Title: Landlord claims to have lost cash payments...

Question:
Okay, long story short, I stupidly sent cash in the mail a few years (about 2 and a half now) back for rent. At the time I panicked because he contacted me after four months to suddenly say he hadn't gotten the payments and he needed them. I panic agreed to 'pay him back' (Despite paying them) and it has... essentially destroyed my life. I've spiraled into a depression/am fighting to pay it back on top of normal life payments. One thing that has happened because he is an absurdly slack landlord is I have not technically signed a lease for the past two years. Am I legally obligated to him in any way? Are my rent payments at all counting towards my supposed 'debt' to him? I ask because it has effectively screwed up my life for the past 2 years and I am just... done... with it all. This is all on top of him failing to do basic things like fix two broken windows (That have been broken since I moved in four years ago), etc, etc...

This is in South Carolina, for the record.
Topic:
Landlord Tenant Housing

Answer:
 Ok so this is a bit confusing. Are you saying that you sent a monthly rental payment in cash to him one time 2½ years ago? Or are you saying that you've been sending your monthly rent to him in cash by mail every month for the last 2½ years?

Or is it that 2½ years ago, after sending him 4 months of cash payments by mail, he said he didn't receive any of those 4, and so you said you'd "pay him back" for just those 4 months, on top of your regular monthly payments?

If so, how have you been "paying him back"? How did he let you know he didn't receive your payments? By phone? Text? Email?

Did you ask him why he didn't say anything about it for 4 months? Have you continued paying in cash by mail this whole time? Has he admitted to receiving your money since the "missing" 4 months of payments?

How badly do you want to continue living in this place? His only recourse is to take you to court to evict you or to sue you for money he could claim you owe him, but I think a judge would be more likely to believe you. Do you have anything from him in writing about any of this?

If you haven't signed a new lease, that's fine. Most leases have a part that says that if the lease expires, the tenant can stay month to month at the same rent unless either the landlord or tenant wants to end it. If either wants to end it, they have to give (usually) 30 days written notice to the other party that the tenant is going to move out.


Title: [California] My neighbor saw my dog poop on his lawn and me pick it up. He then came out and said if my dog ever comes on his lawn again he will call the police. Should I be worried?

Question:
This is in San Diego. I was taking my wiener dog for a walk around the block. I have an attachment on the leash that holds bags and I always pick up his poop. Just as we are back to our house, my dog goes into my neighbors yard and starts squatting. I don't like to pull him when he's already started (can you imagine if someone pulled you off the toilet mid-shit, that's literally what it would be like) so I let him finish and picked it up in a black plastic bag to throw in my poop trash can at home. As I am picking it up, as in poop is in my hand and I am bent over, my neighbor opens his door and says "what are you doing? did your dog just shit on my lawn?" I point to my hand holding a bag a shit of say "Don't worry I picked it up." Then he starts saying he doesn't give a fuck if I picked it up I need to get the fuck off his lawn and if me or my dog ever is on his lawn again he's calling the cops. I said, "my bad man, I'm sorry," and I walk directly home 2 houses over.

My questions are 1. is he within his legal rights to say I cannot come in his front yard if there is no fence?
2. if I pick up the poop is it still illegal?
3. how can I kill this prick with kindness or hassle him without getting in trouble for being a dick.

Answer:
 1. Of course. It's his property.
2. Yes, see #1.
3. You should stay off his property.  Answer #2: Leave him alone and get off his lawn.


Title: Prof. Writes her own textbooks and makes student purchase them.

Question:
I don’t know how to feel knowing that hundreds of students each semester are purchasing textbooks from a prof who wrote it herself.

She wants students to get the “latest version” each quarter even though each one is 99% of the same thing.

Is this legal?
Topic:
School Related Issues

Answer: Yep.


Title: [OH] Dealership sold BF a car, three weeks later they're demanding bank statements or he has to return the car tomorrow. Is this legal?

Question:
The car was purchased in Ohio but we live in Indiana (if that matters)

The title pretty much says it all, he purchased the car 3 weeks ago and put $1,200 down. Signed the papers, they gave him the keys etc. We haven't even made the first payment yet and today an unsaved number calls BF, he ignores it as he's at work. They then promptly spam his phone with texts and calls saying it's the dealership and they need either bank statements or pay stubs from the last 3 months by 7PM tonight or he's to return the car tomorrow and the company he's financing the car through is revoking the loan. It might be worth noting this is actually through a rental company and he's financing through ally. BF was pre-approved for the auto loan and provided all additional information before even purchasing the car so we're just.. really confused.

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This dude didn't even get ahold of us until about 4:30 today, BF got his bank statements to him around 5 thankfully despite being at work. The man assures him this is all they will need and hangs up. Then in an e-mail at 6:10PM, he emails BF and says it's not what they need. BF calls frantically after work but they'd closed.

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My question is: how and why is it possible that this happened? I'd say it's a scam but I was there when he bought the car, it was the same gentleman who sold it to us. How is it possible that they can just repossess a vehicle on such short notice? Is it even legal?

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BF is understandably very upset and I am trying to console him but I have no idea what to do. We are students who live on our own with jobs that we very heavily rely on and we can't afford to lose our transportation.

Answer: There is likely something in the sale paperwork talking about the sale not being complete until and unless his financing is approved.  For whatever reason, the bank wants to verify his income (which is why they're asking for bank statements or pay stubs).  Until the bank approves the loan for that car, the deal can still be unwound (not repossessed).


Title: Grabbing coins from a water fountain is illegal in US?

Question: Sorry bot, states of Florida and New York

Answer: Taking something that doesn't belong to you is illegal everywhere in the USA.  Why would you think that coins in a water fountain are yours to take?


Title: On the casino floor and under 21

Question: My younger brother (19) escorted my elderly father to the bathroom and in doing so was on the casino floor for an estimated 5-10 min. During this time he was not asked for identification and did not attempt to place a bet. When asked for identification he did provide his ID stating he was under 21 and afterwards security called state police who wrote him a non-traffic citation. We have a court date. Do we have a case claiming it was an emergency to use the bathroom? Are we at fault for him being on the floor if he was never asked for identification? Will the judge hypothetically be lenient because he did not attempt to gamble and was not dishonest?

Answer:
 >Do we have a case claiming it was an emergency to use the bathroom?

Yes you're at fault. Every entrance is clearly marked that all patrons must be over 21.

>Will the judge hypothetically be lenient because he did not attempt to gamble and was not dishonest?

Hypothetically. Would be helpful to bring your father with you and for him to plead not guilty and let them know what was happening. No guarantee but it could help. Answer #2: >Do we have a case claiming it was an emergency to use the bathroom?

No. This is not a defense, though you can bring it up in an attempt to mitigate your punishment.

>Are we at fault for him being on the floor if he was never asked for identification?

No. Nearly all casinos have "must be 21 to enter" printed on every single entrance for exactly this reason. You'll also note it on nearly every TV ad, billboard, flyer, promotional mailing, website, and so on.

>Will the judge hypothetically be lenient because he did not attempt to gamble and was not dishonest?

There's no way for us to say, but probably not.

What state are you in?


Title: Animal cruelty in municipal animal shelter.

Question:
I use the term "shelter" very loosely, this is a pound, a hell for animals that end up there.

I foster and volunteer for a rescue that's having trouble with one of the shelters we pull from. This is in Texas.

Issues:

1. They don't let us touch or take pictures of the dogs.

2. When an animal comes to them sick or injured, they do not get them any vet care.

3. They're cleaning and disinfecting protocol is non-existent. Dogs that are healthy when they enter leave sick 90% of the time.

On point one, we just want to asses them to see if they're a good fit for one of our homes and/or post pics on our Facebook so the public can see them and consider fostering or adopting.

On point two, these animals are suffering needlessly. A couple weeks ago a chihuahua was owner surrendered with a broken leg. They did not get him vet care or let us get him vet care. Instead they made him sit there for a week with his leg broken in two before we could get him. Just today we found out about another chi that had been hit by a car when they picked it up, it has sat there for almost two weeks with no vet care, can hardly move, they won't let us have her and are not humanely euthanizing her. They are making her sit there until she dies in enormous pain. Last week we found out about some abandoned kittens there, that needed bottle feeding. When our person arrived to get them, they were cold. They had been put in the freezer with dead animals to freeze to death to save on euthanasia drugs.

On point three, healthy dogs are dying due to their laziness. They don't clean well or properly. In the last month, 5 of the dogs we pulled broke with parvo within a couple days of us pulling, one of which being a puppy I pulled, another being the chi with the broken leg. Several that were adopted to the public did too, some of them are now dead.

Our major issue here is who to call and what to do. The pound is supervised by the local chief of police. Any complaints we've made are met with stubborn opposition and retaliation. We've even offered to clean the pound for them, paying for supplies ourselves. No dice. The only thing we have is a new employee who is telling us about these sick, injured, and dying animals in secret, whose job is in jeopardy should she be discovered. The boss and the chief still make us wait a week to get them out to vet care though.

We don't know what the legalities are in this and honestly can't afford to find out. We're a non-profit run on donations, every penny goes to the animals.

Answer:
 IANAL but a few things come to mind.  You could contact your closest news agencies and see if you can get them interested in the story.  An investigative reporter would probably have a better chance at getting the story out in public so that public outcry can do the rest.

As an alternative I would suggest you contact the closest branch of the SPCA and or Humane society and give them the full story and ask for their recommendations and help if possible.  Good luck either way, I hope you can attain a positive outcome here.Answer #2: I'm not a lawyer and have no legal advice, but I agree with u/Cuisee. Definitely get the local news involved on this.

In my city, someone let the local paper know how bad our pound was (mostly we euthanized more animals yearly than NYC), and the paper ran front page articles about everything for a week. In less than a year our pound had gone through a total reform, and the SPCA got so many donations they were able to build a new much larger facility. Now, years later, the SPCA is still prominent and the reforms to the pound still stand.

A lot of people believe that the "reveal" of what the pound was really like in our area is also what motivated the city & voters to push through better animal rights laws, as well as our catch/fix/release and feral colony programs.


Title: SC - girlfriend fired after recent worker's comp claim, company citing a tardiness over a year ago as the reason for dismissal

Question:
Someone clipped my girlfriend while she was driving a company vehicle while making a parts delivery. During the accident, she injured her knee as it slammed against the door and the steering column. Due to the injury, she has had mandated physical therapy and doctors visits, all on the clock and paid for by the company.

Today, the company fired her, citing a time she was late over a year ago. Is this legal? It seems like they are just firing her to avoid the worker's comp. She has more therapy and doctor's appointments coming up, will the company still have to pay for them if they were scheduled and approved before she was fired?

Answer:
 It is technically legal to fire her for an absence last year, but it is not legal to do so to avoid worker's comp.

She need to go see an employment lawyer today.


Title: [IN] Teacher bruises student, school retaliates by calling CPS on parent after parent informs principal.

Question:
My nephew is in first grade at a public school. The other day, there was an incident where he misbehaved. His teacher grabbed him by the arm and dragged him into a sort of "time out" room to calm down. The grip was strong enough to leave individual bruises for each finger. A call was made to the school, and a meeting was scheduled for the next day.

Before the meeting, the vice principal interviewed my nephew with nobody present and coerced him into claiming his brother caused the bruises. He later admitted "I didn't want my teacher to get in trouble". He gets home before his brothers, so it's not possible for the brother to have caused it.

The school administration informed his mother of the new claim, and called CPS stating (to her) that she failed to protect him from his siblings. CPS came and stated there were two accusations, but would not elaborate on the specifics. There were questions implying neglect and/or drug abuse. None of those concerns are justified. By all accounts, it appears as if the school is trying to protect the teacher by proactively attacking the parent.

I understand the need to get a lawyer with the CPS involved. Is there any cause for action against the school? Are there any laws that protect potential victims from retaliation like this by school faculty?

Answer:
 > Before the meeting, the vice principal interviewed my nephew with nobody present and coerced him into claiming his brother caused the bruises.

"Coerced" is a pretty strong word. And young kids are notorious for changing their stories to serve their needs at the moment. It's entirely possible that the VP didn't lean on your nephew at all, and that your nephew just lied spontaneously to protect his teacher from the VP. Offhand I think you'll have a big proof problem here.Answer #2: IANAL, but from what I have witnessed in situations with claims like this during a divorce, you need to get a family lawyer involved and they will need to work with a child psychologist.  Regarding CPS, you should do whatever your lawyer says.

Assuming the teacher is entirely at fault, it is very possible from the facts you presented that the Vice Principal did nothing morally or legally wrong.  A child psychologist can help figure out if your nephew was coerced and what the truth is.


Title: [CA] Being sued for copyright infringement - please help

Question: [deleted]

Answer: What were you selling?


Title: (Texas) Employer of one day refuses to compensate me for my 8 hours of work.

Question: In late December I worked at a restaurant for one shift. I had expected a callback later on but never received one. It is now early March and they are now denying me compensation (they owe me 80$) for the work that I had done. I have filled out paperwork but they had informally put me on a shift. They had never told me it was a trial shift. Am I completely screwed?

Answer: You need to file a complaint with the [Texas Workforce Commission "TWC"](http://www.twc.state.tx.us/)  You need to file a Wage Claim under the Texas Payday Law, [here is the specific info you need](http://www.twc.state.tx.us/jobseekers/how-submit-wage-claim-under-texas-payday-law). "If an employee is laid off, discharged, fired, or otherwise involuntarily separated from employment, the final pay is due within six (6) calendar days of discharge."


Title: I had cancer, was misdiagnosed and won a $290K settlement. I had heard stories about how people come out of the wood work asking for money from you when you get it, but I never expected it this....my parents demanded it ALL.

Question:
Context; my parents were well off during most of my childhood. My dad fell into hard times and most a job and could have used a loan, instead he had my mom, my siblings and his brother call me to tell me if I don’t immediately give them $60K to start OUT, I’m sending them on the streets and I’m a horrible person.

I’m not sure if this belongs in this subreddit but I’m absolutely dumbfounded. Am I wrong? I had the cancer? They never even checked up on me while it was happening, and my sister had the audacity to make fun of my bald hair. Let’s not get into the lies they told their friends so it “seemed” better.

Also / they sold their house for $800K cash. They can pay me back, but refuse to.

TR;DR: Won a 6 figure settlement, family were assholes, sold their house and have the money to give it back to me but refuse to because they “raised me”

Answer:
 Your post is unclear.

Did you receive the judgment when you were over 18?

Did you give them money?

What is your legal question?

What state are you in?Answer #2: Trying to track a few things here.  Are you over 18 now, and were you over 18 when treated for cancer?  And, do they have your money somehow, or just demanding it?


Title: Found bedbugs, Landlord said I would have to pay for treatment.

Question:
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Topic:
Landlord Tenant Housing

Answer:
 Only if there was an initial infestation if you move in. Not if it comes up through the course of your tenancy. Bedbugs are mostly brought in by tenants like yourself unknowingly.

I've never seen a renters insurance policy cover vermin or infestation so you're on the hook here.


Title: Not getting paid for my hours worked (scam?) do I just accept loss?

Question:
This is kind of a long story. Please stick with me.

I got fired from my job at a school. I asked my friend (who owns a house cleaning company) for a job. I got hired the next day. I signed paper work. He took a copy of my license. All was pointing in the general direction of this being an easy job. There were only three of us so I asked where the others were. Well call him Aaron, says that he fired them because they were stealing.

Fast forward, I have an issue with a coworker. I tell aaron and he makes me tell the office manager who is also her best friend. Later, aaron says he needs to speak to that coworker, she quits. From then on, I'm cleaning houses alone. He even offers me time and a half to clean one.

Please note, that half way into my job, my code for the time clock is discontinued. Aaron tells me 1st that it's normal and to clock my own hours and keep track. After an event that takes place with the old coworker, he says that it's discontinued for investigation.

So this event that happens is on our first payday. I show up and the coworker, let's say Janet walks up to my car asking where her check is. I tell her I have no idea and that I am here to get mine. Aaron told me to go at 2:30 to grab my check. I text aaron and he already knows Janet is there. I get into the office, he tells me I need to stay there with her. Keep in mind that I'm a small female ad she could seriously hurt me. I ask where he is and he said down the street waiting for police. He tells me I need to stay up there with her. I feel like it's really sketchy. While Janet is telling me she doesn't think aaron has the money to pay us, aaron is texting me and telling me that she stole the checks.

Police show up two hours later. Me and my friend (who was starting the following Monday at the same company) are in my car. No one asks us to get out yet aaron tells me I need to file a police report for my missing check. I never see that police report. Later he tells me that she cashed the check but every time I've asked to see the receipt I never do. He pays me $100 cash and suggests that we do under the table and instructs me to never tell anyone because he could get in trouble. I never see any more money except just enough to get gas so I can go to work the next day.

He hired my friend but she never signed any paper work. I think she took an L because technically he never even hired her. Anyways, he hired another girl and has been taking her to clean every house. He won't answer my texts or calls and hasn't had me or my friend to clean anything in a week and a half. I have all my hours logged still. But pay day is tomorrow and he never asked for my hours. He still won't answer my calls or texts about pay day tomorrow.

I have a negative balance in my bank and bills to pay this month. What should I do? What if I don't have a check after a month of working? Is there anything I can do about not being called into work for a week and a half? Please help. Thank you.

Answer:
 I am not a lawyer, just a Scotsman. It means I drink more whisky, but have read less cases.

File a wage claim, tell any others you know of to also file a wage claim, others allegedly "stealing" a cheque does not invalidate his requirement to pay you what you're owed. Talk to the people you pay bills to, quite often they'll be understanding and lay off payment for a month while you get an arrangement in place. If they're not open to this, beg or borrow from friends/family if you can to cover it. You may have cause to include any additional fees you end up paying due to this in the wage claim, but that's relatively location and fact specific.Answer #2: 1.) Sue him in small claims court.
2.) File with your local/Federal department of labor a wage claim.
3.) Be sure to report him to the IRS for trying to avoid taxes.
4.) Pay your taxes.


Title: No option to remove Card details. What options do I have?

Question:
This is about the company 1and1. They have saved my card info and I can't see an option to remove it. I can only update it with a new card but fake details don't work there. They did unauthorized payments from my card even after I set my spending limit $1 through their control panel. I've cancelled my service and they still auto-renewed my plan. I have cancelled the service and my 1 years payment is wasted. I can't trust them anymore with my card info. What are the feasible actions I can take? Really appreciate your help. Thanks.
Topic:
Computer and Internet

Answer: Buy a $5 Visa gift card.  Enter that information as your new card details.


Title: Dad passed away without a will, step-mom is selling items from the estate. What can I do?

Question: My father died without a Will three years ago in Alberta, Canada. My Step-mom of 7 years is selling some large items (car, c-cans, horses) without probate. I was told that we can't do anything because my application that opposes her application for probate has us at a stale mate. They have grossly undervalued the estate and withheld information on their application so there's no way I can step aside. Hence, the "stale mate". Can I really do nothing as she sells off my fathers items without probate though!?

Answer:
 You really need to go see a local lawyer who practices in the area of wills and estates. I'd do that ASAP.

Why is the issue of who administers the estate still unresolved three years later? There should not be a stale mate - the court gets to appoint an administrator.


Title: [Pa] Trespassing Neighbors

Question:
Hello r/legaladvice, long time lurmer, frst time caller.

I am going to try and keep this short but I am looking with how to proceed with my fairly new, and fairly disrespectful neighbors.

My fiance, fur baby and I live in a house that takes up 2 plots of land on the street. We are the only house with a large yard and have had issues in the past with the occasional kid running through but nothing this bad. the front of our properties are on a hill, and the back has an alley where our driveway, covered porch and yard is. The yard is fenced in on 3 sides, the side facing the bad neighbors (BN), the side facing our other neighbors and cutting off the front yard from the back yard where our front steps and porch are. The fences go all the way back to the alleyway and there is no way a reasonable person could confuse their yard for ours. (6 foot tall wooden fences on one side, gate on the front, 5 foot tall chain link on the side facing BN).

The neighbors in question moved in about 4 weeks ago, and have had, literally 10-15 kids in their tiny yard every day/night since they moved in. That's hasn't been an issue until last week when the kids started playing in the alley and throwing rocks behind  (less than 2 feet from) our brand new week old car. I went out and asked that they not allow the children to throw rocks so close to our car, to which I was told "THOSE AIN'T MY KIDS, THEY DIDN'T DO NOTHIN"
fine.
Then they started parking in our yard. Every day and sometimes over night they would park their multiple cars, despite having a 2 car driveway open and a whole street out front, in our yard past our fence so that their car was perpendicular to our car in our driveway less that 10 feet away. I figured the first few times it was because they were in a hurry but it kept happening, so I took pictures. And next time I was outside mentioned that I would prefer they not park in our yard, parking in the ally is fine it's a free country but please don't park 5 feet deep in our yard (we have landscapers that come and new baby trees right around there). I was pretty much told off by the woman I approached.

This brings us to Tuesday, there were 10 kids between the ages of 4 and 11ish in their yard and a pitt bull that was unleashed. Now I have no problem with pittbulls, the neighbors 3 doors down have one and my Aussie loves her. But this one was off leash and running in our yard and in the alley behind our house. This caused out dog to freak the fuck out, and went on for a solid 20 minutes, then next thing I know I look up and there is the dog on my back patio, a toddler no more than 5 in the middle of my yard  (this yard once had a full above ground pool so it's big but very hilly as we live on a mountian), and 2 preteens throwing punches at each other in my driveway less than a foot from my car.

So I lost it, I went outside and asked the kids "where are your parents, you cannot be here, get off our property" and they all pointed to the 2 women smoking in the yard next door where about 5 other kids were chilling. I said I cannot have this, there are leash laws and we don't feel safe putting our dog out on the lead with an unleashed dog running in our yard and we can't have kids here. She started screaming that those aren't even her kids (Yeah okay they live there I watched them move in) and telling me the dog is friendly so it doesn't matter. I said it does and if it keeps happening I will have to call the police. Not liking that she starting getting pretty vulgar so I called.

Cop came took our statement went next door and watched the 10 kids scatter and when she finally answered the door he told her my expectations are not unreasonable and that they are under no uncertain terms to be on our property be that a child, a dog a car nothing.
The cop told us to think about calling CPS if the toddler is wandering the streets again and that if they come on our property again in any way to call them.

Now about an hour ago I took the dog to the park.BN watched me get into my car and drive away, I get home and there is a fucking park bench in my yard. They placed it on our side of the fence, in our lawn, facing the alleyway right by our baby trees where they used to park. This bench is clearly in our yars, not half in the alley waiting for the trash man or anything.

I called my landlord and left a message asking him what to do but at this point I don't know if it's worth calling the cops again. I just don't understand why, knowing full well they were putting property on our law, 2 days after the cops told them not to, this would occur.

I have half a mind to wait until 3am and drag the fucking thing behind their cars.

TL:DR: Neighbors are garbage and keep tresspassing, now I seemed to have acquired a park bench. Where do I go from here?

EDIT: here is a terrible map of the areas in question, not to scale because I barely could draw this crap but you get the idea http://i.imgur.com/jDQkTnq.jpg

Answer: The police suggested you call CPS. Do it. Report unsupervised small children while the parents are busy socializing, the lack of discipline, mother's vulgar language in front of small children. Call animal services if the dog is lose in your yard, and of course, call the police whenever it is warranted. Pay attention to your neighbours and report them whenever they do something illegal or concerning. They may find living next to you isn't worth it and move.Answer #2: Motion detector sprinkler is a good one no one has mentioned. Don't forget cameras  Answer #3: It sounds like they are running an illegal daycare. You may be able to report them if this is the case.Answer #4: I'm on mobile and there are like 3 spelling errors. Please ignore them, my apologies I didn't proofread. Answer #5: This post would benefit from a microsoft paint map of the property boundaries.  Answer #6: If people park in your yard, start having them towed. That one's easy at least. Likewise, throw out anything they leave in your yard.


Title: Fire truck hit my car. I'm not at fault. What should I do? (Los Angeles, CA)

Question:
Currently LAFD is taking a bunch of info, LAPD is on their way to take info. What do I need to proactively do to make sure this process runs smoothly?

EDIT: Paging /u/LAFD I just contacted my insurance and they said that they cannot start a claim with the city / driver and that I have to contact the city. I've been looking around and the risk management / claims site for the city looks extremely outdated. What's the best contact for the city?

Answer: Ask LAFD for the contact information for their claims/risk department.   You'll probably need to present your claim to a city agency to be reimbursed for your damages, just like you would pursue an insurance claim in a regular accident.  You may need to get a repair estimate so that you know how much to ask for.


Title: [CA] Dad's friend was using my PayPal account and now I owe the IRS a bunch of money

Question: I let my dad's friend use my PayPal account to sell things on eBay when I was younger because I never used it.  I removed all my banking info and handed him the password thinking it was basically a shell now.  I figured there wasn't really much he could do with it at that point.  Now I have a letter from the IRS saying I owe them ~$30k in unpaid taxes.  What do I do?

Answer:
 You're going to have to be more specific... I'd imagine it's for unpaid taxes? Options... pay the taxes, sue him in small claims for the money.

Not sure why you'd give anyone access to your paypal account. Would you your dads friend access to your checking account? It's essentially the same thing.


Title: My landlord has posted on social media that I haven’t paid rent due to Covid-19. Oregon

Question: [deleted]

Answer: That's legal. It makes him look like a total ass but it's not illegal. Have you filed for unemployment?


Title: The state picked up the charges I dropped against my ex-boyfriend for family violence

Question:
I had to call the cops about 2 months ago because he showed up to my apartment blackout drunk.  He physically assaulted, chocked, and broke in my door leaving a splintery mess.  He quickly left, but the cops had been called by a neighbor thanks to my screams.  I filed a report with them, but a few weeks later, I decided I wanted to close that awful chapter and dropped the charges.  I didn't have any money for a lawyer anyways.

This past week, I received a letter in the mail explaining that the state picked up the charges for Assault Causes Bodily Injury Family Violence.  I'm in over my head and I don't know how this is going to play out, whether or not I should provide me information to the courts, or what will happen with these charges.  I would like for them to leave me out of it so I can go along my merry way.  Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Edit:  State of Texas

Answer: You never dropped charges because you can't charge him with a crime. You simply filed a police report of the incident. The DA files charges. Him being charged criminally doesn't mean you have to hire an attorney. He's the one who'll need an attorney. They'll likely want you to testify and you should. Otherwise he'll likely escalate this to more serious violence against you or his next girlfriend.


Title: [IL] HOA suing for 3 years of dues.

Question:
Hi /r/legaladvice and thanks in advance for any information that can help.

I’ve been in my house for 3 years and 11 days. I paid my first year of HOA dues at closing and did not pay since then. The dues are approximately $310 a year.

My reasonings, I fear, are irrelevant but they are as follows: I pay taxes on one “lot” of land but am being charged dues by the HOA as if it is three full lots (less than quarter acre total and $103 * 3 per year); our roads are poorly maintained and I actually believe I popped a tire on them on the way to my grandmother’s funeral in December; no seasonal plowing, salting, or easement mowing is done; and the lake’s beaches( a major draw for the area, and huge point in the HOA bylaws) are poorly maintained.

I arrogantly and ignorantly did not realize the potential penalties for not paying HOA dues and today, regrettably I’ve been rocked and served paperwork for a lawsuit by which I must appear later this month. They want almost $2,000 for a $900 debt and are threatening to foreclose.

I am short on cash, a little stressed and I wonder what my best course of action is. A payment plan for the full amount is not out of the question, but I’d like to avoid the clearly ridiculous $1,100 upcharge if possible.

Do I speak to an attorney? Can I settle with the HOA or is that time done and over with? Should I speak to the prosecuting attorney and try to settle out of court before the date? Is any of this feasible?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Answer:
 $440 for late fees and $660 for legal fees is pretty reasonable for 3 years of missed payments.  My friends have close to $12k in legal fees tacked on to their missing $2.4k in dues.

It sounds like you should review the HOA finances and see where the money collected is going.   Answer #2: Reach out to the HOA and ask about setting up a payment plan. Talking to an attorney is always a good option, and many offer free / discounted initial consults. But any advice other than "talk to the HOA and try to work something out" is going to add costs on top of your existing costs. HOAs generally just want paid.

Unfortunately, any complaints about the condition of the community needed to be addressed in due time -- long before this point.


Title: [TX/CA] My in-laws have screwed my husband's rental history with a wrongful eviction, how do we get it removed?

Question:
Hi Reddit,

My husband and I live in Texas, but he is originally from California and moved here in June 2014. We have lived in two apartments without any issues, but we are moving to a new city in two weeks and are having unexpected issues getting approved for the apartment we applied for.

So, now to tell you the incredibly strange tale of my in-laws and how much they suck.

My in-laws are sue-happy crazy people, particularly my father in law who lives off of disability and suing people for a living. My husband moved out of their apartment in 2011. He has fantastic credit, perfect rental history, so on.

In May/June of 2014, his parents get evicted from the same complex that my husband had previously lived until 2011. To make it clearer, he was NOT paying rent, was NOT on the lease, he was just a resident until he moved out in 2011.

His dad, of course, sues the landlord back and fails. They then settled the lawsuit. Now, FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON, my husband is listed on this eviction. So, of course, the eviction is now on his record. I have no idea how it is even legal that he is listed on the eviction as he had not lived there for 3 years.

My husband cannot simply ask the landlord for a letter stating he should not have been on the eviction in the first place because his parents put the poor woman through absolute hell.

I don't even know how to google search this because he didn't even live there, he lived in an entirely different state at the time. I have proof that I will present to our prospective landlords that he wasn't living in the state at the time, but it would be great to get this off his record/credit for obvious reasons.

tl;dr my husband has an eviction on his record for a place he didn't even live in

Answer:
 > Now, FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON, my husband is listed on this eviction.

The most likely reason, other than being named on the lease, for this whole scenario is that the landlord, wrongly or otherwise, believed your husband still lived there. You don't need to be on a lease to be evicted, because the point of the eviction isn't just to enforce the lease: it's also to _recover possession_ by having the court order people out of the unit.

Your husband should have been served. However, rules of service for evictions are pretty simple. If the eviction occurred in California, then service can be completed by posting a copy of the complaint on the door and, on the same day, mailing a copy of the complaint to the defendants at their last known addresses, by certified mail. If they believed your father was still living there and had no other address for him, they may have included him in the service of process to his parents. Texas, on the other hand, allows service to anyone over the age of 16 residing in the place where the defendant lives. Again, if the landlord believed he lived with his parents at the time and told the sheriff that, the sheriff likely served his parents with three copies of the complaint and called it a day.

Your husband can speak to a lawyer about whether it's practical to set aside the eviction or to remove the judgement, based on the fact that he can prove he was almost certainly never served and was not residing in or regularly visiting that unit at that time. It's not going to be a fast process, if it's possible at all.Answer #2: Did he cosign


Title: Boss refused to file an accident report.

Question:
June 4th I was kicked in the stomach by a cow-sized animal. I had a couple scrapes but felt otherwise alright. Despite this, I asked to file an incident report in case anything was internally damaged. My boss shamed me in front of my colleagues and mocked me in subsequent days. The bruising worsened but once it subsided, I felt a lump in the area where I was kicked and I have some symptoms of a hernia. What are my options?
Topic:
Employment Law

Answer: Have you [called the Florida Workers Comp office](https://www.myfloridacfo.com/Division/WC/Employee/faq.htm#1) to ask for their input?Answer #2: Go to HR and tell them you need to file a worker's comp claim.  Do not ask, inform.Answer #3: Use the [Florida Proof of Workers' Comp Coverage](https://apps8.fldfs.com/proofofcoverage/Search.aspx) site to search your employer and find out who the workers' comp carrier is for your company. It will also list the policy number. Once you know the carrier, locate their contact information online and email or call them to alert them that you'd like to report a claim. Be sure to reference the policy number. They should then send the information to the claims adjuster assigned to your account.


Title: Younger brother was pulled over by police while with friends and ends up in hospital with bleeding in brain. (OK)

Question:
My younger brother (17) was pulled over with his friends, he was a passenger. From what he remembers he said that he doesn't think anything happened but the police officer was making fun of him when he said he had a headache, and when he threw up he said the officer told him to eat it. It took a supervisor officer to come out in order for an ambulance to be called for him. He has been in the hospital for 2 weeks with bleeding in his brain and his short term memory is crap. He says he doesn't think he was hit or anything, but the doctors don't know what's causing his bleeding. Is there anything I can do to get a hold of records/statements or whatever to figure out what happened. I don't want money or anything we just want to know if something happened during the officer pulling him over that may have caused this, and if it was the officers fault if we can get him repremanded in some way.

His friends say they couldn't see anything from where they were, but they saw him (my brother) pacing back and forth without a shirt on with his hands on his head. There were no criminal charges it was a routine pull over and search.

Edit: Oklahoma, USA

Answer: Have you considered asking your brothers' friends exactly what they were doing before this?  They would have remembered if a cop beat him, but may magically forget any stupid or illegal activities they were engaged in beforehand.  Answer #2: Sounds like your friend was lucky that the police pulled them over, as I doubt high school kids would have taken him to the hospital


Title: My housemate BROKE into my room to have a party and snort COCAINE on MY bed

Question: My housemate has been pretty problematic for the past few months. Me and my other housemates haven’t been living at the house we rent because of the pandemic amongst various other reasons. “Gene” is the only one living there. Last week when I went back for a day to grab some stuff, Gene threw a party and had a dozen strangers in our home until 1:40am. They were doing various drugs and being incredibly loud and obnoxious. Today my friends sent me a video that Gene took of her with her ass out on my bed with a bunch of her friends hanging out in my room. She literally broke into my room and had a party in which she let her friends snort cocaine off of her ass while she laid down in MY BED. Me and my other housemates texted her to get out of my room and all she said was to call the cops. I have picture and video evidence of her possessing and using cocaine as well as her being in my room without consent (breaking in). What can/should I do????? Also her father is a lawyer :/

Answer: I guess call the cops?  What damages did you suffer?


Title: My friend was just arrested in Texas for less than 2 ounces of marijuana

Question:
My friend and I were pulled over and we had less than 2 ounces of weed in the care.  she told me to play dumb, so i did.  they arrested her and let me go with the car.  I was frankly shocked.  they called out a k9 unit and found the weed. after that she told them she wanted to talk to a lawyer.  is there anything else I or she can do to try to get the best resolution to this situation.  she was picked up 2 times before for posession.  the first time she did probation, the second time was completely dropped for insufficient evidence.  any advice would be appreciated.
Topic:
Drug Possession

Answer:
 No, other than helping her get a lawyer or posting bond for her, there is little you can do for her.

Except also encourage her to stop breaking the law.  Because that's a great way to prevent a fourth arrest.


Title: So the hospital did me wrong... now what? I've been disabled for 6 months

Question:
Ok. Let me set the scene.
From a small town in Michigan. Literally just two hospitals nearby, next one is over 100 miles away.  All those mentioned aren't the greatest being quite rural. But I've never had huge problems before.

My right ankle has given me issues since a child. I've rolled it, sprained it, strained it more times than I can count. A few fractures and a break as well in a span of 20 years lead me to an ligament reconstruction surgery at Hospital A. (5 miles from my town) had no issues with my ankle, for a year and a half. All seemed "fixed" and I was happy.

July 4th 2016. I rolled my "bad ankle"... well later that day I could step on it, and it was swollen but I iced, elevated and still worked and went on with life.  A few days later on the beach I rolled it again but can actually feel it snap and pop and I entered into blinding pain. To the ER at Hospital A I went... casually looked over by the PA ... said my talus bone was fractured and wrapped my ankle and sent me on my way.

By that night (that first visit was around lunch time) it was swollen and hot and the pain .... like nothing I've ever experienced before. Labor was a cake walk compared to this. So back up to ER in tears I went. New doc this time... he walks in and takes a look at me and says "you were just here for this. There's nothing wrong with you."
Jaw dropped. I pulled out my phone to try to show him the pictures before to compare to now (I took a picture for Facebook, haha, and it was still on my camera roll... you could see there was a huge difference for swelling) he refused to look. He wouldn't look me over and walked out saying to give me a shot of toradol and send me home. I yelled after him I don't want pain meds I want to find out what's causing the pain. But he ignored me. So I left. Defeated.

Sunday. No sleep. Nothing but a night of pain and more swelling. At this point my partner, he thinks im full of shit. Lol. I wish. Call my dad now and he brings me to Hospital B. Almost half hour away but much better.
There they did MRI and other tests, and put me in a cast until I can get to Orthopedics. They say they'll forward the test results to them (since we have only two docs in ortho there, it's not like I'd have a choice haha)

Monday morning... still no sleep. I'm delirious in pain. It's getting ridiculous.... I call around begging to get in as the swelling is causing a bubble of skin and... something...over the top of my cast!! I finally get in at 1pm to an orthopedic doc and when he cuts that cast off - inside is filled with puss and blood.
The scar from my ankle ligament surgery was the weakest point - and the swelling from an INFECTION now raging inside bust through that spot. I remember the doc going "oh my God! Prepare an OR STAT! She's filled with infection!" And I'm getting rushed back and shot with stuff to calm me down and knock me out.

I wake up and they're getting ready to ship me to the hospital 100 miles away because he infection is so bad it's down to my bone. They can only do so much here. There's rods drilled into my leg, two between my knee and ankle, one through my heel, one into the top of my foot. There's a 9cm long, 7cm wide hole in the side of my ankle/foot.... all the way down to the bone it's dug out, and they're not done yet?! I was also told if it went another 24 hours I'd have lost my foot. NICE.

Once in the other Hospital, they do more surgeries of course. And they put me on IV ANTIBIOTICS. *this is vital!* A big concern through the two weeks I was hospitalized was keeping the infection out of the bone. The only way to combat that is with IV antibiotics.
After my stay there, I'm sent back to my hometown and live in a nursing home for 3.5 months (I'm 35 year old mom of 3 kids mind you) and have 4 more surgeries....

Finally they find out - after the wound heals - that my bones fused wrong, and ankle joint doesnt exist anymore. Awesome.
CT scan done - bone necrosis! (The talus bone is dead.) so sent to a specialist out of the area (5 hours away) to do some Bone grafting and what not - he needs to do a biopsy because he doesn't like what he sees - and he's APPALLED once I tell him that 100MileHospital took me off the Picc Line with IV antibiotics after 2 weeks since it's standard to run it 6 weeks to ensure it doesn't get into the bone.

GUESS WHOSE BONE BIOPSY CONFIRMED BONE INFECTION?!!?

This is serious because if it can't be controlled or it's in too many bones - I'm going to be amputated.

Now.... I've never ever ever been the sue happy kind and understand people make mistakes but I feel I've been dropped left and right. And the doc i seen out of the area was just so shocked and appalled I didn't get the full course of antibiotics ... I don't know.

-All I know is I was in a nursing home for 3.5 months, missing out on so much of my kids life.
-I'm so financially troubled I could puke thinking about it ... disability is still not coming ... ugh
- was in a wheelchair for 3 months
- still can't walk ... fallen on my crutches in the snow a Few times already ...
- trips have been canceled
- LOST MY CAREER of being a home health aide

I'm home all day every day... can't drive. Getting kinda depressed. Always in pain. Kinda sucks.

Thoughts? I don't even know where to start, what to do. What if they say "oh the infection was your fault from eating bad Chinese. You already had it" or something stupid? My anxiety kicks in.

Side note -- NO ONE has attempted a lawsuit against the hospital's up here  - because either they or a family member are employed by one or the other and that's a conflict of interest and no local lawyer would take it. Sigh.

Answer:
 > Side note -- NO ONE has attempted a lawsuit against the hospital's up here - because either they or a family member are employed by one or the other and that's a conflict of interest and no local lawyer would take it.

This is never true. No local lawyer probably takes these cases cause med mal causes require expertise.


Title: Landlord is withholding my mail key

Question:
I apologize for the length..

I've lived in this apartment complex for almost a month now and I still don't have a mail key. I've called the property management office a dozen times and have gotten a variety of answers (it's at the post office, maintenance has the key, the key is lost in the office). Last I called the girl told me it's at the post office, she can't tell me which, and I am the only tenant with this problem.

I went to post office that the leasing agent suggested and they told me to go to another. Post office #2 said that they do indeed service my area code, but the apartment office is responsible for providing a mail key.

It's literally just been back and forth. I've asked the leasing agent via email 5 times and never get a straight answer. She declines my calls now and hasn't emailed me back in days.

I even got the manager of the post office to call the office/agent and tell them they need to give me a mail key.

I'm feel out of options, and I'm tired of going to the post office.

Is there any legal action I can take to force a mail key out of them?

Also, I live in Texas (I believe states differ on tenant's rights). And I did ask a neighbor who got his key from THE OFFICE.

Answer:
 I work as a property manager, and a mailbox key is literally the easiest thing in the world to replace, if all of the buildings mailboxes are together, the office should definitely have a spare key or two. They sound incompetent af.

You might have to call your cities code enforcement to light a fire under their asses.

Another option is to go to a locksmith (try and find out who your complex uses) and buy a mailbox lock and key yourself. It shouldn’t be more than $25-$40 for the lock and key.
When your mailman comes to deliver the mail he will be able to open the box for you and you’ll just have to put it in yourself, you can YouTube videos, your mailbox is probably a “cluster box unit” (CBU) it will have a model and make somewhere on the front usually.


Title: Dumpster company refused to place dumpster where I specified, now is charging me $150 for the driver's time

Question: I live in Florida, and rented a dumpster for 2 weeks to empty out an old barn on the property. Naturally I wanted the dumpster next to the barn. The barn is located in the backyard (2 acre property) which is accessed through a double wide gate which my pickup truck has no problem navigating. I ordered the dumpster Friday night for delivery Saturday morning.  Saturday morning I received a call from the dispatch person saying that the driver would not deliver the dumpster into the backyard because of concerns about a tree limb. I told her to cancel the order, because we are selling the house and do not want a dumpster in the front yard, and the entire point of having the dumpster in the first place was to make it easier to empty the barn (we have bulk pickup every 2 weeks so that is how we will apparently be emptying the barn). The dispatch person said that since we are refusing to accept the dumpster in the front yard they will be charging me $150 for the driver's time and gas. She also referenced some clause in some email that she sent AFTER they took my money via credit card. I never signed anything. What are my options here? I contacted the CC company (Visa) and they said that they can't do anything at the moment as the charges were still listed as 'pending' and that I should contact them once the charges go through. I'd appreciate any advice. Thanks!!

Answer:
 This sounds like a reasonable fee for canceling after the driver showed up.

The fact that you haven’t signed anything doesn’t mean anything.


Title: is a doctor's office liable for what they promise? location: NYC

Question: a doctor told me i should get an hsg test. i went to the radiologist to get the test, and she told me that since the test could be perceived as a fertility boosting test, insurance might not cover it.  i said, wait, i'm not walking in, let me call the doctor's office and insurance to see if it's covered.  the doctor's office assured me they would issue the right codes so that it would be covered.  fast forward 7 months and i get a full bill.  i call back the doctor's office and they let slip that the lady i likely spoke with was fired bc she was wild, always doing stuff like this.  i don't feel i should have to pay the $1200+ bill due to their negligence. without a tape recorded conversation or proof, do i have any hope?

Answer:
 No, and even if you did have proof, the doctor's office isn't responsible for verifying your insurance details. They'll call to verify coverage, but if you want to be sure you know what you're paying for, ask your healthcare provider what CPT codes they plan to bill, then send those to your insurer and ask them to verify network status, approved maximums, and what your out-of-pocket should be. They usually have written forms you can do this on, but you can also ask about CPT codes and associated coverage by phone or email when available.

So just to recap, even if you had the recorded conversation, it still would not help your situation.


Title: Can my landlord make me leavy house to show it to a new renter?

Question:
I live in Colorado and have been having issues with my landlord already. We gave our notice and are moving asap. She told us she was going to enter our apartment to take a piece of Internet equipment that we never had and when we refused switched her story to she has a potential renter coming to check out the place. We know it's a lie but we can't stop her. She cancelled saying the renter "rescheduled" and now is saying she's going to show them tomorrow but we need to be out of our apartment to do so.

Due to different verbal threats she has made we're very suspicious that she's trying to set us up and feel very uncomfortable not being there. Can she kick is out to "give a tour"?

Answer: No, you have a right to be inside the apartment during the showing.


Title: Lawyer pushed me towards guilty plea for a crime I did not commit, can I appeal after entering guilty plea?

Question:
(Grant County, KY)

I have been feeling a good bit of cognitive dissonance in the past few days over my lawyer scamming me pretty good. She basically worked to end the case as quickly as possible (pushed for deal at first court appearance) so she would no longer have to deal with the case and told me that if I plead not guilty, in her words: "You will go to jail for a week".

I explained to her the reason I failed my sobriety test was due to anxiety brought on by the police officer (I did not have any drugs on me and blew a .00 on the breathezlyer- I was arrested for simply failing the test and then the prosecutor pointed towards minimal traces of marijuana in my urine as why I was intoxicated). My anxiety only intensified when she brought up jail time and she brushed aside my attempts to explain to her that it was anxiety, not drugs that caused my failed sobriety test. Not once after I paid her did she reach out to me and try to get more information from me. Each time I had to contact her to see how the case was going.

I have been seeing a doctor since middle school for general anxiety and ADHD so it seemed like a plausible argument to me. She did not feel the same way, explaining the costs associated with such a strategy would not be worth it.

I feel like I could potentially sue her for breach of contract, as it was painfully obvious that she demonstrated minimal effort into the case  but this is not what I want. It pains me that after just graduating from college in December, I have this black eye on my record and have been disqualified from jobs already for this crime I did not commit. My father has told me to not worry about it, and there is nothing I can do besides use it as motivation but I have a more difficult time with such injustices. I realize appealing a conviction after a guilty plea is extremely difficult, do I have any shot?

Thank you very much for responeses in advance.

Answer:
 > aside my attempts to explain to her that it was anxiety, not drugs that caused my failed sobriety test.

Could you have offered any medical support for this hypothesis? Because it sounds like something an illegal marijuana user trying to get out of a DWI would say.Answer #2: >  crime I did not commit.

What? You said yourself:

> traces of marijuana in my urine

Sounds like you *did* commit the crime.

Regardless, if you didn't want to plead guilty, then you should have pleaded not guilty. No one forced you to do anything.


Title: Do I have grounds to sue this high school in Maine?

Question:
Four years ago (my freshman year)I went to the Worst School  I’ve ever seen. Even from the sketchy things like the fact they didn’t have enough room on their campus for the freshmen even though the school was 6-12 and decided to send them into the words for “an interactive learning experience” (they literally  sent us into the woods told us to “learn stuff “ without any instruction and got mad if we didn’t do the assignment they imagined we’d do) I just thought the school was a little wonky.

Insert the Washington DC trip. During this trip I was doomed in a room with 4 students one of whom was FTM trans (I’m female) the student on the 2nd night there decided to try and slit his wrists as he was depressed due to the rooming situation.  The teachers who went with us were definitely unprepared as was I for that situation, they moved me and the 2 other girls out of that room for the night and had the student call Crisis.  The next day I was approached by a teacher and asked if I could spend the next night in the room with the Trans student to make sure he didn’t do anything crazy. I being a Naive 14-15 year old agreed to do i.t nothing happened the student didn’t actually hurt himself again but this whole situation is sketchy and I don’t think they legally can ask a child to watch after an at risk student.

Honestly I don’t want money. After my freshman year I moved to a private school and  I’ve never looked back but my best friend from my old school and I were just talking and they’re still up to shady things.

They split their schedule into 6 blocks which normally would not affect anything but the state minimum requirement on credits is 21 meaning you can only fail 3 classes and graduate. My friends mom died during his sophomore year and he understandably had a difficult time. He physically can’t graduate this year because he needed 8 credits to graduate and they only had blocks for 6. All other schools I know of have the ability to get 8 credits per year and my friend was denied that.

Honestly I believe that school should be shut down, the next nearest high school is reasonably distanced  for most of the students to get to and there is actually room for them there.  If there isn’t grounds to Sue is there anything I can do to get this school shut down?

Answer: You have nothing to sue for based on what you posted.


Title: [Indiana] (sorry if breaking sub rules) I'm pretty sure my friends are the victims of a hate crime. However, Indiana doesn't have hate crime laws. Can't they still pursuit a case for assault, property damage, and what can they do about the cop who didn't care?

Question:
[my post here is getting downvoted in r/Indiana...](https://www.reddit.com/r/Indiana/comments/8dpap0/im_not_from_indiana_but_my_friend_is_and_i_think/)

But that's okay.

TL;DR - Lady screams towel head at my friends who are minding their business. Hits their car, hits them, rips their clothing off, throws shit at their car damaging it. Witnesses want to help. Cop shows up. Cop says nothing can be done, doesn't take wintesses information, says they don't need a police report.

ELI-FUCKING-FIVE:   HOW IS THIS NOT ASSAULT, IF NOTHING ELSE.

Edit: i'm going to apologize for saying "eli-fucking-five" and using all caps... i'm very upset that the cop, and some other folks are saying nothing can be done.

I'll leave the post as-is, but do want to say i probably shouldn't be screaming lol

Answer: Have your friends go in and file a report. Your tale makes me wonder if cop thought they were only dealing with a traffic accident and  thats why they were so blasie about it. Answer #2: Yes, the availability of other criminal causes of action is not dependent on whether a hate crime statute exists.


Title: Cops gave me a ticket on my driveway for not having village sticker.

Question:
I’m in a pretty confusing situation. I live in Chicago and my address on my license says Chicago and not the actual village I’m technically living in. The city of.  Chicago requires you to have a city sticker otherwise you can get ticketed. I have a Chicago sticker but not a village sticker because my logic says why the heck do you have to be taxed twice it doesn’t make any sense. Anyway, This morning I get in my car and I see a citation on my windshield. The officer wrote the ticket at 5 AM on my driveway. How the heck are cops even allowed to basically go on your driveway before the crack of dawn and write you a citation? I’m flustered about the entire situation. I mean I figured the only way they’ll leave me alone is if I pay a village sticker, but that’s basically extortion. I swear the government is a bunch of crooks looking to bully the small guy.

Is there anything else I can do to contest this besides paying up and getting a village sticker? And is it even legal for cops to be prying around on your driveway?

Answer:
 "The law says I have to do a thing. But I think the thing is dumb so I didn't do the thing. A police officer saw I didn't do the thing that is required by law and gave me a ticket for it."

I don't see the problem here. Answer #2: Your driveway is in plain view from the public street. It is perfectly legal for the officer to come onto your property to ticket you after witnessing something in plain view.

The law where you live says you have to have a village sticker, then all you can do is get a village sticker. If you do not like it, you can run for public office or convince those in public office to repeal the law. Answer #3: If you "technically" live in the village and they require a sticker, you "technically" need to buy a sticker and place it on your vehicle. Answer #4: If a sticker for the village is required, and you don't have that sticker, and the punishment for not having that village sticker is a ticket, then I'm not seeing on what grounds you could contest it.

There may be some issues with cops coming on your property randomly and poking around and discovering the lack of sticker that way, but if they saw the lack of sticker from the street and then came on your property to issue the ticket, that may not be as big an issue.


Title: Pennsylvania, USA: Wondering if a makeup donation drive for transgender women would ever be feasible.

Question:
Sometimes, I send small "care packages" of cosmetics to transgender women who don't have the funds, support, or ability to obtain them themselves. I've always done this on a personal level: I'd notice a transwoman talking about her struggles on a forum, I'd offer her help via PM, and if she accepted it, I'd send her a package of stuff, no strings attached.

Part of me wonders if this would be doable on a larger scale. Y'know, people could donate stuff, I could arrange it in packages catered towards individual women, and then I could ship it out. Or they could donate a small amount of money to pay for shipping, products, etc.

But I have concerns. Namely:

* The stuff would most likely have to be all new to avoid any kind of lawsuit, right? That's not inherently difficult, but I worry about people tampering their stuff, or sending in something that isn't ACTUALLY new because they just want to help. (A lot of high-end makeup doesn't have plastic wrap tamper-resistant packaging, just cardboard boxes.)

* If there was a higher demand than I could meet with the packages, could I get in some sort of trouble? For example, could somebody claim I was discriminating?

* I run a beauty blog, so I worry that people would think I was keeping things for myself. How would I document the donations and shipments to prove it's for charity, with no personal profit?

* It'd run on the honors system, which is scary. Somebody could pretend to be a transwoman in need in order to get free goods.

* I'm thinking the easiest way to do this might be to start something on GoFundMe or Kickstarter, explaining what the donated money is going to pay for. Is that a bad plan? How do legalities change with those sites?

I dunno. Does that seem like it could ever be feasible? It's a cause I feel very strongly about, but I'm worried I'd mire myself in legal problems.

Thank you for your help!
Topic:
Computer and Internet

Answer:
 Cool idea. You're largely worried about nothing, but I understand your concern. I'd look into starting a non-profit, fundraising, and sending the packages yourself. That takes care of tampering issues, because you (or people you know) are the ones handling things.

I wouldn't worry about discrimination. There isn't much you can do about people lying, probably. It'll happen, but hopefully not enough to make a huge impact.

Also, think about contacting makeup companies. They might throw some product towards something like this.Answer #2: Practical advice rather than legal advice: you can try contacting local LGBT or trans* rights associations. A good place to look is colleges and universities, most of them will have at least some sort of club, group or association who might be of assistance. Even if they have no experience they might help with researching these things and putting in time and effort.


Title: Regretting co-signing on a home loan

Question: What would happen if I walk out of a co-signed home loan? What are the legal/financial consequences that I could face? Could I be sued or denied buying a house/car in the future, my credit score, etc? By walking out I mean not selling the house/not signing any kind of transfer papers

Answer:
 You can't opt out of a loan you're in.

As a co-signer, you're responsible for the payments if the main signer does not pay.

You can be sued for the debt.  They can foreclose on the house, which will ruin your credit.  You will owe them the money for the loan.Answer #2: Co-signing on a loan, legally speaking, is the exact same thing as getting your own loan. You face the same legal repercussions for "walking out" on a loan that you co-signed on as one that you signed by yourself.


Title: Returning Misdirected Mail

Question:
Alright, so I fucked up.

I currently am living in a dorm with two other roommates at my University. A few weeks ago, I received an envelope in the mail that was addressed to our address, however it had another person's name on it. I wasn't really sure what I should do with it, but I didn't think it through very long, and I just went ahead and opened it out of curiosity. Inside I found a Halloween card addressed to some girl I had never seen before, and inside was 25$ in cash and a picture of the girl. It was sent by  her aunt.

At this point the guilt was setting in, but I had already opened it, and I thought it would look really sketchy if I just taped it back up and put it in the misdirected mail area. I held onto the card and money, and tried to forget about it, hoping that it would go unnoticed.

Fast-forward to today, I met with a hand-written letter that must have been slid under my door from the girl that the letter was originally addressed to. She basically said that her aunt mailed her something, and that this is her old address, and if we could just correct it and put it in the misdirected mail area it would be much appreciated.

I am not sure where to go from here. I want to put it back in the misdirected mail, but I feel like she might report us if she sees that it was already opened. I know I messed up, but I am just trying to figure out my best plan of action from here, and what the possible legal repercussions are.

Answer:
 Stick the envelope in another one with the new address, maybe a note saying sorry I opened it by accident.

As long as you keep what was originally in there, I don't see no harm. You're doing a nice enough thing to redirect it


Title: Labor Law, Connecticut, quitting and getting hired again by the same company to avoid recruiter

Question:
So here is what happened with my girlfriend.

She found a job on craigslist, she contacted them, interviewed with a recruiter, and then with the doctors office, got the job, and is paid by the recruiting company (who charges the doctor)

the recruiting company never reached out to the doctors office asking to post the job, they found the job posted elsewhere, and reposted it all over to find candidates, then presented them to the doctor as their own candidates.

The recruiting agency has been collecting money for health insurance for 8 weeks and has given any information for it to be used or the insurance card, and has in general been dickish to any questions.

I spoke to the doctor who is paying an extraordinary amount to the recruiting agency.  My girlfriend would get a significant raise as well as the doctor saving money if the recruiting agency wasn't getting paid.

I looked over the new hire paperwork, and it doesn't seem to say anything about quitting the job other then for unemployment purposes or being tied down to a contract.

Can she quit the job formally, thus ending the relationship with the recruiter, and be rehired directly by the doctor?  / Who should I contact about something like this?  There wasn't much information online regarding this.  I know Connecticut is an at-will state, does that mean she can't be held to a employment contract?

Any advice on this is really appreciated, even if its just pointing me elsewhere!

Thank you!

Answer: hard to believe the recruiting company wouldn't have some kind of clause in their contract with the doctor to prevent just this.


Title: [California] How do I make sure the HOA for my small building is in good legal standing?

Question:
I bought a condo in a two unit building in SF last year. There is an HOA with CC&R's tied to the property in public records; however, as I understand the HOA has been operated in a very informal fashion for some time -- i.e., most communication has been done by email, formal meetings have been rare to nonexistent, etc. Since there are only two units, there are no "officers" or "board". The HOA has been religiously collecting dues and has done at least one special assessment in the past two years. HOA funds are held in a small business bank account at a local branch of a major bank.

Shortly after I bought, my neighbor in the other unit decided to sell. We went down to the bank together to transfer his name off of the account and mine onto it. We found out that his name was actually never on the account, as the signature card he signed was never turned in. The only people on the account were the former owners of my unit. He had been signing checks for the HOA for years, and the bank hadn't noticed.

Since they had moved to a different state, it was not feasible to get the former owners of my unit into the same bank branch as me to put me on the account. Instead, I opened a new small business account, contacted the former owners of my unit, and asked them to close the existing account (which had been open for 25 years) and to transfer the existing funds to the new account that I had opened. They did so. I submitted the existing CC&R's to the bank as our governing documents, and I created an EIN for the new account on the IRS website. I did this because the old bank account was so old that I could not trace the origins of its tax id -- I had no idea if it was an EIN or somebody's SSN; however, I'm inclined to think it was an EIN, because the IRS rejected my initial attempt to create a business entity called "The [our street address] Association" with error code 101, which apparently indicates a name clash. To get around this I just added the word "New" to the name, and the IRS accepted that.

Now onto my questions:

(1) My understanding is that small HOAs like mine that don't actually have employees are generally tax exempt, but that in order to retain that status, they are required to file some annual paperwork with the IRS. Is this correct?

(2) Based on what I've seen, I don't think the former owners of my building ever filed any of these documents with the IRS. Is this likely to come back and bite me? If so, what should I be doing right now?

(3) What problems if any are likely to arise from my creating a new EIN when there may already be one out there for this HOA? The IRS site has a specific option to create a homeowner's association, and when you select it you have to specify the address -- is the IRS likely to notice if there are two EINs claiming to be the HOA for the same address, and will they think I've committed some kind of fraud?

(4) I have read that in California an HOA can be suspended for failing to file regular paperwork with the state. In our case, I am actually unable to find any record of my HOA in a search of business filings on the California Secretary of State website. Does this indicate that we're effectively running off the radar? If so, is this bad in any way, and do I need to register us?

Thanks!

Answer: You need a real, in person lawyer NOW. This is going to require looking at all your documents and past filings to figure out what the status of your HOA is and what filings are needed. The leg work/research and potential issues are far beyond the scope of this sub. That being said, this all should be an expense the HOA pays for, you know, once it is a legal functioning entity again.


Title: Married in Hawaii but live in AZ. Husband is stationed in Germany. He's asking for a divorce. Custody for unborn child - currently 5 months (Arizona)

Question: My husband and I have been married only 1.5 years. He's in the military, stationed in Hawaii. We have never lived together in this time despite my requests to live with him. I'm currently 5 months pregnant and he's asked for a divorce. I would like a divorce myself because he has not stepped up at all in our relationship. He doesn't support me and my daughter financially (daughter from a previous relationship, bio dad is involved - no custody issues). My husband said he had looked into the divorce process but I have yet to hear exactly what. I married in Hawaii but currently live in Arizona and he lives in Germany. How would I go about a divorce married to someone in the military? I'm pregnant and how would that go about in custody? He said he wouldn't fight custody (I know, you never know) but he's more interested in traveling the world and he feels like we're holding him back. I honestly do not want anything from him. I just want to divorced from him. I have a good job(s). Any resources and answers will help... I've been Googling information but it's not very clear.

Answer:
 If he is not supporting you financially then call the nearest military base. You can find the family advocacy number and they will take care of you. If he is military then he is required by regulation to support you with a certain amount of money based on his rank.Answer #2: > He's in the military, stationed in Hawaii.
>he lives in Germany

Does he live in Hawaii or in Germany? If you are actually married, he's getting more money from the military for your housing. Have you ever received this?

 Regardless, the military has divorce lawyers. Call one of them.


Title: NJ / International Law - Protection against kidnapping a US child in the Philippians

Question:
Hello r/legaladvice,

TLDR - what type of legal protection would i have in the event my wife took our daughter back to the PI and never returned.

i'm curious about the level of protection and it's effectiveness when it comes to kidnapping US children while in the Phillipeans ("PI").

begin long story to explain why i'm asking this:
My wife and i are getting divorced. I'm a normal white american guy, she's from the PI but has lived here for 20 years. we have  3 yr old daughter and a son who lived 5 months and passed away from SIDS about 1 yr ago. My wife and her family blame me for the death because it happened while i was watching the baby. months ago they told me that they have plans to make sure i'll never see my daughter again, but nothing ever came from it. it probably was said out of anger and not premeditation.

now she wants to travel back to the PI for vacation, and swears that she has no ill intentions. i 80% believe her, but i'm still cautious because there's so much hate involved. i'm trying to be as fair as possible here, so although she has every right to take a vacation with her kid, it makes me very nervous that there is a small chance i'll lose her forever.

i think her parents would have no problem taking my daughter. they think it's my fault our son died. they've told me that they plan to sue me for negligence in our sons death. even before Liam passed, they seemed to have no respect for my rights as a father - i think in their culture, the grandparents have more right to the kids than the father - point is, i think they would feel absolutely zero shame taking my kid from me.

conversely, if i block this, they will do everything they can to make my life hell.

so i'm trying hard not to be evil here, even though they are far from nice to me. now that i've established there is a risk of kidnapping, what type of legal protection would i have in the eventuality it happened? is there strong extradition treaties between the US and PI? is there any relevant case history here that would help me understand my chances of getting my daughter back if they took her? would the local authorities in the PI even care?

any help would be appreciated.

Topic:
Treaties and International Law

Answer:
 Lawyer, ASAP.

IANAL. I would personally tell her she is welcome to take her vacation, but the child stays in the U.S until a custody agreement is made through the courts. If your wife decides to stay there and not bring your child back, it will be a long, arduous, expensive, and difficult fight to get your daughter back to the U.S. At least with an agreement in place, you have a tiny cushion of fallback.

I would also highly recommend counseling for the two of you. If she's blaming you for the death of your son, and you are worried that she may kidnap your daughter, there is absolutely no way you two will be able to coparent effectively. A lot of trust needs to be rebuilt for the sake of your daughter.


Title: Fired for Youtube video (NV)

Question:
First post so I'll try not to ramble. Yesterday i emailed my boss from my personal email which is connected to my YouTube channel. I write original music and won't link it here so you don't think I'm plugging my music. A couple of my songs have to do with marijuana and explicitly show me smoking it.

Is he allowed to fire me for this? He said; "You know it's inappropriate and you can't expect a crew to respect you with shit like this out there. Good luck in the real world shaggy" and drove off.

Thanks in advance if anyone replies.

Answer: Yes. File for unemployment and look for a new job.  Answer #2: Yes, that's legal.Answer #3: Yes, he can fire you for something you do on your own time.


Title: “False” hospital estimate

Question:
Thank you in advanced, sorry for the long post, details are kind of important in this case.

My son (1 year old) had about a 90% tongue tie. We hear horror stories about what being tongue tied could do as an adult so we decided to get it clipped.

Went from our doctor for a referral to an ENT did a consultation and doctor confirmed he was tongue tied and talked about it being a 3 minute operation. I asked if this was medically necessary to get clipped and he kind of beat around the bush.

A little while later we got a letter from the doctor officer saying this exactly, “Based on information from your insurance, you are estimated to pay $700.00 for this surgery.” We even attempted to contact the hospital to discuss this calculation PRIOR to the procedure with no return call.

We went ahead and proceeded with the surgery. In at 5am and out by 730am, complete, no follow up or anything. A few weeks pass and we get our explanation of benefits from our insurance and they denied the claim stating it was not a covered procedure. The cost just from the hospital was $2100!

When we called the hospital to understand where they found their $700 estimate, it was a phone tag with the person, until she eventually quit calling or answering. Today when we called we finally reached another representative who advised us they calculated the $700 dollar estimate as $350 deductible and then the 15% coinsurance. They stated this is from running our insurance for our general policy info, not procedure specific and that they wouldn’t know they exact coverage until after a claim was filed with insurance AFTER the procedure.

I understand that exact dollar amounts can differ and I expected there to be a slight variance but not to find out that the procedure wasn’t covered at all! What was the point of the estimate letter if it isn’t procedure specific? Had we not been led to believe it would only cost us roughly $700 and been advised of the REAL estimated costs, we wouldn’t have had the procedure done at that time and would have looked into other avenues.

Now that the procedure is complete, insurance has denied the claim, the bill is outstanding, and we are asking to negotiate the amount due to the circumstances, the hospital is advising us that we have apply for Medicaid and the hospitals financial assistance prior to any negotiation.

I fear where this may go and that we will end up having to pay the full balance to avoid collections.

Any advice on how to properly handle this and ensure we don’t pay for their lack of a proper estimate process?

Answer:
 Estimates are just that. It is a patient’s responsibility to check with their insurance to confirm benefits and what the actual cost will be. For any upcoming visits or procedures. This is also true for preauthorizations; it is up to the patient to ensure they are obtained.

This is my assumption that it was a medical necessity denial although I have not seen the EOB.

What you can do is call the billing office again for the hospital/physician and see if there is a diagnosis that your child meets that also meets the medical necessity of the procedure. Or you can ask the physician to write a letter of medical necessity to your insurance.

The way billing works is certain diagnosis codes must be billed with the procedure code to meet ”medical necessity.” What was billed did not meet that by your insurance.

Edit: Reading through the chain of events again: Since the person who ‘checked’ your benefits only gave you the plan ded & coins amounts, you may have actually required preauthorization for the procedure.

Call your insurance and get more detail as to why it denied.  Sometimes if it’s due to no auth, a patient can work it out with the provider.


Title: Please help: a highschooler hit my parked car and her insurance isn't compensating me

Question:
I live in Idaho, and her insurance company is nationwide, I don't know if that matters.

I woke up a few days ago to my neighbor telling me someone hit my 2015 Forester while I was asleep at around 8am. When I walked out thankfully the girl didn't drive away and her father who's the RO for her 2002 Escape showed up. They didn't say anything to me but the officer stated she said she sneezed and jerked the wheel and caused the collision. It's a wide enough road for two-way traffic. I work for T-Mobile and I get the call almost every working day from someone needing legal records to show they weren't texting or talking on the phone while driving for insurance claims. I'm more than confident that's what was happening her vehicle hit mine hard enough to mount it onto the sidewalk. I contacted her insurance to take care of this for obvious reasons and was assigned a claim associate. When we were going over what I needed for compensation she stated I couldn't get time lost from work refunded as well as no further compensation for possible repairs in the future related to this accident. I make about 22.40/hr and have lost about 20 hours so far and I have a great vehicle that I can honestly say I took great care of. I guess what I need to know is what are the claims associates able to do and is it within her professional limits to compensate me for these things. Again I wasn't anywhere near the vehicle when it was hit and have missed a lot of time and money from this.

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TL,DR: my parked car was hit and the girl's insurance is only offering to fix my vehicle and not compensate anything else

Answer: You are entitled to the cost of repairs and a rental car while your car is out of commission. What on earth have you been doing that cost you 20 hours of work?


Title: Is it legal to "earblast" phone scammers? What's the general stance on it in most jurisdictions?

Question: Let's say you get pestered a lot by phone scammers and decide that enough is enough. One day, upon receiving a call and making sure it's a scam, you get your phone close to the speakers of another device and blast some ear rape on full volume. How legal would it be and can there be any consequences? Does there have to be any real damage done to the person or their audio device before they can press any charges? Would you strongly advise against such measures or feel like it's fine?

Answer:
 You realize their own receiver controls the volume on their end, not yours?
You're not going to do anything to them.  If you know its a scammer, block the number and move on with your life.


Title: [Australia] How to protect assets from remarriage?

Question: Long story short my dad may be remarrying and I don't mind with what he does with his own assets and money, but I wish to protect my deceased mother's assets (now transferred under my dad's name) and keep it within the family. My dad's will currently has me inheriting everything in the future, but i'm not sure if that will be legally relevant if he remarries. What steps do my father and I need to take to ensure that the assets are protected? Thanks

Answer:
 Sorry kiddo, it's not yours, it's your father's assets.

If there is something in particular that you are interested in, ask your father to gift it to you now, before he gets married.  As to the rest of it, you might get it, but it's entirely under the control of your father.

IF **he** wants to protect those assets, he can do so by using a prenup agreement, or gifting those assets before the marriage.


Title: [Oregon] Illegal Subletting Help!

Question:
I was staying in a subsidized two bedroom apartment. I lived in the place by myself, so I subletted a few times to earn some extra income. Recently, I went out of town for a month and subletted the extra room while I was away. The guy downstairs from me made a noise complaint and ended up finding out about the sublet. Now, I have been evicted. The girl who subletted from me has filed in small claims court for the rent she paid me. I didn't give it back to her because she got me evicted. Today, after about a week of being out of the complex, I got a call from the downstairs guy who says he's going to go to the city attorney's office. He mentioned some things about taxes and whatnot and to call him before he goes to do this.

My questions are...

1. Can I avoid being served by the renter who filed in small claims? I'm out of that city, and she wouldn't be able to find me. What can happen if I just stay hidden?

2. What can the downstairs guy do? Do I have any legal rights against him? He has NOTHING to do with this situation. I have already been evicted and have nothing left to do with the complex. I paid all my rent.

3. What other legal actions can be taken against me for illegally subletting? I've already been evicted and complied.

Topic:
Landlord Tenant Housing

Answer:
 First of all, you got yourself evicted. You broke the terms of your lease. Yeah, she was noisy, but if she had be authorized to live there under the terms of your lease, then this wouldn't have happened. You screwed up, you got caught, own up to the consequences.

1. It's possible they will just do a default judgement, even if you skip town. Also, are you planning on being hidden for 4-5 years, however long the statute of limitations is?

2. The only thing I can think of with the guy downstairs is that he's going to report you for the income you got from the sublet because he's assuming you didn't claim the income on your taxes. Whatever you do, don't talk to him. I highly doubt it'll improve anything. He must be really angry at you to keep being involved. That's doing too much, but if he wants to spend his time on trying to get you in trouble, I guess that's his prerogative.

3. Maybe the complex could sue you, but if they evicted you and have all their rent, then I don't think they will, but who knows? If you didn't report the income on your taxes, the IRS, the state, or even your county or city could come after you to try to get the taxes they're owed. Maybe you'd be audited for previous years too.


Title: [US][Tennessee] Quick question about child support

Question:
Okay so, if a girl told a guy that it is impossible for her to get pregnant, but then he does get her pregnant, would he still be held accountable for that?

Basically I had sex with a girl i only knew for like 20 minutes and now shes expecting me to take care of her kid. Should I be buying a bus ticket to mexico right now?

Answer: Child support is for the kid, there's a kid, pay up.


Title: [NY] My boss is refusing to pay unused vacation time after laying me off, there is no written company policy on this that I can find.

Question:
Live/work in NY, company is a LLC that was incorporated in Delaware for (I assume) tax reasons and operates two other offices internationally.

My boss (one of two CEOs) decided to lay me off and outsource my work two months ago.  I asked then about my unpaid vacation time and he said it was their US policy not to pay out vacation time.

I read and re-read my original contract, which contains absolutely no information on whether or not vacation is paid out upon termination.  I no longer have access to the 'employee handbook' type of documentation since I was pretty immediately locked out of my accounts, but from my memory when I read it there was no information there either.  It's very unfortunate I don't have that documentation in my hands any more.

The NY state department of labor explicitly states on its website that IF: an employee has earned vacation time, AND: there is no written forfeit policy, THEN: the employer must pay the employee for accrued vacation. [Link to where I found that info](http://labor.ny.gov/workerprotection/laborstandards/faq.shtm#11).  From where I stand, this seems to clearly state that I should be paid for my two weeks of unused vacation time.

It's potentially worth mentioning also that the NY office at this company is very small.  I was the only salaried employee working there who was not an executive, so it would seem their "US policy" is not actually a US policy, but a "laying off me specifically" policy.  Not sure whether that helps my case to mention, but it seems odd.

In addition to my vacation pay, the company also owes me an additional small (but not insignificant) sum that was missing from my last severence check.  I have been requesting information on the missing money for over a month now with absolutely no response from either CEO.

My current plan (which I am willing to be talked out of) is to hand deliver a physical letter to the office next week focussing primarily on the illegaily of not paying out my unused vacation time, but also mentioning the missing smaller sum.  I have been sending very polite emails 1-2 times a week about a reference letter I was promised two months ago and the smaller sum, but I have yet to bring up the vacation pay again.  If I don't get a resposne from the physical letter, then I am very tempted to file a claim with the state for my vacation pay. [Link to the form I found](http://labor.ny.gov/formsdocs/wp/Ls425.pdf).

To complicate the matter, I will have to leave the state temporarily because without being paid for my unused vacation and December being a terrible time for hiring, I am unable to make January's rent and will need to temporarily sublet my place.  I won't be going more than a few hours away so traveling back is still possible, but it makes it harder to show up at the office in person without advance planning.

Slightly unrelated, I am also concerned how this might affect ability to get unemployment (I will still have a NYS address as I am only subletting my place month to month).  If anyone has any experience with the NYS unemployment office and is willing to share, please PM me.  I would be eternally greatful for some insight.

My main questions are:

* Do I have a case to make to paid for my unused vacation time?

* Does the fact that the company is incorporated in Delaware change how NYS law affects them/me?

* Is my "current plan" at all a good idea (hand delivering a written letter and potentially filing a claim with the state)?

(Edited to fix list formatting)
Topic:
Labor Law

Answer:
 Not a lawyer, but some tips:

You probably do have a case for unused vacation time.

Incorporation in Delaware probably doesn't make a difference. They operate in NY, hired you in NY, have offices in NY, and you live in NY. See if your employment agreement mentions anything about which state laws govern your relationship.

If you're going to hand deliver a letter, I would mail two copies of your letter as well, one certified and one with regular mail. This way you have a receipt.

I would file for unemployment ASAP, as it takes time for it to go through. Your company will dispute the claim, which you can (probably successfully) appeal.

I would also lean towards filing the complaint with the Department of Labor (or equivalent). They will handle a lot of the legal stuff and investigation so you don't have to.


Title: Sold a motorcycle now buyer is threatening to take me to small claims court

Question: So i sold my motorcycle yesterday to a guy for $4300 and he looked it over and test rode it said he wanted it and handed me the $4300 the next day (today) he messages me saying he wants his money back theres a crack in the radiator and a crack in the engine and he will be taking me to small claims court if i dont give him his money back. I never knew and am like 99% sure the bike never had a problem because i rode it and never had issues. I live in colorado and did some research and google says i am under no legal obligation to give him the money back. Colorado lemon law is for only new vehicles and excludes motorcycles. What do i do reddit?

Answer:
 Nothing unless served with a court summons. If that happens, go to court and listen to the judge rule against the guy. It’s an as is sale and you are under no obligation to give him his money back.Answer #2: It's just buyer's remorse. It happens all the time, especially with expensive purchases made by young male excitement-seekers.

Just make yourself scarce. In the unlikely event you get a summons to small claims court, make sure to show up. He probably won't.Answer #3: Don’t give him the money back. Sounds like a scam.


Title: (OH) Mother of child refusing to let me see daughter. We have a Shared Parenting Plan

Question: To be brief, I was hospitalized in mid-April for a suicide attempt. Immediately after the mother of my daughter has been keeping her away from me and the entirety of my family. She states she "is uncomfortable with any parenting time" with me and my daughter. She also has refused to let my parents see her even if I volunteered to be absent from the visitation. We both have lawyers, I filed to a contempt motion (date is in July), she filed and Ex Parte motion, we have a GAL (has yet to begin with case). Is there anything I can do to force her to follow the plan for my visitation before the contempt hearing? Can I go to the police with the legally binding SPP and force her to let me have my parenting time? Please let me know what you would advise in this situation.

Answer:
 > We both have lawyers

You need to ask your lawyer.Answer #2: You are already doing it. You let the judge decide. The police cannot force a civil court orderAnswer #3: If you're following the advice of your doctor and your lawyer, you're doing everything you're supposed to and you will see your daughter again.  I'm sorry you're going through this and I hope you stay well.