Title: Came back from Vacation and my rented house is uninhabitable... Need advice

Question:
So, the realtor that is renting this house to me asked me if it was fine to rip up the carpet when I was on vacation.  She told me there was hardwood underneath and they would move the stuff that was there, rip it up, and put it back.
I arrived home tonight and the stuff in the hluse is in the garage and kitchen and the floors still look like they need to be stained which was not discussed... I don't see this being finished anytime soon...
 I am sleeping on a couch in the garage tonight.
What can I do about this?

Answer:
 Take pictures. Right now. Better yet, take pictures and also do a walk-through on video, starting with today's paper in the shot and focusing on both the floors and anything that could be considered damage.

You need to document the everliving hell out of the state of every inch of flooring, the state of your furniture, and all communication you've had with your landlord about this.

If you have it all by email, print it out and put it in a folder. If it was only through phone calls, then you need to type out as accurate of a transcription of the calls as you can, including the time and date of the call.

Chances are, your landlord will either be skuzzy and try to take your security deposit for this, OR you're not going to be able to move back in without damaging things. If your landlord says not to move the furniture back in, and you have good documentation, you can ask them to pay for a hotel for the time it takes them to fix this.Answer #2: Had this happen to me, caller your renters insurance, they’ll put you into a hotel until your place is habitable. Your insurance will send the bill back to your landlord for the hotel stay.Answer #3: Have a look at [DOJMT](https://dojmt.gov/consumer/tenants-and-landlords/) for starters. Good luck. Answer #4: You can request a rent credit/pro-rate for the inconvenience, and you should definitely do an inventory of your belongings to ensure all is accounted for.  An alternative to rent credit could be having a hotel paid-for or reimbursed, but generally you get a break on rent *or* the hotel paid, not both.

Generally an inconvenience like this sucks but won't meet the definition of "uninhabitable" in any state I've encountered.


Title: Husband Leaving

Question:
My husband is divorcing me, and we only moved out to Arizona because of his job. I want to move back home to North Carolina, but he says if I leave with our child he'll call the police on me. What can I do?

Phoenix, AZ is where I'm located.


Title: (Delaware) Parents force me (15F) to work at their restaurant, threatened to kick me out, refused to take me to classes, hit me and sister (9).

Question:
As stated in title, I am 15, female, and living in Delaware.
My parents have forced me to work at their restaurant (I do not deal with food prep, only phone calls and the cash register.) from 9am to 11pm during the summer, at one point 7 days a week. Because school is in session, they’ve let me stay home more. I typically work 4pm to 10pm once to thrice a week now. I am aware that 14 and 15 year olds are not permitted to work from 7pm to 7am when school is in session. I am also aware that because I am related to them, laws are different.
My parents have previously owned a restaurant in Pennsylvania. I was also forced to help out there from when I was 8 to 12. (They then sold the restaurant, and we moved to VA.)
My mom has threatened to kick me out on multiple occasions. I do have friends (in DE and VA) that I could stay with, but I am keeping those options as last resort atm as I don’t wish to be a burden on someone else.
My mom has refused to drive me to school multiple times. I have a class before school starts for most students, attendance is mandatory and it counts as a standard class. Because it starts before school for most students, I require a ride to school as my bus would drop me off later than the time this class starts. My friend’s mother currently drives me to school.
My sister (9) and I have been hit before by my mother. She mainly hits her with cloth hangers. I have been hit with a metal bar before when I was younger. We used to also be hit by bamboo sticks and flip flops. They always left red marks and bruises, however, I do not have proof as I was younger and did not own an electronic device to photograph these. As of this year, I’ve only been slapped. I do not have any proof of this either. I do have video recordings of her yelling at me about various subjects: how I am such a disappointment, bad daughter, bad student.
My 9 year old sister has suicidal thoughts (found out from a letter to her friend), and I believe my mother is a major cause.
Is there something I should/could do to remove my sister and I from my toxic mother and supporting (of mother) father?

Topic:
Juvenile and Youth Law

Answer:
 You can call CPS on your parents or have an adult you trust call them. Answer #2: It is good that you want to protect yourself and your sister. You should either tell a teacher or guidance counselor at school, or call and make a report yourself. Do not worry about proof, just be honest and recount the specifics about the physical and verbal abuse you and your sister receive.

Here is the number for the Delaware hotline: 1-800-292-9582Answer #3: You can talk to your school counselor too. They should be able to call child protective services for you.


Title: Need help. My car was towed from my assigned parking spot while I was gone for the weekend.

Question:
I live in Reno, NV in an apartment complex. This weekend I went out of town on a small road trip. When I came home my car was gone because they decided to pave the parking lot while I was away.
Here are the details:
I left for my trip on friday the 20th at about 230pm.
The notice that was still hanging on my door when I came home this evening was put up (according to my upstairs neighbors) friday evening.
I never received any prior notices stating that this was going to be happening. My neighbors say the same thing, they only received the notice friday.
The paving happened today, Sunday 22nd, and my car was towed this morning.
I feel like I should not be responsible for the fee to get my car back. I didn't even receive a phone call to try and have my car moved.
Do I have any legal rights to have this apartment complex reimburse me for the tow fee?
Should there a longer notice time for slurry maintenance such as repaving a parking lot?
Any advise would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!
Topic:
Other Civil Matters

Answer:
 The first thing I would do is talk with your complex's manager.  Explain that you went out of town on Friday before the notice was posted and did not return until Sunday afternoon.  Maybe you can talk them into being nice and taking care of the fee since they didn't give much notice and it's common for people to leave for a weekend away from home.  Or maybe they'll say that they also put notice in some community newsletter or on a bulletin board before Friday and that you didn't check it.  My point is that you don't know until you ask and you lose nothing by asking politely.

If they don't point to any earlier notice and they tell you to go pound sand, then it *might* be worth talking to an attorney and seeing if you can have the attorney write a "nastygram" to the apartment complex about the lack of notice.  However, depending on the cost of the tow the attorney may be more expensive than just paying the towing company.  At the very least, a consultation with an attorney should be cheap or free so it's worth at least checking in with one to see what it might cost.


Title: Someone that I don’t know Venmo’ed me $200 and said “Vegas!!!” in the description of what it was for. It was sent at 2 in the morning. I commented on it and asked if they meant to do it or not, but I’m not sure what to do if they don’t respond.

Question:
Edit: my location is in Connecticut.

Anotha edit: The scam subreddit said I should just ignore it.

Final edit: Venmo contacted me and the guy is getting his money back. Thanks for all the help.
Topic:
Computer and Internet

Answer:
 I would just keep it in venmo for the time being. Answer #2: There is a scam out there in the wild using venmo. There's even an old post in this sub about it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/3jmr1p/random_people_keep_transferring_large_sums_of/

Don't touch the money.Answer #3: https://help.venmo.com/hc/en-us/articles/235170748-Payments-Requests-FAQ

>**What do I do if I receive a payment from a stranger?**

>If you receive a payment from someone that you don't know, you can simply send the payment back to the other user with a note explaining that they paid the wrong person. As long as you didn't initiate a bank transfer, the payment will be coming from your Venmo balance, and none of your funding sources will be charged.

>In the future, you can block another user by going to their Venmo profile, touching the three dots in the top righthand corner, and selecting "Block" to prevent this situation from occurring again.

You do not get to keep money sent to you in error.

This is either a scam (the small amount makes that less likely) or an honest mistake from someone.

Either way, the safest course of action would be to return the payment.


Title: PA: Girlfriend told me her ex is blackmailing her.

Question:
Good evening ladies and gentlemen, as the above title suggests, my girlfriends ex is threatening to post her old pictures online or send them to her friends and family. He most likely has already shared them with his friends.

He told her this back in March. She also has PLENTY of evidence to obtain a PFA against him. What can the police really do?

Thanks in advance.
Topic:
Criminal Law

Answer:
 Blackmail is a crime, if there is sufficient evidence they can arrest him and then turn the case over to the local prosecutor.

Keep in mind with blackmail you have three options:

1 - call the cops; the person may release the blackmail information

2 - do nothing; the person may release the blackmail information

3 - be the blackmailers bitch for the rest of your life, silence cannot be bought, only rented, if you give a blackmailer what they ask for they will keep coming back because they know they have something you will pay to keep silent.

I don’t know what option I would pick in this situation, but I do know which option I wouldn’t go with.


Title: [FL] 7 year old broke 3 vertebrae at school

Question: On Wednesday my 7 year old fell from the top of the monkey bars at school onto the mulch below, his teacher was present and sent him to the office with two children as escorts. The school called me about an hour later, explained he fell and said he was having trouble taking deep breaths since the fall. I immediately left work to pick him up, called his ped who I advised I take him to the hospital. I did and after extensive imaging we found out he fractured 3 vertebrae. The school is asking me to come in tomorrow to sign some papers. I'm really exhausted right now after being at the hospital since Wednesday so I'm not sure if my weariness of this is due to exhaustion. I don't want to sue the school, but I do have a lot of unanswered questions. Could they be held liable for this? Should they assist with any of the medical expenses? I'm assuming the paper work they want me to sign is going to be related to his fall and I'm not sure if I should have an attorney look over them or what. Any advise on how I should proceed? Thanks in advance.

Answer:
 > Any advise on how I should proceed?

Don't sign anything.

The school *could* be liable, but from what you've related it doesn't sound like they were negligent. Kids fall down. It's an expected part of active play.Answer #2: You have no reason to sign anything right now. Don't be rushed. Tell them you are focused on your son right now want and want to review before signing. You aren't giving up any rights not signing them.


Title: Adjustments in child support following a salary bump

Question:
I understand that the point of child support is to maintain a consistent quality of life regardless of which parent a child is living with

Say 5 years down the line, one parent gets a significant raise

You often then see the ex-spouse sue for more child support

Is it assumed that a change is parent salary means an automatic upgrade in a child's lifestyle?

What happens if you intended to maintain the same lifestyle (and save more), can your ex still win an upgrade in lifestyle (bigger house, private schools) aka an increase in child support?

Answer:
 The idea, as it was explained to me, is that child support is intended to keep the child more or less as they would be had the family remained intact. A raise typically means an improvement in lifestyle for the family.  So child support increases so that the child still benefits.  "I want to save that extra money for my own future benefit instead of allowing my child to have improved life circumstances" isn't going to get a positive reaction from most people.

(This is a layperson's understanding, mind.)


Title: Both my fiancé and I have the same first name. If we take the same last name, could this cause any future problems in terms of paperwork or identify issues?

Answer:
 Sis and mom had the exact same legal name until sis got married. At one point, they attended the same college. It did pose some minor problems, but fairly easily sorted out. Just be sure to verify birthdates.Answer #2: I know a Terry and Terri Fakename. They love it. It makes cashing cheques very easy. Answer #3: I have the same name as my dad, and it has caused several annoyances with credit agencies.Answer #4: Not that I can think of.  Everyone I deal with differentiates me based on either my birthdate or my SSN.  I have a very common name and I've never been mistaken for anyone else.Answer #5: Myself, my father, grandfather, and great grand father share the same name. The latter two are deceased, and it’s been an issue a few times. When my dad tried to lease a car the last time, I believe through the family business, the dealership (and maybe a bank? I don’t remember, I was young) had him listed as deceased, and no amount of proof could change it, so my grandmother, as head of the company, had to sign for the car. We’ve also gotten mail that’s mislabeled, and I think one time an electronic form didn’t like two independent fields being the same. Answer #6: Oh hi, my brother in law and sister both have the same first name, last name, and birthday!

They just have to be careful when doing pokerwork Answer #7: My husband’s cousin and his wife have this problem. So far they haven’t spoke of any issues.


Title: Colorado father's rights Lawyers: I need advice moving forward with continued child support for my 4 year old son.

Question:
Good evening,

I'm a long time lurker on Reddit and was advised to post to this sub to get some guidance on my particular situation. Hopefully not too lengthy of a read, but I want to detail as much as I can so as not to leave out anything pertinent:

My son's mother and I had our son in summer 2012. We started off as a pretty decent couple, but after a couple years we started souring quite a bit (excessive arguments, both are very stubborn, etc.) We eventually got to the point where we both more or less agreed that we were not working well together. I should clarify that we were NOT married. We separated about 9 months after he was born, and I (regretfully) continued living with her and her family for another four months. I didn't want to be away from my son, but eventually we had an end-all argument that made me leave her parents and move in with my Mom for a few months, eventually getting an apartment with a roommate in October of 2013. At this time we arranged for me to pick up my son on Wednesday nights and return him Friday night every week which we adhered to pretty strictly for the first few years (this will later change to an extra night which I had to argue with her in order to get). As far as child support goes, we never went to the courts and figured we could try to make an agreement amongst ourselves. We used our states child support calculator and came up with a figure of around $700 a month.

Flash slightly forward to 2014; my son's mother was barely working holding down a waitress job, and still living with her parents. I have been working at the same full-time job for almost 11 years now, and made around $50k-$50k that year (I work in commission retail). In September 2014, my mother passed away and left me everything, which included a death annuity benefit and some money from her disability from work. Because I had a large sum of money, I offered to pay for 7 months of my son's mother's rent in a new apartment because she could not afford it in the beginning on her own. We labeled this amount of money I paid up front "child support" and it would get her started in a new apartment with our son until she could "get on her feet". Well, she didn't keep that job for very long, and I ended up paying upfront again for another 8 months in January of 2015. She ended up not keeping a steady job, and moved back to her parents place with our son. After the upfront payments for her rent were used up, I continued to pay her child support payments from anywhere between $500-$800 a month until summer 2015.

With the money my mother left me, I decided that I needed to seek out a fiduciary to find out what the smartest thing I should do with my moms money. He suggested purchasing the nicest home I could afford, which I did in June 2015. Our son at this point in time is now almost 3 years old, and about to start pre-school. Before we had our son, my son's mother was a Montessori trained school-teacher and urged us to go with a Montessori-based school. Although in the beginning I was apprehensive about paying a premium for something like this, when I visited these Montessori classrooms I was impressed with what I saw. We toured a few, and found one we agreed would be great for our son. However, when the topic of paying for his tuition came up, here is where things got messy again.

Remember that we were never married, agreed to calculate child support on our own, and want(ed) to avoid going to court. She had ventured out to get her real estate license, and was trying to find work around the time our son was about to start school. Because she was not making any money right away, I told her that, although financially difficult for me, I would take on paying for his tuition until she could start helping to pay for it (ideally, split it 50/50). We considered this my "child support", even though this was $248 more than the child support calculator suggested. His monthly tuition at the time was $948 a month, which I paid every month for 9 months for his first school year. Not once did she contribute to the tuition payments for that year. It is unclear to me how many total closings on homes she made for that year, but I know there was some form of income coming in. This same arrangement continued into the 2016-2017 school year in which I paid his yearly tuition again which was $978 per month without a single contribution from her. The frustration with this is further exacerbated by the fact that she has taken multiple vacations during these past 2 years including going to Coachella both last year and this year, Las Vegas for her 30th Birthday, and a handful of other trips. She is continuing her work as a real estate agent, but admits that it is "part-time" and she is "too busy for a full-time job." It begs the question of where is this money coming from, and why has it not been going to our son's education? Why is it that she can not seem to "find" or hold down a steady, full-time job? Why has she not been able to afford a place on her own or a car? I feel as though I am being forced to overwork so that she may comfortably underwork.

As I type this now, my son is on Summer vacation going into Kindergarten in August. I now pick him up Tuesday nights and drop him off Friday nights. I am not paying child support to her for the months of May-July to account for the $278 overage that I have paid for the year in school tuition. I made the same arrangement last year as well. She asked me last week when I was going to be able to start paying her again, and has recalculated what the child-support should be based on what we made last year...

...And here is where I humbly request the advice from this group. Her calculations show that I should be paying around $826 a month (which is almost 25% of my monthly earnings). This is based on running the numbers with my W2 earnings as $61,352 for 2016. However, when she typed her wages in, she says she only put in what she made last year AFTER deducting work expenses that she states were incurred to "her business" as she is "self-employed". After these "deductions", which she says were mainly office fees she had to pay for leads, she said she only made around $1450 total last year...When I asked her how much she made total before deductions or taxes, she told me around $11k, but that "should not be the number we use." I told her I would need to discuss this with a lawyer before moving forward with anything.

Based on these figures, I ask if this is accurate or if I should pursue more legal action. Honestly, I am scared to death of our legal system and everything I hear about the favoritism it can show towards mothers. I believe that I have overwhelming evidence to prove my devotion to ensuring our son is taken care of whether he is with me or not. Despite this, I am terrified that it won't amount to much of anything. My biggest concern is that if I take her to court, and go through all the time, money, and tension to do what is right and fair for our son, it will just cost me more than I can afford and result in something worse than if I just "went along" with her child support estimates. I can not help but feel that I have been taken advantage of and manipulated for quite a while now, and it has caused me immense stress. Every time the subject is brought up, I am angered by the fact that I have to prove why this is unfair to me and how one-sided this is. At this point, I just want to do what is right and keep the toxicity of his mother's personality away from me.

Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I will be calling a local child support attorney in the next couple days for a consultation.

UPDATE: Visited an attorney today and was instructed to seek out mediation if his mother and I can not work out a fair arrangement together. This would prove to be much more proactive than just going full bore and serving her a court order seeing as things are not as ugly or dire as they could potentially be (abuse, drugs are involved, etc.). In the event this does not happen, first a motion would need to be drafted by my attorney and signed by us both to prove that I am indeed the father, agree that I have had overnights and been paying child support, and grant me rights which would prevent her from up and taking him away if she so wished to. Then if mediation didn't prove successful, we would have to take everything to court, which would be a can of worms that I highly doubt she would want to open. I will be discussing this with her over the next week and will post another update after we find out where this is going to go.

Answer:
 Contrary to popular belief, counts generally favor coparenting and equal time as what is in the best interest of the child. The court also only cares what is in the best interest of the child.

You do not need a Mens Rights attorney; any family law attorney is appropriate. You would certainly be better served by having legal custody and child support orders in place than "winging it" as you have been, as you can see yourself that it's becoming more complicated and difficult to do.  This can be accomplished via mediation if you agree and doesn't have to be acrimonious or a long expensive battle.

Her potential income can be imputed for her contrary to actual income if the court feels she is purposely earning less than she could and should be earning in order to receive more support via calculator.

Just a note - child support money is considered a right of the child, and the parent paying has no say in where or how the money is spent. It gets lumped into household income and covers rent, food, electric and so on. Neither parent can dictate how the other spends the money they have at their disposal. Answer #2: I hope you have receipts for every single payment - because you're going to need them.

Also - child support /= paying for their school - in the court's eyes, cost of school or daycare is a cost incurred "other than" just support.

That said, $1,000 monthly school is not going to reasonable to a judge in my experiences.

As for her manipulating the calculator - she can enter any funny numbers she wants, the courts use your actual income, not any fudging or expenses.

Sounds like she's really yucking up her part time employment.


Title: (Houston, TX) Dog and self attacked update

Question:
https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/6vlelx/houstontx_three_dogs_attacked_me_and_my_dog_where/ - previous thread

We gave the owner of the dogs the weekend and some days more to take Harvey into consideration.  They told me they would pay for my bills, 50 for the doctor's visit and 70 for antibiotics, but they would not willingly pay for my dog's bills (342, not even including the follow up visit)as he is an animal and "seemed fine".  My dog still has stitches on him.  He also mentioned that he had to put his dogs down to avoid paying as much as he would have had to to quarantine the three dogs for biting me.

My dog is fine right now, but that's not the issue for me.  He had to go the vet and be put under anesthesia for another person's carelessness.  I'm sorry his dogs were put down, but all we did was walk. We were in front of the house next door when it happened. My dog is under twenty pounds and was attacked by two large dogs (pit bull and boxer, third was a smaller mutt). How they hadn't killed him by the time someone came to help, I'm glad I'll never know. I spent a good chunk of my day getting him and myself treated.  It was stressful on everyone in that house.

Who should I speak with?  All I want is compensation for the bills to pay back the relatives who helped, even just for my dog would be fine.  I didn't even intend to bring up his follow up or the pain pills I was given.

Answer:
 IANAL, but since no one else has answered:

Sue him in small claims court for your dog's bill, yours if he doesn't pay them, and the cost of filing.

You don't need a lawyer, it's very informal. Think of a less sensational version of Judge Judy. Just google your county and small claims court for info.

I feel bad for the dogs too, but they may be better off euthanized than with the type of life I'm guessing this guy was providing for them given his lack of concern for their well being.

Hope you and yours are safe. Answer #2: Don't accept partial payment.  In court it can be viewed as accepting it for all damages.


Title: [AL] Slipped and fell inside store. There was no standard “slippery when wet” sign but a more obscure white tent-ish looking sign. Do I have any legal recourse?

Question:
I am 38 weeks pregnant and i fell at the store. There was no standard yellow sign with the person falling. There was however, a white sign that looked like a tent. About 1 foot high and had no picture and maybe some writing on it. There was a definite puddle of water and it was not just wet from mopping or wiping up a spill. I am most worried about my baby. I fell onto my lower back/coccyx and am in pain. Cannot receive X-ray as I am pregnant.
Do I have any recourse? Is the company negligent for not posting correct sign? My husband believes where I fell, which was near the refrigerated drinks at the check out line, had a leak and that’s why there was a puddle.

Answer: You’re *that* pregnant and you fell? Did you post here before going to your obstetrician or to the ER? Please do both or either of those things before anything else.


Title: I (22F)was a victim of an aggravated burglary. To help feel a bit safer my friend gave me a table leg to keep next to me bed. As I was walking home with it a woman took my picture and said she was going to contact crime stoppers. Will I get into trouble?

Question:
Hi everyone,
My title pretty much explains my situation. FYI I’m in Australia if that helps at all

I was the victim of an aggravated burglary a few months ago, and being home alone now causes me a great deal of distress. the person came into my bedroom and turned my light on. I was there in my bedroom when this happened, it was 2am and they were holding a crowbar- definitely not what you want to wake up too. Because of this I’ve also been suffering a great deal from lack of sleep and overall just feel nervous and scared a lot of the time

I was talking to my friend about the fact I was a still nervous about being home alone. He said to me he had this table leg he found in hard rubbish and kept it because is was shaped like a baseball bat. He said I could have it to keep by my bed to feel safer. I picked it up from his house, it didn’t fit properly in my bag so it poked out. It looked like a wooden baseball bat

As I was walking home an older woman yelled at me and said she was calling crime stoppers because I was carrying a weapon. She also took pictures. This happened in broad daylight, around 4pm

I completely understand it wasn’t clever of me at all to be carrying it around as it looks very suspicious. Can I get into any trouble because of this?

Answer: I appologize for my ignorance, but is it illegal to have bats in Australia? Or pieces of wood? What the hell are we even taking about here? Answer #2: furniture is legal in most countries so don't worry about it. You may do better with wasp spray or hair spray as a defensive measure though. It requires less strength and coordination.


Title: [WV] Friend got pulled over for possession of marijuana and is freaking out.

Question:
So, earlier tonight my friend got pulled over by some high and mighty local smalltown cops who found 3 grams of marijuana in the car. They did the typical questioning and, since my friend has had no prior offenses, he made up a story. The guy in the car with him also made up a story, and from what I understand, the two were radically different.  They also tell him they've been watching him and his roommate for a while, for whatever reason, and he got pulled over for his tinted windows which has never before been a problem (he's had this car for 2+ years). Cops end up telling him it would be better for him if he had heroine, give him a possession ticket that tells him to be in court the first of next month. What kind of trouble is he looking at? Probation, a fine, jail? And if it is a fine, how much would he be looking at? He's in between jobs right now and if it's too much I want to help him out, and give him some advice for the following months before and after his court date. Like I said, this is his first offense. I don't think he's even ever had a ticket for speeding or a break light or anything. He's losing it and I need solid knowledge for him.
Topic:
Drug Possession

Answer:
 Once your friend gets through this mess, he should look into moving to one of the states where weed is legal. This statement

>So, earlier tonight my friend got pulled over by some *high and mighty local smalltown cops* who found 3 grams of marijuana in the car.

seems to imply that you think the cops were assholes. They weren't. They were doing their job. If you (or your friend) want to do illegal shit, then you should expect legal problems.

If that same thing is LEGAL a couple hundred miles away? Why wouldn't you move there?


Title: Is this police harrasment? (Michigan)

Question:
Hey so a couple questions. I am on a phone so please forgive any areas.

I am a 26 recently homeless  guy who has been sleeping either on the streets or in nearby woods (I am staying in a fairly large city in michigan. Grand rapids if it matters)

Well today the police came to where I was sleeping ( a public park) and told me I had to leave. This was during the day while the park was open to the public.

It was very cold today so the park was a ghost town.

They told me they had received complaints (from who I do not know.)

They also took my sleeping bag, and a small grocery store bag of canned goods I had (literally all of my food)

Because they assumed it was shoplifted. Which it was not.

Is this legal?

Any advice would be wonderful.

Answer: It is legal for them them to move you if you were loitering.  It is not legal for them confiscate your legal possessions without arresting you.


Title: Ex is threatening to "expose" me to my conservative family and colleagues

Question:
My ex-boyfriend is bitter about how things have ended and it has now become a hobby of his to threaten to send all my naked pictures to my very conservative family and my workplace. I just want him to stop threatening me and to just leave me alone at this point. If he goes through with his plan, he will literally ruin my life(family will disown me etc).

I have the texts saved and I took a few pictures of the Snapchat messages where he mentions sending them out, I could not screenshot them or else he would know and go crazy on me.

I don't want to ruin his life, I just want him to leave me alone. He himself is a lawyer and will probably ignore any cease and desist letters. Any suggestions? [MD]

Answer:
 Go to the police immediately. Also, file a restraining order. Answer #2: >I don't want to ruin his life

Lady, *he's* ruining his own life.  Why be an obstacle to his intent to see himself disbarred and facing jail time?  Help him on his way--report him to the police and bar association.Answer #3: "I don't want to ruin his life." I don't understand this reasoning, is he not threatening to ruin yours in the process? You need to stand up for yourself. Block him from everywhere, back up any screenshots and texts you have saved somewhere else just in case, go to the police, and file a restraining order. Do not engage with him, do not respond if he attempts to contact you. Answer #4: It's a misdemeanor in Maryland.  Maximum sentence is 2 years in prison.

http://www.womenslaw.org/statutes_detail.php?statute_id=7808#statute-top

Your choice whether to mention this to him (possibly driving him to attempt to send them anonymously) or not.

You aren't having conversations with him anymore, are you?


Title: Kicked out of hotel room? Advice

Question:
Hi all,

I have a friend from NY who does photography as a hobby. He just told me today that a big hotel on the las vegas strip (where I live) kicked him out for taking photographs in the room. It's basically photographs of models standing on the balcony, next to a mirror, etc (nothing weird). He doesn't have a business and never charges for photographs, only uses it for his personal portfolio/ social media (which is full of models in various settings like parks, on the street etc). He also shares the photographs with the models. Personally I don't see the difference between taking a cell phone pic in your hotel room and what he does except he has better cameras and lights. Additionally, he doesn't include the name of the hotel in any photographs. Can anyone offer input into this?

Thank u for any response

Answer: By using them for his portfolio he is engaging in commercial activity, but that is neither here nor there, their hotel their rules.


Title: I operate a blog where I review fetish videos - Legal action is being threatened against me for my opinions. [NY]

Question:
Hi,

So basically I operate a fetish blog where I review clips that ladies have made and I comment on the industry as a whole. Today, I woke up to a phone call from a lawyer (I have no idea how he got my number/real name) who was calling about my blog but I clicked on him because it was a phone call and it seemed really unprofessional as a first method of communication because I had no idea of knowing if he was a real guy or not. Upon further review, it looks like the guy is a member of the DC Bar, but it's odd because the guy has no web presence: He has social media that doesn't have any followers but has been around since 2011, he has a law firm but all of the members on the site don't show up on the internet. It's very odd.

This afternoon, I received an email from a major fetish clip site that accused me of harassing members of the site and revealing personal information (none of which I have done) and threatened legal action against me. I asked the site for proof of any wrongdoing and to date, they have provided none, because I haven't done what they have said. This fetish site also mentioned specific details about my life, which indicates that they have looked up my LinkedIn account.

So my questions are: What kind of lawyer even deals with my situation? Internet/IP Law? Was the website out of line by mentioning specific details of my life in the email? Or is that up to what it says in the Terms and Conditions? Is it possible to sue someone for refusal of service on a website? Is there any legal recourse if I decide to document this situation on my blog?

Thank You!

Answer:
 >but it's odd because the guy has no web presence

A lawyer certainly doesn't have to have a web presence.  And one engaged in a private practice for a porn company reasonably may choose not to.

>What kind of lawyer even deals with my situation?

A lawyer who practices in whatever area in which they make their claim (if they sue you).  It sounds like that may be defamation or may be something else.  You likely want a lawyer who has a familiarity with internet law issues.

>Was the website out of line by mentioning specific details of my life in the email?

Probably not.  Attorneys almost always to some extent look into the people they may advance a claim against.

>Is it possible to sue someone for refusal of service on a website?

Who is refusing service to whom?  In any case, likely no.  You can't force someone to do business with you.

>Is there any legal recourse if I decide to document this situation on my blog?

You should discuss that with your lawyer before you do it.  You may not to choose to retain an attorney unless they make good their threat of legal action.  In that case you might hold back from discussing it on your blog for a bit.  Obviously people have made other decisions about this course of action.


Title: Neighbors cut privacy hedge before sale of house closed, put up chain link fence. Can I get out of purchase?

Question: So buying a house. Had a lovely private backyard with a 7' hedge. Went to inspection and the neighbors in the back cut down the entire hedge. I am pretty sure it was in the easement. Regardless, now our backyard is not private. We will now look at the back of their house, not a nice site with big dogs. The real estate agent told me they were putting up a fence. So we went by today and they put up chain link, which by the way is against the city ordinance and rules. Do you think we can pull out of the sale? It's a very different experience now.

Answer: Not legal advice but had a similar situation. Get pricing on the fence you would like and pricing for material and installation, go for getting that deducted from the sale price.


Title: CA red light camera ticket - what can I do?

Question:
Hi,

So I slowly turned on a red, did not completely stop, got snapped by a camera in San Mateo. I’m a full time student, completely broke (I commute to school) so the charge of 500+ scares me. Everything is correct on the citation; my picture is clearly taken with my license plate, along with a video record. I’ve never had any kind of driving ticket in the past. There were no pedestrians anywhere, etc etc.

The only thing slightly strange is that the date of the violation was 1/14, but the ticket itself was issued 1/24. I don’t know if this can help me at all.

Is there a way I can beg for a reduced fine? Community service? I appreciate all feedback and help, thank you!

Answer: Just to clarify, you admit to running a red light?


Title: [NJ] Dressing up as a narc for Halloween

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 >will I face legal trouble if I purchase/wear it just for Halloween?

No. You're not actually impersonating a DEA agent.Answer #2: Just for owning/wearing it? No. But if you try to make a [fake badge/credentials](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/716), that can get you into trouble. Or "acting" like an officer, even if it's as dumb as drunkenly running down the hall, banging on random doors and saying "Federal agent, open up!"


Title: My new neighbors have at least 8 cars and it's really annoying

Question:
I have these new neighbors that moved in and there seem to be at least 10 people living there. It's a bunch of high ghetto high schoolers and they are always smoking weed in their backyard \(which is right next to mine\), and are always being rowdy outside in the street. I used to feel comfortable simply walking outside my home because of the nice neighbors and everything but now these people moved in and I always have to check before I go outside to avoid them because they are really rowdy and don't hesitate to scream stupid immature stuff out at you. Besides that, they have so many cars and it's literally a maze to park into my home every day. I live in a very small circular cul\-de\-sac and having all these cars parked in the middle of the street really makes it hell not just for me, but for the other neighbors as well. As soon as they moved in I knew they were bad news, and I called the cops on them. They went their house to check and make sure they had legally moved in \(they had one of the home locks on their front door\), and we have already spoken to them about the parking situation.

I'm not sure what to do at this point, I want to call towing services to get them off the street but I'm not sure if that is just asking for problems and bringing me bad karma. What should I do?

Answer: If they're parked illegally notify bylaw enforcement. Parking tickets are revenue generators for cities.


Title: [Tx]Pulled over

Question:
I was test driving a car with a dealer tag about a month ago. The cop told me my tag looked funny(it got wet I was gonna replace it). Then he proceeded to tell me it looked like I bought the car(I was only test driving it for the day). He gave me a non moving violation. It wasn't that much so my mom just went ahead and paid it off. However, a few days later they sent us a letter saying that wasn't good enough. They said the money she paid goes to bond and that I need to appear in court. What should I expect? I am 16 years old. Been driving for about 10 months no crashes and this is my first ticket.

Update:I figured out the violation she said it was a "dealer license violation". They brought in a prosecutor because the judge could not handle it. She said that I just had the wrong tag on it so she dismissed the case. I don't have the car anymore so I am not too worried about it happening again.

Answer: I don't believe that there's a dealership on the planet that would let a 16 year old test drive a car unaccompanied.  Methinks you're not being honest with us about something.


Title: I signed an NDA for a company and want to nullify it.

Question:
I complained to HR, they settled gave me a very small payout (didn’t cover my damages at all) and I signed an NDA.
My complaint was the laws we were breaking and safety issues (aviation related field). We were flying dangerously and they were breaking labor laws and many others.

I have since been in touch with some of the other pilots there one did same as me and another is going through the process.

Can I void this NDA and give them back their money so I can report them to FAA and make sure nobody gets hurt?

I wouldn’t have accepted how it played out if I weren’t broken from stress and fear at the time. The other coworkers may band together and sue.

Thanks for reading I know this is very vague but it has to remain that way.

Answer:
 Your NDA doesn’t prevent you from reporting safety concerns to the FAA (and likely say so directly if drafted by an attorney).

But you can’t unilaterally end an agreement you previously made. You need the other side to agree.


Title: Increased property tax because shared garage on our property?

Question: Pardon me if this is the wrong sub and if I sound uninformed. I'll try to make this brief: My wife's parents purchased a ~10 year old town-hown which connects 3 homes in Chicago. Picture a triangle lot, with all homes sharing an equal 2/3 of that triangle while the other third (directly behind my in-laws) lies a shared 3 car garage.  Well, after the in-laws became "buddy buddy" with the neighbors they found out their property tax is higher than the two other town homes. After getting the property evaluated, they were told it is because the garage lies on their own property.  Is this normal? It is out of line to ask to share that increased tax with the other two home owners?  The father in law is against it as they are very close with the neighbors nowadays.  Maintenance wise I'm quite sure all 3 home owners will split whatever bill arises, but... if something terrible goes wrong, are my in-laws liable for any catastrophic event? Thank you reddit family.

Answer:
 I would carefully check the deed and platting to make sure that you in fact do not own the entire garage, if it in fact lies entirely on your property.

You need to establish certain ownership of the garage, or really terrible issues could arise in the future.  What if a neighbor sells their property?  What if they falsely represent their ownership of the property during the sale?  How about insuring the garage, and who is responsible for that?  If all three of you ensure it with different policies, that is wasted money and a big fight waiting to happen between insurance companies in regards to who will act as primary coverage.

First things first, pull your deed and mortgage documents and read them carefully.  In addition, depending on the language used on the deed and representations made and such, you may have a claim you can make for compensation with your title insurance company, or your neighbors may, depending on what the case may be.

Yes, your taxes may change, but that would be the least of my concerns.  Pulling these docs, reading them, then consulting with a real-estate lawyer may be the best move.


Title: Friend arrested with 30 tabs of LSD

Question:
Friend got arrest with three strips.

Resident of New Jersey. He was driving to a show and got pulled over for failure to maintain lane. Cop came up to car said he smelled weed. Car got searched and two grams and bowl were found. They look him to the station and after they were wrapping it all up they opened up his wallet and dropped out the three strips. He was charged with possession of lsd, weed and peraphanilia. He got a misdemeanor. Apparently you don’t go to jail for acid anymore? I thought is was man slaughter or something lol. So He is looking for advice how to navigate the situation and what penalties are to brace for. He also works and the post office and was concerned of his job. Any advice?

Answer:
 > He got a misdemeanor. Apparently you don’t go to jail for acid anymore? I thought is was man slaughter or something lol.

You can still go to jail for acid.  It's possible they just charged the weed while waiting on lab tests for the acid.  Your buddy needs a lawyer, stat.


Title: Can we move Cousin Spider into roommates room who won't pay rent.....is this illegal? (Florida)

Question: So,Well, he already did. We are waiting for her to come home from work. So, my husband and I had the bright idea to rent a room out in our big house to a young, professional woman that we knew to bring some extra money into our budget. It's such a big house that we thought it'd be compatible. It was fine for a few months until she decided to not pay rent. I was nice, asked her if she was having financial trouble, and if she needed a payment plan to get caught up. She got hostile, escalated the situation and said we'd have to evict her. I'm friends with her sister who said, "You know she's doing that just to save up some money at your expense, right?" So.....we did some brainstorming and this is what we did. Her lease is rather vague and informal. We took a bunk bed, removed her bed (we own it) and put the bunk bed in her room. My husband's cousin, who looks like a bad ass biker but is a big softie, has agreed to come over and have some fun and moved his stuff into her room along with hers. Other than moving her bedding, we are not touching her stuff. How much trouble can we get for doing this?

Answer:
 Your narrative is hard to follow.  I think the problem is you have a tenant who isn't paying rent.

You can serve them a 3 day notice to pay or leave, then you can start the eviction process by filing for eviction with your local court.

Don't screw around with your tenants stuff (even if it is stuff you're letting them use).  The law doesn't like landlords taking tenant issues into their own hands.Answer #2: Give her a pay or quit letter and start evicting her. Don't be a petty asshat.Answer #3: Moving another tenant into the part of the house that’s solely under her possession, like her bedroom, may well constitute an illegal self help eviction. Undo it, and give your tenant the required written notice to pay or vacate. Then evict your tenant through the courts if she doesn’t get caught up.Answer #4: Since she's a professional, I would tell her to Google "how to rent an apartment after an eviction" and "how to buy a home after eviction" and "how does eviction affect your credit".


Title: [FL] Threatened By a Soldier in the Marine Corps

Question:
Hey guys,

So long story short. I met this girl a while back and we've been casually chatting, met up for coffee a few times and a few other dates here and there.

Somewhere along the line, my SO calls me apologizing for the message I received on Facebook (I had no idea I even received one). Confused, I get on Facebook and check the messenger to see that her ex boyfriend messaged me a not-so-friendly message basically telling me to leave her alone, "or else I'll see you around when I'm in Florida and you don't want that."

Turns out this guy is basically stalking my SO, and has been doing this kind of stuff for a while.. She's tried to contact law enforcement about him multiple times but nothing really happens..

This guy is in the Marine Corps so I'm really not taking his threat too lightly, considering he already knows I live in South Florida, somehow. I'm scared, for myself and for my SO. I've already blocked him on Facebook.

Anyway I could contact a commanding officer or anyone that could possibly put a halt to his madness?

All advice is good advice!

Thanks

[UPDATE]

apparently he's was stationed in Fort Worth , TX but the SO mentioned that he is not on active duty.

Can they still do anything?

Answer:
 His CO might be interested

You could also try local PDAnswer #2: Ask your friend where he's stationed.

Contacting the CO is a decent idea.

One might also try contacting his HQ's captain. That WILL get to his CO, and will bring down a reign of shit that the CO will want to continue bringing downhill. Answer #3: UPDATE: apparently he's was stationed in Fort Worth , TX but the SO mentioned that he is not on active duty.

Can they still do anything?


Title: [TX] Gf accepted to nursing school and worried about background check

Question:
My gf has passed background checks before (when she was thinking of entering the Navy, the Border Patrol, and for her current job at a hospital) but she is paranoid about this one.

When she was 18 she was charged with underage possession of alcohol (class c misdemeanor). She wasn't arrested. When she got in front of the judge, the judge said she would "dismiss it" if she stayed out of trouble for 3 months. When my gf was thinking of entering the Navy, her recruiter spoke the judge and said it was taken care of. It's never come up on background checks before.

After she was admitted to nursing school, she was told to inform them if she was ever convicted of a misdemeanor or pled guilty. Does she have anything to worry about? Is there any way to check besides doing a background check of her own?  She went to the courthouse in person and they said there on her record was "a minor offense but it was dismissed." They didn't have an answer when she asked if that meant it was expunged or sealed, or what the offense was. She called the police department and the officer who pulled up her record said nothing came up. She asked if that meant it was sealed or expunged and they said they would give her a call back sometime.

Answer: She can run a background check on herself and see what it says.


Title: (Georgia USA) My job is requesting a 50-60 work week, but refuses to pay OT.

Question:
So a little bit of context.

Ive worked in a call center for the past 4 years and experienced a lot of changes. Changes for a call types, massive changes is upper and middle management, changes from salaried to hourly.

Yet the one thing that changed the most was our (me and my other supervisors) was the hours worked and the hours paid. Recently (in the past 6 months) we have had a much larger work load. With at least 6 of us coming in 2-3 hours early, staying late, or working through lunches.

So with all the extra hours and days worked our pay is staying the same. No matter if we work 9 hours or 12 we are still paid for the 8 hours.

I really do love my job but in an effort to finish the required work coupled with the added work from management I've became severely burnt out.

I'm just wondering what is the legality of the time card modifications and what recourse would I have?

Answer:
 Are you salaried or hourly?
If hourly, LOG EACH AND EVERY HOUR that you work over 40. Keep this log updated, and search for a new job. When you get your offer, file your wage claim and get paid playa playaAnswer #2: Are you hourly or salaried?

If you are hourly that is absolutely not legal and they need to be paying you for every hour you work and overtime if appropriate.

Report it to the Department of Labor for your state and file a wage claim with them.


Title: Colorado. Mom dislocated her shoulder at work. Employers doctor cleared her to return to work 2 days after accident. Orthopedic doctor whom she was referred her to by the hospital told her to take 30 days off with physical therapy. What can she do?

Question:
My mom works for a company cutting vegetables and such for restaurant suppliers. It's always cold where she works.

So Thursday 4/28 my mom tripped over some hoses at her job. They knew these were an issue because other employees have tripped before but they never did anything about the hoses. My mom dislocated her shoulder which is the worst injury caused by the hoses.

She was taken to the hospital by ambulance and they set her shoulder back in place. They gave her a note advising she is not to return to work until an Orthopedic doctor clears her and gave her the info for a doctor to go to for a follow up. She scheduled an appointment for 5/3 (yesterday)
My mom then went to her work the day after the accident to give her employer the papers the hospital gave her so workers comp will cover it. Her employer told her to go to their own doctor for a follow up, so she went the same day. They gave her a note saying she could go back to work under restrictions THE VERY NEXT DAY 4/30. So this doctor told her she could go back to work 2 days after dislocating her shoulder. There is no way she can perform her job this way.
Her job wouldn't budge so she was forced to use her only week of vacation time (PTO) to recover for at least the one week.
She then went to the follow up appointment set for yesterday with the orthopedic doctor the hospital referred her to and she got a note from them saying she is not to work for a full month and must do physical therapy in a room temperature environment. They also said at that time she cannot go back to work in a cold environment (which her job is). So essentially she couldn't go back to work for quite some time.

What can she do here? Does she have to go back to work after this week when her "vacation" is up because her employers doctor said she could? I think her employer is trying to avoid paying her wages through workers comp if she misses the 2 week minimum requirement for an injury at work.
Can she miss work until the hospital referred orthopedic doctor clears her without risking being fired? Or can her employer legally fire her because she refused to go to work when their doctor cleared her?

Any advice would be appreciated

Tl;dr Mom dislocated shoulder at work. Employer sent her to their doc who cleared her to work starting 2 days after injury.  Doc referred by hospital advised she has to take at least 30 days off to recover. What do?

Answer: Have the doctor referred by the hospital contact the company doctor. Doctors usually don't like to contradict each other. Tell HR that a licensed physician has told  her she needs 30 days off and give them the doctors contact information. Ask them for instructions in writing.


Title: Roommate from the dank beefy bowels of Satan

Question:
This entire situation is one giant mess and a nightmare. This takes place in the state of South Carolina and I'm not too sure what to do about it. I began this rental with two roommates who I will call Bill and Ted. Things are going fine until Bill decides he wants to leave the lease early. That's fine as all he has to do (per the landlord) is find a replacement roommate. Well Bill finds this sweet girl who we will call Crazypsycho and she moves in. Things are fine. Life is dandy.

Fast forward a month. January of 2016. Her and Ted do not get along for some reason and they start by just avoiding each other and not talking. Whatever ok. No bullets flying so that's good. Then it begins. They frequently start arguing over the stupidest crap and doing petty things to each other. Ok just usual roommate disagreements. Wrong. She takes a belt and cracks him across the face multiple times (this resulted in deep lacerations across his face) The police show up. Nobody wants to press charges against each other. Stupid but alright, not my judgement to make. Another week goes by and Ted asks me to smell his almond milk. It reeks of bleach. I may not be the smartest peanut in the turd but I'm pretty sure almond milk is not supposed to smell like bleach. The police once again come to the home but there is nothing they can do as they cannot prove that Crazypsycho has attempted to poison him. So Ted moves out. End of the problems for him but I'm still here.

So now my friend moves in who we will call Broseph. Broseph and Crazypsycho get along and appear to be friends. Things are cool. Until she feels someone has wronged her. (we have no idea why.) She accuses him of stealing her tupperware and her weed (I'll address this in a minute) and sends a big long text about how Ted needs to get out of HER HOUSE. They bicker and it irritates me. Until I found out she's been going in his room and stealing his belongings claiming they were hers (I've seen these items at his old apartment. They're definitely his) My concern is that she is going to get violent again or start to do some absolutely psychotic stuff. I know I haven't explained it in detail but this girl is legitimately nuts. There is something wrong with her. She is the type of person that would cut his weiner dogs throat and yell at him about "LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO!". Apparently she was trying to talk a severely depressed ex boyfriend into killing himself but that's just something I heard through the grapevine. Her previous roommates are co workers of mine and said she was a disgusting slob and so far that is a spot on description of how she is here. The sink is constantly filled with nasty dishes that she's left sitting around and we'll find passive agressive notes from her saying "Do your fucking dishes" although they were hers to begin with. I would like her out of the home. I'm worried it's only going to go back to how she was with the old roommate. I can't let her hurt someone like that again. Pretty sure drinking bleach is lethal. Who knows.

Now here is where it gets tricky to me. I do not actually know if she was ever on the lease to begin with. The landlord never had me sign a new lease agreement when she moved in and Broseph never even signed a lease. As far as I know I am the only person still on the lease but I'm not sure how to prove that. The landlord is terrible with the actual paperwork here and when Crazypsycho handed me her copy of the lease for an unrelated issue it was the lease I originally had signed with my previous roommates names still on it. But not her name. Anywhere. I have contacted the landlord telling him of the situation but nothing has been done. I am constantly finding marijuana paraphenalia and marijuana out in the common areas (legalize it is my opinion so I feel hipocritical getting upset about it but I don't purchase it). We have nosy neighbors and if someone were to see that stuff through the window I am most likely getting in trouble for her actions because I am on the lease. We suspect she might be dealing out of the house but have no actual proof as of right now.

I have contacted the landlord and scheduled a consultation with a landlord-tenancy attorney but I'm not sure how to go about getting her out of here. I could always move but wars have been fought and people have died defending their home. I don't want to move. It's a tad out of my budget at the moment to do so and I've finally been settled in one spot for two years now. She has been here 4 months. I just have no idea what to do about any of this.

tldr; Crazypsycho roommate has mental issues and poisons and attacks people and I want her out but don't know how because landlord is bad with paperwork and I'm not familiar with tenancy laws and eviction.

Answer: You have to determine if she is renting from the landlord or subletting from you or one of the other roommates who is/was renting from the landlord.  I assume that she is paying the landlord directly, and that the landlord has some kind of documentation that this woman is their tenant or that the landlord would otherwise testify to that fact.  If that is the case, then only the landlord can evict her.  You would have to convince them to do that, and you would have to pay them the full rental each month, etcetera (until you got other roommates to help).


Title: [TX] Need advice on Auto Mechanic's Lien and unethical shop

Question:
I own an older car that is somewhat unique and requires a specialty shop for maintenance.  There are only a handful of shops in the metro area that are capable of servicing this type of vehicle.  It is not uncommon for these shops to keep cars for months, as they often are backlogged and/or have to wait for hard-to-find parts.

Five months ago, I dropped my car off at the shop for a repair.  The owner indicated it would be a long while before he could get to it as he was backed up for weeks.  I told him the wait was no problem as I do not need the car for daily transportation.  He indicated he would send me a written estimate after he had a chance to diagnose it.

He never sent anything.

I placed 2 follow-up calls to him and he responded that he hasn't had a chance to get to it yet.

A few days ago, without any further communication from or with him, I received a certified letter.  It is a Notice Of Foreclosure Procedure -- Mechanic's Lien.

The notice is indicating I owe charges that are several factors greater than I would have wanted to spend.  We never discussed the repair, cost, approval for repair...nothing.  The owner refuses to discuss anything other than his statement that I must pay the amount he demands in order to pick up my vehicle.

The Foreclosure Notice is dated 5 days ago.

How do I fight this?

Answer:
 Not sure how it works in Texas but this may be a starting point for you:

http://texaslawtoday.com/2013/05/20/texas-vehicle-mechanics-lien-foreclosure-process/

Also worth noting a vehicle mechanics lien and a mechanics lien are different things. The latter is for a construction project. Just FYI if you speak with an attorney.

Edit to add: you need to speak to an attorney ASAP. Answer #2: Not legal advice, but it Sounds like he wants your car. I would contact local media.Answer #3: did you document your follow up calls? Did you sign anything when you dropped it off?

There's a lot of missing details because it seems you just dropped of your car and he worked on it without ever getting your permission.

Talk to an attorney YESTERDAY!Answer #4: Ugh, my father had this happen to him with a beautiful 50s chev and a super-unsavoury shop up here in Canada. He took it in and authorized $1500 worth of work on hooking up a few lights, basically simple things. They did over $8000 worth of work without approval and tried to put a lien on the car when my dad refused to pay. On top of everything, they then tried to charge us fees for storage since they wouldn't let us take it away. Huge mess. They were basically trying to steal his car, and I'm betting that's what this shop is doing to you.

Ack I'm getting angry just remembering it all. IANAL so I don't have any advice to offer but good luck getting your car back.


Title: [NY] Kid wont fully pay me for car.

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 Are you using "kid" to mean child, or "kid" to mean young adult?

If he's actually a child, you could try speaking with his parents. Oftentimes, they don't know what their kid is getting into; telling them he screwed you out of a deal of that magnitude and you're considering suing might get them to tell him to cough it up.

If you mean adult, your only real option is small claims.


Title: [GA] "Following too close" ticket when I hydroplaned and hit another car.?

Question:
Going to court for it. Following too closely is simply not what happened. I was going a decent speed at a decent distance. It was pouring down rain like crazy. At the same light I stop at twice a day coming home from my two jobs. I braked like normal, but it was like being on a slip-n-slide. Went at least two car lengths into the other person.

The other person's car wasn't even damaged from this, only mine, because I wasn't going that fast and hit their trailer hitch. Which is why I think it's bullshit I have to pay this. I know the area, I know the light, I wouldn't have been tailing someone's ass ESPECIALLY not in that weather, and it infuriates me that a cop can come along and ticket me for that when he didn't even see what happened. He wasn't there.

Is there anything I can do about this or am I screwed?

Answer:
 basically, you didn't leave enough room to stop "given the conditions".

pretty much most (scams aside) rear end accident the person behind in at fault for not giving themselves enough room to stop "given the conditions."  hydroplaning is not an excuse.  you learned about hydroplaning when your took your driving test.  you should know that you can't "brake like normal" in heavy rain, you need to give extra following distance due to bad conditions.  it's like driving in the snow and hitting the car in front b/c your tires lost traction.

i don't think there's much you can do to fight this.


Title: NJ Am I being scammed? I received an email regarding Zepeda v. PayPal Settlement

Question:
Just like the title says, I received an email today about a class action lawsuit, Zepeda v. PayPal Settlement.

The email says:

>If you had an active PayPal account between April 19, 2006 and November 5, 2015 and had a hold or reserve placed on your account, and/or the account was closed or suspended by PayPal, you are a Claims Class Member. In order to receive a Settlement payment, you must timely submit a Claim.

>If you had an active PayPal account between April 19, 2006 and November 5, 2015, but you did not have a hold or reserve placed on your account, and your account was not closed or suspended by PayPal, then you are only an Injunctive Relief Class Member, and you may not submit a Claim for payment.

>This notice summarizes the proposed settlement. For the precise terms and conditions of the settlement, please see the Settlement Agreement available at www.website in email .com or by visiting the office of the Clerk of the Court for the United States District Court for Somewhere Across The Country from me, 123 Fake Street, Town Far Far Away, State  Zip code, between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding Court holidays.

>"PLEASE DO NOT TELEPHONE THE COURT OR THE COURT CLERK’S OFFICE TO INQUIRE ABOUT THIS SETTLEMENT OR THE CLAIM PROCESS."

Then there is a link to a website that has another link where I can submit a claim.

I did have an account during that period and the account DID have a hold placed on it during that time.  This is the first time that I am hearing about a class action lawsuit though. I'm hesitant to fill out any of my information until I am sure that this isn't a scam.
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Hopefully, my formatting is ok! Thanks everyone!

Answer: There is currently a legitimate class action suit against PayPal. I can't speak for the validity of the specific email you received, but if you use your search engine of choice you can find the correct website to submit your claim or opt-out.


Title: Affiliate Jedi Academy - Will it get me in legal trouble?

Question:
Hey!

I made a course on affiliate marketing and when I was coming up with a name.

I just named it Affiliate Jedi Academy.

Later I heard that it might get me in legal trouble.

I really need some good advice.

I live in Pakistan.
Topic:
Computer and Internet

Answer: Don't mess with the House of Mouse


Title: VA - husband's coworker is suing me for defamation!

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 One thought: _calm down_. You've got a lot here to be angry about, but your anger is clouding your judgement. If your husband's coworker thinks this is serious enough to get a lawyer involved, you'd be well served to take it at least seriously enough to have a lawyer prepare your reply.

What's most likely is that your lawyer will advise your husband's boss' lawyer that there's no case and that they're welcome to test that theory before a judge. What you should likely aim for is a resolution to the situation where your husband's colleague understands that there's no point in pursuing action against you and drops the matter. What's _not_ likely is any kind of retaliation on the lines you expect: you're not going to get a restraining order out of this, or get to sit everyone down and depose them, or make someone else pay your legal bills, or counter-sue - I can't see any recognizable cause of action for you to counter-sue _on_, for starters.

Beyond that, just don't respond. Don't take legal advice from the other party, and don't give the other party's lawyer more to work with. Your reply should come from your lawyer, and any further discussion about whether you have or have not defamed someone can be handled by a judge.Answer #2: You should speak to your attorney about all this. If they need to bring in someone else to assist with any defamation suit then they can advise you.

People often threaten to sue, but do not. I would forward any communications from them to your attorney and let them handle it.


Title: SERIOUS: AT&T -Small claims - Fraud

Question:
Location: Philly

"Someone" will be suing AT&amp;amp;amp;T shortly in small claims court.

It is a case of being throttled with fraudulent data usage.

Problems is, No one from AT&amp;amp;amp;T will help this someone with the particular problem and their 'specialty team department' refuse to help. When asked to look into it the 'specialty team department' said to contact the CEO of AT&amp;amp;amp;T. When asked who this rep worked for, they said it was not AT&amp;amp;amp;T and the information was undisclosed.

What does this someone do?

Edit: it involves how much data is actually used versus their calculations being way off.

Edit: Speaking to AT&T had nothing to do with getting them to help for the purpose of suing them.

Answer: You're suing AT&T in small claims but you want them to help you... sue themselves?


Title: (Florida) A college student went to jail after harassing me and threatening me. Now her mother wants to sue me.

Question:
A friend of mine asked me to speak on immigration at the local community college. I'm am immigrant myself and he wanted me to speak about the struggles of adjusting to a new culture and language along with what the actual legal process is.

One of the student that attended was extremely upset because I'm white. She began to yell out in the lecture hall that I'm a liar, white people cant be immigrants, white people dont have cultures, that I'm just appropriating other people's struggles. She was escorted out by security during her rant.

After that she started a Facebook page asking people to harm me along with other slanderous accusations. The police were called, she was arrested and convicted on multiple charges(most involving death threats).

Anyway, the young woman mother has now been threatening to sue me because her daughter "won't be able to have a successful career because of her unfair criminal record".

Would that lawsuit even have a chance of succeeding?

Answer:
 You should call the cops on her now, she is harassing a witness on a case against her daughter, I'm kind of sure that's a felony.Answer #2: The fact that daughter was convicted, and the convictions have nor been set aside (appeal or similar) means that it's an unassailable legal truth that she is guilty of those offenses.  Therefore, any argument that the convictions are "unfair" or somehow "your fault" must, necessarily, fail.  Still, if actual suit is filed, don't ignore it.  A lawyer can help you counterclaim for whatever Florida calls the tort of abuse of process. Answer #3: Do not concern yourself about frivolous lawsuits.  If people threaten to sue, ignore it.  When you actually get served, go discuss it with a lawyer and worry about it then.

Next time she contacts you..."Do not ever contact me again.  If you do I will report it to the police as stalking and harassment.  Then you won't be able to get a job either."Answer #4: I'd recommend you get in touch with victims assistance in your area and see if you can get mom added to a no contact order that you should have against the accused. (this sometimes happens as a matter of course through the court but it helps sometimes to assert your own no contact orders as well.)

The family of the accused should really have no contact w/ you over the case and this is likely an attempt to pressure and scare you away from following through with whatever consequences her daughter is facing. This is a form of victim intimidation that shouldn't be tolerated by you.Answer #5: Contact the office of the prosecuting attorney.

I hope this legal threat was also sent via a public facebook account.


Title: Is it legal for a school administration to refuse to let all students use the bathroom?

Question:
Hey all, I'm actually asking for a friend of mine up in Canada. She is a junior in high school. The school is a conjunction school, so it has grades K - 12. Earlier today she explained in our Discord server that no high school students were allowed to use the bathroom during any class time whatsoever due to certain students getting caught smoking in the bathrooms. They are allowed to go during short breaks. This seems reasonable at first, but since it's a small school each bathroom only has one toilet and the breaks are not long enough for everybody to go. To make matters worse, the elementary and junior high kids are allowed to use every bathroom at all times, even though they're also getting caught smoking and writing on the walls. I just wanted to ask if this is legal?

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Thanks. :)
Topic:
School Related Issues

Answer: NAL but every time this comes up the answer not really but it solves itself quickly after the first kid pisses and or shits themselves in class. Answer #2: NAL but complain at a school board meeting.


Title: Provided A+ service, but still got relinquished. I never had the chance to complete my job.

Question:
My apologies for the long post. TL:DR at the end.

I’ve never been in a situation like this before and need some legal advice. Background about me, I’ve been in the architectural field for over 12 years, the last five years started my own business as a sole proprietor. I have projects on my own and I get frequent contract work through architects who value my skill set. I have reoccurring clients who love my work and the services I offer.  On my own, I’ve completed many residential houses and interior commercial retail stores. Just recently, I completed one retail store back in August and I have another store currently under construction ready to open in November.

The story; the first conversation began on August 14th, 2018. The client (tenant) leased a space in an existing business park and contacted me afterwards, randomly. Asked if I could provide him permit drawings for an interior alteration to an existing space. He hired a designer overseas and wanted the drawings converted to meet our building code standards.  Turns out the drawings needed more work, so I spent some time cleaning it up.  Since I have much experience I knew it wasn’t going to be difficult. I verbally broke down the schedule; approximately 1 month to put together drawings, including mechanical, plumbing, sprinkler etc after the first site inspection. Once submitted to the township for review it would take another 2-3 months in order to receive a permit. Afterwards, depending on the contractor, 2-3 months of construction but the deadline is heavily weighed by the amount of custom millwork required. He understood, but gave a hard opening date of December 1st, 2018. IMHO, an unrealistic goal, unless he hired millwork trades the beginning of September to commence fabrication, and contractors working around the clock to meet his desired opening date.

August 18th, 2018, my contract is signed, but within the contract I do not write date deadlines. It’s extremely difficult to estimate how much time is required, especially for my contracted engineer who has other projects on the go. August 22nd, 2018, we have our first official site meeting. My engineer and I walk through the place, getting measurements, taking photos etc. and we realized that a rooftop unit is missing but there are existing stack vents going into the space. There was an existing RTU pad that held an old 6000CFM unit, which was no longer there. Quite odd, that nobody, not even the tenant, knew before signing the lease. Since the unit was missing and the space needed an HVAC system, it was in the engineer’s best interest to specify a unit for the space. Note: the tenant never disclosed to me who’s responsible for the RTU, whether it was the tenant or the Landlord. I’m not even sure if the tenant is legally allowed to modify or revise the building which is registered under the Landlords corporation.

For a few weeks, the client and I have a few corresponding emails in order for me and my engineer to tighten up the drawings. My engineer and I work diligently to get this project complete. September 11th, 2018, we issue the rough drafts for his review, 3 weeks since our site meeting. I’ve worked with my engineer on multiple retail stores, and the documents have been sufficient for a building permit. All drawings are approved by the client and on September 13th, 2018 and all drawings are released to him for permit submission. I told him that I could represent him at the township and submit on behalf of him since I’m familiar and know the jargon, but he insisted he do this himself (he’s never done this).

September 14th, 2018, the client attempts to hand in the drawings, but the city clerk says we are missing two items. A form (which I easily passed to him) and a letter from the structural engineer stating that the existing RTU pad can support the weight of a new 3750 CFM RTU.  Getting turned away at the counter is not uncommon with any municipalities. They’re not allowed to accept drawings and put it into circulation without full documentation. I’ve been rejected multiple times even though I think my package is perfect. It’s a terrible feeling in the gut, knowing your time has been wasted.

In my terms and conditions within my contract it states, “In the event that either party is prevented from performing its obligations under this Agreement due to an occurrence beyond its control, such as acts of God, fire, acts of war or terror, or acts of governments or government agencies or other authorities having jurisdiction over the parties or this Agreement, or any other such circumstances beyond a party’s control, then such prevention shall not be construed to be a default under this Agreement. The party so prevented shall give notice of such events to the other party as soon as reasonably possible, and both parties shall use their reasonable best efforts to comply with the terms of this Agreement notwithstanding such prevention.” Now I’m stressing out, there are only two options. Option 1, I get my engineer on site to review structure, but the landlord must expose the structural framing. Option 2, the client requests to the landlord to provide us existing structural drawings. All this time I’m thinking to myself, why should the tenant be responsible for the RTU when he is not the registered owner of the building.

In the meantime, I browse through some existing 1979 drawings and found old mechanical drawings which specifies an RTU for the space and devised a strategy. I told the client, instead of stating a new RTU, we should revise all the drawings to say, HVAC to connect to existing RTU and attach the existing drawings. The client verbally agreed to this. How I see it, I do not want my engineers to be liable for the building structure and the RTU. Our scope of work was only for an interior alteration to the space.

The client put pressure on me, in which I had to pressure my engineer to revise their drawings. September 21st, 2018 (yesterday), I send the revised drawings to the client. He responds with a snide email saying if all the drawings are complete? is it confirmed with the township? I don’t want to waste another week. Instead of replying to his email I decide to call. In previous conversations, in the past week he was quite rude over the phone, so I wasn’t expecting anything less.

He goes off on a tirade, stating it’s your job to know what the township requires, you should have gone in with the drawings and ask questions but not submit them. You’re wasting my time, time is money, I’m spending tens of thousands of dollars on a vacant space, etc. Your job is to get me a building permit, I don’t care that it’s an interior alteration, a building permit is a building permit.

It has been 1 month since the start. I never realized how impatient of a person he is. He relinquished me of my services and I followed up with a formal Release Agreement letter, I emailed earlier this morning. Perhaps I should have gone to talk to the township, but I would have never known the clerk would ask for structural drawings for the RTU, since it was going to be installed on an existing pad on existing structure. My contract I wrote structural drawings as a reimbursable expense, as this interior alteration didn’t require a structural engineer. From the first phone call I would have never known that the RTU was my responsibility. I never even got the opportunity to submit for a building permit to complete my services even though all the revised documentation is ready to submit.

I need some legal advice, is there any legal recourse against me? Can he sue me for time lost and future opportunities lost, even though I clearly stated that I require approximately a month to prepare the drawings? Can I sue him for breaching our agreed upon contract, where authorities having jurisdiction can delay the schedule? All my drawings are complete and ready for submission; how can I be at fault?

TL:DR, I was to provide architectural drawings for an interior alteration building permit. The township rejected the submission as a few items were missing. Items get resolved within a week, revised drawings ready for re-submission, I get the boot for not following through by impatient and impractical client. Is there any blow-back against me?

Answer: You are a sole proprietor and run your own business. You should already have a business lawyer on retainer. Your situation is too complicated for internet legal advice.


Title: In high school got busted for possession. Please help.

Question: Im a 17 year old in California and I just got dropped off at home with a ticket for having a pipe and about a gram of pot on me. What does this mean for me? Where does this go from here? Also im applying to colleges, and I am very worried that I might have screwed my chances to getting into college. Any advice would be helpful.

Answer: You have a court date.  Attend timely and dress nicely.  Have your family hire a criminal defense attorney to assist you.  You're under 18 so there is a possibility of being granted a diversion program to erase it from your record.   Colleges also understand that people make mistakes.  Worst case scenario, you will write up an addendum to your applications and send it along with your normal application that explains in detail what happened and how you've learned.


Title: [IL] Help, I'm collecting strays!

Question:
Well, stray family members. Long story short, I've had four extra people living with me for 8 months. Me and my boyfriend are the only ones on the lease; out of six able bodied people, we're the only ones with jobs. The bills have become absolutely massive and we want them out.

 I know that they have rights as tenants and that in Illinois I need to provide a letter giving them 30 days to vacate, but if they don't leave after 30 days what actions am I allowed to take? Since they're not on the lease can I claim they are trespassing if they continue to give me problems?

Edit: I forgot to mention, there was no formal agreement between us, even verbally, when they all moved in. They were only supposed to be staying for a few weeks while they found jobs and places of their own.

Answer:
 You will need to

1.  Serve each of them with a written letter to get out in 30 days

2. When they inevitably don't leave, file in your local court for eviction

3. Have them served with the court paperwork by the Sheriff's office ~~someone who is not involved.  In your case, this can be as simple as inviting over a friend, handing the friend the paperwork, and having the friend hand it to each of them.~~  This is because in many jurisdictions a party to a lawsuit cannot serve process.

4.  Go to court and explain why they should be out.  This is relatively straightforward in your case.

5.  When you win, call the Sheriff and have them enforce the Judge's order.  At this point, the Sheriff will come and physically remove them if they refuse to leave, and/or arrest them for trespass.

Edit to correct service information.


Title: [CA] Automatic door at hospital ER messed up; led to my grandpas death

Question: [deleted]

Answer: Was any of this related to his reason for going to the ER in the first place?Answer #2: I'm sorry about your grandfather but the hospital door didn't kill him. His advanced age, brittle bones, and bad kidneys caused his death. Go meet with a lawyer if you want but don't get your hopes up.


Title: Canceled Game of Thrones bets

Question:
Hi.

I don't know if it's the place to post, but I will try my luck. Last week I placed some bets on the outcome of the Game of Thrones finale. Today after episode 5 i had a bet confirmed and validated by the betting site, am a few hours later all of my bets were canceled.

The reason invoked by the betting site for canceling the bets was a post from reddit. I don't want to reveal spoilers unless it's necessary.

Is there anything I can do ? Any advice ?

I am from Romania, and the betting site is also from Romania.

Sorry in advance for any grammar mistake. Thanks

Answer: Not familiar with Romanian law but if the bet was refunded before the event occurred the nothing can be done.


Title: When you file a fraud claim for the person responsible get caught?

Question:
OC, California
Someone got my debt card info and spent my money on online orders, I recently found out it was my ex girlfriend. If I don’t cancel my claim are they going to find her and arrest her ?

Answer:
 Assuming you reported the crime to the police, it may be out of your hands. They are the ones who get to decide whether to arrest someone for a crime. You retracting your claim doesn't guarantee that they won't pursue her for the theft. Furthermore, without legal action your debit card company might refuse to refund you the stolen money.

Non-legal advice: don't set yourself on fire to keep someone else warm. Don't take the fall to "save" this thief.


Title: [UK] Employer is stopping us from using a burger van

Question:
A strange one, but pretty annoying. We've recently moved to a new site and the employer hasn't yet installed a hot food canteen. In the meanwhile we've been using a burger van that's parked outside of the premises, so we can get something hot for lunch if we don't bring something from home.

They're now trying to make us stop going to the van because they say it's interfering with the road going into the premises, and that they want the guy to away. Since we're a large part of his business (I imagine), it'll probably work. Truth is, they're just super snobbish and don't want their shiny new building associated with a  'dirty' burger van.

Thing is, though: 1) this road is very wide, and even if a bus parked half on the curb,  there's still more than enough room for even an entire truck to get through with no problem at all. 2) How are we supposed to eat? The nearest supermarket or takeaway is a very traffic-y  15 minute drive one way.

So anyway, my question is: can I get sacked for going to a burger van at lunch?

Answer:
 Can you warn the burger van to park a block or so away and still patronize him?Answer #2: ITT: people who don't have jobs giving bad US employment law advice to a UK citizen.

OP you might be able to get guidance from Citizens Advice, I'm a dirty colonist but they get mentioned all the time on UK law questions.


Title: Ex is accusing my mother of stealing (CA)

Question:
Hello Reddit,

I have been separated from my ex for 6 years and it has been a very messy process.
She sent me an email that my mother is trying to sell this doll that belongs to her. We found this doll in my mothers storage unit and she wants to sell it because she is selling all her old dolls. Now my ex is claiming we stole this doll from her and trying to profit from her stuff.

She threatening that she will press charges. Does she have legal right over this doll she claims is hers?

Answer:
 > She threatening that she will press charges.

Individuals in California don't get to decide who gets arrested or prosecuted.  She can call the cops on your mother for theft if she feels like it.  The cops can investigate if they feel like it, but probably will tell her "we're staying out of it, this is a civil matter", meaning they're telling your ex that she can sue your mother in small claims court for the value of the doll plus court costs.  Your ex can do so if she wants.  If she does, the standard of proof she'll have to demonstrate to the court is that it's "more likely than not" that the doll belonged to your ex.


Question:
**TL;DR - I have a blog, and I am in the United States Navy. I want to write about my experiences at my most recent command, and I am concerned with what exactly I can and cannot write about.**

I write a blog about my life and experiences, and I feel very strongly about what I’ve learned about life and the military over the last three years of my most recent tour. I didn't include my specific location because it's not pertinent; my concern here is with military law.

The problems:

(a) *A lot of it is not flattering.* I don’t call anyone by name, but it definitely reads as though I am criticizing my superiors. Even though I don’t name them, it could still fall under a general UCMJ violation for criticizing superiors, people in office, etc. I talk about positive things as well, but I don’t have any fear that those words would land me in any hot water.

(b) *I hold a Top Secret security clearance and I work in the intelligence community.* A lot of what I want to talk about is in regards to the naval intel community as a construct. I definitely would never talk about any operational specifics, as those are classified and I’m not an idiot. But I do explain what an “Intelligence Specialist” does, and I define a few other general things about the job. I directly quote only from official navy.mil sources, as well as a few sentences from Wikipedia.

I have a few options:

(1) *Publish it all and hope for the best.* Probable worst case scenario from what I can figure out is that I would be asked to remove the material from the internet, be taken to Captain’s Mast, and/or possibly have my security clearance revoked pending an investigation because I didn’t submit my publication for prior review by government agencies (which is in order to ensure that my writing doesn’t include any classified information). I don't think any of that would happen, but it is a possibility, and I'm wary about playing with fire.

(2) *Ask a JAG first.* But I then run the risk of not being told I can’t publish it. If I then publish it anyway, I’m sure the punishment would turn out to be much worse since I specifically asked for advice. (I am also asking for advice here, and I would happily submit this throwaway post to authorities if I needed a legal defense. I’m not an idiot and fully expect this throwaway can be traced back to me through secret NSA magic.) I think I would rather publish and take a mild punishment than not be able to publish at all in the first place. But I also don't want to go to jail or anything, of course, nor do I even really want to violate any laws in the first place. I would rather ask /r/legaladvice first before going to a JAG, to prevent one person from telling me 'no' right offhand and being completely shut down before it all starts.

Normally the sensible answer to all this would be something like, “Nobody cares about your stupid blog, publish whatever you want.” I’m not some big-name writer and I’m not important. I just want to publish stuff on a blog that is read by my friends and family.

None of this stuff would be something I would think twice about sending an email about, and I have definitely talked in person about all of it to people who hold no clearance. And that is perfectly okay.

The legal issue I am concerned with is the issue of mass publication. Even though it’s not the same in practice, legally speaking, there’s not going to be a difference between publishing a blog post and publishing a book. I assume a book would have to be submitted for prior review by three-letter agencies because of my security clearance.

If I am not discussing anything classified, and only talking about my experiences and grievances… is that going to land me in trouble? The title contains my questions in a succinct manner: **Can I criticize the military’s bureaucracy while serving in the military? Also, I hold a security clearance; do I need to submit it for review prior to publication?**

Answer:
 > I would rather ask /r/legaladvice[1] first before going to a JAG, to prevent one person from telling me 'no' right offhand and being completely shut down before it all starts.

Don't listen, or in any way rely, on the internet for this. People are idiots. You should speak with a private attorney with experience in military speech issues.Answer #2: Legal or not legal, your life will be easier if you wait till your out.

Edit: if it were a purely positive blog I'd say talk to your CO and XO and do it. They would probably like it. However, you seem to want to blast the Navy and talk shit about your experience and your chain of command. I can tell you from experience that you will get called in on your day off. You will get talked to by the Chiefs Mess, if you've never been to a DRB you'll probably see one if you do this. You will not like it. And, depending on what you say you can ruin your career. The Navy is a good ole boys club. When you transfer your new command and LCPO will call your old command and LCPO and they will probably know each other and have a nice little talk about you. Just wait till you're out.


Title: Car dealership took our new car.

Question: On September 30th My wife and I traded our car in for 23000 and we owed 24000. The difference was rolled into the new car loan. We put a 3k down payment on the car as well. We signed all of the paperwork and took it home. They called us the next day saying they forgot to have us sign other loan documents. We came in and signed them. Fast roward to the 12th of October with them saying the loan company needed proof of our mortgage being up to date. My wife sent it in on the 17th and an hour later the employees from the dealership came to our house and took the car. They are saying the loan company won't issue the loan to us because our mortgage bank told them November 1st payment is 1400 and December payment is 1200. Our normal payment is 1200. But we are current. The loan company says pay the 200 difference and you will be good. I am just done with this whole proces and want my money back.  Now the dealership has the car we traded in, our new car and our 3k and they won't give anything back until we pay restocking fee and re title the car to them. What should we do?

Answer:
 Sounds like a spot delivery scam. Why does the car loan company want you to pay them $200 because your mortgage payment is different?

I'd talk to an attorney about it.