming no one answers from the district? 3. when a school, dispatcher and other entity is unavailable and they have someone's child what's the next legally liable step and who assumes liability here? thank you. &#x200b; bot: i'm a former school bus driver. is this the school district buses or like first student? in my state, kids can't be on the bus more than an hour each morning & afternoon. if it's district bus, contact the head of transportation or school district ceo. transportation should be answering all of their phones until 6-7 pm. if you're not getting anywhere, call state education department.

user: my neighbors school bus for their 6 year old regularly shows up to two hours late and there is no one who answers at the school at the end of the school day. the parents worry when they can't locate their child. who holds legal liability here? this is in the state of maryland, prince george's county in the united states. i have a few neighbors who i noticed today regularly sit outside for hours on end after i get home from work. today i noticed the mother was in tears because the bus was three hours late. she informed the this is a regular occurrence on this route. i decided to sit with her and wait for a bit and we attempted to call: 1. the school 2. the dispatcher 3. the county district we received no response from anyone as to the location of their 6 year old child for several hours. they permanent residents that do not speak english. when the bus arrived the bus driver responded with "stop crying mam, i don't want your kid. i will bring them home eventually". the person working with the bus driver responded with "you should be telling us gracias for us bringing your kids, tell them that". when i asked what do we do if no one answers their phone call they closed the school bus door, rolled up the window and drove off. my questions are: 1. who holds liability for the location of the child when they are handed to the school this way? 2. if a child is nowhere to be found hours after they were expected to be there do the parents simply call the police immediately? assuming no one answers from the district? 3. when a school, dispatcher and other entity is unavailable and they have someone's child what's the next legally liable step and who assumes liability here? thank you. &#x200b; bot: i see a lot of people here suggesting you contact the school board and/or the city/county. while that is sound advice for the long term, that is not nearly enough of a step to take while a child is missing for 2-3 hours. call the police. call the freaking police. sit with the mom and ask her permission for you to call the police for her. there is absolutely zero reason anyone should tolerate their child being missing for 2+ hours, while no school or bus employee that is *supposed to be* responsible for them, knows their whereabouts. basically, if this happens again and their child is even 15-30 minutes late. i’d call the dispatch station and ask where the bus is and why it is so late. if they don’t know the answer to one or either of those questions, inform them that you are going to be calling the police, then. and do it. missing children aren’t something to take lightly, and the police will probably agree. and they will track down the child and sort this shit out. plus, who knows what those fucking creeps are doing with that/those child/children while they’re gone for 3 hours longer than they should be. *after* the police find her child, *then* i would take it to the school board/county/city and have them make sure this never, *ever* happens again. for the long term. but i think drastic measures need to be taken for the short term, if a child is missing. and i feel that it’s critical that i point this out. again, missing children are absolutely not something to take lightly.

user: my neighbors school bus for their 6 year old regularly shows up to two hours late and there is no one who answers at the school at the end of the school day. the parents worry when they can't locate their child. who holds legal liability here? this is in the state of maryland, prince george's county in the united states. i have a few neighbors who i noticed today regularly sit outside for hours on end after i get home from work. today i noticed the mother was in tears because the bus was three hours late. she informed the this is a regular occurrence on this route. i decided to sit with her and wait for a bit and we attempted to call: 1. the school 2. the dispatcher 3. the county district we received no response from anyone as to the location of their 6 year old child for several hours. they permanent residents that do not speak english. when the bus arrived the bus driver responded with "stop crying mam, i don't want your kid. i will bring them home eventually". the person working with the bus driver responded with "you should be telling us gracias for us bringing your kids, tell them that". when i asked what do we do if no one answers their phone call they closed the school bus door, rolled up the window and drove off. my questions are: 1. who holds liability for the location of the child when they are handed to the school this way? 2. if a child is nowhere to be found hours after they were expected to be there do the parents simply call the police immediately? assuming no one answers from the district? 3. when a school, dispatcher and other entity is unavailable and they have someone's child what's the next legally liable step and who assumes liability here? thank you. &#x200b; bot: calling the school board with moms permission is how i would go about correcting this. if they don't listen, the government officials (town hall, mayor, ect) may very well listen. is the kid the last kid on the route? are you guys very far from the school?

user: my neighbors school bus for their 6 year old regularly shows up to two hours late and there is no one who answers at the school at the end of the school day. the parents worry when they can't locate their child. who holds legal liability here? this is in the state of maryland, prince george's county in the united states. i have a few neighbors who i noticed today regularly sit outside for hours on end after i get home from work. today i noticed the mother was in tears because the bus was three hours late. she informed the this is a regular occurrence on this route. i decided to sit with her and wait for a bit and we attempted to call: 1. the school 2. the dispatcher 3. the county district we received no response from anyone as to the location of their 6 year old child for several hours. they permanent residents that do not speak english. when the bus arrived the bus driver responded with "stop crying mam, i don't want your kid. i will bring them home eventually". the person working with the bus driver responded with "you should be telling us gracias for us bringing your kids, tell them that". when i asked what do we do if no one answers their phone call they closed the school bus door, rolled up the window and drove off. my questions are: 1. who holds liability for the location of the child when they are handed to the school this way? 2. if a child is nowhere to be found hours after they were expected to be there do the parents simply call the police immediately? assuming no one answers from the district? 3. when a school, dispatcher and other entity is unavailable and they have someone's child what's the next legally liable step and who assumes liability here? thank you. &#x200b; bot: i see a lot of people here suggesting you contact the school board and/or the city/county. while that is sound advice for the long term, that is not nearly enough of a step to take while a child is missing for 2-3 hours. call the police. call the freaking police. sit with the mom and ask her permission for you to call the police for her. there is absolutely zero reason anyone should tolerate their child being missing for 2+ hours, while no school or bus employee that is *supposed to be* responsible for them, knows their whereabouts. basically, if this happens again and their child is even 15-30 minutes late. i’d call the dispatch station and ask where the bus is and why it is so late. if they don’t know the answer to one or either of those questions, inform them that you are going to be calling the police, then. and do it. missing children aren’t something to take lightly, and the police will probably agree. and they will track down the child and sort this shit out. plus, who knows what those fucking creeps are doing with that/those child/children while they’re gone for 3 hours longer than they should be. *after* the police find her child, *then* i would take it to the school board/county/city and have them make sure this never, *ever* happens again. for the long term. but i think drastic measures need to be taken for the short term, if a child is missing. and i feel that it’s critical that i point this out. again, missing children are absolutely not something to take lightly.

user: my neighbors school bus for their 6 year old regularly shows up to two hours late and there is no one who answers at the school at the end of the school day. the parents worry when they can't locate their child. who holds legal liability here? this is in the state of maryland, prince george's county in the united states. i have a few neighbors who i noticed today regularly sit outside for hours on end after i get home from work. today i noticed the mother was in tears because the bus was three hours late. she informed the this is a regular occurrence on this route. i decided to sit with her and wait for a bit and we attempted to call: 1. the school 2. the dispatcher 3. the county district we received no response from anyone as to the location of their 6 year old child for several hours. they permanent residents that do not speak english. when the bus arrived the bus driver responded with "stop crying mam, i don't want your kid. i will bring them home eventually". the person working with the bus driver responded with "you should be telling us gracias for us bringing your kids, tell them that". when i asked what do we do if no one answers their phone call they closed the school bus door, rolled up the window and drove off. my questions are: 1. who holds liability for the location of the child when they are handed to the school this way? 2. if a child is nowhere to be found hours after they were expected to be there do the parents simply call the police immediately? assuming no one answers from the district? 3. when a school, dispatcher and other entity is unavailable and they have someone's child what's the next legally liable step and who assumes liability here? thank you. &#x200b; bot: i am not a lawyer but my parents also didn’t speak english. thank you for trying to help them google for local associations that help people that speak that language. they might have more time and experience with schools i’m a little concerned by how long the bus route takes. usually, the school buses would drop off the kids closest to the school first. also, you could contact the pta to ask basic questions about the process

user: my neighbors school bus for their 6 year old regularly shows up to two hours late and there is no one who answers at the school at the end of the school day. the parents worry when they can't locate their child. who holds legal liability here? this is in the state of maryland, prince george's county in the united states. i have a few neighbors who i noticed today regularly sit outside for hours on end after i get home from work. today i noticed the mother was in tears because the bus was three hours late. she informed the this is a regular occurrence on this route. i decided to sit with her and wait for a bit and we attempted to call: 1. the school 2. the dispatcher 3. the county district we received no response from anyone as to the location of their 6 year old child for several hours. they permanent residents that do not speak english. when the bus arrived the bus driver responded with "stop crying mam, i don't want your kid. i will bring them home eventually". the person working with the bus driver responded with "you should be telling us gracias for us bringing your kids, tell them that". when i asked what do we do if no one answers their phone call they closed the school bus door, rolled up the window and drove off. my questions are: 1. who holds liability for the location of the child when they are handed to the school this way? 2. if a child is nowhere to be found hours after they were expected to be there do the parents simply call the police immediately? assuming no one answers from the district? 3. when a school, dispatcher and other entity is unavailable and they have someone's child what's the next legally liable step and who assumes liability here? thank you. &#x200b; bot: i see a lot of people here suggesting you contact the school board and/or the city/county. while that is sound advice for the long term, that is not nearly enough of a step to take while a child is missing for 2-3 hours. call the police. call the freaking police. sit with the mom and ask her permission for you to call the police for her. there is absolutely zero reason anyone should tolerate their child being missing for 2+ hours, while no school or bus employee that is *supposed to be* responsible for them, knows their whereabouts. basically, if this happens again and their child is even 15-30 minutes late. i’d call the dispatch station and ask where the bus is and why it is so late. if they don’t know the answer to one or either of those questions, inform them that you are going to be calling the police, then. and do it. missing children aren’t something to take lightly, and the police will probably agree. and they will track down the child and sort this shit out. plus, who knows what those fucking creeps are doing with that/those child/children while they’re gone for 3 hours longer than they should be. *after* the police find her child, *then* i would take it to the school board/county/city and have them make sure this never, *ever* happens again. for the long term. but i think drastic measures need to be taken for the short term, if a child is missing. and i feel that it’s critical that i point this out. again, missing children are absolutely not something to take lightly.

user: my neighbors school bus for their 6 year old regularly shows up to two hours late and there is no one who answers at the school at the end of the school day. the parents worry when they can't locate their child. who holds legal liability here? this is in the state of maryland, prince george's county in the united states. i have a few neighbors who i noticed today regularly sit outside for hours on end after i get home from work. today i noticed the mother was in tears because the bus was three hours late. she informed the this is a regular occurrence on this route. i decided to sit with her and wait for a bit and we attempted to call: 1. the school 2. the dispatcher 3. the county district we received no response from anyone as to the location of their 6 year old child for several hours. they permanent residents that do not speak english. when the bus arrived the bus driver responded with "stop crying mam, i don't want your kid. i will bring them home eventually". the person working with the bus driver responded with "you should be telling us gracias for us bringing your kids, tell them that". when i asked what do we do if no one answers their phone call they closed the school bus door, rolled up the window and drove off. my questions are: 1. who holds liability for the location of the child when they are handed to the school this way? 2. if a child is nowhere to be found hours after they were expected to be there do the parents simply call the police immediately? assuming no one answers from the district? 3. when a school, dispatcher and other entity is unavailable and they have someone's child what's the next legally liable step and who assumes liability here? thank you. &#x200b; bot: thank you so much for helping this family. is there any reason why the police aren’t called during these long absences? is the bus driver being legit and not doing something nefarious with the kids?