Title: Accepted into university then after two months it was revoked

Question: I was accepted into the DMA program at a major state university in April. I have attended there in a previous degree before and have a 3.8 GPA. I also started dating for several years and then married one of my professors daughters in April as well. Last week the dean of the college renounced my acceptance into the school. Is there anything I can do?

Answer: Quit being vague, you're leaving out the actual relevant information, starting with **why** were you renouncedAnswer #2: You're leaving things out. Why was your admission rescinded?Answer #3: This didn't happen out of the blue, start explaining what they said was the reason.


Title: I think I messed up big time today. Please read.

Question: So I went on 4chan today and someone told me to search up "pthc" on motherless.com, and being by dumbass self I did it. When I did my IP came up saying that it was a banned word. I closed that 5 seconds after and went on urban dictionary. I tried googling "pthc urban dictionary" but nothing came up. So I went on the website directly and searched for the term. It came back as something extremely disgusting. If you don't know what it is you can urban dictionary it yourself. I'm scared out of my mind right now as I am afraid I might get raided. Am I being too paranoid? I live in Texas.

Answer:
 You're fine.  It's a common troll tactic for those basement dwelling neckbeards to get some lulz from unsuspecting newbies like you.

There's no such thing as an illegal search term.  That warning is meaningless.  The real authorities don't notify you that you're part of an investigation by a message on a website.  It's all just a big joke.

Clear your history.  Clear your cache.  And stay out of the sewers of the internet.  You'll be just fine.  Nobody is coming to get you.


Title: [CA] Jury duty summons from four months ago

Question:
I am attending school about two hours away from home. My mom gets all my mail, and yesterday I find a second summons dating back to July. She says she didn't see it previous to then.
How do I take care of this? What do I do if a warrant is issued for not going?

Answer:
 Immediately call the courts and tell them what happened. Most likely they will just schedule you a new date range. If you do have a warrant already you will need to surrender yourself and explain the situation.

If you do end up going to court over this, an attorney will only help your case, especially since you are going to school. Some schools will expel for criminal records.

In most cases they are pretty understanding as quite a few people are summoned and they expect people to not be able to make it or show up.

So relax and realize it's not the end of the world. I've been in your situation and it really was as easy as making a phone call.

Best of luck!


Title: Sexual harassment - Utah

Question: [deleted]

Answer: Why didn't you tell the university administration that you had evidence? Without it it's your word against theirs.


Title: [ID] Can I claim a dependent who's not biologically or legally my child?

Question:
Idaho, USA

Like the title says.  I was with a woman for 8 years.  I met her when her daughter was only about 3 weeks old, so I'm basically dad.  The biological father has had his rights terminated so he isn't a factor.

I have the kid 5-6 days a week and pay for 99% of everything, the mother hasn't worked in years.  She said I could claim the kid on taxes this year.  (We divorced in March if that matters).

Is this something I can do without getting in trouble?

Answer:
 Check out: https://www.irs.gov/uac/Who-Can-I-Claim-as-a-Dependent%3F

I ran through a test saying that I was married, I paid more than 50% support for the child, that no one else can claim the child, and that the relationship was "other", and it said I could claim the dependent. Try running through that link with your actual answers to see what it says.


Title: Resident Physician - Hospital Closing suddenly and without warning

Question:
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Myself, and \~500 other people are medical residents at Hahnemann University Hospital (HUH) in Philadelphia. Our academic institute is through Drexel University - I am committed through Drexel which operates their program at HUH A private company "AAHS" owns Hahnemann, and as of 6/26 decided to close it abruptly. Hundreds of medical residents are now without hospitals to work at; Drexel essentially shut their programs down, and they are left scrambing to find other hospitals to work at.

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AAHS has declared  Chapter 11, and is preparing to close the hospital in August. My program is trying to find other hospitals to send us to. The directors in my program were completely blindsided by this.

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Here is where I'm concerned: Drexel knew that AAHS was closing the hospital months ago, as they state in their legal filings against AAHS. We were not aware of this closure until 6/26 when AAHS announced it. I think if they gave us more warning, many of us would have signed monthly leases and our program directors could have had more time to make arrangements on where to send us. There is a significant chance my training will be delayed or compromise because of their delay. An additional month of training translates to \~20k in lost salary.

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Right now I have no say in what happens. My program may reorganize at another hospital, or I might get an email saying it is done and I have to find another one on my own. If my program is able to reorganize, I won't care that much. If the ACGME (accredditation committee) steps in and shuts out program down before this happens, I will be livid.

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I'm wondering if this is worth a legal consultation, and if I should do it individually or with the other residents? Right now I am saving every document and email I get just in case. Stopped my 401k/retirement contributions. Anything else I should be doing?

Answer: If you haven't already, cross post this to /r/medicine. They might have some residency specific advice.Answer #2: You should begin contacting residency directors at other hospitals to try to find a spot. When I've seen this play out before most of the residents had CMS funding so hospitals were happy to add them to their class. If you have CMS funding you will essentially be free to the hospital you go to. Most teaching hospitals are over their CMS cap, so some residents may have a harder time finding a spot. You should meet with your coresidents and as a group reach out to ACGME. It's their job to help you in this situation. Your program director and DIO will be trying to help you so communicate closely with them. You will need to be proactive because the hospital leadership will be in crises mode and you don't want to lose a year of training.Answer #3: Can’t help with the legal issues, but I have 4 open Emergency Medicine PGY2 and 4 open EM PGY3 spots. If you know any one interested, have them contact me.


Title: Is this fraud that should be reported to Go Fund Me?

Question:
Long story short... There is a person who started a Go Fund Me page recently. She is asking for money because her son's father died. Naturally, it will take time before social security kicks in to pay for child support. So, she is asking for money to help with food and bills before that kicks in.

However, there is something important she neglected to mention in her Go Fund Me. She is spending hundreds of dollars on art commissions. The commissions are not old ones. These are commissions she has bought recently and are brand new uploads. She even openly shares that she is getting more. In fact, you can see her name on art commission waiting lists. I know for a fact that these average $20-70 a piece.

My question is... Is this reason to report to Go Fund Me? If not, is this reason to expose her on tumblr?

Answer:
 > s this reason to report to Go Fund Me? If not, is this reason to expose her on tumblr?

What part of this did you think you needed legal advice on?


Title: [CA] elevators in my building frequently broken - can I escalate this as an ADA issue to make management actually fix them?

Question:
First off - I mention the ADA specifically because my grandmother and I are both disabled, and we live on the third floor, so this is a legitimate issue for us. I'm physically capable of taking the stairs, but I have a history of falls and really would not like to fall down the stairs if I can avoid it. My grandmother needs a walker, so the stairs aren't an option for her at all.

There are two elevators in this building. One of them works, but the doors frequently refuse to open until someone hits the call button from the outside, which is somewhat less than ideal when someone is *inside*.

The one closest to my apartment works just often enough that management can claim there was nothing wrong with it when *they* looked at it. It's about 50/50 whether it works at all on any given day, and when it is working it tends to stop 6" above where it should, or it won't stop on the second floor at all, or the doors won't open.

But because it works sometimes, management won't do anything about it - there's never anything wrong when *they* take a look! The building manager was recently evicted and fired, and it's probably not coincidental that this happened right after she really started raising hell about the elevators needing to be fixed.

So since management doesn't give a shit, and my grandmother would like to actually leave her apartment sometimes, and I really don't want to fall down two flights of stairs - how would I go about escalating this to someone who might be able to put pressure on management? Or is "technically they work sometimes" good enough to get away with?

(At least one of them also has an expired inspection certificate, by about 6 months, if that matters any.)

Answer:
 Contact the California Department of Industrial Relations Elevator Unit.  http://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/Elevator.htmlAnswer #2: Start documenting when the elevators aren't working, then talk to a disability rights organization. Often they can work with you to either write them a letter, or they'll write and send the letter themselves. That alone might scare the management without further action.

And it absolutely matters that they have an expired inspection certificate.Answer #3: Contact the local Fire Marshal's office - do this now, do this immediately, do not wait. Call the police/fire non-emergency line or stop in the nearest fire station and report it there.

What you describe is not only a serious health and safety issue for the residents, it is also an issue for firefighters and medics - if God forbid there is an emergency - fire or medical - on one of the upper floors, having unreliable elevators like that is an issue that any agency worth anything will take very seriously.

The Fire Marshal or Chief can get the ball rolling in getting those elevators fixed ASAP.Answer #4: I'd start by calling your local fire marshal and filing a complaint. If there's a fire there needs to be a reliable way for disabled people to evacuate.


Title: Landlord failed to return security deposit within 20 day period, want to know my rights before I send demand letter/sue, am I owed 100% now? [Rhode Island]

Question:
I moved out of my apartment end of last month 6/29 the day before my lease ended 6/30. I notified the apartment almost 2 months prior to vacating that I would not be renewing my lease due to military relocation that happened to line up with the end of my lease. New forwarding address was given to them a couple of weeks prior to move out and I double checked they had it on day of move out. That being said, I'm pretty sure I've covered all my bases.

It is now 25 days past my move out date and they have 20 days to return my security deposit according to RI state rental laws. During the walk through they mentioned a couple of things (what I thought were nit-picky things -- very minor scratches in glass top stove, etc.) that they were probably going to charge me for. Now that they are over their date for returning the security deposit am I entitled to 100% of it? I have read that elsewhere and in other threads but never with sources. Maybe that is just in certain states, but I have not found anywhere to back it up.

I just want to know my rights before going to the next step and writing a demand letter. Also, how long should I give in the demand letter before filing in small claims? Because of the military move I'm obviously no longer located in the state so having to go to small claims would be an inconvenience to say the least.

For additional information, I lived in a large apartment complex (~70 units) and the owner of the building is a property manager out of New Hampshire who owns a couple dozen properties throughout New England... so this isn't their first rodeo by far.

Topic:
Landlord Tenant Housing

Answer: I'd give them 2 weeks in the demand letter and yeah they now cannot withhold damages. They lost that right.


Title: Legality of finding/destroying listening devices

Question:
If a person were to conduct a "sweep" of their home/business and found listening devices (bugs), could they destroy these things without legal issues?

What if they are government property?

Could the FBI go after someone for damaging Federal property in this situation?

Could it be construed as interfering with a investigation?

Destruction of evidence?

Example: You pick up a lamp and find a listening device underneath it, you then destroy it by smashing it with the lamp.

What crimes may you have committed?

Answer:
 Destroying government/others' property. I don't know about obstruction or other charges.

Incidentally, according to *Inside the FBI*, the agents who surreptitiously plant (court-approved) bugs in houses, apartments, etc. enter the location with their weapons drawn. They are still legally allowed to defend themselves, even though they are secretly entering someone else's (unoccupied, if they did their jobs correctly) residence.


Title: [CA] Infraction cited for doing donuts in a private parking lot

Question: Yes, I know I was dicking around and got what was coming. I'm 17 and I was given a loaner car for the week because my own is getting a recall fix, and I thought it'd be a good idea (it's a terrible idea) to thrash it around a bit. The cop who pulled me over was sitting across the street and was probably drawn to the mess I was making, so he pulled me over and gave me an infraction for "doing burnouts in parking lot", complemented by a notice to appear in my local courthouse to settle a final punishment. It might be important to list that on this notice, the speed was listed as 5mph above the safe limit (30 in a 25). Is my insurance premium definitively going to increase? In sum, what's the best/worst that could happen?

Answer:
 Wow.  You were doing donuts in a private parking lot?

. . . that actually sounds pretty fun!  Be right back!


Title: [San Jose, CA, USA] Under what circumstances is assisted suicide allowed in California? Can anyone request it or must you have some sort of terminally ill condition?

Question:
I am permanently disabled where I am unable to work. I will be homeless in the future. Am I eligible for assisted suicide?

I have PTSD, schizophrenia, etc.

Answer:
 At the moment, it's not legal at all, and even under the law that's now being reviewed, you must have a terminal illness from which you're expected to die within six months.

Please call 1-800-273-8255.


Title: My nextdoor nehbour added on to my existing fence with out my permission

Question:
All right guy...first time poster here...soo i live here in canada...me and the nehbour have had a on going spat since we did the renos to our house 8 years ago...anywho so the original issue was he didnt want his rotted picket fence replaced..so what we did was put the fence 1ft on our property so in no way does it match the property line it doesnt go all.the way to the alleyway it goes till the garages so that we can both access inbetween the garages....seems fair..well i just got back from camping to find a nice new addition to our fence that now makes it a inconvience to access the walk way...the propery line obvs is halfway between mine and his garage... so its equal right to access the walkway...atleast in my eyes it is.......and his response to me was "your house is lowering my property value"... i mean yes my back yard does not look the best...but its maintained sorta no garbage no nothing...just some over grown flower beds...so the reason i came to you guys is i want the fence gone because it just does not match the citys plans that the have on file amd im worried that because it doesnt match the plans i cant sell my house...as well as it does not match the rest of the existing fence.. can i charge the nehbour for the removal of the fence orr am i screwed here...also can he turn around and charge me with tampering....
Please and thanks


Title: Wrongful Termination Case?

Question:
Hi all, I need some advice… (I live in NY)

Backstory: My husband has been working at a wholesale club (think Sam’s, Costco, Bj’s) for almost 7 years, slowly working up the ranks, to a specialist/manager position. On January 30th of this year, he fell on a sidewalk (not at work) and dislocated his ankle, shattered the bones in his ankle, broke his leg, and tore ligament down there as well. Since the beginning of February he has been home, has had two different surgeries, and is starting PT this next week. His surgeon doesn’t expect him to start working again until July 1st of this year since his job is so physical.

The company he works for recently had a huge surge in business. So much so that they hired two more specialists/managers (the most recent worker six months ago) since the company was doing so well. Now, my husband was a specialist alongside two other men. My husband has always had good reviews, put in almost 20 hours of overtime every week, and worked very hard. He'd come in at a moments notice if someone called in sick and would show up early if a building alarm went off. His boss was so pleased with him he even sat down with him to talk about how to continue “climbing the ladder” with the intent that he’d apply for a higher up position the next time it came available.

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On Tuesday, my husband got a call from his boss saying he needed to come in on Thursday to talk over some paperwork. His boss also told him he should bring his keys in since it was an “asset protection issue.” Makes sense… the keys to everything had been gone since February.

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Fast-forward to today... my husband is handed paperwork and is being told his position is being “eliminated due to restructuring.” Of course, my husband asks if he was chosen out of the three (remember, he is the most senior specialist) because of his broken ankle. His boss said no (well, duh. It’d be totally illegal to say yes), but didn’t give him an explanation.  He was offered six weeks salary continuation and payment of the two vacation weeks he didn’t take. Since we live in NY, he loses the 180 hours of sick time he accrued.

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They did tell him he is leaving the company in good standing and that he could apply for more positions (all with less pay) within the company. They also said they would give him references. FMLA ran out at the beginning of this month, but he’s still under short-term disability. Unfortunately, he won’t even be able to start working any physical job until July 1… and that’s almost a stretch. He’s already started applications to other companies, but since we’re dealing with some crazy medical stuff (we’ve met our deductible) we really need our insurance to continue through his treatment. We will look into COBRA.

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Here’s the deal… this all feels so incredibly fishy to me (us). I’ve looked around on a lot of websites regarding wrongful termination, but that seems to only occur if you were blatantly fired for a race, sex, disability… etc., What I don’t understand is they JUST hired somebody six months ago for the same job since business was so good. How can they do this? Does this count as wrongful termination? Is this something we should talk to a lawyer about?

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Thanks in advance for any tips or pointers. I understand this may be a lost cause, but if it’s something we should pursue, I feel we should. Just thought we'd ask here first. We’ve really been through the gauntlet lately and are truly at our wits end.
Topic:
Employment Law

Answer:
 > FMLA ran out at the beginning of this month

Which means that even if they did terminate him because of his injury, it would be completely legal.


Title: Can I call the cops on my mother for threatening violence against my stalker? Can her actions potentially cause my restraining order to not be renewed?

Question:
Throwaway because he follows my regular Reddit account activity. I and my stalker both live in Illinois, my mother lives in Georgia.

I know this is kind of strange but for the sake of context here is some back story:

When I first moved to IL I moved in with some friends I knew online plus my boyfriend. Two of those ffiends were married, and two were engaged. I still live with the married couple. It was the man who was engaged that later became trouble.

To make a very long and complicated story short, he made a move on me and I rejected him, and that's when his obsessive behavior began. Eventually he moved out with his fiancé. He left packages we traced back to him on my doorstep containing gifts and after being in our apartment and on my computer he gained access to my email accounts, allowing him to gain control of every online account I had, including all social media and banks and whatnot. It took me a long time to regain control over my things and undo the damage he had done to my reputation. He was also found to have written rape fantasy stories of me, and had taken explicit pictures of me from my personal computer.

After I found out that he had faked an identity as my friend to gain access to my daily activities on Facebook and other private social media accounts, I filed for a restraining order. This all had been happening over the course of four or so years.

I make enough at my job to pay my bills and treat myself from time to time, but I absolutely cannot afford a lawyer. I was lucky to find lawyer who represented me pro bono because of the nature of my case at my order hearing. She helped me file the right kind of order (apparently since he lived with me under Illinois law it counts as domestic violence, which I did not know) and he got his ass handed to him in court. I was given the option to pursue him for criminal charges, but settled for a restraining order in civil court instead because I just wanted to be done with him. The judge granted the order for the max time (2 years) and told me I was able to renew the order at the end of those two years for as long as I felt he was a threat.

A few weeks ago I started receiving anonymous messages on my tumblr account (which I know he knows of as it is my account I upload my art to under my professional name) that contained personal information that only someone who knows me personally would know. The messages contained death and rape threats. I immediately suspected him to be behind them as the IP came from my city. Being as this behavior would be breaking the order and he could go to jail, I immediately filed a police report. I was especially scared because his employer had (STUPIDLY) given him my current address not realizing he wasn't allowed to contact me. That is a whole other can of worms, though, and not really relevant.

After I filed the report, as an officer drove me home, I sent a text to my mother letting her know that I SUSPECTED that he had resurfaced. I told her nothing was ***confirmed*** and that I did not know FOR CERTAIN that it was him, and that the police told me they would investigate.

My mother and I have a troubled and strained relationship. She was abusive growing up but I've tried to have a relationship with her now that I'm an adult and live far away. When I told her she, to put it lightly, flipped the fuck out. She started saying she was going to do something to him, asked for his full name and his address, etc. She realized she already has the information because I had scanned and sent to her a copy of the granted order in case I was ever with her and I forgot my copy on my person (something I was advised to do...) She lives in Georgia, so I shouldn't really be worried, but if you knew my mother, you might be too. I told her that she is under no circumstances to ever make contact with him, but she said she has "nothing to lose" at this point and she will "take him and herself out at the same time".

I basically threatened to call the cops on her if she didn't stop spouting nonsense and now she won't answer me. I have tried contacting other family members and they said they can't get in contact with her either, and it's been a few days.

***My questions:***

I guess my first question is -- **can I actually call the cops (where she lives) on my mother if she is making threats against him?** I don't care if anything happens to him, and if I can be frankly blunt because she was a terrible mother, her either. I'm more worried about if her actions will affect my renewal of my restraining order.

Which brings me to my next question: if she threatens him, verbally or physically, or if she goes full stupid and actually physically harms him under the defense that she is "protecting" me, **can this have a negative affect on me getting my order against him renewed when the time comes?** Do I need to find a lawyer to do anything preemptively in case something happens?

For why this order is so important to me: This has been an emotionally exhausting battle for me for five years. I am physically SCARED of him. I lost my boyfriend of seven years and all but two of my friends because they either sided with him, didn't "want to take sides", or frankly couldn't handle my emotional distress over the situation. I've had trouble forming new relationships, both friendly and romantic. I had to change my professional name I go by as an artist (I work for a very popular comic publisher and my name gets listed under titles often) because if you search my real name, to this day the results are still the explicit images he stole from my computer and uploaded to various sites. I can no longer list comic conventions I guest at on my website in case he follows me to them, and when I am a guest I have to let security know about him and they have to keep an out. I'm jumpy and paranoid about everything. This has basically ruined my life and my emotional and mental health. This restraining order keeping him from being able to contact me is really one of the few things I have left, and I will be devastated to lose it because my mother can't stop being psychotic and think of the consequences others suffer from her actions for once in her life.

I hope I'm not overreacting here. Any help/advice on how to protect myself would be so so appreciated.

Answer:
 > can I actually call the cops (where she lives) on my mother if she is making threats against him?

Yes, you can report a possible crime.

> can this have a negative affect on me getting my order against him renewed when the time comes?

It should not. Her possible crime should not negate his crime against you. Answer #2: > can I actually call the cops (where she lives) on my mother if she is making threats against him?

Yes. A good faith and honest police report is, as far as I know, always legal. I can't speculate as to whether it would be _wise_, though.

If you're worried about her immediate safety, you can also ask that that the police stop by for a wellness check.

> can this have a negative affect on me getting my order against him renewed when the time comes?

It could, in principle. If your stalker can show that your mother is acting at your direction, then you'd be violating the order. Keep track of any communications with your mother where you ask her to _stop_ contacting your stalker.

The more likely outcome, however, is that your mother will end up with a restraining order of her own. She's an independent adult, and if she harasses someone, she faces her own consequences.


Title: Auto insurance shenanigans

Question:
(Oklahoma, USA) A few weeks ago I agreed to let my coworker borrow my truck for a couple of weeks. He puts his insurance on the truck, as I had none on it. He gets into a wreck the next day while driving back to shop to clock out. The insurance check came in and he refuses to spend any money to fix my truck. I'm prepared to do the work myself, I just can't afford it. I don't know what questions I should ask, or if there's even anything that I can do about it. Where should I start?
It's an older truck, by the way. Only worth about 1500 bucks, but still.

Answer: If he refuses to pay, you can sue him in small claims court.


Title: My old apt complex is trying to charge me for a new carpet 2 months after I moved out.

Question:
I was a college student in Florida last year and I lived in an apartment close to campus. It was me and 3 roommates in the apartment and we each had our own bedroom/bathroom and there was a shared common area and kitchen. When I moved in I put on the checklist that the carpet in the common area was not in great shape and was coming off the floor in some places.
One year later, me and one roommate moved out on 7/31/2016, and the 2 other roommates stayed in the same apartment.
It is also worth mentioning that one of the signing bonuses they offered if you re-signed your lease was installation of a new carpet.
I received a letter in the mail today dated 10/5/2016 that they are charging me 1/4 the cost of a new carpet for the common area. There was no security deposit upon moving in so they want me to pay this cost. So, I guess my questions are:
1. Are they allowed to charge me more than 2 months after my lease ended?
2. When I moved in I said that the carpet was not in great shape, so can I argue that any additional damage was normal wear and tear on an already not great carpet?
3. If they were going to replace the carpet because 2 roommates resigned, are they allowed to charge me for it?
Topic:
Landlord Tenant Housing

Answer:
 So, there were 4 of you and they're charging you 1/4 of the price of the new carpet?

"Dear former landlord, I received your letter attempting to charge me for 1/4 of the cost of the new carpet in the apartment I just vacated. You are not entitled to this amount. As I noted on mmy move-in checklist, the carpet was already in bad shape when I moved in, and has only aged more since then. It had no useful remaining life. My liability to you is, at most, 1/4 the remaining value of the carpet, which is $0."


Title: Nurse violates my patient privacy and makes crude comments, what can I do?

Question:
I'm a 19 year old sophomore in college. I live in Delaware, which is where this all took place. I recently got diagnosed with ADHD by my college clinic who told me to bring my results to my doctor. I did, and the nurse practitioner I see screened me and agreed I have ADHD. What is awful is the clinic believes I was misdiagnosed for depression and even though I've told my doctor that the medicine they put me of doesn't seem to "work", they either change which medicine I'm on or up my
dosage. I've now been on Prozac, lexapro, Celexa, and Zoloft with the dosages upped on both the celexa and Zoloft numerous times to no avail.
So, yesterday I had a follow up appointment with this nurse practitioner. I discussed that I wanted to seek treatment for my ADHD, especially before finals. She told me people who have been put on medicine think it's changed their lives on my last visit, so I was excited that maybe this could be me too. Wrong. She starts saying that she won't put me on medicine because who knows how I will react to it, I could go on a psychotic break and kill everyone on this building and it would be pinned to her and she would lose everything she's "worked for". I am not sure why she would say this, but throughout my visit she kept saying "I don't wanna put you on medication you could go crazy and kill someone" and noted that since my grandma is on antidepressants (taken when she started cancer treatment) that the ADHD could bring out my inner crazy and I could go kill people and she would lose her license. I don't know why she was saying this. I wasn't begging for medication, but she made the whole ordeal feel like I was a druggie begging his drug dealer for a hit. I just wanted to discuss treatment options, and I think she took it way too far by continuously saying crude comments such as I am gonna go out and kill someone on this medication. She also mentioned she talked to the nurses in the hallway about my records and since antidepressants didn't work for me, that putting me on ADHD medicine could be bad. Okay, why? And discussing my file in THE HALLWAY? I told her the comments she was making were making me uncomfortable and she got up and said very nastily, "Good luck on your A D H D" before slamming the door. Slamming. In a medical building.

I feel so upset and violated I can't believe something like this went down in a medical office and that I was treated this way. I'm also upset that I have heard her talk not
only about me, but other patients openly to the receptionist who is located smack dab in the middle
of the waiting room. Is there anything I can do about this? Any legal action I can take?

TLDR; I was recently diagnosed with adult ADHD and my doctor said she wouldn't put me on medicine (this doesn't bother me) because what if I go out and kill someone blah blah this could be pinned on her. What can I do, reddit?

Answer:
 I've seen the nurse practitioner once or twice when my regular doctor wasn't available, and every time I've regretted it. Bad advice and no actual help.

The nurse practitioner is who you should be seeing if you have the sniffles or a minor wound.

You need to see an actual doctor.

Her behavior was unprofessional, but you should concentrate on taking care of yourself not "taking care of her."Answer #2: Were you seeing just a nurse practitioner about this? If so, time to switch to a real doctor, preferably even a psychiatrist.


Title: MA: Employer paid me 15% shift differential in error, mistake discovered after several months. They will no longer be paying me this amount - do I have a case to fight this?

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 You should thank your lucky stars they aren't requiring you to pay it back.

You could get fired for making a stink about this. You have no shot at winning.


Title: Was given a building permit by the city. All the utilities are ready except water and I have a $130,000 dollar house coming in 2 days.

Question: I'm gonna try to keep this short but here's my issue. I live in Tennessee. When applying for a building permit the City is supposed to check and make sure that all utilities are available wherever you want to put your home. I applied for a permit about 3 months ago and after a few days received my permit. A few days ago I applied for my water tap . today they call me and inform me that there is NO WATER in my area!?! After issuing me a building permit?! And on top of that I have a $130,000 modular home that's supposed to be delivered to the property in 2 days. What do I need to try and do? Or who do I need to talk to about this?

Answer:
 > Or who do I need to talk to about this?

A well digger.


Title: [Florida] Being Charged For a Job I Never Really Started

Question: Ok so there's a company called PHP (People Helping People) and I was going to work there so to start I had to give them my card info (stupid I know) so I could get a license of some sort to sell insurance. I decided I didn't want to work there because it didn't interest me anymore and just recently I realized I've been getting charged the 12th of each month by them. [Here](http://imgur.com/bzqu1Ll) is what they've been charging me. Is there anything I can do to get my money back?

Answer:
 This is a fairly well-known pyramid scheme. Answer #2: Did you previously cancel, or just stop doing whatever you were doing? Answer #3: Call them first.  Maybe it's a mistake and they will refund you. If not tell them you are going to contest the charges with your credit card.

If they don't refund you, call your credit card company and explain.


Title: Can police take pictures of me if I tell them no?

Question:
Throwaway for a few reasons. Location Alaska

I was involved in a domestic dispute with my boyfriend a few days ago. It was all a huge misunderstanding but the police wouldn’t listen and because I had a black eye they arrested my boyfriend and charged him with assault. After they took him one of the cops stayed at my house and insisted he had to take photos of me. I said no multiple times and put my hands over my face but he wouldn’t leave and just started taking photos of me. Was he legally allowed to do this? I felt very violated feel like he invaded my privacy by doing this after I very adamantly refused to allow him. Should I get a lawyer?

Answer:
 I work in domestic violence sexual assault at the district Attorney's currently. Victims of DV claim nothing happened every day. Some of those people later wind up dead. So we give basically zero weight to victims claims especially if police didn't believe it. Police have wonderful bull shit detectors.

And again, every day at work I'm dealing with dead women who begged to drop the charges because it was a misunderstanding. Nothing happened. Dead.Answer #2: Yes, they can document the crime scene even if you don't want them to.Answer #3: I'm sorry about what's happened to you. But misunderstanding or not, if your boyfriend gave you that black eye then he assaulted you, and your injuries from that are evidence that he did so. Police have the right to collect evidence of crimes.


Title: Desperate here- need (uk) advice 're ex demanding I change babies surname

Question:
Hello.
Please help.
My daughter is nearly two.  I (f/32) gave her my surname for many, many, many reasons ( I can elaborate if required). Her father, who i was never in a relationship with and  who sees her on weekends ( with me present) is now demanding we double -barrel her surname.  For,  again , many reasons I refuse
I thought that if i refuse....there's nothing that he can do. He seems to think legally he can do something....am I wrong?

Answer:
 [https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment\_data/file/594307/Name\_change\_\-\_English\_April\_2016.pdf](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/594307/Name_change_-_English_April_2016.pdf)

> Parents may give their child any forename or surname. No additional documentation is required under UK law although there is a facility for doing so through the UK courts by way of a Deed Poll or Statutory Declaration. The surname given to a child when its birth is registered in the UK is generally, but not always, that of the father. However it sometimes happens, especially in the case of persons born outside marriage, that the surnames of the parents, in any order, are used \(hyphenated or not\) to provide a double\-barrelled surname. English law places no restrictions as to what surname may be registered for a child in the UK. 6. The surname of a child may be changed by parents acting jointly or, after divorce, in the absence of any order of the court to the contrary, by the parent having custody of that child. If, therefore, the mother has custody of the child and remarries, she may cause the child to be known by the surname of her new husband, even though he is not the father of the child.Answer #2: r/LegalAdviceUK


Title: My 16 year old niece has been molested since she was 10. I have a felony on my record. Can my wife still be her guardian? Can she move in with us?

Question:
My wife recently found out that our 16 year old niece has been being molested by her step-father since she was in the 5th grade. He was reported once before, but incident and investigation was mis-handled and nothing came of the investigation. Her mother is currently ill, waiting on a kidney transplant and only has income from disability. Thus far, she seems more concerned with getting revenge on her husband for cheating on her than in her daughter's safety and well being. My wife and I feel that the only way to ensure the safety of our niece would be to file for guardianship of our niece, at least for as long as necessary; or until the husband moves out. The question we have is: I was convicted of robbery (pc 211.5(b) in 1994, paroled in 1995, and discharged my parole in 1996. Will this conviction prevent her/us from bringing her into our home and caring for her? Any information on how we can get around this would be huge. The husband is a manipulative SOB, who karma will eventually get. We want our nice to be safe and not have to worry about this man hurting/taking advantage of her again.
My niece lives in Santa Clara County, we live in Sacramento County.
Topic:
Custody Divorce and Family

Answer: I dont see how you and your wife would have standing to seek custody.  Will the mother agree to a change of custody?


Title: Someone is impersonating me and sending false invoices for thousands of dollars to my clients

Question:
Hi r/legaladvice! I run a small business in the USA and one of my clients has received several emails from "my" Gmail address under my name with invoices attached and messages urging payments in the thousands of dollars.

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Where should I go to report this? Is this fraud? My client is unable to forward me the emails as Gmail marks them as spam. The only evidence I have is a phone number and a fax number in the email signature, as well as a "from" email address with a Chinese domain name.

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Thanks for any advice!

Answer:
 A cease and desist would probably not work if these people are overseas because they don't care. You might want to consider writing an actual paper letter to your clients telling them about this and that these aren't coming from you.

> My client is unable to forward me the emails as Gmail marks them as spam

Then ask your client to print them to PDF or take a screen shot.


Title: [FL] is this enough to prove constructive eviction?

Question:
There was a pipe leakage in my apartment. Nothing of mine was damaged, however the carpet and walls got a little wet and last night they had to bring in very large dehumidifiers. I couldn't sleep in my own room, since the dehumidifiers are noisy and blocked me from being able to get into my bathroom, so I was told I could sleep in the bedroom in my apartment that is currently empty. Note that I pay rent for MY bedroom, not any other bedroom in the unit.

Apparently, the dehumidifiers will have to stay in the apartment for at least a couple more days. However since nobody from maintenance works on the weekend, I will have to wait until next Monday AT LEAST to have my bedroom back.

I'm sick of this. I just want to sleep in my own bed, but I can't. I've had it with this management and I want out. Would this be anywhere close to constructive eviction?

Answer:
 No. There was an accident. They are fixing it. They are providing accommodations for a reasonable time. This is not that exciting and certainly not constructive evictionAnswer #2: No, it wouldn't. There was an issue; they're making immediate and reasonable efforts to address it.

An apartment lease is not a guaranteed trouble-free experience.


Title: Suing smartphone company in small claims court. How much can/should I sue for?

Question:
I bought a phone in 2015 with an extended 18 month warranty.  In the final month of my extended warranty coverage, my screen broke and I attempted to exercise my warranty for a repair.

The automated return process was begun, but I never got an email with a prepaid shipping label, so I tried to contact customer service.  They were extremely incompetent, and multiple times promised to call me back but never did.  I was busy with college so I tried resolving this situation two separate times months apart, and never got a straight response.  Most recently, they told me my warranty was now expired so there was nothing they could do.

They failed to uphold their end of the warranty I paid for.  The phone was $500 brand new, and extended warranty was around $99 (don't remember exactly).  Should I sue for that amount or ask for more money than that?  Punitive damages?  They caused me a lot of stress, I had to go without a phone for an extended period of time, I had to purchase a new, different phone that I hadn't budgeted for, etc.  Should I go for the max $10,000 and see if they settle or fail to show up to the court appearance?  Can I sue them in NM if that's where they shipped my phone to?  Or does it have to be in the state the corporation is located in?

This company separately has had a class-action-law suit over similar incompetency from their customer service and warranty coverage.  They are known for having these issues.  I even had similar issues with them in 2014, that I could maybe attach to this suit (warranty guaranteed 7 day replacement, took them over a month and a half). I read it was more effective to sue in small claims court than join a giant class-action-suit, and it is probably too late for that anyway.

Edit: just realized the extended warranty reduced the cost of an accidental damage repair from around $199 to around $50. I actually paid the $50 for this repair that they didn't complete. Does that change the situation?
Topic:
Small Claims Procedure

Answer:
 You don't get punitive damages for a breach of contract--only the depreciated value of the phone.

You have to sue them in the state they are located in.


Title: Chemistry professor said I would get a 100% in the lab if I was confident enough to drink the result of my neutralization reaction (acid + base). I did, and must have messed up the experiment because I got chemical burns in my mouth and throat. [PA]

Question:
So in my general chemistry lab (undergrad) we were doing a neutralization reaction of a strong base (NaOH = sodium hydroxide) and a strong acid (HCl = hydrochloric acid). If done correctly, the result would be neutralized solution of sodium chloride, which is just salty water that is completely safe to drink.

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He told the class if we were confident enough in our calculations for the neutralization reaction, we could take a swig of it and get a 100% on the lab. I really needed a good grade to bring up my average so I decided to take him up on the challenge.

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I later realized that I added 1/10th of the required hydrochloric acid to neutralize the sodium hydroxide. So when I took a swig I ended up drinking a solution still with lots of sodium hydroxide in it. I immediately rinsed my mouth with water and ran out of lab in a panic.

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Not sure what to do now. I have what I assume are chemical burns in my mouth and throat.

Answer:
 Reckless endangerment of students,

Enciting dangerous acts

Also, if your average was low why were you confident enough to drink it


Title: A judge lowered my child support obligations because of a substantial change in my life. My ex-wife says she is going to sue me outside family court for the additional funds? Can she do this?

Question:
I have resigned from my job due to changes in my personal life, and at this time it will be at least several years before I am working again. The judge indicated that normally when someone voluntarily quits their job child support is calculated based on their earning potential still - but she acknowledged that due to my circumstances, that was not necessary in my case. She lowered my child support payments by about 1/2.

After this happened my ex-wife tried to appeal this and we went to court again. It was denied.

I am not sure if this is specific by state, but in Delaware we have "family court" for issues pertaining to families. It is family court where you deal with child support, custody, etc.

Now she says that since she wasn't able to get what she wants in family court, she plans to sue me *outside family court* for more money for child support.

Can she start a suit for something that would normally be handled by family court, outside family court? Does it matter that she already tried to get the judge's decision reversed and lost?

Answer:
 Odds are the judge will tell her to go to family court.

*Make sure you show up.*Answer #2: Yes she can sue you. Whether or not she can win is questionable.

Does your order have a clause for extra expenses (medical, extra curricular stuff)?


Title: Stolen dirt bike recovered. Police refuse to return bike.

Question:
Hello Reddit,

My brother in law recently had his dirt bike stolen during a craigslist sale gone wrong. Kid came, took the bike for a test ride and never came back. The dirt bike was reported as stolen to the local pd and was recently found in a chop shop bust operation. The police department that found the bike is giving him the run-around when it comes to getting the bike back as it’s part of an investigation. They refuse to give him the case number and refuse to return his messages. What legal rights does he have / what would you do if you were in the same scenario. Happened in CT if that helps.

Thanks!

Answer:
 May be worth calling the DA or solicitor's office (whoever may be prosecuting the case) and see about what can be done.

Also, contact councilman or whoever is locally elected.

Finally, find a cop friend and see what is going on.


Title: (CA) Question regarding home defense

Question:
I'm a deaf man. I just bought a house and I'm currently upgrading a lot of things here.

Have been a victim of horrible break in when I was young, it left me badly traumatized. So I swear it would never ever happen again!

So I plan on reinforce the door so it cannot be kicked down easily, put holly bushes under the windows, replace window with laminated one, motion detector flood light and other things.

As you can see, it would take some real effort to break into the house. Now my concern is... I have a firearm.

Since I cannot hear, so if someone actually manage to break into my house, that would mean I am pretty much going have to shot the intruder as soon as I see the intruder since we wouldn't be able to communicate and probably put me in even more danger.

So if someone break into the house (which I must stress would take some serious effort) and I end up shot the intruder and the intruder die...

How would this go down? Would I be in hot water at all?
Topic:
Disability Issues

Answer: The specifics of the event would dictate what how the police and DA would respond.  It could vary anywhere between you being given the keys to the city to going to jail for the rest of your life.  There's no way for anyone here to accurate predict what the legal response would be with the details you've provided.  Sorry.


Title: Need help quick! When is it legal for the police to search your car.

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 Cop here, not in your state.

The search of a car is under the Carroll doctrine.

If your car is mobile and we suspect you have committed a crime, are about to commit a crime, or are committing a crime we can search your vehicle without a warrant.


Title: (ID) Neighbor people down the street called the cops and said I was going 40MPH. Said this is the third time they have warned me.

Question:
(Nampa, ID) I came home from work yesterday (October 31) at around 7:40 pm. I came into the subdivision and stopped to let some kids walk across the street. I turned the corner to continue down my street, I saw kids across the street and two ladies on the opposite side on the sidewalk. One of the ladies jumps out into the street and puts both her hands up tells her kids to stay put. At that point I processed to drive to my house, passing her she called me a "fucking asshole" and that I needed to slow down. I arrive at my house to which I get out of my car and I hear her yell "You're a fucking asshole"

Fast forward to 1 am and I am awoken by a police officer explaining that the people down the street called them and told them that I almost hit the lady who jumped out into the street. He said they said I was gong "about 40 mph" and this is the THIRD time they have told me to slow down. This is the first time that it has been brought up to me or that I am hearing about this. Never before has the people down the street or any of my neighbors warned me about my speed. The police guy was very chill about it though. He did hand me a paper for a court date that I have to file before the 22 of this month unless I can go to them and work things out. Other than talking to them and if they do not listen, what are my options here? It's three against one so I feel my odds are not great but this being the first incident and one of them saying they've warned me three times, I don't really know what to do. As I type this I am currently in my room waiting for one of them to come home to try and talk but I thought I'd seek help on here first

First edit: To assume I was going 40 in a residential area is nonsense. It was Halloween and dark, it doesn't take common sense to figure that one out.

Answer:
 First - Stop speeding. Drive like your kids live here.

> He did hand me a paper for a court date that I have to file before the 22 of this month unless I can go to them and work things out.

This is not a thing. Please do a better job explaining this paper.


Title: Prank went wrong and my cousin was arrested (Florida)

Question:
My cousin and me both go to the same college. With some of our friends we sometimes get together on campus and play jokes or pranks on people on campus that we sometimes put on YouTube. It's always small, harmless stuff.

My cousin had the idea that we should go downtown and jump into random back seats of cars that we find unlocked and pretend we think the people were Uber drivers. It went wrong though.

That nighy my cousin jumped into this girls car and started telling her to drive and hurry up because he was late. The girl was yelling at him but then she accelerated the car into traffic and sped up. She hit a mailbox and a cop saw and she got out and was screaming that some guy jumped in her car and tried to hijack her. My cousin gor arrested at gunpoint.

We all tried to explain to the cops at the station but they thought we were just trying to cover for him and they kicked us out because we have never done something like this, our normal stuff is different and on campus. His parents are working on getting him a lawyer I think but he has to stay in jail until he goes to court.

We also found out that the girl goes to our school but we didn't know that and she said someone was stalking her or being creepy on campus to her. My cousin doesn't know her and this was just an accident and a prank gone wrong. They are blaming him for the crash. He has never been on trouble before except that he got caught with weed once and is on probation. What is the worst that could happen to him from this?

Answer:
 Can one of you lawyer types explain the difference between carjacking and hijacking? I know we use the same -jacking for both, but with planes, there is usually no 'intent' to deprive the airline of its plane, just a 'take me where I want to go (and meet my demands)' kinda thing. With cars, it seems like it is mostly 'get out, this is my car now'.

Does intent really matter?


Title: (PA) I had to take medical leave from school because of my untreated mental illness and now I can't return because they're taking away my financial aid. Is there anything I can do?

Question: I had to take medical leave from my private university for mental health issues. I just received a letter in the mail stating that I cannot receive my financial aid until I completely three credits since I technically dropped below full time, but I do not have the money to pay tuition without the financial aid nor do I have any loan cosigners because my family is poor. I took a medical leave because my mental illness was not being treated properly and I was constantly on the verge of suicide (and subsequently doing horribly in all of my courses). After I left school, I was still struggling without the proper treatment and ended up getting hospitalized so it's not as if I just took time off to be lazy or anything. I was wondering if there's anything I can do legally to get the school to allow me back as a full time student? Should I hire a lawyer? Or am I pretty much out of luck? Please let me know what you think my options might be and I can provide more information if necessary.

Answer: You can appeal to the financial aid department. write a letter, show proof of seeking treatment and hope they waive it. i did that a couple years back and my university had no problem waiving that requirement since it wasn't my fault.


Title: Jury duty?

Question: Not sure if this is where to ask. I previously postponed my county court jury duty to mid-June and yesterday I received a summon to the federal court jury. Am I still required to serve the county court or does serving on the federal court excuses me from county?

Answer:
 You get to do both!Answer #2: Oh man, I'm so jealous of you!  Getting to serve on federal and county level?

My strange affection toward serving aside . . . you may call the Feds and ask if you can be excused because you're already serving county level during that timeframe.  They're not obligated to excuse you, but you have several factors going for you. (1) You have a legit (and good) excuse/reason; and (2) you are asking with plenty of notice beforehand so they can make arraignments.

If you want to get out of it, I'd give them a call.


Title: Is there a case where my boss fires me because of my physical disability

Question: I live in Canada and work at a private golf club as a dishwasher, my boss is gonna fire me because I lack the efficiency and can’t go as fast as the other dishwashers but I can’t help it. Is there anything I can do to keep my job or can I potentially sue for discrimination?

Answer:
 You yourself just admitted that you can’t meet the requirements of your job. They’re required to make a reasonable accommodation if you ask, but keeping someone on who can’t do the work isn’t reasonable.

As much as it sucks, they’re a business and not a charity. You’ll find employment elsewhere.


Title: [Alaska]Can I drive with my Connecticut or California licenses in Alaska?

Question: [deleted]

Answer: If you have two driver's licenses, one of them is almost certainly not valid.


Title: [Austin] Accident from June 2016, Geico insurance says I'm at fault, but is there anything I can do to fight the decision?

Question:
Not sure if I'm too late, but here goes. Bear with me, I am deaf so my english is not my first language.

I was involved in an accident last year June 2016. I'm not sure if there's a limited time. To this day, I still feel angry about what happened.

I drove 2015 Ford Focus hatchback manual transmission. Fun car. So I was going out to do some grocery shopping. Only happened maybe 150-200 yards from my place.

I arrived at T-intersection in the neighborhood, which has 25 mph speed limit. I had stop sign, the cross traffic don't have stop sign.

I look to my right, there's no cars coming.

I look to my left, I see two cars parked curbside, but I cannot see if anyone is coming. So I proceeded slowly turning left, I was still in my first gear, but out of nowhere the older Toyota 4Runner smashed my front end shoving me 90-degree to the right.

Two neighbors came out, they said it was really loud. The entire front end is just a goner. Totaled. Cops came, I told them to talk to the other driver. Then I explained what happened. Notified the Geico insurance. The other auto insurance tried to contact me, I hesitated and contacted Geico for advice, but before I ever contacted the other auto insurance, Geico determined that I was at fault after explaining what happened. I told them that it is clear that the other driver was speeding, exceeding well above the 30-35 mph, maybe 40 considering the amount of damage done on my car. Even the police officer said that it definitely looked like he was speeding, but he did not see what happened so he cannot document it in the report. I was also given a citation for failure to yield on left turn.

Geico said it is their duty to protect their customers (me) and determined that I am at fault. I understand that the oncoming driver had right of way. The only thing that I feel absolutely wrong is that the other driver was speeding, and not just that, the two vehicles were on curbside blocking my view. After the accident happened, the person who lived in the house across the street from the two parked vehicles, moved their cars to on driveway and on their side.

Just typing this, looking back, pisses me off. I was left with $6,000 upside down loan on my car, I didn't have GAP insurance, so this is a lesson learned for me.

I still feel that the Geico Insurance was wrong in making their decision. I don't have dashcam. I'm new to this type of experience. What could I have done? Is there anything I can still do to reverse this decision?

Please, just ask if you need clarification on anything.

Answer:
 This is pretty simple.  Even hearing only your side of the story, it still sounds like you're at fault.

You were supposed to yield to traffic... simple as that.  Sure, the other driver could have slowed down, or there could have been cars in the way, or whatever... it's all irrelevant because you were supposed to yield to oncoming traffic and you didn't.


Title: Being blamed for vandalism on no basis

Question: [deleted]

Answer: Who is blaming you?  School?  Police?  Random people?


Title: [va] How can I change my name on my children's birth certificates

Question:
Hi, I'm a transgender woman who is the father of two great children. They brought up the idea of putting my new name on their birth certificates.

So, I went down to the Vital Statistics office and inquired. They said I would need a court order to change it.

So I went to my county clerks office (Chesterfield) and they looked at me like I am some kind of idiot.

I've change my name and gender marker on my birth certificate and all other official documents. I'm just lost as to what to file in court for or how to file it. Thanks.

Answer:
 In most states, you can petition to amend a child's birth records to reflect a name change or fix a clerical error \(for example, if the mom's name is Jane Jones, and it was written down as Jean Jones\). I would phrase it that way: that you're trying to change your children's birth certificates to reflect your name change \(you'll likely have to file a petition to amend birth certificate or something similar\).

Also, if all else fails, call something like Lambda Legal and see if they can help.Answer #2: IANAL. Please think about giving your kids their own copy of your name change and their updated birth certificates and any other documentation you get updated. They might need it later for security clearances, accessing records, etc. even tho they know you are doing it, tracking it down after you are gone if they need it can be really hard.

. Weird stuff happens with records.


Title: Neighbor is lying about us

Question:
Hi, this is my first time posting and I'm looking for some guidance. I live in an apartment in Arizona with my husband.

We adopted a 10lb dog about a year and a half ago and our neighbor has hated us since. We're pretty introverted so it took us a while to notice that she was giving us the cold shoulder (preferable to me, actually) but an overheard comment about our "psycho dog" about two months ago clued me in. Okay, not everybody likes dogs so whatever, we'll just be extra sure to avoid this lady.

We come home a couple weeks ago around midnight with our dog in his carrier and the neighbor's door was open with loud music, lights, and people talking (there has been drinking going on). My dog barks once from inside his carrier and I immediately shush him. The (drunk) neighbor yells, "CONTROL. YOUR FUCKING. DOG" from inside her apartment and I just say "okay thanks, have a nice night" and enter my apartment. My pup was silent for the rest of the night; I fall asleep on the couch while my husband watches tv. I wake up at 2am to my neighbor screaming "Fuck the neighbors, fuck the neighbors! I'm tired of their shit! Fuck the neighbors!" Cool.

My husband decides to file a first complaint against her after a couple days of thinking about it. The landlord accepts it and is actually grateful as he's been in talks about not renewing her lease due to other complaints against her. Ours is the final nail in the coffin, we'll just have to deal with her until her lease is up. Neato!

Yesterday, my husband and I arrived home to a business card for animal control about a welfare check on our dog. I was worried that something happened to him while we were at work but he seemed fine when we got inside. Called the number and found out someone reported that we were beating our dog on his walks! We don't have children, our dog is our BABY.

The animal control officer came today to check our pupper out (he was obviously fine) and elaborated that the complaint was from a neighbor who reported that my husband and I got into a huge, loud domestic dispute first thing yesterday morning that extended outside, where I allegedly started beating our dog.

My husband and I would never, ever hurt our dog, we have never fought like that, and! My husband is asleep when I go to work! So just a massive, outright lie in what I can only guess is an attempt to get our dog taken away? My fear now is that since nothing came of this... she's going to escalate.

We've never had anything like this happen to us before so, where do we go with this? What do we do next? Is there even anything to do?

Tl;dr - Neighbor hates our dog, yelled obscenities at us in the middle of the night, then fabricated a lie to animal control that my husband and I had a huge fight and I started beating our dog.

Thanks for reading this and helping. Sorry for any formatting errors.

Answer:
 Animal control is not going to take your dog away based on something someone says, with no evidence. I would continue to ignore.

Sometimes when crazy neighbors are involved it is a good idea to set up a camera that records inside your apartment, 24/7, and saves the video into the cloud. Then next time someone goes berserk at 2AM you have evidence you were asleep and did not provoke anyone. I'd also have my phone camera recording anytime I'm outside or could potentially have an encounter with them. Answer #2: Have you recorded your dog during the day when no one is home to see of he's barking, howling or crying all day?  Just a thought...  Answer #3: People like this poison dogs.  It is a thing.  If your dog is outside and appears to be eating on something - investigate.Answer #4: Someone else posted that their neighbor poisoned their dog and they don't have any solid poof to sue the neighbor so I would watch out for that.


Title: My mom is threatening me again with property crap.

Question:
[Louisiana] So, the good news is, my grandmother is finally getting into a nursing home and away from my abusive mother (also my grandma’s daughter). The bad? My mom is a control freak and is loosing her marbles because she won’t be able to control my grandmother anymore or take her money so she’s trying to take it out on me.

So, here’s some history of the situation real quick. Awhile back my grandma and I had both signed for a house so that way when she passes, it’s automatically mine and we don’t have to worry about trying to tie off any legal ends and also because of said horrible mother.

Well, said house is ALSO on my grandmother’s land as well as my mom’s house, so we’re sharing a lot. My mom doesn’t seem to believe me when I tell her that she doesn’t automatically inherit everything when my grandma/her mom passes unless stated otherwise in a will. (Grandma still hasn’t signed her will btw which says the land our homes are on will go to me because she was scared of my mom pulling this crap on me later.)

So, my mom likes to use threats like “Only you can live in that house, no friends.” and other weird and asinine threats that includes she can “do whatever with her power of attorney this and PoA that.” Even though that’s completely irrelevant. Essentially she is trying to bully me is where I’m getting at.

I apologize for going off topic, but I felt the need to paint an idea of just what kind of crazy woman I’m dealing with. (Also she’s as dumb as a bag of rocks she literally doesn’t know jack squat about legal stuff or how to even use the internet.) Her threats are just getting worse since she’s on her last leg and pulling every “trick” in the hat. I’m just basically asking to make sure I’ll be in the right if she tries any future legal crap with me, too.

So, I’m asking, if she were to try and evict me off the land which is currently in my grandma’s name and/or call the cops on my friends for coming over, what should I expect? And if she were to lie and “abuse” her PoA and tell the police that my grandma said doesn’t want me on that land anymore, what would happen?

Answer:
 >Awhile back my grandma and I had both signed for a house so that way when she passes, it’s automatically mine ... said house is ALSO on my grandmother’s land as well as my mom’s house

This is a little confusing.  Generally speaking, it is the LAND that has a deed or title, not a house on that land.  So what do you mean when you say that you and your grandmother both "signed for a house" and who is on the TITLE for the land that the house is on?

>Grandma still hasn’t signed her will

Then nothing written in that will, nor anything that your grandmother has told you verbally, is legally binding.  In other words, based upon what you've said so far, it would appear that there is no land titled in your name, and that there is no will specifying that anything will go to you, and thus it appears that when your grandmother dies your mother will likely inherit everything your grandmother owns.


Title: Is it my fault

Question: Not sure if I can post this here but fuck it. So today I was in a cramped biologi class, and I accidentally knocked over this OPENED water bottle, the water hit my classmates computer and now it won't turn on. Now the guy is mad and wants me to pay for a new one or repair it. The guy let his water bottle stay open next to his computer, so what do you guys think? Is it my fault?

Answer:
 Yes, even though it was an accident, it is your fault, at least partially. Depending on where you live, you would be at least partially liable for the damage to the computer.

Don't apologize for your grammar on your *THIRD* language. LOL. I can barely speak one passably. :)


Title: Am I on the hook to pay my deceased husband's child support?

Question: My husband and I live in Santa Clara County, CA and his son lives in Utah.  He was behind on child support payments because he had been out of work over the fall of 2019 and hadn't yet been approved for disability or ssi benefits in the state of CA.  He passed away in Feb 2020 leaving me a single mother to two children (and now thanks to the shelter-in-place I've been unemployed since mid-March!) and I just received a bill (addressed to him 'and spouse') for his past due child support stating it must be paid in full within 30 days.  So I guess there's a couple parts to my question.  Am I responsible for the past due amount and, if so, can the state of Utah seize my assets (Ha! what assets??) or my unemployment?  And would I have to continue to pay the child support on behalf of my husband until the child turns 18? Any insight would be greatly appreciated before I contact the Utah Office of Recovery Services.

Answer:
 You are not personally responsible for his child support and they cannot legally take *your* assets.

However, if you had joint accounts with him, it is possible that money could be deducted from them to cover his debts, even if he's no longer putting money into them. Until everything is filed and sorted out, agencies may be confused about whose money is whose.

Has the family court been notified of his passing? Have you sent them death certificates?

Was there a will? Has any thing legally been done to manage the estate so far?Answer #2: His estate/life insurance will pay out the past due child support and possible future payments.


Title: What happens if your landlord doesn't cash your rent check? (Alberta, Canada)

Question:
My landlord is constantly cashing our rent late in the month. Often I get hit by it twice in quick succession for two months (last week of the previous month and the first week of the following). So far I have managed to have both months waiting but it gets harder and harder.

I have two questions.

1. Is this considered breaching the lease if they don't cash the check in a reasonable amount of time? If not, is there a way I can compel them to actually do it on the first of the month?

2. If they don't cash it at all during the relevant month, what happens? Are they perfectly justified in cashing both checks the following month?

Answer:
 > Is this considered breaching the lease if they don't cash the check in a reasonable amount of time?

no.

> If not, is there a way I can compel them to actually do it on the first of the month?

no.

> If they don't cash it at all during the relevant month, what happens?

they don't have the use of the money. that's all.

> Are they perfectly justified in cashing both checks the following month?

yes.

it is *your* responsibility to keep track of payments you have outstanding.

if you can't manage your checking account, buy money orders or cashiers checks.Answer #2: IANAL and this isn't advice specifically on what you're asking, but one way to get around this would be to set up another account for the sole purpose of rent. Put the rent money in there when you write the check (write it out of that account) so you know the money will be there when the check is cashed. This way you avoid the randomness of the check cashing. Answer #3: they can cash the check any time in the 6 months before it  expires. i'm not sure, but I would think that if they let the check expire, they  can ask for a new check to be issued up to whatever the statue of limitations on debt is.

keep a separate account for rent

I don't have a landlord but I do have several employees who will keep their paychecks for months and then cash 4-5 months worth of paychecks on the same. It's annoying and inconvenient, but they  have a right to do it that way as the money  is theirs. Works the same way with landlords


Title: [SERIOUS] Lawyer left me high and dry after saying I have a strong case. Is there anything I can do to over turn the judgement

Question:
This all happened a few years ago in Florida. My Lawyer said he would represent me and we had a strong case to get charges dismissed.

The details:
I was arrested for sale of a controlled substance ( clonazepam  ) which I had a prescription for anxiety. The problem was I sold it to an undercover cop because I was setup by a "Confidential Informant" - Come to find out it was my weed dealer that set me up. Turns out he was facing hard time and needed someone to take some heat off of him. That's where he came up with a story of his friend (the under cover cop) was in between prescriptions and going thru a divorce and needed a few pills to get by until he gets his new bottle. I stupidly put myself in his shoes and felt bad for the guy and reluctantly agreed to give him a few pills- from my prescription bottle, I did not do it for the money.

After a month my weed dealer tried to get me to sell a few pills again but I refused.. Fast forward 5 months and I get a surprise visit from a sheriff and get arrested at work. Spent a few nights in jail. While in jail, my brother hires and pays $8000.00 to a "high-priced lawyer" and I get bailed out.
So after I get out of jail I meet with the lawyer who asks what happened and I tell him I get weed from this guy who asked me for some pills to give to his friend going thru a divorce. You know- the truth... My lawyer says "we can win but it will take some time" I said no problem as long as this all goes away. I felt like if the court was to hear my side if the story they would find me innocent and dismiss all charges against me.

After about a year of postponing my lawyer and I go to court we stand there and he turns around and tells me there is nothing more he can do and to plead guilty and they will give me disposition withheld. My heart dropped- it felt like the rug was pulled from under me.. What happened to all the talk about going to trial, winning and getting this dismissed? I was railroaded.. I still feel like that all these years after.

I know why he dropped my case. He had a money faucet open up via a stand your ground case he picked up, which is still currently going on.

I got arrested but not convicted for a felony. In the end I had to pay fines, submit to random drug testing, drug and alcohol intervention class, community service, and have "disposition withheld" on my record which is about the same as a felony. I can't get a job, not even Uber, Lyft, Doordash, want to hire me. I lost my job, and everything I had in Florida, I now live up North with family.

Is there anywhere or anything I can do to prove my lawyer did not have my best interests and get my case thrown out or dismissed like it should have been?
Topic:
Drug Possession

Answer:
 > I felt like if the court was to hear my side if the story they would find me innocent and dismiss all charges against me.

You sold prescription medications to an undercover police officer. What in the world would make you feel you would be found innocent?


Title: Recall messed up, burned out engine, car then returned disassembled. Can I sue?

Question:
Here is what happened. I bought my 2002 Nissan Altima about a year ago with 93K miles and it was running fine, but about 3 months ago it started constantly burning oil and coolant, to the point where I had to refill them every other gas refill. I then had just filled up my car with oil and drove my family 200 miles over 3 days, and suddenly she was out of oil and loosing power. I pulled off, saw my oil was empty, used my emergency oil I kept in my car, and got her home (Note, I had earlier taken her into a mechanic and he'd found no leaks during a oil change). Over the next few days my car had almost no acceleration, and couldn't make it above 50mph. I took her into my mechanic, and after a full diagnosis he explained the engine was burning out because of the pre-cat, and it'd cost around $3-4,000 to just fix current problems without replacing the engine, which wouldn't help much. Then gave me the recall papers and explained how I needed to talk to Nissan to see if they had done the recall correctly, as the pre-catalytic converter had sent debris into the engine and caused scoring, ignition coil damage, and all of the new problems my car now has.

So I left the shop, and my car stopped accelerating as I drove away, and wouldn't go above 15mph on a even surface. I towed her to the nearest Nissan dealership in Alexandria Virginia, and the technician showed me the maintenance preformed for the recall. Instead of being at minimum a control module re-programming and heat shield install, all that was done was a oil-change and a exhaust flap install. This clearly does not follow the instructions from the recall (NTB03-070b) as it specifies that a control module re-programming must be done, heat shielding installed, and if damage has occurred that a full pre-catalytic converter and engine replacement is covered.

However the tech claimed that only Corp could approve that kind of work, and so I called Nissan Corp. The first representative agreed with me over the phone that the maintenance preformed did not follow the recall, but after escalating the issue to the regional corporate office they claim that the oil change fulfilled the recall (that is what was actually said to me.) I have asked them to send me that decision in writing, which they have done so.

Today 11/2/15 I got my car towed back to my house, and it's engine in in pieces. Spark plugs sitting on top, coolant cap off, missing the engine cover, dirty rag the only thing keeping dust out... etc. I called them at 3:44 on Oct 26th and asked them to do a diagnosis, then called them again at 3:55 that same day and told them to leave it, to not do anything until Corp got back to me. So clearly they didn't listen to me and opened her up and didn't bother putting her back together.

Do I have a case since I believe they improperly preformed the recall which would have prevented this damage to my vehicle? In addition they left my vehicle in pieces after I requested them to not do any work on it. Let me know.

Answer: Do you expect any different response than you got the last time you went on and on about this?


Title: Apartment place I'm leaving wants to charge me $2k for breaking lease and I wonder if I have a chance to fight back?

Question:
Hello all, at this point I feel like I'm just going to cut my losses but I'm asking here to see if I can see things from another perspective.

So one of our cars got broken into TWICE at this apartment place (gated community mind you), and suffered loss of personal items. We decided we would leave that place, office practically told us "don't care that your car has been broken into, you still got a lease". And we decided to still leave. Here is a piece from the contract: "If you terminate your lease early, you will be in default under the lease, and you will be responsible for paying early termination rent at the per diem rental rate that is in effect on your move-out date until the earlier of (i) the end of your lease term; or (ii) the date a new resident moves into the premises. If we offer you an early termination settlement as an alternative to paying early termination rent, you must make the election to enter into the settlement at the time you are planning to move out early"
The thing is, when I gave vacate notice they didn't tell me that I had two options, they just flat out said "you got to pay 2 months of rent = $2,200" but I didn't sign a paper that said "I opt for the settlement fee" or the other option. I feel like the apartment will get rented out super fast since its close to a university and it could potentially be cheaper than $2,200. However, they have been so douchy that I am wondering why even bother talking to them about it? They'll probably even lie about not finding anyone to move in and keep me paying until my lease end which is until March, lot more expensive. So just thinking of cutting my loses and say "eff that place"
What do you guys think? Should I go to the office and bring this up? Or don't bother?

Edit: This is in Florida.

Answer:
 an apartment complex cannot protect you from crime, and that is not a valid reason to break the lease.

it's easier and less headache to just accept the settlement offer of 2.2k.  if you want to go the other method then, you risk gambling on how fast they could find a tenant.  or you can try subleasing if they allow it.


Title: Not getting the raise one deserves?

Question:
So my father has been with company A for 22 years. He is a quality control manager, handling orders and making sure all product arrives and is dispatched on time.
Ever since my father was placed in the position, no order has been late nor have they landed on a mistake. The last time he asked for a raise was 16 years ago.
Recently, my father had to undergo surgery on his arm that has him out of work for some time. In this time period, none of the orders were dispatched on time, workers were asked to come in on Sunday, something that has never happened before. They are basically struggling.
Now, my dad is willing to go back to work after he recuperates but it's obvious he deserves a raise. They Are known to not appreciate him and tell him he can't get paid more than the truck drivers get paid.
So reddit. What could we do to at least help my dad get the compensation he deserves?
If it's worth noting, this administration is unionized.

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated

Answer: He can talk to the union rep. Absent an agreement saying otherwise, no one is entitled to a raise.


Title: Grandmother got scammed out of 8.5k from a guy who impersonated me in a different state, I feel really guilty about it, any advice on what I should do?

Question:
So I got a call today from my mom while I was at work today about my grandmother about being really worried about me for some reason, so I figured "I'll call her, let her know that I'm okay, get back to work." Cue calling her and she's completely devastated, asking me if I broke my nose, my lip, etc. I told her nothing was broken and I'm okay, but here's where it gets weird.

She asked me if I was in New York (I live in Louisiana.), so I said no and said that I was at work. She then passed the phone to her nephew (who was helping her with tidying up the place, since my grandfather died shortly before Christmas 2018), and explained that she got a call from someone that sounded just like me claiming that I got into a car accident in New York, totaling my car and injuring a pregnant woman that was 6 month in labor, and was in jail needing a bail bond of 8.5k (I was not told whether she paid him via Western Union or any other cash sending methods).

She uses a old style landline phone so I suppose she never looked at the phone number, but eventually recovered the phone numbers origin coming from New York, and recently received another call today asking for more cash.

The police has been called about this situation, to which my father suggested a fake package to be sent to him, though I am not sure if they called the bank to see if the cash was able to be salvaged to any degree.

Is there anything I should do to help the chances of getting this guy caught? Do I need to talk with any police about anything?

Answer:
 The Grandparent Scam is unfortunately well known. The callers get lists of numbers that are most likely seniors. The caller says something like “Hello, Grandma?”  With any luck, the lady on the other side says “Billy, is that you?”  The scammer then starts impersonating Billy. They are very skilled at getting Grandma to provide information about Billy, which is used to help convince her it really is Billy. ”New York? Is Tulane having spring break now?”

The scammer is quite likely in Russia, China, or India. Any address or phone number given to Grandma are either fake or a one-time burner number. She’s getting additional calls because they figure they’ve got a live one.  The chances of recovering the money are pretty much zero.

The best thing you can do now is to educate your grandmother about scams, and never sending money without verifying the legitimacy. Scammers are very good at coming up with reasons why it has to stay secret. Her number is probably being sold as a known gullible person, so she needs to hear about all of them—the fake IRS, police officer, jury duty, utility company, or bank.


Title: (PA) Friend was approached to marry a guy from India to gain him citizenship by another friend. Ramifications? Thoughts?

Question: They offered to pay for the divorce and compensate her after the legal amount of time needed to be married is up.  However, is this an ok thing to do?  She does know these people well, but what kinds of problems could she run into?

Answer:
 Immigration fraud is pretty serious for both of them. There are also support issues that could have big financial problems (she could have to repay any public assistance he gets). If she ever wants to marry a foreigner in the future and do this legit it would be a huge red flag to immigration. She would be legally married for at least the next 3 years or so, which may impact other parts of her life.

So yes, pretty bad idea.


Title: Is it legal to run a Bitcoin lottery in the United States?

Question:
I looked at the [Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unlawful_Internet_Gambling_Enforcement_Act_of_2006) and was wondering if it is legal to start a lottery accepting only Bitcoin and paying only Bitcoin to the winner. Bitcoin is not considered an official currency, so I was wanted to know if it was legal to accept it at an online lottery. [It looks here like it is](http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/31/5363), but I was curious and wanted to know for sure. If it isn't legal, please explain why.

Pennsylvania, USA

Answer:
 Bitcoin is still regarded as a foreign currency and/or a store of value, so no, it's not legal. 31 U.S. Code § 5363(2) specifically mentions any money transmitter business and businesses that trade in crypto-currency are still money transmitters, according to recent FinCen guidelines. Not to mention (4) pretty much locks it up by specifying "any other form of financial transaction" that can be regulated by the Federal Reserve, which includes Bitcoin.

If you're looking for a loophole, this isn't it. Answer #2: Still illegal.

>  The Act defines a bet or wager to include risking **something of value** on the outcome of a contest, sports event, "or a game subject to chance."

While not an official currency, bitcoin still has value.


Title: Severely injured in casual sports league

Question:
Was SEVERELY injured recently in a recreational sports league. Someone hit me so hard that I dislocated several bones that tore through my skin and ripped a bunch of ligaments. Four surgeries, two weeks in the hospital, whole nine yards. Currently bedridden, probably won't be walking for a few months. The person who did this to me has also not contacted me at all. Hasn't even attempted to find my contact info. (Mind you, he is well aware of what happened as he saw me get escorted onto an ambulance.)

Most lawyers I've talked to said I have no case as I assumed risk by agreeing to play the sport, no matter how reckless the play. However, the league is also refusing to give me this guy's contact information. Do I have any legal rights to obtain his information since he injured me so badly?

Answer: Unless the person targeted you outside the scope of game play, you may not be able to recover from the person. In general, when you play a sport you assume the risk of injury. In soccer, for example, you might crash into a player and severely injure yourself. That's a known risk of the game. However, it's a different story if someone intentionally tackles you unrelated to game play.


Title: [AUS/UK] Does it count as "doing work in the UK", violating my status as a tourist, if I do work over the internet for the Australian company I work for, and get paid into my Australian bank account?

Question:
Hello /r/legaladvice, long time reader first time poster!

I have a question regarding an upcoming stay in the United Kingdom (specifically Wales if it matters.) I'm going to be staying over there for quite a long time, possibly the six months allowed without a visa, with my girlfriend.

My workplace has recently asked me to do a project, mostly involving programming and database management, and are okay with me doing it at home and deploying it remotely (over the internet.)

My question is, if I do this work while my physical location is in the UK, as a tourist, does it violate the entry requirements despite the work being for an Australian company, being prearranged before I go overseas, not effecting anything in the UK at all, and getting paid into my Australian bank account?

If so, what is required of me to do this kind of work while abroad? Do I require some kind of business visa? Would that even be worth the cost and effort involved? I'd hate to take this project and have it cost me more than it makes me.

Thankyou very much for any answers. I understand this is a pretty specific situation, so any help at all is appreciated.

EDIT: Sorry, not really sure which flair this falls under, so I just picked the one I thought was closest.
Topic:
Labor Law

Answer:
 So, I mostly work online and usually live overseas.  Most of the people around me do similar things, as do my coworkers and such.

This is a conversation that we have routinely in countries all over the world.

Generally speaking we have all concluded that it is technically a violation in almost every country but that nobody gives a shit and there is no real way to catch you.

I know that isn't legal advice, but I know literally hundreds of people who do this all over the world.


Title: If medical marijuana is legal and I have my card in Ohio, can a judge in family court hold marijuana against me for being in my system in Indiana?

Question:
The title sums up my question fairly well.
Topic:
Custody Divorce and Family

Answer:
 A judge in family court in **Ohio** can hold your marijuana use against you.

Family court is not criminal court.  The judges are balancing one parent's rights and wants against the other's, and they can use virtually anything to make their decision.  Even fully legal activities can be a negative.
Answer #2: Wait, hold up, how do you have an Ohio card already? The law itself is in major limbo


Title: Employer (possibly) lied about filing an H1-B visa petition on my behalf

Question: [deleted]

Answer: Paging immigration expert /u/demyst


Title: My girlfriend is currently 17 and her dad threatened to gaze her… is that legal? (live in utah)

Question: My girlfriend recently moved in with her father who is degrading to women, raciest, ex-military, and an alcoholic who hasn't drank is a year. He works in arkansas during the week but flies home on either thursday or friday night, then leaves again on sunday. While away she lives with her stepmom and stepbrother. While away for the week he constantly calls her and is rude to say the least yelling about small issues and threading to kick her out about dirty dishes, dirty room, etc. Recently he came home angry as always and started to have a "talk" with my girlfriend. At the beginning he threatened to taze her if she got upset. Would that be legally acceptable for him to do or would it be considered child abuse? He also recently told her she will be kicked out when she turns 18, but she has no where to go what choices does she have?

Answer:
 Oh, "taze" not "gaze"! For a minute, I was afraid that the guy was a medusa.

I see now that my autocorrect changes "taze" to "gaze" as well.


Title: I payed for a music instrumental with someone over Twitter for $25, wasnt happy with it, I asked him to do minor changes but couldnt do it in a short timeframe. I am currently asking over and over for a refund, is he legally inclined to give me one?

Question: Thanks for your help.

Answer:
 No.  He is most likely not obligated to give you a refund.

You contracted with this guy for a song for $25.  He composed a song that was substantially correct, as you said there were only a couple of things off about it.  Unless you agreed to a satisfaction clause (which due to the nature of your bargaining over twitter, I doubt exists), his performance is substantially completed.

You felt there were a couple things off about it, and he agrees to fix it, but his timeline is unsatisfactory to you.  That is not a reason for a refund.  He did what you asked, and is even willing to alter it more, but you are demanding additional work immediately.

At best, if there is objectively something wrong with the song (which is a pretty hard thing to prove), you would be entitled to the difference between the cost of what was done and the cost of what you were paying for.  If the song was mostly correct, you could get a few bucks back.


Title: [Pennsylvania] Getting a divorce, wife moved out and is no longer paying her half of the mortgage. I pay 90% of the bills and can not afford her half of the mortgage. She's threatening legal action if the house goes into foreclosure.

Question:
So, it's basically the title. I pay for her insurance, the phone service, the tv/cable, water, trash, sewer bill and everything else aside from the electric bill. With all Of that and my car and insurance and stuff I can not afford to pay the $650 she gives me a month.

She's refusing to go on her own phone plan, she's refusing to go back onto her own insurance. She's refusing to give any sort of support and I'm afraid she's going to stop paying the electric.

We just put the house up for sale, but if the sale does not happen soon the house obviously will be gone and she's now threatening to take me to court if that happens.

What are my options?

Sorry for the formatting I'm on mobile and having a mini anxiety attack.

Answer:
 There's already pending legal action- the divorce.

I don't think that she has any further cause of action to successfully sue you when she's doing the same thing you're doing (not paying the mortgage).

Address this with your divorce lawyer.