Title: Landlord sending workers over without permission VA.

Question:
I'm currently out of town and have someone watching my wife's cat.    The girl showed up to check on our cat and found the spare key to be missing and people claiming to be painting the deck. (Who paints on Sunday?)

We specifically told our landlord that we are going to be out of town and don't want anyone at the house while we're gone.

Our landlord isn't answering her phone

So I contacted the local PD and they are going to go check to see if anything is amiss.

This isn't the first time that she has sent people to our house without checking with us.

Do I have any options to stop random workers from showing up?

Answer:
 You can't do anything to make your landlord behave short of moving. You can point out the laws and/or terms of your lease but you can't change the locks or anything like that, to prevent this.

If people show up unannounced call the police and report the trespassing. There was a thread here maybe a year ago where the cops arrested maintenance workers at an apt complex who let themselves in with no notice.

Lots of construction or laborer types will pick up a side job on a Sunday, nothing unusual about that at all. Answer #2: If you are not there how do you know that the landlord didn't send you a notice? And, in any case what do you want to get out of this?


Title: Immigration plans under 18 to New York/Ontario... would this work?

Question: I'm an American citizen and my girlfriend is South Korean, I'm 17 and so is she (birthdays are December/April respectively). She's in an awful family situation so we're planning on having her come and stay in my town in NY for 3 months in March 2018 on the Visa Waiver Program, then go to Canada for 6 months visa-free, then either extend the stay in Canada or come back to America on the VWP and apply for a K-1 Visa. What's wrong with this plan? It's a unique situation and I can't find any help regarding it. Finances are not an issue. She plans to get a GED and take the SAT when she's eligible in the US. I'm still in high school but financially independent.

Answer:
 First, she shouldn't "come back to America on the VWP and apply for a K-1 Visa" - It's one or the other. The K-1 visa is what allows her to enter the US. You don't apply for it when already in the US - there's no point. Of course, entering to the US on the VWP or on a non-immigrant visa while having the intent to stay permanently is visa fraud, and can get your application for Adjustment of Status denied on those grounds alone.

If you want to do this, and finances aren't and issue, pay a few thousand to sit down with an immigration attorney and do it right.

Answer #2: Terrible idea.


Title: [CA] Mom hasn't been paying her child's tutoring center $760 bill for the past two months. We don't want to take him in anymore because it's obvious she won't be paying. Can we lock the doors on the child and call the cops the next time she tries to drop him off?

Question:
So we run a tutoring service in the summer that works like a private school. Parents pay each month for their child to enter the classes. One child's parent has not paid all summer and always drops him off during recess when all the teachers are watching over the students. She has him run in when no one is looking and picks him up at the end of the day way later than we're supposed to be open. We're getting tired of this.

The manager wants to just lock the doors on the child when he gets in today. Can we call the cops on the mom for child abandonment since technically we aren't even obligated to take him since he hasn't been paying the fees, and therefore not a student?

Answer: Send the mother a letter that she is not to drop her child off until she brings the account current (or just kick her out of the program, your call) and you will be calling child protective services and/or the police if she does it again.  Don't put the child in any danger it's not their fault.Answer #2: Don't lock the kid out, he isn't at fault for his mother's actions. Bring him inside, sit him in the office and call CPS and/or the police.Answer #3: Make her come inside to pick him up. Then you can address it. If she is chronically late, then call the police on abandonment charges when she does not show up on time. Answer #4: out of curiosity, since instead of simply not paying a bill, she's having the child sneak into the place, would this be theft of service?


Title: OD and caught with 1-1.5 g of heroin in Cincinnati OH

Question:
spent a night in jail and have my first court appearance tomorrow morning

i have no priors, what do you think will happen to me and what should i do to prepare?  I plan to plead not guilty

Answer: Plead not guilty and get a criminal defense attorney. If you cannot afford a criminal defense attorney, ask to be appointed a public defender.


Title: My employer is asking my to do something I feel is unethical / illegal

Question:
I work for a large software development company and my job at the moment is to migrate a bunch of older software applications onto a new platform. We are based in the United Kingdom.

In carrying out my duties I was asked to install some third-party software onto the new platform. When I queried whether our license with the third-party permitted us to deploy this product onto the new platform (software of this type is often licensed by how many machines it is deployed onto) I was given a puzzled look and asked 'What do you mean by our license? It's just free isn't it? You can just copy the file from another machine".

I promptly informed my employer that the software is not free and actually has a reasonably significant cost incurred annually for the commercial use of the product. I did not install the software and asked my employer to investigate whether we were currently licensed to use it on the existing platform as we have been running it for a number of years.

Fast forward a couple of weeks and although I have seen no evidence to support our company being licensed for the existing usage of the product, or that the third-party is even aware of our usage (not to mention the additional usage by using it on the new platform I have been asked to move it onto), I have been repeatedly asked to install the software regardless of the fact that my employers have confessed they are likely breaching the license. I have proposed alternative solutions using drop-in replacement software with more permissive licensing but this has so far not been investigated.

I have never before refused to carry out an action given to me by any employer but I have so far refused quite explicitly to carry out this task without evidence from my employer that they are legally allowed to install this software and have procured the appropriate license from the third-party.

Although I am personally not the greatest defender of digital copyright when it comes to my personal life I feel uncomfortable with being required to carry out an action within my job role I deem unethical and potentially illegal.

My questions to /r/legaladvice is firstly whether this action is potentially illegal and secondly could I be personally liable for breaching the terms of the license agreement if I am asked to do this by my employer. Am I legally protected in refusing to commit an action I believe is unlawful?

I'd also be interested to find out what should likely happen in regards to the years we have been operating the software without paying the license costs? This amounts to the best part of a million dollars and is likely worth pursuing for the third-party. They are based in the US so I'm not sure how things like DMCA translate across to my own country.

Answer:
 Suggest you start going up the chain of command on this one.  Document everything.  If you are working for a substantially large enough company, compliance along these lines should be no big deal and your supervisor (I assume you mean "supervisor" when you say "employer") may just not know better.

Make sure you have the order to install in writing via email  See if you have a compliance department or something that is supposed to be handling stuff like this.


Title: Warrant in Wyoming, but I live out of state

Question:
Hey, so I was traveling through Wyoming and got a ticket for possession of cannabis. I missed the court date, judge ordered a misdemeanor warrant and I live nowhere near Wyoming. Is there a way I can deal with this from out of state? How will having this warrant negatively affect me if I don't deal with it? I don't really plan to head back to Wyoming any time in the future. My biggest concern is that I plan to do some international travelling and I don't want this to make me ineligible for visas.

Thanks for any advice!

Answer: You can hire an attorney in WY to go to court on your behalf and attempt to deal with this. Otherwise, if you are pulled over, even out of state, you will likely be arrested on the warrant until WY decides if they want to extradite you or not.


Title: The partners of my company have admitted that I am responsible for more than my coworkers, but refuse to give me a similar salary.

Question: IL, USA. My company is basically a consulting firm. They make money based on when people hire them. Multiple companies over the past few years have only agreed to the contract if I am the contact point, these jobs being worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. I have made the company, without exaggeration, millions of dollars by being the supervisor for these deals. There was a situation recently where a secretary found the company financials (as they are un-encrypted on a public file) and I learned that a few people who started work months later than me are making around 45,000 more than me. None of these coworkers have ever brokered a deal. None of them have my level of education, and when brought up, the partners tell me that I need to just be patient. I have no HR. My company is maybe 30 people. They also are asking things of me, not my coworkers, that I feel may be illegal.

Answer: Find a new job


Title: Can a parent force a child to donate blood/marrow/bone

Question:
Just as the title says. USA primarily.

Edit: context,  watching an episode of Grey's anatomy where 18 year old has to consent to save dads life, doesn't know if he wants to. Thought about what would happen if they under 18
Topic:
Custody Divorce and Family

Answer:
 The minor just needs to tell the person who is swiping their arm "I don't consent to this donation" and they will stop. No doctor or tech or nurse will draw blood for a donation if the donor makes it clear they do not consent.Answer #2: No. Hard no. I cannot imagine a physician that would allow a parent to “allow” a child that age to “donate” organs/blood/etc. with the exception of end-of-life situations. It would be a violation of medical ethics and likely the physician could be subject to disciplinary actions.

Occasionally minors do donate to siblings, but they need to be old enough to understand what’s happening and usually they are assigned a guardian ad leitum for the purpose of explaining what is happening and to ensure the child isn’t being forced or abused.


Title: Girlfriend said nothing when I told her I took 40 pills to try and end my life, is this a criminal offense?

Question:
So basically my now ex-girlfriend was staying over at my house with my family a few weeks ago. I live with my father, 2 sisters, and brother. In 2 years, this is probably the 5th time she has stayed overnight.

I had been feeling very depressed and knew I was allergic to Tylenol, and also possessed a Four Loko. So I ended up drinking the Four Loko while everyone was asleep and took around 40 Tylenol 500mg pills. After I decided I was done taking enough pills, I went back into the room my girlfriend and I slept and mentioned to her multiple times, without raising my voice, that I had drank the Four Loko and also taken around 40 pills of which I am allergic. She told me to come to bed and I did, only to get up a minute later, proceed to the bathroom, and began throwing up the contents of my stomach. I did this once more about 5 minutes later.

My sister who was sleeping in the living room at the time, came to the bathroom and asked if everything was alright since she heard me throwing up. While I was throwing up and completely out of my wits because of the deadly combination, my girlfriend said to her that everything is fine and thus, my sister went back to sleep.

My girlfriend then ushered me back to bed where I passed out. I will not discuss events that follow except I got committed involuntarily to a mental institution by my dad when he found out the day after. He was unhappy that my girlfriend had the gall to not say anything to any family member of mine at the house that night. I could've very easily died.

So my question is- Is there a criminal charge I can pursue against her for not taking action? Or in general, what are my options for dealing with this. I would like to pursue the highest charge possible against her.

Thank you all for your comments and I'm doing much better now.

Oh, and she never spoke of the incident to me ever, didn't ask how I was feeling, or if I was okay mentally. There was no compassion on her part, which is why we are no longer together and why I want to pursue legal action.

Answer:
 There is no law against what she did. Generally, threatening yourself and expecting others to help you is a way of forcing other people to pay attention to you by manipulating their emotions, it's considered emotionally abusive to do this to other people and for that reason the law does not require them to help you. The law will not help force people to attend to your needs.

Best of luck with your treatment, and I hope you find someone who can make you feel emotionally supported in the healthiest way possible. Legally it's probably safest for both of you to minimize contact and to try and move on with your treatment.Answer #2: She is not responsible for your actions.

You should seek psychiatric help for attempting suicide.Answer #3: This isn't your girlfriend's fault. Take responsibility for your actions.Answer #4: You were drunk and puking, it's reasonable to think it was a direct result of the alcohol and nothing else. It's also very selfish to try to kill yourself around family and be mad no one stopped you. Not surprised she's lacking compassion because it's clearly for attention. Keep getting help.Answer #5: It is not a criminal offense, nor do you have the ability to "pursue the highest charge possible".Answer #6: No, she has no legal obligation.Answer #7: not a lawyer and idk if you’re thinking of the commonwealth vs. michelle carter but from what info you have provided — the circumstances are different.

it may not be compassionate — but she’s not criminally responsible for your actions.Answer #8: How would she be to blame? Get help OP but legally your girlfriend didn't do anything wrong, morally yes, get her out of your life, but move on.


Title: ISP Subpoena received from Comcast regarding torrent Downloading it says Plaintiff "Strike 3 Holdings"

Question:
Hi , I have received a ISP subpoena in regards for torrent downloading . The plaintiff name mentioned is "Strike 3  Holdings "  and this is all filed in New Jersey Court, Hudson County. They have mentioned some 60 videos in their complaint.

I am really worried regards to this notice which says they will release my Name and Address only by 7th Jan.

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I am living here in apartment building, where 6 apartments on same floor and any body have access to my signal. I have shared my password sometimes with my neighbor. Also with Paying guests staying in my place.

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I am on work visa and have 2 dependents, this is really scaring me as I was not even aware that this kind of letter can come for some downloading.

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While reading through internet many people suggest 3 things.

1. File a motion to quash this subpoena. But this options they say it rarely works. And in most cases it only works when your residence is not in court jurisdiction.
2. Ignore for now. And most likely you get some demand letter/ Threatening letter. Act at that time and reach out to attorney . But do not talk or contact  plaintiff.
3. Fight the court case. But this option is too much for me. Being a immigrant with 2 dependents this will be very difficult path.
4. I am not US citizen, neither I have any assets/house here on my name. If some threatening letter or demand letter comes with some date after which they are planning for actually court case. For me the option is to Leave the country for 2 months , until this case gets dismissed. Because they only have  doubt on my IP address. If the person with whose name this IP is associated is not in US , it is highly likely case will be Voluntarily dismissed.

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Answer:
 Stop downloading porn.  Strike 3 buys the rights to porn movies with the specific purpose to sue people that share it.  That is their one and only goal.  Sorry to put it out there.

They are known to back off if you try and fight.  Mainly they are trying to shame you in to paying a ridicilous fee to settle out of court.


Title: Teacher recorded me and my girlfriend (both minors) engaging in PDA without constent and threatened us with it.

Question: Exactly what the title says. I had my arm around my gf and she stood up my hand was around her butt. Spanish teacher who is probably around 65 recorded it and then said he would send it to the office if we didn't send him emails saying it wouldn't happen again. Arizona. What can I do against him, is it illegal for him to record us?

Answer: Nothing. Why wouldn't it be legal to record something that is happening in plain view of the public?


Title: If I have medical issues due to work related stressors, am I entitled to anything? After saying something about needing to take medications, my HR department is treating me extra kind.

Question:
So I don’t know how general or specific I would need to be for this sub to help, but I hope I don’t need to reveal anything identifying about myself or my company today (it’s only about 100 employees, but i would rather not this be linked to me). I’m starting to get suspicious that I may be entitled to something and I am unaware of it. I get this feeling by the way my bosses and HR are treating me. I’m also worried that the opposite may be true and it’s that I’m doing something wrong and they’re just keeping closer tabs on me. Sorry this is long, it takes place over multiple events in 6 months and I really don’t know what will be found relevant or not. TL;DR exists at the end.

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**Backstory** in a nutshell

* our department head at the business retired this year

* we have been a little lower on staff than usual to run and manage things, this is because the company decided to wait before we replaced some staff that left around the same time so the new boss could do the hiring

* the new department head came in from another business of the same nature as ours

* the new boss has, since the first weeks she came on, been making loads of changes and adding new projects. She’s ambitious but doesn’t seem to sympathize with learning how we already do things, and her changes have been disruptive and added more work company wide in the name of a better business overall.

* she has this method of asking to review our work, documents and such, in a group. She will sign off or criticize the work and make us redo it. I am aware that I have a personal nervousness about criticisms, especially in front of my peers. I approached her about this nervousness right away. She said she hoped she didn’t sound so mean critical, she just needed things done in a certain way, which is in her right to ask.

* at this point in our personal 1 on 1 supervision meeting, I shared with her about my nervousness of feeling in trouble with her about my work, and that due to being short staffed I had taken on to cover running a lot of projects until we could hire new staff to help again. I told her running these projects take a lot of my time and it affects my personal work I need to get done. She acknowledged me, and said she would work on it.

* as time goes by, she hasn’t hired new help, and as I got rid of running the projects I was covering, she added new ones for me. I told her again I was uncomfortable having this many extra projects to run, and she promised she would delegate these projects to other staff soon. The issue is because we are short staffed, all of us in our department are running this many projects, and no one is comfortable adding more. Yet we are promised new hires soon, and the new employees will be able to take over some of this load.

* On top of that, when our business takes on new clients, it is our department that is the only ones qualified to do an intake process due to our level of education and licensure. The state mandates that the intake process be within 24 hours now, so the company took one of us and made that employee in charge of a new intake department (with higher pay, higher status in the company, etc.) since the new position was filled with an employee from within, we have one less person in our department now.

* the person who now is an intake department chair, does all the intakes in days she works, however, she worked Monday-Thursday and I work Tuesday-Friday. So I have been delegated with any intakes that happen on Friday on top of my other growing responsibilities from the new boss. I am also the only person in my department who works Fridays, and that makes my personal work responsibilities very busy on that day without the intakes.

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**So now essentially the stress began effecting my health.** I have been calling off sick more than ever, as I drive to work I get a knot in my stomach many days. I was warned by a friend to get checked out for an ulcer. When I went in and told my doctor the story, she checked me out, and told me that due to my stress levels my stomach acid could be eating the lining of stomach, which could evolve into lifelong health issues if untreated. I was given a prescription medication I have to take in the morning. She suggested I need to see a therapist or quit my job if something could not be done.

I let my boss know that work stress has gotten that bad for me, and she seemed very sympathetic. She promised me that soon she’d hire new employees to help me, and she’d be helpful if I needed anything. I was pretty assertive that if we had more help that it would help me, and help us help her make her ambitious changes.

Well, 3 new hires have come on since then, however they’ve been sent to other buildings/facilities to work and thus none of the projects I run can be delegated to them. There’s even employees that have been hired for specific days of the week that don’t coincide with the days the projects need to be run on.

The new boss also created these team meetings, interdepartmental, to discuss our clients. These meetings are two more precious hours of my work week, and with my multiple projects and my intakes on Friday, my primary personal responsibilities were beginning to be put on the back burner to manage. My coworkers felt the same way, and we sat with our boss to explain these 2hour team meetings were not necessary for us in our department, during which we could have some helpful input maybe 10% of the time *as needed* while the rest of the time we essentially watch the other departments doing their work together.

Our new boss was not happy with us for saying this. She said she felt that since we were her people in her department that she felt the most betrayed that we didn’t want to help her make our company a team. She also deflected our complaints about time management with these added ventures into a “well the other department has all this work and paperwork” as a way to invalidate our concern (clear logical fallacy. We do drastically different work, comparing apples and cucumbers at this point). At this point my coworkers and I have each other a look and knew this was a lost cause and gave up.

So it wasn’t until a few more weeks after this that two things happened.

1) we were asked by this boss to come to department team meetings, but not answer any of her questions. Long story short, this strategy makes sense because our theory had become that since the people in our department come from grad-school level education, the other departments had developed a learned helplessness where they wanted us to give all the answers and believed they didn’t know as much as we did (untrue, they are excellent at what they do). So by not answering questions in the meeting, the other staff would have to answer them and then we could praise them for good answers to show they’re don’t need our help for everything. However, once or twice there were questions that the boss asked that only people in our department would know, and when she didn’t get an answer from us she’d publicly say something about how we “*really should have known about that*” making us look incompetent in front of the other staff departments, even though we were asked not to respond to her questions. Now this happened multiple times, even after we clarified if we were supposed to answer if she had questions related to our department. One of these times happened to a coworker and it was worse than the other times. She talked back to the boss that she didn’t appreciate that and the boss took her aside and nearly yelled at her for it. So she went to HR about it the same day I did.

2) my Fridays had become a nightmare, we suddenly had 2-3 times as many intakes as ever before scheduled for a Friday, and I was still covering a project and trying to catch up on my personal/primary job responsibilities for that week. My anxiety got to me and on my breaks I cried in my car and talked to my mom on the phone, she was saying I needed to call in sick but she was afraid I wouldn’t calm down enough to drive home. I was so scared that this would be the time I let my bosses down, something was going to go unfinished, and it would cost the company. I thought I’d be yelled at. I calmed myself down, did all my primary duties, and at the end of the day emailed everyone involved with intakes why I was unable to complete more than half of them by myself before I needed to go home for the weekend. I went to HR the next week to say I didn’t appreciate doing the intake’s job (suggesting because they pay someone more to do it, and I don’t get paid more for Friday) but focusing on my concerns that my primary duties hit the back burner due to the excessive projects I run and the intakes on Fridays. I let HR know I wanted to focus on my stress and did not want to work the Friday schedule any more *due to my medical condition from work stress.* I let the HR staff know my boss knew about it and that it had been months without promised relief, only knew projects and new responsibilities.

The results of having reported to HR was an email from the CEO saying my department would no longer be given intake responsibilities, only the intake coordinator or our boss can do them. The other result, although HR had promised to keep it secret I went to them, was my boss suddenly remembers to ask about my stress levels *Every. Time. We. Talk.* and that if I ever need help she will help me. HR staff have also been very kind to me, such as even though they’ve gone on maternity leave for their first baby, they’ve told me *specifically* that I can call or email them and they’d respond to me while on leave. The final result was a few weeks later our department was asked to participate in a time study.

The time study is this form where we write what we did for every half-hour in our work day to get an idea of what we do all day for the company. We were told it was for our benefit, but It feels like a major no-win situation. Especially since a new project has been proposed to us, and two new duties have been added to all of us during this time study period, but we turn it in this week regardless.

Since going to HR a few weeks ago, things have been backsliding again. New hires aren’t able to take over my projects, and we are being asked to run other projects. Our boss even got permission to delegate intakes to us again if our boss only if we had time to do them in our day, which as resulted in group texts at 11 am such as “I have emailed everyone about 3 intakes already, why have none of them been done?” So apparently we are expected to drop everything to do the bosses job in the bosses time but not get behind. Last week in team meeting I decided to pass time by filling out some Christmas cards I had purchased, afterwards my boss said it was distracting and not to do it again, which even though I didn’t think it was distracting I agreed I’d not do it again, but today I got an unprompted email from the Boss with HR cc:’d to it saying as a follow up to that conversation that I would be allowed to write notes, doodle, or write cards since I’m not distracting. And tonight I was emailed and asked to take on a brand new project to run, I said I would speak to them in person about it tomorrow because I fully plan to say no (which also concerns me because the last time we said no we were scolded for not being yes-men/team-players).

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**TL;DR**

So to sum it up, I got so stressed by the added work from the new boss this year that I take medications to regulate my stomach acid so I don’t burn a hole in it and/or create an ulcer, and I began going to therapy to help learn to manage my stress. I let my boss know why I was so stressed, and was promised relief that has never come. More responsibilities were added to my overworked workload, and after avoiding a panic attack I spoke with HR (as did other coworkers for various reasons) there were immediate responses from the CEO and now HR and my boss have been way extra kind with me...even though my workload continues to be expanded.

Am I missing something? It almost feels like I’m suddenly being catered to as if I could sue the whole company at any minute so they’re trying to be careful. Even when I make mistakes, like doing a non work thing during a staff meeting, it turns around to be okay for me, or an HR staff telling me she will answer to my beckon call during maternity leave. Are they just kind? Am I paranoid if I think are they building a case against me by asking for time-studies?

Clearly I need to just find a new job, and hopefully I can leave while I’m able to say I left due to furthering my career opportunities rather than because of any type of altercation. Thank you for helping.
Topic:
Employment Law

Answer: I skipped your wall of text and just read your TLDR. Being overworked is not illegal or actionable, as long as you are getting paid for your hours. Your company is not responsible for your stress.


Title: [KS] Roommate threatening to press charges if he does not receive money from 2nd roommate and I

Question:
So I have to roommates, lets call them A and B. So roommate A and I each owed roommate B 50 bucks to account for a third of a 300 dollar check we had all received in our names. Roommate A committed check fraud by signing the check in all our names and depositing it without telling roommate B. So when roommate B found out he said he'd press charges if he didn't get his part of the money. So roommate A and I proceeded to write him a check and a money order respectively and give it to him to compensate. Next thing that happens is roommate B accuses us that the checks were stolen from his room. I myself have no reason to steal anything, I gave him a money order and was done with it. The fact that it was missing/stolen according to roommate B was not my fault. So now roommate B is threatening to press charges if he doesn't receive new payment to compensate for what we gave him in the first place and turned up missing. Granted roommate A could just write him a new check and be done with it, but I bought a money order, have a receipt and am not about to go spend 50 more dollars to get him a new one. Even if I don't need to spend another 50 I'm not wasting my time with this anymore. As for roommate A, roommate B expects 100 dollars from him since roommate B believes roommate A stole the check and money order. Anyways my question is this, is there anything that roommate B can do at this point given that the money was given to him already and we have proof to say we gave him the money?
Topic:
Douche

Answer: [We're talking about the guy that you were previously trying to screw out of his money?](http://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/2u8xzp/question_about_about_the_possibility_of_not/)


Title: [OR, TX, USA] Can I be sued for posting screenshots of someone’s Facebook page resulting in them getting fired?

Question:
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Topic:
Computer and Internet

Answer:
 People have the right to post racist things on Facebook and their employers have the right to fire them for it. People who do the first thing for some reason seem not to realize the second thing.Answer #2: She can sue you if she finds a lawyer to take the case, which would be difficult.

She needs to understand that Freedom of Speech is different from Freedom From Consequences.


Title: Hypothetical: If I write a story on /r/writingprompts and it becomes successful enough to either convert to a novel or screenplay would Reddit hold rights to the material?

Answer:
 Posting on Reddit gives the company an irrevocable and perpetual license to host the content, although you retain the copyright. You may have trouble getting a publisher for your work if it remains available for free on the Internet, which you could not prevent. But this problem would be less apparent with an adaptation of the original.Answer #2: No idea but https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome_Sweet_Rome  comes to mind as something along the lines of what you are asking

Licensing issues

Techdirt reported that due to Reddit's licensing terms, Erwin may not have had full ownership of the story he wrote, and may not have been able to fully transfer those rights to Warner Bros.[3] Concerns were raised due to Erwin's creation of the story in the Reddit forums occurring with and through participation and input from other Reddit users. The issues then became those of whether or not Erwin actually had the right to grant exclusivity to Warner, and that Reddit itself may own rights to those portions of the story created and shared on their website. While the concept of modern military forces involving themselves in conflicts with less advanced cultures is a common theme in science fiction (e.g. G.I. Samurai), in order to claim exclusivity, Erwin may be required to rewrite the story to remove those portions created through input of Reddit users.[3][15][16]

On October 21, 2011, Reddit administrators explained that the licensing terms were designed to protect the site from potential legal action,[17] and that they did not intend to block the production of the movie.


Title: Manager wants to take our tips to cover a till shortage/missing money. How is this legal?

Question:
Last week, my boss misplaced $200 cash. She told me there was $200 missing from the till, and she was pretty sure she was the one who misplaced it when she was counting the money. As the week went on, she could not find it anywhere in the finances/money in the safe. So now she in convinced somebody stole it. We are a small cafe in Oregon, and there are just a few of us that work there. Only 3 people touched the money that day.
Now, my boss is threatening to take the money out of EVERYBODY’s tips if it doesn’t show up. We have pooled tips daily, and she is going to take money from each of our portion of tips in the coming days we work to cover the total missing money.
How is this legal? Aren’t tips technically property of the employee, not the employer?
I have google but the area still seems grey. Please help.

Answer:
 No, your boss cannot do this. Show her this law:

http://www.oregon.gov/boli/TA/pages/t_faq_tadeduct.aspxAnswer #2: >Aren’t tips technically property of the employee, not the employer?

Not just technically, but actually and solely and completely.

Your employer could fire all of her employees because she suspects they stole the money, but she cannot confiscate tips, reduce wages, or demand cash reimbursement.

Some states would allow an employer to make an agreement with employees to be responsible for register shortages.   Oregon does not.


Title: Broke College Student [Pennsylvania] gets a speeding ticket in Virginia

Question:
So I'm in a bit of a serious financial bind here. I was recently down in Virginia for a conference for my (unpaid!) internship, and got a speeding ticket right after crossing the Chesapeake Bridge. He had me going 73 in a 55. I'll own up to the fact that I was speeding (though I still think I was just following the flow of traffic) and received a ticket.

Now, I'm fairly broke, but I'm completely fine just paying the fine and moving on with my life. However, what worries me is points that are going to be levied against my license, and my insurance costs afterwards. I have a spotless record, and would be happy to pay a higher fine to avoid the points placed on my license, however the courthouse I'd have to travel to is about 8 hours away, and it's not particularly feasible for me to travel down there especially with school starting soon.

I've already received a litany of advertisements from local law firms, but that's going to add another significant amount onto what is already turning into a pricey ticket. So I suppose my overall question is whether or not the points travel from state to state, and if they do is it possible to make a plea to plead guilty without the points being put on to my license?

Sorry if any of this wasn't clear, it's my first ever pullover and I don't really know the process. I seriously appreciate any advice you guys could give me.

Answer: You're lucky he didn't get you going 20 over as that would be reckless driving and a misdemeanor. You can certainly go to court and plead your case but you should expect an increase in your insurance rates. An attorney may be able to mitigate that for you.


Title: I have a doctors note, do I need someone to replace my shift at work?

Question:
I work at century link theatres and I am sick, with a doctors note and my work is trying to force me to find someone else to cover my shift tonight.

Is this legal? Should I contact HR? What should I do?

Answer: You didn't post your location, but in most cases, it's legal.Answer #2: Your job is probably at will, which means they don't need a good reason to fire you. Even if they *did* need a good reason to fire you, you probably don't have the resources to fight through a legal battle over this job. Find someone to cover the shift if you can.Answer #3: You don't *have* to find somebody to replace you. They don't *have* to keep employing you.


Title: Question about smoking cigarettes on house arrest

Question: I just turned 18 today, legally allowing me to smoke. However, due a previous incident I'm on house arrest with a restraining order against my father, although still allowing me live in the house on house arrest.  Im a smoker, been addicted for about two years, and now I'm 18 I would like to continue, but my parents still continue to forbade me around the house. If I step off of my property while still being in range of my house arrest monitor am I allowed to smoke even if my dad, who has the court ordered restraining order against me, tells me I can't? Or is this against the rules of house arrest since I'm not technically on my property, but still in range of the house arrest monitor? Also, does the restraining order mean I have to abide by my dads rules? I don't want this to be a problem that causes conflict between me and my parents so I would like to know if I'm still able to smoke under these circumstances, I will stop if necessary. It's just nice to be able to do one thing that I've enjoyed for the past two years(yes I know unhealthy) it just gets so damn boring sometimes on house arrest. California btw.

Answer: Sorry - are you on house arrest under a restraining order that your father brought against you and your father still lives in the house?


Title: Therapy Dog in allowed in medical office?

Question:
I’m an optometrist in Washington, D.C. and I just had an interesting encounter with a patient. Everything was amicable and I’m going to ask a hypothetical question to avoid any HIPPA violations.

If a patient were to bring in a therapy dog, not a service dog, am I required to accommodate and allow the dog in the exam room? Additionally, am I allowed to ask what service, a service animal is able to provide?

Thank you for your help.

Answer:
 ESAs are not protected by anything except the FHA.  You can ban non-service animals from your business establishment.

The two questions you are allowed to ask in regards to service animals are:

> (1) Is the dog a service animal required because of a disability?

> (2) What work or task has the dog been trained to perform?

If they say it is an emotional service animal, or if the fail to identify the work/task it has been trained to perform, you can ask them to leave.Answer #2: No, therapy dogs are not service dogs and do not have the same access rights as them.

You are permitted to ask two questions of someone bringing an animal: Is this a service animal requires it a disability, and what work/task is the dog trained to perform.

You do have the right to refuse access if the client refuses to answer, or the answer is to comfort them/help with anxiety. Those are not tasks the dog was trained to perform and do not make them service animals. Answer #3: Yes you may ask if an animal is a service and what it's been trained to do.

https://www.ada.gov/regs2010/service_animal_qa.html

ESAs are not service animals and don't have to be publicly accomodated.


Title: DUI Lawyer keeps pushing back court date

Question:
Hi

I was arrested for a DUI 12 months ago and have been working with a lawyer during that time. We meet once a month to go over the case and he says that I have a good chance to beat the charge. I have not yet had a hearing on my case.

Here's the problem. The lawyer is old and has health problems, and has pushed back the court date 3 times. Original court date was 4 months ago. We were supposed to go to court tomorrow, but he has pushed it back again. He's currently in the hospital..again. Despite all this, he continues to take a $1k monthly fee. I have paid him $11k so far.

I really want to get this whole thing behind me and I am getting very frustrated by the constant delays and legal expenses. I sympathize with his health issues but it's unreasonable for me to continue to pay $1k a month.

Is there any way I can transfer my case to a new lawyer? Is it possible to get some sort of refund for unnecessary legal fees?

I live in Arizona if that makes any difference.

Thank you in advance

Answer:
 Most DUI lawyers work on a one time fee, why is yours charging monthly?Answer #2: You can fire your attorney any time you wish.  Getting your money back may be difficult and require more legal wrangling.

But I would agree with the other comment that a recurring monthly fee for a DUI seems unusual.Answer #3: A friend of mine had a DUI and her lawyer kept delaying the trial for whatever reasons he could think of -- this ended up being the key technique as the longer the delay the more this "little" DUI trial was mixed in with the "larger" things that the prosecutor had to deal with, making this comparatively small potatoes more tempting to plead out.  So delaying might actually be the perfect strategy for you.

But $11k for a DUI defense is obscene unless you're a rich person with a fancy schmancy lawyer.Answer #4: Do you have some sort of unusual circumstances that would warrant paying so much?Answer #5: What's your contract with this lawyer say?  Is the $1k/month justified by him allegedly doing work each month for which he's charging you for hourly?  Is it just some sort of maintenance fee or some other contrived thing?


Title: [MN] Mortgage Loan Servicer changed to company with AWFUL reviews many accusing it of criminal/scam/illegal actions. Any recourse?

Question:
I was recently notified that my mortgage loan servicer has been transferred from one company to another, so I need to start making my mortgage payments to a different company.

This new company has 60 reviews on Google almost all of which are 1 of 5 stars.  Many of the reviews refer to this company as criminal, a scam or name specific illegal actions they have suffered in violation of their state laws.  They talk about dropped payments, incorrect payment issues or being forced to remove their escrow account along with little or no response from the company.

My loan was transferred to this new company without my consent, but I gather that this is normal and within the rights of the original bank to do.  I also assume that I have no say in the matter and no real recourse?  I'll just have to pray that my experience with this new company is uneventful?

My first payment is due (past due in fact due to them not giving me an account number until after the due date, which they said was required to make a payment), but there is a federally mandated grace period for first payments after loan service transfers, so I'll just go ahead and make this payment and assume I have no real recourse and continue to make payments as normal until an issue, if any, arrises.  I also started my own tracking sheet to double check all of their math and give me a record of all payments.  I also plan to avoid using auto withdraw due to several people's complaint about that feature as well, but which is probably prudent anyway.

Answer:
 Your technically have the resource to refinance with someone else, but of course there's no guarantee that it won't get resold back to the same (or another) shitty servicer.

Unfortunately, that also means you eat refi costs, but the current low interest rates may make it a good deal anyway.Answer #2: Check with your bank about their online bill pay.  See if they do ACH transactions with this company.  This means that the payment will be transferred directly into their account rather than your bank printing a check and mailing it to them, and that means there would be no room for the company to do any shenanigans with your payments.

The moment they try any shenanigans whatsoever, file a complaint with the CFPB.


Title: I was in a hydroplaning accident due to bad tires after inspection said my tires were good.

Question:
This all happened in Kansas. I was going on a road trip and had my oil changed and 30-point inspection at a dealership a week prior to leaving. I always check my tire pressure after as they sometimes overinflate them. But it appeared they never filled my tires despite saying the did on the inspection form. The tire treads were all marked as good, but I did not look at them at the time.

On the way home from my trip, I was in some light rain, and ended up having some hydroplaning issues. I slowed down for a while and as a car was passing me, my car suddenly spun left and we collided. No one was hurt, but my car was ruled a total loss by my insurance.

As I was removing my belongings I checked the tire treads and they were nearly bare, despite the inspection saying they were good. I checked my older inspection reports, and they actually showed my tires as being moderate to bad. I realize now my mistake in not doing something then, but I certainly would have replaced them during this inspection as I drove through a tornado the last time I made this trip.

My insurance would do something with this if the mechanics had touched my tires, but since they didn't, this matter is on me. I'm not sure what to do, as the least I would expect from confronting the shop would be a refund for the oil change, and at most help towards my deductible. Should I just take this as a tire safety lesson and let it go?

Answer:
 You can hydroplane on legal tires.

The accident was your fault, not the garage’s.


Title: Weird message whem selling fish tank

Question:
http://imgur.com/gallery/W7GvLju
I'm selling a fish tank (I used for a lizard) on an app that uses emails and got this response after telling this person it's still available. Is this a scam? Or a foreign person? (Which is totally cool and I understand) I don't do check so I'm not sure how this would work. He seems very direct which makes me a tad anxious. Any and all advice is appreciated!

Answer:
 Scam. They will pay you with a bad check for more than you asked, then ask you to use Western Union to send them the overage. Answer #2: Hello,

I have read your message and typed a very personal response that is definitely meant for you.


Title: [MD] USPS Liability for missing package?

Question:
Over the last 2 years, numerous packages have been stolen from our porch or mailbox after being delivered. When I know I am expecting a parcel, I set up text message alerts on my phone, and carefully track the progress and anticipated delivery date. I have met the mailman at the curb several times to collect packages, after spending hours watching out the window. I am pretty darn conscientious about my mail.

I believe the problem will not be resolved, as we live in a sketchy part of town, where my BF is caretaker for a cemetery. I do not htink it is an organized thing, or that it is the same person repeatedly.

in some cases, EVERYTHING is missing, sometimes the packaging is left behind, and occasionally, the caontents are trashed and left behind. The cemetery is 7 acres, and we get a lot of foot traffic (dog walkers, visitors) and the damaged/trashed items are generally NOT left right near the house or mailbox, but back in the corners.

If I know a parcel is coming from Amazon, I use the Amazon Lockers at my local supermarket. If it is FedEx, my supermarket also has a kiosk where you can pick things up. I rarely get USPS packages, and when I do, the mailman usually comes by around 4:50-4:55 and I get home from work at 5. This leaves a very small window of opportunity.

My daughter also uses my mailing address for parcels, as her building has one mailbox for 30 units and people just "pick through" to find their own.

Recently, we had ordered my daughter's wedding rings online. There was some weirdness with the tracking number, so I reached out to USPS (10/9). There seemed to be two packages with the same tracking number, and I was confused.

While I was waiting to hear back from the postmaster, I went into my USPS.com account and found the tracking number. I added a note to the carrier saying that if I was NOT AT THOME, to please leave the package in "an alternate/secure location," clicked "other" for the location, and keyed in a very specific location that would not be as susceptible to theft.

When the USPS representative called back (10/10), she said she was placing an "intercept" on the package. She said that when it got to the local post office, they would CALL ME before dispatching it for delivery.

As I was watching the tracking number, which seemed to show the package in transit for a REALLY LONG time, it looked as if it was going to be delivered during a period of time that I'd be out of town. But I figured the USPS had this under control. They were not going to send it out without toalking to me, and if by some fluke they did, the carrier would see the note about hiding it.

So I get back from my trip and check tracking and see that it says the parcel was left "IN/AT MAILBOX" so I check both the mailbox AND my specified secure location. Nothing. No mail whatsoever.

I called the USPS again and asked about it. They were able to check GPS and determine the carrier DID leave it at my address, but she was off the day I called, so they could nto say WHERE it was left. They promised to call me the next day.

I have called at least 5 times, and nobody calls back. I stopped by the post office on 10/26, but was told the supervisor was busy and to write a note (which I did) and she would call me (which she did not).

If the parcel was left somewhere else on the property (other than my specified location) it would have been helpful to find out IMMEDIATELY so I could go look for it there before someone else stumbled onto it. At this point, I would be surprised if the carrier can REMEMBER a package delivered almost a month ago, and I am frustrated.

If the carrier left it where I said, and someone saw it and stole it, THAT would be "my fault". I have SIGNS up that say that area is under video surveillance, but it is not. The mailbox is not either, but there are no signs there suggesting it is.

If the carrier left the parcel in the mailbox, after I had taken two-step precautions to preven that happeneing, who is responsible for it being stolen?

I contacted the seller, but for some reason, they did not have ANY insurance on the parcel (I had thought there was always SOME insurance on a parcel with a tracking number, but apparently ONLY if you choose Priority Mail).

Meanwhile my daughter has no ring, and is out $250.

Answer:
 Postal clerk here. This isn't advice on behalf of the USPS though, but one person to another.

Your best option here is to pay for a PO Box. That way your mail and packages are in a place where they're safe and secure from thieves. I know it can be a pain in the ass to do all that, but if you're in a place where this is such a common occurrence that you're *sure,* every time something is delivered, it's going to be stolen, it's really your only option.

I work and live in a **Very** rural area, but this happens even out here. There's really no way around it except that PO Box.


Title: How are jurors for a highly politicized case chosen?

Question: The news of Mueller's indictments yesterday got me thinking, how does the court select jurors when a case has already become so politicized that pretty much everyone has a predetermined opinion? Even people who say they're neutral could be lying to try and win the fight for "their side."

Answer: When you can't throw out the jury pool, you just ask them whether or not what they've seen will prevent them from making an objective opinion based upon the evidence presented and not the media they've seen. If they say yes, that's good enough. Having said that, there will still be people who don't know anything about the case. Some people seriously don't follow the news at all or in such a limited capacity that they wouldn't know anything of substance about the case.


Title: 14 year old brother arrested at school.

Question:
I live in SMALL TOWN, Texas. So last year my brother was apprehended for possession of an e-cigarette and paraphernalia on two separate occasions. Today, at the high school he was arrested for possession of weed (with a possible intent to sell).

My mother is also currently in prison for possesion of hard drugs. My brother lives with my grandparents and has his whole life. My fiance and I are currently staying with my grandparents while we house hunt. (We are both in our mid twenties)

I'm concerned about the cops coming to do a wellness check. I'm mostly worried that they'll come in and search and find my grandfathers pipe. He's a Vietnam veteran with PTSD and early onset dementia and has been smoking since Vietnam and it really helps with his moods and depression he's gained from his PTSD. I'd also like to know what steps I can take to have my grandfather smoking legally.

I'm also wondering what's going to happen to my brother. Is he fucked? I was arrested when I was 16 for shoplifting a misdemeanor amount, I had probation, but it was expunged and nothing ever came of it because I straightened up. He on the other hand already has those two prior offenses.

Answer:
 The police *might* do a wellness, but they don't have a search warrant. They aren't going to find your grandparent's pipe unless it's out there for them to see it in plain sight.

Nobody can predict how well or bad it your brother's charge will go for him. He needs to contact his public defender ASAP.


Title: Literally dozens of people keep getting stuck in the elevators at our office, but we're still being asked to come into the office every weekday.

Question: [deleted]

Answer: You can find a new job. I'm sorry, but they are offering an alternative (freight elevator) and just because you have some prejudice against the operator you can't claim that it's not an option. Don't get me wrong, your situation sucks, but if the boss is unwilling to do anything to demand repair (or is unable to, lets be real, he likely has a lease and little power to demand it), than your options are show up or find a new job. This isn't going to be an OSHA issue, and ADA won't apply if there is another option. Maybe call the building inspector/elevator inspector (it should be listed inside the elevator the last time it was inspected), but that will take time.,


Title: Former employer bad-mouthed my husband to a new, potential employer. Do we have grounds for a lawsuit?

Question:
As the title says. My husband was employed by a company 2 states away; he decided when we had our son that he would leave to be closer to home. He took a new job with a medical device manufacturer and was laid off in December.

A headhunter contacted him and got him an interview with a new company, who contacted his old boss from 2 states away. Old boss used words "lazy" and "unteachable" to describe my husband. Needless to say, my husband is neither of these things and every other reference he provided gave him a very positive recommendation. Also needless to say, my husband was not offered the job.

It was my understanding that a former employer could not give "negative" feedback about an employee...and we were completely blindsided by this guy's behavior. Do we have basis for a lawsuit for slander? We have no reason to believe that he won't do this again in the future.

Also worthy of note: This boss has been sued in the past for making racially harassing comments to employees of hispanic decent. One friend of my husband's got a six figure settlement out of the company as a result of this guy's mouth.

We're located in Massachusetts, the former employer is in Maine.
Topic:
Labor Law

Answer:
 > It was my understanding that a former employer could not give "negative" feedback

Not true at all. Many employers choose not to for liability reasons or they believe it's unprofessional, but there is no law that forbids it.Your former boss is allowed to give his opinion on your husband's work performance.

Now, if he said your husband stole money from him or came to work drunk, that would be something different, but lazy and unteachable are opinions.

Good luck with the job search.
Answer #2: The problem here is that "lazy" and "unteachable" are opinions, and your husband would have a difficult, if not impossible, time trying to prove them to be false. The former employer is allowed to have an opinion and communicate that opinion to others.


Title: Dealing with unsolicited order

Question:
I received a product in the mail from a company called LuxStyle. I immediately emailed them saying I did not order it, I will not be shipping it back due to shipment fees, I will not pay for it, please email me back to set up some sort of arrangement.

A month passed, no response, I disposed of the products because a) I don't know what is inside those things and b) I am not obliged to hoard an order that I never placed.

Two weeks after I got rid of the product, they sent me an invoice claiming I have to pay penalty fees for the product, plus the product price. The invoice said for me to go on some random website and pay through PayPal. I emailed them again, and they responded, but we're very persistent in asking me to pay. I then took the issue to my local bank, and they told me to simply ignore them.

A few weeks have passed now, and they sent me ANOTHER invoice, with another penalty fee. I contacted the company again explaining the issue, and the story this customer service agent is telling me is conflicting with the other customer service agent (one claimed no email was provided during the order, the other claimed an email was indeed provided).

I live in Ontario, Canada. Do I take this issue to City Hall? Is there a way to block them from mailing me further invoices? I am completely clueless at this point.

Thank you.

Answer:
 Tell them that you ordered nothing from them and you won't pay. Tell them not to contact you. Save all documentation and correspondence, with backups. They may go away after a couple more nasty letters.

If they sue you, defend yourself. If they send the bills to a collection agency, dispute it and demand proof that you ordered the item.


Title: Brother won't leave our parent's house, he's abusive and has a warrant. (Michigan)

Question:
We live in Michigan. He lived on his own back in 2014 and his house got raided for selling cocaine. He was arrested but they let him go because he ratted on someone else, but the cops wanted more info that he never provided.

According to public records, the last update to his case is:

03/19/2015: Recommendation for Warrant

03/19/2015: Drug Court Referral 1

Now he lives back at home. He's held up a knife at me, he is a very angry person in general, and is verbally/physically abusive (shoves us, threatens us, etc.) He's addicted to drugs and also sells cocaine, prescription drugs, and weed to random people.

How would I go about getting him out of my house? My dad won't kick him out because he feels bad. I will go to the cops if necessary, but I don't want them to raid my house and take all of our stuff (that he doesn't pay for or has purchased). I would hope to stay anonymous so that my family doesn't figure out it was my fault, but I'm not sure if that's possible (if I can't be anonymous I'll still go through with it).

Can anyone point me in the right direction on what I can do?

Answer:
 Since you don't own the house, you can't remove somebody as a tenant.

You can notify the police.Answer #2: The people with their names on the title can give him notice or evict him. If your dad is on the title/mortgage/lease and refuses, you personally can do nothing about removing him.

But if he's threatening you, call the police. Every time he threatens you, call the police. When he's using drugs or dealing, call the police. Expect your parents to be unhappy.


Title: [Michigan] I rear ended another vehicle that stopped infront of me to turn left, that I did not see. Looking for advice

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 1- because your did not intend to cause damage. But you did and they want to be reimbursed. Yes they can sue your door accidentally damaging them.

2- they can ask for damages, car, people, pain and suffering.

3- your car insurance will provide one


Title: I won in small claims court. Plaintiff wants to vacate judgement.

Question:
I recently won a judgement in a small claims court against a large multinational. The plaintiff wants to pay me more than the amount awarded. But wants me to agree to vacate the judgement.

Why are they so keen to vacate the judgement?

Is there something that can happen to the corporation?

Answer: Judgements are public record. That means anyone who has your same issue can determine that the company has successfully been sued for it before.


Title: [Toronto, ON] Ex boyfriend used me for an opportunity and then dumped me, I want to get revenge. Is this legal?

Question:
Can I message all his friends and let out all his secrets to embarrass him? I will tell the truth to them about him. I'm not threatening him or giving out false information about him. But at the end of the message that I send out to everyone, I want to include a message to him personally about why i'm doing this, I won't be sending this directly to him though just his friends.

Immature but he used me for an $8,000 opportunity and then dumped me.

Answer: You will look nuts.  He will look like a sympathetic victim.  And if you disclose private facts, he could sue you.


Title: HOA dissolved before we moved in. Who owns land?

Question:
So my wife and I just bought a house, and no one can answer my question. They keep bouncing me around to other people.

Long story short, the house we bought has 2 acres of land, but there is about 20 acres behind our house that used to be owned by the HOA.

Well, the HOA dissolved about 20 years ago, and the land has turned into weeds/tall grass. Who owns this land? Can I just clear 100ft out and start mowing it like my own?

Thanks

State of VA btw.

Answer:
 The HOA governing docs should state what happens to ownership of property shared by members upon dissolution. The owner of the land is whomever is currently named on the deed. Check the county assessor or county clerk and recorder’s office.

Answer #2: There's a very good chance the property taxes were not paid on this parcel and the land was foreclosed on by the city. Check with the tax assessor to see who the owner is. Answer #3: Get a title report for that piece of land. I'd start with the deed (probably in the HOA's name) and that may give you some clues but a title company can probably do a better job, won't be free in my area maybe $150.

You can probably start mowing it but I would not get too attached to it without speaking to an attorney. Adverse possession laws vary greatly by area and case law. Answer #4: I would clear parts of the land and grow a garden on it. After a few years of use build a basic fence and treat it as yours. Don't get too attached. Treat it as yours and record your use of the property (photos should work).Answer #5: The county assessor will show who has ownership.

Most counties have an online "GIS" map.

What state and county is this?Answer #6: What do the HOA docs say about this? Mine say that in the event of dissolution, all HOA owners get a equal shares in community owned land.


Title: [CA] Weird identity theft from mortgage lender after applying to rent a house

Question:
Ok this is a weird one, and I'm not sure what my options are but I would appreciate advice.

Around a month ago, my spouse and I filled out an application to rent a home, and were told our credit would be pulled. We gave the realtor our information to run a credit check, which was then passed along to a woman associated with the realty who ran a credit check.

Today we received a bunch of paperwork in the mail from a lending company congratulating us on applying for a mortgage. We contacted the loan officer, who confirmed that a mortgage application was filled in our names but there was no property attached to the loan.

We then contacted the woman who ran the credit check, and she said that in order to pull our credit, she applied for a mortgage with this company. She said "don't worry, there's no property attached so it's not a REAL mortgage, and this is how all credit checks are run".

Sounded fishy to us, so we went and contacted the credit bureaus to freeze our credit. Transunion then told us that someone had logged into the Transunion website as us and checked our credit reports - this was done on the same day that the mortgage application was filled out.

Not really sure what to do at this point or if there is anything we can do. It's clear that this woman who "ran our credit" both stole our identities to log into the Transunion website (big WTF) and then applied for a mortgage in our name (though the lender has assured us that they are closing that account).

Any legal advice would be awesome. Thanks!

Answer: Bizarre. I would file a police report...this lady was your realtor? I'd report her to whatever entity realtors in your state are held accountable to...which I'm now going to Google. brbAnswer #2: This is how credit checks are run by people too cheap to do it the right way (or who have gotten caught pulling scams on the credit bureaux, or who otherwise have trouble doing lawful credit checks). File a police report and a complaint with the realty company handling this.


Title: Pulled over on interstate state trooper said hr paced me at 90 in a 60 with workers present.

Question:
Workers present sign was not flashing upon entry into the zone and he paced me from the other side of a fedex vehicle he was hiding behind. At no point did he actually tail me for pacing. He was literally coming off the ramp of the exit before and I was about to get off on the next exit coming up.

Do you think I can beat it? I'm already planning to do a discovery on his vehicles speedometer calibration, and look into pacing training in the state of TN. What other things do I need to prepare for?

UPDATE* hiring a traffic ticket lawyer, because I think I can win called Tdot(People who manage highways construction in tn) she called the construction crew who work on the road, and they were not working in the area due to weather conditions he straight up fucking lied on my ticket god damn am I HEATED!!

Answer:
 > Do you think I can beat it?

How fast were you going?


Title: Individual bought a laptop using my Walmart account, used his name for In-store Pickup

Question: Like the title says, someone bought a laptop using my Walmart account and debit card. I've already reached out to Walmart and my bank. The guy used his own name as the alternate pick up person as he had shipped the laptop to his local store. Is there anything I can do at this point or just be happy I can get my money back?

Answer: This sounds like fraud to me.  You should report it to the police.


Title: [Edmonton, Alberta, Canada] US-plated car dumped on my driveway and unsure of legal issues surrounding this. What do I (28/F) do?

Question:
I live in Edmonton now (don't be fooled by my username, I'm from Calgary originally but don't live there anymore).

I was checking my house's security cameras after returning from a weekend cross-border shopping (this was on Monday night) and noticed someone dumping a car on my driveway and then getting into a large van (according to a friend who knows more on cars than me, it was a Chevy Express van).

The car was a US-plated Volkswagen GTI, in white, and it was left on my driveway, by the lawn. It had TEXAS on the top of the licence-plate.

I haven't tampered with it in case it's evidence. Had to park my own car, a 2009 Dodge Caravan on the street.

No idea who dumped it or why, I didn't recognize the people in the footage.

Why would someone just dump a vehicle in a neighbourhood like mine and then abandon it?

I'm a woman who lives on her own and am concerned over the whole thing.

Do I need to get police or lawyers involved, and what should I do next?

I need some advice as this is causing me to freak out and worry over this.

Answer:
 Call the police non-emergency line, tell them someone's abandoned a car on your driveway, and let them deal with it.Answer #2: Is the car entirely on your property?Answer #3: Yeah, call the police.  Let them know someone abandoned a car in your driveway and you have video footage of the people doing it.

If they don't care about the video at first, I would say you should hold onto it just in case.  It sounds like this might be crime-related, so even if the police aren't interested in taking the video at first, they might be interested later.


Title: (TX) After living in an apartment for 7 years, they want us to submit a reapplication and pay stubs before they renew our lease.

Question:
Our lease is up September 30.  Specifically, I'm worried about if they're going to try and be like, "Yeah, we know you haven't missed a single rent payment in seven years, but something something credit report we're not renewing your lease you have to be out by the end of September."

Do we have any legal right to challenge this?

Answer:
 When the lease is up the lease is up.  They don't have to renew if they don't want to, provided they give sufficient notice.

https://www.landlordology.com/texas-landlord-tenant-laws/

According to this, as long as they gave you a one-month notice that they weren't going to renew, you're out of luck.


Title: on good terms but fired for putting in two week notice

Question: Unemployment possible in State of Indiana?

Answer: That's not being fired, that's accepting your resignation effective immediately Answer #2: To clarify: were you actually fired or was the resignation 'accepted immediately?'


Title: What should I expect

Question: I fell through the floor of my apartment complex... I had to have surgery, and I’m just wondering at mediation/ possible trial.... what can I expect as far as a monetary amount? I don’t have any idea what to expect.

Answer:
 > what can I expect as far as a monetary amount?

The exact amount of money you're actually out (medical bills, damaged property, etc.), and if this injury has caused you not to be able to work or significant loss of enjoyment of life, perhaps an amount of lost wages and/or pain and suffering congruent/proportional to that.

Was this due to some structural problem, perhaps due to negligence?  Is there actually an impending mediation/trial? Are you currently being represented by an injury attorney?


Title: If someone voluntarily posts nude photos online, is it illegal to post them without their permission on another website, or send them to someone? (CA)

Question: We're not talking about an ex who sent you pics directly, and said not to show anyone else. We're talking about a case where someone chose to post nude photos of themself on the internet, for anyone to see. In such a case, could they really sue if someone did the same thing, using those pictures?

Answer:
 Unless permission has otherwise been given, that would be copyright infringement.  Answer #2: No. Those images are still copyrighted by the owner.Answer #3: Yes. By the same legalities that prevent you from saving photos from CNN and reposting them on your own site.

You don't get to claim ownership of an image because you saw it.


Title: Partner being set up to be fired after unrealistic expectations (UK)

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 You might also want to ask this over at r/legaladviceuk (that is an uk specific sub.

But she should ditch this job ASAPAnswer #2: I wouldn't bother giving 1 month's notice. She needs to find another job and then suddenly leave and let the boss realize just how badly she screwed up when all the work very, very suddenly falls onto her shoulders. Let's see how long her company lasts then.

If her boss doesn't value her as an employee who obviously is doing over and beyond and yet it's not enough - then boss shouldn't have expectations of the employee treating the boss right either.


Title: (MN) Fired within 48 hours of confronting a supervisor over racist comments

Question:
I confronted my supervisor at work on Monday after he repeatedly made hateful comments about Somali refugees. We argued back and forth between our respective work stations for a bit before he dropped what he was doing, walked over to me, and said that he would get back at me after work as I was leaving. The confrontation was broken up by the manager in charge of day-to-day operations at the company, who told me to come into his office and talk. The manager, who I'll call Steve, told me it wasn't appropriate to confront the supervisor in the way I had (I called him a "racist old bitch" while we were arguing). Steve said he hadn't heard the racist comments and I explained my side of what had happened. Steve told me that confronting this supervisor was not the right way to deal with him, because he has in the past often reacted aggressively when "he feels like his manhood is in question," and encouraged me to wear headphones if the supervisor's words bothered me. He also invited me to open up about any other complaints I had about the supervisor, and I expressed my concerns about previous instances of discriminatory comments from the supervisor. I said I would leave early that day as a way to avoid leaving work at the same time as the supervisor, something Steve had suggested. A few hours later, Steve called me and told me he had spoken with the supervisor, who had said he wasn't really going to do anything to me and had promised to apologize. Steve also mentioned on this call that he wouldn't be there the next day, and I told him that even though I trusted his judgment, I didn't feel comfortable coming in since the supervisor would be in charge of operations with Steve gone, and our last interaction had been hostile. Steve appeared to accept this, and said he'd see me on Wednesday.

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Early Wednesday morning, Steve sent me a text message telling me he thought it was best if I didn't continue to work at the company, since I wasn't "enjoying it." I told him this was a discussion we should have in person, and that I'd like to continue working at the company at least until I had another job lined up. He repeatedly attempted to coax me into leaving voluntarily, before eventually telling me the owner of the company was "not happy with the situation" and that I was fired. I thanked him for being direct with me and told him I was disappointed that my complaints about the supervisor had contributed to my firing. In response, he told me that he would have had grounds to fire me due to tardiness, but that my "vulgar language" and "causing a disturbance" were the reason I was fired, and that if I showed up to the property again he would report me for trespassing. I told him that since I didn't want to risk arrest just to collect the food I had in the fridge at work, he was welcome to it.

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I'm aware that at-will employment means my employer can fire me at any time for any reason or no reason, but I don't know to what degree I'm protected from retaliatory firing for making a complaint. The reasons cited for my dismissal seem like a fairly obvious pretext.  I was never disciplined for tardiness, I was told when I was hired that hours were flexible, and I was often sent home early after completing my duties for the day; I had been in the habit of coming in later than the building opened but working through lunch in order to keep things moving while other employees took lunch. The language I used is routine in that workplace, which is a warehouse with no customer-facing component, and the company in fact packs stickers with profanity on them in each outgoing mail order. Additionally, there was an almost identical incident several months prior where I got into an argument (also using profanity) with a different coworker over antisemitic comments he had made. However, that coworker did not threaten me and nobody was disciplined or lost their job. The timing of my firing seems significant too - I wasn't fired immediately after what I said and was in fact invited to return to work the next day, but I was fired after news of what happened had time to reach the owner, who I suspect was more interested in replacing me than replacing the supervisor.

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I haven't spoken to an attorney, but I've collected and preserved as much information as I can and begun looking for other work, plus I've requested a copy of my personnel file so I have proof I was never warned or reprimanded for any of the reasons cited for my termination. The company is small and incredibly disorganized, and I don't really want my job back at this point due to the intimidation from the supervisor and the threats of arrest, but I also don't want them to be able to continue doing this kind of thing to employees, and I am in a financial bind right now without another job lined up. Additionally, I'm going to have a resume gap since I do not feel comfortable having prospective employers call this company for a reference. Is it worth lawyering up, or should I just focus all my time and energy on putting this place as far in the rearview as possible? Additionally, is it okay for me to contact former coworkers? I assume that it's not illegal, but I don't want to invite retaliation against the people I was friendly with at the company for talking to me.

Answer: You're not protected in confronting people, arguing across work stations, name calling or refusing to show up to work because you don't like the supervisor.


Title: Hit a rough patch, 2 months behind on rent. Landlord taking me to court. What can I expect?

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 It's a business, not a charity. His properties needs to turn a profit every month or he's essentially lost his job. It's highly unlikely he owns that property outright, he's paying the mortgage on it, he's paying the insurance, he needs to pay property taxes. Now he must evict you, which isn't cheap and he needs to find a new tenant, that means he needs to get into the unit and prep the property for showing, he has to screen tenants and hopefully, in his mind, do a better job this time.

He's probably sympathetic to your situation, at the very least he doesn't want to go through the expense of eviction and finding a new tenant, but he's going to evict you. It's not a "scare tactic". Most landlords these days serve notice on the day after the grace period--a few days after rent is due. Sounds like he was more than reasonable with you.

Finally, you're going to have an eviction on your record, and most landlords check that and it's a valid reason not to rent to you. Answer #2: They are going to evict you. But they will have to give you a notice of 30 days before you have to leave. Did you not get a notice to pay rent? If you couldn't pay did you try to talk to them? Did you talk to him and explain what you explained here when you got the packet?


Title: I got a promotion, had it taken away now being threatened with the raise that came with my promotion

Question:
Almost a year ago now I got a promotion in the company that I work for. Two months later we were told that the position was being eliminated entirely. This was a decision made by corporate, not anyone from the facility I work in.

So I went back to my old job, but I got to keep the raise, which wasn't insignificant. Until about a few months ago when I was offered the chance to do a different type of duty that is considered pretty cushy (no change in title or money though)

Now going into the busy time of the year they want me to go back to the position that they eliminated until things die back down again.  They are threatening to lower my wage to what it was before the promotion I took almost a year ago if I refuse.

My problem is that we were told after they eliminated our position that they couldn't legally take away our raise, but now they are saying that they can. I made major life changes when I got this raise, for example I moved to a place with rent $300 higher than my last apartment. I started to take care of some medical problems that I had let go on too long. None of it was cheap. I can't afford to go back to where I was before. It's been almost a full YEAR, my lifestyle has changed too much.

I'm not even opposed to going back to my old position, even though it was crappier than what I am doing now. I just want to know who's side the law is on. Are they going to be able to force me back into this position or any other every year from now on? Do I have to ask how high every single time they say jump or be threatened with my pay rate?

It might also be worth noting this is mega corporation. I'm willing to bet that they probably have a team of some very good lawyers advising them on this matter. That kind of drains any optimism I have on the situation. Then again management where I work aren't exactly great truth tellers. I don't at all doubt that they would lie to us about this since they are also opening the position back (as a seasonal thing) and instead of giving new people the raise they can force those of us who didn't already quit to do what they are technically paying us for.

I like my job and I'm good at it, but I'mnot fond of the way they went about this and I'm scared I'm going to lose everything I've worked for this past year.

Edit to add that this wasn't a new position. I just happened to be the last person that they promoted to it. I had no reason to believe that it would be going away.

Answer:
 Absent a contract your employer is free to adjust your pay however they see fit with exactly 0 notice.  The only thing they can't do is retroactively lower it.

If the decrease is significant enough (the ballpark is generally 20-25%) it *might* be considered a constructive dismissal, which just means you can collect unemployment if you quit though.


Title: My weight loss pictures used in facebook ad for crabcakes without my knowledge or consent (california)

Question:
I posted this to imgr and reddit back in december
[Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/04CUV6L.jpg)
today a friend tagged me in a facebook crab cake weight loss ad
(i cant figure out how to link it here). Its definitely my pictures and it was done without my knowledge or consent. Should I do anything about this? Thanks

Answer: You can report the ad for copyright infringement and FB will remove it


Title: OH - My neighbors were just raided by the police for housing a wanted felon and distributing heroin, and my landlord isn't returning my calls about it

Question: [deleted]

Answer: Your best move here is to not get involved and let the relevant authorities sort it out. I'm not sure what information you're expecting anyone to give you. This is still an active investigation, so the only people with information regarding the status of the case (the arresting authorities) aren't going to be doling it out.


Title: [FL] Age Discrimination at Dicks Sporting Goods

Question:
I’d like to preface this by saying I’m not looking for advice nor opinion. This isn’t s gun issue nor an issue which I’m looking for someone to convince me otherwise of. Thanks.

In the state of Florida (and federally) at the age someone who is 18 can buy ammunition however not a firearm. Dick’s sporting good discriminated against me based on my age and did not let me purchase ammunition (note: not a gun, which I cannot buy from a licensed seller in the state till 21, however I already one and can buy via private sale).

Age is a protected class just like race. It’s the same as them as making a policy saying if you are African American you can’t buy fishing poles. It’s clear cut discrimination as both race and age are protected classes.

Can any lawyers or actual legal professionals tell me whether or not this is discrimination under the law, as a protected class they cannot discriminate against me because of my age, if they are going to sell ammo they need to follow the law and not come up with arbitrary policies that discriminate.

Please, I don’t wan opinions as to whether or not you think I should be allowed to buy ammo or not I’m specifically looking for confirmation that this is in fact age discrimination.

Thanks.

Answer: Their policy is absolutely without question legal and you have no winnable case. Answer #2: Age isn't the same thing as race because state public accommodation statutes and federal law do not treat age and race discrimination similarly.Answer #3: This is not illegal age discrimination.


Title: Questions about taking legal action on a child predator

Question: [deleted]

Answer: Its not too late. There is no limitation period for sexual crimes in Canada. I can't promise that there will be enough evidence for the police to be able to do anything, but you can still make a complaint and they can still investigate.


Title: [ME] Just got a fb message from someone I do not know, threatening to send my nudes to my job.

Question: A few months back, a good friend of mine from back home (VA) and I had a little online fling for a couple drunk weekends. I sent some nudes.  I was unaware he had a gf at the time (apparently).  Today she has reached out via fb threatening to post my nudes and send them to my job. I obviously want to avoid my job getting involved. How do I respond?

Answer:
 Fortunately for you, you and she both live in states with revenge porn laws. Just send her links to info about the respective state laws and current cases with offenders getting jail time. Then block her outright. If she goes through with it, contact the police both where you are and where she is.

EDIT: because I am the query queen

www.pressherald.com/2016/03/21/bath-man-26-faces-revenge-porn-charges/

www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0460&item=1&snum=127

law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title18.2/chapter8/section18.2-386.2/

www.businessinsider.com/the-first-person-charged-under-virginias-new-revenge-porn-law-is-a-woman-2014-10

Answer #2: You call the police.

Don't send nudes to people you don't know.


Title: (WA) Used My Sisters Passport To Get Into A Bar...

Question: [deleted]

Answer: NAL. This sounds like a problem that your sister needs to take up with the bar. It's not your passport, it's not your mom's passport.


Title: Daycare and divorce (MS)

Question:
I am going to be required to pay my ex wife $400 in child support a month. I am fine with that. She was asking for me to pay half of daycare but I only take home about $2000 a month so the state says I don't have to.

he has been at daycare for a few years. He is four. She got primary physical custody and is the custodian. She has the final say in all decisions if an agreement can not be reached. She wants to remove him now citing the cost of the daycare which is $480 a month and have her live in boyfriend watch the child until she gets off work.

She has my son Sunday to Thursday morning 3 days a week and Sunday to Sunday 1 day a week. I get Thursday to Sunday morning at 10am three weeks a month.

With her removing him from daycare I will have to:

a) drive all the way to her house three thursdays a month
b) and won't have anyone to watch him three fridays as I work that day and she is ending him being at daycare.

I am already paying what the state requires so I am not paying anymore. Our agreement says nothing about her being required to keep him in daycare.

Is there a way I can go get it added back? I don't have anywhere to put him friday and I think she is doing it just to get back at me for not agreeing to pay half the cost. The amount I am paying covers almost all the daycare anyway. It is only costing her an extra $80 a month.

Answer:
 You cannot compel your wife to pay for childcare or keep your son enrolled, based on the custody arrangement you have discussed, even if it inconveniences you.  Your child support payment is the mothers' to use as she sees fit for the child.  I understand your frustration, but unfortunately there doesn't appear to be any legal recourse here.Answer #2: It is only costing her an extra $80 a month.  You aren't paying for your child's daycare!  You are paying for the things your child needs - clothes, food and a helping pay for a place to live.  That is what your small amount of $400 goes to.  She has every right to take the child out of day care if it costs her too much.  You will now have to find a day care that will watch him or someone that will while you work.  Answer #3: Like you said they looked into if you would have to pay daycare but you didn't make enough so they didn't force it. The state looked into it because its separate from child support so you not having to pay it doesn't mean she can suddenly afford daycare herself.  The amount your paying is the kids portion of rent/food/clothing ect not JUST daycare.

Could she be able to afford it and shes pulling him out to spite you? Maybe, its shitty but nothing stops her from not wanting to foot the entire bill herself


Title: (WI) Girlfriend is having her tips taken from her and is recieving sexual harassment

Question:
She is fairly new at this job and I'm really not liking how the staff is behaving.  Her tips are going straight back to "the business" (possibly her managers) under certain circumstances.

A few examples:

* While she was training and first began working there, all of her tips were taken from her.  She did however make minimum wage while training.

* When a mix up was made between her and another employee, one of the customers ended up initially paying for not only their meal, but someone else's.  The issue was solved, but at the end of the night the managers took $60 of her tips for the issue and told her, "don't question it."

As far as sexual harassment goes, her manager has done things such as:

* While referencing a drink with a cherry in it and how he prepares it he stated, "I just wanna pop that cherry" When asked about the comment he replied, "yeah, that's just how I am. I say things like that in front of pretty girls."

* Inappropriate physical contact, pulling her toward him against her will  for the sake of "body bumping."  Apparently it's a laughing matter.

* Constantly talking about her physical attributes while awkwardly staring at her.

I recommended that she have a voice recorder playing during her next shift to capture everything that is being said to her.  I suggested this because I imagine if she brings it up to the owner that he'll simply fire her and blame it on incompetence.

What should she do? If she should contact someone, who should she contact? Is it alright to record their voices in the establishment without their knowledge?  Thanks in advance.

Answer:
 She needs to contact the local state labour board about the wages, and possibly a lawyer about the sexual harassment stuff. This is probably the first time I've seen someone on this sub claim sexual harassment where it actually could qualify as such (as opposed to "wah they made a sexist joke at the Christmas party once while drunk my feels"). Look around to see what local lawyers offer a low cost consultation to discuss the merits of the case.

The state bar of Wisconson offers a referral service that may be of use to you http://www.wisbar.org/forpublic/ineedalawyer/pages/lris.aspx

However, this is a big however. Wisconson is a one party consent state, meaning only one half of the conversation needs to approve of the recording (which, for practical reasons can be assumed to be the person recording it), **but the person must be part of the conversation,** they cannot record a conversation between B and C.


Title: Girlfriend left me and took our daughter, seeking legal advice on unusual circumstances

Question:
Alright, so after 6 years my girlfriend decided to call it quits today and she has left.  We have a 2 1/2 year old daughter who she took with her without my consent (I was at work, and, well, she hardly works - I'll get to that later).  We live in Nebraska, I have been pretty much the sole money maker, having supported my girlfriend the entire time we've been together, and of course our daughter since she's been born.  I am currently making approximately 80k a year and own a 4 bed / 3 bath house.  The mother has had 5 jobs since we started dating, and the longest duration she held one is her current part-time receptionist job, which she has been at for about 4 months.  She works 20 hours a week at $11/hr.

Here is where things get messed up and I don't know what's going to happen. I don't want to write a book, so I'm going to try to cut to the chase - around the time our daughter was born, we weren't really happy together, and her mother didn't want me at the hospital for her birth, and she also did not put me on the birth certificate.  I didn't know she omitted me until later.  We made up shortly afterwards and had lived together for the last 2 1/2 years.  Within that short separation period, however, she filed our daughter for medicaid.  I didn't know about it until the past year, and I don't expect my ignorance to help me win any legal battle, so what's done is done.  If I have to cough up money for that, so be it.

So, here are my current concerns. The government doesn't know I am the father yet, but she has lived with me for her whole life.  I expect I'll need to get a paternity test to prove that, and once that is done, what can I expect to be slammed with because of my daughter being on Medicaid her whole life?

My next concern would be what custodial rights I have a chance at getting.  I definitely want to fight for as much custodial rights as possible. The mother has currently moved into her sister's 2 bedroom house, so my daughter has to sleep in bed with mom.  Her mother does not make enough money to rent out the cheapest apartment, so she is going to have to rely on others for housing.  She also does not own a car, although she claims that she's going to be able to mooch rides off of people to get to her part-time job.  I do not expect her to be able to consistently do that for long.

Meanwhile, I think my 80k salary is pretty good considering the below-average cost of living in this area. I can afford to support my daughter with anything she needs, and she'd get to grow up in a nice house that I specifically picked because it is next to good schools.  If she grows up at her aunt's house, she is going to be going to some terrible schools.  Is there any chance that any of this would actually matter, or would the court pick the mother just because that's who they've historically leaned towards?

Thanks in advance for any advice, I've definitely made some mistakes in the last 2 1/2 years, but I'd do anything for my daughter and know that she'll have a better life if I can bring her back home.

Answer:
 File for paternity and custody. Your situation is not unique and the system is there to handle it.

You can argue the school issue in court. You will need to make a compelling argument.

Your best option is to hire an attorney. You are more likely to get an outcome close to what you are looking for.


Title: [CA] friend has what I think are emotionally abusive parents, what can be done?

Question: My friend and I are both in high school and recently he has told me that he hates living at home because his mom's boyfriend is emotionally abusive and his mom is an enabler. He makes him do ~4 hours of chores a day usually cleaning the same rooms every day until they are spotless. He has tried to talk to his mom about this, saying that he doesn't want to do so many chores and instead would like to focus on getting ahead in school, but her answer wears that there wasn't anything she could do. They usually avoid him and spoil and praise his little sister. However, he has ~1k a month going into his bank account from his dad who works overseas and 30k saved. What are his options?

Answer: If he has 30k saved then he needs to make sure he has it in a bank account with his name only on it. It wouldn't be far fetched of an idea for them to take that money if one of their names is on the account and it'd be hell trying to get that money back. Answer #2: Unfortunately, his options are generally to wait until he's 18 and then move out.