Title: Used someone's fast food account what charges may I face?

Question:
[US] [South Dakota]
I made a stupid choice and decided to go on the dark web. While on their I found an account store. I purchased a Dominos account that had 2 free pizzas on it for rewards and I used them and ordered at the nearest Dominos. When I got their they explained to me that they called the account owner and he told them I was not authorized and they made me pay and told me he may press charges for theft. I'm not looking for a way out I accept my fate and what I did was wrong and i expect to be punished. Though if charges are pressed what charges could i face?

Answer:
 You tried to steal and certainly can face and are apparently guilty of some appropriate charge for that offense.

If contacted by police you should politely decline to answer questions and retain an attorney.Answer #2: Don't talk to the police or any investigators. It could blow over or you could be somebody they decide to make an example of.  The good news is that if you actually do go to Federal prison for stealing two mediocre pizzas you will be famous.


Title: Leasing company heard dog barking from house [OK]

Question:
I got a call from my leasing company today saying my landlord was in the area and checked up on my house as I had some mail sitting out that I hadn't taken in. They said that while they were on the property they heard a dog barking from inside the house. I have my fiance's dog staying at my place and have not paid a pet deposit.

I told them that this was an isolated event and that the dog does not generally stay at my house. They said that they needed to reach out to the property owner and would get back to me when they figure out what I'll have to do.

I was just wondering if this is something that I could be evicted for. In my lease it says:
"PETS: No animal, bird or pet shall be kept on or about the premises without Landlord’s written permission. Any Pet occupancy increases the deposit requirement by $ 400.00. Tenant shall be responsible to remedy any damages caused by pets"

It's not a big deal for me to pay the deposit or just have the dog stay at my fiance's place, but I want to make sure that this is not something they can evict me on the spot for.

Answer:
 > I was just wondering if this is something that I could be evicted for

Yes, you can be evicted for breaking the lease.


Title: Extraplanetary Age

Question: If we colonize other planets that have different length years, will we be legally aged by that standard or Earth standards?

Answer: Not sure the case law is settled on that, yet.


Title: ATL, GA. Client trying to invalidate contract even though they have paid me for two years of it. I am Independent Contractor.

Question:
 They paid me 2 years of my contract and then came to me and said that because of company bylaws, they did not have the right to sign at the time (2 years ago). I have spoke to my lawyer, they say that paying me 2 years of the contract would look like they ratified the contract and if that then we would have claims of fraud by causing me to enter an invalid contract as well as claims of promissory estoppel.

Now the company wants to meet with me this week to "compare notes". What will they likely try? Do you guys seem to think this is a strong case as well?

Answer: You have an attorney. This sub is not going to give you better advice than your attorney will. We _can_ damage your attorney's ability to represent you, even if we mean well.


Title: [CAN-ON] My upstairs neighbour has decided that his playing and singing guitar is justified as I have a 3yr old child that makes noise. Whose in the right?

Question:
 As the title suggest's my upstairs neighbour (at this current time or 7am) has decided to play and sing guitar in his living room (directly above our bedroom, where we sleep with my child). Initially I bagged on the ceiling hoping to stop this playing, his response was to bang back on the ground. Upon confronting him his response was that we have woken him up in the morning, a result of my child getting up as my wife and I are generally quiet morning goers, a 3yr old less so. Although we do attempt to keep the noise level down I'm sure it doesn't do a lot as we currently live in a old war time house that (which is classified as a single family dwelling) is improperly insulated for it's current set up ( 3 apartments, top main and lower).
 In this instance, I have called the police (whom I'm still waiting on) to come and have a talk with the upstairs neighbour. My concern is this, going forwards, with concerns to noise, my city (London ontario) has deemed the noise by-law as
*Shouting, Yelling, Loud Hooting, Loud Whistling, Loud Singing – any time
(c) any shouting, yelling, loud hooting, loud whistling or loud singing that is clearly audible
at a Point of Reception in a Residential Area at any time;*
with having a child, and this instance sullying any relationship that might of existed between neighbours. My question is this **does my upstairs neighbour have a leg to stand on if he should call the police in the future?**

Edit -- Just spoke with the police and acting as a mediator they have spoken with the above tenant and made the request that guitar not be played prior to at least 9am on a given day. Hopefully we won't have to worry about this any more.
Edit.2 -- A lot of you are missing the point of this sub-reddit and the main concern of my question. I have edited and bolded the question. LEGALLY DOES MY NEIGHBOUR HAVE A LEG TO STAND ON SHOULD HE CALL THE POLICE IN THE FUTURE?. There I asked it again...

Answer:
 Unless your neighbor's noise levels are extremely loud, I'd be surprised if they'd trip that statute.  Generally, that's for unreasonable noise, not unwanted noise.

But, let me see if I'm understanding you correctly - you want to continue allowing your three-year-old to disturb him, but you think he should be cited for disturbing you?  This goes both ways; if he's too loud, then you're too loud.


Title: Can I charge a telecom company for holding equipment they haven't removed?

Question:
I'm a IT Director for a large organization in Missouri and we leased a fiber optic connection between two of our buildings from a major telecom company. When contracts expired we went out for bids and they lost out to another company. Since then they have been price gouging us on other services in retaliation which we plan on leaving them from.

Their equipment, switching and cabinets, is still mounted in our buildings. We disconnected service with them last summer and they never came back to remove the equipment. Can we send them an invoice for the time we have had to hold their equipment, like a storage fee? I feel this may be a bit petty but they doubled our rates on non contracted services.

Edit: Thanks for the advice, I will see about contacting our attorneys.

Answer: Talk to your in-house council before doing anything. They may want to send a demand letter first.


Title: Roommate received a cold check from employer (ky)

Question: My roommate got her paycheck today, when she went to cash it she was told there was insufficient funds. This isn't the first time this has happened and she's the kind to listen to any bullshit excuse they give her. I'm just looking for any real advice I can give her as to what kind of action she can take if need be. Thanks in advance.

Answer: When your employers checks start bouncing it is time to get a new job ASAP.  Suing or filing complaints against an organization going under is a fools errand.


Title: Do Bicyclists Have to Stop at Stop Signs

Question:
Location:Kentucky

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Let me start off by saying that I dont have a legal issue here, just a quick question.

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I live on a street that bicyclists like to use on a regular basis.  I quite often see them blow through stop signs and red lights without even attempting to slow down at all.  These are cyclists that are going down the street around 20 mph in traffic, not on the sidewalk.

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I was just curious if there was a special exception for bicyclists to not have to obey certain road laws.

Answer:
 They are required to follow the same traffic laws as a car, and generally are not supposed to ride on the side walk. And if there’s no bike lane, technically speaking they could use the entire width of the right most lane, just like a car.

That being said, I rode my bike to work while living on a small but heavily gridded island, with a max speed of 25 mph on most roads. There were a lot of stop signs along my route. Since I moved a lot slower than a car, I had longer to observe if there was traffic or pedestrians on the cross streets. If there were pedestrians or cars coming, I stopped. If the intersection was clear, I didn’t. But if I misjudged something, it would have been my fault for not stopping; not the cars.

It’s one thing to stop and start when the engine is doing the work. It’s another to have to get back up to full speed under muscle power, rather than coasting/maintaining. Answer #2: Yep. Answer #3: With limited exceptions in certain places, bicycles are treated no differently than cars with respect to traffic laws. You generally aren't supposed to ride on the side walk, ignore stop/yield signs, blow through crosswalks when pedestrians are present, etc - particularly when there is active traffic around. Many bike riders don't know any of this until they get into a bad situation and get a rude awakening.


Title: Landlord wants rent paid by ACH. However, I'm a little concerned about the paperwork. Can anyone advise?

Question:
Basically, I wonder if filling out this form would permit the landlord to take money out of my account whenever he deemed it necessary. I'm in NJ, if that matters. [Here](http://imgur.com/Q0mWSFk) is a screenshot of the form he sent me, omitting his company name and the bank's header. (It's Unity Bank, FYI).

Also, if anyone has any advice on a *better* way to submit rent electronically, that would be a big help. I've heard of cozy.co, but know little about it.

Thanks in advance!

Answer:
 Well, for starters it says on the bottom that it can only be revoked if you notify them in the manner specified in the form, but there is no manner specified in the form.

Anyway, it has been a long time since I knew much about ACH, but my issue with this would be that it doesn't specify rent, which means, in my now faded understanding, that if they decide to hit you with various fees and such they might be able to just take it.


Title: Can the amount of a fine be illegal

Question:
Hello,
I am a young delaware homeowner and not sure if this whole situation is illegal or just the fine. Two cops arrived at my door last night they entered my home to ask a few questions to a guest in my home who is on probation. The cops entered the garage after asking a few questions and found a bong that belonged to us not our guest. I get if they took it not much I can do about that but according to the law ill see if I can leave a link says the fine cant be more than $100 the fine we received says pay $146 with no indication of any other fees or other things. Is this fine legal if not what do I do and if the whole situation is fucked how do I get my bong back?
The law
http://delcode.delaware.gov/title16/c047/sc05/index.shtml

Answer:
 You will absolutely not be getting your bong back. Answer #2: >(b) Possession for personal use of marijuana. — Any person who uses or possesses drug paraphernalia for the use or possession of a personal use quantity of marijuana shall be assessed a civil penalty of not more than $100, in addition to such routine assessments necessary for the administration of civil violations.

"in addition to such routine assessments necessary for the administration of civil violations." I'm guessing it has to do with this.


Title: My dad assaulted my little brother and my mom is now pursuing a divorce.

Question:
Last night my dad was drinking and tried to hit my little sister. Our brother got in the way to protect her and my dad slammed his head into the ground a few times and tried to strangle him. My mom called the police and they took him away.

The police said she could press felony charges since strangulation is a felony, she decided against it. His arraignment is on Monday.
He’s not allowed to contact my two youngest siblings now. He bailed himself out of jail last night and is now staying in a hotel. My mom is meeting with family services tomorrow to start the process of a divorce.

My mom has never had to work and has no independent income. She’s raised myself and my three siblings in every way minus funding. I’m confident the courts will favor her.

My questions are: if this causes my dad to lose his job (high level sales, CSO, six-figure salary), will that affect how much alimony/child support he ends up paying? Should I be doing anything to help my moms case? Generally, what does the process look like from here?
Topic:
Custody Divorce and Family

Answer:
 *If* he lost his job it *could* have an impact on how much he pays in child support. The court *might* elect to use a presumed wage if he remains jobless or is intentionally underemployed. He can show that honest attempts to be employed were made and his new wage is what it is. The support order can be adjusted, by request of either party.

You should encourage your mom to employ a lawyer. Beyond that, helping with your sibbiling(s) to allow your mom to find good work would likely be appriciated.

There will be a number court dates and negotiations, most of which you do not need to worry about. If you are old enough, you may be asked which parent you would like to have primary custody for you.


Title: Soon to be ex-wife stole my military service connection (depression/PTSD/Alcohol Abuse in Remission) and is now using it to try and take our daughter out of state.

Question:
Location: Southern California, U.S.A.

I can't check this inbox, please reply in thread.

Soon to be ex-wife is very intelligent, probably has a genius level IQ (no joke) and is a board certified both child and adult psychiatrist with about 14 years’ experience practicing child psychiatry and therapy.  The soon to be ex filed a surprise domestic violence restraining order to get me out of the house (she has only in her name) in June 2017. Before I could recover my computer and paper files she went through them and is using photographs she took of my VA service connection rating decision (depression/PTSD and alcohol dependence in remission) as evidence in our child custody case to try and compel me to admit I'm mentally not safe to be around our 4 year old daughter.
How can I respond with causing the least amount of damage to our daughter?
Is she allowed to do that? HIPPA? (She has a lawyer who I assumes helps her file her paperwork)
Do I have any legal recourse?
Are there any groups who could help advise me on how fight this case?
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Background info from my perspective:
(I have lawyers, but I haven’t worked outside the home in the last 4 years. The soon to be ex-wife seized/blocked all of our joint assets, now I'm broke and my credit cards are maxed I do start a new job in a few weeks but it’s only part time because the ex-wife won’t let me put our daughter in pre-k.  I won’t make enough to hire a baby sitter while I work. I feel the ex is trying to subtly sever my daughters tie to her friends in CA, and my family, prevent our daughter from making new ties in our community so there will be fewer reasons to prevent our daughter from moving to Hawaii. )
 I'm from California; she is from Hawaii but has been living in CA since residency (1999) full time. Our daughter was born in CA.  Ex wants our child to grow up in Hawaii around her family and is committed to make it happen anyway she can. I do suffer from depression and PTSD related to my military experience, I am in treatment and feel I’m doing very well. I was taking legally prescribed opioid pain medicine until about 1.5 years ago. The meds weren’t helping my chronic pain anymore and I didn’t want my daughter to be screwed up by me being on opioids if I make it without them.
I assume the alcohol related dependency item is from when told the VA Claims doctor about when I was stationed on the DMZ in Korea as an infantryman (1989-1990, pre-xbox, pre-internet, tube TVs but at least they were color!) My fellow soldiers and I all either became very religious or drank heavily.  Once I returned to the U.S.A. I stopped drinking because I wasn't old enough to purchase alcohol in the U.S.A.  I've never had trouble with alcohol, no DUI, no write ups from work, no arrests, social issues, fights etc.  I don’t like wine or hard alcohol.  I usually only had a few beers on special occasions a few times a year since I've known my ex (2009).
She kept threatening me with divorce if I wouldn’t agree to move to Hawaii with her.  I’ve never cursed her, or intimidated her, or screamed at her ever.  I’m generally passive, especially around women.  I have on occasion matched the volume of her voice, but have never shouted her down.  Foolishly I thought if I gave in and moved to Hawaii with her, she’d chill out and we could raise our daughter in a complete home.  I was cool with living in separate bedrooms and having separate lives from the ex as long as we both had full access to our daughter.
One night about a month before the scheduled move to Hawaii (after our daughter was asleep, I’d had 3 beers over a 5 hour period and a full meal, at the time I was about 250#) we had an argument about weather I could have my desktop computer inside the new house in Hawaii or not (I worked as a computer programmer for years and love computers).  She wanted me and the computer in the enclosed basement/storage area of the new house (no windows, no A/C, really dirty, constantly being broken into by neighbors and run down).  I said it was a deal breaker.  She lost control of her emotions and jumped off the bed and rushed me, she started pushing me as violently as she could.  I’m about 50# heavier than she is so I just kind of stood there until I got over the shock of the assault. A split second later, after I understood what was happening, I got out of the ex wife’s room as fast as I could.  As I was leaving she said that we would get divorced and never move back to CA, two REAL deal breakers for me.  We’d previously agreed that we wouldn’t get divorced and we’d move back to CA in 5 years.  She slammed and locked the door.  Her screaming woke our daughter up, so I went to our daughters room and sat with our daughter and put her back to sleep.  The ex didn’t appear or attempt to comfort our daughter
About 40 minutes after the incident when our daughter was asleep, I started e-mailing the soon to be ex trying to negotiate, asking her to go to counseling with me or mediation at my expense to settle this so we could move forward with Hawaii. We went back and forth on the email, mostly civil.  She admitted she was sorry for pushing me and losing control of her emotions in the email, but said I was scary when I was drunk.  By the tone of the email chain I feel a person could tell that I wasn’t drunk and had full possession of my faculties, but we’ll let the judge decide that. I also decided not to call the police and have the soon to be ex-wife removed from the house by the police because I didn’t want to traumatize our daughter with armed men leading a probably hysterical mom away in handcuffs at 2 AM.
Previously the soon-to-be ex had quit all her CA jobs and accepted a job in HI.  2 weeks after the incident, on her last day of work she took our daughter to a going away work party and had the sheriffs serve me with a surprise domestic violence restraining order. The ex and I had resumed cold but civil conversations and text messages about day to day life.  The sheriffs were super cool and let me have some time to gather what I was allowed to take.  In the DVRO she claimed I had been emotionally abusing our 3.5 year old daughter by telling her that we may or may not be moving to Hawaii.  Pre-restraining order, the soon to be ex complained it would confuse our daughter if she was saying move to Hawaii and I was saying maybe not move to Hawaii I have on a saved text asking my ex to agree that we both wouldn’t mention moving to Hawaii until we figured it out.
Once I maxed my only non-joint credit card (10k) on lawyers, the hour before our case came up in family court, she dropped the temporary DVRO and gave me a modified 3-2-2 custody with my daughter (I’m back living with my mom in the house I grew up in.  Thanks mom!)
We went to family court services and the FCS social worker sided with me almost 100%.  The soon to be ex-wife doubled down and is now trying to claim I’m unstable, addicted  and will not be able to fulfil my commitment to raise our daughter.  She is using documents she essentially stole from me against my wishes. This has had a chilling effect on my view of mental health treatment.  I’m not going to try to solve all my emotional/mental problems on my own and will seek help when I need it.
Thanks for reading.  Since I’ve been out of the toxic relationship I’ve lost 15 pounds, and don’t feel depressed that much anymore.  I’ve spent a lot of time in Hawaii since getting married.  I don’t want to move there because I don’t think I’ll ever be able to afford a house there.  The education system is terrible. In my experience some parts of Hawaii are pretty racist against whites and blacks.  My daughter is half Japanese-American (wife) and Caucasian (me).  I don’t want my daughter to be ashamed of me because I’m white or feel like she has to hide that she is mixed race.  Google ‘kill whitey day’ in Hawaii public schools for an interesting read.

Answer:
 Literally the only answer here is to hire a lawyer.

And she isn't your dr so no HIPAA issuesAnswer #2: I didn’t read most of that but I think it’s safe to say she is SEVERAL moved ahead of you. You need a good lawyer ASAP. Answer #3: She is not allowed to block your access to joint accounts, please make sure to let your lawyer know that she has done this. Since you have not been working and she is the primary income earner she may also be ordered to pay your legal fees.


Title: Repair shop got dust inside my iPhone screen, admitted it was them, wont fix it.

Question:
I took my iPhone 5 into a repair shop to have the battery replaced under the apple recall/extended warranty program. When I went to pick it up they said they couldn't replace the battery (I wish this was the end of the story). They claim that there is something bent inside the phone that catches on the digitizer and makes it so they can't get the phone open. They tried to give me the phone back, but while I was talking to them I noticed that there were a LOT of dust particles (literally hundreds) all over inside the screen. I politely refused to pick it up then, and they said they would see if they could clean it (not sure why they didn't clean it first). I live about 2 hrs away from the shop so I had my brother pick it up after it was "cleaned." I just got it from my brother and noticed there is still a lot of dust in the screen, and now there are also a bunch of v-shaped marks inside the screen that look a bit like bright eraser smudges.

I have a printed work order from them that states I was leaving it the second time for them to clean out dust that got into the screen *while they were working on it*. Is there any way I can get them to fix/replace my screen? I can take care of the battery on my own, or through some other shop, but now my phone is more damaged than when I dropped it off, and I'm a little upset. Should I just deal with the dust in the screen and leave some appropriate comments on their facebook or is there a better way to get somewhere here?

tl;dr: Took my iPhone in for a battery replacement, they didn't replace the battery but got dust in the screen and now won't do anything about it. What are my options?

Edit: Location, I'm in Vermont

Answer: Call AppleCare (1-800-APL-CARE) and explain what happened. Your phone may be eligible to send into Apple for repair. You should also use apple.com/feedback to let Apple know that an authorized repair center didn't live up to your expectations or the Apple standard. Good luck. Answer #2: Is this an Apple Store?


Title: [Maryland] Bitcoin and Banks.

Question:
Sorry if this has been posted before as I performed a search and found no questions specifically related to this topic.

Over the past few months I have decided invest in Bitcoin.  In doing so I created a Self Directed IRA and had funds from a previous 401k transferred over.  To avoid paying early withdrawal fees, I created an LLC and bank accounts associated with it on online exchanges.

The problem I am running into is that I have been through three banks already who have just closed my accounts as soon as transfers to Coinbase are seen.  This has not only cost me time, but also profits as if I was allowed to proceed with the transfer at the time, purchasing of a bitcoin would have been around $5800 which has substantially risen since then.

The banks are providing a myriad of excuses stting everything from my height on my ID's don't match (false), to that they don't deal with out of state LLc's (the LLC is registered in MS, the physical address of the business is MD).

Coinbase is a legally operated business within the US and has complied with all KYC/AML laws which I submitted to during registration.

If banks keep persisting in this fashion, is there any legal recourse myself, or the bitcoin community as a whole could ensue to prevent them from performing what seems to be malicious actions towards people interested in crypto currencies?

Answer: For the record, I had no problem linking my brokerage account to Coinbase.  But then, I haven't set up a fake business in order to avoid paying fees to the government, so.... maybe that's your problem.Answer #2: It sounds like your LLC is a front tbh.


Title: Employee at local phone retailer used my friend's account information to contact her personally.

Question:
This happened earlier in the week in Florida. So I don't know *exactly* what happened since I wasn't personally there but I'll relay what I was told.

So my friend, I'll call her Jane, went into the local cell phone retailer with her roommate so they could get a phone fixed through warranty. Well, after they left Jane got a text message from a stranger but it showed up as a name and it had a contact picture of the retailer, the person asked "Is the Jane?" to which she asked who it was texting her and he explained how they 'clicked' at the store and that they should hang out and drink together with her roommate. She responded by playing it off as not interested or whatever and ended up blocking(maybe? at least ignoring) that number. Well apparently she then got a **phone call** from a stranger but that came up with a name (similar to the text message earlier) and when she answered **it was the guy from the store.** She was pretty scared at this point and tried to make sure he knew it wasn't cool to do this, which he somewhat ignored. To make matters even worse she told him at one point that it was probably illegal to contact her like this and the guy responded "I know." Now she is terrified because he could have all her information and I'm concerned that he could show up at her house. This has to be illegal right? What should we do?

Answer:
 It's not illegal.  It's creepy, at best.

She can complain to the store management if she likes.  If he harasses her or continues to contact her, she might have something to report to the police.Answer #2: I don't know if it's illegal but it is definitely against the policy of whatever company he works for. Companies take this kind of thing VERY seriously. Tell her to document and save everything, and to contact a manager or someone else high up. If there is a website check if there is a "Contact Us' or 'Complaints section.

Another person on here had a similar problem with an employee from a cell phone store doing the same thing to his daughter:
https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/3c40af/adult_employee_at_phone_store_looked_up_my_14/


Title: Help with my older sister?

Question:
Hello Legal Advice. I am posting from a throwaway account for various reasons. I'm also on mobile so I apologize for formatting issues. I (F22) am worried about my sister (F26).

My sister has had so many problem through her life. When we were younger, she was the golden child of the family. Got whatever she wanted, purposely got me into trouble, etc. Later in life she got heavily into drugs and alcohol and developed mental disorders.

We were abused as children and young adults. (Even with her being the Golden Child.) My mother was a crazy physcotic bitch and would beat us black and blue. I wouldn't be able to go to school because of the welts and huge bruises on my legs, arms and face. Same with my sister.

Since she has turned 18, she has been arrested at least twice, and placed in involuntary holds over 2 or 3 times.

She currently lives with my mother (who spent 2009-2015 in Prison for vehicular manslaughter/DUI).
My mother does NOT have gaurdianship of her.

I want my sister to come live with me. I am renting a 2 bedroom house with my Partner and our son. I want my sister to be in a healthy environment. I want her to be safe and loved.

I just want her to be okay. How can I get her here to be with me to be okay. She doesn't want to be living with my mother any more. Recently my sister got into a car wreck, and was prescribed pain killers. My mother took them and refused to give my sister any even for her deep bruising on her ribcage.

I know that is illegal but my sister is too scared to call the police. My mother has threatened to lie and have my sister committed again.

I live in Tennessee and my sister and mother are in Georgia.

If someone could please help me figure out how to get her out of that hell hole, I would be so thankful

Answer:
 Your sister is 26. She can walk out of the house at this very moment and come live with you.

Does she want to? Is she being detained against her will?


Title: Psychologist will not provide written evaluation results for physician.

Question: I am in Michigan. I had evaluation done by a neuropsychologist to test for ADHD in August of this year. I then had a follow up appointment in September where I was told the results of my evaluation and I do indeed have ADHD. The neuropsychologist told me that they would recommend trying to manage it with therapy and medication. They said I would have to wait a couple of weeks to get the written report to take to my primary care Dr. to discuss meds. I have contacted the psychologist multiple times and the secretary keeps telling me it could take up to 8 weeks from the evaluation date to receive the report. It has now been 3 months and I still have nothing. I paid my copay for a service and my insurance had paid a large sum of money for something that was pretty useless without documentation. What should I do?

Answer:
 Do a release of information for your doctor to request the report.  Talk to his nurse and see if the doc will request it directly.  That might help.  Sometimes a request coming from another professional turns the wheels.

You can also try writing the neuro a letter requesting the documents.
Answer #2: You need to escalate this beyond just the secretary.

The next time you call I would also ask them which form you need to fill out to transfer medical records to another office. IANAL but according to the Medical Records Access Act([Act 47 of 2004 pdf](https://www.legislature.mi.gov/\(S\(md32imbtszx5zw2tzjfoyf45\)\)/documents/mcl/pdf/mcl-Act-47-of-2004.pdf)) in Michigan you may be required to pay a small fee([also pdf](https://www.michigan.gov/documents/mdhhs/MMR_Access_Act_Fees_514352_7.pdf)) to transfer all medical records out of the office but they are required to do the transfer or make them available within 30 days if the records are stored onsite or 60 days if they are offsite. Realistically you shouldn't need to do this but it is also an option.


Title: New roommate signed lease, now wants to back out. How can I protect myself? (Illionois)

Question:
I've been renting for a long time, so I know most laws and regulations pretty much only protect the property owner, not so much the tenant.

I have been living in my apartment for 2 years now, and my current roommate is leaving. I started my roommate search early (2 months ago) because I wanted to make sure I had enough time to secure someone. I showed the apartment to a guy who seemed young, but nice enough and responsible. After the showing, I texted him the information to the leasing company where he could put in his application. He never responded, so 2 weeks later I posted another ad looking for a roommate. That same day, my leasing company emailed me to let me know that this person had applied, been approved, and signed the lease. I texted him a couple more times over the next 2 months to  Try to organize him moving in/my current roommate moving out. He never responded to any of these messages. I thought maybe he had initially texted me from a fake number because he didn't want some rando from craigslist having his phone number. Understandable.  Yesterday i.e. Mailed my landlord to ask him to please pass along my phone number and email address to the new roommate so that we could figure out all of the move in logistics. My landlord informed me that an hour after I emailed him, the new roommate emailed him saying that he no longer wants to be on the lease.

My landlord informed him that he is still responsible for the rent because he is on the lease, but that we can come to an agreement if we want about how much he needs to pay. Given this kid's history of not responding/ignoring his responsibilities, my worry is that he will just ignore this issue completely, not pay, and not respond to any emails regarding terminating the lease. If he does not pay the first month's rent, the responsibility falls on me, I know that.

My question: do I have any legal options in this? Would this be something for small claims court if he doesn't pay the rent and it defaults to me? Can I sue him? Should I?What do I do if he doesn't terminate the lease? I am willing to work out an arrangement and pay half of his portion if he pays the other half, and I informed the landlord of this, so hopefully he just takes it and terminates his lease, but if he just decides to cut all contact and do nothing, I would like to know if there is any way for me to protect myself.

I'm already talking to a couple of other people who are interested in the apartment, so I'm not worried about finding a replacement. I'm mostly  Concerned about this kid's history of ignoring responsibilities like this, and the effect that it could have on me because he is on the lease, but ultimately if he does not pay the responsibility falls on me.

Sorry that this got so long, and sorry if this doesn't fit here. Our new lease starts in 2 days, so I am a little frazzled and looking for options. Thank you if you read this.

Answer: There's really nothing you can do to protect yourself. If he doesn't pay, you'll have to pay yourself and sue him in small claims court.


Title: Is this illegal 'hacking'? (USA, CA)

Question:
Hi,

I use Quicken for Mac and have recently discovered that they operate on a double payment model. They require the consumer to pay for the software, and financial institutions to pay for an id so that their transactions can be imported.

I legally purchased Quicken and it works great for all but one of my financial institutions. The one financial institution that doesn't work does provide a Quicken file that I can download. Unfortunately, when I try to import the file I receive an error message. According to Quicken's help center, this is because my financial institution has 'chosen not to support' my version of quicken. The thing is, the .qfx file containing all the transaction data is a simple text file. The only reason it won't import is because of an id variable that quicken checks against their list of paying institutions. Its trivial to edit this ID value to match that of another institution. If I were to do so, I believe that the transaction data would immediately import.

Is it illegal for me to do so? If it is, what sort of penalties or enforcement would I potentially face?

Summary: If I edit the id value of a text file that my bank provides, it will import into the financial software I legally own.

Answer:
 Lol.

This isn't hacking. You're fine.


Title: Is it legal to punch someone for running off with your child in a public place?

Question: My wife's sister unbuckled my 2 year old son from his stroller without asking and running off with him in a place called. Otherworld in Columbus Ohio. This place is very disorienting and it's easy to get lost in. They originally went into the little crawl space tunnel. I kept going back and forth to both ends looking for my child and started to get worried. My wife then calls her sister who comes through another door leading to another room with an attitude saying "REALLY? REALLY?" and at this point I was furious. I exclaimed to her that what she did was not alright and she lucky that I didn't click her for running off with my child without permission. This aunt is also very manic bipolar who refuses to get help. And she also comforts my child after he is scolded for misbehaving. She will literally remove him from time out the moment we put him in it and tell him to call us mean. She also has a strange touchy feely relationship with my son that makes me uncomfortable as well. She sets in the back of the car with him an always her head in his lap and runs his legs softly and all that odd stuff too. So should I knock her out? Lol

Answer:
 > So should I knock her out? Lol

No. "Lol"

You should probably have a grown-up talk with your wife about your concerns.  You know, like a grown-up, responsible, parent.  "Lol"Answer #2: This is an issue between you and your wife.

As long as wife wants her around, she can be around.

Yes. Its illegal to punch people.


Title: CA--hospice sent my mom's body to the wrong mortuary on top of a lot of other issues, family is irate, and I'm trying to sort out next steps

Question:
Hi guys; thanks for talking the time to look this over. I'm going to do a brief (okay, looking back, it's not that brief)  summary of the last week with this being the ultimate issue: my brother and sister in law are irate, justifiably, and want to sue the shit out of anyone who so much as looked at my mother sideways. I'm trying to keep things in perspective and take a more level-headed approach, and could use some advice or resources.

My mom has been getting progressively sicker since December--brain cancer, which is an awful way to die. Toward the end of January, she was admitted to the hospital and I had to make the decision to put her in DNR code status and switch her to comfort care per her wishes. My brother lives out of state and gave up all responsibility as her healthcare co-agent, but his SO was heavily involved in supporting both of us through this nightmare. My mom was unresponsive, but highly anxious and uncomfortable; she didn't sleep for 22 hours, and just thrashed, pulled at every tube connected to her body, and said "ow, ow, ow".

The first hospice moved her from the hospital to her nursing facility a) without giving the nursing home an accurate picture of how bad my mom's condition was, b) without the medication that she needed to maintain the level of comfort explicitly requested in my mom's documents, and c) before they had the staffing available to admit her without issue to the nursing home/hospice. The admitting nurse was actually the director of patient services, and she was late. Like 8pm when my mom left the hospital at 5pm late. The medication wouldn't be there until after midnight. My mom literally thrashed and writhed in her bed for six hours while the nursing home charge nurse furiously demanded that hospice send her back to the hospital. The director assumed full responsibility.

My mom was sent back to the hospital. My sister in law and I physically held her down in the ER for three hours so she wouldn't fall out of bed. The ER insisted that they were so busy that they didn't have the staff to sit with her.

The next morning, I met with a different hospice company. I was reassured that nothing like this would ever happen again and that this company is who everyone in the case management program would use for their families, and she was admitted to a very nice nursing home after her medication was already ready later that evening. As I walked into the nursing home, a nurse shouted that "she" had fallen--my mom was there for less than two hours before they walked away and she pulled herself out of bed and onto the floor. The hospice ordered padding and rails that weren't compatible or that the facility didn't approve, but my mom's nurse was pretty great and got her comfortable as quickly as she could, so the thrashing was no longer an issue.

My mom died in the early morning hours a few days after admission. The nurse from the hospice who was on call (not the awesome one) was about two hours late after my mom died. The facility needed to notify me because it took so long and they thought it was ethically wrong to make us wait. The nurse was supposed to call and confirm details, even though the mortuary we picked was thoroughly documented in her file. The nurse thought it was a fax number and either Googled a different number or just said fuck it and called a different mortuary--the hospice administrator is still trying to nail her story down. Basically, a few hours after I found out that my mom died, a random mortuary called to make arrangements and I went fucking nuclear. The hospice admitted that they knew and were trying to coordinate transportation to the right place. Later that afternoon, we confirmed that she was in the right place. The hospice paid $600 to move her from one mortuary to the other. I had a long, angry call with the administrator and director where they assured me they would be meeting with everyone involved; neither even knew about the fall my mom had the first day she was in their care.

I'm having a hard time keeping any of this in perspective. I've never lost a family member before, and this isn't a wrong order at Chili's--it's the end of someone's life. It seems pretty fucked up, but is it lawsuit fucked up? Or is that my family looking at all of this through grief goggles? Where would I even start? I don't want to dismiss their anger, but I also don't want to throw gasoline on the fire. Any advice would be appreciated.

Answer: Sorry for your lose. I would wait several months from now to see if you wish to do anything about what went on.  Right now, you have too much to worry about and your emotions are running high.  In a couple of months, you can still act on anything that needs to be addressed.


Title: Boyfriend made me leave apartment after losing child

Question:
Background:
My now ex boyfriend and I leased an apartment with my mother as a cosigner August 2016 due to us starting a family. Fast forward to late November- I shared that I lost the baby and he pretty much told me to leave, so I did without realizing that I had any grounds to call the police or make any type of complaint against him. We have a written agreement that is signed by both parties and our personal witnesses stating that I have access to the apartment with his knowledge as long as my belongings or my family is on the lease (whichever is longer), we are to come to an agreement on our purchases together, and a few other caviots. He is now claiming lease abandonment even though I still pay utilities that are in my name, I am on the lease, my mother is still the cosigner, and I was thrown out due to a domestic situation. He has new occupants in the apartment who he claims are approved but the leasing agency denied that when questioned nd changed the locks. We still have dual purchases totaling over $1,000 in the apartment and I would like to settle this entire thing peacefully. If it comes down to a civil court matter, do I have a leg to stand on? Due to the domestic situation, can he claim lease abandonment? If so, is that valid if I'm paying bills? I just don't want my property to be damaged nor my mom to have to worry about there being unknown occupants and the apartment being damaged.

Answer: Your lease agreement is with your landlord, not with your roommate.  He can claim that he is Mother Theresa if he wants, but he's got nor more basis to that claim than to his claim that you cannot live there or enter there because you abandoned your lease.


Title: Need Legal Advice!!! My Friend: A Young Black Father Charged With Murdering His Pregnant Girlfriend

Question:
Throwaway account, need as much good advice as possible. I'm doing what I can to help him, his family, and his friends.

My friend is a poor young black man with a giant heart and a young son. I'm not privy to too much case info, as some of our friends are his alibi, and his visitor list is full.

Info: His girlfriend was pregnant and killed in her apartment. The apartment was on fire. Days later police arrested him and charged him with murder, murder of her child, and arson. There is supposedly circumstantial evidence (which I believe is that he is black and it was a white neighborhood, as I grew up there and it's subtly racist). He has a "rock-solid" alibi according to other friends. He has a public defender. He was given no bail. He's looking at about a year to two years prison time until trial; no trial date is currently set. He's in Rhode Island.

He's never committed a crime before, has no record, but he's a big chubby black guy and he likes Star Wars, video games, comic books, and legos....so we all know he's screwed.

He's desperate to get back to his young son and his mother and grieve for his girlfriend and unborn child.

I've been trying to find some sort of pro-bono criminal defense lawyer or someone who can save his life. He's the most gentle and kindest person I know. I'm just the idiot goofball friend trying my best to help, but penniless, and hoping to lift his spirits.

Thanks for any help and/or advice you can give me. I've done lots of googling already, but I appreciate anything you mention that I may not have discovered yet.

Answer:
 Most killings are by someone that's known to the victim.  I find your "innocence by being a good guy" defense kind of ironic considering your certainty of discrimination.

If you really want to help them collect money for a lawyer.


Title: [TX] - do I have to pay a parking ticket for a rental car

Question: I got a parking ticket while in Austin.  I live in a different state.  Will the rental car company come after me to pay or will I have a bench warrant in Austin if I don't pay it?

Answer: You honestly think having a rental car is free pass to park wherever you want to?


Title: Is UC Davis bus policy legal/consitutional?

Question:
Hello,

Recently I noticed a sign posted on a pole near the bus station on campus at UC Davis, as well as automatic messages on the buses calling them "safe spaces".

Picture of sign: http://imgur.com/HAEuAQM

Honestly I'm not bothered by that, I just see it as another dumb initiative they decided was important. But when I read the sign, it said that drivers can eject/kick passengers off buses if they are disruptive. I know it says disruptive, but in this case I believe that to mean if someone doesn't like a comment you make or something you say, and deems you "disruptive". Is this a violation of the first amendment, and is it legal for a public university to do things like this?
Just wondering, not a serious issue. Thank you for any answers you may have.

Answer: Harassment in public is disruptive. You can silently judge anyone or anything you want on the bus.


Title: I’m desperate for help. Ripped off £363 for tickets that don’t even exist by viagogo

Question: Bought slayer tickets for their final world tour, and was ecstatic. I’ve never been happier. Not even joking. However I’ve now learned that Viagogo are notorious for selling tickets before they’ve even been released, not sending them to the buyers, and not responding to customer pleas or responses. All of which happened to me. Is there any way I can get my money back???

Answer:
 Post this in /r/LegalAdviceUK and you'll get much more accurate advice - Sorry to hear this has happened.

You should be able to issue a chargeback request through your debit/credit card provider though - Have you spoken to your bank?


Title: Yes, I know Florida is a at-will state, and I understand if I give 2 weeks, they have the right to say "See You Later" that day...I understand. However.

Question:
To start on a positive note, I recently accepted a job offer in my target career field! Go me!

On the other hand, as the title suggests, a two week notice was given to my employer today. At the end of the day, the owners called me into the office, confirmed my two week notice then asked where I was going. After I confirmed the two weeks, they told me best luck and they did not need me for the reminder of the two weeks. (As they should, I understand).

However, another employee with the same job title recently gave notice and they are allowing him to work his (month) notice. The owners stated he had been with the company a lot longer so they are allowing him to work the entire notice.... I know this will tie into performance, so I'll dive a little further.

Our positions, he was promoted into the position a few weeks after I began work. We are rated based on weekly numbers. In order to  satisfy our job requirement, we have meet a weekly minimum number. In these numbers, I both outperformed the other employee and exceeded the minimum requirement.

During my time there, I was given one verbal warning, 2 months ago, for performance but since, the issue has been corrected.

This caught me off guard and I'm a bit salty. How would you guys approach this?

EDIT FOR THE FOLLOWING QUESTION:
Should I file a EEOC Complaint?

Edit for more information:
Employer accused me of false allegations for additional grounds.

Answer:
 Doesn't matter. They can accept your notice effective immediately. Maybe the just like the other guy better.Answer #2: >How would you guys approach this?

Approach this how?  You have no legal recourse.Answer #3: >  How would you guys approach this?

By moving on. Answer #4: I'd call it a vacation. If they don't want you for the remaining two weeks then they don't have to have you. What they've done in other situations isn't particularly important unless you think there's discrimination based on a protected class.


Title: [Edmonton,AB] I feel like I'm being bullied into paying a catering co.

Question:
I hired a catering company for my wedding this summer. We paid a deposit, then 2 days before the reception they insisted we paid the rest, which I thought was weird because our numbers lowered and they never gave us an invoice. Now they are saying we owe them an extra $550 for "extra staff hours" . We have yet to pay because we have repeatedly asked for an invoice and any contract we've signed that states these extra charges. They have yet to give us a final invoice, only a word doc that has these new charges, and we never did sign any type of agreement with them. Now they are pressuring us to pay this extra money and threatening to take us to court over it.
Is this at all valid on there end? Do we have to pay this money to them? can they really take us to court over this?
Any info would be great.
Cheers.

Answer: Dont pay a damn thing. Let them sue you, cause if the charges arent in your contract, they will be laughed out of court.


Title: [AZ] Is there any for way me to legally get a larger percentage of my roommate and I's security deposit return if they lived there for four years and I only lived there for 9 months?

Question: I contributed half when I moved in (now know that was a mistake). My roommate doesn't think they are more responsible than me for any repairs needed even though I couldn't help maintain it while I wasn't living there and they were. I'm aware I'm probably SOL but figured I'd check anyway.

Answer: You should get back what you contributed.


Title: Car Dealership charged me $4000 extra for my new car. What are my options?

Question:
TL;DR: The car I bought was advertised in feb of 2014 for $13990 (I also called many dealerships and confirms this was about the asking price).  The agreed upon price of the car written in the lease contract is $18233. (which I signed in Feb of 2014). What can or should I do? The lease ends feb 2017. The car is a 2013 Nissan Versa Note plus

Isn't there a point at which the extreme difference in price would be considered fraud?

Full version:
I got a lease from a car dealership in the northeast US. My previous lease was for $170/per month for 3 years. I told them I wanted to have the same price for a lease. The same model just the new year 2014 vs. 2011. Somehow with a lot of smooth talking (which I fell for) about prices they wound up at $212 per month for 3 years. Saying that if I wanted it lower I needed to put more money down, because "the numbers just don't work that way". I never thought to check the final price of the car. I am young and this is my second lease. The car was advertised for $13990 (in Feb of 2014).  The agreed upon price of the car written in the lease is $18163. This is before fees and taxes and such. I put $2000 down.

I did a lot of research and I am positive that these numbers are correct. I wanted a car with no extras. It has roll up windows and no power locks. I did not get any extras added. The contract states this.

I wanted to get a new car quickly because I honestly don't car about fancy cars and I figured I could just get the same car and be done with it. I was in a rush to get done and I was swindled. Do I have any options? I want the right price for the car to be retroactively put into place.

I used the wayback machine (https://archive.org/web/) and confirmed that their website in feb of 2014 states the price of the car as $13990.

The location is CT. Which means I am also getting charged a car property tax.

Answer:
 When you signed the paperwork, you agreed to pay that price. Your options are to read paperwork more carefully next time, and don't shop by monthly price.Answer #2: They're allowed to sell for more than the MSRP, and for more than a previously advertised price. You bought the car for the price you agreed to buy it for when you signed the paperwork. Answer #3: it seems like they did numbers magic on you to get down your payments and stuff.  not their fault you didn't do the math.  they even spelled it out for you at the end.....

there's no scam, you just didn't do your due diligence.


Title: Found a nail in the side of my bed sticking out. What can I do?

Question: So this morning I woke up to a poke in my foot. It's a nail that is imbedded into the seam of my tempurpedic mattress. It cannot be removed easily as the back of the nail (the head) is inside the seam and the pointy part is poking out. Any advice?

Answer: Don't be a twat looking for a lawsuit. Tempur-Pedic is a massive name, not some skeevy no-name. Just call customer service and request a new mattress. That's benefit enough considering you didn't actually hurt yourself.Answer #2: A misplaced nail would be a manufacturing defect and qualify for a warranty replacement or repair.


Title: My sister is having the same kind of health and mental health problems that I had when I was living in the house that she is currently living in. Is there a legal course of action I (or my sister) can take or should be prepared to take?

Question: I have posted this in /r/mold /r/mentalhealth and now here. Any information on what I can/should do....I used to rent a 80 year old house from a slumlord for 600$ a month. The other houses in The neighborhood rent for 1400$ a month, so I thought I was getting an incredible deal. The basement was flooded when we first moved in, when it rained outside, it rained in the kitchen, the ceiling collapsed almost crushing my three year old. And then I started having panic attacks, my weight dropped from a healthy 125 down to 110, my hair started falling out, I constantly had bronchitis and sinus infections. I spent a year in that house, then I couldn't make my rent because I was so sick, nor did I want to pay it. The doctors treated me for anxiety with antidepressants, my bronchitis with antibiotics, and told me to eat more wholesomely. I got an eviction notice, packed my stuff, and spent the rent money on a moving van to get the hell out of that nightmare. My father (friend of the millionaire landlord) blamed the problems on me not being a decent human, and immediately got the landlord to re-rent the property, without fixing it, to my little sister. Well she has been there a year and her health has declined drastically. She constantly has bronchitis, sinus infections, she is so tired and depressed, and now having serious mental problems. She has been to the hospital for panic attacks a few times, got put on the same antidepressant I was on.. But last night she could have died. She had been drinking a normal amount for a 23 year old (probably a little too much but not an incredible amount) she blacked out and woke up in a bath tub with cuts on her wrists and says she has no memory of this. I am scared shitless for my little sister and trying to get her out of that damp moldy house because I think it may be poisoning her. Please, please, please if anyone knows if a toxic strain of mold can do this and has any information about what to do please tell me. I am trying to get her to leave that place, even for a week so that I can nurse her back to health, and my brother is so worried he said he would make the 8 hour trip to bring her here. But yeah this place definatly has tons of molds, and I know most of them are probably harmless, but this place is never dry, it's three stories including the wet basement. It smells like mold, there is visible mold creeping up the walls, it is located in an old neighborhood in Iowa, if that helps. Anyone know if this could be mold poisoning. I will be writing again in /r/mentalhealth and anywhere else anyone suggests. Thank you.

Answer:
 > She had been drinking a normal amount for a 23 year old (probably a little too much but not an incredible amount) she blacked out and woke up in a bath tub with cuts on her wrists and says she has no memory of this.

This likely has absolutely nothing to do with the house. She should get help for her alcoholism and mental health issues immediately.

As far as the house, you can call your local health department and/or code enforcement and get the place inspected. There are also companies that will test for certain kinds of molds, if needed.


Title: Missed my probation orientation meeting today. What happens now??

Question:
I missed my meeting after a crazy week of work, paying an absurd amount of bills (some court related).

I was charged with a felony assault but it was reduced to misdemeanor (resisted arrest because I was intoxicated and paranoid).

I made all my court hearings and my first probation intake meeting.

I didn't return the phone call today from PO because I totally blanked on who would be calling me and I was busy with work and hazy from a long week. Now it's the weekend and I can't call them until Monday morning.

Will there be a punishment or do I get a warning? I'm getting very anxious.

Answer: We can't predict what will happen. Either is a possibility. Contact your lawyer about this.


Question:
I have a friend who's been living in the U.S. (NY specifically) for over 9 years with a Green (Permanent Residency) Card. Her home life is terrible, basically just imagine a British modern-day Cinderella. She cleans up after 5 other people, 4 of whom are full-grown adults, gets verbally abuse on a regular basis and receives no sympathy over anything from her parents. She was supposed to come over after school today, but her mother threatened to call the police if she didn't come straight home from school just because she said so. Using common sense I couldn't think of anything they could actually do considering she's over 18 years old.

My question is this: Is it legally okay for someone above 18 with a green card to leave home without parental consent?
Topic:
Custody Divorce and Family

Answer:
 18 is age of majority. That's all she needs to leave.

Tell her to let her mom call the police. They will laugh at the mom and tell her to not call again unless it's an emergency.

Tell her to either find a friend who needs a roommate or to apply for a college that has dorms, and then help her move.Answer #2: IANAL, but as a green card holder myself, she needs her green card with her for anything. She needs it to apply to jobs, apply for citizenship, traveling, etc. It would be in her best interest to get all of her vital documentation that she would need in case she needs to reapply for a green card or her citizenship, and put them somewhere safe and far from her family.  I think most green cards are set to expire within 10 years, so have her check the date on that too. She should apply for citizenship since she is able to do so now without her parents. As long as her green card doesn't expire within the next 6 months, she shouldn't have any issues. Otherwise if it is less than 6 months, she will have to pay for the renewal of the green card on top of the citizenship fee.


Title: How are executions handled in foreign countries as a tourist?

Question: İ was looking through some of my grandfather's old stuff and stumbled upon an article that said 4 touriste were executed in saudi arabia in 1995 for possession of drugs.  So my question is if a tourist were to break a law that requires the execution of the person that committed the crime?

Answer:
 Yes, if you break the laws of a country that country can hold you to the punishment for those laws.

There's no "tourist exception" in the law anywhere I'm familiar with.


Title: (Oklahoma) Just found out my felon (for a violent crime) roommate owns an unlicensed, unregistered Glock. What should I do?

Question: Recent events have forced me to move in with a friend of mine,  When I moved in, he already had a roommate whom I have learned is a felon for a violent crime.  This didn't surprise me after seeing him when he's drunk.  What did surprise me was when he pulled out a gun after an argument with the neighbor.  We talked him out of bringing it outside, but now that I know he has it, I'm just waiting for him to try using it again, and hope it's not on me.  But what can I do about it?  It's kept in his room, so I can't just call the cops and tell them he has it (what are they gonna do, come search his room?) I'm actually an advocate of carry laws, guns in the hands of the RIGHT people save lives, but this isn't the right person and it's illegal for him to own it, and with good reason as far as I can tell.  How can I get it out of his possession (preferably without tipping him off that it was me?)

Answer: Find a new place to live


Title: Jurry duty excuse

Question:
I got called into jurry duty tomorrow in chicago but I live about 3 hours away do I need to report to the summons, the mail came to my parents house where I haven't lived for about 4 years

Edit: called them day of summons lady on the phone said I was out of district so I just need to send them something with my new address on it in the next 2.5 months

Answer: A summons is an order to appear, you must go, or risk getting another summons for contempt. Calling won't suffice, a clerk cannot excuse you, only the judge can.


Title: [MA] What do I say if I get pulled over for DUI check?

Question: I've had half a cider like an hour ago. My BAC is certainly well below limits. What do I say if I get pulled over and a cop asks if I'd been drinking tonight? I'm in MA but I live in TX.

Answer: I recommend that you don't drive anywhere. Catch a cab, walk, or take the bus.


Title: [US - Florida] Lawyer wants me to write an apology letter claiming full responsibility for something I'm not fully responsible for

Question:
[Florida]

I recently was contacted by my lawyer. A case that has been ongoing for a few years. The plaintiff recently accepted a huge sum of money but still wont 'release me'. I was informed that the plaintiff has family that holds a grudge against me and will not be appeased even with the nearly 1 million dollars they received.

My lawyer called me, seemingly in a rush as they have not contacted me in weeks and suddenly wanted me to come in Monday. Here's where I start to feel uncomfortable. My lawyer thinks if I write a letter claiming full responsibility for the accident, the  family member will let things go and instead of going after me for even more money, they will take my insurance policy for 10 grand.

I was not fully at fault for the incident that happened. I do not feel that I should write a letter claiming I was. I feel it was an unfortunate accident but I am not the cause. I asked my lawyer 'What would stop them from simply using this letter as fuel and try to come after me further?' and the reply was simple 'We'll try to protect you but we can't guarantee it.'

I feel like writing this letter will only open the door to further problem. This family has proven to be very greedy and, to be honest, I think I was scammed, but my lawyers refuse to counter sue. I just want it to be over.

Answer:
 If you don't like the quality of services of your lawyer, get another lawyer.

This sounds like a really complicated scenario that this anonymous internet subreddit isn't equipped to deal with.Answer #2: They are asking you to sign a confession. It WILL be used against you


Title: [OH] City inspector says no pass; can I still open?

Question:
We have a business that we've been working on for months and planned to open in a few weeks. The city inspector came for a second time, was a new guy, and found a few things the first one did not - ADA parking, lip on door, minor things like that.

I've gotten a mixed message on if we can still open, as long as we are working toward correcting those things. Can we open as long as we are? And if we open anyway, what is our risk? The cost of not opening is probably closing down (we are really hurting for revenue) so.....

Answer: Send letter to inspector, you are working on those things and plan on opening on specific date or date range.


Title: Juvenile daughter assaulted, prosecutor to take it to court (3rd degree). Can I get accommodations so she doesn't have to literally take the stand due to her clinical anxiety?

Question: My 12 year old daughter was physically assaulted by another minor student. The prosecutor is taking it to court as 3rd degree (misdemeanor in Hawaii). My daughter has clinical anxiety and is seeing a therapist. Is any accommodation so that she doesn't have to face him possible? Do I need a lawyer to make sure the state does right by her? Or can I trust the prosecutor's office when they say she will have to testify in court?

Answer:
 Let the prosecutor know. There are (in most locations) services to help. Therapy dogs, support people who can be on the stand with her, maybe other things. But you have to ask.

Edit

[Check BACA to see if they are in your location](http://bacaworld.org/) they are awesomeAnswer #2: I would let the prosecutor know of your daughter's issues. Only in rare circumstances can testimony be entered without the right to face your accuser. If you are dead set against her not taking the stand, you may have to lean on prosecutor to drop charges or to find another way to bringthem


Title: 4 y.o photos public on Facebook, implications ?

Question: I apologize for any formatting errors, on mobile. Not sure if this is the right place to post. I’ve just discovered that my MIL has her fb profile set to public and has hundreds of photos of my 4 y.o for all to see. Some photos she is in her swimsuit. She is also tagged at various locations in our neighborhood and home. Background: my MIL absolutely has full blown NPD, for those of you familiar, you would know that asking her to take down the photos / set her profile to private will never happen. She has insatiable urges to post incessantly and over share to “show” everyone what a happy family / great life she has (which is a total lie). Anyway, what are the implications for this? I know this can be seen as pedo-bait, there are identity theft issues and privacy issues but can anyone speak to this? I don’t know much about it but I do know I’m really uncomfortable having so many photos of my toddler daughter on the Internet for all to see. They live far away but visit often and she is taking many of the photos, but a lot are ones that have been sent to her by my husband. We are going no contact (again). Any advice I would greatly appreciate. Also, what can I do if she refuses to take the photos down? TY!

Answer:
 There is no legal issue with the photos she's taken herself.

If you want your husband's photos taken down you can file a DMCA report: [https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/1758255661104383?helpref=faq\_content](https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/1758255661104383?helpref=faq_content)

4yo's can't have FB profiles, so it shouldn't be possible to tag her, but if that's slipped by their signup rules then you can use the Remove Tag feature from inside her account: https://www.facebook.com/help/196434507090362/


Title: I don’t understand why my father never had to pay child support

Question:
TL;DR
My parents got divorced ~13 years ago and were separated for a few years before that. I was just a kid so I didn’t understand the details, but now I’m almost 21, never seen a dime from my dad, and I’m curious how things went down. What could be a reason why my dad never had to pay child support, and can anything be done now?

Full Story
My parents have always had a rocky relationship. Mom had me at 18 and my sister at 20. Dad went to jail for the first time when I was about 4. He was a drug user and would come in and out of our lives, mostly out. They became ‘separated’ around that time. It took a while before my parents could get divorced because it was pro bono; we had no money. But my parents had reconciled once or twice before then, and thus, my other sibling was born when I was 7

When my baby sibling was ~9 months old, we went away to foster care for a year and a half. My parents were divorced when we got back and we saw dad significantly less after that. I think he technically had joint custody (with a bunch of conditions) but my mom hardly let us see him. Honestly we didn’t know him that well so it didn’t even bother us

As we got older he tried to be in our lives more. I do believe people change so I gave him a chance. He went back to jail again when I was 16 and got out a week or two before I graduated high school. During my teenage years I had learned more about how the world works. My mom is fairly open about financial situations and so I knew we never got money from dad, but I also knew that most people with divorced parents do get money from their dad. Just a year or so ago I remember dad having to pay a bunch of money to his other ex-wife, who he has two kids with (they’re 14yrs and 16yrs older than me). Mom said it was for “back pay” since they never got child support either

Me and my mom and siblings still struggle financially. Mom had to file bankrupt last year because she raised us with credit cards. She couldn’t finish school or have a full time job cuz she had 3 kids to raise. She still works the same dead end job after over a decade

How come we never got financial support from our dad? Is there anything we can do now? Can we take him to court and get “back pay” from him? He’s got a girlfriend now and they’ve been together for a couple years. They own a house, no kids, both have stable income, they’re living it up while we’re left in the dirt

I’m tired of seeing my mom still on the Struggle Bus that she’s been on for so long. The one that my dad put her on. What can we do, if anything?
Topic:
Custody Divorce and Family

Answer:
 It's possible your mother never pursued your father for child support.

> but now I’m almost 21, never seen a dime from my dad

Child support almost always exclusively goes to the custodial parent to assist in raising the child(ren), never directly to the child(ren).

> Can we take him to court and get “back pay” from him?

The children cannot, but the mother *might* be able to, if there was a court order to pay child support and those payments didn't happen, despite the children being over the age of 18.Answer #2: You can talk to mom about the matter and, if she’s interested in involving you, offer to help with anything that might be done now (if there is back support owed on an existing order).

Beyond that this isn’t your business.


Title: Does this New Jersey rape law only apply to men?

Question:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/11/25/new-jersey-lawmaker-introduces-bill-to-criminalize-rape-by-fraud/?intcmp=latestnews

Dubbed the "Rape by fraud" law it states “act of sexual penetration to which a person has given consent because the actor has misrepresented the purpose of the act or has represented he is someone he is not.”

Does this mean that a female cannot be charged with this unless she uses some foreign object to penetrate the victim?

**Edit:** For example, if a woman lies about being on birth control, then has sex with a man, would this law not apply if he was doing the penetrating?

Answer: It's a proposed bill that has no realistic chance of passing and actually becoming a law. If it passed, it will likely be found unconstitutional.


Title: Backed into a car in a parking lot. Family claiming “injuries” for insurance scam. How to make sure they don’t get an extra dime besides car repairs.

Question: I’m beyond mad. They were parked dead behind me and somehow I missed them when backing out of my parking spot that I had been idling in for a couple minutes to get my phone set up(my fault yes) and I bumped into them enough to dent in the door slightly but no damage was done to my car. Now their claiming I “injured” them which is impossible because they were stopped and I was going under 5 mph. I don’t want them to get anything extra from me at all and I’m beyond pissed. I knew the second I hit them they’d be a problem. They refused to communicate with me and made me call them to let them know when the cop arrived for the police report because they didn’t want to wait around.

Answer: You don’t get a say in what they get. Your insurance will deal with it. Report the accident to your insurance and tell them what happened. They will request proof and medical records from the family and determine if they were injured as a result of the accident and how much, if anything, they’re entitled to.Answer #2: What you need to do is notify your own insurance company. If they want to claim injuries, let them duke it out with your carrier.


Title: One time sexual partner doesn't want to have an abortion, is there any way to NOT have no pay any child support?

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 Prove you're not the father.

Or build a time machine and stop yourself from having sex.

If you help create a child, you get to help support it, Dad.Answer #2: Not if you're the father, no.

Mazel tov!


Title: Woke up after a night of drinking... Drove my friend to the airport... Got pulled over and given a DWI. Help.

Question: The title pretty much states what happened. My friends and I got together after not seeing each other for a long time. We were drinking all day, in bed before 1AM. We woke up around 8am. I didn't feel drunk, just tired and hungover. We stopped and grabbed some food and then I drove him to the airport. There was a speed trap on the highway that I was unaware about and I was clocked at 76 in a 55. We still smelled like alcohol and I failed 4/6 sobriety tests which surprised me. I really didn't feel intoxicated and I wasn't intending to drink and drive. At the station, I blew a .1. This is my first infraction other than a speeding ticket I received a little over two years ago. Is there anything I can do to make this not ruin my life? I just accepted a new job that I was really excited about. Do I have to tell them? The cops mentioned the possibility of it being reduced to something that won't destroy me. I just can't believe I'm in this situation. I appreciate any advice given. Edit: I was in the state of NY.

Answer:
 Get a lawyer. Many law offices will offer a free 30 minute consultation, so look online and call around, and when you do co duly ask what is the best and cheapest option.

Other things to ask:
- do they have a retaining fee?
- how do they bill their hours?
- how can you keep the cost down?

Next, just realize that this is going to be embarrassing and a pain for a while. Yes, it’s going to show up on background checks, but you may want to research and see if it will be removed after a number of years if you have no repeated offenses. As long as you don’t let this happen again, you can prepare a sentence or two to use if someone asks. Make it clear that it was a stupid mistake that you won’t repeat, and most people will be cool about it.

Example:
Hiring lady: I see you have a DWI.
You: Yes, I was young and irresponsible, but thankfully I did not injure anyone and have learned a great deal from the mistake. I now have a deeper respect for x, y, z and have learned x, y, z.

Next, talk to your insurance company. They are going to run auto reports, and it will show up. However, In some cases,  Insurance’s allow you to take a defensive driving course in exchange for rates not increasing.

Finally, do not let this happen again. Failure is the BEST teacher, but only if you learn.


Title: [TX] Neighbor claims his dog ate my cactus, my cactus is gone, he wants me to pay for vet bills.

Question: First of all, I think this is some complete bullshit. What kind of dog would eat a cactus? Don’t they like meat? And why is the entire cactus gone? Even if it really did happen, do I have to pay? Does attractive nuisance stuff even apply to dogs.

Answer: I wouldn't pay at all. He'll have to sue you and convince a judge you're at fault for his dog being loose, getting into your yard and eating a cactus.


Title: Dirty Rotten Divorce

Question:
Ex wife falsely claimed abandonment and lied about my wages in court to claim more child support is there any way to fix this after?

P.S. Due being over seas working it has taken me some time to learn she divorced me much less being able to see a divorce decree.  Current location i South Korea but the divorce was done somewhere in Oklahoma.

Answer: Hire a lawyer in Oklahoma. Only answer here.


Title: Shoplifting Charges

Question:
My friend was caught for shoplifting 30$ worth of merchandise at a department store.
She had a court date today, but I was moved to a month from now.

Is it possible that they moved the court date because they found more evidence against her case, perhaps with in store camera recordings?

Also, should she have a lawyer appointed to her? She was not arrested, and at the time of her citation the police told her that she would be fine as long as she showed up to her court hearing and paid the fine. Will this stay in her record, and would a court appointed attorney be able to assist with that?

Thank you in advance.

Answer: Maybe. Without a location who knows. In some countries you get your hands chopped off.


Title: Am I allowed to keep this computer?

Question:
So around 2 and a half years ago, my dad went homeless and let me use his computer at my house in the meantime.

Back in April, my dad decided to come to our house and ask us if he could "stay here for 2 weeks". We said yes, but ever since then, in April, he's still been here.

We don't have any way of getting him out, as local police refuse to do anything. He hasn't been paying rent or anything. He owes us so much money.

In the 2 and a half years that nobody but me has used the computer, I've purchased quite a bit of things for it such as music production programs.

In 2 weeks I am moving out, and I was wondering if I am legally allowed to keep this computer now? I'm the only one who's used it in the past 2 years, he owes us literal tons of money for leeching off of our finances, and I've put money into this computer.

Answer: Not without his permission.


Title: Someone is possibly renting out an AirBNB in my name

Question:
Hello LA, frequent BOLA lurker here, but now I need your help. I'm located in New Mexico, the woman in this story (let's call her Lucy) is located in Canada (possibly BC). I don't know where the AirBNB is, if it even exists.

Just now I got a call from an unknown number. This is pretty common for me, not to mention the caller ID said it was from out of the country, so I ignored it until they called back a second time, when I picked up. On the other line, Lucy explained to me that she had an unknown charge on her credit card statement for an AirBNB under my name. Apparently I am not only renting out an AirBNB, but also fraudulently charging credit cards to it. (As a college student with barely enough income to pay for my own shared apartment, much less rent one out on AirBNB, this came as a surprise to me.) Lucy's credit card company told her she had to contact the merchant (in this case the AirBNB owner, or "me") in order to reverse the charge. Fortunately she was polite over the phone and wasn't upset with me when I told her it was definitely not me charging things to her card.

So I guess two issues here:

1) Someone fraudulently used Lucy's credit card to make a purchase. I know this isn't *really* my problem (yet). AFAIK she's already going through the required steps to get this reversed, but I have her name and phone number in case I need it for anything.

2) Someone is posting AirBNBs under my name. Unknown if this is the same person making fraudulent purchases in problem 1. Clearly they have my name and phone number, because Lucy called me by name.

So how do I solve the second issue? Where do I even begin? I've never used AirBNB before, but both of my parents have rented (not hosted) from there once or twice. I don't think I could even find the listing by searching for my name, could I?

Edit/update, 1 hour post-phone call: [AirBNB said ¯\\\_(ツ)_/¯](https://imgur.com/a/cAl9l8D) so I guess we'll never know.

Answer:
 IANAL - It seems dubious to me that the credit card company would tell the user to contact the merchant.  This has not been my experience.  Be wary, OP.Answer #2: ^^^IANAL

Actually, the merchant is AirBNB, as they are the ones handling the credit card transaction.

Regardless, your proper course of action would be to contact AirBNB to verify that the story is true, and then file a police report about your identity being stolen and send a copy to AirBNB.


Title: [KS] Child support problem

Question: [removed]

Answer:
 > I don't think that I should be paying this cause the kid doesn't even live with me but what can I do

That is why you need to pay support. If the child lived with you then you then you would be paying to support them directly.

You can get a survey done and see what land is whose. You can't just claim someone else's land in a case like this. If you sell lumber or anything else then you report that as income and that increase in income will cause you to pay a higher amount of support. You also cannot just make a one time payment and be done with support. Gifting the land to your son will also not help since you owe the support to his mother not him.


Title: Employer requires carrying cell phone and answering it whenever it rings...

Question: I work in Tennessee, specifically Sumner county for a storage unit facility. I am still fairly new here but their instructions were quite clear, always carry this cell phone on you 24/7. Because I am the only employee that works at this site so when the office is closed, all the calls are forwarded to the company cell. Shouldn't I be getting paid like a nurse on call if I'm required to carry that phone and answer it 24/7 and if there's a problem at the location, they want me to physically go and clock in and fix it then clock out and go back home if after office hours.

Answer: Is this a situation where they switch on the answering machine to the normal number and you have an emergency number that only gets calls when the place is burning down? Or are you getting calls at 10pm about people wanting to know pricing?


Title: Are there any laws against cyberbullying in the USA?

Question:
Someone just posted this hypothetical scenario on a [discussion thread](https://np.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/45ad2g/cmv_there_is_no_such_thing_as_cyber_bullying/) about cyberbullying.

> Okay, but say you're 13 and someone posts something subjective like "MisanthropeX is a loser weirdo" on Facebook and many of your peers like the status and find it hilarious and no one sticks up for you. That's not really much to build a case on, even if you had the resources, and in the meantime, the damage to your social life at school is already done. You come in to school the next day and people are laughing at you, looking at you with contempt, no one wants to hang out with you in case they're seen as loser weirdos too. So school is crappy, and lonely. And ordinarily you can go home and have some time out but you can't because your bullies don't take any time off, they're saying nasty things about you and it feels like the only thing worse than reading what they write is not reading it and knowing that everyone else is reading it.

This seems horrible, and there is no doubt that something like it has happened more than once.

So my question is, is there any legal protection for children against this sort of thing?

Edit: Great responses guys, thanks.

Answer:
 Yeah it's called parenting and learning to overcome adversity. Laws don't magically turn sad sacks motherfuckers into the Prom Queen and King. There are many states that have laws against cyber bullying. They make people feel good because they pretend they are doing something. But the laws are usually applied after a kid tragically takes his or her life. And any deterrent effect is non existent. So if folks want to feel better after the fact then someone may be charged under this law. But if they actually want to help kids that are struggling they need to pay attention to what their child is doing on the Internet, have conversations with them when they are struggling, and intervene when things go off the rail. And parents need to be in contact with the school and medical professionals to deal with serious peer Harri
harassment. Cyber bullying laws are like capital punishment. All about punishment and retribution and not prevention.


Title: Writes of writing a novel

Question:
I am working on writing a novel, just have a question, would I be allowed to have my characters reading other popular novels in my novel like *A Song of Ice and Fire*, or the *Hunger Games*. Also could I have them use quotes from Novels?

Thanks!
Topic:
Intellectual Property

Answer: I have no legal advice but I'm guessing you mean to ask about your "rights" not writes. But, you're the writer here...or am I righter...or is it more right? I hate to be that person but the irony of the content is pretty hilarious.


Title: Canadian marriage/family law about bigamy

Question:
My estranged husband and I are still married in ON, Canada but he just got married with another woman who is Thai in Thailand. I am not Canadian either but we are still married in both Canada and my country. We both are not living in Canada.

And he told me he was not planning to divorce me or applied for divorce. Is it legal action for Canadian? or isn't this illegal? Can I sue him or can I do anything? If somebody know any kind of informations, please tell me. Thank you for your help.

Answer:
 1.  You can file for a divorce in Canada or in your country.

2.  He may be prosecuted for violating the law against bigamy.  Thailand [also doesn't accept bigamous marriage.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygamy_in_Thailand)

3.  Your best bet is to file for divorce, and cut him out of your life.Answer #2: It's a crime.  [Link.](http://yourlaws.ca/criminal-code-canada/290-bigamy)  Call the police.

Sorry, am not Canadian and don't know if you have a private cause of action to sue him.  Sorry, any Canadian solicitor would know more than I.


Title: Dad's mechanic friend destroyed my friends car.

Question: So my friend, let's call him Matt, needed some simple work on his car. He just needed wheel bearings in the front, his dad said lets call my buddy, he works on cars all the time, it'll be cheaper. Guy replaced the bearings and said the ABS sensor was bad so he replaced that too. Matt gets his car back and it is messed up. His speedometer no longer works, his power steering shuts off anytime he brakes, and it's throwing 4 codes that it wasn't before. So he takes it to Midas last night and just got a call that basically whatever that guy did completely destroyed his wheel bearings, his suspension system, and a bunch of other stuff somehow; so it's going to cost over $3000 to fix it.  I'm not positive on exactly what the damage was, he is not a car guy so he didn't really know when he told me. Just going off what I know. Any questions I can ask him and reply back. But I am pretty sure in the mechanic was just working from home and there was no contract signed for liability. What are his legal options in getting the guy who messed everything up to pay for it?

Answer:
 Matt can pay out of pocket for the repairs resulting from mistreatment of his car, and then take Guy to court for breach of contract, claiming the repair costs as his damages. He should be sure to get documentation from the repair guys showing how much the repairs cost, and ideally, get quotes from a couple different repair people to demonstrate that the repair costs he's claiming are reasonable.

Matt will have to check the small claims dollar limits in his state to determine whether he'll be able to sue in small claims court, or whether he'll need to file in civil court ($3,000 is below the small claims ceiling in most states). If Matt is filing in civil court, he'll probably need a lawyer. If he's filing in small claims court, he probably won't, and may or may not even be allowed to bring a lawyer - again, that's state specific.


Title: Was fired via text after work hours without reason.

Question:
Hi all,

I live in Florida and I started working at a doctor's advice this Tuesday doing medical records. Great place to work at, didn't have any issues with colleagues and I busted my tail all week trying to grasp all the new content.

Then that night\(check the time of the text\) I received this text from the office manager,

[https://imgur.com/a/NDI27Oj](https://imgur.com/a/NDI27Oj)

I also tried to call him just minutes later and he never picked up. I am devastated and feel like I've been fired without any reason \(in an obviously unprofessional manner\)

Please let me know what to do, or what you guys think. I am not sure if this is even legal in FL.

Thanks\-

Answer:
 It's legal. Florida is an at will state. This means you can be fired at any time for any non-legally-protected reason.

You can file for unemployment and look for another job.


Title: A woman wants to try get me charged for harassment, but I wasn't aware I was harassing her?

Question: [deleted]

Answer: It's not harassment if your story is the truth. Avoid that place in the future, you already have a different job.


Title: My future ex wife is trying to get our dogs certified as emotional support animals so she can keep them both

Question: I am starting the process of a divorce and we have started talking about splitting up our things to prepare for meditation. We have 2 dogs one we adopted before marriage, but technically I adopted her. I am the only one on the adoption papers and I paid for her. The other dog we were watching for one of her friends who was in rehab and eventually passed away so we essentially inherited the dog. I assumed we would split the two dogs as they naturally split with me taking the one I technically adopted and her the other. She is attempting to take both dogs and is looking to have them certified as emotional support dogs by her therapist. Do i have any leverage because I'm the only one on the adoption papers. Or am a screwed if they become emotional support dogs?

Answer:
 Even assuming she has all the proper ESA paperwork that doesn't really grant her ownership. The dogs should be dealt with in your divorce along with the rest of your property.Answer #2: ESA registration or certification holds no legal weight. An ESA letter from a medical provider affords her certain protections under the FHA and ADA for **an** ESA, but not **a specific** ESA. The dogs would still be considered property as far as divorce proceedings go.

It would be no different than if you brought an orthopedic bed into the marriage and your wife, who has back problems, was prescribed an orthopedic bed. You wife may very well need an orthopedic bed, but that fact alone doesn't entitle her to the bed in the divorce.Answer #3: At least get the dog that you adopted chipped in your name if it isn't chipped already.


Title: Could my friends and me get in trouble for this [in California]

Question:
My friends and me got an idea from the recent protest that happened at Berkeley to protest the loss of spaces that traditionally minorities and LGBTQA and women use and the loss of that space at our school. We made two eviction notices and served one to the owner of a business by campus and we hung the other in the window. But my friend fucked up and got the address wrong and the place never belonged to the school. The owner called the police about harassment for us marching through and sitting inside and for the eviction notice we gave her and put on the window.

They took our info and sent us home and the owner also called the school administration. Can we get charged or made to have a hearing at the school? I'm scared it will happen, it was just an honest mistake. We already got banned from going back there and the cops and school administration say they'll be in touch.

Answer: Jesus, reading this comment made my eyes hurt. Seems like you guys should double check your ~~grammar~~ investigations. You could very well be charged, it's all at the discretion of the woman you harassed due to your own negligence and your school if they deem it necessary.


Title: A boarding facility lost my cat. What can I do?

Question:
An employee at a boarding facility took my cat outside without any restraint (carrier, leash, etc.) and he got away - story per manager.  He's been missing for about 3 weeks now.  They have set out two traps, passed out fliers, and have two video cameras tied to trees.

Quick backstory - I live in GA, cat is in TX.  My mom is taking care of him until I can move him into my new place.  I took time off work (so did my mom), flew out to TX and spent 3 days and nights looking for him.  No luck.  I'm devastated.

Manager of the boarding facility has offered plenty of apologies and lots of "I'll never stop looking" lines.

Is there any legal action I can take?  Or is the worst thing that can happen to a boarding facility who has lost an animal in their care an angry customer?  It bothers me that this boarding facility lost my cat due to negligence and are just continuing on their merry way.

Please help.  I would appreciate any advice.

Answer:
 OP, you need to also check shelters and humane societies in the are kitty was lost.  Check their web pages.  Contact rescue organizations in the area.  Get the bug in their ears.  Make flyers, get them in pdf format and email them to shelters, humane societies, rescue groups, etc. in the area kitty was lost.

Hoping kitty is found!  I'd love a follow up that involves kitty ending up in your doorstep after trekking hundreds of miles to find you by scent!  😸Answer #2: I work at a pet hotel. they make you sign a waiver before hand. But, there's no reason that the cat should have ever been outside? that makes no sense at all and I'm so sorry. if you still have their litter box, take it I around. where the facility is. you'd be surprised how many have found their cats by setting their box out. good luck!


Title: MO-What kind of issues can someone who does cosmetological procedures out of their home possibly run into?

Question:
I am posting on the behalf of an acquaintance of mine. She performs sugaring (hair removal), microblading, massages, haircuts/styles, manicures and pedicures, permanent cosmetics and intimate bleaching procedures out of her home. She is self-taught and unlicensed (something she is open about), but very good at what she does and has all the proper equipment.

Most of her clients are personal friends of hers, but she also has clients she doesn't know who have been referred to her by her friends. As her clientbase grows, she wants to know if she is at risk of running into any "issues down the road" (her words) doing what she does.

TIA!

Answer:
 >She is self-taught and unlicensed (something she is open about), but very good at what she does and has all the proper equipment.

It's against the [law](https://law.justia.com/codes/missouri/2013/title-xxii/chapter-329/section-329.030/) to practice cosmetology without a license.  It doesn't matter what equipment your friend has or whether she's upfront with her clients, she lacks the proper training and certification to perform any cosmetic procedure.


Title: GF is in danger of being deported due to voting as a US permanent resident.

Question:
My girlfriend recently applied for citizenship and during her interview they asked her if she voted, she said yes and since she’s not allowed to, they are seeking deportation. The problem is, she was told that she was registered to vote and was not aware that a permanent resident cannot vote. Her registration to vote was filled out by a man conducting registration at a local grocery store. She was not told that she cannot vote & was actually surprised when the guy told her she can. Now she’s in danger of deportation. Her father is in talks with a lawyer but they’re also asking 20k which is a lot, but we’re hoping that we can get this resolved.

Is there anything that can be done? Has anyone else been in this situation before or know of someone who has? We’re young and scared that she might have to leave the USA and go back to a country where she has literally nobody. Any advice would help and will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you so much.
Topic:
Immigration

Answer: Your girlfriend's best shot at remaining in the country is with the assistance of an experienced immigration lawyer.  I *completely* understand that she made an honest mistake.  However, the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 makes unlawful voting by a non-citizen a deportable offense.