Title: [NE] Was asked to be a sperm donor. What are the musts if I want to make sure I forfeit all legal and monetary responsibilities?

Question:
I've been doing research since I was asked and it's actually been a little frightening reading some of the donor legal cases. I do want to help the couple as they are my friends, but I also don't want to end up paying child support in five years.

What I know:

- Sperm donation through physician
- Insemination through physician (preferably at a hospital or clinic)
- Legal written contract signed by all parties stating my responsibilities as the donor (no legal or monetary).

But Nebraska doesn't seem to have a donor insemination statute and that worries me by not really understanding what that actually means legally. What is the name for an insemination lawyer? What should the contract explicitly state? What should do so I can help the couple, but make sure I'm in the clear legally?

Just need some advice to make sure the process is done correctly. Thanks.

Answer:
 Absolute safest way: Don't do it.

Second safest: Anonymous donation through a clinic.

Third safest: Go through a clinic.

Understand that no contractual agreement can be made that would exempt you from child support. A family lawyer may be able to advise you on your state specific pieces.Answer #2: Don't do it. You're feeling special and chosen because you match some unique and selective criteria. Don't let your ego get in the way here. Let them go to a clinic and find someone anonymous that matches their requirements. Otherwise you'll spend the rest of your life wondering when someone will show up at your door demanding child support, back child support, and college money. And who knows, maybe the person to show up will be 18 years old, wanting a relationship with his/her real dad. Answer #3: Go through a clinic. That's really the safest way to do this. Well, actually anonymous donations through a clinic are the safest way.


Title: Dealing with a tailgater

Question:
If someone is riding my bumper \(even though I am going the speed limit\) and I brake\-check them, who is at fault if he hits me? I believe it should be him as they shouldn't be following so closely. What do you think?

How else can you deal with a tailgater that won't just go around \(and I can't get over myself\)?

Answer:
 You're asking whether you're responsible, at least in part, for smashing the brakes in a way that you know could result in a rear-end collision? Of course you are.

I've also successfully prosecuted brake checkers in the past for a range of crimes, even if no accident occurs.Answer #2: Get over safely when you can and allow them to pass.  Until then, drive normally and safely.

If you do anything in retaliation to the tailgater \(especially brake\-checking them\), you can turn a potential accident that was 100&#37; not your fault into an accident that is partially your fault.Answer #3: On top of the legalities of the issue (which have been answered) let me ask you a couple of extra questions

1. Are you prepared to risk personal injury from being in an accident? Whiplash injuries can still occur at low speeds and result in life-long discomfort.

2. Can you afford to (and do you want to) be without your car while you try and sort out with the insurance companies who was at fault and get your car repaired.

Driving is dangerous enough when you are doing everything right, why on earth would you want to do something that drastically increases your chances of being involved in an accident?


Title: Nightmare neighbors, any suggestions?

Question:
This might be a bit long to explain but here it goes. I live in California, I have owned and lived in my house (a single family house) for 11 years. Two years ago the property next door to us (a two unit condo) was sold to a property investor. The downstair neighbors are a wonderful elderly couple, the upstairs neighbors are a nightmare of epic proportions.

It started immediately after they moved in, one of the residents regularly sat in front of our house passed out drunk in his car. He would stumble out of his car, falling and breaking beer bottles on the sidewalk. He would drive around our neighborhood inebriated. The police were called multiple times as we were concerned he would injure himself, us or other people. They were never able to catch him in the act.

In addition to this, there were frequent domestic disputes (almost every single weekend) and loud insults made in our direction about our race on multiple occasions. They were letting people live in their garage and had a constant rotation of new residents moving in and out.

Things really escalated in December of last year when one of the tenants guests came onto our property ripped down our christmas lights and broke our mailbox by throwing a large rock it. We confronted them, they denied responsibility. A police report was filed for vandalism but nothing came out of it. We contacted the landlord at this time and explained all the issues regarding his tenants. He said he cannot control his tenants behaviour and that we need to settle this between ourselves. He did follow up on our concerns of the people living in the garage and the excessive amount of people rotating through. He said he can only request for his tenants to abide by the rules of their lease. A mass exodus of people occurred shortly after this.

Our complaint to the landlord obviously infuriated them. One of the tenants screamed at my husband calling him a racist. My husband chose to ignore the comment and walked inside.

I should mention that we have surveillance cameras on our property that have been there since 2012. Long before these tenants moved into their property. All incidents were captured on camera. Recently we decided to upgrade our camera system with newer equipment because the footage of the vandalism was too poor for the police to identify who was responsible. For some reason this sent them over the edge. (edited)

Yesterday, out of the blue, one of tenants walked onto our property and started taking photos of our house. My husband walked outside and asked him to leave our property. This man accused us of harassing them?!? He threatened and cussed at my husband. We have not had any contact with these people whatsoever. The last mutual dialog we had with them was in December asking them who vandalized our property. The last spoken word with them was the one sided "racist" comment toward my husband. The police were called again yesterday and they attempted to make contact with the tenants to resolve the issue but they refused to answer the door.

We recently discovered that these are section 8 tenants and we have contacted HUD regarding their aggressive and harassing behaviour toward us. I have also contacted the landlord again explaining the situation.

We are living in constant stress here, we feel uncomfortable going into our front yard because we have insults hurled in our direction and get flipped off by them. What legal recourse do we have? Can we take legal action against the landlord for making our lives a living hell the past 2 years? Can we get a restraining order against an immediate neighbor?
Thanks!

UPDATE: For anyone interested. Through continuous communication with the landlord, he facilitated a meeting between me and the "matriarch" of the family. She admitted fault for a lot of the issues I described above and apologized. I have established an open line of communication with her so that I can text/call her if any new issues arise as opposed to getting the city/PD involved. Things have quieted down a lot which is a nice change. From what I can tell, she seems very young with a lot of responsibility on her shoulders (kids, work, school). I think she is in over her head and has a lot of family members who cause continuous drama in her life. She explained that those family members were no longer allowed on her property and I think this has helped calm things down a lot.

The latest drama was seeing someone who lives over there giving a guy a BJ in his car in her driveway, classy! Given that Ive only met with this woman once, I felt too uncomfortable to call her and say "uh yeah someone is practically having sex in your driveway and thats really not appropriate". My husband decided to call the police instead and let them deal with the awkwardness of the situation. I guess if things start escalating again thats one more call for service to PD logged for that property and that can help us build our case (with the landlord/HUD) against these less than ideal neighbors.
Topic:
Landlord Tenant Housing

Answer:
 > What legal recourse do we have?

Police reports every time they break the law (trespassing, public intoxication, DUI, vandalism, noise complaints, you name it). Improve the quality of the evidence you can provide with your complaints. You're basically nailing it already, so keep it up.

> Can we take legal action against the landlord for making our lives a living hell the past 2 years?

The landlord has no liability here. He's not harassing you and you're not a party to his lease. His tenants are their own problem.

> Can we get a restraining order against an immediate neighbor?

Yes. If the order is granted, it'll almost certainly have an exception in it allowing them to be in their own home and to enter and leave it; you won't be able to get them to _go away_ this way, but you might get them to stay out of your life. Or arrested for violating the order.


Title: CA Does my wife have to give back cal grant money because we got married?

Question:
So my wife filled out a cal-grant application for the 15/16 school year, and we got married in June.  If she had been married BEFORE she got the grant, it probably would have been less.  My parents are convinced that her not going in and disclosing her changing relationship status is fraud, and it could provoke criminal action if they found out.  Is what she's doing wrong, and do we need to change things?

*TL;DR  Does getting married mean you have to give back financial aid?*

Answer:
 Financial aid is generally based on then-current information, not new information.

But short of one of us digging through the pages of documents to figure it out for you, why not ask them directly? Answer #2: The 15-16 FAFSA is based on 2014 income, so she should be okay. She can always talk to her school's financial aid office if she had questions.

For reference, [here's the CalGrant income ceiling](http://www.csac.ca.gov/facts/2015-16_income_and_asset_ceilings_for_new_applicants.pdf).Answer #3: >My parents are convinced...

Doesn't it seem like a disproportionate amount of our advice here is "next time, don't listen to your parents," albeit usually in the criminal procedure context?


Title: Ex girlfriend refuses to move out in wisconsin

Question: My ex girlfriend refuses to leave.  We have been broken up for two months.  She pays for nothing here.  I own the house, she has never paid for anything to help out, never paid rent, no agreements.  What can I do to get her to leave?  Is an eviction my only legal option?

Answer: If you own the house, and she doesn't have the lease, you need to go through an eviction process.  [Read all about it here.](http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/tenant-defenses-evictions-wisconsin.html)


Title: I work at a restaurant and we have a manager who leaves his ipod with his password posted up to use for music. I went to change a song and I saw my name mentioned in a text. I looked further into it and found physically violent texts about myself. Since it’s personal messages what should i do

Answer:
 Describe the texts. Answer #2: Why were you reading their texts in the first place?  There is not a single phone on the market that requires you to read texts to change a song.Answer #3: Uh it is not generally legal to go into someone's texts based on permission to use only the music aspect of their phone.  Since you're only authorized to use the music app some jurisdictions would consider going into another app criminal unauthorized access.

Especially given that the texts seem to be hyperbole, I would pretend you did not do this, never do it again, and move on with your life.Answer #4: You are leaving a lot of information out of this. What did the texts say? Did you take screenshots for proof? Has this manager ever attacked you, made a pass at you, done anything that the texts imply?


Title: Does a citation required require the "Date Issued" to be filled in? (OR)

Question: I have to fill out an appeals form for a fireworks fire and code citation.  While looking at the form for the information needed to fill out the form I noticed there is no date written on "Date issued".  Does it get dropped? This was handed to me in person.

Answer: Clerical errors do not invalidate the ticket. Answer #2: no, a basic clerical mistake is irrelevant to the ticket being valid or not.


Title: [Arkansas] Looking for general advice on my 3rd degree domestic battery charge. How to plead, do I need a lawyer, etc?

Question:
I recently got in an altercation with my brother.  I live(d) with him and my mother, we're in our 20s.  She has a broken back and is prescribed painkillers, my brother and I have anxiety/depression and occasionally are prescribed benzodiazepines.

I woke up one day to find that my brother had stolen all of my mothers pills while she slept.  It was a very, very large dose of opiates.  He also stole and took an entire months prescription of klonopin from me, on top of his personal scrip.  I only knew about the painpills at the time.

I knocked on his door and when he finally answered he was barely conscious.  I just remember asking if he stole her pills, even though I knew, and he slurred something before he looked up full of rage and tackled me.  He had me bent over, choking me while I threw wild punches wherever I could reach.  I apparently connected with his head, he let me go, I ran outside to keep us separate.

He came to the door and locked it.  Told me he called 911 through the glass.  He found enough clarity to lie to my mom, claim I attacked him, I just watched her cry and say I had to go to jail.  It broke my heart, so I just sat and smoked and waited for the police.  I don't even remember if I told my side, they came right out in the beginning and said it was a domestic, someone had to go and he was the only one with visible marks.

While I was sitting in holding/gen pop, my brother lost consciousness.  Family reported an overdose, the medics found him unresponsive, he was taken to the hospital.  I actually arrived home from my 24 hour stint just in time to see him carted off, had to watch down the street where I was dropped off cause now there was a No Contact in effect.

He was then involuntarily committed to a psychiatric hospital for a few weeks.  He's since received help, moved out and let my mother know that it was his fault and he would go to my trial and do whatever he could to make sure I'm found innocent.

I don't know what to plead, how to involve him or how he can defend me without incriminating himself.  Besides a suicide attempt and minor traffic tickets, this is my first run in with the law.  Any advice is greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

Answer:
 >I don't know what to plead

Not guilty, then get a private lawyer if you can afford one or public defender if you can't.

>how to involve him

He is the victim and you are under a no contact order.  Under no circumstances should you be in contact with him until your case is over and the order expires.  You don't want a witness tampering charge in addition to what you're already dealing with.

>how he can defend me without incriminating himself

He can refuse to cooperate with the prosecution.  That puts the prosecutor in the position to either drop the charges because there's no material witness, or to subpoena him and force him to testify under threat of contempt and have to deal with a hostile witness.  Even if the State can get him to testify against you, it's not a walk in the park.  His credibility as a witness is subject to attack as a mentally unstable drug addict whose recollection of events during a drug-induced haze is beyond suspect.


Title: Can a dealer charge additional fees after a purchase?

Question: Bought a small pop-up tent camper for $4000; paid cash. The camper is still on the dealer lot because the transmission went out on my tow vehicle and is in the shop getting fixed. The dealer called me and said " we forgot to charge you the dealer fee of $300 when you purchased the rv." do I have to pay this? I already have signed paperwork proving that I own the trailer (Florida doesn't title RVs so I don't have a title, but I have all the paperwork proving I own it and showing that I paid in cash)  I don't want them to try to hold the RV hostage  but I also don't want to pay the additional $300. They should have added it to the cost when I originally bought the trailer. I have a transmission to fix, so I couldn't pay the $300 even if I wanted to now.

Answer: Quite frankly, they could charge you for keeping it on their lot as a daily storage fee, your best bet if you already have the keys is to borrow a truck, go get it and put it somewhere safe. leaving it there is just asking for trouble, and then tell them to stick their dealer fee Answer #2: Was a dealer fee in the paperwork you signed?


Title: [Texas] My mom is filing false cases against my dad and he's going broke because of it

Question: [deleted]

Answer: Nope. Just tell the truth. Law doesn't like foolisness.


Title: Getting charged 12k for moving out without a 60 day notice. (texas)

Question:
im getting charged 12k for moving out without giving a proper 60 day notice. considering that i paid around that # to live there for the previous 13 months that seems a little ridiculous.   6k seems to be a fee for moving out without 60 day notice, and another 6k is for rent that i already paid them for. i think the other 6k in rent i owe them is a mistake in their computer because i paid them more or less on time for the 13 months i lived there and didn't owe them any rent when i moved out.

 considering how much crime there has been in the area over the last year there is no way that an apartment there has jumped from 900/mo to 3k a month in the year i lived there. i recognize i probably owe them quite a bit of money for my screw up but i meat 6k is like half a years rent there what do i do yall

Answer:
 Just give 60 days and pay this 2 months while you're gone. 2k instead of 12. What does your agreement state? Did you agree to pay 6k of you didn't give 60 days?

As far as mistakes in their system, you don't need to pay that portion, you prove you already paid. Answer #2: This could be a negotiating tactic to pressure you not to sue them for the security deposit. Was the apartment rerented?


Title: Grown ass adult that needs to change birth certificate

Question: I met my biological father three years ago. I'm 35 years old. Confirmed paternity with DNA test. Bio dad and I are on great terms. His first name on my birth certificate is wrong because he adopted an American nickname when he immigrated here as a child. I sent the name change requests to the state, but they said I need a court order to change it. Both parties want to correct the birth certificate. So I looked for a lawyer, but none of them called me back. Not one. I need to change the birth certificate but I don't know what to do or how to do it. How do you get a court order? I don't live in the state where the birth certificate is from. Do I need to go there or can I take care of it where I live? I am so confused. Any advice very appreciated.

Answer:
 Looking on Oregon Health Authority website ( [here ](https://www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/BIRTHDEATHCERTIFICATES/CHANGEVITALRECORDS/Pages/amendbirthinfo.aspx)), the list of Corrections Allowed for birth certificates of adults over 18 (you), allows only modest changes to a parent's name. Replacing a parent's listed first name with another, different first name (e.g. replacing your father's nickname with his legal first name) is *not* on the allowed list.

You don't say, but it sounds like your father has continued to use this American nickname up to present day. If true, that probably means that every record in the United States uses this adopted nickname, even though there was never a court order. If this is the case, it might be, strange as it sounds, that he'll have to go to court, and petition for a name change, from his unofficial nickname, to his legal first name, the name he was given at birth. For that, there are countless attorneys who would handle a name change, at a cost of a few hundred dollars, up to maybe $500.

Or, it appears that Oregon will allow your father to handle the name change himself, without an attorney, by filing an application for a name change ( [Packet for Adult Name Change](https://www.courts.oregon.gov/forms/Documents/AdultNameChangeFullPacket.pdfA) ). You might find it easier and faster to pay an attorney to handle.

To be honest, if was me, the very first thing I'd do is jump in the car, and visit the Oregon Center for Health Statistics,  800 NE Oregon Street, Room 205, Portland (*verify independently that this is correct*), the folks who administer birth certificates, and discuss this eyeball-to-eyeball. This is a unique situation; maybe unique handling is available, other than a court-ordered name change.

Good luck!Answer #2: You *need to include the state you're living in* for anyone to have any chance of giving you useful advice.


Title: [VA and CO, USA] Can an abusive spouse claim "emotional torture" against his abusee for wanting a divorce and leaving the marital home to go to a women's shelter (and petitioning for custody mediation)?

Question:
I recently left my extremely manipulative and abusive husband, with our two small children, and went to stay at a women's shelter.  I've contacted him a few times by email, and once by phone, to let him know that we are ok, but have not had extensive contact.  He is now claiming that I am guilty of "emotional torture" because I left him and have petitioned the court for custody mediation (which simply means that we must meet in front of a professional and talk about custody arrangements).  I should add that he has been diagnosed (over two years ago) with Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Bipolar, and PTSD.  He is, by definition, an emotional torturer himself.

Does he have a legitimate claim against me?  What are the laws surrounding leaving a spouse (with children) and going to a women's shelter?  Could he possibly claim spousal abandonment or parental alienation?

Answer:
 >with Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Bipolar, and PTSD

Is this what guys who are total dickheads get themselves diagnosed with these days?  He's just an ass.  Stop listening to him and certainly don't believe anything he says.


Title: US, OH, boyfriend threatening to kick me out and I AM on the lease.

Question:
I moved into a duplex with my boyfriend and we both signed the lease.
The duplex is owned by a company that does month to month renting.

I was coming back from South Carolina and I was dancing again to get back on my feet to leave my mother's quicker.  (I left home at seventeen and I'd like to avoid living there, she has enough chaos to deal with along with my two siblings and grandmother living with her.)

I quit dancing to be with him again and honestly because I just felt it wasn't right for me anymore. Aside from the point, but I have been looking for a stable job the past month and a half and I got a job at Perkins and I ended up giving him $500.00 total for groceries and bills because I didn't have the job long since I quit due to harassment. (We've only lived here since the beginning of February.

He was fully aware of my situation and he was going to help me, it all seemed perfect, I could have a fresh start.

I am unemployed now.

My boyfriend's temper is terrible and I'm a very calm, level headed person and due to his anger he threatens to break up with me on and off and I can't take it anymore

We broke up a day ago and got back together. But in that time I decided I would go dance to save money quicker to move out, when I thought he would be understanding. But with him saying he doesn't care about me and nothing I do affects him, he said if I dance while I live here, he is kicking me out. I know to some it isn't the best option but for me is it when I have nothing to my name except of course the fact that I'm on the lease too.

He said he would call the landlord and change the lease if I dance. But if I wait and find another 'normal' job it would take much longer for me to leave. And I'd like to be away from the house as much as I can. It does suck because I have my dog too but my mom would watch her sometimes.

But can he kick me out? I signed. What rights do I have? How can I fight this, if I can? The month to month thing confuses me. And I don't want to go to my landlord explaining this and looking bad, I just want to have my facts straight.

I just want to be happy and stable. I don't even have a car to live in, which I'd gladly do, haha.

If somehow I can't stay here I'd get a hotel that allows dogs but if I can stay with our initial agreement, I'd prefer that. I just want to save up and build.

Oh and I danced for seven months and actually met him in the club.

He's actually a really nice guy which is why I did end up living with him. But his anger is terrible. He screamed at me, belittled me, wanted to break up because I forgot my check at home when we were going to cash it at his bank and go shopping. We were 5 minutes away. It's a constant thing and I'm a good girlfriend. I do everything for him. I clean the house and we have fun. I don't hangout with anybody and really don't talk to anybody. But I won't be treated like this. I want to have a life.

Answer:
 >He's actually a really nice guy

Nice guys don't date someone they knew was a stripper, then gets pissed off when his girlfriend goes back to stripping, and then tries to kick her out of the home she can legally occupy. Answer #2: Legally speaking, he can't kick you out if you're on the lease. You should call the police (and keep a copy of your lease in your car) if he locks you out.

Realistically, per your narrative you don't want to be anywhere near this person. You might look into trying to get a restraining order against him, espically if you can document his behavior.


Title: Can you get fired for taking medication that is legally prescribed? (NY)

Question: I'm posting for a friend. There's a bunch of back story here, but the short of it is that my friend thinks her boss is trying to find a way to fire her for cause so he doesn't have to offer her a severance package. She's got anxiety issues, ADHD and she is also bipolar (all diagnosed) so she's on medication for all - all legally prescribed by her psychiatrist. She thinks her boss may try to drug test her and fire her due to a failed drug test. Specifically, she's most concerned about Adderall. She's not on any benzos or the like. She's worked for this company for 11 years and has been on meds for quite a while, if not that entire time, and her boss, the owner of the company, is and has been aware of this. My gut is that these things are covered under the ADA but she is really nervous and asked me to see what you fine folks have to say. Thanks in advance!

Answer: If she's sent for a drug test, they will ask if she's on any prescription medication.  A valid prescription will mean that testing positive isn't a "failure".


Title: Alienware claiming they had the right to destroy my laptop

Question:
So, bought a computer from Amazon, nice Alienware 17, about 2500 dollars. Less than a year of use, the thing cooks. The power supply on the MB arcs out and let's the genie out. No more gaming laptop. That's ok though, I bought the warrantech extended 4 year warranty for 400 bucks. Upon notification of my need for warranty support they immediately refund my  year long loan (the warranty price) and say I do not have their support. I contact amazon, I contact the BBB. Amazon tells me to send the laptop into alienware for repairs. Roger that, they've always been awesome in the past. I contact them and explain the problem. The service tag links to the wrong system though... weird. Good thing my wife has an identical laptop that links to the right hardware. They advise me to send it in on that tag instead. I comply. A week goes by and I hear nothing from them. After another week of every day calling I finally learn the fate of my laptop. It was "disassembled and destroyed". Wow, ok, cool. They apologize for the mistake and tell me after a quick review process it will be replaced. 10 days later the review is finally done and I'm told that the service tag on the laptop I sent in told them to destroy it and they are within their legal rights to do so. That's the end of it on their end. Amazon.com LLC must be running a scam and have sold me a replaced system, the fault is laid solely on them. I call amazon, 30 minutes waiting for a supervisor, and they tell me there is nothing they will do because the system worked when I bought it. They requested a forward of the email traffic from Alienware, then asked me to hold, hung up. I'm a nice guy on the phone, I never disrespect the person on the other end, I stay calm and rational. I have given no one any reason to jerk me around like this.

TL;DR Expensive laptop burned up, got jerked around by three companies and told the repair facility had legal right to destroy my property.

This is the resolution from the Escalation:

*ST#393**** was received at DEPOT instead of 8G0**** that is still under your possession. (As requested)

*ST#393**** was EXG for ST#3R4**** but it was never returned to Dell. (Wrong, 8G0**** was the exchange)

*ST#393**** is not required to be returned to you as it had a HOLD to be returned as a previous EXG was completed on it. (Purchased from amazon, my property)

No additional actions are required from Dell regarding the matter.

Update 1: Amazon is working on getting me some proof that this was not purchased through an individual, but a supplier. I'll hopefully have this in hand when Alienware sees fit to contact me again.

Update 2: Alienware contacted me, and have come to the conclusion that I am not acting with malicious or fraudulent indent, but rather incredibly unlucky. They still believe that Amazon sold me an exchange system that was never returned.

Update 3: Alienware will be replacing my laptop. I will follow up with the outcome from Amazons investigation into the source of the laptops they purchased.

More TL;DR - Both Amazon and Alienware employees turn out to be decent human beings, Warrantech is a scam.

Answer:
 >ST#393*** is not required to be returned to you as it had a HOLD to be returned as a previous EXG was completed on it. (Purchased from amazon, my property)

It sounds like someone 1) purchased ST#393 from Amazon, 2) notified Alienware that they wanted to exchange ST#393 under warranty, 3) and then returned ST#393 to Amazon.com instead of to Alienware. My guess is that Alienware sent a replacement laptop to the previous owner of ST#393 and Amazon.com just put ST#393 back in stock, instead of returning it to Alienware. Consequently, Amazon.com sent you ST#393 when you ordered a new one, and Alienware has a kill order out on ST#393 as a computer that someone tried to perpetuate a scam on that allowed that person to keep two laptops.Answer #2: Wait so you told them 1 service tag on the phone and then sent them a different one? Did they know you were reading your wifes service tag or did you just read it to them?Answer #3: WTF is going on here. Deleted in /r/gaming and now reposted here. Fishiness at play...


Title: [PENNSYLVANIA] My neighbors are yelling/talking through the walls and they're saying that I am watching them. They have also spread a vile, revolting rumor about me, which is not true.

Question: They talk/yell through the walls regularly, everyday. They try to rile me up to get a reaction. When they have the chance to say something to me, they say nothing. I don't know if they have gone to the police yet, or talked to a lawyer. When I am right there, they say nothing. But they'll talk through the walls regularly, everyday. They have also spread an absolutely revolting vile disgusting rumor around about me. Now I'm regularly called a monster. Any and everything that I do is now said to be about them. Anything I do around my house that doesn't have any thing to do with them, they say it is about them. They yell it out outside, but say nothing to me. They spread rumors rather than say something to me. I want a lawyer but I have no money for one. How do I get them to stop? What can I do legally?

Answer: Do you have a carbon monoxide alarm?  Maybe you should get one if you don't...


Title: Pizza delivery girl was doped up on pills and hit my parked car... After delivering my pizza.

Question:
So the delivery girl delivered my pizza promptly, then left. However she back right into my car, causing thousands in damages to it. She apologized profusely and told me several times that she didn't know why she was driving, and that she'd been taking pills due to pain from her last accident several weeks ago.

Should I attempt to sue pizza hut because they allowed someone abusing drugs to drive for them? Would I have a case, or would it be better to simply go through insurance? Also I'm not sure if it matters, but my girlfriend was also there to hear here saying she's on pills and shouldn't be driving, and my friend who is a manager there(I actually used to work there over a year ago, same store and all) also told me about her addiction when I asked.

Also I'm in the state of Georgia if that matters.

Answer: The driver is at fault regardless of whether she was high. You can either report it to your insurance and let them handle it, or you can reach out to the pizza place directly to be reimbursed for the damages.


Title: Ex spent $1200 on unqualified purchases out of my HSA. What recourse do I have? - Texas

Question:
Finalized my divorce November of last year.  I have an HSA, and I didn't realize he apparently was signed up for his own debit card on my HSA (dumb, I know).  We did the no-lawyer thing and agreed to split the money down pretty evenly in the divorce agreement (I kept my retirement/savings, he kept his, we were each responsible for our own expenses).

I have some medical stuff i need to take care of, so I logged into my HSA yesterday.  Lo and behold my balance was 0, and my transaction history since the first of this year was hundreds of dollars of Amazon and instacart purchases.  Nobody contacted me with fraud notifications, nobody reached out, and also stupid of me, I check the balance of my HSA pretty infrequently since I rarely ever use it.

I have filed a dispute with the HSA company, my ex has confirmed he placed the purchases and is refusing to pay me back.  So not only did I just fund his drunken amazon purchases but also I'm going to take an income tax hit since they were all unqualified.  I have since remarried, my current spouse is livid and wants to file a police report.  I have a feeling that nothing illegal happened, but am I just doomed to pay what amounts to 1500 in my medical savings and tax penalties because I forgot about his authorized user status?

Answer:
 IANAL, but since you haven't gotten any responses yet...

If I were you I'd go ahead and try to file a police report.  The worst that can happen is they say "It's a civil matter," so you may as well try.  If you can get one, it might help.

I'd also sue him in small claims court and ask for both the money he spent and the tax penalties you'll owe.  $1500 is under the small claims limit just about everywhere.

I'm betting it's pretty clear that you never intended for him to remain an authorized user after the divorce, but it might be worth following up with the HSA company and asking for a copy of whatever documentation there is regarding him becoming an authorized user in the first place.  It's possible that he added himself without your knowledge, maybe even during or after the divorce process.  If you could find a paper trail like that it would be wonderful to bring to court with you.


Title: Package delivered, forged signature, but I didn’t want the package.

Question:
I’m having a little issue with (delivery service name) Wine, Fedex, and non-authorized deliveries.  My wife and I had subscribed to (Delivery Service) for a few months and even signed up for their wine delivery.  We recently cancelled the food subscription, but were unaware we needed to cancel the wine service as well.  I’m sure you can guess that the wine was delivered, but there is the catch.  The delivery required a signature by an adult (over 21), however, I was home at the time and watched the driver just drop the package off and yell “Fedex”.  When I looked up the name, it’s someone I don’t at all recognize, so I suspect it was a forgery by either the driver or someone associated with Fedex.  To put it simply, no adult signed for it as I literally watched the driver drop the package off.  I wanted to decline the order and have it sent back to (Delivery service).

When we reached out to The service, the first CS agent advised they would issue a refund once they received the package.  However, they did not issue a return slip.  When we reached out for a return slip, a different CS agent is now denying a refund, stating an adult had signed for the package.  However, as it was stated above, I don’t believe the delivery driver should count as an adult to sign for alcohol.

What are my options?  We’re reaching out to Fedex to have them return the package since it was fraudulently signed for and are planning to then request the bank to do a charge back since we have an email stating they are willing to refund, but I want to make sure this is a legitimate option.  I don’t want to return the package if we’re going to be denied from the bank and then end up being charged without the product.

Answer:
 I would escalate this with customer service--as soon as you reach a rep, tell them this is an ongoing issue and you need a supervisor.

I'd also report this to Fedex immediately.


Title: [MO] Ex-wife asked me to sign consent forms for my children (9/10) so they can get passports.

Question:
Sounds like a pretty straight-forward thing, I guess. However, the last time I signed a piece of paper allowing her to take my children anywhere, she moved back to Missouri, which put the kids 1000 miles away from me. Shitty situation, I got over it, but it still leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

Right around the time Obama was running for his first term, she asked me for the same thing saying some batshit crazy Right Wing nonsense and wanted to be able to leave the country with the boys if things got bad. I told her in no uncertain terms would I sign those forms, citing the fast one she pulled when she moved to Missouri. Things are much more chill between us now.

So the other day she emailed me the forms, again, asking to get passports for the boys so they can go on a cruise to Australia to see her sister. I'm still hesitant, but figured I would ask you guys, especially since she's a CO in the Gaurd/Reserves...which could mean they could order her overseas.

So I guess my question is this - if I sign these documents, could/would this be seen by family courts as some sort of tacit approval by me to allow her to take the kids out of the country? The divorce decree states that she cannot take the children out of the State of Missouri without my knowledge and permission, but if it goes back to court to get it modified, could this bite me in the ass?

Answer: You would have to consent to that modification. Simply allowing the children to get passports isn't by decree your allowance for her to take them out of the country. To modify an agreement she'd either have to have series legal know-how or hire a lawyer. This is not you approving her to take the kids out of the country.


Title: [IA] Stop unwanted Free "Newspaper"

Question:
My town subcontracts for a smaller weekly newspaper from the larger state wide daily newspaper. In essence the bigger company also prints a smaller version with local town news/ads. This I can only assume is paid for with tax dollars and ad revenue, because I have no subscription fee.

I do not wish to receive this paper. It is a chore for me to clean up what they leave on my driveway once a week.  In addition, last year it snowed after a delivery. I didn't notice the paper under the snow. It ~~completely destroyed~~ damaged my snow blower. So this dilemma has cost me ~~money~~ $250.

I have called ten times asking them to stop delivery. Each time they say "We'll send an e-mail to the delivery carrier." Seeing this is the eleventh effort, I thought I'd ask for help.

Is there anyway to get them to listen?

EDIT : Hyperbole

Answer:
 A side note: What is the legal difference between a newspaper, advertisement, and litter? How are they treated differently?

For me, anything I don't ask for the gets left on my doorstep is considered litter. I understand it might not be legally, but it is an additional thing that I have to clean up and is frankly unwanted. I had a similar problem to OP for a while and eventually got them to stop by calling them repeatedly and requesting they stop littering my doorway. I'm just curious if they did anything legally wrong after the first request to stop.Answer #2: Did you call them and mention the snowblower issue when it happened?


Title: Will I get in trouble for texting one of Trump's kids?

Question:
[deleted]
Topic:
Other Civil Matters

Answer:
 It's a great way to show up on the Secret Service's radar and likely to have them conduct an investigation into who you are.Answer #2: Probably not for just messaging them, but if they tell you to stop and you don't, it could turn into harassment.

Better idea not to at all, just to be safe.Answer #3: Just don't.


Title: Neighbor overly protective about parking. Curious about some legal knowledge.

Question:
I live on a public road. My neighbor will slam on our door if someone parks on the public road in front of their house. This is incredibly disrupting and has happened after dark multiple times. I was shoveling snow today and this woman, my neighbor, drove up and the aforementioned spot had a car in. She became livid with me even though I didn't know who's car it even was. I live with roommates so I calmly told her "I'm not sure who's car it is. I can go check with my roommates." She of course doesn't say thanks or anything rational but rather acts pissed and mumbles a few curses as she parks one spot over which is by the way still in front of her house. I go inside and my roommates had a guest over who wasn't familiar with this "enforcement of parking." I asked them to move the car and they did. I continue shoveling. The woman then comes back out of her house and starts complaining to me about how annoying it is. I calmly respond that its a public road and my understanding is that there is no reserved parking, but that we still have always moved the car if she's asked anyway. This just makes her more angry. More cursing while I continue telling her that we literally did exactly what she asked and then she left again.

So my questions,

1. Am I correct in assuming that a public road with no marked parking spots has no reserved parking? (I want to mention that they have had commercial vehicles (repair people) park in front of our house and we have not once had an issue. We simply park one car length over. It's not busy street. IE. There is plenty of ample parking.)

2. Is there anyway I can get her to stop knocking on our door? (I've been in the shower before when the knocking started and she knocked for at least 5 straight minutes.)

3. Is it even worth doing anything about? (She seems a bit off and I don't want to make the situation any worse than it is. As evidence by the fact she got more angry when I cited my understanding of the law makes me thinks any further action to limit her disturbance. I want to make it clear we never intentionally park in that spot and remind guests not to park there as often as possible to avoid the issue.)

Would love to hear a different perspective and some legal insight about all this. Thanks

Edit: Not sure how specific location I am supposed to give but this is in Maryland.

Answer:
 > Am I correct in assuming that a public road with no marked parking spots has no reserved parking?

Generally, yes.  You should ask her next time why she thinks she gets to park there, to see if she does have a legal reason.

> Is there anyway I can get her to stop knocking on our door?

You can warn her to stop, then call the police if she does, then seek a restraining order after that.

Answer #2: Thanks for the replies everyone. I think I'm gonna continue on the path of least resistance and just try to minimize contact with her.


Title: Colorado, US - I'd like to get a restraining order against my ex. I've never done anything like this before and am looking for advice.

Question:
Hi /r/legaladvice.

I am having problems with my ex and have come to the point where I am afraid to leave my apartment alone. I've bumped into him twice in the last few weeks and he's now showing up at places that I frequent, places he never went with me to when we were together because he hated being there (basically just neighborhood bars).

My ex just recently moved and I don't know where to. Before he moved, I was avoiding the area he lived in because I didn't want to bump into him. He does know where I currently live.

I was never physically abused or sexually assaulted in the relationship. There was a lot of emotional abuse (which my therapist has a record of) and he has threatened violence against other people in my presence. He has also told me stories of people he's gotten into fights with before meeting me. He might have a criminal record.

Will this hold any water? Will I be able to file for a restraining order and successfully get it? After doing some research online, it looks like all I need to do is fill out a paper and bring a check, would I need to get any other records to have it granted? Thank you so much for your time!

EDIT: Forgot to ask, do I need a lawyer for this?
Topic:
Other Civil Matters

Answer: You can try if you want. Unless he's openly confronting you, it'll be hard to get a restraining order on the grounds that he's sometimes in the same places as you.


Title: I live in an Ohio condo. It's small: 16 units. No one wants to serve on the association, and the president is considering quitting, too. What happens when no one wants to run the condo association?

Question:
Title pretty much says it: it's a small condo with 16 units, so it's not a big establishment. It was handed over to homeowners three or four years ago from the developers, and at the time, the association was sort of thrown into the laps of the owners who have since struggled to figure their way through it.

I've always payed my dues, but the more I hear about people leaving the association, distancing themselves from it, or not wanting to participate at all... I'm left wondering, what happens when the final person (the president) decides to toss in the towel?
Topic:
Real Estate law

Answer:
 Ok, short story time.
I used to live in a population dense northeastern city, famous for pernicious coop boards (not the same thing as a condo board, but close enough).

The board was filled with the kind of people who have the time to, well, volunteer for a coop board. Each person had an axe to grind (e.g., the guy in 5A who didn't satisfy the 80% percent carpet coverage rule). There were genuinely no reasonable people on the board.

The board had complete dictatorial power, granted by the coop agreement. (Your agreement will have something similar.) That meant pet weigh-ins, fines for garbage misplacement and nasty letters when unapproved window treatments were used. I was never subject to the latter - I'm not even sure how a window treatment differs from a curtain.

Anyway, long story short, you should take on this responsibility. You seem reasonable and coherent and you are the exact opposite of a worse-case scenario. If you don't, that crazy woman next door who keeps stealing your newspaper coupons will do it. Will she pay the mortgage on time or will she use the money for a cat walking park?

Outlook unclear.  Answer #2: outsource to an hoa management company


Title: Over my dead body will this scammer get his money back.

Question:
So in august i sold an iphone on ebay for $226.54.
It was sold to someone in canada with the ebay account John Angel or something.

(most of this is backstory, you can skip to the end for the legal advise i need... thanks!)

anyway
he pays, i mail it. everything is fine
a couple days later, the package says delivered, and the guy messages me and says he didnt receive it and he wants a refund. He said that it was my fault that i didnt deliver it to a PO box or something and that it got stolen outside because i delivered it to his house.

Im not stupid, i know he got the package it said delivered and i had listed it as no refunds. so i told him, "sorry to hear that but its not my fault, i shipped it to where you asked"
I dont hear from him after that

A couple days later ebay sends me an email that he requested a refund for the product because it was damaged. So now he suddenly has the package. He says it needs to be returned because it is scratched, it is broken in his words.

Yes the phone was scratched, and i said it was scratched in my ebay post( the "scratch was also 1 cm in size btw), so i believe he has no right to return this anyway.

I cant refuse the ebay return so i have to dispute it. With some investigating it turns out this guys name isnt John Angel and its really something like Nassir Jonangel. so hes using a fake name. I tell ebay this in the dispute.

Of course ebay sides with him and he wins the dispute, but luckily he never responds to him winning the dispute and then ebay canceled the return.

finally he is gone, i take all my money out of paypal and i live my life stress free...... until a month later he returns.

This time he requests a return through paypal and the whole thing starts over again. I tell paypal he is a scammer and that he already lost the ebay dispute, I even called paypal and talked in person to their support and explained the situation, the person on the phone even agreed with me that he was suspicious. then i get an email that he wins the dispute anyway.

I had previously taken my money out of paypal so now i just had a negative balance. ill be damned if i give paypal that money.

ANWAY, 2 weeks pass and the guy doesnt respond to paypal and the the dispute is resolved in my favor again!

This time i delete my paypal account and attempted to delete my ebay.. (btw ebay FORCED me to pay a $30 seller fee to delete my account and after i paid it, they told me i couldnt delete my account for two months anyway like fuck u ebay)
So i just delete paypal, and i finally think this is over and im safe and i can live stress free....

that was 2 months ago..... but he has Nassir (John Angel) Jonangal Has returned YET AGAIN!

HOW you might ask, well ill tell you.

I get an email from paypal saying he requested a chargeback
now i dont know what this means.
but paypal told me to log into my account and dispute it within 10 days, but my account no longer exists. I cant log in (nor do i want to).

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LEGAL ADVISE QUESTION:
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im fairly certain this guy will win the cashback dispute because i cant respond to it. but since my paypal is deleted is there anyway he can get money from me. I literally have like $7 in my bank account anyway.

my hopes are since my paypal is deleted they cant charge me, i dont know what else to do to get away from this fucking guy. I know if i accept his return i will never see the phone again.

is there anyway this chargeback can effect me??

sorry for the long post, but this story is ridiculous, i just want to be in peace... a life without nassir jonangel..

Answer:
 Your first step is to contact Paypal by phone and ask for the procedure to dispute a chargeback after deleting your account.

If you do it properly, the guy won't win.  Your item was described accurately.  He received the merchandise.  Chargebacks are for actual problems, not buyer's remorse.Answer #2: > I literally have like $7 in my bank account anyway.

Put enough in to cover this dispute or when you lose PayPal is going to overdraft your bank account to the tune of $219.74


Title: Adding someone to a house title.

Question: I have a friend (single mother) whose SO is wanting to be added to the title of her house in Indiana. My friend has lived in the house for 9 years and has ~$50k in equity. If she refinances and lets the SO be put on the mortgage and the title, what would happen to the existing equity if they break up in the future?

Answer:
 Don't.  DON'T.  **DON'T.**

Just don't.  Please don't.  Answer #2: This is the absolute worst worst worst thing she can do.  She won't be able to evict him if they split.  She would be forced to sell her home and leave.  If he dies, he can leave it to anyone he wants and she co-owns it with them.  If she dies, her kids would co-own with him and good luck with that.  The fact that he would ever demand this is such a huge red flag for abuse that she should very very seriously consider ending the relationship now before it's too late. Answer #3: He would very likely be entitled to some or half of the equity. Why would she put some random guy she is dating (not married to) on *her* house?

Here are links to posts about people trying to get out of this situation:

[Link](http://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/1y1ffe/mortgaged_a_house_with_my_partner_now_i_want_out/)

[Link](http://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/2mu28b/longterm_exbf_kicked_me_out_of_home_do_i_have_any/)

[And the best one of all](http://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/2tqyvb/ca_usa_exgirlfriend_unexpectedly_moved_in_and/)

Answer #4: I was with someone for over 15 years...had a decent split up a few years ago and we are still trying to unravel the housing issue due to the equity put in.  Thank god we are on good speaking terms.

For the love of pete...just DON'T!  Answer #5: She's been refusing to so far, but the SO is saying since he's paying half the mortgage he should get something in return. I'm sure this info will cement her decision.  ThanksAnswer #6: Is the SO giving the friend 1/2 the value of the house in cash? If not, no.


Title: Is it legal to screenshot online conversations for shaming purposes?

Question:
Location:  Georgia

Do I have grounds for defamation suit?

Answer:
 Generally, there's nothing illegal about it.  Defamation is about publishing *untrue* statements.   If someone is posting screencaps of a message you sent or log of a chat you were involved in, and it's true that you typed & sent those things, it won't be defamation.

Answer #2: The truth isn't defamatory.

There are a couple other torts that *might* apply, given your circumstances  - "publication of private facts" or "intentional infliction of emotional distress" are the two that immediately come to mind.  Realistically, neither is likely to apply or be worth your time.

Don't say things you don't want others to hear.


Title: [USA, CO] Can the Bar force a member to get psychological testing and, if needed, help?

Question:
An acquaintance of mine is an attorney in CO.  I think this person has mental issues, as emails from them are long and incoherent and their behavior and mood is erratic.  I would like them to get help. but this person is hostile toward me so personal intervention will not work and I have no family members of theirs to contact.

I don't want them to get disbarred or anything, but **does the state bar have the leverage to get them to get help**?  I know I wouldn't want this person as my attorney in their current state.

For what it is worth, looking this person up on http://www.coloradosupremecourt.com/Search/AttSearch.asp
shows Suspended Active [reason], so the leverage might not be there either.

Answer:
 The Bar Association? No. It's a purely voluntary organization.

The Office of Attorney Regulation and the Presiding Disciplinary Judge? Yes.


Title: Is this legally possible?

Answer:
 No.

Because impeachment/conviction to remove him from office requires a vote of the senate.

And confirming the new VP requires the Senate to confirm.

So the Senate would have to vote to remove him and then vote to put him right back in.Answer #2: First, Trump isn’t removed from office if impeached. But even simplier than the example above, if Trump turns over office to Pence while incapacitated (lets say while under anesthesia for a surgery), acting-President Pence could pardon everyone and give Trump one hell of a get well soon gift Answer #3: Just a quick plug for r/terriblefacebookmemes


Title: [Texas] Asked bartender to charge my phone, he went through my pictures and sent "intimate" photos to himself. Can I report him to TABC?

Question:
As soon as I realized that he did this, I called the owner of the bar. I want to report him to TABC because I feel that the owners would take no action regarding this situation. I did file a police report the night this happened.

Edit: Thank you for your replies. I have filed a complaint with TABC. I now have questions to determine if the bartender violated Texas law. Under Texas Penal Code Ann. 21.15: Improper Photography or Visual Recording, I see that
(b) A person commits an offense if the person:
(1) photographs or by videotape or other electronic means records, broadcasts, or transmits a visual image of another at a location that is not a bathroom or private dressing room.

Can texting be defined as "transmits a visual image of another...room"?

Answer:
 Why did you give your unlocked phone to a stranger?Answer #2: Unless you were a minor in the photos, there's no Texas law that protects them and they weren't protected by you either. Put a password on your phone.

TABC doesn't care about this anyway. They care if the bartender improperly served alcohol.Answer #3: What crime do you believe was committed? It appears something you think is illegal isn't actually illegal.Answer #4: You did give him access to the phone.

I would like to here what the police or prosecutor does.


Title: Is my business liable if we are hired to do something that was illegal?

Question:
(Location: USA, Maryland)

 I run a junk hauling business. We get requests from HOA's /  Property Management companies to remove junk from residential communities.

For example, the Management Company could hire us to remove a Resident's patio furniture for whatever reason. Or we get hired to remove a large pile of personal items after a resident is evicted.

Is my company liable if the Resident wants to file charges for theft? Or are we protected because we are acting at the request of the Property Manager?

Topic:
Business Law

Answer:
 If someone comes out and tells your crew that the items belong to them, then you will probably be responsible to perform some due diligence.

I agree with u/AnthroposMetron. You should have some sort of standard contract with management companies. Most of the haulers  I work with send out an annual contract for all of their HOA clients which basically says that by ordering the haul away, the Association is telling the haul away company that the items either belong to the Association or the Association has the owners explicit authorization or otherwise has confirmed that they have the legal right to discard the items. Most of the contracts include a defend and hold harmless clause as well. This annual contract allows the hauler to respond quickly to requests, and it also helps with customer retention.

Just remember that even if the liability is all on your client, the Association, you may still need to defend your company when it gets named in the suit. It would be good to have a conversation with your insurance agent to make sure that you have appropriate coverage for legal defenseAnswer #2: If the property manager asked you to kill someone, and then you killed someone, would you be held liable for your illegal act because you were paid to do it by someone else?

Just because the resident says it's theft does not make it so.  But that doesn't absolve you of actual criminal conduct on your part.


Title: [NY/PA] Dog OD'ed on beef-flavored pills given by Vet A, resulting in $1600 bill at Vet B. Worth suing?

Question:
Pretty much the title. This Sunday in NY, my dog was jumped on by another dog in Central Park and was walking with a limp, so I took him to Vet A in NYC. The vet gave me a bottle of what he described as pain relievers and told me to give the dog one every 6-8 hours for a few days and wait to see if the limp cleared up on its own.

Later that same day, I drove to PA. Later that night, I was looking for the bottle of pills, which I had put on a desk, and couldn't find them. I found them in the corner of the room with the lid chewed off and all of them gone. Realizing that my dog had probably eaten all of them, I ran him to the Vet ER (it was midnight), where they made him throw up and conducted several toxicology tests/put him on medication that resulted in their keeping him for another 1.5 days in order to ensure my dog did not have organ failure. This cost $1600 in total, of which I will probably end up having to pay $600-700 after my dog's insurance.

The vet told me that they see this a lot with the pills I was given because they are beef-flavored, and people forget to hide them well. I was never told that they were beef-flavored or to hide the pills from my dog—I treated them like any other object he wouldn't be interested in and put them on a desk he couldn't reach unless he really wanted to (i.e., not in the treat drawer).

I called Vet A and told them what happened and they apologized, saying that they messed up and that they forgot to write it on the discharge papers. They're sending me the discharge papers later, but do I have a case against them? I would want to sue in small claims but I feel like it's complicated by the fact that the vets were in two different states and also why would a vet be obligated to tell you how a pill tastes? Doctors don't tell you in advance that a medication tastes good or bad, did the burden actually fall on me?

All help appreciated! FYI, my dog is fine and bouncing back (albeit with a limp and now a shaved leg from the IV).

Answer: I don't see how your negligence in safely storing the bottle would not drastically outweigh any liability they have for failing to tell you the pills tasted good and your dog might want more.  I'm glad your doggo is well, and I'm not trying to make you feel bad, just giving an unbiased legal perspective.Answer #2: As a responsible pet owner, you should always keep anything dangerous out of their reach. Doesn't matter what it smells or tastes like.Answer #3: No,you have no case for failing to properly supervise and train your dog to not get things off the table in addition to your negligence in leaving them outAnswer #4: Flavored or not you should never leave anything dangerous within reach of an animal. This is 100% on you.


Title: [TX] Possible fake pregnancy

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 If she's pregnant and the child is yours, you will owe child support etc. Get a paternity test when and if the baby is born.

Stop having unprotected sex, dummy.Answer #2: Oh, for crying out loud!  Never have unprotected sex unless you're ready to permanently and fully commit to a lifelong parenting relationship with that person.  ***EVER!***

Even with my present wife (that sounds bad but I have an ex and am a widower, so how else do you label it) who is literally absolutely incapable of getting pregnant we never had unprotected sex until our doctors cleared us for STDs.  You just never know otherwise!

Edit: You can get a paternity test before birth now via a simple blood draw from the mother.  The timeframe involved I am unaware of, but this is pretty simple nowadays.

Edit 2: There's a blood draw from the supposed father as well of course.Answer #3: > We had unprotected sex where I didn't pull out the next time I saw her.

Stop thinking with your dick, good Christ on Sunday.

> I want to know what I can do legally if she is pregnant.

When your child is born, you can establish paternity, including getting a court order for a paternity test if the mother won't cooperate. If you are the father, you have the right to custody and visitation, and a non-dischargeable, non-tranferrable responsibility to support your child, through some combination of actual parenting and child support payments to the other parent.

Until your hypothetical child is born, you can do nothing.


Title: [LA] Dog Bite claim- I don't think we're responsible.

Question:
We have had our dog (a sheltie/lab mix) for almost 4 years, and he has always been very sweet, well behaved, and great with kids. A few weeks ago, my son and his friend (5y/o and 6y/o) were playing and roughhousing around outside the front door, and my son opened the door and started to come in, while his friend was pushing him through to come inside. Our dog was right by the door while all this was going on, and as my son's friend pushed his way into the house, our dog jumped and bit his face, knocking him to the ground, then ran off. He went to the hospital, and got 6 or 7 stitches. We obviously felt horrible, and went and talked to his parents and apologies profusely, and promised we would get rid of the dog as soon as we were able. They were surprisingly calm about everything, and told us that it was okay, they understood.

Now just today, I received a letter from a lawer saying he'd been hired to represent them. The letter told me to call and provide them with my homeowner's insurance information.

After doing some googling, it looks like this is what Louisiana laws have to say regarding dog bite liability:

The owner of an animal is answerable for the damage caused by the animal. However, he is answerable for the damage only upon a showing that he knew or, in the exercise of reasonable care, should have known that his animal's behavior would cause damage, that the damage could have been prevented by the exercise of reasonable care, and that he failed to exercise such reasonable care. Nonetheless, the owner of a dog is strictly liable for damages for injuries to persons or property caused by the dog and which the owner could have prevented and which did not result from the injured person's provocation of the dog. Nothing in this Article shall preclude the court from the application of the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur in an appropriate case.

I don't feel that we had reasonable cause to think that our dog would bite anyone, and that we could reasonable have been able to prevent it. All we did was have our well behaved family dog in our living room.

How should I respond to this?

Answer: You should call your renter's insurance or homeowner's insurance company, tell them about the bite and the request for your insurance information, and ask them how they want you to proceed.


Title: My Entire Paycheck Was Stolen And My Work Isn't Doing Anything About It.

Question:
So yeah, hey there. I've never really posted on Reddit whatsoever besides memes and juvenile stuff, but recently I got into a bit of a bind.

I'm 18, and about eight or so months out of high school, and I've been working at this burger restaurant for about six months. The pay is good, for a freshly turned adult living with her mom anyway, and I pull about six or seven hundred dollars in a bi weekly check working full time. We have a pretty bad turnover rate, but that's mostly due to the owner being a complete bag of douches, and I have personally had no serious qualms or problems with the place. Until, of course, now.

This happened, as the time I'm posting this, literally yesterday. We get payed every other Wednesday, and I usually cash my checks on Thursday and keep about 80% of it at my home in a small savings box (i dont have a savings account with a bank simply for the fact that I've never bothered). But this time, I completely forgot about taking all my cash out and I went to work the next day, a Friday, with upwards of 500 dollars just crammed into my wallet. I go in at 9:30 am, get off at 5 pm, and go home. When I paid for my lunch, all my money was there, and that was around 1 pm, and I didn't bother checking my wallet again because it was literally buried at the bottom of my backpack, with a cardigan and a hat and a few tubes of lip gloss tossed over it. Fast forward to the next morning when I remember that I have to put my cash up in my savings box, and lo and behold, when I grab my wallet from my bag, it's empty. Nothing. Nada. Zilch Not even a fucking penny was spared.

Now, I know for a FACT that I didn't take my wallet out in any place except my work, and I know 500 dollars did not just fight through a mess of makeup and clothes, unzip the zipper to the backpack it was in, and walk away. Someone I work with is responsible for this. So, I go ahead and go into work about twenty minutes early, explain the situation to my manager, Carter (name changed for legal reasons or some shit idk), and he then phones his boss and start talking. I figure "great, this whole thing is gonna get taken care of and it'll all be good", so I start with my opening shift for the day -mopping the floors, clearing the tables, yada yada. It's not until about thirty minutes later that Carter calls me back in and explains that the office and owner is  p i s s e d  at me and him (because it's my fault they hire shitty sketchy employees that steal, right?). The big boss man said that my bag should have been in the manager's office, and that it was pretty much my fault because I left my belongings out in the open. They said that they couldn't do anything, basically telling me to suck it up and all that shit.

I don't know what to do. Yeah, I'm living with my mom, but I do pay her rent money, and I have kickboxing lessons that cost almost $200 every month. I buy all of my groceries and clothes, and am pretty much living paycheck to paycheck. My work doesn't have security cameras, and I'm considering filing a police report, but even then, what can the authorities do? It was all cash, it wasn't like it was a debit card that can be tracked.

Just posting this here so I can get some opinions on what I can do -it is a bit early considering this happened yesterday and today, but I really just want some help and advice in this. Is there really nothing I can do here?

Answer:
 > Is there really nothing I can do here?

Your employer is not, at all, responsible for the safety of your cash.

You can file a police report, if you want.  You can also sue the party who stole your money, if you can identify them.  Otherwise, you have no reasonable options.


Title: How useful is a speedometer calibration in a reckless driving case (Virginia) ?

Question:
I have a reckless driving case in Northern Virginia, 91 in a 65,  where they are particularly harsh on those that get charged going 90+, regardless of how much over the speed limit they are (i.e. an 85 in a 50 is punished lighter than a 92 in a 65). Now, I have dug through the court record results, and while every case is different, I have found that they will typically reduce charges that are 89 mph or below to a speeding ticket. In contrast, those over 90 usually end in a minimum of a reckless driving conviction and fines.

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I have hired a lawyer and did a speedometer calibration at the advice of my lawyer. The speedometer calibration showed that at 91 mph, my speedometer would have shown 88 mph.  My lawyer was happy with that result, but told me that while it is admissible in court to help the case, the judge is only required to "consider" it and it won't drop the initial charge. However, I feel as though given I was under the impression I was going under 90 while driving, my case should be viewed in that light. On top of that, I have a clean record, military background, and am doing driver improvement course as well as volunteer work ahead of my court date. I also hired a lawyer who is very in touch with the prosecutors and judges at the court house. Is it possible my case would be viewed as a 88 mph case instead of 91 mph case?

Answer:
 You know who's legally responsible for maintaining your equipment?

You.

Listen to your lawyer, but that argument would not help you one bit in court here.


Title: Can LE enter my house if I have a sign that consents to them patrolling my propery?

Question:
My family owns a private property with a set of rental units on it. We also live on the property. The way it's set up is that there is a road that runs through the property, and since it's on land that we own the road is private. We have signage up that can be seen from the public road that we acquired from the Sheriff's office that states basically they are allowed to patrol our property. This allows us to deter crime to our rental units. It's basically as if it were a normal residential neighborhood. Now because we have these signs up consenting to a "patrol" where does the extent of this jurisdiction end. Since we are directly allowing them onto the property does this give them the right to enter our house at any time.

Why I ask is that I wish to throw a party and if our neighbors (they don't rent from us) call LE, can they just decide to search my house without cause; because of the signage permitting them on to the property?

FLORIDA

Answer:
 No, they cannot search the house because of that sign any more than they could search any private residence.

However, this isn't a get out of jail free card for having a rager in your house.  If the neighbors complain, and the cops show up, and they come to the door, any evidence of a crime that they observe can give them probable cause.  This includes, say, drug use and suspected underage drinking.


Title: Elementary student attempted to murder my son [oregon]

Question:
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Topic:
Troll Post

Answer:
 Aren't most schools closed now for the holidays?

The original post was on Monday the 20th, so this had to happen on the 27th.


Title: I am being disinherited, I'd like to know what options I have.

Question:
I am an only child, originally living with my mom after she won the rights to the property after divorcing my dad. This was about 10 years ago. My mother did not remarry.

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I have gotten engaged, and my mom does not approve of this marriage based on the race of whom I am marrying. Because of this, she threatened to write a will to give away all her property to charity after her death.

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While I understand it's her property and her right, I'm curious if it's worth challenging this as she is clearly doing this in bad faith.

Answer: Assuming you're in the USA she can leave her stuff to whoever she wants. You don't have any right to an inheritance.


Title: I got charged for battery on a police officer at LAX airport

Question:
I was drunk at the LAX airport and police became involved.  As they were trying to restrain me, I was taken off guard and I swung by hand back accidentally hitting a police officer in the face.  I am planning to hire a lawyer. I want to know what the expected outcome might be.

My charge is 243.b and this is what the punishment reads:

 the battery is punishable by a fine not exceeding two
thousand dollars ($2,000), or by imprisonment in a county jail not
exceeding one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment.

(http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=pen&group=00001-01000&file=240-248)

Please give me any advice you have..Thanks a bunch

Answer: Get a defense lawyer asap. No one here is going to be able to guess outcomes for you. It's going to depend on factors that are beyond the scope of this sub.


Title: My neighbor accidentally killed one of his kids. What's going to happen to him?

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 God, I hope he's not charged. Losing your own child is enough.Answer #2:

Likely the kids are in custody with CPS pending the criminal investigationAnswer #3: If it was an accident, hopefully nothing.


Title: Landlord asking for money! Fun times.

Question:
I live in Boston, MA.

So about three months ago, my roommate told two of her friends that they could live in our house for a few months, since they are moving out of town soon but couldn't find a place to rent. They are fine, and have been paying rent to us.

The problem is that our lease requires us to ask permission before subletting. We didn't get permission. Now, the landlord has learned through a neighbor that there are more people living in the house than are listed on the lease.

The landlord has contacted us and asked for $1,200, $400 per month for the 3 months they have been here. Is it legal for her to back charge us this way?

Answer: They could just have you evicted. Offering to let you pay is them trying to work with you. I would take their offer.


Title: China Company Law: I have asked to be CEO of a Chinese company "in name only" -- is this legal?

Question:
The question relates to company law in China, Shanghai City.

I have been asked by a local Chinese company to be their CEO so that they may appear to be an overseas company to their target market. I am not Chinese.

There will be a small salary, but no day-to-day responsibilities.

Just to be clear, I have no reason to believe there is any deliberate malicious intent on behalf of this company or the people involved to defraud me personally. Their objective is market positioning, since their primary market is industrial sales within China to other large Chinese companies, and overseas competitors are able to charge higher prices for the perceived higher quality.

I have been asked to join the board of directors, or board of advisors for many companies before, but never asked to be CEO.

What is my legal exposure and am I being an idiot to go along? Should I be asking for much higher compensation? Or should I run for the hills?

I have of course given this to my own lawyer to look at, but I want to know what reddit thinks!

Answer: Do not do this. What's going on here is that they want you to be a fall guy. I read a similar story a while back though Idk the exact details anymore. What they want is to kill two birds with one stone. Make their company look foreigner friendly AND have someone to blame when the company goes downhill. They are gonna set up some illegal stuff, or bleed the company dry. As you have little to  no ability to understand the procedures and no oversight into or power over the others, you get to take the fall when you're arrested for your company breaking Chinese law!


Title: Ex won’t change address. Can his legal matters effect me?

Question: My ex has not lived at my address for years. I’ve repeatedly asked him to change his address so I would stop receiving his mail and having to coordinate with him to get it to him. A police officer came to my house asking for him. I told the officer he no longer lived with me and provided his contact information. The officer said it was in regards to a civil matter. I then looked online at our county’s public index and found that he is being sued by a credit card company. I’m concerned because he has my address associated with him and I own my house. I don’t want any of his personal choices to have negative consequences on myself. Legally speaking am I safe here? Is there a possibility anything could affect me, and if so what are my options? Any advice would be appreciated.

Answer:
 You are under no obligation to continue receiving mail for him. You can write "Return to sender - not at this address" on the envelopes and send them back. If you're feeling generous, you could even write his current address on the envelope so his creditors know where to find him. That should put an end to him using you to evade his responsibilities.

As long as his name isn't on the house and you haven't consigned any loans, his creditors will not go after you or your house. Answer #2: There's effectively no legal exposure by someone using your house as a mailing address.  By that, I mean that you are unlikely to lose any money or lose your home because of that - presuming that he doesn't have any ownership interests.

That doesn't mean that you won't be sued, or the cops won't come looking for him, or whatever.  There's nothing you can do to prevent that, other than what you're already doing - explaining it to people who come looking for him.


Title: Neighbor threatens to file false report after her dog attacked ours

Question:
As stated our neighbor has a German Shepherd that is dog aggressive that she lets run off leash. Saturday night her dog attacked mine causing severe lacerations requiring staples. In the process of breaking up the fight her dog also bit me. It's superficial so I'm not concerned about it but it has to be documented. She paid the vet bill but is upset because she is getting evicted over the incident.

We notified our landlords of the situation and her getting evicted is not our fault. Our lease clearly states no aggressive animals are allowed.  She is also upset we notified animal control because our county requires notification within 72 hours of a dog attack that causes serious injury. We are trying to do the right thing and prevent anyone else or their pet from being hurt.

Because of everything listed above our neighbor has threatened us with calling the cops telling them we are dealing drugs which is so far from the truth it's ridiculous. We know she's doing this out of anger and spite in retaliation for the fact she blames us for her getting evicted and potentially her dog being seized by animal control. Her actions though are deeply troubling. She continued last night to leave her dog unleashed running free even after knowing he attacked another dog over the weekend and threatening us with a police investigation is not acceptable. It's bad enough your dog hurt my dog but threatening my family crosses a line.

I need to know what I need to do to protect my family from her malicious actions. I'm in the US Tennessee specifically. Any advice would be appreciated. I've already had to miss 2 days of work because of this and I'm starting to suffer extreme anxiety. I don't feel safe at home, I don't feel safe taking my dog outside, I'm just sitting here always wondering what is going to do next. I can't live like this on top of  taking care of my injured dog who didn't even try to fight back. He's almost 12 and an English bulldog.  They aren't big movers in general and at his age a snail could beat him in a race. My dog has been exceptionally well trained and has never so much as barked at another dog let alone shown any aggression towards anyone animal or human. Please help
Topic:
Other Civil Matters

Answer:
 Filing a false police report is a serious offense and can rebound on her - don't worry about that happening unless it actually does, and if it does just be prepared to show your officer all the records of the dog attack to give him the backstory.

If you see her dog running loose, feel free to call animal control or the police again.Answer #2: Did you make a police report about the dog bite? I'd report it and the neighbor's threats to call the police on you to the police by going in or using the non emergency line. If you happen to have anything illegal like weed, get rid of it.


Title: Dealership sold me the wrong truck

Question: This past Saturday I bought a brand new 2019 Toyota Tacoma TRD Offroad however after showing my dad this evening we have come to find out that the truck sold to me is actually a SR5. The price from a TRD Offroad and an SR5 is close to 10k which is a pretty big deal. Along with that a lot of the options on it change for the offroad version a Crawl system comes standard. My truck dosent have the crawl system nor does it have the correct suspension or shock absorbers. I feel cheated and robbed however im not sure what exactly i can do. The website advertised it as a TRD Offroad and my paperwork says TRD Offroad however my truck clearly has a SR5 emblem and after looking up the VIN it shows an SR5. So any advice?

Answer: Yes. What did the dealer say when you went  back for some answers?


Title: Somehow on the hook for Dad's mistake!!??

Question:
Hey guys! Here's the point form story:

\- My father builds homes for a living and we bought a house that he built 3 years ago.\- Stuff happened and my Father had to go bankrupt and couldn't pay the bill at the lumber supply store \(we did NOT know this\). \- We knew he went bankrupt though, but that is the extent of it.

We just got served yesterday saying that my husband and I are on the hook for FRAUD because the lumber yard thinks that we conspired against them and purposefully didn't pay the bill.

It also says we owe them $18,000.00 \(the original bill \+ 2&#37; interest per month\)

The document states that my husband and I 'ought to have known' about my Father's bill because I am his Daughter.

My husband and I are 30 years old and have our own lives and our own money to worry about. What makes them think that I am privy to this information?

We had absolutely no knowledge of the bill not being paid or any of my Father's financial information.

What makes them think that they can do this? I am his Daughter, yes, but that doesn't mean that I am responsible for his mistakes.

What scares me is that there is no tangible proof that we didn't know about his unpaid bill. It's just our word, which is true... how and the HECK will this work?

We are seeing a Lawyer early next week.

Help!?

Thanks.

Answer:
 It sounds like a fishing expedition.

This was service of a lawsuit? As in a process server showed up and gave you documents?

If you've been served you need an attorney, full stop.


Title: [FL] Reporting statutory rape on behalf of someone else?

Question:
A close friend of mine was 14 years old when her 19 year old step-brother took advantage of her. This continued on and off for 2 years, and it still happens today. He also has nude pictures of her and he blackmails her to get her to continue servicing him. He also steals her expensive belongings and pawns them for drug money. The adults of the household do not care. They don't know about the sexual nature of their relationship, but they know about the stealing and drugs. He's 21 years old now.

This is a very sad case all around but he has repeatedly threatened to kill himself if she ever told anybody. He has access to a gun, which is terrifying. Of course, she told me all of this, because i'm older and she trusts me. I'm thankful she told me but also so torn up on what to do.

I'm trying to get her to report this herself but if I can't, what happens if I report it myself? And whether she does it or I do it, what happens immediately? They live in the same house. Do the police come and arrest him on the spot? If so, do they let him out on bail just to go home to the same house where he can continue to terrorize her? If not, what protections are in place for her?

Answer:
 In this case, since you're talking about statutory rape, forcible rape, and child porn, among other things, and she's still 16, I would immediately call the police. At the very least, they will investigate and likely remove the child from the home, at least for the interim. If they can substantiate these allegations, quite a few people will be facing serious felony charges.

Report it immediately.


Title: I'm being forced to tip out other service staff based on gross receipts....am I being robbed?

Question: I work for a chain restaurant in Montana, and we don't typically get 20% from our tables, in fact 10-12% is more normal, but each night the establishment takes nearly 5% of the gross receipts and distributes it to the bartender and the bus boys.  Is this legal?  If so, could you please provide a link, because I can't find law that deals with it directly.

Answer: Yes, FLSA allows for mandatory tip share. Tip share can only be distributed to service people, so bus boys, bartenders, etc. NOT kitchen staff, managers, or owners. Tip share can't cause a waitstaff person to fall below minimum wage.


Title: Recurrent stalker situation, Tennessee. Please help.

Question:
3 years ago, I had a single sexual encounter with a stranger I will identify as "X". Following the encounter, I asked X to stop contacting me. He responded by bombarding me with abusive text messages, threatening to kill me and a family member at a public establishment (mass shooting style), and filing a false suicide report against me. Cops showed up at my door with shotguns, searched me, searched my apartment, the whole shebang. After all this happened, I obtained an order of protection that lasted for a year. I didn't hear from him until the day the order of protection expired, at which point he began contacting me again, about once a month. I called the sheriffs dept and they told me this man has no criminal history...He had his record expunged. It's like none of this shit *ever happened*.

 I am now receiving text messages at least bimonthly (i have not responded to any of them), and he is stalking me on Facebook, where he is able to view my location periodically (I am in a band, and he is stalking my band page, liking event posts that disclose the location of shows that we play).

I have requested another order of protection, but they are unable to serve his court summons because they have no contact info (he has been texting me from his e-mail), and I was told that the judge would probably not issue the OP anyway, because the evidence is lacking...

I want to move on with my life. He is making himself impossible to ignore, and is starting to make me feel unsafe and paranoid. I have no idea what to do.

1. Would it be better for me to tell X to stop contacting me, or to abstain from communicating altogether?

2. How can I convince the judge of the gravity of the situation when the defendant has had his record expunged?

Thanks, guys.

Answer: Keep a log of every contact attempt. Log every email, text, whatever. File a report with the police with every contact. They WILL be annoyed, but that's not your problem. Hopefully they will be annoyed enough to get a detective on the case and then you can, again hopefully, trace the email to an actual address.Answer #2: If you are over 21 then I would get a CHL and CCW, that should help you sleep a little better.  I do not really know what else you can do since it is just texts right and not anything physical yet.


Title: I got this STRANGE form letter from AmEx.

Question:
saying I can't 'disparage' them. WTF? Restricting my speech and opinions? Is it just me or are all the links in this letter broken? What's this all about? Anyone else get one of these? Someone please EILI5. I have businesses ALL THE TIME tell me it'll cost more if I use a CCard. They add a 4% or so charge.   [http://imgur.com/lAYKv7r](http://imgur.com/lAYKv7r)  [http://imgur.com/VwTzd33](http://imgur.com/VwTzd33)

fyi-The yellow highlight is mine.

Answer:
 You have a contract with American Express that allows you to accept their cards.  One of the terms of that agreement is that you can't disparage American Express.  This letter just says that one of the other terms of that agreement isn't valid anymore.

If you don't like it, you don't have to accept American Express.


Title: Boss offered to start a business with me. I want to say no and do it on my own. (TEXAS)

Question:
My boss approached me about a business idea she had. I currently work part time at an after-school program. She suggested I become a contractor and do the same thing I currently do, I will however make much much more money.

The issue is that she wants us to be business partners and approach other schools to do it there as well. What I currently do is very specific and involves a lot of knowledge of a STEM field. I'm the only one with that knowledge at work or in other schools. I would rather do it on my own because I will be doing 99% of the work.

Do i have a legal obligation to work with her if she's the one who approached me about the idea? I feel like I have a moral obligation to do so but I also feel like I would really be taken advantage of since I will be doing most of the work.

Thank you
Topic:
Contracts

Answer:
 IANAL, so this is just social advice --

Are you sure that she wouldn't offer anything toward the business? Sales/approaching the schools, administration, scheduling, etc.? Is there a way you could an uneven split instead of 50/50?

If you really don't think she would add anything, instead of a partnership, maybe she could be paid a commission for the schools she books for you. If she won't be doing any of the actual teaching/tutoring/etc., it does seem weird that she would expect to be full partners. However, since she gave you the idea, I wouldn't leave her completely empty-handed.

Again, just getting-along advice, not legal.


Title: [US] [PA] Was stopped by a cop, panicked & gave fake info, but I have a court date. Help!

Question:
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Topic:
Alcohol Related Other than DUI

Answer: You *need* a lawyer. They will discover you've used false information and it's going to get worse.


Title: [TN] Hospital Billing Me For Kidney Stone Nobody Found

Question:
About 3 months ago I went to the ER for a kidney stone. I have a very strong family history for stones so when I woke up that day I was certain that's what it was.

I get into the ER, get a CT done with and without contrast, and go back to my ER bed to wait for results. When the CT comes back I'm told that they can't find a kidney stone, even in my bladder, and I may have already passed it (It's worth mentioning that I hadn't urinated since 2 or 3am that day, and this was close to noon), and sent home with a prescription for 800mg ibuprofen.

The problem is that I went home and passed the stone 2 days later. It was 5mm which is apparently difficult to miss. I went back to the hospital and got a disk with my imagery and my report on it, and there's a mass in my left kidney (pain was right flank and center) which isn't addressed by radiology or ER physician. I brought it to my father, who is a physician, and he says it's very clear that it's a stone and very difficult to miss. I'm being billed $2,200 after insurance when they missed the stone, and in the report the ER doctor commented on something else on my liver, so she obviously scrutinized the imagery as well.

Do I have any option of paying less or nothing in this case? I'll give any non-personal detail that I missed in the write-up.

Edit: I can also take the report to my urologist and have him certify that he sees a stone.

Answer: You don't pay hospital fees based on outcome of test results. You may have a malpractice type complaint but you generally just have pain management and wait for the stone to pass naturally anyway so there wasn't really a deviation from the standard of care either. Answer #2: Ask for an itemized bill listing each and every charge. If there are charges you don't agree with, then dispute them.


Title: is it illegal to present an expired ID?

Question:
I was pulled over to expired tags. After the officer realized they weren't expired (blamed it on the computer system) he gave me a ticket for an expired ID. My license is not actually expired I just showed him an old one along with my motorcycle permit and registration to identify myself because my current ID was stolen in my wallet. Am I in the wrong here? Or should I attempt to fight this?

This is in Ohio if it makes any difference?

Answer:
 Have you applied for a replacement license? If so you can probably get the ticket dismissed if you show up on your court date with the evidence. Answer #2: > Am I in the wrong here?

Yes, of course you are.  The only ID you gave him was expired.  If your ID was valid all along, you can prove it by challenging this in court.  DMV records will suffice.  They could probably still ticket you for driving without a temporary license though.Answer #3: If you contest this and explain the situation and show the appropriate documentation (the new license, etc) you probably will get this reduced or dismissed.

You asked if you were "in the wrong".  Technically, yes.  You need to have a valid ID in your possession when you are driving, period.

But the traffic court could cut you a break.  How likely this is entirely depends on the judge and the court in your area.  And maybe what the judge had for lunch.  Around my neck of the woods I would expect it to be dismissed, but who knows.  You may need to pay a fine even if its dismissed.

It really can't hurt though if you have the time.   I'd weight what the day in court is worth to you.  What is the ticket actually for, and are there non-financial penalties like points involved?  This offense is usually a pretty minor fine.  I personally would pay $100 not to have to go to court, but make sure you're not getting points on your license or anything like that if you choose to just pay it.


Title: (OH) Does my employer own or have rights to paperwork I created for them?

Question:
As of recent I have debated on leaving my current job due to the toll it takes on me mentally and physically. My boss is pretty much the biggest pos I know.  Without getting into that, I pretty much have decided to end my employment there for the sake of myself. Over my time there, I have made up several bits of paperwork for them. These things include logs for tracking of sales, write up sheets, reports for customers to fill out, schedule templates, and much more to say the least. All of this paperwork had the company logo on it but can be very easily removed. The reason being for that is it is entirely stored online via my PERSONAL google drive account.  Shall I end my employment, i plan to keep this paperwork with their logos removed. There is no intent to use them in the future for anything other than a reference for any future work I do. I created most of it on my own down time. I was never asked to make any of it and have not been provided extra compensation. But before anything, does the company own the rights to this paperwork?

Edit: To clairify because my distracted self forgot to add this -  Do they have ownership to the extent of forcing me to relieve the account to them, or provide proof they were deleted from my account? They would have their copies to use, also.

Answer: Yes, this is generally why companies pay employees...to make and do things for them.Answer #2: Yes, they most likely own what you created for them in the course of your employment.