Title: My mailbox is across the street from my house my my neighbors lawn, can I get some property rights knowledge?

Question: My mom sprayed the area around our mailbox with grass killer for god knows what reason, but my neighbor is complaining that we put chemicals on his lawn. We moved in long before he did, do we have any ownership of land where our mailbox is? I live in Pennsylvania

Answer:
 Neither one of you probably own it. It's probably owned by your city/county/township/village/whatever but people have to maintain the chunk of it in front of their house.

If you google your county name and "GIS" you might find an interactive map that shows property lines. If you're in an area that Redfin services, if you put in your address you can get to a map that shows property lines (but they're usually wrong by a little bit.)

But whether the neighbor owns it or not, she doesn't own it and shouldn't have done that.

I'm not a lawyer.Answer #2: All of your mailboxes are on the right of way.  Not on you neighbors property. The town or state owns the right of way.  Most people think they own the land right up to the very edge of the road   They dont.   There is always a setback or right of way. It varies by location from <1 foot to 10 feet or even more. Your town should know what that distance is and it may be on your deed. Id try your assessors office first. Answer #3: You can also request from the local post office to move it to your property, from accross the street. This is exactly what i did.


Title: (EU) Someone bought my website and put porn on it.

Question:
Hello,

I am a new hobby photographer in germany and I bought a website more than a year ago to host my pictures to show people and the website link is my full name. The domain expired last month and I didn't realize it because I have a busy job, film is costing a lot and I have not taken many pictures and the payments were automatic and that means I didn't own it anymore I guess.

Well I suddenly got a lot of messages from friends who told me that my website is now really disgusting and it is covered in all of my personal information that was public but also with mean statements , my photos on there with bad captions, and a lot of gay porn saying that i am gay and just basically dumb, hurtful, reputation hurting stuff.

I don't know what to do. I contact the website and they have not replied to me, i cannot get back into my old website and i don't know who is doing this. My question is, is this legal? Can someone just do this and put gay porn and false stuff with my name and photos? can someone just take my website like this with my name on it??? is this not harassment???

sorry for my english. i did a who is and it looks like my website is owned now by someone in the uk. i have no idea who it could be...

Answer:
 You could file a complaint with ICANN over the domain and with their host over the defamatory content. Content definitely sounds like a DMCA (or EU/UK equivalent) violation since he is hosting your photos and potentially defamation. You could accuse him of domain squatting, but you did let it expire, so not a guaranteed win there.

Have you sent a cease and desist over the use of your images?

It seems likely based on your description of the current content this is someone who you know or have worked with before.Answer #2: Not legal advice, but a point in the right detection if you don't get anything else.

ICANN pretty much run the internet and have a section on "Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy", pay particular attention to section 4b in the following document.

> Evidence of Registration and Use in Bad Faith

https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/policy-2012-02-25-en

If anyone will give you your domain back it will be ICANN.Answer #3: Germany has some pretty heavy defamation laws so in your case this will benefit you. In fact defamation can be criminal you should talk to the local authorities about it.


Title: Closing of my Aunts house sabotaged by her EX

Question:
My Aunt I supposed to close on her house Friday. Her ex boyfriend called the buyers to submit an anonymous tip blatantly lying about the shape of the swimming pool. He implied that it has a leak and the heater was not installed with the proper permits. The only proof we have is the phone call they received. It sounds just like him. Is there any action we can take? Or does r/legaladvice have any suggestions for steps we should take?

Edit: In South Florida.

Answer:
 Was the closing actually interrupted? Did the buyers back out? If she wasn't economically harmed then there's less to worry about.

She could try to get a restraining order of some kind of this was part of a pattern, but if this was a one-time bit of jackassery then there's not much to do.Answer #2: If the buyers want to back out without penalty, they need to have a proper reason. A false anonymous tip isn't a proper reason.


Title: Neighbor steals box usps left on porch just to throw it out of his car window a few blocks away

Question: A nice man saw him do it and  returned my box of Christmas presents from Mom. it but the Yuba city Sheriff department said it was a misdemeanor and did nothing at all. Wont even give a report. How can it be ok to steal my whole X-mass box and not even keep the presents? He threw them out just to be evil. He has terrorized all year. Vandalized my Mini Cooper s beyond belief. Yet police do nothing. Apartment managers wont even make the guy follow rules let alone evict with more than 50 complaints. How is it that he is not arrested on felony charge?

Answer:
 The police are being lazy about this, USPS mail is protected by federal law and by taking it your neighbor is breaking said laws.

Contact your Postal Inspector and inform them of the theft, you can also tell them the witness name so that they can confirm that the neighbor took your package.

For your other issues with this neighbor, as others have stated get a security camera (outside is the best, but if landlord won't allow it then a peephole camera will work as well) also get a dash camera (front and rear camera) that has parking mode to capture any vandalism.

Finally start calling the police every time this guy does something illegal, even if they don't do anything you are still making a paper trail that can be used to either get a restraining order or to use in court as evidence of harassment. Answer #2: You're using emotional logic right now. "How is it fair, how can he do that, why would he do this", etc.

Install cameras to catch the person in the act, and contact the police with proof.Answer #3: NAL but I'd setup some cheap dashcams in the vehicle to catch him in the act for something again.


Title: My girlfriend's grandmother was beat by two women, had to go to ER, multiple witnesses. Police not taking action while the women are still threatening a repeated attack. NYC, what should I do?

Answer: Why are the police not taking action? What did they tell her?


Title: Am cutting a neighbor's vegetation hanging over fence and throwing it back in his yard. Any problem here?

Question:
It's a hedge, not a tree.  With a tree there can be an issue whether the cutting was done correctly or whether an arborist should be required to do the work.

Those issues should not arise here.  Have to do this once a year.  Takes me 3 hours.  Neighbor and I do not talk.  He yelled something the last time I was doing the work, so he might be angling to file some sort of complaint.

Honolulu

Answer:
 [This should be helpful for you.](http://archives.starbulletin.com/2004/07/11/news/kokualine.html) The short answer is that, no, you should not have any problems here as long as you aren't charging them, since it sounds like the branches are not posing a danger. Dumping the branches back on them to dispose of is questionable, but I don't know that it has been addressed by the courts.Answer #2: Not familiar on Honolulu's rules on cutting, but I'm almost positive you can't give them back the branches you cut. I've seen it happen in my area locally, and it usually results in a littering ticket. You can haul them off or leave them lay in your yard.

Side note: even shrubs can be killed by incorrect cutting. Answer #3: The police probably won't get involved in you throwing the branches back into his yard, but they're also probably not going to get involved if he then throws them right back.

I don't know how the Hawai'ian courts would handle this; in my state, he could sue in small claims for the cost of disposing of the branches and most likely would collect, on the grounds that it is your responsibility to clean up your own trash, and if you cut the vegetation, it's your trash.


Title: Accidentally wound up in TWO apartment leases. What can I do?

Question:
So I'm a college student that's back in college now. Towards the second half of the summer, I started looking at apartments to stay at this year. I found one that I was interested in and started talking to them about it.

They had me submit application forms and a roommate preference sheet for two bedroom apartments which I promptly did after they sent them. They then go radio silent on me for almost a week, until I finally get a response from them saying they've sold out of all the 2 bedroom apartments.

At this point the fall semester is coming up fast and I'm starting to get desperate to find a place. They mention a few of the tenants have subleases available, so I go that route. I signed a relet agreement for a particular apartment, but the apartment complex couldn't get ahold of the subleaser. I basically gave up on trying to get an apartment through them and started looking elsewhere.

About a day or two before I found and signed for a new apartment, I got a text from the old place saying they found a different person wanting to sublease. I just replied with an OK not thinking much of it as I found a new place. I got no more messages from them again.

Come to find out as of yesterday, I'm late for a rent payment through the old place. They transferred my relet agreement to the new person in a different apartment who signed it.

The business practice of this place seems shady and I think it's that way to hook students like they did me. All the communication about apartments is through text only between the students and a single POC at the apartment complex. They don't explain any of the forms they send you, they don't like talking to the parents (even if they're the ones paying for it), and there's no security deposit to really signify the commitment. I realize I may have made a mistake with originally signing the relet agreement but transferring that to a different subleaser and apartment essentially without my approval just seems wrong.

Any way I could get out of this lease? Thank you

Answer:
 > They don't explain any of the forms they send you, they don't like talking to the parents (even if they're the ones paying for it)

Almost like you are a real adult

Do you have a copy of what you signed? Both parties are bound by that agreement so figure out 1) If it allows them to reassign it to the new room and 2) If it gives you an early termination option.


Title: [OR] Comcast won't stop sending me junk mail. Can I take action?

Question:
I have no business with Comcast, though they have been incessantly sending me junk mail for nearly a year now. They're addressed to me, "or current resident".

I have unsubscribed through CatalogChoice three times, I have filled out their online form three times, and once I contacted their online help and talked with a CSR who unsubscribed me. This was about two months ago, and I keep receiving mail.

Is there any sort of rule by which I could file a lawsuit against them for continuing to send me unsolicited mail, or prevent them from sending me anything else, or is what they're doing entirely legal and in the clear?

Answer:
 Get trash bin. Put unwanted mail in trash bin. Empty as needed.
Really, how are you "damaged' by receiving junk mail?


Title: Is this a scam?

Question:
So I was on the dating website POF and a girl messaged me on the website asking how I’m doing or whatever I can’t fully remember exactly what she said. So I checked her profile seeing that it said she was 19 I replied continuing the conversation. Fast forward either myself or her suggested we start texting so we started texting and nude photos where exchanged then she just stopped replying. Later that evening I get a phone call from that number and it was a guy saying is this (my first name) and I said yes then he said what’s going on between you and my daughter. Being paranoid I hung up and blocked the number. About half an hour later I get a call from another number and I decided to answer and hear what the guy had to say. He said he came home from work to find that his wife was going crazy because she found the daughter making an explicit video on a laptop to send to me or something along these lines, it was very hard to hear him. He said that he thought that it wasn’t my fault because I told him she claimed to be 19 but he’s half to call me back after he talked to his wife about the situation. He calls back like 10 minuets later and says he talked to his wife and she only thinks it’s fair if I pay half the cancellation fee on the daughters phone ($450). I reluctantly agreed and I asked him how we would do this and he said to get a Green Dot MoneyPak card at a Walgreens or CVS. At first I went t a store that was closer and they didn’t have this card so he called me because I said it would only take me 30 minutes to get it, I said they don’t have it we’re gonna have to do this another way. He sounded kinda annoyed then kept asking if they had money grams and I told him no. I said I would try a different store and to call me back in an hour. I went to a cvs and tried to get the green dot one but it didn’t work at the counter for some reason so I sent a picture of another prepaid card to the man through text to see if it would suffice and he called and kept insisting on the green pak or the money Gram thing and I kept telling him that wouldn’t work so he hung up and said okay to the other prepaid card I suggested. Then he called me back about 5 minuets later saying to use the one I suggested again. After that one didn’t work I went to a cvs got a green dot money pak one to work and sent him the info and got a text from him saying that this would resolve the matter and we would delete each other’s numbers and block each other. He agreed. Fast forward 2 days I get a text from another number it’s him saying it’s his work phone and something came up and he thought it was only fair that he gives the money back and he’s gonna go forth with charges.
I’ve read a few articles with very similar things the only thing that makes me worried about this being real is that he’s claiming to want to give the money back and go forth with charges. Is that last bit just him trying to get more money? Also I haven’t spoken to him at all I’ve broken contact with him

Answer: Yes.  It's a common scam.  He  is trying to scam you out of even more money in exchange for his silence. Answer #2: Yes, it's a scam. Just search here.


Title: California-Los Angeles: my mentally ill father is a landlord and he does not have the emotional intelligence to be managing his property.

Question:
My dad who is Korean and hardly speaks English does not have the emotional intelligence to manage property and collect rent. I'm not being hyperbolic when I say my dad is very stupid when it comes to understanding people. This leads to him being taken advantage of. A tenant will say, oh, i'll pay you tomorrow, tomorrow comes, they don't pay, he gets into a yelling match, the tenant says tomorrow, wash rinse and repeat. I and my mother are worried that he'll do something really stupid and get himself sued and lose the property that my parents are retiring on.

If I can get a judge to rule that my dad is literally crazy, can 100% ownership go to my mother who is currently co-owner?

Answer: No, there is not a legal mechanism in place to deprive someone of their property and right to conduct lawful business because you disagree with the manner in which said business is run.


Title: US Livestreamers must put a disclaimer when they stream sponsored content, could they take multiple sponsors at once so that people don't realize there are two seperate sponsors?

Question:
I'll elaborate a bit more since it was hard to explain with the limited title.

When a streamer does sponsored content, they usually just put #sponsored in the title. It is generally obvious who the sponsor is, for example when they're playing a mobile game, the mobile game is obviously the sponsor.

Could a streamer make their title something like "#sponsored #(energy drink) chilling, playing some (game that is secretly sponsored)"?

Would quickly mentioning that it's a sponsor when they start the stream ( there are few viewers during the first minutes) be enough?

If it's illegal, would there (realistically) be any repercussions?

Disclaimer: This is not a shitpost, *but* if my post is in fact a shit post, then it is still valid due to *friday shitposting*

Answer:
 I mean, this is a splitting hairs post.

What does the law say? It says disclose your sponsors? Then disclose your sponsors.

There’s no “If Who’s on first, you get an extra special birthday pass from the law.”Answer #2: Sponsored content like this is regulated as advertisement, and if it was sponsored by more than one company, you'd have to clearly disclose all of the sponsors.  The disclosure has to be clearly visible, and placed in a way that viewers are likely to see it.

Your first example, with the title, would probably be seen as insufficient, because it doesn't clearly state that you're being sponsored by the makers of the game.

Your second, making the mention during the early parts of the streaming, would probably be OK, as long as it was long enough that viewers could clearly see it.

Realistically, unless somebody reports you to the FTC, nothing would happen.  If somebody did report it, you're very likely to just get a warning letter.  So far as I can tell, the FTC hasn't done more than send a letter or two, but there are people complaining about their lack of enforcement, and I'd hate to be the first one they decided to punish for real.  Federal fines tend to run from "really high" to "utterly ridiculous."Answer #3: I wasn't aware there was any legal requirement for disclaiming sponsors. I was under the impression that they disclosed sponsorship for a mix between bragging rights that a company cares enough to sponsor them and because many viewers feel slighted if someone doesn't disclose sponsorship.


Title: [MN] Is it legal to rent just a bedroom/bathroom in my condo? Eg: I stipulate they can't use the kitchen, living room, balcony, etc?

Question:
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Topic:
Shitty Troll

Answer:
 Dog Law specialist here.

You sound like an awesome landlord!


Title: My wife is dealing with an issue at work and I might of made it worse. Any thoughts?

Question:
My wife put in for a promotion.  Her immediate supervisor quit a few weeks ago.  The supervisor encouraged my wife to apply for the job.   My wife did and she had a great interview.  She has outstanding work ethic.  She has great experience and is very good at what she does.  She is truly the "go to" person in the office.

She came home in tears because they chose to give the promotion to an outside person from another company that worked there before and had quit.  The new hire will also be a direct supervisor for her sister.  The reason my wife didn't get the promotion is because they felt that the other women in the office might not like a lower level staff person to get promoted and be above them.  They were afraid it might change the "office dynamic" by promoting her.  Not because she wasn't the best candidate for the job.

My wife works very hard for her company.  To miss getting a promotion because it might hurt someone else's feelings really hurt my wife.  Plus, she will have to train her new boss and the lady will be supervising her own sister.  It seems very sexist and and involves nepotism.  The strung my wife along from the start when they knew they would go elsewhere.

I am a firefighter.  I have been a firefighter or in the military for 20 years.  We handle things a bit differently.  My wife was pretty upset and I texted her boss and said he was being petty.  I said I didn't like how they had treated her.  Yep, I know I didn't make a right choice.  But, she is my wife.  She was upset.  She didn't know I texted her boss.

My wife works for one of the largest corporations in her market in the world.  It is a large company.

My wife has not been fired.  Is this type of behavior allowed in the corporate world?

Answer:
 Allowed? Sure. I mean, it's not great to hear from employees' family members about how their feelings got hurt, but nobody's going to be knocking on your door to sue you or attempt to get the police to charge you with something.

Oh \- you mean her *employers'* behavior, not yours. Yes, it's allowed. They can bring in an outside hire if they wish unless they were contractually obligated to promote your wife. Nepotism isn't illegal, and I'm not seeing the sexism in hiring a different woman than your wife.

Put simply, you shouldn't have interfered, and should your wife lose her job over it, there's going to be arguably little recourse.

Tell your wife what you did and you should consider, depending on the dynamic, apologizing to those involved. You were former military, so you should know exactly what happens when somebody goes outside the chain of command without attempting to address things within the command structure first \- which is more or less what you've done here.


Title: (CA) Contingency lawyer will resign if I don't agree to low settlement because the opposing counsel is hard to deal with; what happens?

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 Yes you still owe him for the value of the work he did. He would be able to place a claim on any settlement. Another attorney would be able to pick up where this guy left off.

Regarding whether or not somebody else would pick it up – we have no way to answer that. It would be 100% pure speculation.


Title: What will happen to my brother in law if I report him for having child porn? (UK)

Question:
Today I found around 1900 images that seem to be mostly porn of very young children on my brother in laws ipad. Worth mentioning he got in trouble with Facebook before for messaging minors.

I was planning on calling the Police tomorrow and/or taking the ipad to the police station, but what will actually happen to him if I do that?

Will he be arrested and will he have to move back in with us? His brother is my partner and we live with him. I can't tell him because if the guy finds out I know, he will probably delete everything. Thanks if you can help

I posted in r/relationship_advice earlier today: http://www.reddit.com/r/relationship_advice/comments/28q8p2/i_27f_found_child_porn_on_my_boyfriends_little/
Topic:
Criminal Law

Answer: Phone the police. Do not take his ipad. Let the police do that.


Title: Bought PSU from Amazon UK. Connected it to my computer and it fried my GPU. Contacted amazon asking for compensation. Declined.

Question:
So I've started calling them about it. And the person who i was on the phone with said that they don't do compensations. I've asked to speak to their supervisor. And they told me that the supervisor will tell me the same thing. Still i persisted and told them that I wish to speak to a supervisor.

They then told me to hold the line and they would see if the supervisor is free. After about 2 minutes after being placed on hold they pick up the phone and tell me that the supervisor is busy but will definitely call me back later. This happened about 7 times and they supervisor didn't call me once.

Could you guys offer me some help? Maybe some advice as what to do next?
Am I wrong to ask for a compensation? Or am I right?

Thanks a lot.

PS: I live in the UK.

Answer:
 Post this to /r/legaladviceuk for the best responses.

Did your purchase it from the manufacturer, or a third party?  Did you contact the manufacturer of the PSU?

As a vendor, the actions that Amazon can take are limited, especially depending on if they're just the fulfillment center for the order and not the actual vendor you purchased it from.


Title: Screwed by new lease

Question:
I signed my lease with a local apartment building very close to work, I was assured there were no bugs and when I moved in day 3 I saw cockroaches and carpet beetles. I have only been here 6 days but I'm regretting that I even looked at this place.

I have a 1 year contract and with the current state of the building I'm not sure what I can do. From what I've been told getting the landlord to fumigate is a fuetal request as the infestation will just return in a day or so.

I have set up traps and caught a bunch of these fuckers. If by a miracle I can assign a new tenant to take over, I know they would come back to me within a day and the landlord would flip out.

I'm seeking any advice please I'm afraid I'll be stuck in this nightmare for a year

Edit: I brought some corpses to the landlords and they gave me 3 sticky traps and penciled me in for a fumigation in a week.
But the didn't sound surprised at all, no hesitation "oh here ya go" +3 traps

Answer:
 Sprinkle some food grade diatomaceous earth all around and under your fridge, in your cabinets , around your walls, and your oven; pretty much every corner, edge and where food collects.

He's looking to fix the problem, not much you can do. Without your location, not much else advice we can give, it asks for a reason.


Title: [MA] Friend of a friend is undocumented in Boston, got into a car accident with a light post, now worried government is gonna find out he's undocumented. What to do?

Question:
I don't have the full details of the story, I'm just wondering if anyone here knows of any affordable/pro bono RAICES-type lawyers in Boston.

He's willing to pay for the damages but worries that after they come knocking to charge him, ICE will come next..

Answer: Hire an immigration attorney. Stop driving without a license.


Title: Can we sue nasa in a class action about space lies earth lies i feel like if a law firm took it up we could see change also i would like to see a class action against subliminal adverasting how to a put law firms on this H.O US

Answer: Someone's tin foil fell off.


Title: Is it illegal for a United States citizen to make Russian friends and want to learn the Russian language and about the culture?

Question: Is it illegal for a United States citizen to make Russian friends and want to learn the Russian language and about the culture?

Answer:
 Not even close to illegal.Answer #2: Unless you're actively participating in treason or terrorism with a KGB agent, or ISIS member, you're 100% fine.

There are millions of US Citizens of Russian decent living in the country.  And thousands of Russian Citizens within our borders as overseas students, interns, and green card employees.  It'd be beyond absurd to say that it's illegal to be friends with them.


Title: I suspect my stolen goods are being held at a local pawn shop.

Question:
CALIFORNIA - I recently had a number of musical instruments stolen from my car a few days ago. I filed a police report and also claimed the loss against my insurance, but only recently found my receipt and serial numbers. I called a local pawn shop today and suspect that they may have one of my items because this instrument is quite uncommon. They store clerk said that it's not on sale as of yet, as they have just received it and it's going through some sort of "background check."

My question would be: is it wise that I head over to the pawn shop and present my receipt and serial numbers for this suspected stolen items then follow up with the police?

Answer:
 Do not know your location, but the pawn shops generally have to report items to the police and run a check.  Many times pawn shops who do not do their homework get burned when they buy a stolen item.

I would notify the police first and then go to there.  I highly doubt the pawn shop will give you the items without police involvement.


Title: Laws for launching a weather balloon

Question:
So basically my friend and I are going to use a weather balloon to launch a small probe to 100 000 ft. It's kinda a weather balloon but the data collected will be a little different. Anyways, I am in Alberta, Canada, and i need to know what kind of clearance/permit/license i need to launch it. Thanks.
Topic:
Canada

Answer: Aviation regulations are complicated and Garneau just changed them, so your best bet's to call Transport Canada.


Title: Coerced into quitting?

Question:
So I'm posting for a friend.  We are located in Texas.

My friend was the manager and head groomer of a pet grooming salon.  She'd been working there for nearly 2-3 years now with her partner, managing the entire stores.  This January, the owner told her she was broke and ran out of money and would have to close the salon.

Fast Forward to the week the salon is closing, the owner states she lied, she has money but she is just closing the salon because she wants to open up her own mobile grooming salon.

Fast forward to the week after the salon is closed - it's back open.  That's right.  The owner lied and opened the salon.

I'm a Criminal Justice student.  I studied law only as much as I had to to get through in my classes.  However, this seems a bit like coercion?  They didn't quit, they weren't fired.  They were told the salon was closing.  There was a "We are closing forever" sign on the doors.  The owner of the salon was telling customers that they were closing.  But on Monday they were open again.

Now, my friend signed a nondisclosure/non compete stating she wouldn't groom within a 15 mile radius.  She wasn't worried about it at the beginning because the salon was closing - so the disclosure would be moot.  She was already in the works to open her own salon and dog training studio.  However, now that the owner has obviously lied and decided to reopen the salon, this has screwed over my friend - a lot.

The owner is also threatening them stating that they have been stealing from the salon and slandering her name (neither of which are true, the owner is literally a crazy woman).  The woman is also rich, so my friends can't afford a high cost lawyer to "fix" this and are basically working off "Free services".

She spoke to the labor services of TX and they told her basically that it sounds like she was fired. [She and the other 4 staff members who worked there, without knowledge..] and there's nothing that can be done.  I think that's a load of bull.

Can you help us Reddit?

Answer:
 What help does your friend want?

I agree with the labor services board, and I'm not sure why you think what they said is a load of bull. When your employer forces you to leave a job, that's called firing you.


Title: [HOUTX] neighborhood dispute. How badly can you sue a neighbor?

Question: A couple of couples on my street have gotten in arguments with another neighbor on multiple occasions. The verbal parts of it go both ways but a couple of months ago they got into a fistfight. This ended up happening on problem neighbor's yard. Cops showed up but I think they agreed with the cops not to send each other to jail due to missing work, prosecution risk, etc. Jump to now and they get a cease and desist and notice of injury with claims of a "vicious attack", "defamation", violation of leash laws, and violation of hoa covenants. So I guess I would like to ask what their lawyer could be telling them they could accomplish with this, especially if they both didn't insist on charges being pressed the night of the fight.

Answer:
 Suing someone only really ever gets you repaid for whatever damages you have.

So unless the suing party has medical bills/missed work/etc. from the event then there's nothing to sue over.


Title: How do i take a company like asus to small claims court?

Question:
I live in kansas city missouri, and I would like to take ASUS to small claims court.

I tried to RMA my graphics card (290x) and they don't seem to have a replacement unit for it. They tried to give me a worse card (380x) than I originally had. Two weeks ago I asked for a card of equivalent value (390 or 290x) and have since sent more emails but have not heard back to any of them.

Small claims court confuses me because I am not very smart. So it would be a big help if any of you could help me file a claim.

Answer: While unconventional, I highly recommend going to Newegg/Amazon, finding the exact model of the item you had, and leaving a terrible review for it, including the RMA experience you have had so far.   They normally have staff on there to answer problems that customers have dealt with, and you may just get them to take a second look at yours.   Plus, it is a lot cheaper than pursuing a "real" court option right off the bat. Answer #2: You would need to serve a registered agent of ASUS within the jurisdiction of the court, or receive permission from the Court to serve ASUS through the Secretary of State's office in Missouri.


Title: what are my legal obligations if someone asks police to do "wellness check" on me?

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 Where specifically in the US is going to matter, OP; there's going to be a lot of difference between the law on this in, say, Texas and the law on this in New York or California.

So, keeping in mind I'm not a lawyer or American: keep records of *everything* your dad says and does. Log every phonecall, make a copy of every text, document it if he shows up where you live or work.
Since you're already concerned that he's going to get the police involved, it may be a good idea to beat him to it - contact them on the non-emergency line and state that he's been harassing you, you've made it clear that you don't want him in your life and he's refusing to leave you alone.

If the police do show up to do a wellness check, I'm not sure if you *have* to let them in or talk to them, but it might be a good idea to at least talk with them at the door. They're going to be checking for things like are you a danger to yourself or others; are you being deprived of necessities (food, water, medicine, etc).

I'm *assuming* you're an adult or an emancipated minor.


Title: My roommate/friend is applying for a law enforcement job and the PD wants my name, DOB, phone #, and email...why do they need all this info

Answer:
 Because he is using you as a reference on his background investigation.

So they are going to check you out to some extent to make sure that he's not associating with criminals or known felons, as well as to see how reliable what you have to say might be.


Title: Rude tenant demanding handicap bathroom

Question: There is a tenant on my property who is demanding to have a handicap bathtub installed. She is in a wheelchair. The tenant is living there under a sisters name so she is actually not the person the place was rented to. The property management company is saying we need to do it because she can cause problems legally.. how true is that? The tub would cost thousands and we'd have to do major changes to the bathroom. Side note, the lady is also extremely rude to everyone. Literally cuzes us all out and screams at people. I really want her off my property, she is always a pain to deal with and treats us all badly. What can I do? This is in California by the way.

Answer:
 Generally speaking, a landlord does not have the right to refuse an accommodation request for a disability protected by the ADA, so long as the request is reasonable.  Here, a request for shower grab bars or handicapped bathtub is likely going to be viewed as a reasonable request.

However, it is not clear that the landlord is on the hook for paying for such a modification, particularly where this "tenant" is not even on the lease.  Typically, the landlord cannot refuse the tenant from making the modification, but does not necessarily have to pay for the modification - California law only requires that the landlord permit the modification, at the tenant's expense.  And the tenant would be on the hook for restoring the property to its original state upon lease termination.  See Cal. Civil Code § 54.1.  See also http://www.accessiblehousing.org/rights/modifications.asp and https://www.tobenerlaw.com/tenants-with-disabilities/


Title: [UT,USA] Neighbor put a fence and retaining wall on my property (with permission), and is now selling his house. How to handle it?

Question:
I live in an area that has really steep slopes, and not a ton of room between houses. My property is anywhere from 1 to 6 feet higher than my neighbor's, and I have a retaining wall along about half of our shared property line to retain our property.

We didn't communicate our plans well enough, however, and he put some concrete stairs in next to our retaining wall, which made it impossible for him to fence off his yard (he thought we were bringing our fence higher). He asked if he could add about 15 feet of fence to connect with his, and so we ended up with a roughly 15x2 section of our yard that is on their side of the fence but on our property.

The way they fenced it off also necessitated some extra retention, so he built and has maintained another section of retention that is mostly on our property.

So, now we have their fence on our property and a retaining wall that is mostly on our property. We were just trying to be good neighbors and work something out that would work for both of us, given the difficulty of the terrain we built on. It has worked out just fine for now, but they recently put their house up for sale and we've had a few conversations about how to handle that situation.

What kind of problems have I set myself up for with this arrangement, and are there any ways to resolve/mitigate them?

**Edit:** The specific concerns I have (there may be more things I should be worried about) are:

1) Whoever purchases my neighbor's house will want some sort of protection against me (or a subsequent owner of my property) from changing the fence/retention in such a way that they can no longer fence in their yard or retain that part of the property properly.

2) I do not want to have maintenance responsibilities or liability for a retaining wall I cannot see and have no direct access to.

Answer:
 Well, I'm not a lawyer and I don't know anything about UT law but since you permitted this it may or may not be difficult to undo it now. How long has it been like this? I would provide a shitty MS paint diagram as it will be much easier for people to follow.

If I was your neighbor and you told me I had to undo all my work holding the earth back after you allowed me to do it I'd probably be pissed especially if I was trying to sell the place. Answer #2: You can create an easement.  Or you can sell him the relevant strip of land.


Title: Job is offering more money to new hires, not giving raises

Question:
I work at a call center and have been here for a little over a year. I will not give details but we are in Washington state and everyone doing this specific job is making at least minimum wage for our city.

Recently, HR updated the job posting for standard customer service agents to $2 an hour more than we are currently making. This is listed directly on their website. So far, the company has not issued an official statement, but HR confirmed privately that they are not giving raises to existing employees.

My coworkers are talking about all calling out at once, but I do not want to do that. I am also not in a position where I can just quit. What can we legally do to demand a raise without getting ourselves in trouble?

I am also sorry if this is the wrong place for this post.

Answer:
 > What can we legally do to demand a raise without getting ourselves in trouble?

Nothing at all. They could fire all of you for making such a demand. You don't have the right to a raise. Answer #2: You can ask.

As long as you are getting minimum wage there's no law that says they need to pay their experienced staff more or equal to what they pay new starters. They could pay every single person who works there something different if they wanted to.

It doesn't make a lot of business sense to piss of your experienced staff - but it's not illegal.

Answer #3: Ask your boss if you'll make more if you quit and re-apply.

But absent a contract, they can pay the new people more than the old people if they want to.


Title: My Mom died and left 2 safe deposit boxes in Florida, I live in Maryland, what should I do?

Question:
My Mom passed away about a year ago. I was her only heir and had power of attorney for her. I took care of her estate without hiring an attorney, as it was not complicated (i.e. paid the bills, collected on a minor insurance policy etc.). There was not a lot left over after everything was settled. I thought that I was finished with it, but I just got a bill from Bank of America for a safe deposit box that I didn't know she had. She was rather confused the last few years and probably forgot about it. I called BoA and they told me that she actually had two safe deposit boxes and that my brother's name also was on both of them. My brother lived with my Mom in Florida, but died several years before my mother did.
I doubt that there is anything of great value in either of the boxes, but still am curious about them. I have my mother's and my brother's death certificates, her will naming me as sole heir and the power of attorney paper for her. I do not have keys for the boxes or even know exactly which branch of BOA they are in in Florida. How could I go about claiming the contents of these boxes? And do you think that it's worth the trouble? Has anyone had an experience like this? Was the contents of the box worth the effort and expense of getting it?

Answer: Never assume there's nothing of value in them . I'm telling you this from experience . Recently a grate uncle passed no children no wife . No one knew he had a deposit box . Well there was $ 21.000 in savings bond's and a cash value life  insurance policy . It would be wise to find out exactly what's in those deposit box's.


Title: I'm a paranoid 17 year old.

Question: [deleted]

Answer: Yup.  The CHiP Cigarette Squad will be on the case.  Ice T is gonna knock some heads to find these kids BEFORE MORE PEOPLE DIE!    You're fine.  Stop worrying, chill.  No one is going through security camera film unless there is a robbery or the till is short.  It's ok, don't do it again.   Answer #2: California penal code 308 is the relevant law here. It only speaks to possession by a minor and sale to a minor. Since there was no sale and no possession I woudn't worry about it. Tell your friend that if you give them a ride you expect them not to try and break the law.


Title: My mother under investigation

Question:
Hi all, throwaway account due to the nature of my question

I’m Rebecca (age 23) and my mother(age 45) (grace for the question) live in Australia.

She currently being investigated by the police and was asked a lot of questions about how she raised me and what happened mostly about potential child abuse and sexual assault.

They want to interview me next they came to my workplace and started asking questions in front of everyone about how I was raised ect, I’m just wondering do I have to answer them and can I stop them coming to my workplace and asking some rather embarrassing questions around my co workers

Thanks all any more information please ask
Topic:
Non-US

Answer:
>they came to my workplace and started asking questions in front of everyone about

This seems very unprofessional. You certain that were real cops?


Title: My ex is sleeping with my child’s former teacher.

Question:
Let me first say—I have already filed motion to hold my ex in contempt of court for numerous other reasons than the stated title. I am also petitioning to have our custody agreement modified.

With all the contempt’s I already have against him.. would him sleeping with our child’s former teacher be one to include this motion? I ask because it is our child’s “former” teacher, but do not know how long this was going on before her parting ways with the school.
Topic:
Custody Divorce and Family

Answer: Who cares? Why do you think this is a legal issue? Two consenting adults don't need your permission to have sex.


Title: [CA] Is it illegal to not wear a bra under clothing? Can a female get arrested if the shape of her nipples or color of her aereolas show through clothing?

Question: I have a serious medical condition that makes wearing bras painful, so I usually go braless.  That's limited me to using about a tenth of my wardrobe - only the heavier fabrics and looser cuts that don't hug my chest.  Nipple shields discolor my skin and the adhesive also irritates.  I have dark aereolas and notice that under some clothing they're visible.  Could I be arrested for them being visible and/or the shape of my nipples being visible? Thanks.

Answer:
 It's not illegal not to wear a bra.   But if you are hanging out all over the place or your clothes are transparent, you could be asked to leave private businesses.   You are opening yourself up to more street harassment than usual as well.

There are alternatives, like tank tops and camisoles.  Answer #2: California law does not mandate any specific article of clothing for any person, outside of a few rare situations. You are not required to wear a bra in public.

[Indecent exposure](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=314.&lawCode=PEN) is as follows:

> Every person who willfully and lewdly, either:
>
> 1. Exposes his person, or the private parts thereof, in any public place, or in any place where there are present other persons to be offended or annoyed thereby; or,
>
> 2. Procures, counsels, or assists any person so to expose himself or take part in any model artist exhibition, or to make any other exhibition of himself to public view, or the view of any number of persons, such as is offensive to decency, or is adapted to excite to vicious or lewd thoughts or acts,
>
> is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Going braless under a shirt generally doesn't constitute exposing your private parts willfully and lewdly.


Title: [OH] Clocked going 85 in a 65 and received a court summons. I have a few questions.

Question:
Sorry if this is the wrong sub, but here it goes...

First of all, yes, I was doing 85; and yes, I realize that I'm a dumb-ass for speeding like that. I will NOT be speeding again.  I'm 17 and this is my first offense. I was nice to the cop, referring to him as "officer" or "sir," and he was nice back to me. After handing him my license (with no proof of insurance or registration because the car is my Dad's), he went back to his car and later came out with a court summons for me (and no ticket). This is my first encounter with being pulled over, so I have a few questions:

* Why did I receive a summons and not a ticket?
*  What, typically, are the repercussions from speeding at 20 mph above the speed limit (fines, points on license, insurance prices)?
* Since I'm only 17, will my license be suspended?
* Should I lawyer up?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Answer:
 * You received a summons probably because in your jurisdiction going 20 over may be a misdemeanor rather than simply an infraction.

* Repercussions can include all of those things including loss of license, fines, points on license, massive insurance increase, and if it is a misdemeaonor jail time and/or probation.

* Very likely your license will be suspended.  You've proven that you are extremely irresponsible, and willing to endanger yourself and everyone else on the road for a cheap thrill.

* Hell yes you should lawyer up.


Title: A website has been profiting from images of me and other people for years. What are my options?

Question:
I'm from Arkansas. The pictures of me were taken in Texas.

This website has also recently published a book based on these images but I'm unsure if I'm in that book. I haven't found a copy of it yet.

Answer: Who originally took the pictures? If a photographer then they own the rights to those pictures and can sell those rights to anyone they like.


Title: Angry lady next door

Question:
I know this isn't the ideal place for this post but I got banned from the subreddit I wanted to put this on so here it goes:

In our hotel this lady next door is screaming at her teenage kids, who we know to be talented and respectful people.

She is the most angry person I've ever heard! The other night she was yelling at the poor man behind the front desk about "ripping her off."

The walls are really thin and I can't sleep because she is yelling 24/7. Last night it got to the point where I had to go and bang on her door because she was being so loud.

In retaliation she stood outside her room and started slamming the door for over an hour.

I don't know what to do. Should we try to have a private word with her or her kids, or should we leave it alone?

Edit: We are in Italy.

Answer:
 Have you reported this woman to the front desk? If not, start there. Ask for a room change.

What sub were you banned from?


Title: How do I go about getting in contact with the state about a court matter?

Answer:
 > Because one of the exclusion zones includes a busy intersection that I have to cross through to get home.

So it wasn't an accident you entered one of them, but rather deliberate? That's going to look bad.

The bottom line here is that if you don't like the conditions of your release, you're free to wait for trial in jail. If you believe the conditions are unreasonable, you need an attorney, and you need to start taking those conditions a _lot_ more seriously until you get one. That the courts have been lenient with your conduct so far is nothing short of miraculous: plenty of people end up back in jail outright on the first violation, or are required to pay a bond if they violate the terms of a PR release.

This isn't you being treated unfairly out of the blue. This is the consequences of accepting the recognizance bond as offered, after a properly-authorized arrest for a crime. Given the crime of which you still stand accused, taking steps to ensure you do not re-offend while out on release is generally acceptable; you may know your innocence or guilt, but the courts do not.


Title: College housing denying me accommodations with my medical conditions

Question:
Hello all,
I am a freshmen at a college where we live in floors of over 50 students.I have a CPAP machine that I use every night. I have to disassemble and clean the CPAP machine every night in the communal bathroom that over 50 students use everyday, which my doctor believes poses a big risk of contamination to the CPAP machine.
I requested a single dorm with a private bathroom so I could clean and disassemble the CPAP machine without the risk of contamination and upper respiratory infection that would be present with a communal bathroom environment that many college students use.
My request was denied and I was only given a single dorm room.
Any help or information that would help me with this college housing situation would be very helpful.

Answer:
 What BS CPAP are you on? First, get yourself a cleaner if your that anal about it. Aren't you using a vinegar solution anyway?

At the end of the day, that others use the bathroom isn't the contamination risk, its whether or not you the sink is clean. Can't you just wipe it down with bleach, rinse, add your hose and mask maybe put some cling wrap over it to keep people out?

oooo You can get one of those baby tubs and just keep it in your room!!!!

Seriously though, you might want to talk to your doc about a different CPAP. I mean, I guess I am a nasty slob cause I clean it maybe MAYBE once a month.


Title: Is it illegal to own/drive a car that has very black/dark windows? (OHIO, US)

Question: Like, from the inside it's transparent but from the outside you can't see what's inside the car.

Answer: Google “Ohio window tint laws”


Title: 7 year old niece being abused

Question: I live in Denver CO, my niece lives in Aurora CO. My 7 year old niece is being sexually and physically abused by her father, and her mother is being negligent and allowing this to happen. Ive seen the injuries on her body as I was babysitting her over the summer last year, and Ive suspected this abuse has been going on since she was in pampers because of strange things like her getting yeast infections when she was as small as 1 yrs old, developing herpes like boils on her bottom at 5, the fact that her father supported the sexual abuse of his sister by his father, etc. My family and I have also witnessed him getting physically violent with my niece, we've seen deep puncture wounds on the bottom of her feet and have witnessed him punching my niece on the head because she wouldnt hug us goodbye after a visit a few years ago. Ive also had several other people confirm the sexual abuse was happening, but unfortunately her father has many people supporting him in this abuse and nobody will do anything to stop it. Ive called the police in May 2019, and they essentially left the home after the initial attempt at contact because nobody opened the door for them. Nothing has been done since. I contacted cps last summer (June 2018), and they took several weeks until they finally did anything, they never contacted the police or opened up an investigation and instead opted to believe everything my sister and her boyfriend told them. When I contacted child protective services again in June 2019, they didnt even open up the case and refuse to explain to me why they will do nothing. Since May my niece has been very ill but her mother refuses to take her to the doctor. I was told by my sister (her mother) that Ive only made things worse for my niece after I contacted the police in May and they did nothing, and my sister has become even more abusive and controlling of my niece. Im heartbroken, and I dont know how to help my niece. Im scared for her life. Any advice would be appreciated.

Answer: Keep reporting even if previous attempts felt fruitless.  It's exhausting but keep up the reports.  If CPS and local police have been negligent see who else you can report them to.  Hang in there.Answer #2: I'm not saying OP is right or wrong I didnt look at her page or anything but just because CPS and the cops were involved and said its fine doesnt mean that it is. I have a crackhead neighbor who has 8 kids all ages who constantly are wandering the streets at night, scrawny,  dirty and underfed.  Their house is so filthy. They dont have clothes that fit and they are NEVER with an adult. The state has been called multiple times, the cops have caught her for drugs while pregnant etc.. and she still has a her kids and continues to neglect them. She just popped one out and 4 days later was walking the streets with no baby.  And just for some clarity my town has 6500 ppl and like 27 cops. So it's not lack of resources. Idk why but it's a sad state of affairs. I truly hope that little girl isnt being abused.


Title: Fired for civil Twitter exchange

Question:
I recently was fired from my low-level broadcasting job for an exchange I had on Twitter. It started when someone called me out for what they claimed was a sexist joke on air. It was not a sexist joke (you'll have to take my word on that as I wish to maintain anonimity for the moment), it merely referenced the fact that I happen to find women prettier than men. I engaged them in conversation, some famous people in the industry got involved, and I tried to push back on their position that ALL jokes that even reference male-to-female attraction are sexist. Despite it all remaining civil, and the famous people eventually ceding the one point I was trying to get them to accept, my employer fired me simply because they didn't want to be in any way involved in controversy.

The way it went down is ridiculous, and while I don't want to punish my employer I also don't want to just rollover and take it. I know I won't get the job back, and the money isn't that big a deal, but I'm presented with what might be an opportunity to strike a blow for rational, open discussion and I want to know if there's a chance it might succeed.

I'm looking for an employment/social media lawyer, preferably in the Sacramento, California area (that's where I live), that might be interested in discussing it with me. Anyone have any helpful ideas?

Answer:
 Did you have a contract? If you didn't have a contract, it means you work "at-will" and can be fired for little or even no reason at all.

> my employer fired me simply because they didn't want to be in any way involved in controversy.

With no contract, this is perfectly legal.Answer #2: If you don’t have an employment contract you have absolutely no case.


Title: [FL] The leasing office gave us a moving date for an apartment that the current tenant is still living in and will not move out until next month. What are my options in terms of getting my deposit back?

Question:
The apartment that we are staying in set a move in date last month for April 11 and we spent week after week ordering furniture to have it delivered on move in day, setting an appointment for the cable guy to arrive on the day we move.

I got a phone call today from the leasing manager who said that the apartment with a move in date of April 11 was set incorrectly and it was meant to be May 11. That really messed us up really hard because now we have to call the cable company to cancel the appointment. Call the furniture company to reschedule or cancel the appointment. It’s a mess. They offered a similar apartment that’s available immediately but at a higher rent.

If we decide to cancel the move in and go somewhere else and we want the deposit back, do we have a case against the leasing office because they were the ones that screwed up. We will ask for the deposit but if they refuse, do I have a legal case to get it back?

Answer: A lease is a legal document. “I made a mistake” doesn’t cut it. Call your local tenant’s association- best case scenario they may have to let you move into the other available unit at the rate you agreed on for the first unit.  They are trying to get you to pay more, but they don’t have a keg to stand on in my jurisdiction, not sure of yours.


Title: College student Misdemeanor in Ohio.

Question: So on thursday me and a friend went to smoke in their call when the police had showed up as we were walking back to the dorm. In the end I was charged with possession of marijuana - less than bulk and possession of paraphernalia. My court case is monday. I'm wondering how will this go and what should I do from here. I don't have enough money for a lawyer and afraid I may lose my pell grant and Fafsa loans. Any advice from here on out will be nice. This is also my first offense.

Answer: If convicted you will lose your student loans and your drivers license. You cannot go to jail for this, so you you cannot get a public defender. You need to hire an attorney. Many universities in Ohio have student legal clinic.  See if yours does. If not, call your parents and beg for money to hire an attorney.


Title: Financial Advisor lost a lot of money for family member

Question:
I am helping an elderly family member deal with an issue with a financial adviser he was using. I have been helping him for around 9 months, and am not sure which route to go now. I am not sure what rights he has or what a reasonable request would be.

This 78 year old man had around $200k in retirement savings as of 2012 and had no investment experience. His goal was to be able to withdraw around $1500 a month until his death which was expected to last around 15 years (He was 72 in 2012). He found a financial adviser that convinced him to give him the money, and filled out the forms with an aggressive risk profile and with decades of investment experience. He agreed to this because the adviser reassured him. In hindsight he should have been in such risky investments and should have been more diversified.

There was obvious churning but he was doing fine for a couple years. In 2013, the adviser made a few bad trades and lost a large amount of money, and then took on increasingly risky investments to recoup the losses. He began trading options and losing quite a bit. He was unsuccessful in recouping the losses. My family member now has <$10k 6 years later. He also didn't know what was happening to him until it was too late. He repeatedly questioned his adviser , who repeatedly reassured him.

Finally he reached out to the adviser's firm once it was too late. FINRA investigated the adviser, he was fired, fined and suspended from advising for some amount of time.

We are now trying to recoup some of these losses from the adviser firm. FINRA is involved but they are not being very responsive. They do not acknoweledge any points we bring up, and have low balled him with $10k but without any math to support that number. As an outsider, this story is clear negligence and poor judgement on both the firm and the adviser. I feel we have provided enough evidence to support our points, but they don't even acknowledge our points. Their recent letter stated that they would only be willing to offer something much lower than the losses that occurred in the account which added up to $62k.

1. Should we expect to receive any real compensation from the firm? Any advice on how to determine is fair?
2. By my math, if he had invested in something appropriate like a Vanguard retirement fund, he would have over $200k remaining, and would have been able to withdraw the same amount over the period. This is the benchmark we are using for claiming the amount of money that we are claiming. Is this an appropriate route?
3. Any advice on how to approach this or what to include in our letters? We are providing phone records to prove that the adviser made trades without notifying anybody.
4. Would a lawyer be useful in this situation without costing too much? My family member does not want to go that route, but I think it would be helpful to at least talk to a lawyer to see what they said.
5. Can we expect FINRA to get involved in a real way to facilitate helping?
6. Is there any risk to me in helping my family member in this process and write letters? I am not a lawyer or a licensed financial adviser.

Answer:
 get an attorney.  This is technically a professional malpractice case, which is complicated and very fact specific.

It sounds like the investment company was insured against employee malpractice (or similar).  If they weren't they wouldn't be making you an offer to settle.  Don't agree to anything, don't speak to them directly.  Get an attorney and let them take over from here.  I'm willing to bet that once an attorney gets involved the firm will be more amiable to settling.


Title: Best approach to avoid a paternity suit?

Question:
Location: Virginia / Kentucky

Situation: When my wife and I met, she lived in Kentucky, and I lived in Virginia.  At the time she lived with her ex, who is a registered sex offender.  She and I were friends over social media.  She decided that she needed to be away from him because he had become emotionally and physically abusive, and I offered to let her stay in my spare room until she could find a path forward.  Within a month of her coming here, we became more than friends, and she got pregnant pretty quickly after that.  We got married, courthouse style.  Not glamorous I know, but that's 7 years ago and we are still together and happier than most couples seem to be.  Our child was born at 37 weeks, which is about 3 weeks short of normal.  Any obstetrician can tell you with certainty that there is no way her ex is my child's father. It is close though, and a stupid / malicious person could look at the birth date and try to make something of it, since it is only about 4-6 weeks from possible based on when she left there.  The ex has been in and out of prison a couple times since, but recently the grapevine tells us that he is trying to get his life back in order.  My concern is that he might make a claim for paternity and get a judge to grant him temporary custody somehow. I can't allow an abusive sex offender near my baby. Is this possible or am I just being silly?  Is there anything we can do to premptively deter or outright prevent this from happening?  We considered getting a paternity test done just so we had the results handy, but I've heard there are different testing requirements for courts and we weren't sure what we needed exactly.

Topic:
Custody Divorce and Family

Answer:
 1) Babies born between 37-40 weeks are considered full-term, so you're child was not "3 weeks short of normal".

2) If you were married at the time of the birth and are on the birth certificate, you are the presumptive father.

3) As you have been the father for 7 years, the state considers you to legally be the father.

> Is there anything we can do to premptively deter or outright prevent this from happening?

No. But, if you are concerned, it might be in your best interest to speak to a family law attorney. Don't do anything like a paternity test until you've discussed possible ramifications with your attorney.


Title: It's possible to get a DUI on a bicycle, but are there any repercussions to refusing a breathalyzer on one?

Question:
This is not related to anything I'm personally going through or planning to go through, simply a purely hypothetical question I have had a surprisingly difficult time getting a straight answer to - maybe somebody here can shed some light...

So when you get your drivers license, you agree to submit to field sobriety tests should an officer pull you over, and refusal to submit results in an automatic suspension of your license. The rationale behind this seems pretty clear: a car is not a toy, and driving is a potentially deadly privilege, so in exchange for the license you cede to the police the authority to ensure that you are exercising that privilege legally and responsibly, or they can take that privilege away for noncooperation.

BUT, you can get a DUI on a bicycle, which you don't need a license (and thus don't need to make the same agreement of implied consent) to operate, so can you lose your license for refusing a test while on a bike? If you don't have a license, the issue is rendered somewhat moot, as there would be nothing to revoke in the event of a refusal, but say you have a license to operate a car, and are simply choosing to bike instead - could you lose your license for refusing to submit to a field test, even though you're not 'using' the license at that point in time? If so, it seems like anybody who has a license has basically agreed to be stopped and breathalyzed at any time & place, for any reason, even walking down the sidewalk.

Any insights anybody might be able to offer would be greatly appreciated, as I've been rolling this question over and over in my head ever since it occurred to me.

EDIT: I'm in Colorado, but am curious about this question in a more general sense as well.

Answer:
 according to the first three Google results, yep, they can charge you, but refusal to blow won't be relevant to your license. however, since dui can include losing the license, that could still be an end result, just as sentencing as opposed to automatic. Answer #2: It's very state-specific because every state's DUI and implied consent laws is written slightly differently, and every state has different caselaw regarding implied consent.

In states where the DUI statute and implied consent statute apply to "vehicles" instead of "motor vehicles", bicycle riders are often subject to both the criminal charges of DUI and the administrative penalties of implied consent.

A good example case from Pennsylvania is [Bilka v. Commonwealth](http://www.pennsylvaniaduilawyersblog.com/2014/07/01/bicyclists-must-submit-breath-blood-testing-pennsylvanias-implied-consent-law-commonwealth-court-holds/).   My google-fu doesn't find a comparable case in Colorado, but suggests that the same principles hold because [Colorado bicyclists can be convicted of DUI](http://www.westword.com/news/drunk-cycling-is-denvers-new-bike-dui-policy-harsher-than-rules-in-other-states-5862111).

I don't agree with your "any time and any place" argument, since walking down the sidewalk doesn't involve operating a vehicle.

I've seen police intervene with drunken bicyclists, it was a rider who had fallen over three times before he was able to get a block from the bar.   They locked up his bike and gave him a ride home.


Title: Moving into a new rental house, plumbing backed up the first day. Just found out the water damage ruined close to $1000 worth of my belongings. We don't have renter's insurance (yet). Who's liable?

Question: [deleted]

Answer: Did you get documentation from the plumber that shows the cause of the problem? If not, get that.


Title: [MI] I'm paying child support on time and in the full amount, but it's still garnished from my paycheck?

Question:
I'm supposed to pay around $30 a month for child support, as I'm a student and don't have much income. I've been paying it just fine and on time, but I looked at my paycheck and there was additional charges taken out of the check. So I'm actually paying 150% of what was ordered, but I'm sure that garnishment would be higher if I made more.

I'd call the friend of the court to get some insight, but they're not open today.

I tried googling it but it was just a bunch of articles stating that if your ex doesn't pay child support you can garnish his wages. But the thing is the order was made 2 months ago and I paid back all of it on time, including the retroactive child support from when I moved out to when the order was created.

It's not really about the money since it's so little to get frustrated with, but I'm just getting several papers and notices a week and constantly getting charged fees and now garnished paychecks. I'm just looking for some help understanding this.

I can't wait to get my daughter off medicaid so we can just opt out of friend of the court. We are very agreeable and FoTC just seems to get in the way and take our money and time.
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Update:

So I'm assuming they just automatically deduct the amount from my paycheck, ($15 because my payment amount is $30 and I'm paid bi-weekly). I'm still going to call them whenever they're open and double check though. Honestly they are sending entirely too much paperwork and notices and stuff, I can't keep track of anything much less comprehend everything I'm reading! It also doesn't help my case worker went on leave half way through the process and I was assigned a new one who completely redid the support order. I'll have to sit down with her and make sure I have everything completed and understood.

Thanks for the input everyone.

Answer:
 That is quite possibly the lowest amount of child support I have ever seen ordered.

With that being said, you need to go to court and find out what is happening.

The garnishment could be because you owe back child support or you didn't pay it when ordered.  Too many possibilities and I cannot tell based on the facts of your post.Answer #2: Just call them on Monday and tell them that you've been paying on time (have proof in front of you and be prepared to make copies to send to them) but that you're also seeing it being garnished from your checks. If they say that an error was made, clarify with them whether they want to keep the IWO in place or if they'd rather you make the payments yourself every month. Some states automatically do an IWO if they can to avoid nonpayment, but be sure to clarify with them what they want to be done going forward.

If you've been overpaying, you may be able to ask them to apply it to future months, or they may reimburse you. There's a few different ways it could go if you've been overpaying so make sure you ask what all of your options are if that's the case.

If you believe you've been overpaying and they say you haven't, request a pay history so you can verify it yourself. Hope that helps.


Title: Child Support Help. My pay was reduced by 25% (California)

Question: So my ex and I split last August and we share a now 8 year old daughter. The original child support order was based on my then pay and the fact that our daughter stayed with her mom 55% of the time. Since January our daughter has been staying with me 57% of the time and just last week my pay was reduced by about 25%. I know these two things alone should lower my payments but my ex had a new baby a few months ago and I was told by a couple of people she's supposed to report this to the child support office especially since she doesn't work and receives Medi-Cal and Cash Aid. Is she supposed to report this? Does it help me or hurt me that she has a new baby? Is her laziness a factor in going to court since she is able to work but refuses to? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. And yes I know I should have changed the order when my daughter started staying with my the majority of the time, please bear with me..

Answer: You should speak with a lawyer who will help you file for an adjustment of the child support order.


Title: Real Estate ~ Seller intentionally did not disclose issues and told tenants to withhold info

Question:
I closed on 4-plex real estate investment property in Arizona less than a month ago, and when I came to meet tenants I found there were several unaddressed issues. The property was a gut rehab and tenants moved in about a month before closing. Sellers are frequent house flippers.

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In speaking with my tenants there are electrical and mechanical issues (e.g. water heater not working, laundry violently shaking house, power shorts, etc.) that were not disclosed by seller (all 4 units are having the same issues). The tenants were living in the units at the time and were complaining about these issues to seller, and the responses they received were that the problems would be fixed and they were told not to disclose these issues to the buyer (me) or inspector about these problems that they were facing. I asked them to send me screenshots of these recorded conversations.

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I am trying to determine the best path to proceed. My instincts were to send a letter, maybe giving them a certain amount of time to fix the problems before I would take care of the repairs and bill them.

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Do the sellers have liability for the repairs?

Is directing tenants to withhold disclosure to me and inspector so that they could pass inspection considered fraud?

Answer:
 > they were told not to disclose these issues to the buyer (me) ***or inspector*** about these problems that they were facing. I asked them to send me screenshots of these recorded conversations.

Nice. Not disclosing information to the inspector is illegal - you can tell the inspector and he and you can go after the seller in court.


Title: Can a man who has been proven to be neglectful win partial custody?

Question:
Triggers: removal of condom via coitus with one party unawares, mental and child abuse.

Question that Kay asks: Can the father of my children ask for shared custody of our children when it has been proven that he is a neglectful, mentally abusive person?

Warning: Long post, obligatory apologies.

BG: My best friend, Kay(27F), has been married to Dick(32M)from the time she was nineteen but they have been legally separated on and off for the past couple of years.

Kay and Dick have had their ups and downs. They met one another at a party hosted by a friend and Kay remembers that she fell for him because of his smile. Three months into their relationship, she becomes pregnant with their first child(while in an argument, he had admitted that he had removed the protection on multiple occasions while they were engaging in passionate hugging. "I was afraid you would leave me if I didn't do it"). Unfortunately, DD had to spend a few months in the NICU(she's a totally happy four year old now with little to no issues now) but when in hospital he literally was more excited about possibly riding in a helicopter than the real issue of "she may have to get air lifted to another hospital because the fluid under her lung kept coming back".

Things escalated as whenever Kay wanted to go see her he "didn't have the gas", promising her that they would go and see DD soon. Kay remembers when he brought his mom to see her in NICU and his mom was SICK and DD was due for a blood transfusion.

When DD was about three, they were in the parking lot of a fast food joint and while Kay and her mother, Mrs. Gloria, were taking DS out of his car seat, Dick was supposed to keep an eye on DD. Instead, he was on his phone and DD had run up to the front door of the eatery. Dick then berates Kay for not watching DD.

Six months down the line, she is taking care if two children by herself as he is in their bed, feet kicked up and playing a farm game that he downloaded on his laptop.

In her own words: He is mentally abusive, telling me that my anxiety in in my own head and telling our daughter to her face that I hate him. His neglectful nature with the kids (buys toys, pullups, a few clothes, milk and juice) only 3 times has he willingly taken DD to her therapy NEVER took her to ONE doctor appointment when she has 6 doctors. But he's also never bought medicine that the insurance couldn't cover (my MOM had to pay 32 dollars four 3 throat numbing suckers during DD's tonsil removal. And he tries to play the "I'm a good dad" card. Constantly rough plays with my nieces and makes them cry because he pulled them too hard, ditches the kids to play firefighter(THIS IS NOT AN ACTUAL JOB he volunteers and willingly abandons DD and DS to help when he is not needed).

While this may not be relative to the situation, HE doesn't think it was wrong to sleep with other girls while we are still legally married? Cause I looked and it says even separated in the eyes of the STATE that's infidelity if you're still married.

He then continued to remove the protection, insult me for my issues that I can just "get over it", insulting me for never getting a job (cant get a job because my Bechets syndrome and anxiety) told me he actually did only marry me because he on purpose got me pregnant and he wanted a family so badly when I told him I wanted to wait until I was older and more mentally prepared and had a house and money to support a child.

Ended up just living with my parents.

Stopped paying my parents rent for living there so he got kicked out not once but TWICE. When our daughter was frightened by a fire truck, full on sobbing because the horn scared her, he screamed at her to stop crying.

He let's the kids wander while we are in Wally world, ignoring my specific instructions either hold their hand or keep them in the buggy.

I have to remind him to buy specific brand of pullups and the size to get them in(still gets size wrong or get the box size wrong I always get 100+ pullups and he gets the 44 pullups that don't last). He believes he'd get shared custody because he's the one that buys their stuff and I "keep him from the kids" which is NOT true I've repeatedly told him "You are more than welcome to come every day and see them you just have to let me know you're coming just in case if kids and I are in town for doctor appointment"

Their fights have escalated to where DD gets involved and he has told her that "daddy isn't mad at your mommy, your momma just hates your daddy."

With all of this information, will Dick be able to properly file for partial custody?

Answer: Yes, the child's father has every right to partial custody and nothing in this post leads me to believe it wouldn't be granted.


Title: Brother got hurt bad at work, what are his options? (Wisconsin)

Question:
So my brother is currently in the hospital after a bad accident at work and I am trying to help him figure out what his options are.

Basically what happened is that someone else he was working with was not paying attention and basically crushed his leg with a press.

He had a compound fracture of his femur and needed a 4 hour surgery to fix it (he almost lost his leg). The doctor said he will be out of work for 9-12 months!

So, what are his options here? Work should be paying workers comp I am guessing, but what about lost wages for being off work 9-12 months?

Any help would be appreciated, or if I need to add more info, let me know.

Thanks!
Topic:
Labor Law

Answer:
 I'm a workers compensation attorney, not in your state.

Your brother should hire a local workers compensation attorney. He should describe what happened because, if the press that crushed him was faulty, there may be an additional claim against the maker of the press.

For now his primary concern should be doing what the doctors ask and getting better.  Good luck.


Title: Does my lease agreement supersede state law? (Mississippi, US)

Question:
I signed a one year lease beginning Nov. 1, 2015. The lease states "The term of this lease shall be one year commencing on 11-1-2015. Unless either party shall give the other notice in writing of an intent to terminate this lease, then this lease shall continue and renew for one year periods until such notice is given."

I always assumed that this meant if I gave 30 days notice, I could terminate the lease anytime after 11-1-2016.  My neighbors (same building, same landlord) signed the exact same lease, in July 2015. They are moving out of state due to job changes and gave the 30 days notice to end their lease on May 31st. My landlord has told them they must pay for June because their lease for this year ends June 30th. Is this correct?

I've looked at the state laws listed in the wiki. It states that after the one year lease then it's automatically month to month till 30 day notice is given. I'm concerned because I'd planned on moving out of state in August, thus owing rent for September and October if my landlord is correct, which would greatly affect my plans.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Answer: The lease clearly renews for another year, unless notice is given at least 30 days prior to the end of an annual term.


Title: [Indiana] Did my parents break any laws by taking my brother out of school in 4th grade in 2005/06?

Question:
My brother was diagnosed with Asperger’s when he was young.  He went to 3 different schools and worked with tutors, but he had a lot of behavioral issues and wasn't progressing.  My parents took him out of school completely around 4th grade and planned on home schooling him.  However, they never actually home schooled him, and he fell through the cracks.  No one ever followed up with my parents.  Fast forward to today and my brother is 24 years old with big developmental and social issues, no education, no skills, and is morbidly obese.

Obviously, this is a crappy situation and will take a lot of work to address.  I have to start somewhere, so my initial questions are:

1)	Did my parents break any laws (Indiana)?  If so, are these laws still enforceable after 13+ years?

2)	If I wanted to help my brother file for disability or any other assistance… or even try to get him into a social development program – Do I have to worry about “calling attention to this issue”?  Should I be careful what I say in fear that my parents could get into legal trouble?  How big of an issue could this be?

Any advice or recommendations for someone like my brother is also appreciated.

Answer:
 1) Yes. This is one of the recurring complaints about the homeschooling process. Generally limited oversight allows for deficient or nonexistent education of children when parents aren't heavily engaged.

2) Probably not, it's been 13 years.

3) I wouldn't worry about calling attention to anything. You've described him as essentially hopeless, depressed, and unhealthy. Someone needs to do something to save him, your parents certainly didn't.Answer #2: I can't really help with the legal advice side, but I worked with 16-22 year olds as they finished high school and transitioned to adult life. And my info comes  from Texas. I'm  glad he's got someone checking into this for him.

You might look for advocacy groups in your area. You may be able to get an advocate to help you navigate things like filing for disability and day programs.

Texas has the department of assistive and rehabilitation services that can sometimes help with training and jobs skills. I'm not sure what it would be in Indiana. Just because he didn't go to school doesn't mean he doesn't qualify for services.


Title: Car dealership was negligent in repair, my car is toast. What can I do?

Question: So about a month ago I took my 1987 Cadillac deville(70k) miles to a car dealership because I was losing coolant, and I suspected a head gasket. They assured me that there was no head gasket issue, and that I just had a leak. $300 later and everything is fixed. However, I continued to lose coolant. I told them and they basically told me everything was fixed and that there was nothing they could do unless I wanted to pay $100 for another diagnoses. A trip to a local mechanic and $30 later I find out it was a head gasket, and for anybody who isn’t familiar with car parts, that’s really bad. It basically ruins your engine, carburetor, just about everything. So now I have a classic car that’s basically ruined because of their negligence. Do I have a case? I have their statements but I don’t believe I have anything in writing that says there’s nothing wrong with my head gasket. Is there anything I can do? (Pennsylvania)

Answer:
 You had the head gasket issue before going into the first dealership. Shoddy workmanship, generally, does not rise to the level of negligence. You have to prove that the first dealership was the *sole and proximate* cause of the head gasket issue. I don't see that as being true in the scenario you've painted.

Just don't go back to that dealership.


Title: Car dealer leased me car with wrong VIN in paperwork, wants me to go back..

Question:
Hey everyone!

So this is more of a precautionary question, but basically I leased a car from a dealer (turned in my car from another dealer early to them, which they bought out) and I've been driving around in my new car for almost 30 days. It's fully insured and everything.

They just called today and said that they had a completely different VIN number on all the paperwork I signed and they want me to go back and re-sign everything. I would be completely fine with this except for the fact that they tried to screw my friend who went to the same dealer on some paperwork logistics so now I kind of think they are a shady dealership and don't want to screw myself in any way.

I'm wondering what precautions I should take and what are my options, maybe to even get out of this deal?
I haven't paid my first payment yet, and got like 5k in incentives which is why I am leasing through them.

Thanks everyone!

Edit: This is in Colorado

Answer: DO NOT take the car with you.  Have a friend drive you to re-sign and take the original with you to make sure they do not try to scam you.  They may try holding the car until you sign as a strong arm but best someone else drives you in another car.


Title: Charged for an extra day

Question:
My girlfriend and I made reservations for small inn in Boulder, Colorado for the 13th-14th. The check in times started at 2pm. We get there before schedule in the early morning around 2 to 3 am Monday morning. I figured were would be charged an early check-in fee or our room just wouldn't be available. No big deal. However, we arrived and our key to our room was in an envelope with registration information. Not understanding how this would work we got assistance (a Ring device). Someone answered, who I now know is the Inn's manager, and told us our room eye is in the envelope and to leave the registration on the desk. Pleased, we filled out the registration and and went to sleep in the room. Fast forward to now, we get home and find a sticky note on my door and some missed calls on my phone. I call the number on the note and it is the hotel manager informing us that we are being charged an extra day, for Sunday, since we checked in early and are staying till check out on the 14th like we had planned. We informed him that this policy was not mentioned to us at any point in the process. He told us to call Booking.com who we registered with and they said that the manager is allowed to make any policy he wants in regards to early check in and such. No where on the website or in the registration process were fees mentioned. Is there anything we can do to get our money back or are we just out of luck?

TLDR; Being charged an extra stay at an Inn dispite no policy being stated to us either verbally or in writing.
Topic:
Contracts

Answer: It's sort of common sense that arriving in 11+ hours early and sleeping that night is not even in the ballpark of an "early check in." Review all the paperwork but I think you owe this one.


Title: (Illinois) I messed up at my job and someone got arrested because of it

Question: I already got fired for this but I am terrified of getting arrested or sued for it too. I worked for a rental car company. I messed up and let someone take a car that I didn't check over after the last person dropped it off. Heroin was found in the car later. It wasn't that person's heroin but they got arrested and charged for. The person who had the car before her got arrested for selling heroin the same day he dropped off the car. The cops figured it out and let her go and dropped the charges but not before she spent a couple of weeks in jail and lost her job and everything. She passed a hair test too. I put on out work forms that I checked the car over but I didn't really. I would have seen the heroin if I did. I got fired but can I get arrested or sued because of it too? It was an accident. I really didn't mean for anyone to get wrongfully arrested.

Answer: Wait and see what happens. If the police try to talk to you, talk to a lawyer first. Don't talk to your former employer about anything. Don't say a word to them. And stop admitting on the internet that you lied about checking the car over on your paperwork.


Title: (CA) Gave $400 to an acquaintance in order to help me with 2 days of yard work, but this person is refusing to come again to work a second day and not responding to texts to return the extra $200. Is this strictly a civil matter or is there any grounds for fraud/theft by deception?

Question:
Topic:
Other Civil Matters

Answer:
 This is a civil matter (contractual dispute).Answer #2: It's an expensive lesson for you (though cheap in the long run). Never ever pay someone to do work *before* they've done the work.

As to your $200, you should try to take him to small claims court to recover the money. Though, the filing fees might eat into your money. Plus, you'll have the same issues with recovery that you do now if/when you are given your judgement.


Title: NJ, dorm weed smell

Question:
So I rolled a joint ( NOT SMOKED JUST ROLLED) in my room and left, the cops later came by and said they smelled weed and took my roomates information.

He was told we were under investigation.

What is likely going to happen next.

Answer: This is probably obvious to you already, but get rid of any weed you may still have. Also clean any surfaces or things that might have residue on it. Then wait it out. If the only thing they know is they smelled something you may be okay. In the future please be aware that the smell is very potent to non-smokers (like me) since we are not used to the smell.


Title: I think the excuses I was given for being pulled over aren't actually illegal (Northern California)

Question:
From a two way street I turned left into the far right lane of a one way two lane road. I was soon pulled over and informed that I had made an unsafe left turn and the cab brake light on the back of my truck was burnt out. After they concluded I hadn't been drinking they sent me on my way without a warning or citation. I'm fairly certain it is ok for a truck cab brake light to be burnt out as long as it is not your actual tail lights. I'm not too sure about the whole left turn thing, but that seems like BS and is a turn I make almost daily so i'd like to know for sure.
Topic:
Traffic and Parking

Answer: IDK about the turn, but he might have just been trying to be helpful with the brake light. Its hard to tell if a brake light is out until you get your annual inspection.


Title: Can my parents "sell" me a boat for $60,000 without actually taking my money, and can I then use that as collateral for a loan.

Question:
I am located in Anchorage, Alaska.

My in laws need a $60,000 down payment to buy a home. They thought their old house would sell to get them that money but it fell through, and without the down payment they can't get the house they want. The seller won't allow them to finance that down payment separately, so they asked me if I would be willing to take out a $60,000 personal loan that they would then pay me back for later. I don't mind taking out the loan (they own a good business so I know they're good for paying it back eventually) but the bank won't approve it without collateral and I don't have anything to use. Now my in-laws own a boat, and they'd like to sell  it to me to use as collateral for the loan. They plan on "selling" it to me for $60,000 without me actually paying any money for it. Then I can use it as collateral for the loan and after its all paid off I will "sell" it back to them.

So here is the question: is that actually legal? I don't mind getting a loan for them, and I don't mind buying their boat and then selling it back to them, but I don't want to break any laws or end up liable and taken to court. Essentially, if they sell me their boat for $60,000 without me actually paying them any money can I then use that boat as collateral for a personal loan? Or is that fraud or something?

Answer:
 So fraud?Answer #2: HUH?  you've convoluted to the point of fraud what could be a simple transaction.

Your in laws can sell you their boat for $60,000, you can get a loan to buy that boat  with the boat as collateral ($60,000 unsecured personal loans are rare and at a very high rate)and the boat is transferred into your name. That's a perfectly legitimate transaction. Selling an asset is an acceptable way to gather down payment, what you're outlining has about 10 unnecessary steps.   Your in-law can then buy the boat back.

You don't need to take out a loan to lend them the down-payment , just actually pay for the boat. You're pan sounds like something a monkey smoking crack would come up with.


Title: Can I face trouble for owning a gun bought privately from a gun show?

Question: At age 18 in Rhode Island I know I can buy a gun privately through the gun show loophole but could I get in trouble by having it in my house, transporting it home, or taking it to a gun range? Thanks in advance!

Answer: There is no gun show loophole. That's a media and control lobby invented term. Nothing can happen at a gun show that can't legally happen anywhere else in the State.   If you can buy a long gun legally at 18 from a private seller you can buy a long gun from a private seller at a gun show or anywhere else in your State.Answer #2: There is no loophole. There is a process that must be followed, even for private sales.


Title: Ex-partner is telling people I’ve been threatening them with a gun

Question:
Recently I’ve heard from a friend that my ex-partner of over a year has begun telling people that I’ve been sending them threatening pictures of me posed with a gun outside their home. Not only is this wildly ridiculous as I haven’t seen them in over a year and we live 100 miles apart, it could seriously damage my public image and my professional and academic opportunities. I generally wouldn’t mind if they spread other rumors about me but this is a very serious lie to spread around. Is it illegal for them to make this up about me and spread it around? Should I hire a lawyer? Is there a way to make them stop?

Location: Ohio, USA
Topic:
Other Civil Matters

Answer:
 Slanderland. Population: Your ex-partner.

That's defamation my friend. You can get a cease and desist letter drafted, and if they don't stop, sue them for defamation. Answer #2: Because of them doing this, you may be at risk for more than a ruined reputation. Her family may deem it necessary to come up to your property and use force to get you to admit to you "threatening her". If this gets as far as the cops, then she won't get anywhere. She'll have no evidence of said "pictures" and will be given a fine for a false complaint. You may be able to sue her and get some money from that. If she says you've done it in real life as well, then they'll get no evidence either. Your reputation sadly won't be able to be saved unless you contact authorities as soon as possible.

Good luck.


Title: Is my idiot friend going to jail? (california/hawaii)

Question:
My friend was in California on his way back to Hawaii where he lives and he dumbassedly forgot to remove an extending baton from his back pack before attempting to get on a plane.  TSA caught it and called the San Diego police. He got a notice to appear and Police cited him for: (bear with me handwriting on ticket is hard to read)
22210 .p.c. Possession of collapsable baton chargeable as misd. Per 17 (unreadable) (4) p.c.
7.01 (b) (4) sdcraac poss weapon at the airport w/o authorization

Both have the M for misdemeanor circled.

What happens now? What should he do?

Answer: He needs to talk to a criminal defense attorney. Obviously the police didn't think it was something he simply forgot was in his luggage. I'm not familiar with the specifics of CA law, but collapsible batons may be illegal there in certain jurisdictions, if not the entire state.


Title: Should I fight for my job?

Question:
I posted this in r/advice, and was sent here. I was working through a contractor at a call center for a gaming company. I got fired last week (someone from the contractor company called me over the phone) for taking too many breaks. Well I was taking those breaks because I was on my period and my flow was super heavy. This may be tmi, but I was bleeding through my underwear. I tried to explain that to the guy who called me but he just said "I know" whatever that means. I would've told my supervisor on the day in question, but she has been taking time off for personal reasons, and her temporary replacement is a man. I didn't feel comfortable telling him about my period. So my questions are:
-Should I try to file a complaint with HR? If so, should I do it through the contractor?
-What should I say?

TLDR; I got fired for changing my tampon too much, what should I do
Edit: I'm near Seattle Washington

Answer: So, just to be clear, was the person who fired you aware of the reason for your breaks before they fired you?