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Does comcast have the right to place wires on my tree? | Comcast has wires on my tree and I asked them before to remove them but they never do. They keep saying we ll send someone out. I live in Boston Massachusetts. | 2014-06-14 05:57:33 | 6 | You would need to check the deed to your property to see if they have an easement granting them a right to place wires on your property. You would need to check to see if the tree is in the public right of way. If the tree or wires are in the right of way they make have right to hang those wires there. You should prob... | 2014-06-14 06:39:35 | 9 | Landlord refusal to provide internet | 8,001 |
Out of state plaintiff suing me in question? | I am getting sued by an individual from out of state. I live in NY. The defendant stated that Elmalicach vs Bank of China LTD. allows him to sue using his own state laws. His complaint refers to his home state laws. This is a person and not a company. It this interpretation correct? Will I refer to NY law in my cros... | 2016-05-30 16:24:14 | 5 | Jurisdiction for a civil suit depends on the facts and the cause of action and the states involved. We don t know any of that so we can t say if you were properly sued in another state or not. If you respond with anything other than a motion to dismiss or preliminary objections due to improper jurisdiction then you... | 2016-05-30 16:32:07 | 4 | Miscellaneous Legal Query | 40,138 |
Hiring expensive Lawyers in a will contest | Hi I m in Singapore and under UK laws without a jury system. The contestants have hired a “famous lawyer”. According to my lawyer we have the moral and legal high ground a supporting LPA document with medical notes a Last will with medical notes and it s unlikely that we should have any issues. Their last will is... | 2020-03-05 07:11:47 | 6 | No. All that means is that the contestants are probably being charged more money for the retainer fee to hire him and probably also being charged a higher hourly fee. Have confidence in YOUR attorney. Ask him to show you examples of successfull will contests that are similar to the facts in your case. | 2020-03-14 22:48:11 | 2 | Family Estate Disputes | 128,612 |
Homeless people living on property | My grandparents have a veterinary hospital in Southern California that sits on a 3 acre plot of land in town. They have had issues with homeless people living on the property but recently a group of them have begun building a shelter for themselves on the edge of the property. Is there a proper way to get them out of t... | 2019-03-14 03:22:37 | 7 | First call the police and make a trespassing complaint. If you let them stay they will be protected by tenant laws and you will have to go through formal eviction proceedings. | 2019-03-14 03:26:14 | 19 | Miscellaneous Legal Query | 107,094 |
(Maryland DC suburb) Rental company thinks my lease is up in November. It ends this month. | So I rented this place in March of 2017. Little basement apartment that s perfect for me. Nice house in a quiet neighborhood at a bit cheaper than what you might think it would go for. My original agent was the owner s BIL. He called it quits last October. In November the owner contracted with a local rental compan... | 2018-03-18 19:24:56 | 78 | It s a rare day to come out with more than what you are entitled to when the other party makes an administrative mistake. Just be honest and show them your lease so they can correct their error. | 2018-03-18 19:55:51 | 77 | Landlord Lease Deposit Disputes | 79,301 |
Have I derived a citizenship from my parents? | I have resided in California for the past 10 years as a greencard holder and after reading [this](http: www.nolo.com legal-encyclopedia deriving-citizenship-through-parents-if-you-turn-18-after-february-27-2001.html) I wondered if I had derived a citizenship through my father. My parents were married when I was 8 ye... | 2016-01-16 18:04:43 | 8 | If one of your biological parent are us citizen or naturalized before you turned 18 then you became a citizen as well. If not then just file for citizenship since you should meet the requirements now anyways. | 2016-01-16 18:13:27 | 10 | Dual Citizenship Passport Issues | 31,724 |
My friend ended his life how to I give money to his kids? | My friend ended his life last night and I want to give his kids(< 7) money once they re 18 how do I go about this? My location is in the US. | 2018-08-22 17:32:35 | 15 | Talk to a financial advisor. You may end up giving it to them in 11 years (and keeping it aside in an interest-bearing account until then) but there are a number of options and the best choices will depend on how much money it is whether you might ever need that money yourself in the interim and a number of other f... | 2018-08-22 17:37:18 | 30 | Family Estate Disputes | 90,039 |
New Landlord raising rent by 24% in California | My landlord recently bought my old landlord s place during our lease. They tried to give us a move out incentive that was not worth it so we didn t take it. Now it is time for our lease to be renewed. The new landlord is looking to raise rent by $1K (from 3.1K to 4.1K). He said that his realtor is covering the rent i... | 2022-05-24 07:37:42 | 317 | AB1482 doesn t just cap the rent increase it also prevents the landlord from refusing to renew your lease without just cause. > 1946.2. (a) Notwithstanding any other law after a tenant has continuously and lawfully occupied a residential real property for 12 months the owner of the residential real property shall... | 2022-05-24 13:10:12 | 252 | Landlord Lease Deposit Disputes | 157,764 |
Mortgage company won t allow me to add my fiancé to the deed -- what are my options? | we live in Iowa. My mortgage company won t let me add her to my deed. We want this home to be OURS. We aren t getting married for another 1.5 years but we want to do this now? What are our options? Would a domestic partnership change anything? What can we do? EDIT: For those saying its a bad idea I didn t ask if it ... | 2015-01-06 18:28:54 | 11 | You can re-finance the house. On another note: This is a very very bad idea anyway. | 2015-01-06 18:34:43 | 58 | Mortgage Disputes After Divorce | 12,255 |
Building Manager is trying to get me (a resident) to register for a small business license in a live work unit. | I have lived in my apartment in San Francisco for just over 8 years. I love my apartment and have done everything I can to be a responsible tenant. I always pay my rent on time I keep communal spaces and equipment that I use clean I report security incidents take care of my apartment the whole shebang. The buil... | 2020-01-25 19:28:56 | 27 | Sounds like the building manager no longer has any more residents who fulfill the “work” requirements of the live work unit and he s trying to rectify that by having you sign up for a business license. His problem not yours. Don t do it if you don t want to. | 2020-01-25 19:56:00 | 39 | Landlord Lease Deposit Disputes | 126,533 |
Quit my telemarketing job was told I d receive all my monthly bonuses on the final pay cheque. Now I ve received an email stating I won t get ANY of it because I am no longer employed there. | Worked for a TERRIBLE data company in Toronto was told by the operations manager I d receive all my bonuses on my last pay cheque (~$700). They sent back an email with something I apparently signed stating I don t receive any of my bonus if I m not employed there. What bothers me is that the operations manager told ... | 2021-05-28 12:30:01 | 154 | While they call it a “bonus” you are more accurately being paid a sales commission since the sales criteria and commission rates were communicated upfront. You should be entitled to money owed and I would push them to pay. Best solution is to file a complaint with the Ministry of Labour to recoup lost wages. - I don... | 2021-05-28 18:47:27 | 74 | Unpaid Sign-On Bonus Dispute | 145,936 |
Is my son s future over? | My son made a very stupid choice and harassed a girl online. From my understanding he met a girl online on a dating site sent her a bunch of messages all of which she ignored. A few times she blocked him and he made a new account. He then found her on Facebook and told her a few tips on how to make herself a little ... | 2015-02-05 19:26:07 | 37 | > Naturally he wants to take this to trial where he stands to make another 8k Yes your lawyer will get paid more if he goes to trial. That s true of any lawyer. If your lawyer advises you to take this to trial you should either listen or find a new lawyer. No attorney is going to recommend taking a case to ... | 2015-02-05 19:28:22 | 49 | Miscellaneous Legal Query | 13,270 |
Filed a claim on a ring found it 2 years later. Can I sell it? | So just like the title says I filed an insurance claim on my old wedding set that I thought had been stolen in a move. Now 2 years later I ve found it after another move. I was planning to sell it when a friend mentioned it could be seen as insurance fraud. What can I do in these circumstances? It was an honest m... | 2015-06-26 00:35:18 | 12 | Call the insurance company and tell them you found it. They will tell you what to do after that. If you keep the insurance and sell the ring that does indeed sound like insurance fraud. | 2015-06-26 01:34:22 | 21 | Engagement Ring Issues Resolutions | 19,039 |
My school saying I owe 20k by end of the month. I am on F-1 Visa in the USA the school was charging me in-state tuition and now notified me that I was supposed to be paying out-of-state. | I am in my 4th year at my college and had my F-1 Visa in the USA for 3 years. My first year of college I was a dependent on my parents E-2 Visa but had to switch to F-1. The school has been charging me in-state tuiton and recently notified me saying they made a mistake and that I was supposed to be paying out-of-state... | 2017-09-06 17:30:39 | 113 | You ll need to get a student loan to cover the money. Work with your school s financial aid to try and secure the money as quickly as you can. Bottom line you owe the money unfortunately. You can try to ask the bursar (person in charge of the money) to give you an extended deadline due to the amount of money and t... | 2017-09-06 17:34:17 | 124 | Student Financial Aid Challenges | 66,241 |
Would I face legal trouble if I wrote a play parodying characters from High School Musical? | Hi reddit this is sort of a silly question but I still thought I would ask. I m part of a small theater club on my campus. We put on student-written works usually comedic. We don t charge for our performances (we get our funding from alumni). I was thinking of writing a play along the lines of A High School Music... | 2016-11-18 23:05:56 | 6 | Not without getting approval from the copyright holder (Disney if I m not mistaken). It would be a derivative work not a parody. Disney will likely license you the rights to your show but you may not like the price. But there isn t a company on earth more protective of their IP or more willing to file a lawsuit o... | 2016-11-18 23:45:32 | 4 | Copyright Issues on YouTube | 48,988 |
[New Mexico] My boss sends out our new schedules only a day before they are implimented | I have been working at this job for over one year but we recently got a new manager. Every month we are given a new schedule. Our old manager would give us our new schedules at least a week in advance. But our new manager routinely gives us our new schedules the day before or even the day of (the worst was when it was ... | 2014-07-31 20:23:04 | 5 | it s legal. there are no laws requiring how far in advance you must be scheduled to work. | 2014-07-31 20:40:03 | 7 | Miscellaneous Legal Query | 9,202 |
My Friend is Autistic | Wisconsin US He is high functioning autistic he doesn t seem to understand verbal ques very well but he has a job and still interacts and understands the world. He is 19 but when he turned 18 his mother (who might I add is definitely a helicopter parent) got it so that she is still his legal parent saying he s... | 2019-03-25 13:54:56 | 7 | It sounds like his mother has guardianship of him. He would need to petition the courts to end that guardianship. | 2019-03-25 14:25:32 | 12 | Miscellaneous Legal Query | 107,892 |
How do I avoid any libel charges here? | I m trying to write a book about a store I used to work at. It was a pretty high profile case where the owner was forced to step down and the employees ostensibly rallied behind him and went on strike until he was reinstated. They played it off as the employees standing up for a member of the “family”. in the book I ... | 2017-07-07 13:49:20 | 31 | You re going after an incredibly litigious cousins who hate each other and tried to burn down their grandfather s legacy over profit. Don t try to make an expose on them that won t work out well. | 2017-07-07 14:28:59 | 32 | Miscellaneous Legal Query | 62,463 |
Can a leasing association have the police force you to remove cameras? Told to remove surveillance cameras. No official doc received. | Trying to figure out if this sudden punishment of no surveillance cameras is because one landlord (NOT MY LANDLORD)suddenly decided to complain every single day to leasing association therefore these new rules that I am violating are made up (even though I e had the camera up for years) (also can a leasing association ... | 2022-01-15 04:45:24 | 15 | This isn t really a police issue but you are wrong here. Your lease entitled you to use of your apartment it doesn t allow you to mount a camera outside of the apartment. You can get a peephole one that stay in your unit but you can have your property in common areas (i.e. everything outside the door to your unit). Ju... | 2022-01-15 07:06:49 | 14 | Privacy and Surveillance Rights | 153,378 |
[Washington State] Man shoplifted in a city an hour away from me while I was at work. I received an arraignment summons today | Deleting details thanks for advice! Lawyering up for sure. | 2016-08-03 06:55:33 | 56 | You should absolutely get a lawyer | 2016-08-03 07:01:44 | 89 | Miscellaneous Legal Query | 43,596 |
My friend [NY] just got his probation transferred from Steuben County to Queens. Now they re saying he may need to wear an ankle bracelet | So my friend has been on probation for 2 years and 2 months while living upstate. He just got permission to have his probation transferred to NYC where he is now living and working as of 2 weeks ago. He spoke to his new probation officer and they said that they re planning on having him wear an ankle bracelet (not ... | 2019-05-07 07:42:09 | 5 | If he s not been a problem throughout his probation he should calmly talk to his officer about it and how he is more than willing to comply with any of their rules however he has reason to believe that if he were required to wear a monitoring device his employer would likely terminate him and that would create proble... | 2019-05-07 16:16:01 | 3 | Legal Issues in Bail Cases | 111,052 |
[Washington] My last apartment complex is trying to charge me to replace the entire floor due to two damaged floor boards. | http: imgur.com a gvqYf Above are the photos they sent me of the damage. For scale the nick in the floor in the first photo is about a half inch long. The second photo shows raising on another panel that was the result of a liquid spill that I mopped and let air dry. According to them if one panel is damaged the... | 2016-07-16 00:09:37 | 18 | Dispute this it sounds very dishonest to me. I m NAL. That looks like laminate flooring to me. All I see is normal wear and tear. If it is laminate flooring then they do not have to replace the entire floor. http: homeguides.sfgate.com replace-laminate-floor-board-middle-floor-37327.html The landlord has a duty ... | 2016-07-16 00:45:21 | 29 | Landlord Lease Deposit Disputes | 42,570 |
Adverse possession questions | Hey guys I asked some adverse possession questions over in r RealEstate: https: np.reddit.com r RealEstate comments 599auy another_adverse_possession_post . Someone suggested I post over here as well to see what advice I d get from a lawyer. Original post: > I know this has come up a few times so I apologize... | 2016-10-25 14:36:56 | 5 | I am a lawyer. I m not your lawyer. I m not licensed to practice in PA. 1. If he does intend to claim it he d likely do so by building a fence. That said he doesn t need to build something to make the claim. Anytime he thought he had met the elements of adverse possession in PA he could file suit to quiet title. 2. ... | 2016-10-25 15:44:49 | 4 | Neighbor Property Line Fence | 47,731 |
Landlord disclosed record to employer | So recently I was applying for housing in California in which the landlady has us do a pretty intense background check. She called 2 current past landlords employers and references each. We had to sign the papers allowing her to do a background and credit check as well. In my background check she found that I had pr... | 2019-12-10 12:50:34 | 36 | There s a lot here and I can t answer specifically but: 1) under the FCRA background checks have an end user. That s where the report stops when performed by a consumer reporting agency (background check company) 2) CA has strengthened the FCRA under civil code 1786. Performing your own background check and gatherin... | 2019-12-10 17:35:31 | 14 | Questionable Arrest Circumstances and Legal Representation | 124,156 |
Massachusetts subletting situation. Owner s wife rented a room to me without Owner s consent. | Two weeks ago I found a nice room in a house on craigslist to rent out for a month and went to the location to check it out. The lady was nice and offered me a good deal in a nice house in a nice neighborhood. I have been living at this new place for a week and I found out yesterday that she was renting his husband s... | 2017-08-07 14:17:13 | 24 | I d find another place and let him give you back the money you paid. You re there illegally. Granted you didn t know this but that doesn t matter in terms of the owner. He can evict you without giving you the money back. You would have to go after the wife to get your money. It could end up a long and drawn out proces... | 2017-08-07 14:32:42 | 29 | Landlord Lease Deposit Disputes | 64,338 |
Emotional support “parking spot” | I m on the board of our condo association (don t shoot me we are trying to be one of the good boards). Each condo unit has a 1-car garage and a spot in front of their unit. Spots are not reserved. 60 units in our complex. CC& Rs say plainly that an owner can park only one car in front. A 2nd car must be parked... | 2019-12-10 23:22:23 | 4,693 | So a couple things are not clear here. First in order to get an accomodation they need to have a disability. Both anxiety and claustrophobia could be disabling but are not always. The other question is why they cannot park on the road. If you re planning to deny the request you should consult a lawyer though. | 2019-12-10 23:28:15 | 2,770 | Parking Space Disputes | 124,191 |
Unionizing | Just had a short question. We are thinking of unionizing at a hospital I work at and the director is removing the propaganda we post in the break room. I thought we had the legal right to do this if posted during our break and out of the work place? Any suggestions? In New Mexico | 2020-07-14 02:51:54 | 15 | Not a lawyer but work in a hospital in management. If the hospital system has policies limiting what can be posted in break rooms or on bulletin boards they can remove things that don t conform to the policy. For example our bulletin boards can have announcements about education classes department meetings docum... | 2020-07-14 03:33:35 | 8 | Wage Discussion Rights | 134,173 |
Landlord Renovating Kitchen (VA) | I live in an complex with a few apartments. I signed my current lease in July and now my landlord wants to renovate the kitchen. He said the construction should only take two weeks but I won t be able to access the kitchen at all during the construction. Te renovation will take place during the day which is a proble... | 2014-11-17 19:09:58 | 10 | I was in a similar situation. I knew that by law I didn t have to allow the renovations so I didn t. The only solution to which I would agree was a hotel for the time my unit was being renovated. The management company didn t agree to those terms so they were forced to renovate upon expiration of my lease. Like you ... | 2014-11-17 20:10:35 | 12 | Landlord Lease Deposit Disputes | 11,033 |
Illegal to Talk About Tips? | My manager sent out a message to our team of bartenders saying that discussing tips was strictly prohibited. I know that they re technically not wages but does that mean he can say we can t discuss tips? | 2022-05-22 20:52:57 | 25 | Legally speaking he cannot stop you guys from talking about it tips are considered a wage under federal law. Also if he s telling you guys this is a pretty good chance he s stealing your guys tips. | 2022-05-22 20:58:58 | 100 | Unfair Tip Practices in Restaurants | 157,700 |
In Contract To Purchase House in CA. In contract Requested New Roof New Gutters. Work was performed but by unlicensed person and without permits bad work. | I am in contract and we requested a new roof and new gutters. After they were finished we find out that they were done with an unlicensed person and without permits. We obviously assumed that things would be done legit. I am hiring an inspector to come out to see that roof and tell us his opinion and sellers suppo... | 2017-03-03 01:50:19 | 20 | IANAL ama a homeowner. Your contract would specify if a licensed contractor was required. Read it if you chose not to require that as part of the repairs you aren t in a position to add rules later. That said you may have a leg to stand on with the lack of permits. Inspections are smart but voluntary. They don t o... | 2017-03-03 02:40:21 | 7 | Roofing Scams Investigation | 55,363 |
Dying mother & squatters please help | If I leave any crucial information out please feel free to ask me more about it just a lot going on. So my family has a house in Oregon. My parents divorced and my sisters I and my father moved to Texas and got a new house my father let my mother stay in the house and is still paying it off. My mother is a heav... | 2017-05-10 16:15:03 | 20 | They aren t squatters they are tenants. You would have to follow the established process to remove them and be prepared to go to court to evict them if they don t leave. | 2017-05-10 16:23:27 | 30 | Miscellaneous Legal Query | 59,250 |
[CA] 3 Day Pay or Quit for being one day late on rent? | So I m in a 12 month lease renting an apartment in Kern County California. Every month according to the lease rent is to be paid from the 1st to the 5th of every month. This month I havent paid rent yet due to the fact that my employer is behind on paying me so I m basically broke until then. This morning I wake up... | 2019-03-06 23:48:24 | 6 | They can serve you the notice the first day that you are delinquent. There is no 30 day waiting period in California. | 2019-03-06 23:49:50 | 9 | Landlord Lease Deposit Disputes | 106,523 |
I think my job may be committing health insurance fraud | Hi Everybody I work for an urgent care office that owns multiple locations. They are currently billing for services performed at one location using another locations address and contracts. I m certain this is fraud but they assure me it isnt. Anyone have any insight? | 2019-11-07 13:17:21 | 10 | What do you mean by contracts? Our tax-id at our hospital is tied to 10 different locations for the hospital doctors clinics. My doctors have two or three locations but their NPI TAXID are the same. | 2019-11-07 13:29:11 | 8 | Medical Billing Disputes and Fraud | 122,484 |
Girlfriends brother stole my car and crashed it | So me and my girlfriend woke up this morning at 6 am to the police at our door informing us that my car had been stolen and crashed by her 21yo brother. He has been arrested for a duii but claims that we gave him permission to use the car. Our insurance is cutting us off and the impound lot is refusing to give the ca... | 2021-07-24 17:07:36 | 36 | Go down to the police station and ask to just file a report just to file. They don t have to arrest him for the car theft just file. The impound yard thing makes no sense though. What are they saying exactly? And why isn t insurance helping does he live with your girlfriend? | 2021-07-24 17:11:35 | 56 | Insurance Denial Car Accidents | 148,077 |
[TX] Squatters on the property next to mine are parking boats cars and 18 wheelers on my property. When the towing company shows up they always have someone there to run out and claim they own it and the tow compant is SOL | Apparently if the owner is at the vehicle the tow company cant do anything unless its hooked up enough to safely tow away. I know for a fact they do not own some of the vehicles because they rent them out truck drivers. What are my options? | 2019-12-04 00:11:52 | 455 | As a property owner you have the right to have unwanted vehicles removed from your property regardless of whether the owner is near the vehicle. It may be tow company policy not to tow with the owner present but if you contact the police and report them for trespassing you may get somewhere. You could also check into ... | 2019-12-04 01:00:03 | 487 | Parking Space Disputes | 123,840 |
Daycare dislocated daughter s arm twice in one year | So my daughter has been at this particular daycare for a little under two years. Earlier this year there was an incident where my daughter s elbow was dislocated while at daycare but the daycare people failed to see that something was wrong. Three hours later after I came home my daughter was screaming in pain and a... | 2017-06-29 14:58:43 | 120 | Its called nurse maids elbow and is very common. My sister had it and woukd dislocate it ALL THE TIME. I remember playing ring around the rosy and bam her shoulder elbow was out. The point is the other kids may be causing it. The only problem I see is the teachers aids not recognizing it sooner. | 2017-06-29 16:17:55 | 163 | School Bullying and Administrative Neglect | 62,018 |
My mom may have lost the house we live in and they said she needs to get a lawyer. What type of lawyer do we need? | Long story short she wasn t able to make full payments they wouldn t accept partial payments and now the house may not even belong to her anymore. Idk what type of lawyer to get. I m so stressed I feel sick. What do I do and how can we fix this? She ignored legal documents and even got served papers. She lied to me ... | 2022-11-01 17:34:53 | 246 | You can talk to a real estate attorney. But if the house has already been sold there really isn t much you can do | 2022-11-01 17:36:54 | 245 | Miscellaneous Legal Query | 163,154 |
Theft of dirt | Where can I find information about theft of dirt from my property? I cannot seem to find much information on this topic and I am in need of being pointed in a possible direction. I had about 104 tons of dirt(fill dirt) removed from my property by a Trenching company. The head of the local family owned company admit... | 2022-12-02 06:15:04 | 5 | If the police aren t going to do anything about it then your recourse is to sue. What s the value of the dirt $1500 on the high end? Small claims court is your remedy here. | 2022-12-02 06:25:10 | 3 | Miscellaneous Legal Query | 163,949 |
Do i have any kind of rights here? | Sooo my now ex girlfriend recently kicked me out of where we were staying maybe four days after I had given her and the landlord rent money. Now all my stuff is by the door my dog is there with her and I ve been couch surfing with friends and getting cabs to work. I m living in North Carolina and am just curious if... | 2018-12-14 18:25:39 | 7 | Yes you are a resident and you have to be evicted in order to be barred from the premises. Tell the police via non-emergency line you are being illegally barred from your rental property and they can help you get in. | 2018-12-14 18:27:56 | 17 | Service Dog Pet Limit | 99,618 |
Signing parental rights over for adoption. | Hello. I am looking for any kind of advice on this subject though i m fairly sure that as a father I know how this is going to end up. & #x200B My ex- wife and I have been divorced for 3 years. Never had any problems or fights and basically kept everything civil for our son. About a year ago she accidentally ... | 2019-04-30 17:20:08 | 7 | > Now she s telling me I either pay more or she s giving me the option to sign my rights over to have her husband adopt. Never take legal advice from your opponent. > She s told me they will change his name and he is already calling him dad . Family courts tend to frown on deliberate parental alienation s... | 2019-04-30 17:30:35 | 12 | Miscellaneous Legal Query | 110,565 |
(CA) Our landlord is giving us until Sunday to leave the apartment for construction he let us know last night. He is also attempting to make me share a room with 2 other people for housing accommodations when I pay for my own room. | Hello I was just wondering about what I should do about a situation which I have been put in to. Due to some unforeseen damages in the apartment that are NOT caused by us (the tenants) we are required to leave for 1 month during the duration of the construction. My landlord let us know last night at 10:30PM that we... | 2016-10-14 16:03:05 | 305 | OP- It seems reasonable that if you re renting an X bedroom Y bathroom condo from your landlord that you would expect the landlord to provide you with equivalent accommodations during the renovations. I would have a polite but firm conversation with the LL telling him you expect equivalent accommodations and that [t... | 2016-10-14 16:24:49 | 193 | Landlord Lease Deposit Disputes | 47,159 |
Landlord wants our refund checks to pay the bill that the utility company state of NY billed him on because he didn t separate the gas (NY) | So we ve been dealing with this whole shared meter situation ever since our landlord bought the home in 2020. He recently called me to say that the 1st floor bill will be changing to his name now (finally) he wanted it to be on our name even though we didn t live there. At first I thought nothing of it but then he sa... | 2022-10-29 18:43:01 | 16 | He can t evict you over this. He can t force you to hand over a check the government refunded you because he inappropriately took money from you in the first place. His running an illegal duplex is his problem. He s a POS. Make plans to move out when the lease is up but stop letting this POS treat you like a POS. | 2022-10-29 19:33:53 | 19 | Electricity Bill Payment Issues | 163,069 |
(TX) My wife and her brother are selling their mother s house. | The mother passed away about a month ago she was staying in an assisted living facility since early 2018. House is paid for taxes and insurance are up to date but the realtor says there could be a tax issue because the mother did not stay in the house during 2019. What could the issue be? | 2019-10-18 02:46:17 | 5 | She s warning them about the capital gains tax. If the home was not her primary residence during any part of 2019 her estate could be hit with the capital gains tax on appreciation. | 2019-10-18 02:53:07 | 8 | Family Estate Disputes | 121,437 |
Ex and her boyfriend are making sexual assult rape accusations against me | throwaway for obvious reasons this is taking place in PA Also lots of text backstory About two weeks ago I was informed by a friend that an ex girlfriend of mine who is currently dating one of my roommates had texted her asking for some personal information (school email was unclear about more) to file a report a... | 2016-03-13 02:26:09 | 17 | Cut off contact with them. Don t answer any texts calls emails etc. If the police show up decline to speak with them and retain a lawyer. If you are arrested assert your right to remain silent and ask for a lawyer. | 2016-03-13 04:09:37 | 37 | Rape Accusation and Legal Complication | 35,459 |
I need help removing a “tenant” I let live with me for free because they were down on their luck. Now I can t get them out and the law doesn t seem to be in my favor. | Cross post: first time doing this: [landlord US-VA]Ok. So I currently rent a 4 bedroom home with my 2 kids. Long story short I told a girl I knew in middle school that she could stay with me a few months for free. No lease. Well things didn t work out I m sure she stole my prescriptions and her daughter who was o... | 2017-11-27 02:06:32 | 9 | Congrats you done fucked up. You need to give her a written notice to quite per your state s LL Tenant laws. in VA that s a 30 day notice to quit. In writing. AFTER that you can take her to court to evict her. Before then you cannot remove her from the property. Practically you may be better off offering her a su... | 2017-11-27 02:12:41 | 26 | Landlord Lease Deposit Disputes | 71,759 |
I am the primary custodian of my son (8) who goes to visit his dad every other holiday and half the summer. I m wondering if I could get full custody if he is now apart of a religious racist hate group. | I reside in Georgia my sons father resides in North Carolina. My son is mixed. His dad is black. I am white. He is now apart of the BHI and listens to radical teachings in front of my son and apparently does Bible study with him when he is down there. This is a new thing but I feel that it is very detrimental to my son... | 2020-12-29 22:40:12 | 110 | Custody and visitation are two separate things. You can probably ask for and get full legal custody. But he can also ask for and get the same visitation he has now. Trying to deny him visits is a sure way to drag it out in court and cost a lot of money for both of you. It s do-able but it s likely to escalate the ... | 2020-12-30 01:30:43 | 143 | Custody and Visitation Disputes | 140,863 |
[US-MA] auto insurance company claimed to represent my mom tried to get a recorded statement from me regarding an accident I was not involved in. When I found out they were not my mom s insurance company I stopped replying to them and now they are harassing me on my phone at home and at work. | I got a voicemail at work from an insurance company in late July this summer saying that they were calling in regards to an auto accident that happened in mid July. I freaked out because as far as I had known my car had not been in an accident however several family members had been borrowing my car and maybe they ha... | 2017-10-19 14:01:23 | 19 | Are you sure they re actually with an insurance company? Because no insurance company would do that. It sounds more like these are the other people involved in the collision who think that they are going to trick you into admitting liability so that they can get some money. I d try to find out exactly who they are a... | 2017-10-19 14:10:11 | 28 | Insurance Denial Car Accidents | 68,944 |
Am I liable for injury to passengers in my POV? | I attend a community college in SoCal and had some questions regarding whether or not I am liable for injuries to persons in my vehicle other than myself. The situation is as follows: The honors society at my jr. college require that you fulfill some criteria to get a notation on your transcript indicating that you b... | 2015-09-11 04:16:51 | 5 | Anyone can sue anyone at any time. Seriously all it takes to initiate a lawsuit is a petition and a filing fee. That said yes your passengers could sue you as the driver in the case of an accident. They could sue any other drivers involved in the accident as well. They could also sue anyone else that might be abl... | 2015-09-11 04:41:17 | 5 | Miscellaneous Legal Query | 23,865 |
Business partner asking for settlement VA | Here is a messy situation. Had a new start up corporation with a partner who came in with no money or contract. Agreed to split with him 50 50 once we were up and running. There were no papers signed or official documents released. There were email correspondence with our CPA saying he would get 50%. He is no longer wi... | 2015-10-21 15:09:31 | 6 | It sounds like he s claiming 50% because you agreed to give him 50%. That makes sense. If you think that something about the circumstances means you shouldn t have to do what you promised you ll need to either negotiate a smaller settlement or consult a lawyer to review your options. | 2015-10-21 16:27:02 | 2 | Business Partner Financial Misconduct | 26,512 |
PayPayl is hoping for a judgment against me 7 years after PayPal Buyer Credit (PayPal credit card) went unpaid. | In college I maxed out my PayPal credit card ($1 000). I never paid anything towards it and at the beginning of the year this item fell off my credit report. I m now getting calls from a company representing them threatening litigation and judgements against me. It s been seven years since this was first reported on m... | 2016-04-01 20:55:47 | 6 | Whoever issued the card (and it probably wasn t paypal directly) would normally indicate which states law would apply. Having said that I would suggest you look up tolling . | 2016-04-01 21:01:46 | 6 | Debt Collection Legal Issues | 36,657 |
What to do about SO s dad s embarrassing site? | Throwaway for obvious reasons. When my SO was a child they were kidnapped by non-custodial father. Many issues on both sides of parentage had to hideout with dad for years ended up on television as missing and exploited child. Really messed them up. SO has a very unique and beautiful full name googled looking for a... | 2017-07-21 13:42:27 | 259 | It s generally not illegal to publish true facts about someone even if it s embarrassing or regarding a minor. The best option for you SO is to work on SEO to get the website lower in the rankings. Honestly they might want to consider changing their name as well. | 2017-07-21 13:56:57 | 267 | Miscellaneous Legal Query | 63,267 |
Father is making Death Threats against My mother and her family for money they don t owe him he s gone insane and has lost it please help.[US](dont upvote) | My pos father is making death threats against my mother and her brothers we have those threats on record he has also bought a gun and may do something at any given moment We are in texas and he is definitely not mentally sane enough to be owning one. what is the proper course of action to take my mom is separated fr... | 2017-12-03 07:41:49 | 6 | > what is the proper course of action Seriously? You have death threats. Active threats recorded made by someone with a gun and may do something at any given moment . And you have no clue what to do. Just gobsmacked for options. Nothing at all comes to mind. Fucking call the police. The police. The peo... | 2017-12-03 07:45:48 | 53 | Family Abuse and Safety | 72,200 |
[California] Neighbor has security camera aimed on my driveway | My nuisance neighbor has set up a security camera on a pole in his yard adjacent to my long driveway. It s pointed directly at my driveway. I don t know the camera s field of view but it appears to not even see his own yard only my driveway. It may also be able to see my gate access keypad. I put up a sign on a ... | 2018-03-15 03:02:07 | 22 | > What can I do? Continue to live life. Assuming your driveway is in plain view of the public you don t have any legal recourse. You can ask the neighbor to stop. | 2018-03-15 03:08:22 | 40 | Privacy and Surveillance Rights | 79,058 |
Paid for a product received an item not as described by a retailer. Receipt says no refunds. What do I do? | Hi reddit hopefully you are able to help me with this. Recently I went to a mall near my area (Massachusetts but live in CT) and was pulled in to a booth where I was demo d sone hair products and a flat iron. The flat iron was advertised by the salesperson as a Steam Iron Curler and hair dryer all in one. He tes... | 2019-01-14 01:36:11 | 9 | Make an attempt to resolve it with the merchant. If they are unwilling to make it right and you paid with a credit card you can pursue a dispute with your credit card company. | 2019-01-14 01:43:25 | 17 | Fraudulent transactions via hacked account | 102,183 |
Oregon have not received final paycheck from ex-employer. It s been 9 months. | So I previously worked at a food retail place place over the summer and quit back in August 2013. I have not received my final paycheck nor any form of contact from my ex-employer other than getting my W2 form hand delivered from a different employee there. I waited for my paycheck to come in the mail for months and e... | 2014-05-13 01:17:18 | 8 | You can file an unpaid wages claim. Complete the information as best you can. http: www.oregon.gov boli whd Pages w_whhowinf.aspx | 2014-05-13 01:20:26 | 2 | Paycheck Payment Delays | 7,290 |
Help! Sister gave away my identity. | My sister stole my mother s notebook or went through it and my found personal information she s had saved then took that to her friends house where her friend and boyfriend stole almost 5k from my account completely draining it. Opened up phone plans and spent thousands on mobile phone casino games. Do I have any leg... | 2021-06-05 03:26:36 | 11 | Your sister didn t give away your identity she stole it. That s a crime Make a police report cooperate with the investigation and ask that she be charged for the crime she committed. Dispute all charges and provide the police report. Restitution can be ordered by the judge if she is convicted. | 2021-06-05 03:43:38 | 26 | Miscellaneous Legal Query | 146,244 |
[GA] Strange letter in the mail about unemployment? | So I moved from FL to GA within the last two weeks and because of that I m currently out of work. Yesterday I finally managed to log onto Florida s unemployment website and file a claim. That s all well and good but the very same day I received two letters in the mail from the Georgia Department of Labor saying that ... | 2020-04-03 15:17:35 | 17 | Look up the GA Unemployment number and call them. | 2020-04-03 15:18:22 | 10 | Miscellaneous Legal Query | 129,915 |
My mom is interested in giving her employees an incentive to vote but she s worried it might not be legal. Can she do that? (TX) | My mom owns a small company (< 15 employees) and is interested in encouraging them to vote. She s not going to encourage them to vote one way or another but she wants to give them a really small bonus if they bring home an I voted sticker. One or two of her employees are ex felons who might not be done with probat... | 2018-10-15 16:24:48 | 138 | It s illegal. It would not be illegal to for example give everyone a paid day off on the 6th. | 2018-10-15 16:44:15 | 400 | Miscellaneous Legal Query | 94,280 |
Does stating IANAL really protect from liability? | Could you even be held liable for giving advice on this sub? USA. | 2016-01-24 16:45:07 | 6 | No one is liable for giving advice on this sub. Its for informational purposes only. | 2016-01-24 16:51:28 | 13 | Miscellaneous Legal Query | 32,280 |
South Carolina- Driveway on neighbors property? | My husband and I live next to his parents. My husband bought a house about 4ish 5 years ago from his Aunt. His parents bought the lot next to him which was also owned by his Aunt about 3 years ago and built a house on it. This week they had an asphalt parking space put in at the top of our driveways connecting the ... | 2017-01-27 23:56:27 | 5 | Unless he had a survey done I don t think you have a particular reason to assume he has any clue what he is talking about. I m going to look it up but I think even if the property was originally part of your in-laws lot you may have some [adverse possession](https: www.nolo.com legal-encyclopedia adverse-possession... | 2017-01-28 00:01:14 | 4 | Neighbor Property Line Fence | 53,045 |
Can the police charge the family member who claims body for an autopsy whom they killed? | Lane County Oregon USA. Not my family but friend had a relative get shot and killed by the police but when they contacted the police the body was already moved to a morticians. Apparently they want $ for the autopsy and the cremation. Is this SOP? | 2013-11-23 18:09:52 | 7 | First my condolences for your loss. Yes you ll have to pay for an autopsy and transport. Autopsies are paid for by the state when the cause or manner of death is in question. Sounds like he got shot to death by police case closed. Source: licensed funeral director in AL. Edit: yes they will have to cover the cos... | 2013-11-23 19:17:05 | 16 | Miscellaneous Legal Query | 4,440 |
Buying a Condo in California - Seller is being suspivious | HAHAHA: Title meant to say suspicious but suspivious sounds better Good evening redditors I have a small question. Almost a month ago I put an offer on a condo and the seller has accepted my offer. During an initial look at the place the listing agent had said squatters came to the house since it was empty and had ... | 2016-01-07 21:20:33 | 18 | Buyers moving in early before closing and sellers moving out after closing both happen. It s not usually because of squatters though. You just need a lawyer to draft what is essentially a lease to cover the period you ll be occupying the house before closing. You can arrange any terms you want but you should probably ... | 2016-01-07 22:31:27 | 12 | Real Estate Purchase Challenges | 31,183 |
Told I Had To Move Out in 20 Days By New York Law... Is This Legal? | [New York State] I just moved into a room I rented in a house on February 5th. I met with the woman a few days before to view the place and we spent a couple of hours talking to see if it would work out between us. We agreed it would and everything was going good (as far as I could tell) until tonight. When she and he... | 2018-02-14 01:44:47 | 25 | Do you have any kind of lease or rental agreement? | 2018-02-14 06:05:06 | 10 | Landlord Lease Deposit Disputes | 77,141 |
Custody of my daughter | If i go to court for custody of my daughter and i ask them to drug test my ex girlfriend will they? I know she does get plastered around her and she smokes weed and there was atleast one time i knew she had done lsd around her. She doesnt live with me and neither does our daughter. My daughter mainly stays with her sh... | 2019-01-19 08:31:14 | 7 | Fuck yeah you can use that. You *should* use that. | 2019-01-19 08:32:39 | 13 | Miscellaneous Legal Query | 102,663 |
Husband s Grandma just passed away and she still has a $50 000 debt to the IRS and a $130 000 mortgage on her house. Her dying wishes were to keep the house. | [Texas] My husbands grandma refinanced her $200 000 home at 80 years old to pay bills when she was in a spot of financial trouble. She passed away at 87 this week and still owes the IRS $50 000 and approx. $130 000 on the mortgage. Her main wish when she was sick in the hospital was to keep the house. My husbands mot... | 2019-09-09 15:27:14 | 146 | The IRS is going to get their money before anybody else does you can count on that. It s owed to the US government. As mentioned you may be able to take a home equity loan to pay off the IRS. > are going to do everything they can to keep it. Does that everything include paying 50 000 to the IRS? Because that s wh... | 2019-09-09 15:33:55 | 272 | Family Estate Disputes | 119,323 |
Brother refuses to return my car to me after 2 years please help! | This is a long one so forgive me. This is a bit more complicated (I think) than the title implies. Backstory my brother and I (both in our 20s living in California) do freelance work together in the winter months that requires quite a lot of equipment. Due to the fact that I had a second job one particular year and w... | 2021-06-16 11:04:18 | 22 | If you have keys just go take it. | 2021-06-16 11:20:19 | 46 | Car dealership title issue | 146,720 |
Can the governor override union contract and or pool resources of private hospitals during a crisis? | Edit for the bot: this is *not* a malpractice question although it has the word “malpractice” somewhere in there. I hope I can post this here. If not please let me know and I ll take it down. I m not sure anyone will know a definitive answer to this question so I m mostly seeking information about precedents and s... | 2020-03-30 11:22:53 | 8 | The Governor has power through the various state health agencies to order hospitals to operate in particular ways. He can issue those orders without regard to the contracts between the individual hospitals and their staff. If the hospitals decide to breach the contracts with the unions in order to follow the orders o... | 2020-03-30 12:02:16 | 10 | Miscellaneous Legal Query | 129,720 |
My sister s possibly gonna be charged with fraud. | So my father closed his resp account (that was for her school) and put the money in her account. Now the money in her account is supposed to go to school but it s to much like a LOT. She doesn t want it in her account so she wants to send it back to him will she get charged with fraud? Seeing as he sent her the money ... | 2019-09-23 21:36:26 | 8 | What s a resp account ? Why does it matter if she has too much money in her account ? Why isn t she going to pay the school? You re not going to get any help if you don t make it more clear what the situation is. | 2019-09-24 02:44:36 | 5 | Parental Misuse of College Savings | 120,075 |
Attempted auto insurance fraud (Glendale CA USA) | This accident took place in Glendale CA USA. Notorious for shit drivers and auto insurance fraud. I was driving down a road when a lady slammed her brakes in front of me (she went from 45-0 mph suddenly). I slammed my brakes but tapped her car maybe at .5mp or 1mph. There was no thud there was no damage to any o... | 2017-11-08 03:27:31 | 34 | Why wasn t the witness able to give a statement to the cops? Was a police report taken? If so I d provide the witness s contact info to the cops and request they contact her to get a statement. | 2017-11-08 03:42:05 | 28 | Insurance Denial Car Accidents | 70,339 |
Business owner in NJ fired woman working payroll because she was explaining the new state sick leave policy to the employees | This doesn t seem very legal to me but I m not entirely sure how it works considering New Jersey is an “at will” state. Can the business owner get fucked for this? Edit: also showed the owner that the employees legally don t have to pay the fee for direct deposit and explained that to the employees as well. I believe ... | 2019-01-08 19:43:29 | 307 | NJ does recognize a public policy exception to at-will employment it can be illegal to discipline or fire an employee if it contravenes public policy such as firing someone for making a workers comp claim or refusing to commit an illegal act. It s possible that if she was fired explicitly for advising employees of t... | 2019-01-08 20:40:06 | 200 | Miscellaneous Legal Query | 101,715 |
Owner of property is asking us to remove appliances and personal property none of which is covered in lease. How to we ensure we are not being taken advantage of? | My two apartment mates and I live in Los Angeles. Our experience with this landlord has been frustrating to say the least. We live in an old 1920s duplex that is super run down (minimal lighting in common areas minimal electrical outlets throughout entire house stair treads constantly falling off I could go on). We ... | 2019-06-23 13:42:11 | 60 | NAL don t live in CA .... but: 1. The idea that they would be able to evict you for \*not\* violating your lease in 3 months no less is laughable. 2. Don t give up on your security deposit. Hopefully you documented the condition of the place before you moved in. Make sure you document the condition when you leave.... | 2019-06-23 14:46:58 | 68 | Miscellaneous Legal Query | 114,198 |
Do I need to serve the conformed Copy of my answer? (WA) | I mailed (with tracking) my answer and notice of appearance to the plaintiffs attorney on Friday 10 25 19. My 20 days is up on 10 30. I took my original copies to the court this afternoon and filed them and had a copy date stamped. The clerk mentioned that I should have sent the “conformed” copies but it would be filed... | 2019-10-28 19:47:50 | 5 | > Do I need to serve the conformed Copy of my answer? Yes. > Did I screw up by not “serving” the conformed copy of my answer to the plaintiff? Yes. > Will my answer and notice appearance and service be contested? Impossible to answer. Your crystal ball is as good as ours. > Is there a way to remedy th... | 2019-10-28 19:52:03 | 2 | Debt Collection Legal Issues | 121,996 |
12 month deadline for filling Life Insurance claim has passed. Only told of claim 25 months after death. | My Uncle died in July of 2014. He was reclusive and avoided most people. He also did not leave a will. We were close when I was young and he was a decent guy troubled but a good man. I heard of his death through a social worker and removed his belongings from his suite. He had few no documents or papers and was q... | 2016-09-04 15:00:46 | 148 | The insurance beneficiary issue and the pension overpayment are two separate issues. Don t let the benefits administrator conflate them. You are in no way required to personally repay the overpayment. They can apply to the executor for that repayment. The insurance issue is tougher. I can absolutely see the company re... | 2016-09-04 18:39:51 | 56 | Family Estate Disputes | 45,143 |
Involved in a multi car accident with fatalities. I want to help all I can but I also want to protect myself. | California Just a warning this is extremely graphic. Over the weekend my boyfriend our friend and I went on a trip to the coast. We were driving back to Sacramento early in the morning when there was an accident. We were driving through a rural area on a highway going 65 and it was pitch black. From what I could... | 2021-03-22 17:00:42 | 20 | IAL but not in CA and not your lawyer. I suggest contacting your liability insurance prior to doing anything with your car including washing it and see if they want photographs with the remains intact. I would not contact the police with regards to this matter as frankly it isn t going to help you at all and it is... | 2021-03-22 17:43:05 | 43 | Miscellaneous Legal Query | 143,545 |
[TX] - Property management requires renters insurance but claims they don t accept insurance from the company I m trying to use | Dallas area though not inside of Dallas (working class suburb I d rather not get more specific at the moment). This is a large-ish property management company (think multi-state) based in the area and this is their largest property locally (possibly the largest they own). They require all tenants to carry at the ... | 2017-10-09 10:50:21 | 43 | Tell them firmly you are abiding by your lease and to leave you alone. | 2017-10-09 11:49:11 | 73 | Miscellaneous Legal Query | 68,248 |
[FL] What are my options regarding possible false advertising? | About 2 months ago my AC died. Our replacement mentioned and promised lots of things many of them included on the invoice and install proposal. We got a brand new everything: outdoor unit air handler in the garage the works. Among these promises were 2 in particular: 1. Duct work would be repaired and replaced whe... | 2018-09-25 16:47:30 | 6 | Sounds like point #1 was solved. Regarding point #2 what do the manufacturer s specs say for that model? | 2018-09-25 16:50:27 | 3 | Miscellaneous Legal Query | 92,603 |
Is there a law that stops a teacher from telling a student they can t go to the bathroom? | Is there a law this would fall under? Would be helpful thanks. Location: Maine | 2017-10-24 14:04:40 | 16 | ...Why is this flagged as business law? Edit: Oh. Oooooooh. I get it. Heh. It largely depends on the situation. Schools have pretty broad authority to discipline control the actions of students in their care. That authority does have limits. So every 15 minutes I gotta go trips that turn into 10 minutes out of c... | 2017-10-24 14:08:08 | 85 | Miscellaneous Legal Query | 69,272 |
Executor holding onto money? | Hi I don t expect a huge response to this but here it goes.. My grandmother passed away mid last year and this hit the family hard and we also live quite a distance from where she lived so when “the will” was read as expected my mum got the house etc (only child) however this is where things get complicated recently... | 2018-03-23 15:35:53 | 39 | it is real hard to force the hand of an executor. by the time you filed anything in court to complain that the executor was not doing due diligence she would likey have the money. In short it will be tough to make it go faster. | 2018-03-23 15:55:29 | 18 | Family Estate Disputes | 79,636 |
Lease has a list of restricted dog breeds want to get a breed not on the list but landlord says we cannot have that breed either | KY USA So basically my girlfriend and I are renters and we found a Newfoundland puppy that we wanted to get. We checked our lease which has a list of restricted breeds on it and Newfoundland is not on the list. We went ahead and paid a deposit on the puppy and then notified our landlord that we would be getting a do... | 2014-05-09 22:41:03 | 7 | Man how big IS your apartment. A newfie will fill it AND the unit next door up. | 2014-05-09 23:30:30 | 3 | Service Dog Pet Limit | 7,200 |
GFs dad came to our house to pick up the rest of his belongings but took more than what was his from our house. | After moving into my gf s childhood home to help her father after her mother s death (his wife) we spent four years living under his roof. Throughout those four years it became apparent that the dad is an extremely toxic human. We wanted to move out on year 3 as well as year 4 but he convinced my gf that he would sel... | 2020-09-13 09:41:26 | 32 | What did he take that wasn t his specifically? That value of those items will determine if you should take any further action. If you ve only lost minimal value items then consider it a cheap price to get rid of a toxic person. | 2020-09-13 09:48:30 | 23 | Miscellaneous Legal Query | 136,849 |
Government debt collection for something I don t owe. Have paperwork from the same government saying I don t owe anything. Doesn t matter to debt collectors. | Hello legal experts. I ll try to keep this short and to the facts. I m from Iowa. I served in the military for 11 years. Due to a soldier s inability to do his job I was unable to turn in my OCIE (Military gear) when I left the service. I turned in ALL OCIE later. I believe it was Jan 2015. I have documentati... | 2016-10-31 17:48:30 | 10 | Send a letter to them asking them to validate that you owe this debt. If they continue to harass you file a complaint under the [FDCPA](http: www.nolo.com legal-encyclopedia damages-fdcpa-violations.html) every time it happens. | 2016-10-31 17:53:40 | 10 | Debt Collection Legal Issues | 48,023 |
[Indiana] Car towed from apartment complex | I parked my car at a friend s apartment at 11:30pm last night at 1:45am it was towed away. When I called the company they stated it was due to having expired plates. The thing is my plates aren t expired. I talked to the property manager and they told me since I had proof my car should be released to me no problem. ... | 2022-05-06 12:33:12 | 16 | Do not do a chargeback that s fraud. If this is a tow company that has a contract to look over the lots and tow any car that is out of compliance you d sue them. If the apt complex authorized the tow you d sue them. That assumes your car was in compliance with everything. | 2022-05-06 12:43:22 | 29 | Unlawful Car Towing Issues | 156,952 |
question regarding renter s rights in CA | So i recently moved out of a three bedroom house where there were only two tenants (myself and a friend) where we were both going to college full-time. we both moved out about a month and a half ago due to completing school. Unfortunately I was unable to be present for the final walkthough of the house for any inspe... | 2013-07-26 00:54:55 | 6 | [Pages 53-63](http: www.dca.ca.gov publications landlordbook catenant.pdf) will explain this process as well or better than any of us can. Read that and feel free to return with any questions. | 2013-07-26 01:11:09 | 4 | Landlord Lease Deposit Disputes | 2,782 |
I got sued by a debt collector. | Around April of this year two lawsuits were filed against me for debt they claimed I owed totaling just over $3 000. I never received the certified mail but did receive notice by regular mail. I filed my answer with just days to spare and requested proof of debt. Approximately a week later I received a letter cl... | 2021-12-28 04:08:39 | 6 | If the case was recorded as dismissed with prejudice then it s over and done and cannot be re-filed. It sounds like the judge misspoke. | 2021-12-28 05:21:56 | 2 | Debt Collection Legal Issues | 152,763 |
My father passed away. I have some questions about my step-mother asking me to sign things over. | I m not actually sure what the relevant information would be for this so I guess I ll just list some that I think would be. I am my fathers only child. He never had any other children and my step-mother never had any children at all. We live in Louisiana. There s a few things going on so I I ll just start with t... | 2019-01-30 18:46:36 | 21 | > My step-mother wants me to sign an “act of donation” to put the house in just her name ... I do happen to be on food stamps and I have two small children to take care of Not necessarily legal advice but from a r personalfinance perspective you ought to force a sale of the house. Your father left you half of th... | 2019-01-30 19:08:30 | 52 | Family Estate Disputes | 103,592 |
My mom is having mental issues and is threatening to call the police. (NC) | My (16) mom has always had mental issues that she refuses to get treated for and it s been like that for about 12 years. She recently took my license plate for my car (car is under my name and I pay property tax she just pays for insurance) i have chosen to distance myself as much as I can from home and lock myself in ... | 2020-11-12 15:53:19 | 5 | Your mother can give the police permission to go into the house and into your room. I am sorry she is having mental issues but she is still your legal guardian and has the right to require you to unlock your door. | 2020-11-12 16:03:59 | 5 | Miscellaneous Legal Query | 139,297 |
Can I trademark a name that s in use in a non-competing location but has not been trademarked? Located in Iowa US | So I want to change the name of my martial arts academy. I have a name I want to use but there s already a few schools around the country that use that name. They are all several to many hours away from us so our areas are very unlikely to ever overlap. I don t intend to use this against them in any way. I just don ... | 2016-08-08 18:32:38 | 22 | Sure but if challenged you could lose it and waste your time. | 2016-08-08 18:36:34 | 6 | Trademark Infringement Resolution | 43,841 |
Teeth broken in car accident - other driver deemed at fault - insurance company is refusing to pay for dental work! | Sorry for being a noob this is my first post ever. I m feeling rather helpless... On June 18th of this year I was in a car accident where the other driver was deemed to be 100% at fault. I m in BC Canada and the other driver is from Alberta and the issue I m having is with my insurance company. In the acciden... | 2013-10-01 22:51:32 | 22 | Hi former Alberta auto injury insurance adjuster here you are entitled to no-fault accident benefits under your policy with ICBC to cover your dental damage. Since ICBC is being slow and useless as always you have the option of suing them in small claims court to get them to pay up. You could also get your dentist t... | 2013-10-02 01:40:16 | 13 | Dental Fraud Investigations | 3,915 |
CA overtime question. | So I went today to get my final check from my employer. While there we were going over my hours and he told me that the extra two hours on my 10 hour shift is not considered overtime because it s my normal scheduled shift. My normal work shift is normally 10 hours for 3 days. Is this correct? I ve never heard this bef... | 2017-12-29 01:11:45 | 6 | Your employer is right. https: www.dir.ca.gov dlse faq_overtime.htm > This maximum may also be affected by the number of days one works in a workweek. It is important to determine what maximum is legal in each case. The alternate method of scheduling and computing overtime under most Industrial Welfare Commission ... | 2017-12-29 01:15:37 | 3 | Miscellaneous Legal Query | 73,910 |
[Tennessee] Is it legal for a customer to secretly record a conversation between two employees? | After helping a customer today they re-entered the store with a cell phone and played from what I could hear an unintelligible conversation between me and my coworker. It is still unclear what was said that offended them or what spurred them initially to record but they claim they will be returning to speak to our ... | 2016-09-17 03:52:31 | 8 | Tennessee is a one party recording state. That means that one person who is part of the conversation must give permission. http: www.dmlp.org legal-guide tennessee-recording-law So already the customer has committed a crime. If the customer plays the recording to your boss your boss can fire you and you can sue ... | 2016-09-17 04:26:56 | 18 | Privacy and Surveillance Rights | 45,764 |
What state do I file lawsuit? | I m a consultant and need to file a contract dispute against a client. I live in 1 state the owner that hired me lives and works out of another state and the company is officially registered in a 3rd state. Where should I look to find an attorney? | 2013-04-11 18:17:16 | 7 | Does your contract have a forum selection clause? If so follow that and hire an attorney in that state. Is your client defendant the company that s registered in the third state? Assuming there is no forum selection clause you could sue in states 1 or 3. I d speak with a lawyer in my state before hiring an out... | 2013-04-11 18:26:30 | 5 | Legal Representation Challenges | 1,137 |
[USA] A guy I sold some furniture to has not picked them up in over half a year and it s taking up room in my storage space. Am I able to charge him storage fees without a written agreement? | So I sold some furniture to a dealer who lives out of the country (Europe). He said he would arrange for someone to come pick them up. This was back in January. I ve asked him multiple times to come pick them up but I keep getting the same response of: we re trying to arrange for a shipper to come get them thanks fo... | 2019-08-13 19:52:33 | 5 | I agree with u 1uck that this guy is not going to pick up the furniture and *certainly* not if he has to pay extra (fees) to do so. Look into abandoned property laws in your state give him proper notice and then sell the furniture to someone else. Of course this is all assuming that money has already changed hand... | 2019-08-13 23:47:23 | 5 | Moving Company Delivery Delays | 117,698 |
NYS My ex keeps taking me to court for orders or protection and calls CPS but this time she went to far. | I ve been divorced for a number of years and have found it safer to have as little contact with my ex-wife as possible. The reason I have basically no contact is because she keeps taking me to court asking for an order of protection and calls CPS. When I say she does this a lot I mean 13 times in the last three year... | 2021-05-17 18:36:14 | 171 | I would have her declared as a vexatious litigant meaning she would have to get a judge to approve any legal proceedings against you. You d have to get this setup with a lawyer. | 2021-05-17 19:57:46 | 168 | Custody and Visitation Disputes | 145,504 |
Friend is borderline psychotic is refusing treatment from parents school won t do anything. Most of us actually feel in danger near him | EDIT: in California First off I want to start this by apologizing if this is the wrong sub Reddit for this but I can t find anything. Secondly I m on mobile so please excuse the wall of words. Basically friend of mine skipped a year of school because he was in rehab came back here for his now senior year and is ... | 2016-10-26 16:09:36 | 12 | If the school isn t adequately managing him in the classroom your parents could talk to the school or the board. However a student being a tremendous asshole may not be enough to get the school board involved. Why are you staying friends with this clown? | 2016-10-26 16:14:10 | 12 | School Bullying and Administrative Neglect | 47,775 |
Grandmother passed and the will seems REALLY weird. (USA Georgia) | A little back story (I apologize if this is long): Years ago my grandfather passed away. In the will he and my grandmother had together they stated that everything would be divided evenly between their children unless any of them should predecease the surviving grandparent in which case the inheritance would go to... | 2015-04-29 16:06:05 | 55 | Do you have a copy of the original will and the amended will? Who are the witnesses on the wills? What are the dates on the wills? | 2015-04-29 16:13:43 | 26 | Family Estate Disputes | 16,512 |
(Texas) I have a protective order against my husband and he continues to harass defame and stalk me. Police refuse to act. | As of a few months ago I successfully divorced from my husband. Reasons aside he became malicious and began slandering me on Facebook and submitting false complaints about me to several local state and federal agencies claiming I am a felon and that I am not who I am. He has called dozens of my former employers... | 2016-09-18 18:13:04 | 92 | File for violation of court orders with the court that issued the PO. Contact your local legal aid or victims advocacy for assistance | 2016-09-18 18:17:31 | 117 | Miscellaneous Legal Query | 45,846 |
[Henderson NV] Hospital took patients phone and belongings to the detriment of their mental health. What do we do? | On mobile first time poster My best friend has many medical conditions including bipolar disorder and diabetes. We brought her to the er last night for what turned out to be diabetic kimoacidosis so she had to be admitted. I am her roommate and voice since shes very softspoken especially when in pain. I happily adv... | 2018-06-04 02:56:51 | 6 | Is she on a hold of any kind? | 2018-06-04 02:59:22 | 7 | Miscellaneous Legal Query | 84,678 |
Need some legal advice on child labor laws | I m currently a minor working at an amusement park. I was recently talking with some friends about how long my shifts are and how they consume a majority of my time. This got me thinking about how labor laws are in my state Virginia and whether or not my workplace can schedule me for the 12 hour shifts that they do q... | 2019-09-22 01:30:36 | 17 | A lot of it will depend on exactly how old you are. There are different rules for different minor ages. | 2019-09-22 03:33:39 | 4 | Miscellaneous Legal Query | 119,983 |
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