Title: Denied refund from store - seeking advice

Question:
Hi everyone!

I just wanted to ask for advice on what my options are. I bought 100$ of products from a kiosk in an outlet (salespeople were so pushy, my bad for being pressured). 10 minutes later I tried to refund and they said they could not help me. I would have to do it through a customer service number. I called customer service and they told me there is a no refund policy and there is a sign in the store (will show later) and also on the receipt. They told me I need a good reason like allergy to the product or something and they were pretty confrontational to me. I went back to the kiosk and confronted the salesperson about this. He said he could not do a refund. He just sells. He gave me an e-mail, but at this point, I doubt that would help.

Having gone back, I took a picture of the store. There is indeed a sign, but it's not obvious. Pic here: https://imgur.com/a/bgWQ0
I was also not told there were no refunds before I bought this.

The sign is beside the monitor but I handed my card from around the corner, so I didn't see the sign. Second, the sign text says "RETURN POLICY. Exchange only within 7 days with receipt"

Here are my questions:

1. Is the sign obvious enough that they have a right to deny me a refund?

2. Does the text of the sign allow them to deny me a refund? There isn't any explicit 'no return'.

3. I am considering disputing the charge on my card. Would I win? Is there a downside? Does it hurt my credit score?

4. Anything else I can do to get a refund?

I already filed a complaint to the outlet mall but I won't get a response til next week because management in on vacation.

Thanks for the help! If there's nothing I can do, I understand.

Edit: Spacing

Edit 2: Location (Orlando, FL)

Answer:
 The return policy seems pretty clear to me that only exchanges ar permitted, not returns; even if it doesn't explicitly state "No Refunds" in those exact words.

A store isn't required to give you a refund.

Your credit card may have purchase protections separate from the chargeback feature. AMEX specifically extends warranty's and refund policies for items purchased with their premium cards. You just go through their insurance program.  You can check with your card issuer to see if they have similar programs. But a straight chargeback will likely be unsuccessful, since you did order the product in question.


Title: [TN] Should I owe half for fence run if it is already on my property?

Question:
Just moved into the house that owns the yard you see on the right in the images below. We want to install a fence for our dog. I decided to get a professional survey done and as you can see in image 1 below the neighbors fence is over on my property by probably 18”-24”. I want to be neighborly and have no intentions of trying to make them move it. I would however like to use that fence run as my “fourth wall” if you will. I have a fence company coming to give me a quote this week. So once I talk to them I will know more about a game plan and how to approach installing the fence itself. But ideally I would like to just put a post as close as I can to their fence on both ends. Not actually tie into it, or touch it in anyway just use that fence run as a containment wall so to speak for the dog.

I fear this neighbor is not the most neighborly person (I really hope I’m wrong!) So my fear is he will tell me I can if I want to reimburse him half of the run. I don’t feel like I should since his fence is on my property. I also don’t want to get to this point, but if he tells me to pay half I would be more inclined to just ask him to move it entirely and let me build my own fence on my property where I wish. Am I in the right to assume I shouldn’t owe half?

Here are a couple images. Image 1 is square as I could get looking straight down the fence line. You can see the peg in the front. Image 2 is almost the same except I took a step to the right so you can see the back where the second peg is. In the image it looks like it is to the right of the fence a bit but it is actually right on the line. Basically back of the fence is right on the line, front is on my property.

#1 http://imgur.com/pB1OWvG
#2 http://imgur.com/Qxn4SKl

Edit: Also, once established and he agrees his fence is on my property should I provide anything to him in writing so we are clear, you don't have to move the fence but you are in fact using my property? or is it not worth it for such a small piece?

Answer:
 If you tie in to the fence, the neighbor can under Tennessee law ask you to pay half the cost of that segment of fence.

If you come up right next to the fence (obviously drawing upon the neighbor's fence for your own purposes) one may argue that you've "tied in" in practice, even if you've tried to skirt the edges of the statute.  You should review that argument with a local attorney to see how it may play out.

Are you certain the prior owner of your property may not have already paid the neighbor?

Finally, if the neighbor's fence exists on your property you should likely ask him to move it.  And you should likely then plan on sharing the cost of the new fence properly placed on the boundary with your neighbor.

This situation seems likely reasonably solved with a neighborly conversation.


Title: [CA] SO is being served papers from a work car accident for the cost of a replacement vehicle

Question:
So years ago, SO worked for company A. He had a work vehicle that was owned and insured by company A. There was a car accident (he was cut off in traffic and collided with another car). The other car turned out to be owned by company B. Information was exchanged, SO let his company know what happened, we thought that was the end of it. He has since moved on to other work and is no longer employed by company A. Aside from whatever corporate info is available online, he no longer has contact information for the people he worked with in company A.

Company B is now serving him papers suing him for the cost of their vehicle, which they claim was totalled. At this point we have not discussed this with them or spoken with them at all.

I am assuming that we need to get a lawyer, but I have no idea what kind of lawyer we should be looking for, or where to find one. Any advice would be welcome.

Also, what kind of chances does company B stand for winning this case? As I said, the car involved wasn’t owned by us and was insured by company A. Wouldn’t any financial responsibility  for the crash go to the owner/insurance?

Thanks!

Answer:
 >I am assuming that we need to get a lawyer

You should be contacting the insurance company who issued an applicable policy at the time.  I'd talk to the company's insurance and perhaps check with my own auto liability insurance company at the time of the accident.

>Also, what kind of chances does company B stand for winning this case?

If they can establish your SO was liable in the crash they're entitled to prevail for their losses.

>Wouldn’t any financial responsibility for the crash go to the owner/insurance?

Liability is on the driver.  The question as to who's insurance pays in more interesting.  Though in this case, your SO driving for work, the company and its insurer are pretty clearly obligated to pay.


Title: [US, CA] I was fired from my job because my co-workers made something up to have me fired for no reason, what can I do now?

Question:
so here is what happened, I was fired because my 3 of my co-workers made up a lie that I was sabotaging my employer's business. So my boss with absolutely no evidence fired me because "I was destroying his business."

 so basically what my boss used as a reason to fire me was nothing but gossip. the day I was fired my boss woke me up by calling me before my shift and yelled at me telling me what he heard and did not give me any chance to explain anything at all. it was just 15 minutes of him screaming at me over the phone, asking questions but no letting me answer any. he said he has no proof and there is no way to prove it, but he was still going to fire me.

so this brings me to this reddit and my question is this can successfully file for unemployment? and is there any other legal actions that I can possibly take? Thank you in advance for any helpful responses.

Answer:
 Yes. File for unemployment.

You can sue the three people if you want. You have to be able to prove they lied.


Title: A while back I naively licensed out one of my videos to a "third-party licensing agency" and now they ignore my emails, refuse to relinquish the rights (as per the contract), and have rejected my YouTube copyright dispute. Details inside.

Question:
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Topic:
Intellectual Property

Answer:
 We don't read contracts here; it's out of the scope of this sub.

They acknowledged your notification, so it sounds to me like they are now infringing your copyright, as they no longer have a valid license for the video.  I don't know anything about the YouTube dispute process, but presumably you would escalate using whatever that process says is the escalation process.


Title: Dad got punched by someone, not sure where to go from here.

Question:
My Dad stopped by the side of the road which gave adequate space for cars to pass him. He said he was sitting in his car signalling for cars to pass as he was trying to pick up a delivery inside the building and would be in for a minute or so.

A car came up behind him and stopped whilst my Dad was in the drivers seat and signaled him past in which the guy got out of his car and punched him through the window which caused him to cut his lip and a tooth broke off.

I wasn't there at the time of the incident but all he could get was a photo of the car which has the plate number, and he says he can describe the man who did it. We went down to the local police station in which the officer said he wouldn't recommend pressing charges as it takes a long time and that it might not be worth trying to find him or what not.

Right now, I'm not too sure what to do, my Dad wants to file a report and press charges, but what the police officer said kind of wants to tell him not to. I live in Australia, Sydney if that changes anything. Sorry if this is the wrong place to post.

Answer: I don't know Australian law but it sounds like your dad has enough to warrant filing a report. I'm assuming they don't charge you a fee to file a police report there. Go ahead and file even if the police officer doesn't want to be bothered. Maybe speak to a second officer.


Title: [Georgia][Real Estate] Property Taxes came out lower than expected. Seller now wants me to pay them the difference. Help?

Question:
Hey Reddit,

I purchased my home earlier this year and received a prorated credit from the seller to pay my property taxes for the year which went into my escrow.

The tax bill ended up being much cheaper than expected which the seller found out about. He now wants me to reimburse him since his closing attorney prorated him a higher amount anticipating a higher tax bill. His closing attorney's office contacted me asking to pay the seller back the additional amount that he had credited me.

Without talking to a lawyer, I found out that most states consider all prorations final unless a reproration agreement was signed.

I was sent this legalese from the closing attorney's office: https://imgur.com/a/n7SXeCB

This was in the ALTA Settlement but was not part of a separate "reproration agreement"

Any help would be appreciated. I don't want to contact a lawyer for such a simple question as they would charge me an absurd amount for just 1 question. Thanks!

Answer:
 Based on the language you provided, you need to make the seller whole.

The language does not have to be a separate agreement - it is binding on you.

Just pay the seller back their money.


Title: Does Illinois' cigarette butt littering law also apply to hand rolled cigarettes without a filter?

Question: I roll my own cigarettes, loose tobacco and rolling papers without a filter.  The papers I use are 100% biodegradable.  If I were to throw a rolled cigarette butt on the ground and an officer tried to fine me, would I be able to get out of it by showing that there is no filter?  What about if I was driving and an officer pulled me over?  I very very rarely throw butts on the ground.  I usually stub them out and throw them in a trash can.  I'm just wondering if the law applies the same to these kind of cigarettes since the biggest concern with butt-litter is the non-biodegradable filter.

Answer:
 From 415 ILCS 105/3
>"Litter" means any discarded, used or unconsumed substance or waste. "Litter" may include, but is not limited to, any garbage, trash, refuse, cigarettes . . . or anything else of an unsightly or unsanitary nature, which has been discarded, abandoned or otherwise disposed of improperly.

So yes, odds are you can still be fined as the wording is intentionally very broad. The new laws in Illinois carry a VERY steep fine and a class B misdemeanor for a first offense, I'd ensure that you always throw them out.Answer #2: Sparks are also a problem with tossing butts. Think about it, you'd get fined for tossing about burning paper also, right? Use an altoid tin or water bottle.


Title: Blackmailed by tutor

Question:
So thks semester I hired someone to basically do my homework and help me out in a class. When the final came around the students he tutored were encouraged to take the final exam at his house and many of us signed up to do so. But no one was allowed to be in the apartment with us.

I had paid him hansomely for his contribution as per his quote. Upon waiting for the final he kissed me and told me to consider a relationship with him. TBH, I felt very violated and in danger the whole time. I told him I cant date him

Now he is blackmailing me saying that if I don't go out with him he will tell my college I cheated in class. What do I do??

Some extra details: I paid him in cash. He did have my login details to my coursework and a notebook with information such as our email and class progress. And am located in the US

Answer:
 It's your word against his, *if* he says anything to your university just tell them that he was your tutor, you rejected his advances and now he's trying to get revenge. It's true and it discredits him. Answer #2: What state are you in?

Ignoring him is likely your best bet.Answer #3: I'm not aware of any laws in Florida that make cheating, or helping someone cheat, illegal.  I think California is the only state that has a law that specifically addresses the issue.

If your friend who helped you cheat reports you to the school, then the school can (and likely will) suspend or expel one or both of you and other students that he helped cheat.

That said, blackmail is illegal.  You can report him to the police, or you can report him to your university.  The cheating will probably come out during the investigation, and may suspend or expel you from the University.

Despite what others have said, you cannot get a restraining order if you "felt threatened" or "felt very violated and in danger."

You **can** get a restraining order if he has been repeatedly harassing you.  This requires "substantial emotional distress" and his conduct must have been "threatening, hostile, or abusive" (Ravitch v. Whelan).  There must have been multiple such contacts, a single act is insufficient.


Title: I have been meme’d (Cali, Everywhere)

Question:
Last year, someone swiped a picture from my insta, attached some text to it, and a meme was born. It has gone viral several times, and since I have done some (fairly low profile) modeling and acting, the image was pretty quickly linked to my full name.

Unfortunately the text of the meme was very politically charged, and a lot of people who don’t know how memes work think that I either support this controversial opinion, or I’m not supporting this controversial opinion *enough*. I have gotten hate mail from all perspectives of this issue, and harrasment on social media. I have e-mail evidence that I have lost work over this- I am an actor and musician, and people don’t want their project clouded by controversy. Anything I can do to fix this?

Answer:
 > Anything I can do to fix this?

Unfortunately, not really. Viral meme's are posted by too many people and you, nor the authorities, have the resources to go after those people. It's also difficult to attribute lost work to one individual and you can't "sue the masses". And consider, if you push this too much, it could backfire (See the Streisand Effect). There's just not much that you can do about internet memes out there. The most successful approach that I've seen is the people that "run with it". Use the meme to your advantage. Have fun with it. It's free advertisement for you. I know that's annoying to hear but it's really your only option.

The best thing to do would be to hire a PR firm to clean up your internet image. Answer #2: Try contacting the anti-defamation league. In 2016 they helped a woman who posted a photo of her little girl posing with a political figure, the photo was turned into a meme and went viral. It was used in numerous political attacks. ADL helped her get it wiped. I don’t know what they did, but I know she said they helped tremendously. Good luck! Answer #3: You can dmca the picture every time it pops up, but that could become a full-time job if it's a popular meme.


Title: [GA] Is there anyway I could get my money back from this crappy motel?

Question:
I recently had a week long business trip to Roswell, GA.

I looked into extended-stay hotel and made a reservation at Intown Suites for a week. My first mistake, I had looked at reviews for other locations of the same chain and didn't check for this particular location when I settled on it. I assumed there wouldn't be too much variation between locations. I was wrong and that part's on me.

I was driving down from New England for the trip and ran into some car trouble on the way. Long story short, what was supposed to be a two day drive at a reasonable pace became one 14hour drive and then straight into pretty intense work for several hours when I arrived in the morning.

Needless to say, I was pretty exhausted.

When I got to the hotel after that first day of work, I just wanted to get into a bed ASAP. The manager told me to go look at the room before I signed in. This was weird and something I've never seen at a motel before, but ok. The room looked nothing like it was advertised to be, I noticed a smell, and it wasn't very clean, but, being about to fall over, I thought it couldn't be that bad and signed in, then promptly fell crashed.

I woke up after a couple hours, and I noticed just how crappy the room was. The smell of smoke was overpowering, even though it was supposedly a non-smoking room. The cabinets doors were hanging off the wall. Everything was dirty and stained. Not like a didn't get cleaned that week dirty, but the baked in dirty of years of rough use and poor cleaning.

I am not an exceptionally picky person. I've stayed at a motel in the past where the bed was jacked up on cinderblocks. This place was gross. Part of the reason I picked an extended stay was to save a little money by cooking some of my meals, but this is not a place you would want to store or prepare food.

So I think about it for a minute and go to the office telling them I'd like to check out. They tell me I'm on the hook for the charge for **the entire week**. I say I'm happy to pay for the day and whatever cleaning fee there is, but I've been there a few hours, paying for the whole week seems unreasonable if I'm neither using it nor depriving them of it. They say that's their policy. I ask if they can try higher up. The manager says no dice.

I try their corporate 800 number, and their customer service line is a machine which does not call me back.

So, I call my bank, explain all of this to the claims rep. She says i should leave the motel and they'd start a claim. She seems certain that I would get at least a partial refund. So I grab my stuff, turn in the key, tell the manager I'm leaving. I find another place for the week.

The bank starts the claim, and about a month later they email me an image that shows my signature on the contract, says that they consider the case closed.

So I call my bank's claims line again and talk to another rep. She has the same reaction as the first one, can't believe they wouldn't issue a partial refund, says she'll try another avenue on the claim, stressing how unsanitary the room was.

I get a copy of the same signed contract in the mail with a letter that says my bank considers this closed.

Is that all I can do?  I know I screwed up in a few ways, and I'm probably SOL, but it just doesn't seem reasonable.

As a minor aside, if they're going to stick to the letter to charge me for a week of service I didn't use, does it matter that they misspelled my name on the printed part of the contract?

Answer:
 >The room looked nothing like it was advertised to be, I noticed a smell, and it wasn't very clearn, but, being about to fall over, I thought it couldn't be that bad and signed in, then promptly fell crashed.

What!? The manager gave you an opportunity to inspect the room beforehand, you noticed problems, and then fell asleep? That's fishy, and apparently, the room wasn't as bad as you're making it out to be.

It's been challenged twice. You can sue the motel directly, but you signed a contract, and you don't have a good argument.Answer #2: >does it matter that they misspelled my name on the printed part of the contract?

No, you still signed it.

Sorry, OP. From a legal perspective, you are on the hook for all the charges.


Title: Can anyone see a way for this to come back to haunt us later? (PA, USA) (special education law)

Question:
We are in PA.

I will do my best to be both brief and clear. Please do ask pertinent questions; I am happy to answer to the best of my ability!

**EDIT** I am not asking for advice as to whether or not to sign the settlement agreement; we already signed it. I am asking if you can see anything that we may not understand the full scope of, that may come back to haunt us later? Fallout that we're not predicting? I'm asking for **general** things that we may not have thought of.

My youngest son is severely autistic, has multiple medical disabilities, and also is mildly ID (intellectually disabled). He is three years old, and had been receiving early intervention services since he was 10 months old, in the birth - three program. Upon beginning his transition into the three - five program in the spring of 2015, we quickly realized we were going to have *major* issues with our local school district (who is responsible for his educational needs beginning at aged three, which include speech therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, developmental therapy, and special education supports, along with material support in the way of therapeutic items).

We hired an attorney in the late spring. We filed for due process in June. As our state allows/requires, we had a mediation meeting (which resulted in no agreement), and a resolution meeting before the hearing dates (we were scheduled for ~15 days with the ALJ, as the case is long, complicated, and our witness and evidence list is *exceedingly* long).

At the resolution meeting, it seemed as if we were on our way to a settlement that we would be happy with. Based on a preliminary agreement, we dropped the due process complaint (or canceled the hearing? I'm not entirely sure how that works; we still file the settlement with our state when we finally sign it).

Since that time, in July, the district has whittled down every point we 'won' until honestly... we are in quite *literally* no better position than we were when we began. They have 'given' us such minor and inconsequential things that we may as well have not gone through this ordeal (it genuinely has been an *ordeal*) to begin with.

We have run out of money, time, energy, and will... and so we have agreed to sign the settlement the district is sticking to regardless of the appropriateness of the services and accommodations provided to my son.

A sticking point until this time for us has been an ADA accommodation for my own disability. The district claims the accommodation would be unreasonable. We claim it is not. (I have multiple medical disabilities myself. One of them is an *extreme* allergy to pet dander. We were asking that therapists who provide services to my son in-home either change their clothing or cover their clothing with scrubs or what have you before entering, if they have had contact with a pet. My medical team has documented this as necessary many times, in many ways, and is more than willing to testify to this being necessary)

We dropped the request for the accommodation last week, and agreed to sign the settlement as-is.

One of the points the district did agree to that we actually **need** for them to do is to reimburse our legal fees, worded as 'reasonable fees' with a specific dollar cap. This is our **sole** reason for agreeing to drop the ADA accommodation and sign the agreement as-is.

We ran through our (modest) retainer before we even got to the resolution meeting. Our attorney has been (kindly, generously, compassionately) allowing the fees to 'ride' for the time being, until the district finally signs the settlement we have repeatedly agreed to sign.

Any further legal services provided would cause us to incur out of pocket fees, which we cannot pay. We are a family of five, all three children have special needs, and I am disabled. We cannot buy groceries (we use a food bank, have food stamps, etc), let alone pay legal fees.

So our plan is this :

- Sign the settlement (done, we are waiting for the district to sign as well).

- Get the legal fees covered.

- Tell the district to pound sand, we don't want their services (this is for two reasons. one is that I cannot allow them into my home unless they accommodate my disability. the home is the appropriate placement for my son. the other reason is that their therapies are worthless anyway, their therapists are incompetent, and at this point we think they would be *worse than nothing*. instead we are getting therapies privately and through medical insurance for my son).

Our attorney has instructed us to put the district off in whatever way we can with regards to actually beginning therapies, so as not to further jeopardize the agreement, until they sign the settlement. Our attorney has not seen any issue with us telling the district we do not want service after the settlement is signed other than :

- The district will be 'pretty upset' with us.

- It will be more difficult to work with the district later (we don't care).

- We cannot challenge the proposed IEP later if we do not accept services.

Our attorney says he does not see anything in the settlement that would indicate, in any way, that we *must* accept services, and even if there was that would not be enforceable.

I called to check in one last time yesterday (with our attorney), after the district sent the settlement agreement to their board to sign. Our attorney is out of town for the next two weeks.

The associate (who is lovely, and wonderful, but this is their very first case!) said they are unsure. The associate said they know our attorney wanted to 'look into a couple of things' if we had time, but it looks like we've run out of time.

Can you see any issue with us signing the agreement, the district signing the agreement, and then us deciding we do not want our son to get the services outlined in his IEP?

**Preschool is voluntary in my area**, not compulsory. We know we do not have to send him to school in any capacity if we so choose.

Additionally **services would have been provided 100% in-home** as dictated by his IEP; he never would have been in a school-based setting, if that is at all relevant.

Any guidance or advice is appreciated! Thank you for reading.

Answer: No one here can (or should) second guess what your actual attorney with expertise in this area of law and a full command of the entire case has to say about it.  And even if I were so inclined, I couldn't give you anything close to a real analysis without reviewing the entire settlement offer.  The potentially fallout is entirely dependent on what the IEP and settlement offer says.


Title: Being Framed for sexual assault by a woman I had consensual sex with. She has gotten an emergency order of protection against me and I'm not sure how to approach this. Hearing is in one month.

Question:
Long story short, a former lady friend made advances on me when I was drunk. She told me she loved me, and that she wanted me to put a baby in her. We fucked, and cuddled after. This was about 3 weeks ago.

2 days after the fact, she suddenly had an about-face, and started telling our mutual friends that I assaulted her. Last week, I got served with an emergency order of protection by the city courthouse in my town. In the paperwork, she said I assaulted her, and that I am currently armed and dangerous and present a clear and present threat to her (all of these are false. I am not armed, not dangerous, and want nothing to do with her.)

I want to get this removed from my otherwise spotless record, but I have heard that these emergency orders of protection are almost always issued, as they are usually obtained by victims of domestic abuse who live in the same home as their partner.

Does anyone here have any advice? I have already spoken to a lawyer about this, and wanted to hear what y'all have any advice. The hearing is in a month.

Answer: Get an attorney, the emergency order was issued because she presented what was at least a semi plausible story to the judge when you were not there to challenge the story, who issued a order, which is very common, they don’t want to be in the news as the judge who left someone open to assault.  The next hearing is your chance to attack the credibility of her story and to present your case.  But you want an attorney to do this, someone who knows how to poke holes in her story without looking like they are attacking a victim and someone who can present your case without opening you to criminal investigation.  Don’t do this yourself, get an attorney, beg and borrow money if you must.Answer #2: The only good advice here is to retain an attorney immediately. Answer #3: Lawyer now. Save any texts, mails or other documentation you may have, in multiple copies in multiple locations. Don't talk to the police unless adviced to by lawyer. No further contact with her.Answer #4: The bigger issue is that this is likely just the opening salvo in abiger string of actions against you. You need a criminal defense attorney.Answer #5: You have a lawyer. Ask your lawyer. Answer #6: Lawyer up. Gather everything (text message, voicemail, email, notes, etc) between the two of you. Good luck.


Title: Landlord's obligation to treat pet urine in carpet [FL]

Question:
I moved into an apartment this past weekend and noticed that there is a strong smell of cat or dog urine in the carpet of one of the three bedrooms. I notified the landlord on the day I moved in and they had the carpet professionally steam cleaned, but the odor persists.

I would like to know what their obligations are to further try and rectify the issue. Do they have to replace the carpet and padding? Does this constitute a habitability issue? What do I do if they refuse to replace the carpet?

Florida.

Answer: While it’s not the advice you’re after... I would suggest buying the red bottle of Natures Miracle cleaner. The red bottle is the strongest and should help.Answer #2: Get someone from the property management company to come in and confirm the odor is still present. It seems they are willing to act in good faith with having the carpets professionally cleaned so they'll probably help out. If they say the odor isn't their problem, refuse to acknowledge it or tell you to pound sand then contact a tenant/landlord lawyer in your area. They usually offer free consultations and will tell you if you have any actual standing for legal action without charge.


Title: [Alaska] He brakes off the engagement, who gets the ring?

Question:
A couple that I know split. He broke it off (suddenly). She asked me if I knew anything about who the engagement ring (appraised at $24,000) belongs to.

* My wife did some googling and said that Alaska has the conditional gift law which means it might belong to him. I've been searching and I can't find anything about gifts on www.law.state.ak.us/
* It is suspected that he might have been cheating on her. If we can prove that, would it make a difference in who owns the ring?
* The ring is completely paid off, the jewelry store said "who ever brings it in can exchange it."
* Both agreed that all gifts would be kept by the receiver. If they have this documented in a text message (I don't know if this was a verbal agreement or not) would that make a difference?

I appreciate any insight that can be given about this situation. I'll probably try to find a divorce lawyer in Alaska that I can call and ask questions as well. My first through was to ask Reddit. :P

Edit: Typo in the title, switch brakes with breaks. Also, this isn't advice for me. I promise.
Topic:
Other Civil Matters

Answer:
 Generally, it's a conditional gift.  If the wedding doesn't happen, it goes back to him.

This part is not legal advice, but she should give it back anyway.  It's unethical to make a profit off someone else's hard-earned money in this way.


Title: Am I doing this right? Bicycle accident due to unmarked pothole. Chicago, Illinois

Question:
I’m not sure where this falls as My knowledge of all this stuff is pretty much zero, would appreciate some help.

Riding bicycle this afternoon and I hit a huge unmarked pothole. Flipped over and messed up my knee pretty bad. I called 311 but was told, after they asked if I needed an ambulance which I said no to, I have to go into police station to make an accident report.

Went home cleaned myself up then visited hospital. Will be going back after the hospital to accident sight and take pictures of pothole then will go to police station to file accident report and provide all the paperwork from hospital.

As this was an unmarked pothole in the bike lane will the hospital bill and bike damage bill fall on the city of Chicago to pay? Or am I paying for this myself even though it wasn’t my fault? I am uninsured at the moment but will be insured at the end of August through my colleges insurance plan which I filled out paperwork for already.

Thanks for your time

Answer:
 > As this was an unmarked pothole in the bike lane will the hospital bill and bike damage bill fall on the city of Chicago to pay?

Do you have any evidence that they knew the pothole was there and failed to repair it within a reasonable period of time?Answer #2: >Or am I paying for this myself even though it wasn’t my fault?

Are you a blind cyclist?


Title: Can my family take legal action after the flooding in Columbia, SC?

Question:
Thank you in advance for reading or answering!

My family home is on a small lake in Columbia, South Carolina where there was terrible flooding from the 3rd-5th of this month. We are lucky that our home only sustained around 20,000 dollars in repairs when others lost everything. The lake our house is/was on was held in place by a dam owned and maintained privately, not by the government. Prior to the flood all the residents on the lake attempted to purchase it from the owner so subsequently we have some paperwork about it. There is documentation that shows it was evaluated and found to be in need of repair. Since the flood, and the subsequent breaching, the lake has almost totally dried up. With everything going on in Columbia to repair the damage, no one seems interested in repairing the dam or claiming responsibility. Could my family pursue legal action here against the owners of the dam? Could we be compensated for the damages to our home, property and the devaluing of our home because there is no lake anymore? Could we take action to get the dam rebuilt? It was a very small lake, but we loved it.

Again, thank you for reading and any advice given!!

(I am sorry but I don't know what flair to assign to this, real estate law? Civil matters?)

EDIT: this article references our dam. Ours is the 'obscure dam' that led to a LOT of devestation

http://www.thestate.com/news/local/article38710836.html

Thank you all for your insights, comments and help!

Answer:
 You may be able to get a lot of legal leg work done by your homeowners insurance company (assuming you have it).

Acts of god or Natural disasters are rarely covered, but if you have flood insurance, or some other coverage that would apply to this?

Otherwise you're most likely going to have to sue the company that is responsible for the dam for neglect if you can prove it.   And you'll deal with their insurance company in court (assuming they have it as well).
Answer #2: You seem to have two separate issues here. First, the damage caused by the flood. Second, the loss of the lake.

As I understand it, you are upstream of the dam. If you can show that the dam blocked the flow of water in such a way that it caused the flooding upstream of the dam (and thus of your home), you may have a case to have those damages reimbursed. If you have insurance, they will most likely be reimbursing you and fighting the owners of dam on your behalf.

For the second, you most likely do not have any recourse, unless you have an agreement with the owners of the dam somewhere. It's not because the owners of the dam once did something to raise property values, they are now obligated to compensate people for lowering values because they undid that improvement.


Title: My mother put my name in for hydro and racked up a lot of debt in my name.

Question:
As the title states my mother put hydro into my name. I thought she was paying but she wasn't. It is in my name and has created debt for me. Ruining my credit score. It's a lot of debt.

She now has hydro in her name. She used the same number for both accounts. And she received a letter in the mail claiming she was fraudulent. She now has to prove she owns the house, etc.

What will happen to me if she claims it was me who didn't pay the bill?(Even though it wasn't me)
Will I face charges?

I'm a new young mom. Early twenties. Starting my life. I don't know what to do. If I contact a lawyer will that put my mom at risk for prison time?
I have to tell the truth to lawyer. And the truth is she committed fraud. I've asked her many times to get a job so she can pay it off but she doesn't want to work :(

Many questions are
1. Do I need a lawyer?
2. What will happen to me if she claims it is my bill?
3. Will I be charged?
4. If I contact a lawyer, would I have to "throw her under the bus"? (see it's not my debt, I don't want to be charged, I don't even want debt)
5. After she received the letter and continues to lie, will that make a harsher sentence? If there is one.... I know fraud is punishable, I'm unsure of the length.
6. ^ after she received the letter and continues to lie will I be charged for anything?
7. What is the sentence for fraud? If it helps the debt is over $5000.
8. Should I tell the truth? She is my mother, I don't want her in prison, but I have a child to look after. That is my foremost priority.

Answer:
 I am assuming you aren't in the US because we don't usually call it "hydro" here.

No one can help you if we don't know where you are because rules and laws are different everywhere.

Which is why there are no less than THREE reminders to include your location when you make a post here.


Title: Can't get itemized bill from hospital

Question:
Location is California.

I had medically-necessary surgery about 6 weeks ago. It was with a well-known doctor at a very large hospital.

I've had a handful of surgeries over the last ten years and I always get ahold of the itemized bill from the doctor/hospital before I pay. I've never had an issue, I just like to check the bill, the coding, etc.

I've been trying for weeks to get the itemized bill from this most recent surgery, however, and have been unable to. Nobody answers the billing department phone number at the hospital. I even waited on hold for over an hour once and didn't speak to anyone at all. I've called other customer service numbers at the hospital and all they will do is give me the same phone number for the billing department.

On top of that weirdness, I recently learned (through Google) that the doctor who did this surgery was once convicted of insurance fraud. So I'd really like to see this bill before I pay.

I plan to go in-person to the billing department today. If I'm unable to get the itemized bill, though, what would be my next step? If I call my insurance company, would they be able to request the bill for me from the hospital?

Answer: Paper is powerful. Write a letter. Send a copy to the next level up - if the hospital is owned by a corporation, that might be the financial department of the corporation. Also look for the licensing board that oversees hospitals, and send them a copy, indicating cc: at the bottom of your letter. Answer #2: Contact the patient advocate for the hospital. Their job is to help patients/families navigate all sorts of issues. They can put pressure on the correct people to get you a copy of your itemized bill. Answer #3: Yes, your insurance company will be able to assist you. Obtaining an itemized bill and reviewing it may reveal charges that you (and your health insurance company) do not need to pay. You can find your customer service number on the back of your insurance card. Be sure to get the name, date & time you called + a brief summary of what you and the rep discussed and then write it down. Put it in a safe place in case you need to refer back to it later. Your customer rep should be able to do a 3-way call with you on the line to obtain this for you. Good luck to you.


Title: Can Amazon Do anything?

Question:
I was on amazon and found an object for free so I ordered a lot of them. I showed my friend and he ordered 1. The seller tried to charge him a lot on his credit card and his bank called him saying around a lot of money charged by them and asked to verify(obviously said no).I have no Credit Card connected to amazon so I used my gift card balance which only had 3.68cents at the time.(bought a book now). They cancelled like ~75 of them(expected) but I have around 50 of them that made it to me? Can they do anything about this?

Some Proof:
Multiple Boxes:(This one got cancelled) https://gyazo.com/8f06ba4f9d3985e5738e0d1ecf6617a7

0.00dollars:
https://gyazo.com/b735942056dd711106bc2e1263760714

Proof it wasn't via gift card(those appear as 0.00dollars because it was gift card but shows how much was taken out of balance which was nothing.)
https://gyazo.com/02bf917460717133bec5455da071d01d

Edit: This was United States if you didn't see the pictures

Answer:
 Why so greedy? Why not get one or two? Now when they raise prices to cover the lost we now know the douche who caused it. Answer #2: >Can they do anything about this?

Nope.  You found the loophole!  Congratulations on your 50 free 1TB external HDDs!  /s

Of course they can do something about this.  Are you an idiot in real life or do you just pretend on the internet?

What should happen is you should notify them of this happening, and they should arrange for you to ship the products back to them on their dime.  If you don't, well they know who they shipped the products too and with the cost of goods here I wouldn't be surprised if someone notified the police (if you choose not to cooperate with them).


Title: Was struck as a pedestrian, insurance is avoiding paying anything due to my income (Ontario)

Question:
Hi guys,

I'm from Toronto and back in January I was crossing the street on a green and was struck as a pedestrian - totally the driver's fault. I got off extremely lucky, but had to take a month off work and returned with adjusted duchies (limited hours a week).

Luckily I work for a pension trust which covered 75% of my income as sick leave and I never topped up the 25%. However with the remainder of my luck, the paralegal screwed up my file, stated I was back to work getting paid (as normal) and calculations were completed in a different way by the driver's insurance company. After speaking to my lawyer, the insurance company of the driver made more errors, but in summary she is saying due to my higher level of income 2 mths prior to the accident and my coverage, I'm going to be entitled to $0 based on the normal calculations and can only sue based on a situation where I have permanent physical damage/disability etc..

I look at this way - I was struck in an accident, suffered some physical pain, but it ultimately caused me to suffer a financial loss of 25% of my income due to being off work. What can I get the lawyer to do in the next steps?
This doesn't make sense I'm entitled to nothing as I suffered a loss due to someone's driver error.

Canadian/Ontario advice please!

EDIT - DAMN IT MY COWORKERS FOUND ME

Answer:
 You can sue in small claim court up to $25k. Unless you make over over $100k/month, that should cover your situation.

Answer #2: This is lawyer territory.  Ontario's laws with respect to claims against insurance in a motor vehicle accident are complicated.

You want to first ascertain what the possible value of your claim may be, and then how you can go about pursuing it.

First stop, a free consultation through the law society: https://www.lsuc.on.ca/lsrs/


Title: (NV) Ex-BF demanding $7,500 as a "final settlement" on our relationship

Question:
I'll try and make this as short as I can - In April of this year, I decided to break up with my boyfriend of 7 years as it had gotten extremely toxic between us. I was the sole breadwinner, with him never having held a job during our relationship (he was somewhat spoiled with cash as a late-in-life baby growing up until his mid 20s). We struggled a lot because I don't get paid extremely well, but I always managed to keep a roof over our head, fed and a somewhat good quality of life.

In breaking up with him, I left the townhouse we both lived in (and had both our names on the lease) and went back to my parents' house. I told him I no longer wished to live there or pay rent/utilities for the remainder of the lease; I told him he could stay if he could afford to and I would happily take myself off the lease; however being that he had no cash inflow, he said he would leave in a couple weeks.

He was extremely shitty when it first happened (threats, harassment, I even had a police escort come with me to get the rest of my things) but after a few days, he came to terms with it and was acting civil. I even agreed to reimburse the full security deposit ($1700) because his dad gave us the money for it - I am currently paying that off in installments through online banking so I don't have to deal with him personally, something we both agreed upon in writing. I hadn't heard from him since early-mid May.

Yesterday, I received a certified letter in the mail from an address a few states over that I recognized as a mutual friend of both of ours - currently, he is couchsurfing with that friend. In the letter, he states (quotes are verbatim from his letter) that I "mismanaged our banking accounts that resulted in a heavy financial and health cost to him personally". He claims his "personal savings and credit card balance had been reduced by approximately $15,000" since I began managing our household funds **years** ago. (He managed from 2011-2014, me from 2014 to present due to him falling into a deep depression). While he acknowledges that it's "partially his responsibility", he wanted to negotiate half being paid back to him in addition to the security deposit payment. He ends the letter, "In order to avoid legal action, please remit payment in full within 10 (ten) days of receipt of this letter."

I'm inclined to believe he is blowing smoke up my ass and trying to make a power play of some sort. Considering he also didn't include an invoice or inventory of the supposed $7,500 I owe him, I feel he haphazardly put this letter together to intimidate me. He absolutely knows I don't have $7,500 and knows it would take me a long time to cobble that amount of cash together, much less 10 days. Our shared bank account that has since been closed was used mostly for rent, utilities and groceries. His credit card and savings are in his name only; I do admit right here I did use his credit card a couple times to gas up the car and for groceries with his permission, nothing over $100 at any time. I think he's just pissed and trying to get a lump sum, fast.

I want to get this guy out of my life for GOOD. I want to just send back a restraining order and just be done with him. I'm basically here to ask what my next step should be. I want to cover all my bases first before I never have to talk to him again. Should I ask for an invoice? Straight up get a no contact order and send that as a response? What's next?

If I didn't explain something well or you need something explained further, I'm happy to oblige.

Answer: Tell him to pound sand. Don’t respond unless he serves you. At that point get a lawyer or at least talk to one but there’s no way in hell he’ll even find an attorney to sue you with.


Title: Neighbor installed gates across my driveway (easement)

Question:
We own about 12 acres in rural Colorado, and our only access to our property is a 1300 foot easement with a dirt road that we maintain from the county road.  The easement is recorded on our title and is recorded as an "access Easement" that is 50' wide.

Recently, our neighbor installed two gates on the road, one at the main county road, and the other on the property line between our two properties.  When we contacted the neighbor, he stated it was for "protecting his property and livestock".  However, his driveway is not gated, and there is free and open access to his whole property from his driveway.  The only livestock on his property is two miniature horses in their own fenced in area with a barn.

What are my legal option here?

Answer:
 I'd contact an attorney and start with having them write a demand letter. You hold an easement, the neighbor can't legally block your easement. Answer #2: You can constructively leave the gates open as you ingress or egress whenever you find them closed. The gates are a diminuation of your enjoyment of your established right and you can abate their interference.

But plan on that becoming the beginning of a fight, that you will likely need to resolve in court, so seek out a lawyer familiar with real estate law in preparation. (Start by taking pictures of the obstruction to build your case.) If his concern is for animals roaming, he can resolve that with a fence the length of the easement.Answer #3: > "protecting his property and livestock"

A [Cattle Grid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle_grid) is for protecting livestock.  A road gate is to interfere with your easement.  Especially, if there's no fence line connecting to the gate.  He's very stupid for trying this.  Answer #4: My father is a real estate lawyer in Maine and he has had cases like this, including cases with locked gates where property owner gave easement holder key or code to open.

As far as I have heard, unless your easement specifically says "no gates," property owner can install them. Your inconvenience does not outweigh his rights. But that's Maine not CO.

I'd come to a compromise where you install an electronic opening version. I've seen  solar powered versions if they are far from power hookup.Answer #5: How amicable is your relationship with this neighbor? Would installation of a remotely-controlled automatic gate opener be less expensive than engaging in a legal dispute?Answer #6: do the gates make it difficult or impossible for emergency vehicles to reach your property? that may be another avenue you could pursue.


Title: Someone has been using my work email to sign up for gay porn

Question: [removed]

Answer:
 > Is it possible for me to take legal action?

Against whom?

If it were me, I'd speak to my union first, and then go in and alert the district. The concern being, not that it's gay, but that it's porn, and to be clear that someone else is doing this. And that you'd like IT to come up with its best solution to block these emails. The last thing you want is for someone in IT to report porn "use" on the school's system and for you to not have preemptively warned/complained.


Title: [WI] Braille, Bathroom signage, and Burger King

Question:
All right, a bit of backstory here. Forgive me if this doesn't belong on r/legaladvice, but it's worth the shot.

I'm legally blind. I was diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa at age eleven in 2001, and since then, I've learned braille. Granted, I don't use it too much now, but since my sight will get worse over time, it was a skill worth picking up.

So, the thing about braille is that it's got pretty rigid formatting when it comes to how different characters in braille appear on the page. Each braille "character" has spaces for six dots, and depending on which spots have dots, that's how you get different symbols in braille. Braille comes in one "official" 'font' size, and since it's so rigid and precise (as spacing between dots and spacing between characters matters lots) braille is pretty hard to make by hand. The closest most people get is with a tool called a slate and a stylus, which has a rigid template where you can only place the dots in specific "pockets" so you don't get wonky looking braille.

Here's where Burger King comes in: Up until last year, I used to live just down the street from a Burger King, and a couple years back after buying food and headed to the bathroom for the customary BK Gut Bomb, I noticed the braille on the bathroom sign was...off. It looked like it was hand-dropped onto the sign with an eye-dropper. The characters were not readable as braille, as both the size of the "characters" and the spacing between the characters and the individual dots was pretty off on both the men's and women's bathroom signs.

I informed a manager that the braille was incorrect, and that he should inform his boss to get the sign fixed before anyone makes any sort of formal complaint, because the Americans with Disabilities Act has rules about accessibility regarding signage. That employee was rude, claiming "I thought the bumps didn't mean anything." Strictly speaking, since it was such crappy braille, he was kinda right. But it was still an issue so I called corporate and informed them of the issue. I got a call from the owner of that location, and he appologized and said he placed an order for new, correct signage. Fast forward about a year and the signs with crappy braille were still there, but there were now brand-spankin'-new signs with proper braille on them NEXT to the door. I didn't think much of it at the time, until today.

I moved across WI last year, and there's a Dairy Queen across the street from me. I just went and had dinner there less than an hour ago, and used the bathroom. I looked at the signs and sure enough, more crappy braille, but at least DQ had proper signs next to the door, like BK had after I complained. I talked to the DQ manager, and informed him that the braille on their bathroom signs was wonky, and he says:

"Oh, that's probably left over from when this building used to be a Burger King. There's even still the BK logo on the other side of the door."

"Really?!" I said. "That actually explains a lot!" The manager informed me he'd let his boss know, because he doesn't want any problems, but for the whole walk home, I was wondering about that orginal BK location.

My question, dear people of r/legaladvice is thus: Is it legal for the signs with crappy braille to remain up after proper signage has been placed on the walls next to the doors? Further, if a restaurant chain is consistently using incorrect braille in different locations, should I make a complaint to the ADA office?

TL;DR, is it illegal for a business to leave up signs with braille that fails to comply with ADA design standards, even after posting signage with correct braille? And, if I suspect that a business with multiple locations is failing to meet ADA standards, should I make a complaint with the ADA office of the Dept of Justice?

Answer: Not a lawyer, but if they're required to have certain signage, and they have that signage, that doesn't prevent them from having OTHER signage.


Title: [AUS] Could my porn blog cause me legal problems?

Question:
I'm not sure if this is even the right place to ask but I'm just going out on a limb. I have a tumblr blog, it's quite a mix of content but a good 70% consists of photots of guys that have been catfished (I think is the term) and posted - I'm not the source, don't do the actual/any catfishing , just reblogging (like retweeting) them from other blogs. This is my biggest concern. Could it ever be a problem? Is it the sort of thing law enforcement will chase you down for, or is it a case of "bigger fish to catch"?

What about age, a lot of these guys are around 18/19, but that's mostly just what is claimed by the OP (some do include a "proof" like a screenshot of their instagram or something showing age). You can't really verify any of their ages, which I guess can be for or against you, right? Does the ambiguity matter? I'm confident everything is of legal age but just very cautious, it's a scary prospect.

Lastly, what if I had physically saved some of these images? Does that change anything?

Answer:
 What you're doing is morally reprehensible.

You should be very careful of running afoul of the various "revenge porn" laws that exist on the state level. And **very** careful about verifying the age of the people in anything you post. If you post a picture of someone who is 17 years and 364 days old and the government decides to take issue, you will be royally fucked.


Title: Can I sue somebody on Reddit? (UK but poster is in US)

Question:
Don't worry this is not like "he called my mum fat, my feelings are hurt" but more "this guy cost me $2000 because he posted false details about me which, in turn, were believed by somebody who I was hammering a contract out with)

I am not going to go into too much detail here. The situation, however, led to me deleting my account. At the time, I was working on a contract with a client (on ForHire). He was going through my post history to see whether I was suitable for his type of work.

He then stumbled across a post that I quoted (incidentally from LegalAdvice). This post claimed a number of things about me (a scammer etc.), which I am not. This person, simply, carried out a Google search on me, took the first couple of results they found and passed off the information as fact, despite all of the evidence pointing to the contrary. Most of the information was wrong anyway (and couldn't even be found in a Google search but the poster refused to respond to any messages)

Now, this information online, written by an Indian, has cost me close to $20,000 in lost sales thus far. The information posted by this American (which, admittedly was taken from what the Indian posted) cost me $2,000. If this American had not posted the false information, I would have had that $2,000 contract. The potential buyer confirmed that it was this information which led to me not being hired.

he poster in question put this information online as I gave poorly-researched legal advice. That was a genuine mistake. It was the first time I had done it (answering hundreds of questions on here with huge amounts of accuracy). It wasn't drastically bad legal advice, I just failed to take into account the poster's age when it came to prison sentence length. At the time I gave the information, the buyer had not even posted his age. I apologised for that and deleted my comments when they were revealed to be inaccurate, but this particular poster continued with their vendetta against me.

I am British. However, I wish to know whether I am able to bring a court case, or at least begin the mediation process, against the poster who posted defamatory comments which led to the loss of a contract.

I am willing to answer any questions that people on here may have. I am not, for now, going to reveal my identity and I do not wish for the poster (a regular poster on here) to do that.

Sorry for any inaccuracies in grammar/spelling/what have you. I am posting this from a phone which does not have English as its standard dictionary and it is a lot of effort to correct every single world it highlights.

Note:

I am unsure as to how much legal action would cost in the United States. It is prohibitively expensive for me to go after the Indian due to certain restrictions in their legal system. I mean, if it is going to cost me more than $2,000 and I do not have a chance of getting the money lost on that contract back, then it is probably not going to be worth it to me. I can quantify the damages. I can provide proof that the information provided about me was accurate and I have kept information about the poster.

Answer:
 This is now the second time you've claimed that someone from this subreddit doxxed you. And, unlike last time, you seem to know who the person is.

Tell us the username of this person and link to the post if possible so that the person may be banned.Answer #2: For future reference: If you want to sue somebody on Reddit for making you look bad, and if you want to be taken seriously as a professional, you should probably clean up your post history where I can pretty clearly see you using pretty universally unacceptable/racist language only a few hours ago.Answer #3: This is really hard to follow. Tell me if I have this right:

* you posted something in /r/legaladvice that was incorrect.

* you tried to get a contract with somebody on /r/forhire.

* the person you want to sue told your potential client about your incorrect /r/legaladvice comment.

* you lost the potential client.

Is that it? Did the user you want to sue say anything that was false? Can you prove that you lost the contract because of the lies this user said (assuming it's a lie)?

If yes to those two points (and I doubt you can prove anything) then you would have a somewhat shaky case for defamation. Now you have to figure out who the user is in real life, hire an attorney in the proper jurisdiction, and sue. That'll cost you *significantly* more than $2000.


Title: Can my parent legally withhold my birth certificate?

Question: I'm a 21 year old male, and I'll be moving across the country in a few weeks. My mother and I aren't on speaking terms, but she refuses to give me my birth certificate, because she wants it for her own records. Do I have any leverage on this?

Answer:
 No.

Your mother paid for that birth certificate.

You can contact the County Clerk in the county you were born in and order another one.


Title: Mom, being investigated for in home business.

Question: Bay Area California. Okay, so my mom runs a business with a legitimate storefront downtown. She does not sell anything out of her house at all; however, her business involves the restoration of furniture, which she then sells either at her storefront or at trade shows(She has licenses for the store as well as the shows). Her jackass of a neighbor has filed a grievance with the city stating that she is operating a business out of her home. My question is whether he has any ground to stand on or if what she is doing is completely legit. My mom is a single mother of five, who has never worked a day in her life and her company is just starting to take off, it would break my heart if were to suddenly be taken from her by some old dick bag.

Answer: Generally, it's only illegal (zoning violation) to run a business out of your home if it is *open to the general public*.


Title: [Philadelphia, PA] Situation with landlord - what we thought was our "backyard" was actually bought by an architecture firm and is being built into a three story house - we simply want out - whole story inside.

Question:
Bit of a long story so I will try to sum it up as quickly as possible. We are not looking for compensation of any kind, only looking to get out of the lease and to get our security deposit back. The lease is a standard lease and states nothing one way or another about the backyard.

My fiancee had lived in our building for two years before leaving her studio apartment and moving in with me. Once another apartment opened up in the building we both decided to move so we could have more space, mainly for the sake of a backyard and basement. The backyard is what is causing all of this turmoil.

Our "backyard" is actually a house that had burnt down a few years back and is a vacant lot between the two row homes. We were under the impression, along with all of the other tenants, that this lot was owned by our landlords. They store stuff there, have built a fence with a gate around the lot, have a back door that leads to the patio that was built back there, and have reimbursed tenants, including my girlfriend, for work that was done in the yard.

When we met with our landlord to sign the lease she mentioned something about the lot being bought by a company but told us not to worry about it and that they were hiring a lawyer. We told her to her face that we were not interested in the apartment if they were going to be building next door and she told us not to worry.

We move in, everything is good. Fast forward 14 days later and there is a zoning and construction notice posted to the fence of the lot stating that a three story row home will be built.

When we called the landlord to tell her about the notice she basically gave us an attitude and said that she has no control over construction done in the city. We told her we want out of the lease and we will be leaving by July 1st, which she agreed on, and now she has gone MIA.

Things have been agreed upon verbally with us but obviously I can not trust this woman's word. I just want to make sure that if things were to go to court we would not get railroaded. Should I contact a lawyer now and see if there is anything they can do? Should I just leave it alone and hope that this woman will give me our security deposit back? I am a bit lost and am starting to get worried that we "don't have a legal leg to stand on" as the landlord and her husband said when we were talking with them on the phone. I just want to make sure that we are doing the right thing. I am getting worried that this woman is preparing to do some sort of legal battle and just want to make sure I am prepared. Thank you in advance for any sort of help or suggestions.

Answer:
 > I am a bit lost and am starting to get worried that we "don't have a legal leg to stand on" as the landlord and her husband said when we were talking with them on the phone.

They're likely right, you don't have a legal leg to stand on.  The lease is being serviced properly; you have your apartment, in a habitable condition.  The landlord is 100% correct; she has no control over what other people do with their property, and you can't break a lease with her because a random third party is doing something you don't like.

If she **chooses** to let you out of the lease, you're golden - get it in writing, as /u/Napalmenator mentioned.  If she doesn't, and you choose to leave, you're still on the hook for rent until or unless the lease would've ended, or the landlord can re-rent.


Title: Found a broken needle in my boot!

Question:
I was recently cleaning the inside sheepskin of my (very well known brand name here) boots and found a broken needle buried in the lining! I have had these boots for just over a year, and am amazed I never got hurt. I don't have any money to persue this, but I feel like if this got on to social media (insert well known brand name here) would be in a world if trouble. How should I proceed?

I will add, I contacted (well known brand), they didn't want to know. Contacted sellers, they wanted me to return both boots and needle (at my expense!), which I don't think is a good option as I then have nothing.

Edit..I wasn't looking to win the lottery or something, but a token gesture (gift certificate or something), seems fair as a needle in your shoe is pretty messed up!

Answer: You will get nothing. You were not harmed and you've owned the boots over a year. Answer #2: Considering you bought the boots a year ago you have no way of proving you didn't plant the needle.Answer #3: You're not getting paid from this, if that's what you're asking. You also have no damages. You can try contacting the manufacturer. They will probably also want you to return the boots and the needle. They may discount you on a new pair.


Title: Can I sue my husband's MLM up line for marital interference? (UT)

Question:
My husband and I joined Amway 16 months ago. I quit soon after, when I realized what it really was. My husband, however, is still in it.

His upline have been telling him things that are poisoning our marriage and destroying our already tight budget. They are going beyond their scope of giving "business advice" to smear my character to him and basically make him dependent on them for emotional support. All of the constant emotional support I give him is not deemed enough by them, and consequently, by him as well, because I think their organization is unethical.

I have saved voicemails from them (I have uninhibited legal access to these voice messages) to accrue evidence of all of this. Would it be worth it to lawyer up and threaten a lawsuit? Is there something else I can or should legally do in this situation?

Answer:
 You can't sue Amway for being unethical, that's a feature not a bug. Utah is one of the few states that allows alienation of affection suits, but this is going to be a long haul.

He's in a cult. You got out, so you're "bad news" and "don't support his business", blah blah, cult nonsense.  You can and should divorce him before he spends all your money on his cult.Answer #2: Are you and your husband getting a divorce?Answer #3: There's no such thing as "marital interference" in Utah. The state does recognize the tort of alienation of marital affections, but it appears that you can't sue unless and until your marriage ends as a result, ***and*** "a plaintiff must prove by clear and convincing evidence that it was the conduct of defendant that constituted a controlling cause of the injury to a spouse's consortium interests and that his or her conduct was not just incidental to other causative factors that destroyed or damaged the marriage or conjugal relationship." [*Norton v. MacFarlane*, 818 P.2d 8, 15 \(1991\).](https://law.justia.com/cases/utah/supreme-court/1991/880248.html)


Title: Getting *^&#ed by College. How can I get compensation?

Question:
This is my first post on reddit so bare with me.

Last year I enrolled in a full-time college program (which will remain nameless). It has come to our (the class) attention that this program is 5+ years out of date. We feel like we've been misled and the program misrepresented. This program is now going to be greatly reformed for next year.

A source with a seat in the committee for this program has stated most employers know this program is so out of date and thus will not/have not been hiring graduates.

There have been issues with teachers not following course outlines. Or no course outline at all. (I'm not sure how relevant this is but it's an issue to the class)

We all feel like this has been a waste of time. If we quit now we get nothing. If we continue at least we graduate. If we want to go back after we graduate to update our credentials we have to spend more money and take more time off from working.

What legal options do we have in this case?

Is this something we can fight for some kind of compensation, or are we all *&%#ed

EDIT: I live in Ontario

EDIT: As far as I know it is a non-profit College

EDIT: At this point, I don't want to give out too much information, as I'm unsure whether or not the source of some of the information was allowed to disclose anything.

EDIT: Additionally, this source says the school is unwilling to give out free tuition. But this might just be their guess.

Answer: Is this a "for profit" college?


Title: St. Louis County, MO: A friend found this line in their employment policy. Is this legal?

Question:
"When an upcoming shift change has a shortage of employees, the supervisor, coordinator, or department director will ensure proper staff coverage... The supervisor will make requests to employees. The supervisor will consider the individual's support needs, hours already worked, and seniority. If an employee has not been secured, then the employee with the lowest seniority will be asked to work. If this constitutes overtime, the individual with the next lowest seniority will be asked to work."

Okay, that sounds pretty fair, right? Pretty standard stuff. However, it's this next part that has me curious.

"If an employee refuses to cover a shift or work additional hours, including overtime hours, then appropriate disciplinary action will be taken."

This is what seems sketchy to me. I'm not a labor law expert (though I know more than the average Tom, Dick, or Harry), but this sounds illegal since they are NOT paying her to be on-call.

Answer:
 It’s perfectly legal. And that’s not on call. And on call doesn’t always have to be paid. But it’s not on call and it’s not illegal.

The only issue might be if it violates their union contract. If they have one.


Title: does posting on social media about a restraining order violate a restraining order

Question:
i have a harassment restraining order against me and i made a t shirt of it. provided i block out the addresses, would it violate the restraining order itself to post pictures of it on social media. i live in minnesota, the man with the order against me lives in wisconsin. my facebook at least is private and we are not friends on any platform.

yes i am aware it is childish. i am not asking for moral judgements, simply legal advice. thanks

Answer:
 Generally speaking, you should suppress the urge to directly or indirectly troll the person who has a restraining order against you.
Answer #2: My legal advice is dont be childish when a judge is involved.

My moral judgment is, well you can probably guess.


Title: [CA] Legal consequences if caught having sex at school?

Question: So me and my boyfriend both live in sober living homes so we have nowhere to get any "privacy". Lately we've been sneaking into school at night and doing it in the classroom. The doors are left unlocked so we just walk in. Would it be considered public indecency or otherwise illegal if we were to get caught? We lock the door in the classroom.

Answer:
 Trespassing. Lewd conduct. Indecent exposure. Having to register as a sex offender.

Motels exist. Answer #2: Yes. Also trespassing.


Title: I believe a friend of a friend is faking a serious terminal illness to extort money from donations

Question: my friend has a non-paying roommate who in 2008 got $5,000 for a benefit held for him because he's pretending to have mesothelioma.   We live in Minnesota, I tried going to the police station financial crimes unit but was told it's a department behind closed doors and they do not take walk ins.  My friend has been taking care of this person for 8 years believing when he took him in he was going to pass away within 6 months.  The man hasn't paid him rent and turned his house into a hoarders house with 5 cats that needs to be condemned.  is there anything I can do legally? will my friend get in trouble also if I report it to the police?

Answer: Your friend should evict the guy.  If your friend is willingly giving him a place to stay and letting him turn it into a hoarder's nest, not much the police can do.


Title: Ridesharing Driver arrested while I was in car in North Carolina. Had multiple warrants for his arrest in two different counties.

Question:
This past week I was in the car of one of the popular app-based ridesharing services when the car was pulled over. The driver was arrested (I later found out he had warrants for assault with a deadly weapon, communicating threats and felony fraud that were issued 2-3 days before this happened). I was slightly drunk at the time and forced to walk home the remaining ~.5 mile to my house at 3am. I have reached out to the company and am scheduled to speak with them on the phone later today or tomorrow.

I guess my main question is how much ground I have to stand on in negotiation. I think I should receive something more than the 10 bucks the ride cost me but I'm not sure what their responsibility about knowing the criminal status of their drivers is especially given that the warrants were put out so close to the date that the incident  occurred. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Answer:
 I don't see any monetary damages here.  "I had to walk half a mile" is not something any jury would agree you need to be compensated for.

A refund is all you're going to get here.  Sorry you didn't win the lottery.

Answer #2: Say what you will about taxi companies being behind the times, there's something to be said for regulating the issuing of taxi licenses. Answer #3: Something similar happened to a friend.  These companies tend to be pretty good on the customer service front.  He ended up getting a bunch of great promo codes and something like $100 credited to his account.  I dont know what you are hoping for though.  Answer #4: I believe the going rate for butthurt in the courts right now is $0.0.


Title: Grandma on Medicaid & wants to sell me her house

Question: My grandma owns her home and would like to sell/gift to me so I can build an apartment and live next to her for the rest of her life. She's currently on Medicaid and I'm wondering if the income from the sale will impact her medical coverage? The money that she'll be receiving will go directly to contractor for the construction of the home. The home is worth less than $500k. What's the best way to transfer ownership to me so I can take out a mortgage or equity loan to build apartment while not paying crazy taxes or causing my grandma to lose her insurance? We're located in Washington state.

Answer: Any attempt to do this is Medicaid fraud. Your Grandmother will lose her benefits, and the state will come after her for the income realized on the sale of the house.


Title: free console > morals?

Question:
hey guys,

so i originally ordered a game console. i tried cancelling, but it was not set in stone that it would be cancelled. turns out it didn't get cancelled. i was going to return it, then decided to keep it. a week later, i got another package. turns out it is also the same game console, same tracking number and everything, word for word.

morally, i have a dilemma of wanting to let them know i received two of the same order and only paid for one, whilst wanting to profit from this somehow.

legally, if i try to return it and get a refund, would it be troublesome down the line?

Answer:
 Don’t be a bonehead kid.  Either choice you make, Karma will catch up to you, but you’ll feel a lot better sending it back.

As far as law is concerned, they will likely send you an invoice for the console and you’ll be legally obligated to pay it since you consigned the package.  Legally, they can also charge list price.


Title: Is drinking on my HOAs common grounds against the law in Virginia?

Question:
Maybe this is a stupid question but hear me out. In my HOA all the land around it and between houses is owned by the community. The streets are also privately owned and maintained. Would I be breaking any laws if I drank openly on HOA common grounds?

The wheels on this one started turning when my neighbors threw a big BBQ. It spilled out their fence into one of the large common areas. I told them they probably want to keep the drinking inside the fence but they said "this is all private property. It's not like I'm breaking the law"

So that made me wonder. There's nothing in my HOA documents that restricts owners or guests from drinking on HOA property. Were I to have a similar BBQ where we spilled onto community property or say fuck it and drink a beer while walking my dog on HOA property- would I be breaking any laws?

Answer: Unless your HOA is gated then it is publicly accessible and laws that apply in public generally apply there as well.  Whether it's rigorously enforced is a different matter.


Title: Employer threatening job write up over Sunday religious service

Question:
(Anchorage, Alaska)
Hi Reddit, I’m posting on behalf of a coworker that has recently run into a situation neither of us can find anything conclusive on legally.
My coworker has recently joined a local church, and has made schedule arrangements to have time off on Sundays for church services. The original manager he spoke with had no issues with him coming in later to accommodate the services, however, some of our other managers are threatening to write him up with a disciplinary notice if he comes into work later due to the services. These essentially count as workplace strikes and can lead to job termination.
My first question is if the manager can even threaten discipline over a religious absence legally, especially after other managers have found no issue with it, and secondly if there are any protective laws that guarantee time off for religious reasons.
I’m currently trying to see if the company itself has any discriminatory policies, but am more focused on state laws, labor laws, or even national laws in regards to such an issue.
Looking online only uncovered title VII which appears to cover religious protection, but I’m assuming that’s more in a discriminatory manner.
Any help or advice would be much appreciated!

Answer: Yes any religious observances must be requested as a reasonable accomodation. We don't know the business so we can't say.


Title: Is fightmyticketca.com worth it?

Question:
Without going into too much detail about my traffic infraction, I'm wondering if something like fightmyticketca.com is worth doing? There are several sites like this that automate the process of submitting a request for Trial By Written Declaration (here in California). I sniffed around Yelp and they have good reviews (plus the owner has responded to all the negative reviews), and I even called their 800 number and was able to speak with an intelligent sounding person. So it seems legit to me, but I'm wondering if anyone has had experience with them or has any advice on the usefulness of a service like this.
Topic:
Traffic and Parking

Answer: I've honestly never heard of them. But I have a feeling just showing up to court pleading not guilty and asking to speak with the prosecutor will get you the same results for $99 cheaper.


Title: [NC] How do go about getting emancipated?

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 $320 per week, not including taxes taken out of that, is barely enough to make it on your own. Are you sure you want to do that?

How old are you? [NC Art. 35, Ch. 7B](http://www.ncleg.net/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/ByArticle/Chapter_7B/Article_35.html) fully explains what is required to request the decree of emancipation...and I'm not that familiar with family law, but there would have to be pretty extenuating circumstances to get that decree, unless your mother is willing to sign off on your emancipation.

I don't get why she'd be mad at you if it was HER friend that removed $100 from *your* account without *your* permission.


Title: Can my landlord legally evict me for this?

Question:
Resolved. Thanks :)
Topic:
Landlord Tenant Housing

Answer: OP, please don't delete the text of your post. That prevents other people (in a situation similar to yours) from being able to utilize the advice you were given.


Title: Dad died now dealing with weird wife

Question:
My Dad died a few weeks ago. His wife is a woman he cheated on my Mom with then married.
His last Will was done in 2005. There may be a newer one. But getting any information from this woman is near impossible.
There are 7 rental houses I know he owned for sure.
This has to go to probate. But she will not answer anything about it.
Is there anything I can do to force her to get going on this?

Answer:
 State will matter in this case. Each state will handle probate differently.

Do you have a copy of the 2005 will or know who your father used to draft the document and are you the executor? If so, I would petition your county probate/surrogate court. You should be able to obtain the form you need directly from the court.

Do you know whom your father named as executor? If so, I'd push this person to file, unless the person is his current wife. You would then have to file probate and look to have her removed as executor based on her inability to perform the duties of an executor.

While generally the executor initiates probate, any interested party may do so. You will need a copy of the death certificate. If the estate is over minimal value, it behooves you to hire an attorney. You want to file ASAP, because once money is spent or property is sold, even if against the directives of a will, it becomes very difficult to get assets back.Answer #2: Also on behalf of everyone here, I’m sorry for your lostAnswer #3: Check the property records. Every county has them.


Title: I was the victim of a hit and run while I was biking—now my doctor is asking me for my car insurance, but I do not drive and have not ever had car insurance.

Question: I am 25, so not an issue of being a minor. Doctor has been calling me demanding my car insurance despite me repeatedly telling them I do not have car insurance. I was on a bike when I got hit. Any advice would be great.

Answer: Not really a legal question.  Continue to explain that you do not own a car, do not drive, and thus have no car insurance.  If you have health insurance, offer them that.


Title: [Georgia] Catfished for a year and a half. Can I sue for fraud (or anything else)?

Question:
Been in a "relationship" with a girl for a year and a half and after it all it turns out almost none of what she told me was true about her.  Her name was fake, her pictures were fake (yes I reverse image searched them but there were no results), most of her story was fake as far as I can tell.  Over the time together we talked for hours upon hours and sent thousands of messages.  I can provide more information if it makes a difference.  I sent her thousands of dollars worth of stuff (apple pay cash and e-gift cards) and was wondering if there was anything I could do.  I did file a complaint with the IC3 but I wasn't sure if there was anything else I could or should do.

Does it matter that I now have her and her husbands phone numbers and address (or possibly previous address)?

I know I was dumb for falling into this and I've definitely learned from it.

Answer: What were your losses? What part of it was fraud? Did you give her money?


Title: former employer will not leave me alone after termination

Question: A couple days I was terminated by my employer without any kind of warning via text for reasons that weren't even entirely true and would have changed if someone had just talked to me. Anyways, I have depression and anxiety and this job meant a lot to me so it's been hitting me pretty hard, I didn't think I could go back to the workplace so I asked my dad if he could drop of the keys and pick up a copy of my employee contract which he agreed to do but he called the workplace beforehand and requested a letter of termination so I could apply for unemployment. That was all. Now my former employer will not stop texting me, accusing me of sending my dad after them with threats and bullying. I've asked them multiple times to cease contact with me and that this was harassment but they keep saying it's not harassment because "I'm still an employee" and "you're still an employee until I get my property and you get your final paycheck" is there anything I can do to get them to leave me alone?? I'm at my wits end.  They also refuse to give a letter of termination because "it's not required" My dad says it's required and any laws on it say it's required if requested but they also insist the texts are a letter of termination which I don't believe that's how it works. Please what are my legal options.

Answer:
 1. I don't know of any requirement for a "letter of termination"
2. If you cannot (or don't want to) pick up your check in person, they are required to mail it to you.
3. If they say you're still an employee, I assume they're still paying for any benefits.
4. Does this company have an HR department? I'd start there to resolve all of this.


Title: Child Support Questions - FL

Question:
Hello. This is my first posting on Reddit, so please correct me if I am doing something wrong within this sub.

My husband's childhood was very difficult and sad due to his mother. Husband (DH from here) was raised exclusively by his mother in California, and she made an effort to hide him from his father (my father in law or FIL) who eventually moved back East after a messy stint in a California prison. DH's mother demanded (and was granted) child support, which FIL refused to pay for some time because he was denied access to DH. Through the years, FIL's wife (my step-mother in law or SMIL) insisted that he pay child support and he began to do so. He saw DH once when he was 9, but generally only spoke to DH over the phone.

Present-day, DH got out of his toxic mother's clutches as soon as he could, and today has a wonderful relationship with FIL and SMIL. However, today FIL is on disability and his checks are constantly garnished by the state of Florida, in order to pay child support to DH's mother in California. Last year (March 2015), DH's mother passed away. However, the garnishments still are being taken out of FIL's disability checks. I'd like to mention that DH just turned 30 this year.

I cannot vouch for the decisions made by any parties in the past. But DH is distressed by the fact that his mother worked the system for so long, and that FIL is still paying child support that does not benefit DH as an adult.

Can anyone explain this to me? And possibly give me some understanding so that we can get these garnishments cancelled now that the mother is deceased?

Thank you for any advice you can give us.

Answer:
 To help you understand:  many states allow for garnishment of backed child support even after the child turns 18.  Why?  In the state's mind, it takes TWO people to make a child, and those two adult ought to pay to raise the child.  In the case that one person did not pay, it's seen much like a short-term loan.  So since the mother paid 100% for raising the child, the father now owes her all the money he didn't pay (and presumably she put out to raise and support his child).

It's no longer about your son, it's now a debt to his (deceased) mother.  Hopefully that makes sense, if not, I can clarify further.

ANYWHO, the dad made a huge error in not paying.  As I say on here all the time: YOU PAY CHILD SUPPORT.  It actually, legally, DOES NOT MATTER what the mother wants in terms of child support.  It is the STATE that orders you to pay.  You don't get out of it, and the state accepts no excuses.  If you think the amount should be reconsidered because of the behavior of the mother, you ask the courts to do that.  Otherwise, the court doesn't care what else is going on.  You pay.

Ok, now onto the issue at hand.  Since the mother is deceased, you can file for modification in whatever state owns the child support (CA?).  Since the mother is deceased, the court may decide that the debt to her is voided.

This is a complicated situation.  Courts don't like people getting out of child support.  You will need a lawyer.


Title: Did I misunderstand gifts or WTF??

Question:
Ok so a few months ago I had to sell an item that was gifted to me with no expectation of repayment and the person who gifted it to me is trying to claim that the money from the sale of the item( a laptop in this case) is his and that he can say that it was ok to disassemble a desk that was bought with the money from the sale of the laptop that the money and desk are his( which I don't believe for one damn second).   What is going on here?  Did I miss a memo or am I just not getting something. This has been bugging me since I moved (person involved was a laywer but retired. Now as I understand it once you give the person the gift you lose claim over said item except for some contractual reasons. I'm in California
Topic:
Other Civil Matters

Answer:
 Once you receive a gift, it is your property.  You can do whatever you want with it, including selling it, giving it away, or throwing it in the trash. The person who gave it to you has no legal claim on it, or on the money you got from selling it.

The only exception I know of is a gift given in anticipation of something, like an engagement ring.  Some states allow you to recover those if the wedding is called off. Answer #2: No, none of that is true Answer #3: The old man blew his retirement in bad Florida investments and needs that cash. Answer #4: Tell him to take you to small claims court (he won't) or stfu.


Title: (WA) Can my in-laws legally take away my boyfriends 2 children?

Question:
My boyfriends 2 children (2.4) live with their grandparents. Their grandparents feed them and care for them and we provide the money for them to do so. This is the arrangement for now until we can find a place big enough for the kids. My sister was babysitting while we were at work and boyfriends dad came and asked for our son and to not call me because he had spoken to my boyfriend about taking the 4 year old. (Sister called me I said it was fine to let him take him) now my boyfriend dad doesn’t want us to keep the kids over the weekends (we always pick up the kids Friday after work or Thursday’s if we can until Sunday night)

My question is, we live in Washington, USA. Is there anything legally protecting them from keeping my boyfriends kids from us? The kids mom left them all to my boyfriend when they were little and he in turn wasn’t around much so his mom raised them basically.  Is there anything we/he can do legally to protect ourselves and the kids? We’re worried that when we finally get a place his dad won’t give us the kids because he doesn’t approve. He’s gotten very controllling of it all.

I’m only looking for legal advice not moral advice, thank you.

As far as I know I think “grandparents rights” don’t exist in Washington but I could be wrong as this is a unique situation.
Topic:
Custody Divorce and Family

Answer:
 Can the boyfriend go take his children and stop relying on someone else to raise them? Yes

But at this point, depending on how long this has gone on, they may have the right to go to court and file for custody since they are the primary caretakers.


Title: [TX] non recourse agreement after termination?

Question: A few months ago, I was terminated from an animal hospital citing "personality conflicts" after my refusal to edit and manipulate the control substance logs and posthumously alter medical records after a client threatened legal action. After fighting to get my last check, I was forced to sign a "non recourse agreement" basically stating that I would take no action against the doctor or hospital that may alter perception or opinion of current or potential clients. Recently, two other employees have come forward with being let go after refusing unethical behaviors. They've approached me in hopes that multiple reports will force the state board to get involved. My question is, can I do something like that after signing the non recourse agreement? Or is that just something made up to scare people?

Answer: You'd have to read the text of the agreement but there's virtually no chance a judge would allow a contract to abridge the right or duty to report crimes and unethical behavior to a state licensing board. You shouldn't have signed it in the first place, though.


Title: How do you go about divorcing someone who has mentally deteriorated?

Question: (Canada) My parents were married, then separated, and in that time my mother developed dementia. Currently, they’re legally separated but living together (not together romantically) and we have to settle legal things before my grandmother dies so we need to finalize a divorce. She lives there because she had nowhere to go, but in her mental state she believes them to be husband and wife. How do people get divorces when the other person is not mentally competent? Relevant info: I am her power of attorney, she is very emotionally unstable, making the topic for her very difficult to talk about.

Answer: You need a lawyer. This is much too complex and important for Reddit to assist with.


Title: [TX] my new neighbor tore down my fence and built a new without permission.

Question: My new neighbor took down 950 feet of cedar post barbed wire fence. The fence was old but still in great condition and kept our cows in. When we contacted them we informed them that we would need them to replace the old fence they took down without permission because the new fence they put up would get damaged by our cows and we didn't want them to blame us for it. She said we should be thankful for her taking down our old crappy fence and that she isn't going to pay for a new fence. So we called the police and they said their isn't much to do but take it to small claims court. We already got a estimate for the cost of the fence and it was $8500. Should we take her to court and sue or will it be a waste of time?

Answer: Yes, take them to court and sue. They destroyed a very large amount of your property, and if you let them put stuff up on your land then they can make a claim for adverse possession eventually. Answer #2: Just wait til she is gone and repaint her house....Answer #3: Thank y'all for the help I'm gonna be taking this to court on Monday


Title: Can I mail myself my own adderall prescription?

Question: I had to leave my home state in MO to come stay in IL for a bit due to a roommate not following social distancing. I forgot my prescription in MO. I’m assuming I can’t just have a friend overnight it to IL? Even if it’s in the correct bottle and addressed to me?

Answer:
 No

>Mailing prescription drugs that require a script or confirmation from a doctor is not something that everyone can do. Only manufacturers, agents, pharmacies or other licensed dispensers or agents may mail prescription drugs.

https://healthfully.com/send-prescription-drugs-through-mail-5704180.html

He may be able to take it to your doctor's office or pharmacist and have them send it.  Talk to them and see what they say.