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Tenant s apartment is an absolute disaster safety fire and vermin hazard. (RI)

Hi all. RI. I have a 2 unit a house and a detached in-law that I rent. The apartment is 625 sqft. I have had the same tenant since I bought the house and I originally lived in the house side. The guy will have been with me for 8 years in January and NEVER calls me with a problem never has friends over never causes trouble and pays rent on time. I have not raised his rent one single time because he gives me zero problems. I could get $400 mo more for his unit right now and have it rented within a week but I m not greedy. The tenants in the other unit called me to tell me that water is backing up out of the downstairs shower. I called a rooter. He came and did his thing and asked if I could flush the toilet in the other unit to make sure there wasn t a clog there too. I called my tenant who wasn t home (I speak to him once a year when his lease is due) and asked if I could go in it was very important and I explained the situation he reluctantly said I could go in with my own key. I knew this guy to be a late 20 s gamer dude and I figured his apartment was a mess for a single guy but it s been a few years since I had been inside (also a problem which I have acknowledged and know better now) and didn t expect this. https: imgur.com a Pi5FSz5 https: imgur.com 2fi5uYV https: imgur.com a mHgqStz What I m seeing is a fire safety and vermin hazard. I understand that messy does not constitute eviction but I believe the other two to be. Here s that section of that part of the lease below: https: imgur.com v9ma2VQ Now I don t necessarily want to evict the guy but I want him to know that I mean business. Am I allowed to tell him that I can give him a month to clean up and if he does not comply that I will get the court involved? Do I have him sign something that he will do that? What if he doesn t want to sign it? I m not sure how to proceed here and any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.

2021-09-19 20:23:18

NAL. You have the right to expect your properties to be kept in an acceptable condition. This is not an acceptable condition and for your and your other residents safety it needs to be remedied. That said your renter is a hoarder which is a mental disorder. Please bear in mind that the wrong approach can backfire and make things worse. This probably isn t the place to get into that but there are resources out there that can help you figure out the best approach to get better faster results from him. (Don t be angry or judgmental that can make a hoarder mentally shut down and be unable to address their mess.)

2021-09-19 23:33:59

Mold and Water Damage Issues

Live-in landlord keeps entering bedroom opening the door while we re sleeping and disturbing our peace by treating us like children with constant demands. Enough to sue for violation of peaceful enjoyment? (NC)

North Carolina. I posted a while ago but this situation has apparently escalated and I ve done a bit more research since. Old post below but most of the information should be in this one. https: www.reddit.com r legaladvice comments 6tma0a landlord_revoking_my_right_to_washerdryer_and_all So unfortunately I live with my landlord. I now know this is NOT a good idea but I m stuck here for another few weeks. Here is a list of things he s done: Landlord is constantly a nuisance with me and my boyfriend for little things like not unplugging small appliances texting us to put things away if we take a break after cooking etc. Basically I will get a list of chores for no reason when I ve never made left a mess. We are treated like children. Requests are not questions like Can you do XX? but rather demands to do things. He has threatened to give me my 30 day notice on two occasions if I have another smart comment because I said he wasn t handling things civilly or maturely. He constantly moves my belongings. He has moved my food too many times to count. He also moved every belonging that was not in my room into a spare bedroom as soon as we agreed on a day that I would move out. Kitchen sinks and countertops were removed for a week without me getting notified (I thought it was going to be weeks away from when it actually happened). I was not allowed to use the bathroom sink or outdoor garden hose to clean my dishes. I also did not have a bathroom sink the week after. I knew about renovations with floors painting going in but he did not decide about countertops until after I moved in. I was told to basically suck it up because it will be worth it with new countertops after . Dishwasher has not been functional since about a week after moving in. I basically got told to deal with it because I knew about the renovations when moving in. He s had almost two months to fix it but he s too cheap to pay actual contractors for most of his reno work. It only needs to be hooked up to water properly and attached to the counter. All renovations were and still are incredibly slow because he was paying a guy under the table so little that it was basically slave wages. Guy thankfully got the hell out and moved out of state. I m still missing a mirror in my bathroom and other small things that I had when I moved in. He tried to revoke kitchen appliance and w d use as punishment. Told him this was illegal so it never went through not sure if I can use this at all. Immediately after the above disagreement he told me he s doing an inspection of my room in 24 hours (I am guessing because he knew this would bother me or because he wanted to find something to use against me). He went in and took many pictures of my room and closet. I was not home. He also immediately said I have to remove my cats in 30 days which essentially forced me to give my 30 day notice. He also added other petty rules right after clearly out of spite since it was within the hour of me saying what he was doing was illegal. He went in my room again today to look for my litter box scooper (which wasn t even in there but in my bathroom). In the past he has also opened the door when my boyfriend was sleeping to look for his cat. He only knocked once and didn t call or otherwise attempt to get a response further. Over texting he admits to both of these and claims that both of these reasons were emergencies. One because he is allergic to cat litter and his daughter had the box open ready to scoop so (clearly) he needed the scooper immediately and the other to take his cat to the vet to get shots (no he was not sick). I think he s opened the door one other time when both of us were there sleeping but I was half asleep and have no proof. I know NC doesn t have a statute on landlord entry or notice required prior but is this enough to violate quiet enjoyment of my rental? Or possibly a constructive eviction? I have almost everything over writing (text message). I really don t want someone else to go through this again and getting something back for all my stress would really help some closure and with finances since I am moving out earlier than planned. Would I get back just the amount paid for rent and utilities or possibly more? My rent is fairly cheap and I haven t been here long so it may not be worth pursuing just rent. But at this point it s been affecting my mental health sleep and even work performance. I have emailed a couple of lawyers with no response so I m thinking there isn t anything for sure I can do but I haven t added the new information about him going in my room again today and left out the information about the renovations and him moving my belongings. TL DR Landlord is constantly being a nuisance and has also entered my room (I believe illegally) for reasons he thinks are emergencies but aren t. I am wondering if there is enough evidence to prove a constructive eviction or violation of my peaceful enjoyment of the rental.

2017-08-22 05:11:04

Get out

2017-08-22 11:55:48

Landlord Lease Deposit Disputes

My uncle died in Texas. My mom (his biological sister) and me are the only next of kin. He was never married no kids etc. It seems he didn t leave a will and we re still searching for a deed to the house. What do we do?

Just as the title says we recently found out my uncle died. It doesn t appear that there s a last will and testament in any sense and it s unlikely that he kept the deed to the house somewhere we can find it. What steps should we take to make sure we get possession of the house bank accounts stocks and anything else we re not thinking of? We re already getting in touch with social security and the funeral home of course and we re getting a bunch of death certificates for verification purposes in all of these instances. Again this is all in Texas and we re from out of state so we don t really know the way things operate. If it s necessary to know it s Val Verde County. Thanks for any advice in advance. We re really out of our elements here!

2017-03-28 20:34:49

If there are reasonable assets in the estate you need a probate attorney. I ve done this twice now - one fairly easy and one decidedly not. I can t imagine doing it without a lawyer and I live only an hour from the cities where they lived. Doing it from another state would be basically impossible. You will need court paperwork to accomplish anything (including dealing with social security). The attorney can help you get that.

2017-03-28 21:41:29

Family Estate Disputes

Reposted a free script from the internet on Reddit and Reddit got a copyright notice.

Recently a script that was free and publically accessible to anyone on the internet thru Spiceworks was turned into pay. Using Google I was able to get a older version of the script. I read thru the script and it doesnt not say anything about a legal copyright attached to the script or anything. I reposted the script here on Reddit so people can have it and use it. Reddit received a copyright notice and Reddit removed it. Was Reddit legally obligated to remove it? ~~Can I repost it somewhere else as the copyright is in the US not in Europe (where I am) as long as it is a non US server?~~ I was incorrect about this Due to a agreement US copyright is also enforced in Europe.

2018-07-03 22:43:47

&gt I read thru the script and it doesnt not say anything about a legal copyright attached to the script or anything. It still has a copyright the moment it was written. Unless it has an explicit license giving you permission to copy it you can t. &gt Was Reddit legally obligated to remove it? If they were sent a DMCA notice yes. &gt Can I repost it somewhere else as the copyright is in the US not in Europe (where I am) as long as it is a non US server? Not if you re in a country that has signed the [Berne Convention](https: en.wikipedia.org wiki Berne_Convention) which is almost all of them.

2018-07-03 23:59:30

Miscellaneous Legal Query

Landlord asks for week long window to do property inspection. He no shows three times.

We rent a home in Virginia. We have been here for 4 years. We have never been late on rent. The property is obviously well maintained. No complaints. We are ideal tenants. The company that manages the rental for the owner sent us an email about a month ago saying they were doing routine inspection and would be there for 30 minutes somewhere between Monday and Thursday. Fine no big deal. I work three 12 hour shift at the hospital and my wife works from home so it may be a little awkward or inconvenient but whatever. Thursday comes and they email to say they will have to reschedule. We get an email from another person over the weekend saying the same thing. The week passes and no one comes. Repeat again last week. I totally don t mind the inspection. But I don t think it is acceptable to have to be anticipating a stranger in your home at any moment on an ongoing basis. I am not sure how to address this but I would like to know what my rights are as a tenant regarding access to our home.

2019-03-05 13:21:25

Can you send an email saying you all have canceled three times. Tell them (nicely) show up or shut up.

2019-03-05 13:36:05

Landlord Lease Deposit Disputes

[WI US] I signed two dumb contracts and don t know if I am full-time or deserve benefits.

I got two 20 hour week part-time jobs at a split public private alternative school. One is administrative in the public school half the other student-interactive in the private school half. I was told to get my own healthcare since they re part-time positions in two seprate entities. (Also one of the contracts had a clause saying I pay them 10% of my yearly salary if I terminate my position early (about $3 000). It s seems like it s because of high turnover and cost of retraining people.) I signed these odd contracts because working in a school was a step towards my dreams and away from food service. The school year has began and it s chaotic. To get things done by School Day 1 I worked more than 40 hours for a couple weeks in this first month (184 total). Technically I didn t work overtime just 25-30 hours week twice. I was paid for my time. But it all came from the private side. If my wages for 184 hours all come from one place aren t I full-time there? One of my bosses said it just came from one side because the public side doesn t have funding yet but that the contracts are for part-time positions email another boss. Am I a full-time employee? Does that mean I should be offered employee benefits or get some sort of assistance? Am I crazy? I don t really know what my options are or if I even have any. I may just be stuck in this unfull-time limbo I got myself into. You sign you dine. (Also how about that termination clause? What an idiot!) Additional question: I received one paycheck without federal or state taxes removed. Boss said don t worry about it enjoy the extra $15. But I am worried about it because I ve had issues with improper taxes before. Someone said if a paycheck is low enough it may not trigger taxes. Is that true for paychecks less than $200? What could happen to me taxually? tl dr: I signed two regrettable contracts for part-time jobs at two halves of an alternative school totaling 40 hours a week. I got paid by the whole school not different two halves. Am I a full time employee? Should I get benefits? -- Also do my paychecks need to taxes taken out?

2018-09-05 01:45:43

You will need to pay your taxes like everyone else (well us law abiding citizens do). Your accountant who files your taxes will do all the math and fix it for you just plan to maybe have a bill to the IRS not a refund or an even balanced paid at the end of the year. as for working part time or full time. I am not sure. depends on state laws that hopefully exist to protect employees but good chance you are SOL.

2018-09-05 03:48:59

Miscellaneous Legal Query

Divorce after buying a home with trust fund money

I am in an unhappy marriage and have a child. I live in Georgia. My parents have passed away so divorcing with out financial stability would be very difficult. I have a trust fund but the trustee says i can not pull money for a divorce only for education or buying a house. I will be allowed to do what i want with the money when i am 35 which is five years from now. I hope i can get enough money so that i wont have to wait that long for a divorce. We are in a very small apartment and my husband wants me to access my trust fund to get a down payment for a house. Any time we have any extra money my husband drinks it away and i can t seem to be able to save any and we struggle to even pay the bills. I do want to get out of this apartment because we are in such close quarters but i worry if i use my trust to buy a house would i lose it in the divorce. I do plan to fight tooth and nail for custody of my daughter which is why i am not just jumping into divorce without my ducks in a row. If it is bought with money that came from a trust fund would he have any legal rights to it? If so would me having custody of our child make it more likely for him to not be able to have the house?

2015-11-16 20:18:53

Using your trust money for anything before you are divorced this guy would be a terrible idea. File for divorce now and ask for emergency alimony and child support.

2015-11-16 20:22:31

Miscellaneous Legal Query

Building shutting off electricity with no warning

I live in Waterloo Ontario Canada. My building has been shutting off electricity every weekend for the past month. No electricity means no water too. My food had gone bad a few times in the fridge I have to go to a gym to shower.. there is just way too many inconveniences with this and it just looks very suspicious that they are not giving any warnings but electricity goes off every Sunday on regular basis. Is the building management even allowed to do things like that? Is there anything that protects tenants from this behaviour? EDIT: Power providers website didn t label our area as a planned power outage section also all the buildings next to us have power. EDIT2: Just called the power company they said that there should be no outages there and if you don t have power it s probably something internal to your building

2017-06-18 13:37:23

Have you contacted your building s management and your area s power provider and asked about this? If so what was their explanation?

2017-06-18 13:45:46

Miscellaneous Legal Query

[ONTARIO]Can the executor of a will spend the money that was left for me and my brother?

UPDATE: Apparently probate is a public service. Basically anyone can call and learn it s progress and anyone can go in and view the actual details concerning the figures. It was released from probate Nov 1. Was told it s not uncommon to not have funds yet as the benefactor MUST pay taxes first (there was A LOT is rrsps) and cannot file any earlier than February. However we were given NO update that he had access to start dispersing funds (or at least starting) so lawyer was retained this week. Formal letter to be send indicating we will be legally reviewing all transactions dispersements activity etc. to be served next week. My grandmother died in late May 2018. Of the 5 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren only my brother and I were named in the will. The only other named party was my uncle (her only living son as my father is deceased). My uncle has been secretive and inconsistent concerning information from the get-go but they ve always been greedy people and this is a decent amount of money. We sat back because we figured once it went into probate we d get whatever grandma wanted us to get. Then my cousin calls me and tells me she thinks her parents already have the money and are spending it. How is this possible? I m told there was straight cash as well as assets and my cousin believes they re spending the cash funneling it whatever. So I ask: Is this possible? Should we take action? If so what? Who do we call? The lawyer on the will? Another lawyer?

2019-01-08 03:32:14

Get a lawyer. Before the money is gone.

2019-01-08 03:59:53

Family Estate Disputes

[MA] Neighbor cut down my trees... in a protected wetland

In late May of this year I noticed my neighbor was cutting down some fairly large trees. I went to check on it and discovered that he had cut down a bunch of trees that were pretty clearly on my land. Not only did he cut several trees he also used a stump grinder and put wood chips all over the place. He also put lots of trees in a protected wetland and in a swamp. I went to talk to him in person. I let him know that I thought these trees were mine and that he d left a huge mess in the area that he should clean up. He was nice. He explained that he just cut down one tree because he thought it was rotten and might fall on his house and that the people he hired just took it too far cutting other trees down. I thought this might be the end of it until a few weeks later when I check out the area. He had cut down more trees after our conversation. At this point I call the conservation commission to come out and look at it. They issue an enforcement order that requires he make a plan to remedy it. The commission asks if they can be on my property to do this and I say yes. As long as I get a copy of the reports. After 3 months they come back with an absolutely ridiculous report. They want to plant 6 bushes and 3 saplings. I estimate they took down more than 10 trees (hard to say because they ground up so much). I object at the commission and the commission doesn t approve it. The commission asks me to come back with a report on the number of trees they cut down. When I go outside to try to figure out what they cut I find that they ve already put the trees in from the plan! They didn t get permission from me or the commission! They just put them in! Along the way I ve spoken to a bunch of attorneys. I m not sure if I m just getting people in the wrong area of practice or people that think this is small potatoes but I ve been ignored most of the time. I spoke to the police in the area about the trespass issue. They said that it s a civil matter and they can t do anything unless they re basically on my porch. I m in the Woburn area north of Boston. I d appreciate any recommendations on what to do. I d also appreciate recommendations for specific lawyers with experience in this area.

2022-10-23 20:46:41

You ll want to look for attorneys that specialize in arbor (for the trees) or environmental (for the wetlands issue) law. If you re talking to lawyers who specialize in say contract or divorce they re definitely not going to be much help. You ll also want to make sure you have a recent survey proving that he cut down your trees. Good luck!

2022-10-23 21:42:46

Tree Disputes with Neighbors

[TX] Ex-BF lease &amp a car loan

I recently left a very terrifying relationship I suppose if you go through my post history you can read the story. I left my ex-fiancé last Tuesday. We were living together for 5 years but he has only been eligible for marriage for about 6 months or so so we are not common law (I think). We have a lease that is in both of our names (a house we rent) and a car loan that is also in both of our names (I m the primary - but can t drive the car it s a standard he got that for himself and tbh I don t want it). I left all this behind to escape him. I apologized to his mother for not defending her during an incident at our house and asked a (what I though was a) mutual friend of his if she knew he was like this (abusive). I also asked his boss if he was actually going to help move my things like my ex told me (I can t trust him). He has threatened to sue me for defamation &amp harassment. He has also stated that he will get me off the lease however he stated that he changed all the locks and the garage code and I have not seen proof that I am off the lease. He also said he would try to go get the car refinanced but that he tried and they denied him. At this point I am lost as to what I should do about all this. The kind people at r narcissisticabuse said I needed to talk to a lawyer which I plan on doing but what can I expect? Do I have any sort of case here? He has threatened to hurt me physically and tried to grab my arm twice (Mom was a witness for one) but other than that it s all hearsay.

2018-03-07 13:59:03

If you re still on the lease you can t legally be locked out. As to the car lease they don t care about your relationship issue. If the payments aren t made your credit will be trashed.

2018-03-07 14:12:03

Landlord Lease Deposit Disputes

Almost my entire apartment building is rented out to loud AirBnB guests and our complaints get no response . What are my rights? (MA)

I m in no interest to sue anyone. I m just a college student renting out in a major MA city particularly in an area that attracts a mass of tourists walking through a live history lesson. There are 10 units in my building. Only 4 if those units are occupied by people on a year lease. We have all encountered a long line of rowdy Airbnb guests ever since we moved in on 9 1 18. There has been trash left all over the staircase and lobby people have torn open my packages and stolen the contents and music is blasting until as late as 5 am. It s particularly bad right now that it s warm since we have a fire escape and guests constantly will go and smoke drink out on them in the early hours of the morning. We have actually woken up past midnight several nights to people having actual physical fights and verbal fights on the fire escape. We have contacted the property manager of the building but they never respond. The entire building pretty much has no rules and no one to enforce them. I have reported this to AirBnB neighbors through the Airbnb website but have no received any replies. I even ended up calling the police noise complaint hotline at 2 am last night. I only have 3 months left in this hellhole but I want to know my rights as a leasing tenant in Massachusetts. My roommates and I are all undergrad college students but we all work jobs that require us to wake up early in the morning. These noise disturbances are seriously affecting our sleep schedule. I just don t want to come home every night to the fear that I may be up all night listening to the guests yell and blast music. Thanks! Edit: there has also been a dog howling all day for two days straight. Should I call police or some kind of animal control?

2019-06-04 16:24:13

Continue to call the police for noise ordinance violations and any fights thefts.

2019-06-04 16:28:46

Neighbor Noise Disputes

Friends dad has been in prison with a known disease new prison he has been transferred to refusing his medication base on its price. Help? [Ohio]

I have friend who s dad has been in prison and he has a known medical condition when he went in. I guess he has been transferred to a new prison who has been denying him his needed medication on the basis that it costs too much and the lack of medication has been affecting his ability to eat or keep anything down. Was wondering if the wonderful people here at r legaladvice has an legal advice for any resources he can use to help get his medication back.

2015-10-12 23:57:12

I am not a lawyer but I am rather familiar with prison health care. It varies greatly by state and god help you if you re somewhere where the state has decided to privatize prison health care but here are some general principles: 1. Health care for prisoners is supposed to be based on the the normal standards of care. Prisoners are not in prison *in order to be punished* being in prison is in and of itself their punishment. This means that they should at all times be receiving acceptable health care. However note the words should and acceptable in there. There is a lot of variation. 2. Physicians in the prison are not required to continue prescriptions issued outside in just the same way that *your* new doctor isn t required to keep prescribing you those oxycontin just because your old one did before the DEA busted him. Prisons may have general policies on certain prescription drugs that differ from those of the outside world for reasons generally relating to potential for abuse - you re not going to get methadone in prison and they re going to be a lot stingier with the narcotic painkillers. 3. Much like regular health insurance companies the prison health care system is trying to keep costs down. They don t want to prescribe expensive drugs if they can avoid it. In general any medical intervention like a procedure or prescription needs to be either immediately necessary OR something that s cheaper to deal with earlier rather than waiting. As well because it s prison the amount of time that the person has in the system matters. A 21-year-old who s in for a year isn t going to have much attention paid to his high blood pressure or gingivitis. A 21-year-old who s in for 40 years... a good prison doc will look at him and say this is cheaper to fix now . 4. Being sued is super boring for prison doctors. It happens all the time and the state pays for their defense and their time testifying if it actually goes to court. They do not find it particularly threatening and it usually doesn t go to court because prisoners are pretty sue-happy and usually have terrible cases. Without knowing your friend s dad his medical history or the situation I can say that not continuing an expensive prescription may or may not be a reasonable decision from a medical perspective. But if your regular doctor changed your prescription and suddenly you couldn t keep food down you wouldn t immediately jump to suing for malpractice. You d *go back to the doctor* and complain about your nausea. If he sent you home with ginger chews and a low dose of Dramamine and that didn t help you d come back and complain again. Repeatedly. And maybe if over a longer period of time the doctor failed to deal with your nausea in an adequate way and you experienced negative health consequences because of it it might be a malpractice issue. But prescription change -&gt nausea -&gt lawsuit is missing a LOT of steps whether inside or outside prison.

2015-10-13 03:16:13

Miscellaneous Legal Query

Some kids made up a story about horrible animal abuse from my mom

Hi everyone I just finished talking to my mom and she was really upset because she had a surprise visit from the police and animal control the other day. It turns out some young kids maybe around 5th grade made up a story about my mom doing horrible things to our 2 dogs such as beating them in the head 20+ times stuffing them in our basketball hoop and lots of other really horrible things that she did to our animals. My mom has never had any sort of confrontation with the children and has no idea why they would say such things. She is a really sweet and caring lady and it really bothers me that someone would try to hurt her like this. &amp #x200B Apparently the children told their parents who then reported it to the police. The police and animal control came to my mom s house and they had the dogs checked by the vet who confirmed that there was no way any of the accusations were true. The vet said my mom would get a police report with the names of the people who filed the original report incase something happens again and we wanted to hire a lawyer. However my mom didn t actually file a police report herself. Should she still go to the police and file a report even though she is receiving a copy of this incident in the mail? My mom is really upset and scared that the kids might make more false accusations or do something even worse in the future. What can my mom do to protect herself? She is looking into installing security cameras infront and behind the house is there anything else we should consider? &amp #x200B Thanks everyone. &amp #x200B USA

2019-04-09 04:44:38

NAL but Filing a police report would be the best thing to do it would be proof that these people have a history of making false police reports claims incase they do it again.

2019-04-09 05:14:30

Neighbor Dog Attacks and Injuries

Internet company issues

I work from home with my wife and as a standard they require you to have 50 down and 10 upload so with there being 2 of us we purchased a plan thats 300 down and 30 upload. We typically get that up untill this week happened we re working one day and our upload drops to .01 Mbps thats not gonna fly so we had to take the rest of the day off and call our internet company. We give them a call and they send a guy out who re adjusts our wiring GREAT. He leaves i go back to work the next day and the same thing happens again they tell me its an issue in the area and they are working on it. Problem is we cant keep taking days off work because of it and we re payong full price for internet speeds we dont receive. Any advice?

2019-10-29 20:55:41

Do you have a business plan or a residential plan?

2019-10-29 20:56:56

Landlord refusal to provide internet

[Kansas] Drone is harrassing livestock. What options do we have?

I don t know who operates the drone. But whoever this person is they enjoy harassing our livestock. The drone always leaves the moment someone arrive unless it s out of sight not in a particular direction. I have a recording of it too so I can prove it s causing problems. Some of our livestocks have already been injured as a result of this harassment. The drone goes towards the animals from behind and often plays a loud sound which scares them and causes issues. I already know if it was a dog which was causing this trouble we d be able to shoot and kill the dog. Can we shoot down the drone? If not what options do we have?

2017-12-22 22:03:17

I know what I would do but this is legal advice so...make a police report. Get on down to your local sheriff and get it on the record.

2017-12-22 22:12:11

Miscellaneous Legal Query

Help Furnace Rental Scam

Last year I stupidly signed for a furnace rental on behalf of my parents. Two men came to the house and told me there was something wrong with our heating unit. I was then told that they would replace the unit and that it would all be under insurance. At that time I was the only person at the house and my parents don t speak English so i thought this was needed. I m stupid and just realizing now that I ve been scammed as the Enbridge bills was including a charges from other companies section that is for heater rental. Is there any way for us to get out of this and prove this was fraud?

2015-05-05 16:46:24

Where are you? The United States? If so in which state do you live?

2015-05-05 19:49:43

Miscellaneous Legal Query

Someone took my siblings 200cc mini bike and crashed it straight through my neighbors fence.

So few days ago my brother was riding his minibike and let a friend ride it. Then an classmate of my brother took and crashed the bike. Then he ran off. It just so happened that we had his moms phone number and we call to tell update her about it. She threatened to sue because we “let” him ride the bike without a helmet and hit his head. We live in New Jersey. I just want to know if they have any legal grounds to sue. We just wanted for them to cover the price of a new fence and the price of bike parts. Edit: they are 12 years old. The bike parts came out to be $150 and the fence was $200. We also paid for the fence tone repaired.

2018-12-14 12:52:32

How old is everyone involved.

2018-12-14 13:09:58

Miscellaneous Legal Query

Dad got shot driving Uber

Right after dropping off a passenger my dad was hit on his shoulder by stray bullet. He had JUST turned off his Uber driver app. Uber is refusing to help him. His insurance is refusing as well. He is now stuck with 34k hospital bill. This happened in December 2021. Any advice will help. His bill is about to go into collections and I would hate that for him.

2022-03-21 16:19:12

What state are you in? Since your father was a victim of a violent crime you may be able to get the state to pay a portion or all of the bill. You can find your state here and see what you re may be eligible for [https: nacvcb.org state-information ](https: nacvcb.org state-information ) You should also ask the hospital to see if they have a program to cover some of the bill.

2022-03-21 16:28:44

Miscellaneous Legal Query

Husband Is Being Scammed

Hi So my husband met some woman on [Match.com](https: Match.com) or something and he is constantly sending her money. So far he has sent her a significant portion of his yearly salary. It s obvious this girl doesn t even like him and is using him for the money. The problem is that I found out by looking through his phone messages. Can I get in trouble for confronting him about this? Otherwise how should I handle this situation? Edit: I live in Canada

2018-12-02 02:09:48

Get a divorce lawyer immediately.

2018-12-02 02:12:00

Miscellaneous Legal Query

HELP! Very weird situation.

My girlfriend and I have been renting the home we are currently living in for about a year and 3 4. We ve always paid rent on time or a few days late due to coordination with him coming to pick up the rent. After the year passed the property manager asked us if we d like to stay at the house for an additional six month lease agreement. We gladly signed as he offered to lower rent by $100. About 3 months into the agreement the actual property owner died from a heroin overdose. The house s deed is in her name. The property manager then verbally said we could stay there as long as we want until the property goes through probate. We continued to pay up until the 6 months agreement. This is where things became very sketchy. The property manager stopped answering our texts about receiving our rent money. As we were trying to pay the rent. About a week later the property manager texted my girlfriend and said his phone got shut off and he needed our rent money. So we were inclined to investigate who should actually should be getting the rent money. We ve ask for proof of who we should pay and have been left in the dark. So we called the owners mother as she had to will and three children. The owners mother said not to pay anyone until she talked to someone. Needless to say we never heard anything. My girlfriend received a call from the owners ex-husbands mother who threatened my girlfriend and her daughter for not paying rent. Even though the deed according to the .gov public records is clearly in the woman s name. We do not even know if the probate paperwork has been filed. This past week the mother of the owner left my girlfriend a voicemail saying the guy claiming to own the title to the house let the owner borrow the money so therefore the house is his. Even though the deed clearly states that the woman is the only name on the deed. We ve received a 7 day eviction notice but I m not sure what is happening or what we should do. Also to note that the property manager has told me the security deposit is gone. He beat around the bush at how we d even attempt to get it back. He was even offering to pay us out of his own pocket. Yet how can that be when he couldn t afford to keep his phone on? The mother also said the property manager was stealing the money so we shouldn t pay him until she had spoken with someone. She also said in the voicemail that we should pay the “mortgage guy.” Stating she doesn t want to get in the middle of he situation because the owners ex and some woman were bad people. WTF. Help. What do we do? Currently going to the police station to see if they could help. Michigan

2018-09-08 19:36:50

OP- You need to continue paying your rent *as stipulated by your lease*. If that meant that the property manager was to receive your rent monthly then you need to continue to do that. You need to pay your current rent and then attend the eviction hearing with a copy of your lease and proof of payment.

2018-09-08 19:41:19

Landlord Lease Deposit Disputes

Virginia - Friend s wife has MS he has medical bills and student loans for both of them and they have a child. He wants to know if bankruptcy is a good choice.

His wife has MS and they have a young daughter and they kind of need to move close to her family for the help with the kid as her symptoms are getting worse. He is a cop right now and loves what he does but really he would like to go back to school to become an Attorney. Due to the mounting medical bills and the fact that he and his wife both have student loans that total over $40 000 he wanted to know if bankruptcy was the only option. Thank you so much for any advice that you might have for him. He is an old friend of mine that I have just recently started hanging out with again and I would really appreciate any direction that I can pass along.

2014-08-17 13:09:54

Medical bills are one of the leading causes of bankruptcy in the US so that option is available to him and his wife but if her treatment continues and has a point where her expenses plateau he may have to wait until that point because once you declare future bills will not be wiped clean. Those student loans however are slightly short of impossible to be included into bankruptcy. The other consideration is that after bankruptcy your credit is crap so it would be very difficult to get another student loan in the near future.

2014-08-17 13:36:23

Miscellaneous Legal Query

My grandma is being stalked and harassed.

Can we do anything even though we don t know who it is? She s blocked the number before but they always text using a different one. This person has sent her pictures of her car at her place at work I m pretty sure followed her home and constantly texts about how she s sleeping with her husband. Just last week she stopped at my mom s and the person told her that she gave my pap oral while she was gone. She s always messaged about how she s a fat cow and told that they wish she dies during her surgery she has to get soon. It s horrible and none of us are sure what to do at this point. Any advice would really help! Edit: I live in West Virginia

2018-07-09 14:52:23

Call the cops and complain. Document every instance you can pictures screencaps etc. Get a cheap security cam and put it at your GM s home. Your GM can ask her boss to ban this person from her place of work and ask security (if any) to escort her out if she shows up again.

2018-07-09 14:55:52

Miscellaneous Legal Query

As a Manager am I bound under HIPAA?

Arkansas United States: So my HR person is accusing me of violating HIPAA for an employee of mine. I am an in-office manager (administrator) of about 15 field employees in a small state agency. One of my first tier underlings (supervisor) informed me that his employee working away from him at the time got bitten by a dog so I heard it second-hand up the chain. I m not terribly familiar with our worker s comp procedures so I go ask our HR person to give injured employee a call and advise her of procedures. About an hour later I had to leave for the day and let our receptionist know what had happened so she could direct any calls if problems came up. An employee of another office was standing there and overheard and said something about it to our HR person. Now she is accusing me of violating HIPAA...and I think she is full of it. Did I violate an employee s rights? Thanks! EDIT: Thanks for all the input folks! I really appreciate it and feel better. You re right I probably should be more careful but the know-it-all behavior of my HR lady was just really getting on my nerves. Thanks again all!

2018-05-30 17:56:04

No and I m a little concerned that your HR person doesn t know this already.

2018-05-30 18:05:31

Medical Billing Disputes and Fraud

[Ontario] Neighbour dumping his raw sewage in the lake beside camp

pretty much the title I have friends who can t convince their neighbour to stop dumping his sewage into their shared lake (because he didn t want to pay to empty his septic tank ) They contacted the Ministry of Natural Resources who police the area and they pretty much said they aren t going to do anything

2017-12-26 17:33:33

Try your local Health Unit? At the very least you can get a water test done on there.

2017-12-26 18:15:03

Water Drainage Property Disputes

(Alaska) Employer claims I left on poor terms when I didn t. Won t rehire me.

For the past two summers I have been a seasonal employee at a hotel. I tried to reapply this last summer and was informed that I was on a no-hire list with the company because I left on poor terms (3 day no call-no show). The three days they re talking about were after my season had ended. Apparently I was scheduled post season and never informed of it. I didn t think to check the schedule postseason since I wasn t supposed to be on it on the first place. My last day was on the schedule for 9 30. But I actually had from the 28th-30th off. I desperately want this job back. I loved it there. I tried to do the right thing and instead wound up with the bad ending. = Is there anything i can do?

2015-12-23 16:18:11

Ask nicely. Theres no way to legally force anyone to hire anyone.

2015-12-23 16:19:58

Miscellaneous Legal Query

I suspect my child (7 f) may have been assaulted while sleeping at her mother s house and don t know what to do.

I have called CPS. I told them the situation. They told me they can t launch an investigation with the information I gave them. I was cuddling my little girl on the couch while she played on her tablet and she was very sad and told me her big brother(11) doesn t understand that her life is stressful at her moms right now. I asked how why is her life stressful expecting a kid answer like her baby brother (2) annoys her and hits her with stuff (which he does but he s 2). She got upset and said her Mom told her not to talk about it. I tried to dig gently to get a little bit more information and she got more and more upset so I took her back to my room so we could talk in private. She prefers to sleep with me or her big brother because she gets scared so my room is more of her room than her room is… it s where I felt she might feel more safe to talk. I asked again what was bothering her and she said that it was probably just a dream and she didn t want to talk about it. I asked more questions and she kept begging me not to make her tell me everything so I told her she didn t have to tell me everything but I was concerned and I would feel better if she told me everything. She said her mom told her not to talk about it. She then told me that she keeps having these dreams about a monster coming in to her room at night and hurting her. It seemed strange to me that her Mom would engrave the idea that she was not allowed to talk about this so deeply… my little Booger (not her nickname but it s close) is barely ever able to stick closely to the rules she always forgets and breaks the rule forgets the little things doesn t stress too much about possible discipline. While we were together her mother regularly made me question reality as I saw it by blowing up on me and convincing me that things happened differently than I remembered… she is intelligent and terrifying. She has taken me to court on false and exaggerated claims every chance she gets acts like I am a terrible person and a terrible father when it suits her but also regularly trusts me to watch her other child that is not mine. My little girl was terrified to tell me more than she has dreams about a monster coming in to her room and hurting her every night. I didn t know the CPS policy and their requirements to start an investigation or I would have pushed harder for information I would have checked my little girl more thoroughly for injuries… but if she is getting hurt by someone the last thing I want to do is force her to let me do an invasive check of her whole body. The most obvious course of action would be to change one or two words from my little girls story to meet the criteria for CPS to start an investigation… but in addition to a strong moral objection to lying for any reason but especially in situations like this as I have been on the receiving end of those lies and suffered the consequences I don t want to risk jeopardizing my chances of helping my little girl by tainting her case with false information… I have fought in court for years to have more rights to my daughter to protect her better but because the mother and I were never married and the rest of our history it s been a terrible uphill battle that I keep losing… I have no idea what to do. 12 14 8:55 AM **Update** I have been in contact with several children s advocacy groups her school guidance counselor and am working on planning a trip to a pediatrician next time I can get her. Everyone s advice has been life saving. Every one of you has a grateful piece of my heart. 12 14 12:38 PM **Update** She has spoken to her counselor and from what the counselor told me I was comfortable enough to reach out to her mother and we are going to take her to therapy. There is definitely something wrong but it is seeming less likely that it is the worst case scenario. I am gaining confidence that my little girl is going to be okay.

2021-12-14 04:09:38

Stop talking to her about it. Kids memories are so malleable. Make an appointment with her pediatrician ASAP. The pediatrician can do a physical exam and refer you to a therapist trained for CSA statements. You can file for emergency custody though that will tip your hand. If you withhold her when it s her mother s custody time that may have repercussions for you down the line. So after you talk to the pediatrician I would call your lawyer and do whatever the lawyer says.

2021-12-14 04:37:30

Third party custody concerns

Canada - Employer taking money off of my wife s next paycheque

So my wife borrowed some vacation time from 2017 for when we moved in October. Just recently they came back and told her she borrowed more than the allowed time from 2017. Her employee handbook states she can borrow up to 40 hours of vacation time from the following year. She borrowed 73 hours so they are saying they need to take 33 hours of vacation time off of her next cheque. Can they do this? I believe that they have to negotiate a repayment plan with my wife and that they can t just take 33 hours worth off of her paycheck. Am I wrong? Edit: this is in Saskatchewan

2017-02-21 13:35:26

What does the handbook say about borrowing over the allotted amount?

2017-02-21 13:45:58

Unfair Pay and Hour Practices

An off duty police officer found my information using my license plate. Then proceeded to hunt me down on facebook. This is illegal right?

So I work for the city assessor taking photographs of homes strictly for property records. To preface this situation the homeowners received a letter in the mail mid October stating that someone will be on your property taking 2 photographs of the exterior of the house they will knock or ring the doorbell first and if there is no answer then proceed to take the photographs. If the homeowner had any problems they would call. Anyways that leads us to today when I received a message through Facebook from a stranger asking Is there any reason you would be walking around taking pictures of homes? . Immediately I was shocked and also concerned because I had no idea who this was and how they found my name. I told them I work for the city and gave them a number to call if they had any issues also stating that I am uncomfortable with them reaching out to me in this way and that they should ve contacted the authorities first before hunting me down on Facebook. I am guessing a neighbor got my license plate and told them that I was there taking photographs of their house. Anyways I did some digging and found out they are a police officer for a district near where I live. I told my friends about this and one of them told me that this is very illegal. Is this correct? Also what should I do about this? To me the way they reached out is very intimidating and unprofessional and really not okay. Any info would help. Thank you. Edit: I live in the US. WI specifically.

2020-11-19 01:57:13

Former Police Officer- Since this was the Officer s private home and this was not police business he was not legally allowed to run your plates and contact you. Serious violation of the rules.

2020-11-19 02:51:01

Miscellaneous Legal Query

Being Sued by Someone Who Claims I Stole Her Dog Wants &gt $75k

This all takes place in LA County California. Eight years ago my friend was driving and almost hit a French Bulldog with no collar ID. It looked emaciated. I believe he kept it for a week or so but had to move and asked me if I wanted a dog (he knew I had wanted one). I took him in and he s been my best friend for the past 8 years. &amp #x200B A few weeks ago he got out of my yard. I called around the to the shelters and found him at the Pasadena Humane Society. I went in and they informed me that he was microchipped and they initially called the owner registered under the chip. I explained that I have had the dog for the past eight years (it was about four months old when I first got him). I showed pictures the dog obviously recognized me etc. They released the dog to me. Fast forward to tonight when I got served with a lawsuit. The previous owner is suing me the Humane Society and the microchip company for among other things intentional emotional distress. In the complaint she claims that the dog was stolen from her work. This is absurd and false (no police report was ever filed). She claims she s been searching for her lost dog for the past eight years (when the Humane Society called her a few weeks ago it took her 3 days to call them back...in the meantime is when I went to the pick him up. &amp #x200B This seems like a shakedown to me but I wanted some advice. I obviously need an attorney but since I m listed (as John Doe) along with a large corporation and a well-funded humane society are we all partnered together in our defense or will this be three separate trials (assuming it goes that far). &amp #x200B I have 30 days from tonight to file a response. I ve never been sued before so even though I think this is frivolous I m obviously concerned nervous. Thanks for your help!!

2019-04-15 05:12:11

&gt This seems like a shakedown to me. Accurate. Even if her claim had merit - which it (likely - see below) doesn t - the infliction of emotional distress part requires either a duty to avoid such distress (which you don t have) or evidence that you inflicted the distress intentionally (which you didn t). That leaves the actual loss and not much else. The actual value of a dog that s _at least_ eight years old even a purebred is low. The dog is past breeding age and would no longer be in show condition. Your actual liability here if it exists at all is a few hundred bucks - the cost of an eight-year-old-ish Frenchie from a local shelter more or less. She might perhaps be able to increase that to the replacement value of a similar dog at the point it was stolen (if it was indeed stolen) which would be more substantial if the dog was in good show or breeding condition at the time it was stolen - but the cost of a new French Bulldog puppy is not $75 000. In my end of the world it s more like $2 000 and even that seems grossly inflated. If there s one complaint there s one lawsuit no matter how many defendants are involved. However the other parties lawyers may not have your best interests in mind so don t rely on them defending this on your behalf. However if she s actually filed and you ve been served yes you need to take this exactly as seriously as you are taking it. An attorney is a good investment. Talk about whether this claim justifies an action for fee recovery.

2019-04-15 05:26:10

Legal Battles Over Stolen Dogs

[TX] I paid my rent on the 1st and the landlord added the utilities on the 3rd and left me a note today (4th) stating I m past due and to vacate by the 7th due to non payment.

My lease says my rent is due on the 1st to the 3rd by 11:59pm to be paid online. So I paid my rent on the 2nd which was of the amount of $1 100 stayed online. I have my receipt that says $0 due. Then yesterday night (4th) I find an envelope with a notice from the leasing office stating that I have $150 past due for unpaid utilities and since I did not pay I need go vacate by the 7th. My lease doesn t say I pay utilities or other fees at another date. I logged into my account and I saw they added the utility fees until the 3rd AFTER I paid my rent and no notice was said that this amount was missing. Since they charged the fees on the 3rd isn t this then due with rent on July 1st? The notice to vacate would be invalid?

2022-06-05 14:28:46

&gt My lease doesn t say I pay utilities or other fees at another date. How long have you been living there are you month to month or under a long term lease and how have you paid utilities before (assuming this isn t your first month there)?

2022-06-05 14:36:28

Landlord Lease Deposit Disputes

Grandpa recently died and we re trying to find his customers

My grandpa had a repair shop and people would leave small appliances with him to fix. The thing is they didn t always pick it up again even though he called when it was done. &amp #x200B Now Grandpa was a sweetheart and held onto all of the objects and kept the slips with them just in case someone came back to pick them up. But now my family is trying to contact a ton of people to schedule times to pick up their items. &amp #x200B Many of the phone numbers have been disconnected or I leave a voicemail and don t necessarily hear back from them. Some only have a name with no number (I m assuming they were people he knew personally. Don t know what to do about that.) &amp #x200B Some of them he wrote the date he finished the repairs and it s from over a decade ago. &amp #x200B We re doing what we can to reach everyone but what are the legal requirements for the state of Minnesota concerning what to do with other people s property when you can t return it they won t pick it up? &amp #x200B \[EDIT\] &amp #x200B Thank you for all your suggestions and words of advice. If nothing else it helped calm me down a little. It s a daunting task but I feel a little better about it now. Thank you again.

2018-10-06 19:25:16

Typically you d give them 30 days since contacting them ( be sure to keep the messages for a bit after the 30 days just in case)

2018-10-06 19:35:43

Miscellaneous Legal Query

Surprise - paved road on our empty property? pt.2

Hi y all following up to this post I made a few weeks ago [here](https: www.reddit.com r legaladvice comments mjog7e surprise_paved_road_on_our_empty_property ). Update: the property that my parents purchased via County auction (Washington State) many decades ago apparently had 4 easements which were listed (ie who the grantees were and the recording numbers) but did not include the actual easement description in the title report. When my parents visited the lot it was empty and the purchased it with plans to save enough money to build a house in the future. Well the future is now and we were surprised to see the entire lot paved as a road when we visited this year. After everyone s advice from the previous post I requested the easement copies and asked someone at the City to help interpret the descriptions. Turns out the easements take up the ENTIRE property. One of the easement grantees is the City.. So we can t build a house. But I m frustrated since my parents speak English as a third language and it seems like this wasn t well explained to them when they purchased. Also why have they been paying property tax for such a useless lot? I think we should just sell the lot but given that it s so useless - who in their right mind would buy it? Is it possible to ask the City or the neighboring houses with easements to purchase? If so how we would go about that? Or would a real estate agent be able to help us figure this out? I honestly don t know what to make of the situation - so any thoughts are appreciated. edit1: fixed typo

2021-04-23 20:38:18

Your parents need a real estate attorney to help with this. Part of the issue is going to what is called adverse possession which is that the other parties who have been using the property have never been told they couldn t do so and therefore are considered to have been given permission. The section that the City is using however might fall under an eminent domain claim where when the government takes someone s property they have to pay fair market value. That is where the attorney is going to help. There also can be challenges to the easements if they were overly broad which appears to be the case if the entire property is now unusable because these other users have taken all of it.

2021-04-23 21:13:28

Neighbor Property Line Fence

[Ohio] Many years have passed since we received a vague police phone call about a theft and nothing happened no word

About 8 years ago (I was 18) my family received a phone call from a detective or officer regarding a report received about a claim of theft with me named my father spoke to him and the details were laid out and I was informed I should give the detective a call. When I called the detective I gave him my report number and information and he told me he would call me back if he found anything. I was very confused by this. I didn t receive a call back the next day I attempted to call him and there was no answer. I was never contacted by him or anyone else over these last 8 years. No arrest no questioning or follow-up. What likely happened here? My apologies if this is informal. Edit: I should have also included that the idea this may have turned into a charge without me knowing could have occurred and that it was a mild concern. I don t know how likely that is.

2017-11-21 08:37:18

Odds are there was a report and nothing interesting happened. You weren t charged arrested or anything else.

2017-11-21 08:44:34

Miscellaneous Legal Query

Employer overpaid me I return from maternity leave to find out what my *real* net income is. I m now stuck paying back the overpayment and paying for childcare that I can t afford.

Throwaway account. I ll keep this concise: I work in a school district I am on a teachers salary. I am not yet tenured even though I ve been working in the same district for 5 years (different positions almost there!) I used to be full time and then switched to .6 in 2017-2018 school year just as I was about to have a baby in November. My husband and I tested the waters if I should come back to work or not after the baby was born depending if my take home pay would cover childcare expenses once I returned to work. Received my paycheck yup it all looks good planning on returning the following school year. Baby is born all is well. My maternity leave kicks in getting the same paycheck after that s gone my PTO and sick time get used up. After that I take an unpaid leave of absence planned until the beginning of the 2018-2019 school year. All is well insurance for some reason still works but oookkkk I m sure we will get the bill later we planned on this. February-August 2018: all is still well in still planning on coming back but hmm my employer provided insurance is still working. Maybe I missed something whatever I ll address it later. The school year begins this year and I find out I made HALF of what I was actually getting paid called HR and it turns out the benefits people didn t even now I was on leave they were paying in during my leave when they shouldn t have been. On top of that my initial part time paycheck was higher because they werent even taking out insurance AT ALL. So now I m stuck back paying for insurance and paying for childcare. My paycheck is 25% of what it originally was. I made a decision to go back to work but if I would have known my check was so low I wouldn t have gone back to work. Yeah I d like to quit ASAP but I have to pay back the insurance benefits they paid out. Do I do anything? Should I shut my mouth And be thankful because I got insurance benefits when I shouldn t have? TLDR: I got overpaid without knowing made a financial and life decision that I m stuck in now because I have to pay back the districts oversight. Edit: oops forgot to mention I m in Minnesota.

2018-12-02 01:50:12

Like you say you re liable for the amount you were overpaid. If you quit they could sue you for the remainder If you are in a union contact them to see if there s anything they can help you with. Otherwise consider asking the school about adjusting the repayment schedule

2018-12-02 02:01:47

Pregnancy Discrimination at Work

Louisiana: any way to protect ideas generated during an interview?

I m a marketing professional and am taking interviews. During these interviews companies will ask me to come up with strategies that will solve their marketing problems. Is there a reasonable way (i.e. a way that won t sabotage my candidacy) to keep these companies from not giving me the job and implementing my ideas?

2013-09-05 00:31:28

This is fairly common in the marketing business. The idea is nothing without proper execution and of course the devil is in the details. Find a way to convey the idea and the end result without giving up the cream filling so to speak.

2013-09-05 00:53:01

Intellectual Property Ownership Concerns

I know this is a civil case but I m looking for advice if my neighbor refuses to pay.

So last night my neighbors dog broke her runner and jumped the fence into my yard and attacked two of my dogs. They all three got pretty messed up (split ears gashes on the throat lips and around the eyes and punctures around the throat.) we called the cops out and filed a report the police spoke to him as well not sure what was said though. I m taking them to the vet now as we were able to stop the bleeding bad enough to keep from having to take them to the emergency vet last night and the dogs are happy other than being in minor pain. I plan on taking him the vet bill to request he pay it as I was advised by the police but I m wondering what my options are if he refuses considering he didn t really seem to bothered by the situation last night when I took his dog back to him.

2020-02-16 18:01:59

Sue him in court.

2020-02-16 18:02:33

Neighbor Dog Attacks and Injuries

[NY] Wife blocking my access to medical records and pediatrician.

Nearing end of super terrible divorce. Wife currently has temporary custody. I have visitation and overnights. After being informed through her lawyer that I have to administer medication to my son (that appears to be for allergies) I called to speak with his pediatrician to find out details since a lot of info is missing. The person in charge at the podiatrist office informed me that my wife told them to not release his medical records or have the doctor talk to me upon court documents she submitted to them. By request of my lawyer I asked to have them email me those documents and they refused. My lawyer reached out to her lawyer for at least a diagnosis and he responded by commanding that I stop and not contact the pediatrician further (with obligatory accusations of harassment by me). What do I do? I m told by my wife s lawyer I m to give him a “pill” without it s container and get him flounaise. I have no idea if it s just allergies or if he s trying to get over something else much more serious. I have no idea if I m supposed watch out for any side affects or if there are any warning signs to be wary of. I don t even know what s wrong with him. This is not in his best interested and CAN T be legal. What are my rights???

2018-05-11 22:59:14

&gt I m told by my wife s lawyer I m to give him a “pill” without it s container Are you sure that the lawyer said this? Do you have it in writing? Because I m pretty sure it s illegal to be in possession of prescription medicine without the actual prescription. And yes very dangerous.

2018-05-11 23:06:10

Miscellaneous Legal Query

Lane County Oregon USA Will Question

My grandmother s second husband recently passed away in Lane County OR. I am currently living in Nebraska. The decedent and I weren t particularly close but I ve learned from my mom that I ve been included in his will. His son has been appointed conservator and has been communicating with me exclusively through my mom. My problem is that I m a grown ass man and a law school student and so I d rather communicate directly with the conservator. Additionally my Wills Trusts and Estates class is still fairly fresh in my head and I d like to get a copy of the will for both self interest as a devisee and for academic purposes. Wills don t make it into the casebook for being well written and I d like to see what a good will looks like. What s problematic about contacting the conservator directly is that it feels like bad diplomacy. I m worried he might feel like I m a gold digging distant relative simply looking to get paid when his dad has just passed away. It just feels a bit cold. However if there is a process by which I can either ask the probate court directly or find out who the attorney is for the testator I might pursue those avenues in obtaining a copy of the will. I m sure neither of those entities would have a problem getting me a copy of the will since I m named in it and they would probably not take it personally or put the son on notice because of the fiduciary duty owed to the deceased testator. We never learned about these practical skills in WT&amp E. I apologize in advance for my inadequacy. Any suggestions on how to accomplish my goal?

2013-11-13 21:24:58

You e got it right. Conservator probate court or attorney. Good luck with everything!

2013-11-13 22:01:47

Family Estate Disputes

Is $1000 typical payout after being rear ended

I was rear ended last week In Los Angeles. My car accumulated $3900 worth of damages and will be in the shop for about 2 weeks. The person who rear ended me has AAA which is paying for the repairs and my rental. I went to the hospital for neck and shoulder muscle spasm and pain was prescribed muscle relaxers and referred to six physical therapy appointments. A AAA medical adjuster came to my house and offered to cover up to $2000 in medical bills and offered a payout of $1000. Is this a “good” deal? I didn t even know I would receive money I m not seriously injured it s been more of an inconvenience (a few days no car paying for the rental upfront muscle pain etc.) than anything else. I m happy to be getting anything on top of my medical bills but I don t want to be duped or lowballed. Thx!

2019-03-23 15:45:05

thats a terrible offer your initial visit to the hospital is likely to use up the $2k. Id assume they xrayed your neck there s $500 right there. i think an attorney would be a good idea if the facts are as cut and dry as you say they should pay a minimum of ALL related medical bills i bet the $3k wouldn t even cover it then you re on the hook for anything over once you sign those papers

2019-03-23 18:54:01

Insurance Denial Car Accidents

Lawyer Charging Contingency Fee Without Prior Arrangement

I ve retained a lawyer to acquire a piece of real estate and I was charged an hourly rate. I won the case recently and just received an invoice for one-third the value of the property. My question is can a lawyer change the agreement from hourly to contingent without any discussion? I think not. What should I do in response to refute this invoice? Edit: I ve been paying an hourly rate throughout the case.

2015-05-29 20:05:27

I think your first response is to simply call your attorney and ask about the bill. Perhaps his assistant accountant misunderstood the fee agreement and he didn t catch the error. Or maybe there was a provision in the fee agreement that allowed for a contingent recovery in addition to the hourly rate. Although in my experience this would be *extremely* unusual if not unethical. But before you pick a fight or file a grievance the first step is to simply make sure this bill is correct and if so find out the basis for the calculation.

2015-05-29 20:55:44

Legal Representation Challenges

Legality of posting pictures of restoration work on someone else s property

I restore musical instruments for a living. I have done this as a private contractor for over 10 years. Recently I have been contacted by someone I did a job for 8 months ago. This person has brought up concerns with the job I performed for him. Over dozens upon dozens of emails I made the difficult decision to cut ties with this client. His requests started to get unreasonable and he immediately started attacking my integrity. You don t make it to 10 years of happy customers WITHOUT integrity! He found on my website and facebook page that I have photos of his instrument and has requested I remove these pictures of his property as he did not permit me to use them. I believe this is him trying to flex muscles over the little bit of control he has over the situation. He hasnt threatened any sort of legal action or anything but my concern is if he has ground for such legal action. I will likely remove the photos just to depressureize the situation. I am more concerned that in the future do I need to get written permission of something like this so that pictures of my work remain mine and can t be taken away later. Thank you all in advance.

2013-05-17 14:03:34

Not sure what country you re in but in the UK: The person who took the photographs is considered the author and therefore has the copyright. Unless that right is surrendered orphaned or licensed.

2013-05-17 14:28:26

Unauthorized Use of Copyrighted Images

[TX] Went to hospital for feeling suicidal could not get care that I needed.

Back at the start of June I had a panic attack and felt incredibly suicidal. I called a crisis hotline and they advised me to go to a hospital. One of the big problems I had with the whole experience was that I was constantly told I don t see why you are here. I felt like was really being mocked when I was told this. I felt like I went to this hospital to get the care that I needed but it seemed like they were not able to provide it and they openly admitted to such by telling me that. I really don t see how a doctor could say something like that yet give a honest diagnosis. I know I probably don t have a legal case at all but I seriously felt that the whole experience was abusive a scam to just rack up my bills as high as possible. I lost all my savings and I have no idea what to do.

2016-09-21 05:28:27

The American healthcare system does just about nothing for people in crisis for mental illness. I had a dear friend who went to the emergency room begging for help. They gave him some xanax and released him home with an appointment with a psychiatrist in a week. He killed himself that night. If you need help immediately please find a friend or family member to be with you. Have them be your advocate. Or call a 24 hour line. Anything.

2016-09-21 05:47:19

Miscellaneous Legal Query

Suing for emotional distress regarding a non-violet rape?

Hi there. I am from Indiana and I was recently raped by one of my friends. Since it was not violent I was told by my city s prosecuter that I would not be able to have a court case as the only evidence of trauma was a bruised cervix and my testimony regarding the language he used toward me - which he has denied. My question is regarding suing for emotional distress. If the courts would not favor a ruling that I was raped would it even be plausible to sue for emotional distress? It seems not but I wanted to be certain. Thanks for reading. And I m sorry about the lack of formatting I m on my phone.

2014-01-02 01:50:04

I m very sorry about what occurred to you. But please don t refer to this as a nonviolent rape. I understand you may be describing it technically for purposes of the emotional distress issue but it will send the wrong message to certain clowns who do no understand it at all. And the men s rights nuts may come down on me for this but I believe that any non consensual sexual act against a woman contains an element of violence whether there has been fists or instruments of violence employed. Good luck and please make sure counseling is your first order of business.

2014-01-02 13:53:55

Miscellaneous Legal Query

What do I do when the police won t act?

I ve posted in this sub before about this guy he has a gigantic truck and a smaller white truck and every single night for about 2 or 3 weeks now he s been doing burnouts and honking his horn all hours of the night. Well we ve called the cops a myriad of times this all started because my mom asked his girlfriend (he doesn t live here he just rushes in drops off a girl and flys out of here within 3 minutes) to get him to slow down because I have a little brother and further up the road there s a disabled kid that needs his sleep. Well we FINALLY got his tag number he usually drives so fast we can t get it but he flipped my mom off and she was able to video tape it. We went to the local jail (again) and we got it all figured out. Both trucks aren t even his and he s still living with his parents. a Kid who comes over to visit our old lady neighbor told us his first name and how he was a dick all through highschool and if his father found out what shit he was pulling he d be dead. The police tracked him down and spoke to him and said if he does above 25 or harasses us any further he ll get tickets (or whatever punishment you give out to speeding rode rage trying to hit a pedestrian and harassment). Well it took him literally twelve hours and he laid on the horn the entire road last night. My mom asked me to ask you guys what to do. Do we get a Lawyer? Idk what we could even peg him for since this isn t a civil case. I am very afraid he s going to come onto our property because my mom is unemployed atm and When I m home alone she s gone so there s usually only one person here at any given time. We got his address from a background check and we re tempted to talk to his parents but is there anything we can do? we don t have the money to get a lawyer but this HAS to stop. My grandparents are coming into town for Thanksgiving this weekend and I d appreciate if they didn t have to be harassed along with us. Location: Crossville Tennessee UPDATE: We know who he is now through some Facebook Sleuthing (I had no idea my mom was that savvy) and turns out he works at a Body shop. We think the reason police are reluctant to do anything is because he works on their cars. Honestly I totally believe that with how corrupt things are around here with other things.

2017-11-22 14:52:27

Did you call the cops again when he laid on the horn? The cops said they would act not stake out the road for the next week. Just keep calling the cops and documenting the bad behavior and my guess is the cops will do their job.

2017-11-22 15:06:49

Miscellaneous Legal Query

(Florida) I warned a couple about going into a certain area at night would I be liable if any harm came to them?

I live in an area that s still very much the Deep South. The towns lovely for the most part historical buildings fishing hunting a camp ground old oaks and Spanish moss everywhere. But it s also a bit old in its mindset. A couple came into my shop this morning to grab some last minute supplies. They re fishing and bow hunting this week. He s black and she s white(very relevant). Me: I know this sounds strange but I ve have to tell you two something. Don t go north of the river at night don t leave the camp ground or Main Street at night. When you re driving don t stop for anyone but the sheriff. Lady: What why? Me: As much as I hate to admit it this town has problems. North of the river is not the place you want to be at night if you re black or a mixed race couple. Gentleman: We ll be fine. I grew up in the south I ve dealt with my fair share of loud mouthed racists. Me: They ll do more than talk. Just please be careful. Go wherever you please during the day but don t go north of the river after sunset and stay on main street or in the campground. They both just brushed me off. Everyone else I ve told had heeded my warning but I m worried they won t. Am I liable in anyway if they make a bad decision?

2016-09-17 13:44:55

Umm....no.

2016-09-17 13:47:24

Neighbor Noise Disputes

Used car dealers at it again...

So I live in Southern California and I bought a 2006 audi a6 car at the end of May 2015 for $7000 I gave $1100 down and still owed $600 more. I also added in the contract a $900 engine and transmission warranty to cover 6 month 6000 miles so I gave the remainder of the deposit for the warranty and also the tags for 2016. So about 2 weeks of buying the beautiful looking car and I get a check engine light on and inform the dealer that I really need to have the car checked out because im concerned. At first there where cool about it and told me to drive out to them the next day and let me tell you its about a 70 mile drive to where I bought the car. So I had a appointment for 11am on a Saturday I get there at 10am just in case and the owner told me he would meet me at 11am so now its noon time and he has not shown up and his employees are trying to get a hold of him then 2 pm im still waiting and let me also say I took off from over time work that day and now was very unhappy with there service. 4pm comes around and no owner no nothing and the employees tell me maybe lets try next weekend and im like are you joking me and ask why cant they just give me the info on the warranty to deal with it myself. They said no and the following week I come pay the balance of my down and ask for the warranty info sure enough no owner no warranty info. I leave very mad and still didn t even get my tags what a joke of a place. following week im driving to the dr. and I hear a loud popping noise and my engine is blown. Cost me $200 to tow it home and im just so mad that I had a car for less then 2 month and its no good. I call the next day and these asses still wont give me the warranty info. Iam so freaking mad and very confused on what to do next. Im taking the bus now with a beautiful car in my garage not ablt to take me any where.

2015-09-10 06:35:34

Wait did you not take the car to a mechanic in the mean time? You just drove for weeks with a check engine light on without even taking it to get the code checked to see whether it was a major engine destroying issue or just something that would screw your mileage? These guys sound dishonest but it is possible that you driving with a check engine light until the engine blew could screw you out of your warranty (which you don t appear to have read let alone obtained a copy of before finalizing the sale) depending on how they worded it.

2015-09-10 16:46:35

Car dealership title issue

I have a Court case in Missouri in 4 days and I live in california. I don t have money to travel and judge won t allow me to phone or video conference the appearance. What do I do?

I ve been out of work for two years going to school full time supporting my family with my G I Bill and VA money. Judge does not care that I don t have the momey to travel and has said she wants to see my eyes during cross examination . What do I do? I have 57 dollars to my name until the first.

2017-12-15 17:57:40

why did you wait until four days before your court date to find a solution? You must have known about this ahead of time and you should ALWAYS show up to court summons. Hitchhike or something if you need to otherwise be prepared to lose by default.

2017-12-15 18:24:18

Miscellaneous Legal Query

Mail is regularly opened gift card was just stolen from a locked mail box. California.

Short version: my mail regularly comes late and is often opened. A substantial Amazon gift card is missing from a greeting card that appears to be opened deliberately. It left Nevada may 18 and was delivered to Bay Area ca may 31. There is no postmark on the envelope. It was purchased from cvs on a credit card. I filed a report with usps and contacted my local PD. My dad (the sender) contacted Amazon and cvs. They both say the other has the card number and neither are helping. Are there any other steps to take? Mail box is locked and only myself and the mail carrier have a key.

2017-06-01 19:22:21

you need to call the postmaster they will set the dogs on your case and postmasters have the hand of god when dealing with the sanctity of the U.S. mail those dudes don t mess about. Call the postoffice e-mail the postmaster they have power to help you. meanwhile call Amazon and tell them the card was stolen they can and will work with the post office on where stuff is sent to etc....ezpeezee

2017-06-01 19:37:13

Fraudulent transactions via hacked account

Daughters daycare closed temporarily for lack of background checks. Can we pull without contractual notice? CT

This past week we found out our daughters daycare had to close due to employees not being up to date with background checks and or fingerprints. Our daughter goes only 2 days a week (M Tu) and we received a voicemail Wednesday that vaguely stated the above. We called yesterday to try and get more information and found out they had to completely close the building while the employees became current. We also found out they hired new employees without doing any background checks at all “among other things”. We are required to give them a 2 week notice if we plan on withdrawing her from the program. We have already paid for the full month of August (10 days) and we do not feel comfortable sending her back knowing how they operate. The check we gave them has not cleared and we want to put a stop payment on it and give them a new check for the 2 days that she was there. Are there any laws in the state of CT where we can do all of this without worrying about them coming after us for the 4 days that fall under the 2 week notice? We want to make this as clean as possible and would like to have a leg up in the conversation should they try and give us a hard time which I m almost certain they will. Edit: thank you all for your input. We sent a carefully worded but specific email to the daycare. The owner called us a hour or so later personally apologizing for everything that went down and the lack of transparency. They admitted they dropped the ball and are not fighting us on the immediate termination of our relationship with them. They offered to write us a full refund for our check should it somehow clear even with the stop in place. All in all best outcome for this unfortunate situation.

2022-08-06 14:24:48

2 week notice would presumably be through August 19. Look through the agreement. They appear to be in breach of it since they ve been closed down. I would imagine they would owe you the remaining 2 weeks in August back but can t say for sure without reviewing your contract.

2022-08-06 14:49:49

Miscellaneous Legal Query

Want out of marriage with emotionally verbally and sometimes physically abusive wife. We have a young son (younger than 2). Feeling trapped.

Edit to include location [USA MO] Hello all-- I m in a very bad spot. My wife has been verbally emotionally and sometimes physically abusive over the course of our marriage (and our proceeding relationship). I can count the times I ve raised my voice to her on my hands and feet and I ve never raised a hand to her nor would I ever. We were in marital counseling which did not go went well for a moment but she quit going once it got heavy (also she said it was because she was busy with the holidays). She continues to curse yell and scream at me as well as call me such names as f**ing mama s boy worthless and a*hole. I ve been locked out of my house more times than I can count and the criticism is constant. While we were in marital counseling she did acknowledge the abuse and it is documented in the clinicians files. I have never called the police when she hit me although I am certainly regretting that now. Some days ago we talked seriously about what separation divorce might look like. Then she found a home she wished to purchase and because of the current problems in our relationship I said that I could not do that or commit to that right now. Since then things have been almost without exception very bad. I know I cannot keep doing this but last night I slipped into a feeling of being trapped. I love my son so much and the uncertainty of what may happen if we did separate divorce is absolutely killing me. To go through what I ve been through and end up as nothing more than an every other weekend dad would absolutely destroy me in a way from which I m not sure I could ever recover. Then again I don t know if I ll be able to recover from this either. Some things going for me (maybe)- 1. We have equal work schedules. Both are full time employees. 2. The afformentioned documentation from the mental health professional concerning the abuse in our relationship. 3. My parents while not obscenely wealthy do have some financial resources that I am 100% sure they would allow me to borrow use if it was something as serious as this. 4. Roughly equal parenting responsibilities. She feeds him more meals than I do but I generally do all of the bathing about half of the waking bed time rituals. I don t know if there would be a strong case to be made for either of us being the primary caregiver. 5. Firmly believe that wife will not make the first move. She comes from a very dysfunctional household. Disagreements that end in screaming yelling violence are as normal to her as they are horrifying to me. 6. Wife has a diagnosis of a physical ailment that is known to cause mood issues. Don t want to say what it is as it would make this easier to find. Some things going against me: 1. History of depression (although not current). When it has come up it has been something I can remedy through counseling and medication. I know that it would not interfere with my ability to be a parent but I don t know if an attorney would be all over that. 2. No police reports of instances of violence. I would really like full custody of our son as I have trouble wondering if the anger frustration she gives to me may go to him in my absence. From what I ve read online it does not sound like this will happen which is horrifying in its own way. Do I have a prayer of getting 50 50 custody? If she can get help to move past being an abusive person I would be more than open to a more equitable (or even equal split of time). However I can t shake the feeling that this could all go south and I could be left without my son at all and this thought makes me think I should just endure and stay put. Folks of this subreddit--from what I ve said what can I reasonably expect to happen if we do divorce? Are my worst fears reasonable or am I falling victim to the widespread belief that divorce screws over men regardless of circumstance? If there are any clarifying questions anyone has I would be happy to answer those that do not compromise my identity.

2014-12-15 14:41:14

Hire an attorney. You will have a better chance of getting what you want regarding custody. If you are concerned do a consult with an attorney and see what they think about how things would fall out. No one can guess. A local attorney would know the judges better then we could guess.

2014-12-15 14:45:33

Miscellaneous Legal Query

Being investigated for car insurance fraud

Georgia- I recently had a total loss claim in which I was awarded around $10 000 for my car. I rented a car from my friend for a month as she has two vehicles. I tried reaching out to my adjuster for the rental reimbursement whom refused to respond for a month after hearing of my complaint against her for negligence. She stated that the rental must be from a national brand that they can call to verify or have a paper invoice that must have a letterhead. My friend doesn t own a rental company so I made an invoice and used the letterhead of a local car dealership. The invoice was for less than $500 she did not respond for a few more months. At the time of sending the invoice I explained to the adjuster that my friends dad owned the dealership (thought this was true not anymore. And that they do not typically do rentals but did me a favor by renting me a car)) I was contacted yesterday by the car insurance company saying I m being investigated for fraud related to the rental reimbursement. They stated they spoke with the dealership and they have no record of renting a car to me and do not rent cars. They have not paid me for the rental reimbursement. Only for the total loss. Is this actually fraud? The fees for the rental were actually incurred I just used a companies letterhead to make it look official. So the fees weren t from the company I said they were from. What am I on the line for? Can I just withdrawal the claim for the rental reimbursement? Scared as shit I spoke to a local attorney who was not interested in taking my money. He stated it s not insurance fraud until they pay out. However he wasn t paying much attention to the story so I m not sure. They also set up a meeting at the car dealership to “get a statement”. I accepted the meeting but am planning to call to cancel tomorrow.

2019-08-04 16:23:52

&gt Is this actually fraud? Yep.

2019-08-04 16:29:59

Miscellaneous Legal Query

The pet hospital that I work at had a carbon monoxide leak and refused to evacuate the building or let employees (including a pregnant woman) go home. Not sure what to do.

I m in Minnesota So this all started a couple of weeks ago when I (the receptionist) am sitting in the lobby at my desk and I smell something off. I immediately knew it was gas it didn t smell like sulfur it sort of smelled like propane but either way I was feeling woozy. I informed my manager at the time call her Stacy who told me to call our gas providers emergency line. I told the emergency line what was going on and they told me they d have someone come check it out in the meantime they asked me to evacuate the building. I told my manager what they recommended and she refused to evacuate the building. At this time my shift was over so I left believing that the problem would be solved. Some time in the next week I came back to find that it was indeed a carbon monoxide leak cause by a problem with the furnace and that they had fixed the heat (now instead of it being 50 degrees in the lobby where i work 13 hour days for 4 winter months it s a comfortable temperature but that s a whole other can of worms) Flash forward another couple of days and I come back to work to find out that another one of my managers a shift lead and our safety officer who we ll call Carmen had a team full of doctors and vet assistants who are smelling gas and reportedly feeling woozy and can t think straight. One of these Veterinary assistants happens to be about 6 months pregnant. So Carmen the safety officer and shift lead on duty makes the call that they need to cancel the upcoming appointments send everyone s pets home and close the hospital for the rest of the day. Carmen is now facing disciplinary actions for closing the hospital without consulting her chief of staff (who is out of state at a conference and not answering her phone.) She was told that before she can close the hospital that she needs the approval of a higher up. The safety officer is not allowed to close the hospital in the event of a gas leak. Meanwhile a doctor can t think straight a pregnant woman is inhaling fumes and not being sent home and about 20 pet s are inhaling toxic fumes. Carmen is now being accused by Stacy of wanting to close the hospital just so that she could have a short day. Needless to say I don t feel safe working at a place that requires us to go through biyearly OSHA compliance training s but doesn t let their safety officer make the call to evacuate the building. She wan ts to pursue legal actions and we aren t sure where to start. Does anyone have any advice? edit: formatting and added more context

2019-03-01 15:59:43

Carbon monoxide is odorless so it won t have a smell which is why it s so dangerous. If it were me I d buy a detector and bring it in. If it goes off then you have proof that there s carbon monoxide and can evacuate.

2019-03-01 16:43:37

Miscellaneous Legal Query

One h---- of a landlord

Florida My fiance and I jumped the gun a little bit cause we were homeless and moved into a house that is turning toxic quickly. Our landlady claims she doesn t have to give us anything more than the vague lease I have (and can share a picture of) that states we need to give her 60 day notice and that our lease is 6 months long. Well since then she has added weird rules verbally such as we can t be in the house when she has an appointment to show the house and in the off chance we can be here she demands we stay in our room. Now I m a diabetic so I need to be able to eat when I start feeling sick... We aren t allowed food in our rooms and she takes hours with these appointments. This landlord doesn t believe in diabetes or any other health issue she in fact informed me that I could easily get rid of my extensive medical history by eating right and exercising on a damaged foot. We are expected to clean not only after ourselves but the other 2 roommates and the landlord as well. She stated since she lives here too she can do whatever she wants and deny remove people as she sees fit. She also told us she doesn t have to give us back the deposit if we break any of her rules..

2020-08-31 15:54:43

She doesn t need to give you any lease but her not doing so may be to your advantage here. You re all bound by whatever lease she gave you so if the rules aren t mentioned there then she can t add them on later.

2020-08-31 15:56:53

Landlord Lease Deposit Disputes

Need legal advise regarding company owned apartment I am asked to vacate tomorrow.

Hi Reddit I am in the situation that my work contract has been terminated with 4 weeks notice (2 weeks ago). In my contract it clearly states that the company must provide me the assigned accomodation until the end of contract. They have agreed to pay me for 4 weeks (until end of contract) but they want me to vacate the company owned apartment within two weeks (this is tomorrow). Can they legally do this and what will I do when they come for the keys tomorrow? This is in Ireland. Any advise on what to do would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Reddit! Update: I have now been informed that if I do not vacate tomorrow I will be charged the full amount of rent for the apartment (1600 euros) and they will take that amount from my final paycheck. I also don t believe this can be legal?

2015-02-19 20:43:58

Not familiar with Irish law at all and not even a lawyer in USA. But for discussion sake in the USA there would be two issues here: 1) In order to get you out they would have to start eviction proceedings that I believe usually take around a month here. 2) I think you d have a pretty good case that you have a right to stay for the next two weeks and that they could not charge you rent under these circumstances (but would need careful reading and evaluation of contract to confirm this). But the problem is that if they withhold the money from your last check you d have to sue them and that would take additional time effort and cost. In that case you d have to decide if you d be better off taking your chances and suing them just leaving and forgetting about the 2 weeks apartment use or trying to negotiate something in between if possible. But again I don t know how Irish law and customs would change all this.

2015-02-20 02:42:45

Landlord Lease Deposit Disputes

I want to terminate my lease but my cotenants don t. Landlord says I cannot move out unless all cotenants agree.

I live in Oakland California. In June my lease ends and it will switch to month to month. However I plan to move in with my significant other and leave the apartment. I gave a 60 days notice that I intended to leave and sent a reminder last night (30 days out) to my landlord. My landlord responded this morning saying that I will need all of my cotenants to agree in order to move out. My cotenants do not want me to move out as this will make them liable for my share of the rent and it would cause them to have to find a new cotenant. This seems very unfair to me because it means that I essentially cannot leave even though my lease should be ending and I gave far sufficient notice to leave. What can I do in this situation? Am I really in the wrong here? What are some good resources I can look into regarding this issue?

2022-05-03 04:23:24

The landlord is incorrect. Once your lease is up you are not in violation of any contracts by leaving. It is *inconvenient* for your roommates if they want to stay but they had 60 days to find a new roommate to take on the rent burden.

2022-05-03 04:47:52

Landlord Lease Deposit Disputes

My friend took her roommates dream catcher because she thought her roommate appropriated it from a Native person or tribe but she didn t - NY

Her roommate is a Native but my friend didn t know that. My friend tried to return the dream catcher but the tribe she brought it to said it wasn t one of theirs. Her roommate actually called the police because a dead person gave it to her and she wanted it back. My friend was arrested for theft. How much will her bail be? Will she actually go to jail over this? My friend also reported her roommate to the school for appropriation but now she knows that her roommate is Native. Sorry for all the questions but my friend was just arrested today and I m waiting to see if I can bail her out.

2016-10-24 18:16:02

Your friend is a jackass tell her to get a lawyer and stop taking other people s shit.

2016-10-24 18:21:37

Legal Issues in Bail Cases

Overtime isn t paid instead accumulated and paid at a later date at regular pay rate

Texas USA. My mom works for a school as a bus driver and recently she s been telling me that she never sees her overtime hours being paid even though she has the timesheets to prove it. What she was told was that those overtime hours are accumulated and paid when there is vacation like spring break etc. When she asked her coworkers about it they confirmed what she had been told but they said that they were not paid at time and a half rather they got their regular pay rate. This doesn t sound right at all. Is this legal if not what can she do about it?

2020-02-25 02:41:58

Public employers such as schools may award compensatory time in lieu of overtime pay. Check the district s board policies which should outline compensatory time. The compensatory time allows her to be paid during school breaks when she normally would not receive a paycheck as an hourly employee. This is not an uncommon practice for public schools and is not illegal so long as they are using compensatory time within the bounds of the FLSA. Checkout this DOL fact sheet: https: www.dol.gov sites dolgov files WHD legacy files whdfs7.pdf

2020-02-25 03:10:13

Miscellaneous Legal Query

What is the actual law on cellphones on stands in cars?

Is it technically illegal to have your phone unlocked if it s in one of those car stands? What about for things like maps? WA state if that matters.

2018-10-11 20:36:12

I am not a lawyer but a little research indicates The law says it can t be in your hand but does allow the minimal use of a finger to activate deactivate or initiate a function of the device. I think it s ok if it s on a car stand. I would like to know more about this if someone who has done more research wants to comment.

2018-10-11 21:06:34

Miscellaneous Legal Query

Evidence of innocence is protected by EU confidentiality law. How can I circumvent this?

Hi. I have a fairly complicated question. I was involved in a court case for stalking harrassment under the Istanbul convention definition. (I live in Poland) I have hundreds of pages of evidence showing that: 1: The accusation was entirely false and I was in fact the one being stalked by my accuser. She claims that I forced her to be in a relationship for the final six months of our relationship through guilt trips but in fact during this time she wrote on facebook among other things that: She will kill herself if I break up with her she wants to have my children she wants to be my wife that God wants us to be together she complained that I didn t want to have sex with her that I didn t want to spend time with her family begged me to visit her at her workplace asked me to buy her birth control pills and an hour before filing the police report she begged me to go on vacation with her at which point I broke up with her and she said she wouldn t return the valuables that she d taken from my aparment for this very reason. She also had a habit of sending me hundreds of furious messages in the event that I didn t pick up the phone saying I ll never find anyone like her demanding that I call her and so on. She also admitted to contacting my friends and family and lying to them about our relationship breaking into my email and hitting me. Also a few weeks after filing the report my accuser wrote to my father where she wrote among other things that she will drop the case if I do what she wants that she isn t afraid of me (the actual basis of a stalking charge under the Istanbul convention) and that she hopes we can get back together some day. 2: In addition to the original false police report my accuser changed her story every time she was on the stand (the trial lasted 4 years). 3: Her witnesses (including a schizophrenic and someone that she had accused to me of stalking and another that she had accused of sexual abuse) also changed their stories first claiming that I threatened to kill them and finally admitting that I threatened to call the police on them. 4: The court dropped my house arrest halfway through the trial - after all the evidence had been reviewed multiple times - stating that there was insufficient evidence to continue it (with the obvious corollary that it should be insufficient evidence to convict). 5. Nevertheless I was convicted based on the witnesses original retracted statements the accuser s original (self-contradicted and disproven) statements and the testimony of a court psychologist who never interviewed me but said all sorts of nasty things about me based solely on the accuser s testimony. 6. The court had access to all of the evidence from the beginning but the accuser s father openly bragged in court that he arranged everything with his friend a policeman . Also the prime minister of Poland recently referred to the court where I was convicted as a criminal mafia . 7. The verdict was upheld by an apellate court with the argument that a sane woman would not have agreed to this kind of relationship (!) This in spite of the fact that the court psychologist declared her not to have any mental illnesses. I have written to countless lawyers NGOs members of parliament every major newspaper the ministry of justice and so on. Nobody wants to touch it because A: they know the judiciary is untouchable and B: Nobody sees any political benefit in overturning a gender crimes conviction. I am currently writing to the last few institutions I haven t contacted yet but understandably I am not very optimistic. The situation in the Polish supreme court is currently such that nobody is sure who the chief justice is: the former chief justice was forced to retire but she refuses to go. So my chances of getting the case before them are slim. The European court in Strasbourg is also not high on my list because it s very expensive I am stuck paying penalties my accuser s court costs and my incompetent (or maybe corrupt) lawyer from the previous trial. If nothing else works out I have a backup plan but unfortunately it s highly illegal: publish the evidence of my innocence online and post it in as many places as possible. The problems with this are threefold: 1. European confidentiality laws 2. The court case was sealed and any publication of the court documents is a crime in its own right. 3. Given that the charge involved is stalking publishing the evidence would constitute proof that I am harrassing my accuser and the suspended sentence I received would likely be changed to jail time. So I am really near the end of the line here. I have considered posting the evidence on a server outside of EU jurisdiction but even if I found myself in the absurd situation of getting arrested for publishing the evidence of my innocence I don t have any guarantee that anyone would stand up to defend me considering my experience so far. If anyone has any (smart) advice I will of course be grateful. Please don t say something stupid like leave the country : I m not rich and that basically doesn t solve anything.

2018-07-18 22:10:29

You might want to try posting in either [r LegalAdviceEU](reddit.com r LegalAdviceEU) or [r eulaw](reddit.com r eulaw) as most of the more legal savvy users of this sub are familiar with US law. It is a long shot though since both of those subs are pretty small.

2018-07-18 22:35:30

Miscellaneous Legal Query

(PA) A truck driver accident caused by equipment failure injured someone I care about.

Basically: This person s employer put them in trucks that were not only poorly maintained (the drivers would constantly complain but nothing would happen) but also had systems that were prone to making errors (such as speed control systems). Fast forward to a few days ago and the driver loses control over the truck and it crashes. The onboard monitoring systems witnesses police and a company probe *show* he s not responsible for the error that equipment failure is. He s in the hospital and the company almost immediately tries to get him on Worker s Compensation but also forbids its employees from speaking to him - even on their own time - and threatens them with immediate dismissal if they do. Can the person s family sue? Also is it even legal to prevent employees from doing what they want on their own time?

2016-04-28 08:13:48

Employers can fire employees for any reason - so yes the employer can threaten dismissal. Workers compensation is the sole remedy for workplace injuries. So he should keep up with treatment and fill out forms when he is asked. If it is a serious injury with impairment he should definitely consult a workers comp attorney. He can sue through workers comp - it is similar to a regular accident lawsuit but it has a more formal measure of damages It is sometimes possible to file a regular lawsuit on top of a workers comp lawsuit if a 3rd party is responsible for the injuries. An example of this would be suing a mechanic if the truck had recently been brought in for service that was done improperly and caused the accident.

2016-04-28 08:43:43

Insurance Denial Car Accidents

Car dealer caused my engine to run without oil......and refuses to do anything about it.

Hey All! I had an issue with an oil change at a Jeep dealer earlier this month. The link below goes to my initial posting detailing what went on. https: www.reddit.com r MechanicAdvice comments ear392 2020_jeep_gladiator_dealer_oil_change Since then I ve had no luck with either Jeep or the dealership going any further to resolve my issue. I ve requested that they either replace the engine or offer my initial down payment towards another vehicle. The only thing they ve offered is 6 years of free oil changes which is completely useless because I played for oil changes for life when I purchased the vehicle. Do I have any more options here? After their last call informing me that they were not willing to do any more and that I may be charged a storage fee if I don t pick up the vehicle I told them that I would be contacting an attorney. Thanks!

2019-12-23 22:25:07

Sounds like they re gonna make you sue. Consult with a consumer attorney.

2019-12-23 23:03:17

Car dealership title issue

[MI] Mother is going to be fired tomorrow in an act of age discrimination.

My mother (62) is a pharmacist in a large national chain pharmacy. For years this company has been just looking for reasons to fire her- we know this because she is consistently ostracized and blamed for things that are not her fault held to a higher standard than her younger coworker belittled and encouraged to quit. She has been searching for another job for at least three years but because pharmacy students are now graduating with a doctorate in pharmacy versus the bachelor s she has she s been unable to find other work. The company has consistently tried to push her to quit. In one instance a customer came in and threatened to shoot my mother because she told him that his insurance would not cover a refill of a prescription until a certain date. This customer was allowed back in the store until my mom finally filed a police report at which time corporate called her and told her that her manager should have banned this customer from the store after the first incident. There have been other issues to this effect. Ultimately while I m not sure of all the specific instances there is significant reason to believe this has to do with her age. This company routinely pushes out older staff (they did this to my father before he died) in favor of younger staff they can pay less. She visited an employment attorney last year when things got really bad who told her to return if she did get fired because they would have a strong age discrimination suit. I guess I m wondering about getting more information on this type of thing- what kind of things would factor into a settlement? I know that for a settlement you need damages- what kind of damages would you claim here? Do lawyers in these instances work on contingency or is there a chance this lawyer is encouraging suing because she wants money from us explicitly? Would an attorney encourage a client to come back to them for a lawsuit if they didn t believe there was merit for one? The lawyer she saw was highly reputable (and expensive). Please pardon my ignorance I m a third-year pre-law student whose only parent is about to lose their sole income and hasn t been able to find another job for years. Thank you for your help.

2014-12-28 16:21:58

Damages would be lost wages but there can also be punitive damages for willful illegal discrimination. That would be if it got that far. *Probably* there would be some settlement before that point if your mother s case had merit. Protected class discrimination can sometimes be plain as day but other times harder to prove. It s not illegal to fire an older worker but it is illegal to fire or otherwise treat them poorly *because* of their age. You appear to have at least at first glance a possible case for age discrimination. If she is fired I would visit a different attorney and see what his take is. Sometimes they will take a case on contingency if they feel it s strong enough.

2014-12-28 16:39:24

Miscellaneous Legal Query

Water restriction in home during pandemic

hi guys my friend told us earlier about his mom s house s water being restricted instead of completely shut off not enough to shower or to use the toilet or the washing machine but only to wash their hands. this is ridiculous to me and i was wondering if there s anything they legally could do?? Or if this really was legal in the first place? Phoenix Water Services said they wouldnt be shutting off water for anybody who didnt pay their bill. When the time came for my family s bill they essentially restricted access. Only the water in the kitchen ran at full pressure. I do not know how they did that but when my Mom called and asked about it and they said Technically they didn t shut it off. What they were doing was legal but they didnt say any of those stipulations when they announced that they wouldn t be shutting off. Its cruel. Their reasoning was that my family could still wash their hands but my dad and grandfather who live there work construction they come home very dirty. They need to shower they all need to wash clothes. the Virus is on more than your fucking hands. I am lucky enough to help my parents from another state but think about all the people ESPECIALLY old people because a lot of old people live in arizona who arent lucky enough to be helped. Who will go without showers and clothes washing. This is cruel. I want people to know just because they arent shutting the water all the way off doesnt mean they wont decrease the water pressure to the point where it is unusable.

2020-03-24 21:36:01

Water companies are under no legal obligation to give you full paid services for free. They are abiding by the requirements they have been given by the government. Your friend should pay their water bill if they want to have full access to paid services.

2020-03-25 00:00:31

Miscellaneous Legal Query

Implications of applying for Individual Tax Identification Number for an undocumented child

(NYC) I am a soon to be a single mom of my 14 YO daughter. I do have a Green Card. My daughter does not have either SS or a Green Card. I came to use on I-130 (my other daughter is a US citizen). The plan is to add my undocumented 14 YO to the citizenship application in 3 years when I apply for it. In the meantime I would like to claim my daughter as a dependent on 2017 tax application. For that I need to apply for ITIN (Individual Tax Identification Number). What are the implication for me and my doubter when I apply for ITIN? I do not want to expose her to any problems with immigration now or introduce issues later during citizenship application. Should I apply for I-130 meanwhile to make sure she has some legal status? Will I-130 application prohibit me from putting her on my naturalization application which I plan to apply for within 3 years? THANK YOU!

2017-12-18 17:29:12

The ITIN is exactly for this situation. It is provided for taxpayers who cannot obtain a SSN. The ITIN is considered part of a taxpayer s identity and is normally protected under disclosure rules. However there is an exception for Federal law enforcement seeking to enforce Federal law including administrative proceedings. The thing is the Feds would already have to have your daughter in the crosshairs so to speak as in order to obtain the information they would have to make a written request to the Department of the Treasury. All in all simply applying for an ITIN shouldn t have any immigration related repercussions for your daughter. The one thing I would make sure of is that she is not being used in calculating any Earned Income Credit that you may be eligible for. Dependents with ITINs cannot be included in that calculation.

2017-12-18 17:47:09

Miscellaneous Legal Query

UK Partner broke up with me and left with our child

This happened Friday. The police were involved as her family and her basically pulled my daughter from my arms and then the police allowed her to take the child. She had just been in hospital for 2 weeks had her mum there (who has always hated me) for the whole time and then suddenly snapped when she came out. Before she went in she was discussing marriage plans with friends talking about the future in general and then after threw out things from over a year ago from when our daughter was first born said I neglected our daughter (nonsense claim she had literally just seen a doctor the Friday before who complimented how happy and well looked after she is). Anyway beyond all of that our flat was in her name and she took both sets of keys so I was made homeless. I have no idea where her or my daughter are now I ve texted Facebook messaged and called with no response. Her brother has a spare set of keys for me to collect my stuff but he hasn t responded to my request. I have no idea what to do now. I was a stay at home dad and looked after our daughter whilst my partner worked. Right now I have little money am on my parents sofa have no idea what to do with regards to working if I want custody I need to be in my own place and working but if I need to be near my daughter then I can t exactly get an apartment and job when I have no idea where she is. My ex has as far as I can tell just walked out from her whole life from the flat her job and me.

2019-01-20 18:04:33

If you are in the UK you should try posting on r LegalAdviceUK. If you are in the US please update your post with your state.

2019-01-20 19:54:37

Custody and Visitation Disputes

Double Pay of Employee

We recently had an incident where an employee was paid twice for the same work week. The background: when processing payroll (and information being updated to add direct deposit to an employees profile) we erroneously issued a physical paycheck. At the same time our payroll processor did exactly what It was told to do and deposited the money in the employees account. This happened on Wednesday payday is Friday. The employees money was directed posited in his account on Friday and he received a paper check on Friday. On the following Monday the situation was discovered and we reached out to the employee to explain what had happened. His position was that it was our mistake and he did not have to return the money. At this point we spoke to our payroll processor who informed us they could not reverse the ACH. They recommended that we check to see if the paper check had been cashed. After checking with our bank and seeing that it had not we placed a stop payment on the paper check. The problem: Yesterday however we received a letter from a gas station demanding payment for said bad check. It would appear that he went ahead and cashed the check through a gas station third-party check cashing place. Are we the employer as writer of the check liable to the gas station in this situation or do we instruct the gas station that they will have to recover their funds from the employee directly? The employee quit shortly following the discovery. Location: North Carolina

2017-09-09 13:25:52

You are likely liable for payment of the check assuming the gas station did not have any reason to believe that the check was defective. Look at UCC Article 3 which has been adopted by NC. That said you also can sue the employee for the value lost. Mistakenly giving the employee money which they knew they had not earned doesn t give them a right to do it. The employee committed fraud when they negotiated the check to the gas station.

2017-09-09 13:37:04

Paycheck Payment Delays

I think my Lawyer bosses are trying to screw me out of my vacation hours because they don t want to take care of their kids.

Background: I work as a nanny for two lawyers in Toronto. One of them is working from home and the other is on parental leave with a 1 year old. They in general are quite high strung one parent in particular is emotionally volatile it is a stressful environment to work in. They tend to not ask if I am comfortable in certain work situations but simply tell me to do things with no space for me to say no. It has put me in compromising positions many times as the work involves children and I can not simply abandon the work place. That or they request for me to do things that are not in my job description and I feel like saying no would result in emotional or verbal consequences or the loss of my job. Over all I would not recommend this job to anyone. I feel horrible for the kids because it seems like the parents don t like taking care of them for long periods of time. My current problem: I am on salary and in my contract I am entitled to 10 paid vacation days. I have taken 3 vacation days so far. Over the summer they informed me (last minute) that they were going to go on a family vacation for two weeks and I was to make up the paid hours by working overtime in the rest of the summer. They did not ask me if I was okay with this I was just simply told this is how it was going to be. I m not sure if that is normal in a salary job to make up hours like that. I ve never worked a nanny job that was on salary before. Most other nannies I have talked to think they arrangement is off . Regardless if it is right or not to be forced to go on vacation and then forced to make up the hours later that is what I agreed to. So I worked almost that whole summer an extra 2-4 hours every day making up for the vacation they decided to take. Now that it is coming up to the holidays I gave them the days I planned to take off. They responded 24hrs later saying that no I already used up my vacation days over the summer when they went on vacation. I will not be approved my 7 vacation days. They are going to be generous and give me a few days off around Christmas but the rest of the time I do not get. I think they are in the wrong. I worked over time (normally I get paid for that) the whole summer doing work that is not the job of a nanny all because they said I had to make up for the pay I was going to recieve during their vacation. I feel like this manipulation of our agreement. Am I crazy? Or are they trying to screw me out of my vacation time. tldr: Being denied entitled paid vacation time due to days off in the summer. Even though I already worked free overtime to make up for those days.

2021-11-20 15:54:16

You should be able to “abandon the workplace” as soon as one or both parents are present right? Check your contract for a way out. At the very least refuse to renew at the end of the term. I imagine there s verbiage in the contract that vacation is subject to prior approval in which case you re kinda screwed. If not tell them when you are taking vacation. 2 or more weeks of notice should be completely reasonable.

2021-11-20 16:24:43

Miscellaneous Legal Query

Nondisclosure by realtor

Hi reddit! My husband and I just closed on a house in MA. The owner of the house is also the realtor let s call him Mr. Jones. There were no disclosures listed and the inspector found a few issues that the seller fixed. When we started working on the house we noticed the water pressure was low. It would be normal and then peter out over the course of a few minutes. Then the city did work on the water lines on our street and the next day the water pressure was nonexistent and it barely dripped out of the faucets. First my husband called the department of public works and they put him in touch with the contractor who did the work. When my husband explained the problem the contractor said Mr. Jones has called several times in the past and was informed he needs a new water line. Then my husband called Mr. Jones who denied this and said instead that he called the contractor to find out hypothetically what a new water line would cost for a hypothetical house because he sells lots of houses. He said the problem didn t exist when he owned the house but the water pressure has always been slightly low because it s an old house so we should expect that. He then told us he d contact the contractor himself and figure it out. The contractor came out and attached a water line to our neighbor s supply and gave us a temporary fix. We spoke with the neighbor who said Mr. Jones has had problems with the water line for awhile and has always refused to pay to get it fixed. She called him shady. I do know he was deeply in debt from a convo I overheard with him and his lawyer at the closing of our house. I contacted our realtor who said this is an issue of nondisclosure and Mr. Jones could lose his license to sell real estate. He said to reach out to our real estate lawyer. I am concerned because lawyers bill by the hour and having just purchased a new home and with the associated costs of that incurring expensive legal bills is not appealing. My goal is to get Mr. Jones to pay for all the necessary repairs and costs associated with replacing the water line and an inspection of the plumbing to make sure we get to the source of the problem. Both the neighbor and the contractor have made it clear to us that Mr. Jones had prior knowledge of the problem and failed to disclose that to us. Last bit our home inspection didn t include any mention of checking the water pressure. Please advise how I can reach my goal!

2019-07-07 19:05:56

Reach out to the RE lawyer. So what if he loses his real estate license? That s not your problem.

2019-07-07 22:03:57

Miscellaneous Legal Query

I just found out today that a test dump website is selling my notes without my permission. Can I do anything about it?

I have proof of this because they didn t even remove the watermark on page 24. Here s the original post: https: www.reddit.com r CompTIA comments j7ltpe comptia_network_n10007_study_guide ?utm_source=share&amp utm_medium=web2x&amp context=3 Here s the version they are selling however you can find it for free on google: https: skillcertpro.com wp-content uploads 2020 09 CompTIA-Network-N10-007-Master-Cheat-Sheet.pdf  

2022-06-24 13:51:02

You can start with a DMCA takedown notice. If you want monetary damages engage a copyright lawyer.

2022-06-24 18:00:38

Copyright Infringement and Legal Issues

Neighbor Wants to Rebuild Fence California

Background: Around 18 years ago when we first moved in my parents and my neighbors built a wooden fence shared the cost 50 50. The wooden fence ended right before the start of my neighbor s garage and the wall of the garage is part of the fence . The neighbors were the ones who found the contractor and it wasn t until later that we noticed they may have built part of it over our property line (it was our first home and we did not really understand what to do and ended up doing nothing). For the past 18 years the neighbors have been very unfriendly as well. &amp #x200B Current Situation: The neighbors are going to reconstruct their new home. They tore down the garage that acted as a wall and replaced it with a garage door. What is left of the current fence is now leaning due to their construction. Now they want us to pay $7000 for half of the fence (a number I find beyond absurd). They claim it is our fault the fence is leaning despite the fact that they just tore down the garage wall. They also claim that the property line starts even more into my parent s property line they say my sprinkler is not a sprinkler but the indicator that a surveyor put. &amp #x200B My parents are retired and cannot afford much let alone $7000 for a concrete fence that will not even match our house. We never had disputes like these with our other neighbor. Please help. What can I do to help my parents? &amp #x200B

2018-09-17 02:05:18

Step 1 would be to get an accurate survey done of where the property line is. Without that you have no idea where the fence should or shouldn t be. If you need to engage a real estate attorney this is information that he she will need.

2018-09-17 02:47:43

Neighbor Property Line Fence

Person who rear ended me isn t cooperating with insurance

USA - Illinois (Cook County) - Nov 2021 I got rear ended driving to work. No one was hurt and both cars were driveable. I took his drivers license and insurance info and he didn t even bother taking mine because it was implied the accident was his fault. I contacted his insurance set up a claim and got the damage appraised as per the instructions from the insurance. I contacted them today and asked what the status was and they said that he has not been cooperating. He hasn t been answering any of the attempts to call him. They said that if he doesn t cooperate then they won t be able to proceed with the claim and I won t get any reimbursement for the damage to my car. Without a police report (didn t feel the need to call them) they said I d have to take it up in court. This all seems ridiculous and I m trying to avoid going to court. What recourse do I have?

2021-12-14 23:02:03

Going through your own insurance (if you have the appropriate coverage) hoping things change on their end or suing are your options You can complain to his insurance company they may not care

2021-12-14 23:12:12

Insurance Denial Car Accidents

But her lawyer says it s fine!

Location: Mississippi &amp nbsp I m a notary for the state of MS and I do my best to follow the rules. I make my friends present ID so all my documentation can stay in order. I don t notarize things that benefit me. I take it seriously. &amp nbsp I have a friend Carrie who does not seem to realize that I have rules and guidelines I have to follow and always wants me to just notarize something that I cannot notarize (e.g. her client s grandson s form attesting he has presented ID affirming his identity so he can order a new birth certificate. Except he doesn t have any form of ID. I don t know him. She doesn t know him. But her client says he is a good boy!). &amp nbsp Today she asked me if I would notarize a power of attorney for her dad. Normally this wouldn t be an issue. I could go to her parent s house get everyone to sign stamp stamp stamp. Done! &amp nbsp Well her dad is in the ICU at a nearby hospital. He is sedated and ventilated. Obviously he cannot sign the form. Plus he is in the hospital in a neighboring state which if I remember correctly means I cannot notarize as it s not MS. &amp nbsp I told her that I couldn t do it because 1. he can t sign ( But everyone knows what he wanted! My mom. My sister. They were all there and could act as witnesses! ) 2. He would need to be able to acknowledge understanding and consent probably while recorded and in front of a lawyer. (That s what I had to do with my mom.) 3. He is in a different state. She then told me everything was already signed but not dated for my convenience and that her lawyer said it was ok for a MS notary to notarize this because her parents live in MS so they actually need a MS notary. I could even call her lawyer and ask him. He told her it was fine! &amp nbsp FYI there is no way in hell I m going to notarize this power of attorney. Also I don t know who is the receiving person of the power of attorney her or her mother. &amp nbsp But what would happen if she does convince some notary to notarize this form? What could happen to the notary? Or to her? Am I mistaken in my memory that I can t sign in a different state? &amp nbsp Thanks!

2018-08-16 05:19:17

Your notary powers are limited to the state in which you are licensed anyway. The signing would have to occur in MS which it sounds like it wouldn t. If your friend is so keen on getting a notarized signature she should be asking the hospital. The hospital always has a notary on staff to help people deal with things like last minute medical directives and sometimes wills and has a system for determining whether the principal is of sound mind and able to give consent for the powers conferred. Feel free to tell your friend that if she really wants this notarized she should be asking the hospital for their on-staff notary to help.

2018-08-16 05:53:18

Miscellaneous Legal Query

The #1 of all time post on Reddit is about a guy taking pictures of asscracks during a Magic event. Is he breaking a law?

The post in question: http: www.reddit.com r funny comments 202wd3 i_participated_in_one_of_the_biggest_magic_the The state the even was held in is Virginia. I was reading the [Video Voyeurism Prevention Act of 2004](https: www.govtrack.us congress bills 108 s1301 text) and it says you are not allowed to knowingly take a picture of a persons private area under circumstances in which the individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy. Private area includes buttocks and reasonable expectation of privacy means circumstances in which a reasonable person would believe that a private area of the individual would not be visible to the public regardless of whether that person is in a public or private place. . So is asscrack legally buttocks and private area and does reasonable person believe that their ass crack is hidden when it is not?

2015-05-15 17:24:18

&gt and knowingly does so under circumstances in which the individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy I don t think you have a reasonable expectation of privacy while sitting on a chair in a convention center during a tournament open to the public.

2015-05-15 17:29:45

Miscellaneous Legal Query

Landscaping company did work on wrong property (neighbor s side of duplex) and is still trying to charge me.

Edit: GF s mom did some looking up. Apparently this is a national company that franchises out. I m not sure how that may affect things. GF s mom also suggested the route of ceasing contact with the company and dragging them on social media to gain corporate s attention and possibly one of those canned “oh we re sorry! We ll take care of this! You won t be charged!” responses. I m not sure I like that idea. That may work with say Walmart or Pizza Hut but this feels kind of different. Original post: Sorry this ended up kind of long. Just trying to be as detailed as possible. Washington State. I live in a house that is a duplex. The house is located on a corner between a Main Street and a Side Street. My address is clear on the front side of the house which faces the Main Street and has an address for that street. The neighbor s side of the duplex has their entrance facing the side street also a clear address label and their address is listed as the Side Street. For example they are 1234 Side Street while my half is listed as 4321 Main Street. I hired a landscaping company online who did a drive-by and emailed me an estimate for work. The work was to be two separate visits (a Wednesday and Thursday) the first one being more landscaping (trimming and removal of overgrown hedges and bushes that were obscuring our windows as well as trimming and taking care of a bigger tree shrub that is on our corner of the house by our entrance) and the second visit being the mowing of the yard. Our side of the property is smaller with a small corner yard and the bushes hedges by our windows. It was also very obvious which side needed the work done. They quoted the work as $350 for the landscaping and $100 for a biweekly mowing. I was home on that day that the first work was supposed to be done. I saw one of their company cars show up on the side street and was just assuming that was where they would park and do the work. I had just had my second Covid shot so I stayed in the bedroom feeling like crap and slept. Waking up later I went outside to see the work. Absolutely nothing had been done. We eventually figured out that the company had did some pruning on the neighbor s side and their side back yard. The neighbors even confusedly come over and asked did we had done some trimming in their side. Upon seeing this I immediately called and was told to email cancelling the mow as they had not done the work I requested. I got in a long email back and forth with the GM of the company eventually ending with telling them not to come by and mow and that I would not be paying for any work and would dispute any charges they attempted to make. They claim that they tried “knocking three times ” though I heard nothing. They also had my email and phone number if they needed to contact me. We feel they were knocking on the neighbor s door- with them not being home. My girlfriend made arrangements with a different person company to do the work. He came by a day or two later and did it. He also affirms that there was nothing done that they listed having done and that any trimming or work was done by him. My girlfriend (who lives with me) and I have both emailed the company with them eventually offering to charge a lower rate ($175) since not all of the work was done on our side of the property. We again refused. They still claim that they had done some trimming of the shrubs to get them away from the house- which the other landscaper refutes having been done before him. My worry is that they will eventually forward my bill to collections affecting my credit report. I feel that if they try to take me to small claims that with the collection of emails between myself my girlfriend and the company along with the photos of immediately after they “did the work” showing nothing done and the testimony of the other person who did the work that I would win. I however am not skilled or knowledgeable about these processes. What are my options here? Do I wait for them to make some sort of move besides email threats to collect payment? Is there a preemptive move I should can make? Should I act somehow before they possibly try to send me to collections? Is there a type of attorney I should look for at this point to protect myself? Thank you all in advance.

2021-06-04 22:10:26

NAL but lurk here and have seen a few of these. Don t worry about it for now cease communication with first landscapers. If they sue then respond if they send the debt to collections then send a debt validation letter. I m sure others will chime in if there are any extra steps.

2021-06-05 10:13:17

Neighbor Property Line Fence

Human work rights violation? Employer restricting bathroom use.

Hello r legaladvice Throwaway blah blah this just happened a couple of hours ago and I m not sure if I m posting in right subreddit but this seemed most fitting. Also this might be long and I apologize. Context: I have always drank a lot of water and gone to use the restroom slightly (but not significantly) more frequently than other people. I reside in **British Columbia Canada** and work at a very busy store located in a mall and across from a major train bus station so we get a lot of customers and huge lineups. I also happen to be the fastest most efficient and most highly praised cashier. I get many excellent customer service reviews and am generally great at my job. I pick up shifts am always on time never drop shifts and work holidays. As such I am a go to person when someone calls in sick or doesn t want to work. After killing a medium long line today and about an hour after my coffee break I excused myself for about 4min to use the restroom and notified my store owner who happened to be standing by my till. There were 3 other available cashiers. When I came back my cash manager approached me and told me we need to have a conversation. She told me that some of the employees notice that I use the bathroom too often (3-4 times in an 8.5hour shift sometimes during my breaks). We had a long discussion and I voiced my concerns. She said if it was up to her this wouldn t matter. However the store manager requested she have a conversation with me and that I should talk to him if I want to voice my concerns. Red hot and teary eyed but upbeat I went to speak with him. He was dismissive and informed me that because I am on company time I am wasting productivity time by using the bathroom and that other staff are concerned I m getting more breaks than they are which is unfair . He also said that I was noted taking my bag into the bathroom every time I go implying that I go frequently to text or make phone calls. I clarified that the only time this happened was last week when I was on my period. He said he doesn t need to know this (I disagree cause he brought it up). He also said that if I have a medical condition that I need to take care of it. At this point I asked if a doctor s note would make a difference and would allow me to use the bathroom when I needed to. He said I don t care and it doesn t matter what you do but you need to find a way to use the bathroom less than you are now . I explained that because my job requires me to talk a lot and move a lot I get dry mouth and dehydrated. I need to drink. I also need to drink because I normally drink a lot of water. Additionally I get multiple UTI s a year and have have kidney infections and been to the hospital as a result. I need to flush everything out hence my water guzzling. I can t hold it in UTIs. He said he doesn t need to know and doesn t care and that all he wants is for me to use the bathroom less because it bothers someone and him. I feel extremely singled out right now. I feel disrespected and I feel like my privacy has been breached. I feel that I have also been denied to do a very natural thing. It is normal to want to go the bathroom after a coffee or lunch break and more than once a day. Why should I risk my health? And who s business is it when I use the bathroom?! My question is is there any law forbidding or limiting bathroom use in BC? Or is there any law my store manager has violated in terms of limiting my restroom use? If I have to go I have to go and I perform significantly better than most employees there so peeing should be justified based on my performance alone. Please advise and thank you for reading such a long post.

2014-11-16 03:08:56

Call up the Employment Standards people and ask: http: www.labour.gov.bc.ca esb information.htm

2014-11-16 09:06:53

Bathroom Break Restrictions and Rights

My roommate started growing marijuana in a grow tent in our garage after I specifically requested that he not (we don t live in a weed-friendly state) and he threatened to break my stuff if I touched it. Will I get in trouble too if I call the police? What are my options?

State: Virginia

2016-09-23 19:16:26

Being the one to call the police will play in your favor but some [police and prosecutors are not reasonable](http: www.news4jax.com news cheerleader-17-faces-expulsion-after-picking-up-beer-cup-at-jags-tailgate) at all. I d advise moving out today.

2016-09-23 20:35:48

Miscellaneous Legal Query

VA - No hot water for a month in apartment. Can I stop paying rent due to habitability concerns?

Tl Dr no hot water for a month it affects everyone in the building told the same sorry parts delayed can t fix it . Is there any way for reduced or no rent payment due to § 55.1-1220 habitability concerns? Longer detailed one We ve been in this apartment for nearly 4 years paid on time every time and overall had no major complaints and have been good tenants. The past month we ve had issues with hot water where cold has full pressure but hot water has no pressure and no heat. Maintenance requests have been put in but they have told us to just wait for quieter times to shower since apparently it s being overwhelmed by others using hot water....which makes no sense since the 3 years prior the hot water worked absolutely fine. I ve been forced to take cold showers and wash dishes by boiling water just to be able to clean things. It s mentally and physically stressing me and my girlfriend out. I ve made multiple complaints even threatened to withhold rent. When I tell the manager she just tells me if you withhold rent then you re violating your lease and you ll be evicted What legal recourse do I have? I ve been a good tenant these issues only cropped up when new managers showed up and maintenance staff were all replaced. I can t afford anywhere else in the area. Only law or code I found was § 55.1-1220 section 7 found at: https: law.lis.virginia.gov vacode title55.1 chapter12 section55.1-1220 We don t have a housing authority in the area I don t know what steps to take next.

2022-05-19 11:48:24

The code provision you re looking for is §55.1-1244. You ll have to file a petition with the court that you don t have access to hot water. You ll have to show that the landlord refused to repair without unreasonable delay and you ll have to pay your full rent amount into the court s account. The court will then have the ability to evaluate the situation and can terminate your agreement with no cost to you continue the escrow payment until the issue is fixed reduce (abate) your rent by an equitable amount etc. If it hadn t been fixed within 6 months then you actually get all your escrow money back so the landlord has a big incentive to fix the problem (especially if you say get a bunch of other tenants to do the same). It s important that you do NOT just stop paying rent completely though they can and likely will move to evict you. Virginia is not as flexible as many other states with your ability to simply withhold rent you have the strictly follow the proper legal process. You can likely go to the courthouse and file these documents yourself. The clerk won t give you legal advice but they can likely explain how to make the rent payment into the court s escrow account and you ll need to serve the landlord properly. A lawyer isn t strictly necessary but may be helpful. Sorry for this situation and hope this helps.

2022-05-19 15:16:57

Water Bill Dispute Resolution

Facebook page slandering friends. Accusing them of thievery. Is this legal?

Basically there is a Facebook page dedicated to posting photos of alleged thieves throughout various stores in my city. The problem is there is rarely any proof of anyone actually stealing anything. I always found this to be a bit unethical however last night they posted a picture of a friend who is innocent but is still accused of stealing. So three questions: 1. Is this legal? Slander is against the law no? 2. Can businesses such as the Family Dollar or Wal-Mart legally post photos of their CCTV? 3. Anything my friend can do to protect his reputation? I ve been banned from the group for bringing this up and everyone seems to side with the page and its right to throw accusations without proof. It s honestly quite frustrating. Appreciate any advice. Thank you. Edit: I live in Colorado.

2016-03-30 16:57:44

Slander requires an entity to knowingly make a false statement if the store reasonably believes the statement to be true it wouldn t qualify. So the first question is is it that they don t have evidence or that they are not making their evidence publicly available? If it s just still shots of those people known believed to have stolen presumably the full video would have more so it s very likely they would have more evidence than is on Facebook. What makes you so sure that they don t have evidence for this or any of the photos listed?

2016-03-30 17:32:35

Miscellaneous Legal Query

CT MA - girlfriend s bank doesn t know where her money went

My girlfriend recently moved and went to close out her accounts at a local branch of her bank in CT (now living in MA). When they were closing her savings account apparently the computers went down and after waiting over an hour at the bank she had to give up and leave due to time constraints. The bank employee said they would continue working on closing her account and contact her to work out cutting the final check. 2 weeks later now she s heard almost nothing from the bank. She tried contacting them after a week and they said they were still working on it. This week she contacted them again and was told that the employee who closed her account is no longer an employee with the bank and that they are launching an investigation into where her money went. They told her to call back again next week. At that point it will be going on 3 weeks since closing her account that she has not had any access to her money. Is her only course of action to sit and wait for the bank to sort it out?

2018-07-06 15:46:22

I d escalate at the bank talk to a lawyer or consider filing a police report. Right now it looks like her money was stolen. Go through the bank first though.

2018-07-06 15:48:12

Miscellaneous Legal Query

Seller blaming me for bad guys stealing stuff from his property.

This is in California. Edit: Homeowner* not seller. He claims there is about 10 000 dollars stolen from his property and he is going to try to find a way to hold me liable. I have a house for sell that I m flipping. I ve been owner of the property for about 5 months(going to close pretty soon) and never occupied. The neighbor backs my house so I m guessing the bad guys went through the front of my house into the back so they can steal whatever it is they stole. Wood fence separates both houses. The fence is in really good shape. I m not even sure if I m asking for legal advice here but I wanted to share what I have going at the moment. If they try to present a lawsuit or something I will take it from there. Imo I don t see how I can be held liable.

2015-10-16 18:44:05

You own the house next door to me and people stole my stuff therefore you are responsible

2015-10-16 19:08:02

Neighbor Property Line Fence

Landlord going through my mail and frequently showing up unannounced

I ve been dealing with a nightmare landlord for the past few months. I live in Texas. Just to give you an idea of what they re like- I signed a one year lease for a room in a house and after one month of being there one of the tenants decided to give her 30 days notice to move out. Two days later they evicted everyone else living there because they wanted to rent out the house to a family rather than renting out individual rooms. They claimed they were having trouble finding new tenants for the room that was about to become vacant and couldn t afford the loss anymore . Everyone in the house was on month-to-month leases except for me so they were able to successfully kick out everyone else. When they asked me to leave I actually initially agreed to look for a new place assuming they would cover any moving-related costs and allow me to take as much time as I need. Discussing this they actually refused to pay for my movers so then I told them I refuse to move.. after back and forth arguments they finally agreed but then they started pressuring me to move out and find a new place quicker. During these past couple months the landlord has come into the house maybe once a week for reasons I m not sure of. She would not tell me in advance that she s coming would not even ring the doorbell she would just suddenly be in the house. As a small young woman living by myself that would really freak me out every time. After the second time this happened I asked her to let me know when she s coming by and she never responded. A few days later she came in completely unannounced again with her parents and stayed for maybe 4 hours and the whole time never explained to me why she was there. Every time she had come in I was in eyeshot of the front door so she would 100% see me and make eye contact with me and I would say hello very confused and she would just look at me and walk straight past me.. its not illegal to be rude but i would like an explanation as to why they are invading my privacy on a regular basis. I m also not sure if that s normal or allowed that they come in as frequently and unannounced as they do and I wonder if there s even anything I can do about that. Anyways I had to go out of town unexpectedly and while away i had a couple things delivered. When I came home I saw that my landlords had gotten my mail from outside and put it inside the house for me while I was away which was fine but there were two packages that were missing. I asked them if they had seen it. They said they did have a package for me but they had opened it because they didn t know who it was addressed to at first. I thought that was weird because I m the only one who has been living there for a couple months now and my landlord does not receive their mail there so I don t know why they couldn t piece that together but maybe it was a genuine confusion. Then a few days later they still hadn t brought me my package and I asked a question about it and they sent a picture of my package to me. And on the package my name and address was very clearly and visibly written. Like literally impossible to miss. This leads me to believe that they intentionally took my mail and went through it.. WHY would they do that and can I do anything about that?? This felt very weird and shady and illegal to me and these landlords are really invasive with my privacy but I m not sure if there s anything I can do. People suggest small claims court but they haven t really costed me anything financially so I see no point to that and I don t know if there s really a case here for regular court? I found a place and plan to move out soon.. but is there anything I can do or are landlords just allowed to behave like this towards their tenants? Also while I was out of town I noticed my landlords had been at the house because they left some trash and also used some of my kitchen utensils.. and put them back completely dirty. Like obviously and visibly dirty. Is that allowed? &amp #x200B TLDR My landlord evicted everyone in the house except me bc im on a one year lease and she comes over to the house without telling me kinda frequently for no reason and also took my mail and went through it. is there anything i can do

2020-11-30 04:29:32

Go to your local USPS branch and report the mail theft. She definitely broke the law there regardless of the constant presence in your space which is also likely against your tenants rights. Present them the image and the phone number it was sent from. They are going to love the fact that she sent you a text as proof of her crime.

2020-11-30 04:46:34

Landlord Lease Deposit Disputes

My high school has taken away all soap dispensers in our boys bathrooms. What do I do??? I dont want to spend my day walking around with piss hands

Recently my high school got rid of all the soap dispensers in the mens bathroon for reasons beyond me. We need them back.

2020-02-29 13:35:05

Walk into the principals office shake his hand. Tell him you just took a piss and there is no soap dispensers

2020-02-29 15:42:25

Miscellaneous Legal Query

Our townhouse was infested with mold and they don t plan on cleaning it

We live in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. I don t have a lot of the specific dates because my fiance has been doing all of the communications in writing on her email account but I ll paraphrase and if specifics are needed I can fill them in. Basically over a year ago we noticed water damage in our walls and ceilings. Our landlord didn t replace the roof at that time using numerous excuses. Roughly in January we noticed some fungus growing out of our wall. We had a mediation company come in and inspect the air and walls. They discovered we had five different types of mold infestation two of which were in critical unhealthy levels. They said that we would need to have the roof walls and ceiling replaced and to have our home cleaned as mold can last up to 20 years. Our landlord drug her feet on this but eventually realized she needed to remove us from the situation. In about mid March she relocated us to a small one bedroom apartment in the complex next door while she tried getting a consultation from a contractor in. A lot of time passed in between this but she said she would reimburse us for any dry cleaning or anything we would need. During this time we believe she expected her insurance to cover the costs but when the insurance agent came in to inspect it they denied her claim because she didn t take care of the water damage when it was first reported by us. She did finally have the roof repaired. Since then she s written us a check for what dry cleaning we had and wrote in the memo line Final cleaning payment which we refused to cash. We asked to be present for the consultation from the contractor and were told we would be then found out a week or two ago that they came to do it without us. They started doing the work without our knowledge as well and we by luck caught them over there and spoke to the men doing the work. They included us in a follow up email after they were done the first day telling us what needed to happen and referring a cleaning crew. They finished the work this Thursday replacing the walls and ceiling. We contacted a lawyer over a week ago and he gave us a free consolation basically telling us to email her and asking for specifics along the lines of who they would be having come in to do the work whether or not they would renew our lease that they would need to clean our bed as we contacted Tempurpedic and they told us the only safe option was to replace it informing her we wouldn t be cashing that check because of the legal ramifications if we did and a few other questions. She ignored that email completely. Some time last week her husband past and while we feel terrible about that we still wanted to make sure we were taken care of. She has a son that apparently does some of the management but she ignored requests to be in contact with him so she was our only contact. Today we received a hand delivered mail informing us the son would be taking over the responsibility of managing the property the repairs and painting have been completely they expected us to move back in to the town house by June 1st and resume our rent and that our lease which ends on July 31st will not be renewed. No where in the letter does it say anything about cleaning. We don t even know honestly if it does need to be cleaned legally though the mold inspection stated it had. The lawyer told us that the landlord was doing the minimum amount that he wouldn t suggest proceeding with legal action but we feel that without cleaning the townhouse that puts a different spin on things. The lawyer did say something along the lines of us having more of a case if they refuse to take care of anything. But we re saving for a wedding and money is tight. Should we contact the lawyer again? What actions can we take? Should we contact the people that did the mold inspection? We just really have no clue where to go from here.

2017-05-28 04:02:59

What do you want to have happen? It seems fairly clear that the landlord should remediate the problem or allow you to end your lease. If your things actually require cleaning you may have better luck with your renters insurance​ who may pursue the landlord if appropriate. Though there is likely room to debate the extent of cleaning or replacement needed. You might note that if your mattress is a loss you re likely entitled to the depreciated value of the mattress at the time of loss if the landlord is liable though many insurance policies cover replacement value.

2017-05-28 04:16:16

Mold and Water Damage Issues

Paternity: Mother Put Different man on Birth Certificate

Hello all A little backstory here. Slept with the mother on a drunk night in Okinawa she was married. When I found out she was pregnant later she said it definitely was not mine and her husbands so he gets put onto the birth certificate so she can avoid the drama. Flash forward a year to the day I am leaving Okinawa and she tells me it is mine. Being military I moved across the world to the UK and she stayed in Japan. We had some words and she refused to talk to me for a bit. Eventually we start talking again but she does not want me in his life at all. Now the question is as the biological father do I have any legal rights to fight back and try to gain at least partial custody of my son? I have a clean record besides an arrest when I was 17 which was thrown out of the court and have served honorably in the military thus far. Currently she is in South Carolina and I am not sure as well if the rules for paternity would apply to where she currently is since the child was born overseas tho is american. TL DR: Mother put different father on birth certificate than myself who is the biological father. Want to get legal rights and be in my sons life. Thank you all for the help. Edit: First time poster over here and you folks have been more than helpful and I appreciate everyone taking the time out to help answer the question. I should also add to the tale the mother s husband is facing serious legal troubles I only have details from her and I don t trust her so I will not give second hand facts and she is seeking divorce and sole custody from him.

2014-01-16 00:37:48

Heads up: Adultery is illegal in the US military and it is still charged. If you do this you may be implicitly admitting to committing adultery.

2014-01-16 02:11:42

Paternity Test and Child Custody

Photographing Filming kids in a retail space

So my boss wants us to take some promotional video for Facebook YouTube of students in our crafting-style retail space but she has no release forms of any kind. I m kind of not super cool with the situation..... what are the laws regarding filming or photographing children in a retail store? Is verbal permission from parents enough? Could the photographer (hourly employee) end up in trouble? I d super appreciate it if I could get any relevant details if this is up anyone s alley. Location is CA.

2018-06-04 17:14:13

The employee will not get in trouble. The boss is opening her business up to lawsuits to a ridiculous degree and is making some incredibly brainless decisions. If you *like* your boss (and more importantly she s a decent manager who won t get mad over you trying to save her ass) you could print out some general image release forms for the parents to sign that give the company permission to both take and make use of said images. Google should have templates you could use.

2018-06-04 17:22:08

Miscellaneous Legal Query

University paying student employee below minimum wage.

I m a student employee at a public university in Missouri where minimum wage is currently $8.60. I am being paid $8 per hour. I assume this must be legal like there is some loophole they can use to pay student employees less but I want to make sure. If it matters minimum wage in Missouri was just recently increased from $7.70 in the most recent election cycle and will continue to increase over the next few years.

2019-02-18 22:28:21

It looks like you can file a complaint here. [https: labor.mo.gov DLS MinimumWage file\_complaint](https: labor.mo.gov DLS MinimumWage file_complaint) &amp #x200B Perhaps the school has made a mistake call your employer HR and ask why your wage hasn t increase yet in compliance to new laws.

2019-02-18 22:37:38

Miscellaneous Legal Query

I was picking up a prescription and the pharm tech said out loud that my birth control was ready. HIPAA violation?

Edit: Location is RI I was picking up my birth control subscription from a large chain pharmacy last night. There was a pretty long line and once I got to the register I gave my name and birth date. The pharm tech grabbed my stuff and loudly said “okay here s your birth control.” I ve never had a pharm tech say what I was picking up before so I m not sure if this is a violation or not. I live in a conservative area and people around here don t really approve of birth control and I got some dirty looks as I left. Obviously this isn t that big of a deal but it did make me uncomfortable and wouldn t have happened if the woman had just said the usual “here it is do you have any questions for the pharmacist?” Is this a HIPAA violation? If not should I still report it to her supervisor?

2017-11-03 11:24:15

You can complain to her supervisor but it isn t a HIPAA violation.

2017-11-03 11:47:33

Medical Billing Disputes and Fraud

My girlfriend is being sexually assaulted at work and her managers are letting the perpetrator get away with it (CA)

Okay reddit I really don t know what to do and I am so angry it hurts. My girlfriend works as a server at a restaurant. She works graveyard shifts with her cook alone and it doesn t get too busy so it s usually them two by themselves. My girlfriend told me her cook keeps grabbing her ass and kissing her neck and forcing himself onto her and she tells him to stop and pushes him off. The first few times he handed her a hundred dollars to keep her quiet but after that she s told him no and that he needs to stop. The past few 2 weeks I have came in every night they work together to keep my eye on him. He always walks out of the restaurant mid shift when it isn t busy and drinks alcohol in his car comes back in and starts acting all weird towards my girlfriend. She tells me sometimes when I m there he slaps her ass in the kitchen when I can t see but she told me not to say anything to keep her out of trouble. My girlfriend told me the cook has been having sex with two of the managers and he buys them shit all the time. Anyway I was in there today and my girlfriend went in the back to go get something so I peeper my eye in through the kitchen window that goes out to the dining area and I saw him hugging her and she was trying to push him off of her but he wouldn t stop forcing himself onto her. When he went back outside to go drink more alcohol I went out there to go talk to him to stop but before I could even get to him one of my girlfriend coworkers dragged me back inside. The manager came out (one of the one s having sex with the cook) and she told my girlfriend she was suspended and I had to leave even after my girlfriend told the manager it s because he kept touching her and I was only talking to him. So the managers are letting him get away with sexual assault suspending my girlfriend because of my actions which took place outside of the restaurant and weren t even illegal. Is there anything I can do to get him in trouble and to also get the managers in trouble as well for letting him get away with it and unrightfully suspending my girlfriend? Please help reddit I don t know what to do. This happened in California fyi. And on another note my girlfriends manager said she can t have a sick day off from work or she d be suspended. My girlfriend hasn t missed a day of work at all which if I am correct is not allowed by California Senate Bill 3. The day she has to come in sick all this shit happens. Is there anywhere I can report the management like a state department or the company?

2019-01-02 09:15:57

Report him to the police. This is sexual assault. There are plenty of witnesses going by your facts so at face value looks like an easy indictment which DAs love. As a side advice your gf should be getting a new job.

2019-01-02 09:20:47

Workplace Sexual Harassment Concerns

I let a friend move in for a while and now they won t leave. Legally what do I need to do to get them out? (Missouri)

My father let a lady friend move in until she could get back on her feet. She has overstayed her welcome and he needs her out. He asked her to leave but that didn t go well. My aunt is suggesting that we just push her stuff to the curb but I believe she has rights as a tenant and needs to be evicted. To make matters more complicated the house is actually owned by my dad and his 3 siblings. Do all three of them have to sign an eviction notice? I m in Missouri.

2015-04-07 13:25:09

Your aunt is wrong you are correct If she s stayed over a month she is basically a tenant at will and needs to be evicted if her name isn t on a lease. If you throw her stuff to the curb change locks cut utilities or anything like that it is an illegal eviction and can leave you liable.

2015-04-07 13:27:24

Landlord Lease Deposit Disputes

[Ohio] Got a ticket for an expired license but it says it was more than 6 months expired even though it was less than 20 days.

I m just trying to decide if it s worth fighting. I got a ticket for speeding and also got ticketed for my license being expired. Both were definitely my fault and I m not trying to dispute that. However on the ticket it has two boxes. One says less than six months expired and the other says more than six months expired. The cop checked the wrong box. So my question is does this effect how much the ticket actually is? I can either go to court and pay $90 dollars for court fees or just pay for the ticket before the court date and not have to pay for court fees. I m trying to figure out if a clerical error like that will save me money and it s worth going to court over or if I should just pay the $340 ticket?

2018-02-01 20:16:55

Depends on how much the ticket for under 6 months is and how much you value your time. If you do dispute it here s what will happen. They will throw out the 6+ month ticket and then immediately issue you the less than 6 months ticket.

2018-02-01 20:21:10

Unresolved Speeding Ticket Issue

[NYC] Slander... What do I do?

Over 6 years ago I had a falling out that ended terribly with someone who is in my industry of work. At that time he wrote a horrible damning blog post about me on his professional website. It s still up on the website today and comes up in a google search for my name. However being that what happened between us has absolutely nothing to do with my job performance I decided to just leave it be at the time and move on with my life. During that time he also contacted my superiors to try to get me fired. Afterwards any time I posted something to our industry community s facebook page he would comment immediately and include a link to the blog post. I then blocked him. Even still he continued to link this blog post any time someone mentioned my name within the group. Recently he got in contact with a person I worked freelance for and went on an insane rant and stated they were no longer friends or work connections because my boss had hired me. I did not ask to see this e-mail I was merely told about it second-hand. At this point its clear to me that he s trying to get in the way of my career and possibly my ability to get work. How do I get him to stop? I m worried that if he were to see me in person due to his rage at a friend and coworker over hiring me that something terrible may happen to me. I have never engaged him in any of this.

2015-04-13 16:45:42

Is he misrepresenting false facts as the truth? Truth and opinion are defenses to defamation.

2015-04-13 16:47:44

Miscellaneous Legal Query

Won small claims now bank garnish

I won a small claims case and know where this person banks. Unfortunately I don t have their social security # or bank account #. I m also not sure where they moved to but I do have an old address. An attorney said I could still garnish their bank account without this information (depending on the bank). Is this true? This is in California.

2021-01-04 10:26:30

We are not going to be able to give you better advice than a local attorney you have obtained. Listen to them.

2021-01-04 13:51:00

Debt Collection Legal Issues

My parents committed welfare fraud over 16 years ago. They pleaded guilty served time and probation. Will they still be able to claim Social Security when they turn 67?

I m really not sure if they re able to receive some sort of social security or medicare. I can t act in as they re retirement as much as my father likes to think I magically can. This occurred in Los Angeles California.

2017-09-10 21:55:45

They get social security if they worked enough credits to earn it. Welfare and social security are two different programs. Their welfare fraud shouldn t make a difference if they are otherwise eligible.

2017-09-10 22:20:24

Miscellaneous Legal Query

Can I sue a landscaper for using less material than is sufficient to sustain a healthy yard? In other words can I sue a contractor for poor quality work?

I hired a landscaper to landscape the yard of my new home. My back yard is about 6000 sq ft and my front yard minus driveway is about 1200 sq ft for a total of 7200. I hired a guy who just started a new business but came with references listing his 10 years of experience working under other brands. Because this is a big yard in a new development and because this guy is new (or at least his business is) he offered us what sounded like a great deal to do the job and we signed on. Three weeks ago he and a crew of 6 guys came out and did the job which was distributing topsoil laying sod planting some trees that I d bought and delivered myself and dropping some decorative crushed stone here and there. By today despite religious watering and care all our grass is dead. We called the landscaper who won t return calls but sent us a text saying it died because we didn t take care of it. We then called his suppliers who came out an inspected it themselves because they don t want their product (the sod) to be implicated. It turns out that the landscaper didn t lay more than a half inch of topsoil. He bought 16 yards of soil when the sod producers told us that for our yard we d need about 50. So in the end we *did* physically receive grass. We *did* physically receive soil. We *did* physically receive the benefits of his labor to plant all that stuff. However all of the materials and labor were deficient to within any reasonable expectation sustain an actual living lawn. Is shoddy workmanship something that courts will actually endorse as negligence (or whatever other legal terms exists to mean that he would have to reimburse me money or correct the mistakes that were made)? As proof of all of this I have procured copies of every invoice from every supplier showing that he bought inadequate materials to do the job properly. I am in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada.

2014-06-24 02:37:58

Knowing absolutely zero about Canadian landscaping law these things generally depend upon the specifics of the contract agreement you had. If you had for example a performance-type contract where the landscaper promised certain outcomes or results or some kind of of ongoing maintenance type of contract then you might have a claim. OTOH if the landscaper did what you agreed to and paid for they are not typically legally liable if you are not happy with the results. I.e. what matters is whether you contracted and paid for the grass and soil that you got or for a green healthy lawn.

2014-06-24 05:34:48

Miscellaneous Legal Query

Was laid off a week after getting back from FMLA.

Title says it all. There were ~5 lay offs across the company (of thousands) but I am the only one on my team to be laid off. Been there 2.5 years. I just helped hire a 3rd person to my same position 3 months ago too and they get to stay. They aren t even fully trained yet. I led the entire interview process bc I was supposed to be promoted this fall. Anyway yeah. I just got back from a month of medical leave. I ve never had a single negative review over my 2.5 years. I m the only person trained to do everything in my position. When I asked why me they said it had nothing to do with my job performance or longevity at the company. Multiple bosses of mine fought it and one who s very reserved even sent me a message saying she s “extremely distraught” over it and that she “completely agrees” when I said it s impossible to think this has nothing to do with my FMLA. When my other boss asked about it upper management raised his voice at her and said he can t disclose the reasoning and reiterated that it s not because of my medical leave. I later asked upper management if I had done something wrong that I wasn t aware of. He sent me a message saying I haven t done “absolutely anything” wrong. I m at a loss. I guess that s just the way the cookie crumbles and there s probably nothing I can do. But it just feels very very weird. Especially for multiple people including my direct boss and coworkers who works with me day to day to fight for me and the decision still be made. I can t help but wonder if the reasoning was because they worried I would have to take FMLA again in the future because I have a chronic illness. Idk.

2021-11-18 15:00:25

Layoffs are allowed. You d have to prove that you were let go because you took FML. Which sounds unlikely as others were laid off as well.

2021-11-18 15:59:10

Workplace Injury Report Handling

A nine-year-old autistic boy keeps “escaping” his school and getting into strangers cars (hitchhiking) to find his mom at her work (Canada)

So one of my younger siblings keeps running away from school and then hitchhiking with random strangers to go find my mom. It s happened about FOUR times so far this year and I feel like they re not taking any kind of preventative measures to stop it from happening in the future. This is very dangerous and a huge problem and has left my mom very stressed out because there s creeps out there that could hurt him. I m not sure putting him in another school is an option my mom could handle either since I have two other siblings and one of them goes to the same school and the other goes to the high school right beside it. We don t have a lot of money so I m not sure what we can do about this if anything but I figured I would try to post here anyway. This takes place in the Yukon by the way so lawyers are probably quite limited anyway.

2021-07-21 05:45:15

The school is responsible in loco parentis for any minors attending during school hours. If there is a superintendent responsible for the school district try to bring it to their attention through email or a phone call. If the child has any special needs that have warranted a special education plan that requires a minimum level of supervision (e.g. 1:1 aide for an autistic child) insist that the individual education plan be adhered to or request a meeting to have one set up. Impress upon the highest school authority that his safety is their responsibility until he gets off the bus at his home and the consequences of an accident are also theirs to handle.

2021-07-21 06:57:51

Miscellaneous Legal Query

[Ontario Canada 21 years old] Shoplifting under $5000 &amp Possession of stolen property obtained by crime

Was at an amusement park arcade with my younger cousins aged 16 12 &amp 10. 12 &amp 10 year old found a key under one of the machines while trying to get their bouncy ball which they lost. The key opened up the machine and exposed the tokens (not money) within. The 12 year old then decided to take a handful of tokens and one of the employees saw and called security. I told the arresting officer that it wasn t I who stole the tokens but a minor and I didn t want him getting in any trouble. She asked how old he was and I said 12 and she wrote it down. I worked at the amusement park in 2011 (Wonderland) and they believe I stole the key when I left.I have 2 defenses against this accusation: 1. My job description did not involve me repairing arcade machines nor was I ever issued a key. From my knowledge the keys were only given to technicians who worked for another company (playdium) who maintained the machines and therefore I had no access to them. 2. The security guard told me that the key was reported lost sometime in 2012 but I quit in May of 2011. Seeing how it wasn t myself who actually took the tokens nor did I steal the key what should I do at my court date? I ve read up on the topic of diversions which I wouldn t mind doing community service but it goes against the fact that I did not steal they key or any tokens from the machine. This is a very petty accusation and I m not sure if anyone will even respond but I just want to know if it would be best if I took the diversion or plead not guilty and try to prove my innocence with the facts stated above.

2013-08-06 04:54:25

Speak to a lawyer with the details of your arraignment. It is never in your best interests to take a diversion or make a plea unless the lawyer feels that the prosecution would be successful if it went to trial. In this case from the limited information provided I do not think this would be the case.

2013-08-06 16:49:46

Miscellaneous Legal Query

I was arrested and now I can t obtain a security clearance.

A couple years ago I was wrongfully arrested. After 6 months of showing up but not being charged the case was “moved for dismissal”. Now my security clearance for my job is on hold. Is there any way I can get proof that I wasn t charged with anything or how could I get this removed from my record? I ve google many things but it s all so confusing. Edit: The arrest happened in Houston Tx.

2018-09-26 01:34:18

NAL but just completed my [number] investigation and have assisted numerous junior service members with clearance related topics. If you already have a clearance contact your Legal Office and your SSO these resources are in place to help you. If you do not already have your clearance you will need to wait until you are contacted by your investigator or you can attempt to make contact via the [National Background Investigation Bureau ](https: nbib.opm.gov ). Anecdotal but with three services members in the VA area with essentially the same problem of holding a wrongful arrest we were basically forced to go through the commands Legal Officer to get any traction. P.S. Do not be shocked if they contact you via text like I was. This is apparently the new normal as the Bureau attempts to modernize.

2018-09-26 03:50:02

Questionable Arrest Circumstances and Legal Representation

Get OSHA inspection without notice?

My mom works at a factory which she has been at for decades and I never realized the extent of how poor the working conditions were until she mentioned it at dinner today. They spray chemicals in the air that has workers coughing rats run around the break room air quality is very poor in the building etc. (This is in a suburb in northern illinois). She said before people have called to OSHA but OSHA always notified the owner a week before they come which gives them plenty of time to straighten out the violations and pass inspection after which everything goes back to how it was. Workers complained to the owner about this but all they usually hear is If you don t like it here work somewhere else . This on paper seems easy but for workers like my mother who worked here their whole lives after immigrating to the USA (Most workers are either eastern European or southern american) so they don t have anywhere to go where the pay can be matched. It breaks my heart as my mother is not a lazy person she works very hard usually 12 hours a day and she said herself she won t be able to make it to retirement in conditions like that. Most workers are too terrified to do anything serious since it could mean termination of employment. My mother will not get involved in anything. What can I do to help sort this out? I was told by another worker that if OSHA came by unannounced they would have a field day at this place. Where can I start?

2017-01-06 00:23:00

OSHA generally shows up for three reasons in order of least to most likely to visit -Random -Following a serious incident (death multiple injured) or high rate of incidents reported -if an employee makes a serious written complaint of imminent danger with their name attached to it.

2017-01-06 01:50:40

Miscellaneous Legal Query