Title: Soon-to-be_Ex-Wife had an affair, and now is in a terrible position.

Question:
Throwaway account for obvious reasons as you shall see.

My wife (I'll just call her my ex-wife for brevity) and I have been married for over a decade, we have two young children together. We didn't have the most idyllic marriage in the world. She experienced a significant amount of childhood trauma, and additional trauma while in college. I hadn't realized it for a long time but this trauma impacted her daily interactions with me, and in reaction I would drink to cope. We were stuck in a vicious cycle of continuously damaging one another emotionally, it was not a healthy relationship.

About a month ago she asked me for a divorce. I was not exactly surprised, but I also wasn't exactly expecting it. I agreed, and we started planning out our divorce through mediation. A week after the request she immediately began looking for an apartment, and was moved out of the house within 4 days. Last week I was driving my ex-wife to work due to car problems, and we were talking on the way there. The conversation topics are mostly inconsequential, but the answers she gave made me suspicious. So finally I asked her if she had cheated on me, she said "Technically. Yes." I asked  her if it had happened after we were separated, after she had moved out. She said "Yes, it was right near the end." I kicked her out of my car at work and told her some mean things and drove off. I was devastated, but unsettled. What did she mean by "right near the end"? So I asked her and she told me she slept with a guy from work two days after she told me she wanted a divorce. I couldn't believe it, she couldn't even wait.

I was incredibly hurt, and I have been in conversations with her conveying just how hurt I was, how angry I was, how much I hated her, etc. Last night she invited me over for dinner and I accepted. I was in a bad place and needed to get out of the house. She is still the mother of my children and I want to have at least a friendly relationship with her for the sake of the kids. We had a friendly conversation over dinner, and the kids left the table to go play. I asked her a couple of questions about her new boyfriend. Did she care for him? Does she believe he cares for her? Do they make each other happy? Does he care for the kids? She answered in the affirmative, and I told her I was actually happy to hear that. She deserves happiness, she deserves some relief. Then she dropped a bomb on me, the man she was sleeping with was one of her clients.

My ex-wife works for a group that assists formerly homeless individuals, her client is a former person who has experienced homlessness. He is her client, she is one of his case-workers. I immediately told her she had to end it. That the relationship was entirely inappropriate, that it crossed several ethically boundaries of both her workplace and profession, and that she could lose her job and her license if anybody found out. That if she continued the relationship then somebody would eventually find out. She gave me more details on the development of their relationship. She was the one that eventually made it personal by contacting him with her personal phone and flirting with him. She told me she first met him in January of this year, and that she barely knew him at the time. She said she really got to know him through the month of March as they exchanged personal text messages, and that she was now in love with him and considering quitting her job to maintain the relationship. She had been planning on this. She had an IUD placed near the end of March before she told me she wanted a divorce (I have a vasectomy). I asked if she had been using condoms, and she said no, she knew his medical history and knew he was clean. I told her that was an absolutely irrational thing to say, and that everything about this pointed to a much greater mental health issue than she was willing to acknowledge. She has obviously become a little unhinged, and is making irrational and dangerous choices that could negatively impact her entire life.

I am now unsure of what I should do. I worry about her state of mind. I worry about that affecting the kids. I worry that she could lose her job and license in the  process of this divorce, and I may be forced to fight for full custody if she continues to make reckless and selfish choices. I don't want to take her kids from her, she truly does love them and she is a very good mother, but if she can't make choices that create stability in her life I don't know if they should continue to stay with her. I fear that her childhood trauma will be forced upon my children, and they will live with their own trauma the rest of their lives. I am going to tell her that the only reasonable thing to do is end her inappropriate and emotionally detrimental relationship immediately, and that she needs to go back to therapy and it must be intensive. She has to think about how her choices could negatively impact her and those she cares about the most, which I think she has always had difficulty doing. But now I am wondering if I need to seek legal counsel. I don't want to use lawyers for our divorce, I don't want it to create further damage, but I have to look out for my kids and myself. Could losing her job and license negatively impact me if we are still married, could it have a negative impact on me after the divorce? Could child support be possible? Alimony? Even considering that she created this tempest to begin with? Just trying to account for unforeseen possibilities.

Answer: I know you want to report her for a bit of sweet, sweet revenge but you'd only be screwing yourself.  When she doesnt have a job, you will have to pay alimony to make up for it.


Title: The neighbors downstairs are really filthy and now the smell is getting into our apartment. [NC]

Question: The family downstairs are terrible. It's a family of 4 with 1 kid in high school and the other is 2 years old. I feel really bad for the children to have to grow up in an environment like that. When they first moved in, I had to call the police because the husband was beating his wife in the parking lot. It's been a year now and I can't stand the shit anymore and I mean literal shit. They have 2 dogs and I'm not sure if they take them out enough but their whole apartment smells like a mix of dog poop, trash and dog hair. It's gotten so bad that its leaking into our apartment. I'm not talking an occasional smell of weed. It's an OMG that is the most awful smell I've ever experienced. We can smell it in the laundry room, bathroom and in the closet of the 2nd closet. I have 2 children of my own, a 2 year old and a newborn and I don't want to subject them to this smell. Not that they're gonna remember later, but that's not the point. It's so heavy and thick in our laundry room right now that it's even making our freshly laundered clothes smell. When I walk up stairs and their front door is open I can smell it so I know for sure it's them and not our plumbing. I'm an extremely patient person and would casually mention it to the person in the office but nothing was ever addressed. I finally snapped one day and demanded management to do something about it, I wouldn't want my worse enemy to endure this smell. Finally, a maintenance guy came and confirmed there was a smell. Okay, great what are you gonna do about it. It's been 2 months and it's getting worse and worse. I can't keep anything in the closet and forget about washing or drying clothes at night. We swarm the house with so much air fresheners it will give you a head ache. I have kids and I pay my rent I shouldn't have to put up with this. Also note that moving is not an option. My wife and I barely afford rent. I'm on the verge of typing up a letter, kindly asking them to not stink so much. My theory is that alternate locking their dogs in different areas of the house, because one day it's bad in the laundry room, then the next it's the closet. I've also checked that everybody is alive, so no dead body. Should I call cps? Is living in a filthy house considered neglect? Thanks for reading me rant, I just feel like I'm shit out of luck. One of those things you can't do anything about.

Answer: Living in a filthy house can be seen as child neglect, especially if they're living in dog feces. You could try calling CPS and making a report that you think the children downstairs are being neglected. You may or may not get anything to happen. You might also be able to make a complaint with the Health Department.


Title: Oral surgeon put implant in wrong tooth

Question:
I’m writing this on my phone so I apologize in advance.
I went to have a tooth removed and an implant put in its place two days ago. When I woke up the dentist told me that he put the implant a little forward from where I wanted it. He said that it would be more aesthetically pleasing and if I wanted to have a  big bridge I could do that later.
Before the extraction I spoke with him and explained that a bridge broke and that I needed two implants to restore the bridge. When the bridge broke my number 13 tooth was broken inside the gum. I was supposed to have the tooth that broke extracted and a bone graft implant put in its place. I was then going to have the same procedure done with my number 11 tooth in January as my dental insurance has a 1500 per year maximum.
All of the paperwork I filled out and all of my consent forms have tooth number 13 written often and very clearly. He couldn’t have made a mistake as he extracted the tooth, he just didn’t put the bone graft and post there.
The way he did this makes me believe that he wants me to pay for three implants, not just the two I need for the bridge. Also, if it is just a little forward and not where the number 12 tooth should be my bite will be seriously off if I have an implant there.
I have no idea what to do. I now need the same two implants that I needed to begin with and my insurance is tapped out. How do I ask him to return my money? Do I insist that he give me another implant where it should have gone?

Answer: You need to report them to the American Dental Association (ADA)Answer #2: If you agreed on a certain tooth, and he did a different tooth, then i mean yeah he's fucked.  I would first ask him to remedy the situation for free; if he does not, report him to the dental board.Answer #3: This is beyond the scope of this sub and you most likely need a medical malpractice lawyer if you can’t work anything out with the dentist. The bot should comment with more information


Title: My personal website was domain hijacked and now my name is being used as a business name

Question:
Is there anything I can do? It wouldn't bother me to lose the domain but its my real first and last name they're now using as a company name.
Topic:
Computer and Internet

Answer: How was it hijacked exactly?


Title: Ontario, Canada - Late pay and boss won't return calls or emails

Question:
 So November 10th of 2017 I started a new job doing "security" for a small telecommunications company based out of Southern Ontario - I put security in quotations because I do not have a security licence as they did not require one and the job is more like monitoring the building throughout the night.

 This company had hired 4 of us total to do this overnight security job, including myself and my cousin. The company is owned by a man with multiple business' but it is run by his mid 20's daughter. It even lists her as CEO.

 I was told when I started that I would be paid bi-weekly, although this was never stated in writing. I received two cheques at once on December 8th. I expected my next pay to be two weeks later on the 22nd, instead i received it on January 4th, 2018 - I should have received another cheque the next day if it were to be on time.

 This also happened to my cousin and the other two employees doing security.

 So that leads us to now, I have not received a cheque still since the 4th and my employer refuses to return calls or emails. I even called the company during the day and an employee told me she was in the office and she told him she would return my call shortly, she never did.

 So in total i've sent two emails and left two messages and have only received one email on the fourth when I finally got my late cheque, stating she had been "away for the holidays".

 So up to now I have no idea when I will be getting paid next and I would like to know what my options are, I think I should contact the ministry of labour but I am not sure.

 Thanks and sorry in advance for terrible formatting and a long post.
Topic:
Employment Law

Answer:
 Ontario law requires that your employer pay you on time, in full. If your employer fails to do this, you can file an employment standards claim [here](https://www.ontario.ca/document/your-guide-employment-standards-act-0/filing-employment-standards-claim).

The 2018 Employment Standards Act update has changed a few things, but you can get help walking through the claim at (800) 531-5551.

Note you file a claim first and if it can't be resolved, then you go to court. The Ministry of Labour won't allow a claim for a failure to pay wages if you've already gone after your employer in court. The claim form is easy to fill out online. Read the Before You Start booklet that's linked on the page.


Title: Ohio: my dog ate chocolate that my SO left on the floor

Question:
My SO (I’ll call her Jane) and I do not live together. Sometimes when we are planning to spend the night together at her place it’s easiest for us both if I leave my well-trained, elderly, medium-sized dog (I’ll call her Sadie) at her place while we go out. We have been doing this ever since Jane moved into her current apartment without incident (except for age-related potty “accidents” which are always cleaned up promptly and haven’t been an issue). Jane also owns a pet- an elderly small dog I’ll call Molly (who has plenty of potty accidents of her own).

While Jane and I were out at a family event recently (with Jane’s family), Sadie and Molly found a bag containing dark chocolate and coffee that Jane had accidentally left on the floor in the room where we left the dogs. Immediately upon getting back to the apartment (around 9PM) we saw the debris and chocolate wrappers and called the vet. We were advised to rush both dogs to the emergency animal hospital. We got there at 9:15PM and Sadie and Molly were induced to vomit right away. The vets found that Sadie had eaten a large amount of chocolate and had ingested coffee as well. Molly only ate a very small amount of chocolate, so she was given IV fluids and discharged after about an hour.

Sadie, having eaten the bulk of the chocolate and also due to her advanced age, was struggling. She had a dangerously elevated heart rate and was abnormally lethargic. The vets wanted to keep her overnight for IV fluids, charcoal (to rid any chocolate still in her digestive tract) and for observation.

Sadie is home now, and it looks like she will be okay. But this was easily one of the top ten worst nights of my life. I was on the edge of hysterics the entire night. Jane and I both stayed at the hospital until 1AM. I paced the floor the entire time, out of my mind thinking I would lose my best friend.

As you can imagine, this whole ordeal was extremely expensive- approximately $1500. Jane insisted on paying and said that she didn’t feel stressed about the money at all, she just wanted Sadie to be okay.

Now (some days later) Jane feels stressed about having paid such a large amount, and I would like to pay her back for part of the bill. My question is this: who is at fault legally for the incident? Jane feels terribly guilty and claims it is her fault. I’m inclined to agree but also blame myself for not looking in the bag that Jane left on the floor (i didn’t even notice the bag). So Jane initially felt it was fair for her to pay for the entire bill, but I’m not sure if she’s changed her tune.

Who is legally responsible for the expense? I’m asking because I am curious, but intend to pay for half either way. The thing is, it will take me a while to pay for half. I am a student, while Jane has a full time job with moderate income. I could probably only afford $50 per pay period, so my offer to pay for half would really just be a gesture of goodwill and would not do much to alleviate her current financial stress.

Thank you for reading and thanks in advance for your perspective!

TL;DR: my SO left a bag containing chocolate and coffee on the floor while my dog and her dog were left alone in her apartment. They ripped into the bag but only my dog needed extensive medical care. Who is responsible for the animal hospital charges? Thank you!

Answer:
 >who is at fault legally for the incident?

i don't see anyone being at-fault.

>Who is legally responsible for the expense?

The owner of the dogAnswer #2: IMO, it's ultimately up to the owner of the dog to make sure they are in a safe environment.


Title: (Texas) Fingerprint/background service messed up and I got suspended from work until correct one comes back. My boss is trying to COA by pretending I never worked there and refusing to pay me for the last 2 weeks worth of work.

Question:
So here is the situation. I wanted to go to work for a charter school in Texas.  They required me to have a background check called a FAST background check. I paid the prescribed service $45 months ago and got a receipt that says FAST fingerprint service.  So i start work as a front office register. Things were moving along nice besides being slammed with little to no training. I was handling and making copies of all sorts of private documents like SS#'s birth certificates and even peoples tax records because they gave them to me for proof of residency. Also I seen tons of stuff like kids case files and CPS reports and was entering all this stuff into the computer system right.  Well after working this job for almost 2 weeks I still had not filled out my w2 or anything like that and so I asked about it as the boss had been crazy busy and it slipped their mind. Well it turns out Corporate emailed us back saying my FAST background check was invalid. And I was like "What?" and they told me I was suspended until I got a new receipt showing I got my FAST PASS.   So I go to the office of the fingerprint service and tell them I got suspended and the lady says "oh ... we got a new computer system and it didn't roll yours over and didn't afix some code to my fingerprints to signify it was for a school"  So then they tell me they are sorry but I have to do it again because they don't keep the files and that I have to pay them another $45 and it could take anywhere from 7-90 days for the new results to come back. I'm like OK... so I pay the $45 again and they do the exact same thing they did before. The only thing they did to compensate me was move my appointment to instantly vs waiting 3 days and the lady even made the comment "so what are you gonna do with your day off?" like it was a good thing.

So I go back give the boss the receipt and start back working finishing out the day. The next day I show up to work and everything is going fine until corporate calls and I answer the phone saying my name. They ask to speak to the director. I get told I am suspended until the full results come back and that according to corporate I am not a employee yet and I can't step foot into the school with out a clear background check.  So. My boss say "you will not be getting paid for the work you have done I am sorry" and she and the other staff were instructed to erase all evidence of any work I did.  I am then escorted off property like a criminal.

I am owed $1,400 in pay. The loss of income if up to 180 days is $18,000 Not to mention my wife works at the same place and it was and is still incredibly embarrassing and we have been just sick because of all this. We can't sleep and are just heart broken.

Obviously I feel I am owed the money I worked for. However by pursuing it I do put my wifes job at risk. I feel as if depending on how long the finger print service takes they should be held liable as I clearly stated what the finger prints were for the first time and have proof of that and paid for goods and services I did not recive.  I also have my welcome letter from corporate on my start date and also all the records from the certifications I had to get once I started like CPR and so on.

This is so shady and just a terrible situation to be in that I can not figure out the right move. So reddit please tell me what you think I should do.

Answer:
 You are 100% entitled to the money owed from hours already worked. If you need to, you should contact the DOL in your state.

However, unless she has an employment contract, the company can likely fire her for basically any or no reason given, so if you piss them off they can almost definitely fire her


Title: [New York] Is it OK for a lawyer to be totally unresponsive for (4) weeks?

Question:
* There were (2) periods of time where he was unresponsive
* One instance was being unresponsive for (4) weeks where I was asking for an update multiple times via email/phone
* The second time was when I was asking for a financial statement for the services, he took (3) weeks to respond.  After he sent the statement, I terminated his counsel and then he made another statement and used up the retainer.
* Are these complaints worthy of getting the bar involved?

Answer:
 >* One instance was being unresponsive for (4) weeks where I was asking for an update multiple times via email/phone

That is rather poor customer service, but unless it caused you to miss some court deadline, not an issue I personally would file a complaint over.

>* The second time was when I was asking for a financial statement for the services, he took (3) weeks to respond.  After he sent the statement, I terminated his counsel and then he made another statement and used up the retainer.

If you requested a statement of services and immediately after receiving it you terminated your relationship then he does not get to make up new charges in order to spend out the rest of the retainer. Perhaps the charges were accidently omitted from the first bill (awfully suspicious), perhaps they were ongoing activities (but may still be unreasonable if the activities occurred only because the lawyer was slow in giving you a statement). But most likely his is not reasonable.

>* Are these complaints worthy of getting the bar involved?

If it were me, I would first contact the lawyer and explain the above reasoning and insist that they remove the extra charges and refund my retainer. If they failed to do this *then* I might file a complaint.


Title: My friends uncle has her stocks in trust that her grandmother left her.

Question:
So she just found out through the social security office that her uncle sent her mom like 6000 dollars in dividends two or so years ago and stated to the IRS that it went to my friend. My friend never saw a cent of that money and has not lived with her mom for over six years. So now she is on the hook for those taxes. How can she get the trust from her uncle and have someone else be the trustee and what legal recourse does she have?

 Thank you for any help.

Answer:
 Is she sure there really is a trust?

If there is, as beneficiary, she would be entitled to a copy of the trust documents. She can petition the court to have him removed as trustee and have a new one appointment if she believes he is mismanaging the trust.


Title: [Ohio] Neighbor has completely trashed my yard, and theirs is worse.

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 You could sue for damages in small claims court - would be good to have some pictures or video of them driving into your yard.

If possible, try and put up some landscaping that prohibits this stuff - like small boulders, a decorative fence or even logs or railroad ties.

Finally, let the landlord know. Likely, he won't be responsible for what his tenants do, but I live next to a rented-out duplex and the LL is really trying to be a good neighbor, telling me to report any shenanigans of his renters to him.Answer #2: Does your city not have laws re:parking in the grass? I would call your non emergency number.


Title: I’ve been subpoenaed the DA says I have to show up but I’m afraid for my life LA, California

Question:
Hello, so about a week ago, a gang member was able to come into my apartment and he was running away from police. The helicopters were swirling around and trying to find him and he snuck in from the back of my apartment. I managed to catch him while he locked the door and started yelling at him. He freaked out and he was cowering while i being much larger yelled from the top of my lungs. He tried to grab one of my male pieces of clothing in order to blend in with society but because he was scared I managed to get him to leave out the front door.

Never did he do any physical harm to me and never did he get to threaten me or steal from me. I locked the front door and the door in my restroom and immediately called the police. The police came about 9 minutes into my 911 call and asked if I saw where he went.

Later on they came back and took me in the back of their police car to identify the suspect. It was him

The detective called me a few days ago and told me i will need to go to court. I told him I have no intentions of pressing charges.

I just got a call from the detective to go to court on the 25th but he didn’t give me any details. He said I have a “subpoena” but I was never served in person. All I got was a letter if I wanted to go to court and claim anything in damages I could. He told me to call the DA and she told me I must report to court on the 25th, never once did they ever tell me where I needed to go or anything.

I am fearful for my life and would not want to show up to a gang members trial. I told that to the DA and she basically made it seem like she did not want to hear me and she referred me to a victims advocate line that’s run by the DA.

I would rather go to jail than go to the court if it came to that. This is in Los Angeles. What can I do?  I find it to be utter crap that a victim of a crime would face jail time because they did not want to press charges.

I’m transgender and relocation would not be the most ideal thing in my situation. They said they’d help with that but I don’t  believe the DA’s office.
Topic:
Criminal Law

Answer:
 You might want to contact the DA and point out that you have not been served, and that if they do intend to subpoena you, you have serious concerns for your safety and would very much appreciate if they offered some help. If the DA is unwilling to work with you and an actual subpoena shows up, talk to an attorney about moving to quash, although I suspect your odds are slim.

If you are subpoenaed and refuse to appear, you can be arrested, _brought to court to appear_, and only fined or jailed after you have either testified or refused directly. You're not getting out of testifying that way.

You never had any control over whether the state pursued charges, and you are not being punished for your decision. You are, however, a witness to a crime, and both the state and the accused have a legal interest in your testimony.


Title: [DC] Can I sell my sperm on an F-1 visa?

Question:
I'm a student with an F-1 visa, and there is a company that frequently advertises paid sperm donation. Most applicants are rejected, but if you're approved, you can donate whenever you like within certain parameters. The sperm bank estimates regular donation earns $4000 a year, so the appeal is obvious. They consider you an independent contractor.

The legal question: is selling my bodily fluids unauthorized "work" under immigration law? Will I be taking jobs away from hard American workers?

Answer:
 > Will I be taking jobs away from hard American workers?

This killed me.

I don't believe that would count as work.  You're simply selling your property.  You can sell personal items without issue on a Visa, so I don't see how this would be different (legally.....the deliver method is a lot different than when I sold a couch on craigslist).Answer #2: >They consider you an independent contractor.

Assuming it is work on a 1099 (unless the company is using that terminology loosely), you would have to meet the same conditions as you would for normal empleyment, which generally means on-campus work or work on your area. My guess is, it's not on your area.
The other option is, after one year of study, you may ask for permission to work off-campus only in case of "economical harship", for which sperm donation might qualify.
See this link: http://www.immihelp.com/visas/studentvisa/working-parttime.html

>Will I be taking jobs away from hard American workers?

Oh yeah. Very **hard** workers.Answer #3: This is not permissible unless you qualify for an economic hardship exemption, unfortunately. It is not analogous to selling personal property since you do have to perform work each time to produce the product -- it's more like making art or food to sell, which is clearly prohibited. Furthermore, you're only allowed to sell things casually -- if you're doing it as a regular source of income, regardless of the product, you are in violation.

If you happen to have a box of old sperm lying around the house, you are free to sell that.


Title: Past apartment filed for eviction 2 months after I moved out

Question:
So myself and my now fiance rented an apartment 2 years ago. It was a cheap pretty junky apartment. Rent was only 415. When we first moved in we signed a 6 month lease. After 6 months we had the choice of signing another 6 month lease or pay 425 a month. We went ahead and signed another and another 6 months went by. Now a little after that lease expired management was being changed. Also on a side note we both worked graveyard shift and would get home around 7:30am and try to be asleep by around noon.

When the new management took over they would never open the office on time. Starting at around 10am we would go to pay rent and no one was ever in the office. We would go back every hour until it got to be noon, when we needed to start trying to sleep, and we would go up there and when finally someone was in the office they would tell us they were only covering, but they would always take our rent. Now it's time for us to sign another lease and the new management would leave notes on our door. So we go up to the office to do so (having to try to catch someone in the office that can let us sign a new lease) and having read through the lease they want to bump our rent up to 515 instead of 415. Of course I catch this and decline so we start paying the month to month rent which was 425.

Soon after our car was badly damaged by another tenant and we continuously try to get a hold of them to get security footage to figure out who's responsible for the damage. That never ends up happening and by then we're fed up and want to move out. Being on month to month we didn't break any lease. And our past lease agreements stated we had to let them know 7 days in advance, which we did, to the person who was "covering" so we pack up and leave. We drop by the office to try to get our deposit back and drop off keys and of course it's just the person who covers and they can't give us the deposit the only thing they can do is leave a note on our behalf so we agree and leave.  I put in a change of address and we decided the deposit wasn't worth the trouble of trying to catch them in the office.

All is well for 2 years until I'm apartment hunting again and go to check my credit to see a giant collection from that apartment for 1727$.  Upon calling the agency and receiving emails from them that they received from the apartment, I discover they've written eviction on reason for departure. The agency also provided a ledger showing all the different fees they tacked on. 2 months of rent. Legal fees. 900$ cleaning and damages (we left that apartment cleaner than when we moved in and absolutely no damages ) also in the email I received they put the end of a lease agreement with my signature but no other part of the lease, not the part showing it was a 6 month lease or any other detail. Literally the part that's signed is an agreement about if we were to install a satellite dish we would need to contact the apartment. And as for the eviction notice, if there was one I didn't receive it because we moved out 2 months prior. I received no phone call. No email. No mail. No court summons. Nothing. I looked up to see if there were any records of court dates involving me and didn't find anything. But I have no idea how evictions are suppose to work. Does it involve court? What proof do I need to provide that we moved out 2 months prior? I would like to see what all was damaged and needed cleaning that it would have cost 900$ also they have cameras everywhere I would like to see footage of us leaving and coming to the apartment during those 2 months. They advertised that security feature but I have a feeling none of the cameras even work.

I literally feel like they're doing this knowing the people who live there absolutely can't afford to fight it. But I refuse to pay them a dime. So my question is am I in the wrong? How do I proceed? I can dispute the collection but how can I dispute the eviction? Any insight is appreciated.

Edit: was mistaken on cleaning and damages cost it's actually 682$ as well as the total amount was 1712$ not 1727$.

Thank you for all of your advice and input, I'm going to reach out to a lawyer and start requesting itemized lists for the damages and cleaning.

Answer:
 Do you have receipts for rent paid? How about acknowledgment of your notice?Answer #2: go see a lawyer. there are 'unfair/ deceptive trade practices acts' in every state and this would qualify in mine. the nice thing about UDPA / UTPA are that they require attorney fees be paid to encourage attorneys to take them (not that your lawyer wont charge, but payment plans are more lenient the better the case   is) and punitive damages are common. consumer law or general civil litigation is what you want. prove you had a  new lease somewhere else and i'd be interested, a false eviction and judgment cant really be explained by even extreme incompetence.
edit: also default evictions are extremely common not many people show up to court when they know they havent paid rent in months, but there will be case in housing division if it happened... also where were atty fees or court fees in that 1727 if 2 months rent (850) and 900 cleaning? Answer #3: 1) Eviction *always* requires court. An eviction without court is illegal by definition.

2) Failure to provide an itemized list of damages to withhold your deposit within a given time frame (usually between 21 and 60 days) from move out means that they forfeit their ability to withhold and, by law owe you the Security Deposit back and in some states with automatic bonus of twice or three times that amount so you could be owed a bunch of cash.

3) This is going to be complicated and depends upon details that we don't/can't know. So, having the advice of a professional is going to go a very long way here, the fact that you might have *triple bonus damages* coming might mean that you won't even have to pay anything upfront.


Title: How does this work?

Question:
Im curious how this works.

Say a terrorist, Timothy McVeigh for example, commits a harmful act. Is it illegal to say you agree with what he did, your glad he did it, and support his ideology but you don’t want/support more terrorist acts? Like you agree with what he stands for, why he did it, and his actions, but would not do it yourself or downright disavow others from doing anything and don’t actually threaten anyone.

What sparked it was the youtube flagging option of “promotes terrorism” and how free speech laws don’t disallow some promotion of violence (except when a clear and imminent threat).

Say you say something like “Tim McVeigh did nothing wrong he was right. The ATF deserved it” Is that illegal or just opinion?

*I don’t support or condone the violent actions of timothy mcveigh or any organization I’m just curious.*

Answer: It's legal to say almost anything, but that doesn't mean you can say it on a website you don't own.  Google is free to decide what they want published on YouTube, just like you can kick someone out of your house for saying something that offends you.


Title: 24 year old hit by 18 wheeler, need an MRI, but doctors refuse to give one

Question:
I was hit by an 18 wheeler about 2 years ago in Georgia. I live in another state. I’ve been to spine doctors and physical therapists since the wreck. They all say I’m fine other than SI joint dysfunction and a TFC tear in my right wrist. I’ve  had to quit my job as it is very physically demanding. A hand specialist suggested a TFC surgery and an orthopedic specialist recommended a cortisone injection instead. I went ahead and got the injection, but not much has changed. I will also be getting SI joint and medial branch injections for the rest of my pain.

However, I’ve had excruciating pain in my right trapezius muscle that goes up my neck, jaw, right side of face, shoulder and down to my elbow and hand.
Doctors thought it could be a pinched nerve in my spine, but after seeing MRI’s of my spine they said everything looks fine. Has any doctor bothered to look directly at the muscle itself or surrounding ligaments? No.

Immediately after the wreck I had blood in my stool and abdominal pain the following months. Fast forward years later, I’ll get these sudden sharp abdominal pains on my upper right abdomen and my lower right abdomen. Could this be a hernia? Ulcer? Aneurysm? Who knows...the doctors sure don’t...and no one bothers to give me an MRI of any of these areas.

I also have pain in my pelvis, groin, right knee, ankle and foot and right ribs where the seatbelt hugged me. No one has cared to address these areas either. Is it really too much to ask for an MRI to see exactly what’s going on, instead of poking and prodding me with injections just to see if they work. Another doctor suggested nerve ablation, which I feel is just bypassing the root problem. Is this really my only option?

These conditions worsen in cold weather and rain, so every year I’ll start getting better and then winter comes and I’m back in so much pain. Pain also increases with physical activity. Which is hard because I live alone and had a physically active job.

Could it be that I have a pinched nerve or herniated disc when in certain positions or doing certain activities and not necessarily when I’m lying down getting an MRI? Could a nerve be getting pinched elsewhere, besides my spine?

Doctors think I may have arthritis, but I was perfectly healthy and athletic before the wreck. I was doing P90X and now I can’t even lift 30 pounds without blowing out my right shoulder.

Something is not right and I feel like getting an MRI of the effected areas are the only way to figure out what’s really going on or at least a start. But no one will give me a prescription to get an MRI. How do I get a doctor to give me an MRI???? Does the fact that I have a lawyer steer doctors away from helping me?

I’ve had doctors literally tell me, it’s not necessary. Do they think I’m making this up and I just enjoy having pain like this at 24 years old.

I know after such a wreck I should be grateful I’m alive, and I am. But the fact that I’m in pain and no one knows what’s wrong or has put much effort into finding out after 2 years is more than a bit aggravating.

Please any advice helps.

Answer:
 You can try communicating and getting your questions answered to the doctor or another doctor, but if multiple professionals who do this for a living are telling you something, then they may be on something.

You keep mentioning what they should do, yet you're not a doctor.


Title: Water company stealing money every summer?

Question:
Last summer, my water company billed me for ridiculously excessive water usage. I called them and they said I probably had a leak. There was no leak, and my bill dropped back to normal levels in the following months.

This summer, starting on the exact same billing cycle as last year, it's happening again. What can I do about it?

http://i.imgur.com/dB5SRDe.jpg

Edit: Location - Southeastern Virginia

Answer: Any chance one of your neighbors (like, one with a pool) is stealing/using/borrowing your water?


Title: My friend rented a U-Haul with accident coverage, she got into an accident, and now U-Haul is trying to make her pay the bill

Question:
When she rented the U-haul van, she paid $10 for the accidental damage coverage. When she was returning the van, she hit another U-haul in the lot with the foot lift on her van. The damage was noticeable, but it was only cosmetic and pretty minor. She told the employees about the accident, but thought since she got coverage from them it would be fine. Now the employees are saying they’ll be sending her a bill.  She’s looked at [the policy online](https://www.uhaul.com/DamageCoverage/) and it seems to her that the damage should be covered. Is she right or is that accident not protected under this policy?
Topic:
Insurance

Answer:
 The extent of the damage isn't really relevant here.

Ask them to specifically explain to you (with references to the policy she bought) what the policy covers and what it does not. We would need to know which product you bought as there are several (safemove, cargo protection, etc.) so it's unclear exactly what's covered and what's not.

Additionally, where are you located what are they sending her a bill for? Is the bill for the entire repair or is it a "deductible?" It looks like they do charge $150 for filing a claim under some circumstances.


Title: Roomates gave us 30 days to leave and doubled the rent

Question:
[VA] So basically, there was an accident involving my dog (who my roommates were caring for at the time) due to their negligence. Now, they've asked me to get rid of my dog (service animal) in 7 days or leave in 30 days. This happened January 4th. My partner and I chose to leave. Our rent was 400$ (they were good friends of ours) but they upped it to 800$ on January 4th as well.

We have literally nowhere to go, so I was forced to pay what I could (which was 450$) so we wouldn't be evicted in 5 days. We have an apartment lined up, but the car situation is a huge problem (we had been paying to use roommates'). Apparently they are able to ignore ADA laws because they are a private renter, and they literally gave us notice to vacate in 30 days and that we would be paying for our last month in the same conversation.

I also paid 500$+ in improving the house, any way I can get thag back? I have all the receipts.

Reddit, I need help. I'm waiting for a lawyer to contact me back.

Answer:
 Your say your 'roommates' are forcing you out. Are the roommates on their own lease and have been subleasing to you? Or are all of you on a single lease together with the owner of your rental unit?

Additionally, is your lease agreement a month-to-month agreement, or are you on lease with a fixed end date?


Title: Roommate causing fiance extreme depression and anxiety. How do we evict his ass

Question:
**I was told to post this here from r/Advice and r/Askreddit**
**I've read the tenant laws for California but there seems to be no clear way to get this done so I'm still posting hoping for some sort of insight from someone here. I apologize in advance if this post is breaking any rules, I've read them and hadnt seen any violations.**

I know it's a lot of text but please help. I'm on my hands and knees begging here. We are in sacramento county California if that helps people think up ways to help within legal bounds.

This guy is a piece of crap. He was homeless, she works at a government ran job center. She met him and let him live with her a few months before I came into the picture. He lived with her 4 months rent free, the only condition was that he save up enough money to pay the deposit of the new place they were going to move into. He didn't save a single cent (She got him a job, so he had cash flow). She let him move to the new place anyways and I paid the deposit myself. I'm not on the lease because I didnt have a job when I moved down here but her credit was bad so she needed him to sign up with her to get the place. So he and her are on the lease. Since then he refuses to pay his full rent. Anytime he does he is consistently late. He actually forced us to reduce his rent payment to 250 a month and sometimes doesn't pay utilities. Anytime we cut him off from the internet he doesn't pay he throws a hissy fit and then finally pays it for that month. (We only ask for 12 a month for internet, the total bill is 70). We have to fight for him to pay even a 4th of utilities. He brings his baby over constantly with little to no warning for upwards of 5 days at a time (Which wouldnt be a problem if he wasnt always screaming)

We pay a full 456 including our utilities. Each, my fiance and I.

He still complains that 250 is too much a month for rent +full access to living room, kitchen, all our cooking supplies, dishes, refridgerator and allowing him friends over whenever he wants as long as we get at least a couple hours warning.

How do we get him evicted if he AND my fiance are on the lease? We NEED him gone. The constant arguments have worn on my fiance and she barely talks anymore. When he comes home she'll either cry or shutdown and won't talk. IT'S KILLING OUR RELATIONSHIP.

To me. Getting this guy out of our home is of the utmost priority, and I will be so happy if we can LEGALLY kick him out of the house.

I am also adding he now earns a flat 1200 a month before taxes working at a cell phone kiosk.

She earns upwards of 1800 a month after taxes, and with my new position I'll be hopefully earning 14-1600 per month.

The only reason we haven't bought out of the lease is we are preparing for our wedding which is expensive and is actually this April 4th. So until a while after that we are broke

Topic:
Landlord Tenant Housing

Answer:
 > How do we get him evicted if he AND my fiance are on the lease?

You can't. He and her are on the same lease, and likely joint and severally liable. This means if he fails to pay, she needs to pay it in full. She can, of course, sue him for his share, but if he's judgement proof it's probably pointless to even try.

As far as the tenancy is concerned though, he and she are equals. Neither one of them can evict or terminate the tenancy of the other.


Title: 5 guys jumped me, what are my options [Ontario, Canada]

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 Five Guys. It's bad for ya.

>5/6 people who jumped me got arrested

Sounds like you've done just about all you can: You complained and now those guys are in trouble. You could file a personal injury lawsuit but don't expect a giant payout.


Title: We have 10+ dogs and they're ruining our lives. Is it really that hard to get rid if them? What can we do?

Question:
I'm 16 and I don't know anything about shelters or laws on this topic but my parents act like it's impossible to get rid of dogs. I don't really know how it got to this point but we have 10+ dogs now. Since my parents make it seem impossible to get rid of them, I've just been dealing with it but recently, we started having plumbing issues. Serious plumbing issues. My parents are afraid to hire a professional because of all the dogs and the state that our house has reached. I know people will attack me for saying this but I don't care what happens to them so anything goes. I live in Pennsylvania. What can my parents do to get rid of all of these dogs? What can I do?

Money is not an issue. I think my parents are just scared of getting imprisoned for animal abuse or something.

They are about as untrained as a dog can be, and one of them had some sickness as a puppy and she looks like we set her face on fire, if we take her to a shelter, will we really get into legal trouble?

Is there somewhere we can go to have them put to sleep?

The only idea I have rn is to clean up and advertise online one dog at a time until most are given away but I just don't understand why this all has to be such a hassle they're literally ruining our lives why can't we just get rid of them

It's all honestly driving me crazy so any help AT ALL is appreciated.

Answer:
 You can make an anonymous report to animal control in your county.  The animals will be removed and put up for adoption by your county shelter.  Your parents won’t get in trouble.  They may not be allowed to own dogs for a few years, which would be a good thing. Answer #2: OP - serious question but are your parents hoarders? Is stuff piling up, in chaotic disrepair, etc.? Would you say your house is *way* different than the way your school or friends' home looks?

I'm guessing that their aversion to getting rid of the dogs has less to do with practical realities and more to do with their compulsion to hoard animals. Do they have other pets? You may want to call CPS or ask a teacher/school official for help. This may rise to the level of child neglect if it's that bad.Answer #3: It's highly unlikely they'll be arrested but they can be fined. You can contact no kill shelters or an animal rescue, craigslist as a last resort. If this is a hoarding situation there is likely a bigger issue going on. If you have an adult you trust see if they have ideas on helping and talking to your parents about rehoming at least some of the dogs and how its affecting you.Answer #4: Contact a local rescue group and see if they will take the dogs.


Title: DUI Attorney missed my court date; now I have a warrant

Question:
I got arrested for a DUI near my home in central California in December, 2014. I hired a local DUI defense attorney and he was paid in full. This guy turned out to be pretty shady himself, which I didn't know until way later. The guy would never calle back and his receptionist finally quit because she was tired of his excuses. I found out later he has an alcohol problem and multiple DUIs himself and has recently been disbarred for reasons I was unable to find.

Anyway, the jerk totally screwed me. My case didn't look great, but I trusted him to help however he could. Instead of helping me, he kept pushing the court date back over and over and over again, which I took as a sign that he knew he couldn't win and was hoping the judge would eventually throw out the case. Finally, he ended up missing a court date completely. I don't think he rescheduled it, and I don't know much about it, sorry. This court date was put off so long I don't even know at this point if it was a sentencing or what exactly it was he had been rescheduling. He did tell me I didn't have to be there, just him, so I don't think it was a sentencing, but I honestly have no clue. As of maybe January I have had a bench warrant and no lawyer in sight. Since he missed the date and didn't even bother to tell me himself (I found out from the receptionist) a warrant was issued. I never heard from the guy again, and he was already paid in full long before this. I didn't know at first that he would be pushing my case back consistently for 2 whole years.  The bastard never did get back to me. I called so many times and left so many messages. I can't find him. He totally screwed me.

So I have two auestions:
1. What can I do to get this warrant taken care of?
2. Can I sue this scumbag lawyer for my money back? I can prove his office charged my debit account directly for all payments, and I have a paralegal friend who said I may be able to sue him for legal malpractice.

I don't know how to find out more info about my case without getting arrested for that warrant. It's negatively affecting other areas of my life, like working on getting my license back and getting a job.

Answer:
 To take care of the warrant, get another lawyer.

To get your money back, you probably don't sue him for malpractice, but for breach of contract.  Malpractice only applies if you could prove you would have had a better outcome but for his negligence.  It's very hard to prove, and you don't even know the outcome in your case yet.  Since the warrant will probably be recalled as soon as a new lawyer appears for you, it probably won't impact the outcome.  Answer #2: Contact the state bar and file a complaint with them. Not only would they perhaps, if they found it appropriate, put some pressure on him to refund some or all of your retainer, but if he doesn't, you may be entitled to compensation from the state fund for such things (which is to where the interest on IOLTA accounts goes), which is a lot easier than suing.


Title: [OR] Good friend has a psychotic kid living with her and no good way to manage him.

Question:
A good childhood friend of mine has a step-brother who was heavily abused by his mother to the point that he was taken from her and given to his father several states away. (Probably) due to this, he is seriously disturbed. He has been expelled from public school for threatening to kill teachers and classmates multiple times and throwing fits that involved assault and self-harm (mainly scratching his own face until he bled). His father is married to my friend's mother, hence their sibling status, and they all live together.

Recently, the disturbed teen's behavior has been getting worse. He is now 15, and often threatens his parents and siblings with violence when he gets upset. Recently he was forcibly removed from a restaurant and in response called his step-mother (friend's mom) a 'whore nigger' and told his father that he would kill him in his sleep. In front of their 10-year-old daughter. His father kicked him out of the house for this and he spent the night at a homeless youth shelter, but the shelter called the police on his parents for negligence and they had to bring him back to their house. Institutionalizing him is too expensive and he is not allowed in public school. Is the only solution to wait until he does something bad enough to justify incarceration, or do they have to assume his threats are empty? He has assaulted kids in the past and my friend is worried for her 10-year-old sister's well-being.

Edit: I am in Eugene, Oregon.

Answer:
 Not a lawyer. So, has he seen a psychologist and been diagnosed and then put onto appropriate medications and/or behavioural therapy? Is he seeing his doc every week or two?

Not legal advice but it is very important he is taken to a psychologist for  few sessions immediately. Then upon diagnoses, he should be taken to a psychiatrist for treatment. His regular doctor should meet with him to check on his progress every week or so until he has reached a stable state.

Sounds like he needs help and it isn't clear in your post what exactly is happening with his medical needs.Answer #2: Definitely needs to see a therapist ASAP. I work at a residential treatment facility for kids with similar issues... Therapy is important to turn this kid's negative behaviors around BEFORE something really bad happens!


Title: Wanting to leave a business and business partner is trying to screw me over

Question:
I live in Canada.

Me and my business partner have decided to part ways. I will be leaving the company and he will be taking over my half of the company.

I have initially invested some money and will be expecting it back (whether it be in full or monthly installments).

We have a business loan right now as well.

We have had discussions on email and through text about my buy out options but he always notes that the conversation is in no way legally binding or any type of agreement.

He states that since he is taking my name off a shared loan with no consequence that is enough merit for me not to be paid back my initial investment.

There is no shareholders agreement so there is in no way a payback agreement there either.

He has paid himself back for smaller purchases but because my investment is quite substantial, all of a sudden the rules don't apply for me and my case is somehow different.

The company does not make enough money so I can see why he is making it his personal mission to keep as much as possible for the company.

Need some help with any options I can potentially have. Thank you

Answer:
 You are only entitled to 50% (or whatever share you invested) of the *current* value of the company.  If the value of the company has gone down since you started it, then you will get less.  You are not entitled to recover what you invested.

With that said, try to negotiate a fair amount.  If you can't, you are free to sell your share of the company to anyone else you choose who is willing to pay  you the price that you want.  Hiring someone to appraise the company may be a good option.  But your business partner is not required to give you back what you invested.


Title: VA: Mom is having her "fiance" move in to her house. He's a sex offender.

Question:
TL;DR - my mom has been dating a convicted sex offender since March, and they have recently decided to marry.  He is moving in to her house.  Is there anything I can do to stop this?

Small background: my mom lives in a family friendly neighborhood, single family homes, nice location.  She has been divorced from my dad for about 10 years, give or take.  My brother and I do not live with her anymore, so it's just her and her pets (including one cat of mine.)  Her house is still my permanent address.

Back in January, she decided to start dating and joined OkCupid.  Her first few forays were unsuccessful, until she met this guy, "Rick."  She knew he was a convicted sex offender in VA, and had served time, but neglected to tell us.  I met this dude once, and got a bad vibe.

Two months into their "relationship," I tell her I don't like him and that he gives me the creeps.  She chooses then to tell me about his record, but that he's "changed" and is a "good man." I have a hard time believing this, as I work with kids and was FURIOUS that she didn't tell me sooner.  I have little contact with my mom now as a result.

She decided to marry him, and they have been moving things into her house.  He is a smoker, which is something my mother HATES (red flag to me, but whatever), and all of his stuff smells like smoke.  I am allergic to smoke, and have requested that I be able to get my things out of her house (just odds and ends, mostly boxes that I didn't take when I moved out) before he officially moves all of his stuff in.

At this point, I am frightened that he is going to bankrupt her.  She won't listen to reason, and refuses to see a therapist to find out if they are really "meant for each other."

With all that background, is there any way that I can legally stop him from moving into her house?  I am not too familiar with any laws concerning sex offenders, but I am hoping there is some way that I can legally put a stop to this nonsense.  If not, I guess I am just resigned to cutting off all contact after I remove my things from her house.

Thanks!

Answer:
 Your mom is an adult. She can decide who she lives with and/or marries. As long as the sex-offender follows all laws regarding his status, there is nothing you can do.Answer #2: >With all that background, is there any way that I can legally stop him from moving into her house?

No, why in the world do you think there would be any way you could do that? Answer #3: Being a convicted sex offender is a spectrum.  They aren't all violent child rapists, and they aren't all people who got caught peeing in public and having to register for life because of it.  Your mom is an adult, let her live her life.


Title: Both my mother and father have assaulted me within the last month. I've now been kicked out of the house. What are my options? I'm getting desperate.

Question:
They are both heavy drinkers and have been abusing my basically my entire life. I am 18 and started standing up for myself recently, but it was *immediately* met with violence and being kicked out of my house. Even if I can't live there anymore, surely they can't just abuse me and assault me as an adult and get away with it, can they? I have legitimate diagnosed disorders that link directly to their abuse, am I able to press charges to at least compensate therapy? I can't make it on my own, I'd sooner put a bullet in my brain. I've been dealing with this shit for far too long, but now I think my life is about to get significantly harder. I'm not ready. I really need help.

Edit: I'm in Kentucky.

Answer:
 How will asking the local prosecutor to press charges "compensate therapy"? The most that would happen would be that they went to jail -- no one's paying for your therapy.

> I can't make it on my own, I'd sooner put a bullet in my brain. I've been dealing with this shit for far too long, but now I think my life is about to get significantly harder.

I'm sorry, what? Your parents are abusive drunks, so you want them to take you back in? Even though you're 18?

While your parents likely evicted you inappropriately (they should have given you 30 days notice, etc), that's a civil issue that little is likely to come out of. And even if you could use that to get back in the house, they have no obligation to feed, care for, or be nice to you, and at most you'd have a little over 30 days since they'd give you notice to move out as soon as you moved back in.

As far as your claims of violence -- that is something you can report to the police, though as I said above, at best it will result in one or both of them being arrested and spending some time in jail. I'm not sure how that will help you at this point.

And no, you can't sue anyone for your therapy bills. You can be an adult, get a job, move out.


Title: (Ontario) Superintendent walked in on my when I was in the shower to show prospective tenants my apartment..

Question:
She just shows up without any reasonable notice to show people my apartment. I was in the shower and heard a voice in my apartment. I freaked out because I live alone. She then called me stupid in front of the prospective tenants because I said that I'd like reasonable notice before she comes waltzing in. This was a total violation of my privacy. I understand Ontario law says that she's allowed to come without 24 hours written notice, however it does say it needs to be a reasonable effort to notify me. I asked her to text me at least 10 minutes prior, but she has ignored my request. Are there any other actions I can take? Could I install a chain on my door to prevent her from entering when I'm not decent? I also feel like opening the door naked every time to make everyone uncomfortable until she decides to give me my 10 minutes.

TL;DR Landlord walked in on me naked. I asked for reasonable notice and she doesn't provide that. How can I protect myself?

Answer:
 Not legal advice, but nothing stops you loudly pointing the obvious out to the prospective tenants whenever it happens:

"As you can see, the superintendent likes to barge in here whenever they feel like with no notice - this happens a lot"Answer #2: you can't install a chain but i would get one of those rubber door stops. they only cost a couple dollars and work great.  i would also go the naked route. 'oh, if you'd bothered to tell me you were coming i could have put some clothes on'Answer #3: > I also feel like opening the door naked every time to make everyone uncomfortable until she decides to give me my 10 minutes.

This might be extreme but you could try practicing goatse in the middle of your livingroomAnswer #4: Buy a bunch of cheap adult toys. Put one in the kitchen sink, over the bathroom faucet, drying rack, etc. Make one a bit dirty looking.

Not legal advice, but Luxin advice.


Title: My office is giving a week off for the holidays to half the company and not to the other half. Anything we can do?

Question:
A little back story.   My company purchased another firm earlier in the year (June'ish).   We are now one company.  It's been announced and all of our branding, websites, PR, etc has been official for several months.

We then found out that the employees from the original company are getting the week of Christmas off because that's how it always worked in the past for them before they were purchased.   However it's not working that way for everyone else.    Complaints were filed but HR in a couple of 1 on 1 meetings worded it as "Well, this is the last year we are letting them do it."

Is there legal ramifications to this as a company?

Answer: No, it's not illegal for them to give vacation to certain employees and not others (unless for reasons like membership in a protected class e.g. race, sex, etc.).


Title: TX 24M Charged with a DWI over a year ago and having difficulties performing the community service I was sentenced with.

Question: As the title says I was sentenced to do two DWI courses and perform case management with monthly visits to a probation officer and 100 hours of community service as this was my first offence. I have so far completed 20 hours, paid all of my dues and completed the courses. The only thing keeping me from getting this all behind me is my community service hours, however I work six days a week my only off day being Sunday. So getting the hours done and maintaining productivity at my workplace have been a constant struggle, is there any chance to see a judge to arrange a payment plan for these community service hours? I've heard of this but don't know how to go about acquiring this option or even if I can. Any help would be greatly appreciated, I just want to get this whole ordeal behind me finally.

Answer:
 In a year, 100 hours of community service comes out to 2 hours a week.

You can go ask the judge for whatever you want, but this is not an unreasonable requirement and if you would have prioritized it you could have easily gotten it done.Answer #2: You sound entitled OP. If I were you I'd take that lenient sentence that you were given and I'd knock out the remaining community service hours after work or on my day off.


Title: Is it illegal to steal a magnet off a car?

Question:
Someone took one of the magnets from my car in the student parking garage sometime during the day. I was parked there a long time and I don't think there are cameras in there. Is there anything illegal? Is or anything I can pursue?
Florida

Answer:
 Is it illegal to steal?  Yes.

Should you get over it?  Also yes.Answer #2: Well yeah it's illegal. I also wouldn't expect CSI to be showing up and dusting for prints.


Title: What will happen to someone's pet when they are arrested?

Question:
This is happening in Pennsylvania.

My uncle was just arrested by local police after felony assault with a deadly weapon. He's been on a downhill slope the past 3 years after my grandfather (his father) passed away. It was a long time coming. Tonight he lost it and rammed his truck repeatedly into his roommates car after he wouldn't let the roommate in the house to get his stuff out.

Now my question, he has an African Grey parrot. When he got her I agreed to be the "godmother" and take care of her after he passed away since the bird would definitely outlive him. I wasn't anticipating me getting this bird for at least another 10-15 years.

He's in police custody and will probably face a judge in the morning. What is going to happen to his bird? Will the police ask him if he has pets/someone to call to take care of the pets? And out of curiosity what happens to his home?

Thanks in advance, kind of freaking out here.

Topic:
Criminal Law

Answer: The police make zero allowance for people arrested on violent felonies to put their affairs in order before or after being locked up. For people without anyone to pick up the slack what happens in a situation like this is that their life falls apart due to their abrupt absence. People get evicted or house foreclosed upon. Pets are forcibly abandoned, people get fired for not going to work, etc. etc. Answer #2: Nothing special happens to his stuff. I'd try to figure out a way to get into the house and retrieve the bird. Or arrange for someone to take care of it.


Title: I broke ~$1,500 worth of dishes when I was working for a catering company. Do I have any obligation to pay them back?

Question:
This takes place in Massachusetts.

It was of course an accident.  The owner of the company asked me to work off half the debt for no pay, which I agreed to because it felt like the right thing to do.  I have worked 4 shifts so far without giving my time card to payroll.  I assumed the whole time that the practice was illegal, but I felt like helping out because I made a mistake.

I don't recall signing any contract that would make me responsible for any breakage that I cause.  As far as I know all I signed when I started working there was a W-2 (or a W-4 I forget which one is which) and an I-9 form.  I had worked on and off at the company for about 5 years and have seen many people break many dishes; however apparently my breakage was the largest in the history of the company.  I'm pretty sure the dishes are insured, but I can't confirm this as a fact.

It has been 2 weeks since the last time I worked a shift there because I've been busy and obviously I haven't exactly been excited to burn a weekend day working for free.  Today the owner of the company sent me an email asking "Just wondering what ever happened to taking responsibility and following thru."  Not only do I think this is extremely rude because, what the fuck, it's summer and I don't want to spend my weekends working for free, and also I was just there 2 Sundays ago.  I also think it's ridiculous to be chiding me about not working illegally without pay according to the owner's schedule.

I was really tempted to respond rudely and tell her she can't dictate when I come in and work illegally, but I'd like to have a little more assurance that she can't try and take legal action against me if I just quit the job and let her eat the rest of the $1500 mistake.

Answer:
 Massachusetts explicitly [prohibits deductions for breakage](http://www.constangy.com/communications-318.html).

Also, working for free (or for anything below minimum wage) is illegal even in states that permit such deductions.


Title: Does this healthcare worker have a good libel case against the social media poster for claiming she is about to puree a living baby?

Question:
[https://www.reddit.com/r/insanepeoplefacebook/comments/qhppdk/babies\_have\_no\_bones/](https://www.reddit.com/r/insanepeoplefacebook/comments/qhppdk/babies_have_no_bones/)

Her face is clearly visible in the photo.

Answer:
 No.

It's unlikely a reasonable reader would believe the claim to be true, and it's unlikely she could show any damages from the publication.


Title: (VA) Just missed being t-boned despite my best driving, guy claims his car got damaged, called the cops and I got a reckless driving ticket despite that officer not seeing the incident. Is this legit?

Question:
This happened about a month ago, but I’ve got my advisement in court tomorrow (not sure what that is) and figured I’d see if this is legit.

As the title says, I’m a safe driver. I was coming off an expressway onto a local road, and had to get over two lanes to make a left turn in about 200 feet. The expressway merge lane was backed up, so I was sitting still. Finally, some guy in a truck stops to let me pass. I thank him, look closely to make sure nobody is coming, and pull through the gap into the open left lane. Suddenly, I hear honking, and a car swerves into view behind me, with the driver screaming and flicking me off. Apparently, he had to sharply turn onto the grass median to avoid hitting me head on, but I genuinely did not see him coming when I pulled out.

He pulls up to me, tells me he wrote down my tags, and said he’ll be calling the police. I try to apologize (because I’m not a road rager and genuinely didn’t notice), but he drives off. I notice that a city cop is right behind me, who follows both of us through the left turn to my destination. After me and angry man split ways, the cop turns off.

I think nothing of it until I get a call, stating a different cop from town needs to speak with me. I tell him where I am, and he comes to meet me. He’s polite and understanding, but in the end still gives me a citation for reckless driving (my summons says 25-150/46.2-852). The cop multiple times said it will most likely be knocked down to improper lane change, and that I’m only being charged because the other guy asked for it for insurance reasons. However, he also repeatedly mentions that he himself did not see the incident, so he can’t know for sure what happens. I mention that I saw the other cop behind me, and he’s eventually able to work out who it is, and said he’d issue a subpoena for that officer to be at court the same day as me, which is tomorrow.

I’m not overly concerned about this, but my questions are - A) should this cop have even given me a citation since he didn’t see the incident, and B) what is my best course of action? Not guilty, no contest? I certainly do not feel what I was doing was reckless driving, but I don’t want this to screw me in the end. Thanks.

Answer:
 A) Cops do not need to witness a crime to charge someone with it, otherwise most crimes would go unpunished.

B) Retain an attorney. Reckless driving is a criminal offense in VA.Answer #2: Fur future reference: just because someone waves you through does not mean they're looking out for you, as you found out.  It is still on you to make sure it's safe to proceed, no matter if the other driver is allowing you space or telling you it's ok to go.

It sounds like someone left space and waved you through, but did not check the adjacent lane for you (which isn't their responsibility to do anyway), and you pulled through and cut someone off in that adjacent lane.

If that's what happened, then the ticket is valid, but you can hire a traffic attorney to attempt get it down to an improper lane change, which it sounds like it was.Answer #3: A. That's irrelevant. He can charge you according to the statement given by the city officer you stated was behind you.

B. You need an attorney. Reckless driving in Virginia **is a misdemeanor criminal offense**.


Title: I've been taking sick time off of work to heal a hand injury. My employer sent me a document to be filled out by my physician that asked questions about how long my injury would take to heal etc. But it also specifically asked if I was pregnant. Is it legal for my employer to ask this?

Question:
I live in CA and work for a small business with no more than 7 employees.

Also, is it legal for my doctor to disclose this information?

Answer: Since you don't qualify for FMLA or CFRA your employer can pretty much make up their own rules. The standard FMLA certification form doesn't ask if you're pregnant but rather is the reason you need to miss work pregnancy.Answer #2: I would ask my doctor to fill in N/A to anything that is unrelated to your wrist injury. Put it in writing too that you only consent to sharing information about the acute injury keeping you from work.


Title: [GA] 24 hours eviction notice

Question: I recently just moved out on my own I am a 20 year old female with a family that has always ruled my life for me. My parents helped me get the house I have today. They knew the landlord very well so I never thought anything would come bad out of this. I paid CASH for my rent and deposit. My landlord never gave me a anything to note I had paid in cash. My parents never had keys to my house till after they went to my landlord and lied to him and got him to make copies of my house key for them. They started coming over, waking me up, eating my food, breaking my personal belongings. This afternoon after a huge fight with my family about if I wanted them to bring over my ex-fiancee to my house, they spoke to my landlord and I was met with a 24 hours notice by a sheriff. Is there anything I can do before I lose my only home?

Answer:
 What cause do they cite for your eviction?Answer #2: Do you have a lease? Unless they're on the lease, they dont have access and your LL shouldn't have given them keys.

http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/the-eviction-process-georgia-rules-landlords-property-managers.html

The LL can't evict you without cause.  What exactly is the reason the sheriff is evicting you?

These people sound toxic. Frankly, I would fight to stay as long as you can until you can find a suitable place. Perhaps a friend can help you until you get on your feet?

Put your possessions in a storage unit, stay with a friend and cut ties.


Title: What could you actually do in a 3 Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri situation (mild spoilers) ?

Question:
In the movie 3 billboards outside ebbing, Missouri, Officer Dixon violently attacks Red Welby.

My question is, if in real life one is in such a situation and they are being assaulted by a cop under similiar circumstances then what can they do ?

Can they block or run or maybe even hit back ? or do they have no choice but to get beaten halfway to death and thrown out of a window ?

Answer: If the police are not lawfully performing their duties and they are assaulting someone, that person can use reasonable force in self defense the same as if the police officer was any other person.


Title: What are my rights regarding my children, friends, new partner after separation? (UK)

Question:
My husband and I have recently separated as he was having an affair. I found out about said affair  5 weeks ago and he moved out of our home 4 weeks ago. We have two children, (6 + 2) although he is not the biological father of the eldest.

Although he’s not biologically the father of the eldest we got together while I was pregnant and he is all my daughter has ever known, calls him daddy etc and I would never stop this relationship.

To the problem at hand. He is in a relationship with the woman he had an affair with and has been asking about her meeting our girls. I have said not until their ready and when pressed for a specific time stated after Christmas, as this would give our girls time to adjust to me and him no longer being together, give him time to get his own place and furnish it, and also allow us to get into a routine of him having them and them being used to this before anyone else is introduced. He doesn’t agree to this length of time but we agreed to drop the matter for a few months before discussing it again.

Since then some things have happened that make me even more apprehensive, which I will list:
- This woman said her ex (who she cheated on with my husband) was controlling but was happy to leave her children in his care the majority of the time when she left.
- Her ex has threatened my ex husbands life and turned up to the house my ex husband is now living at, whilst she and her children were there threatening violence, to the point the police were called and he was arrested.
- Since her ex was released on bail she has taken back her police statement as she is too stressed (her dad recently died). In my mind she is therefore saying her ex is safe to be around.

All this makes me very uneasy that this woman will be around my children and makes me even more weary that she is not introduced until my children are ready.

My ex said that if I am setting this rule then he will hold me to the same standards when I meet someone. I agreed, I wouldn’t introduce them quickly anyway.

However, since I have said this he is trying to use it to control me. I have a friend I recently got back in touch with. I have known this woman since I was roughly 8 years old, we were very close until I was pregnant with my eldest. She is a social worker and has obviously been vetted for this job. She is in no way dangerous! Anyway,  my ex said during our conversation about waiting to introduce the girls to his new gf, that I couldn’t introduce the girls to this friend for 8 months. I said he was being ridiculous, that friends are different to romantic partners etc. He was simply using my friend to try and make out I’m being ridiculous for asking him to wait to introduce his gf.

I’ll be honest, I didn’t take him saying this too seriously and my friend did come over the house while the girls were awake and obviously met them. Coincidentally this was the same day he told me about how his gfs ex was threatening his life, and so I stopped contact with him seeing the girls that day and was understandably freaking out about my daughters’ safety. She came over to talk things through with me and calm my nerves so I wasn’t home alone.

Anyway, cut to yesterday/today. He had the girls Sunday as per our agreement. He said nothing to me when he dropped them back. About an hour after he left my daughter asked if I could arrange him doing something with her, I agreed and was texting with him about possible dates when he changed the conversation to how my eldest told him that they had met this friend. I agreed they had.
I will paraphrase his responses but he basically asked me why after he set the 8 month rule. At the time I hadn’t thought he was being serious, so I told him that rule was romantic partners, not friends. He said that’s not what he agreed to and that I went against his wishes. I explained that I wasn’t going to stop seeing my friends and that if it was a romantic partner I would completely agree with him that I should wait etc.
He responded he and his gf are serious and should he just ask our eldest if she wants to meet his gf? I asked if he really thought he was thinking about what’s best for our daughters, pointed out the differences between a friend and a romantic partner, which is when he responded in a way that basically said I wasn’t thinking of our daughters safety and it is for this reason he asked me to wait 8 months before introducing them to my friend. I told him she was a social worker, had been vetted for this job, and that trying to compare a friend to a romantic partner was nonsensical.

He then said he had been amicable this whole time (he actually tries to start an argument with me multiple times a week), that his request was more than reasonable and that while he had upheld his end, I hadn’t.

So I’m here asking for advice. I honestly think his rule about not introducing the children to my friends is more about controlling me. It wasn’t a random person I met off the street, I’ve known this woman over 20 years. However, was I in the wrong? Does he have a right to ask this of me?

I also think he is setting this all up as a validation to introduce our girls to his girlfriend without my agreement first. I can completely understand why he would want to introduce them, but they are still very much in the honeymoon period. My girls, especially the eldest, are still very much struggling with the fact he’s left, we are still working out a routine of him seeing them etc. Do I have any rights to ask him not to introduce them yet? Can I stop it from happening before my girls are ready?

I have an appt booked with a solicitor but they can’t see me until the 18th next month and I’m worried about what may happen in the meantime.

Sorry this was so long, hopefully it makes sense!
Topic:
Custody Divorce and Family

Answer: No, he can't legally stop you from introducing friends to your children. However, unless you get a legal agreement in place about the children meeting romantic partners on either side, you can't legally enforce that rule either. Document all instances of his controlling behaviour in case you need them, and get on and see a solicitor who can lay out what your rights are, and those of your children.


Title: Dangerous dog attacking my front door

Question:
Hi folks.

A couple of doors down from me is a lovely old couple. About two years ago, they got a dog. She is a mongrel, perhaps a cross between different types of terrier; certainly not a dog that looks dangerous but at knee-height, with a fairly large bite and pretty strong, more than capable of doing a lot of damage.

At some point this dog decided she hated our dog. She also hates us, and our house. I can cope with this; as a dog owner of five years I understand territorial behavior etc - my own hound has bitten a neighbor after shooting out of the front door between my legs. We are always very careful to keep Charlie under control and on a lead until we are well away from the house and in a park.

The issue is that this couple clearly have no idea how to control or train their dog. It bit me, while on the lead, five months ago. I ignored that as I felt that if the situation was reversed I would have taken it as a cue to do everything I could to make sure it doesn't happen again.

Eight times in the last three months, and twice in the past week, the dog has got out of their house and has attacked our front or back door. I was looking after my mate's kid this weekend; I dread to think what would have happened if they had opened the door.

This morning again my wife rang me to say that the dog had got out, and was throwing itself at the front door (our dog wasn't even in the house), and even trying to throw itself at the window. The old couple had a hell of a time trying to get the dog back in the house.

They leave their front door open. Obviously this is crazy. If we were in the street when the dog got out, I'd basically be trying to fight it off.

While I am reluctant to cause issues for my neighbours, this is now something that needs sorting ASAP before someone gets seriously injured. Where do I start? (I am in the UK and it is not a restricted breed).

Thanks x

Answer:
 1.) /r/LegalAdviceUK

2.) What did the police say when you called them to report this?Answer #2: Don't know much about UK law but in your place I would (1) talk to them, particularly about leaving their door open, and if that didn't work, (2) call the police.


Title: Crazy professor trying to hold me hostage (CT)

Question:
I'm an undergraduate student, but my professor has decided he *needs* me to stay on as a graduate student. I told him I wouldn't consider it, because I had been unhappy (due to the schools remoteness) for many years. I need to live in a more urbanized area with more people my age. He told me he was going to "twist my arm" into staying as a graduate student. He has tried doing this to students before. Now he is denying me grades for my independent study. Have you had any experience like this? Is there anything you think I can do?

edit:

Yeah I guess that's the obvious solution is to go over his head, but he is an important faculty in my department, and I'm afraid it is not the only way he can retaliate. I have to take certain classes with him and his friends to graduate, and I'm afraid I don't have any friends in the department.
Topic:
School Related Issues

Answer: You can always play along and *tell* him you will stay on as a graduate student, then pull out (or fail to register) after you have completed all your undergraduate work.Answer #2: Talk to Dean or your academic advisor. If your independent study was approved, and you complete it, he can not deny you a grade. He does not have to allow you to do independent study however.


Title: My brother is trying to buy a house and wants to wire me $8,000 so that I can "gift" it to him for the downpayment. I am skeptical about this transaction. (IL and FL)

Question: He has a friend who is a realtor and that's where the money is coming from. My brother told me something about how the money has to come from a family member. I feel like something about this is off. Can't the realtor just give him the money and does it really have to come from family? Is any of this legal?

Answer:
 Your brother is asking you to commit fraud.

Your brother's lender has rules about where money has to come from.  Your brother is trying to circumvent them.Answer #2: A family member gifted me money for a down payment on my first home and just FYI they look into those very closely. In your case it's fraud and there's a good chance they will find it. Answer #3: This is fraud and you should report this realtor to his licensing body.

Do not do this unless you like lenders coming after you for participating in fraud. Answer #4: If it's not from a family member, the bank will suspect (probably correctly, in this case) that the 'gift' was in fact a loan, which means the borrower's finances aren't as solid as they appear.

If the bank were suspicious enough they could ask for _your_ bank statements, too, to make sure the money really did come from your own savings. If you had recently deposited a check for 8k before making your 'gift', they'd notice.Answer #5: Do not do this.  This is illegal and your brother, the realtor, and the mortgage broker can go to federal prison.  Falsifying the source of the down payment is mortgage fraud.Answer #6: Thanks to everyone for helping me out!


Title: End of lease eviction help

Question: I live in  SC and my landlord denied my lease renewal after 5 years.  I appealed the eviction and went to court today and landlord didn't send verifiable representative to move with the eviction.  It's a duplex and I've heard from the neighbor that the couple in the other unit are planning on buying the duplex.  The one neighbor im certain is mainly responsible for landlord not renewing lease.  Also when filed for eviction he was a month early.   Do landlords have to give a reason why and does it file as unconscionability?

Answer: Are you being evicted or did they simply not renew the lease?


Title: [CO] Landlords trying to illegally evict us from home.

Question:
**TL;DR Our roommates/landlords/friends taped a spur-of-the-moment eviction notice on our door and we need advice on how to move forward legally.**

Just a quick disclaimer, since we made the mistake of moving in with friends, there is a bit of a crisis between friends here, so I filtered out everything that didn’t seem relevant to the legal matters of this situation.

So my girlfriend moved in with her best friend and best friend’s husband in December of 2016. There was no lease drawn up or signed, the living agreement was just verbal. Basically, my girlfriend agreed to pay $200 a month to live in an extra room in their house, and once in a while get some of the things that were needed around the house, (toilet paper, hand soap, etc.)

Now to switch gears, my life got pretty awful in October and kept steadily declining until I was broke and homeless. My girlfriend’s landlord and his wife offered me a place to stay rent-free until we can get our lives together and move out of town. Everything was going ok, I helped them bake for family parties, cleaned their bathrooms, caught their dogs after they escaped and ran around the neighborhood twice. I even fixed their fence so the dogs wouldn’t get out without even being asked. We thought everything was going fine, until yesterday when we got an unexpected eviction notice on our bedroom door.

The eviction notice is blatantly bogus, as they didn’t give any notice to move out before issuing it, nor did they even approach or communicate any issues to us recently (besides a quick aside about crumbs in the kitchen.) I looked up the local laws for tenants and landlords to get a grasp on the situation, and I’m pretty confident the law is on our side here. However, I’m not confident that we can *prove* that the law is on our side, which is why I’m posting up here looking for advice.

Now let’s rewind back the eviction notice for a second. The notice stated that the lease was up on the 1st of February. However we weren’t notified to move out that month, and even paid part of the rent early as per their request. On top of that, there wasn’t even a lease to begin with, so whatever the hell their legal reasoning is, I can’t imagine it’ll hold up because they don’t have a signed copy of a lease or rental agreement. My girlfriend was freaking out because she doesn’t want to be homeless, she didn’t do anything wrong and most of all because our friends absolutely blindsided us and we couldn’t even think of a reason why.

Now we can move forward.

From what I gathered it appears in the state of Colorado if there isn’t a written and signed lease then this becomes an at-will rental situation. An at-will rental requires at least a 7 day notice to leave before they can post an eviction notice. They didn’t leave a notice so as far as I can tell, we’re fine to stay here legally until they take that action.

Due to my girlfriends devastation, I decided to take the reins on this situation. I wrote up a contract (imgur link at the bottom) that I thought was mostly fair, but leaned a little bit towards our benefit because cmon, they tried to illegally evict us. The contract essentially states that they let us move out by the end of the month, and we don’t file a complaint or cause any ruckus on our way out. *It’s important to note that the contract also stated that they don’t block us from accessing the internet and wi-fi.* That’ll come back up here shortly.

So the time came to confront the landlord and his wife. It was obvious we were all uncomfortable and nervous, and we didn’t even last a minute before we were all at each other’s throats. My girlfriend had to go upstairs and start packing because she couldn’t handle it. I went up to check on her a few minutes later, then came down by myself and was surprisingly able to de-escalate the situation. We all apologized and came to the conclusion that none of us are wrong, we just misunderstood each other’s idea of cohabitation and that we should come up with an agreement so we can peacefully move out. That’s when I presented the contract to them and asked them to look it over and go over with us the following day, which is today as I’m writing this, (March 20th.)

Today they didn’t say a word or reach out to us at all, so in the evening when I got back home I asked if we could to talk about it later. We agreed to talk after the movie they were watching finished up. I then went up to our room to find out that they had changed the wi-fi password, (remember that important note from earlier about not blocking us from the internet?) Then two hours later, the landlord came up and said that he and his wife needed more time to go over the contract because they were arguing about it.

They knowingly changed a part of our clause before considering signing it. They stalled and delayed their response. They asked for more time. Those are all HUGE red flags to me. Though I do hope that they are not, I believe there is a possibility that they’re trying to screw us over and I want to prevent that from happening.

What I’m most afraid of is that they’re going to draw up either a makeshift lease or print off a 7 day notice to vacate and then backdate it to incriminate us. That way the eviction will go through. To combat that I’m going to go to the law enforcement office tomorrow and file a police report that our landlord is trying to illegally evict us. The goal here is to have an officer come out and document on the record that there is no signed lease nor did they give a notice to vacate before they served an eviction notice. I’m still going to try and get them to sign that contract, since the eviction process is going to take more time to get us out of the house than the contract would, I’m hoping this will add more weight to the contract so I can change to give us more time to move out since they’ve been stalling.

So that’s it. That’s our current situation. I’m willing to abandon ship if this is a battle we can’t win, but I’ve since learned that we’re not the first people that they’ve done this to, and based on principle I don’t want them to be able to do this to other people. Plus, I just need a little more time to finish building our camper van so my girlfriend and I can go tour around all of our continental United States now that we have our lives back in order :)

Thanks for taking the time to read this everybody, even if you’re expertise doesn’t apply to our specific situation, I appreciate your willingness to help just the same.

Also, in case you were wondering; It’s about their kitchen. They’re upset because they think we negligently scratched off the teflon on their pots and pans. They showed me a picture of a couple free-willed ramen noodles that broke through the strainer and camped out in their sink for an afternoon. Since we used wooden spoons when we cooked to prevent ruining their cookware, the only reasonable, rational, and logical conclusion to why they’re trying to evict us is just simply that they just hate our noodles.

[Imgur Link to the contract and eviction notice.](http://imgur.com/a/MPdzv)

**Edit: Alright, it looks like I've got nothing here. Thanks everybody for the feedback, it seems that my best option is to go ahead and get moved out and get it over with.**

Answer:
 Good lord, man, could you possibly put any more extraneous details in there?  Four paragraphs in and I still can't figure out what the fuck your issue is because I'm reading shit about wi-fi passwords.

Summarize this and ask a clear legal question.  Why do you believe that asking you to leave a month-to-month tenancy is illegal?Answer #2: Why would they sign your contract?
It doesn't sound like you're giving them anything they don't already have (as they could tell you to leave sooner than the end of the month, by your own admission).  Promising not to cause trouble just sounds like a vague threat, and that's all you mention that they gain.


Title: What if my STBX wife can’t refinance when the divorce is final? Is my name stuck on the mortgage while the house is only in hers?

Question:
My wife paid me off in our divorce to leave the house and surrender my rights to it. There is a clause that if she sells it within two years, I get 20% of the profits. I realized in our settlement agreement there is nothing stating that she MUST refinance when my name is off.

So basically, once it is final, I will not have my name on the deed, but it will still be on the mortgage. I have a feeling. She won’t be able to refinance without my name on it also. I don’t think she will get approved. What can I do if she refuses to sell the house due to not wanting to give me more money?
Topic:
Custody Divorce and Family

Answer:
 It is very common for an ex-spouse to be stuck on a mortgage that truly cannot be refinanced alone.

You should talk to your lawyer about the details of your agreement.  But ultimately you may be entitled to the remedies specified in the agreement.  Which could in fact be none.  If your divorce is not yet final you should review that carefully with your attorney and see if you can make any changes.