Title: Are BDSM relationships legal? Need help with how to proceed.

Question:
Throwaway for personal reasons.

I tried posting to legal advice and think this would get better results there but it was removed. Can anyone recommend how to edit this to be post-able there also please? Thanks in advance for taking the time.

United States, (TX)

Hypothetical scenario, asking for a friend, whatever else need be said for legal protections.

Someone  (person A) was involved with another someone (person b) romantically  roughly 4 years ago. Person B was very much into the bdsm lifestyle at  that time and enjoyed things like whipping, being tied up, general rough  stuff, degradation, etc.. Person A obliged, wanting to satisfy their  partner. Person B was happy at the time, even going as far as to post  stories and pictures of the marks they received as a result of the  sessions to [fetlife.com](https://fetlife.com/)  where they had a public account. The pictures included pictures of  marks from strangulation, whipping, spanking, etc... and it was very  obvious that they were boasting about these marks from a place of pride.

Fast  forward four years. Person A and B have a child together but have gone  through a bad separation. Person B has fled with the child to another  part of the state and will not disclose information to Person A nor  allow visitation, communication, etc... Person A is in all possible ways  devastated and paralyzed with the circumstance.

Adding  to the situation, Person B has claimed that they were escaping an  "abusive" relationship, citing the bdsm activities as the only evidence  of said abuse. Conveniently not mentioning any account of the bdsm  relationship.

Person A cannot afford an attorney but is willing to do ANYTHING to get their child back.

Questions are:

1.) Can person B retroactively claim that the bdsm activities were all of a sudden non-consentual?

2.)  Are bdsm relationships/ activities even legal in the first place?  Meaning is all the rough stuff technically still assault/ rape etc...?

3.) What does Person A do to get their child back?

Thanks  very much and apologies for any errors or information impediments due  to vagueness. Any and all information or responses will be greatly  appreciated.

TL:DR

Person  A and B used to like rough BDSM. Person B is trying to retroactively  claim they were victims of abuse from Person A during their BDSM stuff 4  YEARS AGO and trying to keep person A from their child with this claim.  What needs be done?

Answer:
 You can not retroactively rescind consent to sexual activity.

There is nothing illegal about BDSM activities as long as they’re done consensually by adults.

I wish I could help you with this. My advice would be to do whatever is humanly possible to hire an attorney.

Good luck.


Title: If I have a ceremonial wedding but no civil paperwork do i still face legal obligations, such as potential for alimony, child support? Btw - they are not my kids) [IL/OH]

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 Ohio and IL do not recognize common law marriage.  Unless you signed legal paperwork you are not married in the eyes of the law.

As for child support, if you have not established paternity nor signed the birth certificate you should be good.

You do not have potential for alimony although a lawyer can better advise you. I do not think significant others who are not married have to pay alimony unless they have an agreement in place to do so.Answer #2: It doesn't look like palimony (support for an unmarried ex-partner) is recognized in Ohio or Illinois. As for child support, that can be murkier. If you've acted like a parent for long enough you may be held liable for support even if you're not a biological parent, but that would require a court order. Answer #3: You would face no legal obligations unless you went through the process to legally take them on. However, I have trouble understanding why you would bother to pretend to get married if you have no interest in actually being married.


Title: Creating a contract in case of pregnancy.

Question:
I want to know if it is possible for a young couple to make a contract where the male does not take any responsibility in case a pregnancy occurs.

1)For context let's say that the girl actually encourages the male to have unprotected sex and ejaculate inside while she is using Birth Control, could they reach a legal agreement for the aforementioned outcome? If not, what is the male's responsibility legally wise?

2)If a recorded conversation occurs where they are discussing this unwanted possibility and conclude towards a solution such as an abortion, both parties with consent and the girl then decides to keep it after all, does the father still hold responsibility?

3) Finally, if in the second case they also conclude that if she has a change of mind and decides to keep it but the father doesn't have to take responsibility, can this piece of evidence protect the father?
Topic:
Custody Divorce and Family

Answer:
 No, under no circumstances.

Because the people making the contract (the parents) absolutely can’t waive the right of the child to get support. And no contract can force a mother to get an abortion.

Edit if you aren't prepared to take responsibility for a child, don’t have sex.


Title: Bf getting kicked out or forced to enlist in the military. Need help fast on what to do!

Question:
Just a couple days ago, my long distance bf was hit with the option of either agreeing to join the military (Not sure exactly what in the military), or being thrown out onto the streets with nothing. He is 19, can drive and wants to stay with me for a few weeks till he can think of what to do. I live in Canada and I don't know much about what he may need to be allowed to visit for a short time. He has his passport and everything up to date with him, but not a lot of money. He will be staying with me and I will be providing for him, but will he be stopped at the border for not having a lot of money on him? I will be paying for a plane ticket for there and back, but we're worried he might get turned down when going through customs, and if that happens, he will have no where to go. His parents are extremely controlling and may try to hunt him down and call the cops, but he's over 18 and is his choice to leave. I'm worried about possible legal issues that may arise from his parents looking for him, cause if they find where he went and find out about me, they might try to do something about it. Is that even a possibility?

If he doesn't leave soon, they will take everything from him he could use to leave. His car, phone, what little money they haven't already taken from him, and even his belongings. I really could use some advice and he told me to ask you guys for possible ideas on how to handle this. He will not be staying here permanently or working. Just taking some time off to think of what to do when he goes back. Or Should he enlist and be forced or serve for 5 or more years? He told me he only has a few weeks to pick what he's going to do and the longer it takes, the harder it will be to leave and visit if we do get everything together.

   **My main questions are:**

\- Will he be stopped at the border for not having enough money on him?

\- Can me buying the tickets for him cause issues?

\- Can his parents do anything that might cause my family legal issues if they find out where he went?

\- Would it be best if he just enlisted for the next 5 or so years?

\- What other issues or possibilities should we be worrying about?

\- What should we be worried about for when its time for him to return to the US?

\- What can we do to make this go as smoothly as possible without issues in customs?

(Sorry for any grammar mistakes, I'm typing this fast and need to get some work done.)

Answer:
 I think you’re being catfished OP. This is literally everyone’s story on that show. The guy was gunna drive to you but his parents took his money at the last moment. Idk , seems (cat)fishyAnswer #2: I've crossed the border from the United States into Canada many, many times.  I have never been asked how much money I have on me.  What they're likely to ask him is where he's from, where he's going, what's his purpose in coming to Canada, and how long is he planning on staying.  Most visitors are allowed to stay for up to six months.  He'll probably want to have a good idea of how long to plan to stay with you \-\- be it a couple days or a couple weeks \-\- to tell the officer.  Have you bought him a return ticket?  If not, that may  cause more of a problem than the fact that he doesn't have much money, because he doesn't have a particular plan for how and when to return to the US.

He's over the age of majority.  There aren't many things his parents can do.  Unless he is demonstrably a threat to others or himself, he has the right to travel as he pleases, even if it's on your dime.

Who's trying to force him to enlist?  Is it his parents, or is it a judge or something?


Title: Ran over someone's foot, now what?

Question:
US Delaware state.

I am gonna be very short with the details of this.

Mary got really mad over Catherine and Tom's wedding. Mary is Tom's ex (not a very long-lasting relationship). Mary learned today, two weeks before the wedding, and went to Catherine and Tom's house with a female friend of hers, and started banging on the door very loudly, asking where Catherine was. Nobody was at the house, but Catherine's 10 year old son, who answered the door without opening and after telling her no one was at the house but him she and her friend left.

Mary went to Catherine's and Tom's workplace (pizzeria). She was threatening and wanted to fight Catherine, she was shouting at everyone, Tom too, and was very aggressive. Tom was about to leave the store, and he saw Mary ready to smash the window / attack the car. Tom ran over her foot, Mary went to the Emergency at the hospital.

Is Tom in big trouble, if she sues? If she sues, would she be right to, or was it kind of her fault for purposefully running towards the car intending to damage it / Tom?

Please help, thank you.
Topic:
Traffic and Parking

Answer: Maybe. If he was trying to escape an unlawful assault he would have a defense. If she stuck her foot behind his tire knowing he was backing up he would have a defense.


Title: US- Illinois- Left the scene of an accident, am I going to get in trouble?

Question:
Last night coming home from work I was involved in an accident. I was cut off by a large SUV that slammed on their brakes. I was able to stop in time without hitting them, they drove off. As soon as I came to a stop, I got rear-ended. This was a dark 4 lane busy road, so I turned off into a parking lot immediately after to check my car. I got out and saw 2 cars that were behind me, still in the road. A car hit a SUV that hit me. I surveyed my car, no damage. The people in the cars were talking to each other, but not making any attempt to come talk to me and I was in no way walking across a 4 lane busy road in the dark, so I left. Now I'm wondering if I should have stayed and exchanged info and I'm worried a cop is going to show up looking for me.

TL;DR Got rear ended but no damage to my car and I didn't hit anyone, so I left the scene. Am I in trouble?

Answer:
 No one can see into the future.

But you committed a crime.  You absolutely *can* get in trouble for that.


Title: Ex-employer claiming 40k in damages after 10 years

Question:
Hi, I live in Quebec.

In 2007 I was Satellite installation tech as sub-contractor, I had all my insurances..
In 2010 finish College, quit my job as Satellite Tech and got a job as IT Technician.

Now in 2017 the Satellite installation Company contacted me by E-Mail because they have a 40k claim for damages that allegedly I made in 2007, a pipe was "broken by me" and there is water damages... pipe broken in in 2007!?
Satellite is asking me what was my insurance company and policy number... the fact is I don't remember or have any paper.
Can I be in trouble ?

Also they say I HAVE TO give them my actual address, or they I will charge me for investigate and find my address.
Is that even possible?

Answer:
 You need to get legal representation, with the ten year gap it seems quite frivolous.Answer #2: > Hi, I live in Quebec

I've been here long enough to know that Quebec laws are very different from US or Canadian laws. With $40,000 on the line, it would definitely be in your interest to at least consult with a local employment lawyer to discuss your options. Answer #3: Everything "they say" in that email sounds completely bogus.  It's almost certainly a scam.  Normal people don't wait ten years to start handling a water damage claim.  Employees normally do not pay for mistakes like this; their employers have insurance for that.  And employers can find your actual address on their own, and can't charge you if they cannot.  (But ... I'm in USA and not a lawyer.)

Can you contact that Satellite Installation Company by telephone - DO NOT REPLY TO THAT EMAIL - and ask if they have any outstanding issues with you?

Also, do you know how to analyze email headers and determine where that email really originated?  It might well have come from Russia or China.


Title: If I find my stolen car parked in the city by complete coincidence, and I still have the key in order to take it back, can I do so and what are the legal implications of this? (For the sake of argument, I am in the USA)

Question: Title. Not sure what other information I could provide since this is just a hypothetical situation, but say I find a car that is my exact make, model and colour, and I test it unlocking using the key fob, and it works, then can I legally just take it? And what legal consequences are there to this?

Answer:
 Also, I'd add that if you go this route, then any forensic evidence which may be present would be compromised. It would become a lot harder to arrest the suspect. On top of that, if the suspect left drugs or stolen items in the car, you would now be vulnerable to charges for posession of drugs, posession of stolen items, or theft.

Edit: spelling


Title: Tiananmen Square FOIA request denied

Question: My great uncle was an American journalist in China during the Tiananmen Square incident. He told our family how the US state department came to his hotel, took him back to the US and confiscated all the videos and photos he had taken. He managed to keep a few hidden which ended up making it into the public eye but told us there were dozens of other videos and photos. After he passed away we've been trying to track those down. Today marks the 3rd year in our search. We've filed FOIA requests but the response has been that it does not exist. Is there anything else that can be done?

Answer:
 There are 4 possibilities: either the files exist and are not responsive to a FOIA, the files exist and are responsive to an FOIA but the State Department can't find them, the files exist and are responsive but the State Department doesn't want to release them, or the files no longer exist.

You can consult with an attorney but imho it's unlikely that you'll get those files.


Title: Money taken from account but property owners say they never get it, bank saying it was taken out of my account. What can I do?

Question: Paid rent online like I always do. Came home to an eviction notice about a week later. Checked with my bank and the money was taken off my account for rent, but the property managers say they never got it. What steps can I take to resolve this? I had to essentially double pay rent to keep from getting evicted as well as pay late charges.

Answer: Talk to your bank some more and figure out where the money went. They should be able to trace it to the account it went into; if that account happens to be the one it was supposed to go into, you have a claim against your landlord.


Title: [AK] Swim was going 110 in a 55

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 Speeding, eluding a police officer, driving without insurance, and driving without a ~~lions~~ license in your possession.

Pretty much nothing you did was legal.


Title: Say, could I file a complaint to my State Bar Association if the lawyer/executor of my step mom's wrote her son into the will as part of a "second codicil"?

Question:
I kid you not. This chick who drafted the will and the "second codicil" gifted her idiot kid $200k. I'm in Alameda County, Calif. and the will was put into probate Court in Marin County, Calif. Complicating Factor: She was once President of said Bar Association and ran for Judge.

(Super looking forward to the catfacts bot  providing me a super new interesting Cat Fact for providing a location!)

Answer:
 To be clear: the lawyer wrote the lawyer's son into your stepmother's will?

There are ethical issues with a lawyer including themselves in a client's will, even if a client requests it under [rule 4-400](http://www.calbar.ca.gov/Attorneys/Conduct-Discipline/Rules/Rules-of-Professional-Conduct/Current-Rules/Rule-4-400) of the Bar's Rules of Professional Conduct. (The appropriate solution is for _another_ attorney to draft the will, if a client insists on including an attorney in their will as a beneficiary.) It's not much of a stretch to construe a clause including the attorney's child in ways that would violate the same ethics rules, though I don't know how the California State Bar handles this specifically.

Given the amount in question, talk to an estate litigation attorney before you make any decisions. Answer #2: Under California Law that gift would be automatically presumed to be the product of Undue Influence and thus invalid.  The kid would have to prove by clear and convincing evidence that your mother wanted to leave the kid that money.

[California Probate Code §23850:](http://codes.findlaw.com/ca/probate-code/prob-sect-21380.html)

"A provision of an instrument making a donative transfer to any of the following persons is presumed to be the product of fraud or undue influence:

(1) The person who drafted the instrument...[or] (4) A person who is related by blood or affinity, within the third degree, to any person described in paragraphs (1)"

Run, do not walk, to a probate litigation attorney.
Answer #3: That's enough money to fight over certainly.  You might want to talk to an estate or probate type lawyers about it first and see if you have legal recourse

If she did it odds are she did it to someone else too


Title: [Texas] What can I do about the water company refusing to reconnect me

Question: Okay, so this is so fucking ridiculous I couldn't even think of a fitting description. My water got shut off a few days ago and I can't get it turned back on, the problem is that I have the money but until they speak to my father who's name in under the account they refuse to reconnect me, my father just had a massive stroke and can't even talk or write his own name, I told them that but they don't care. They want us to wheel him down to sign stuff and talk. What can I do? We don't know how long it will be before he is fully recovered, I can't handle this.

Answer:
 That's actually pretty standard. If the account is in someone else's name -- family member or not -- most companies won't touch it until they speak to that person. You wouldn't believe how many people make up stories like this to gain access to someone else's account, for whatever nefarious reason.

Once he's better, you should work with him to transfer the account from his name to yours.

You can try speaking to a supervisor.Answer #2: If he is otherwise able to communicate to you, and is mentally competent (i.e., he is only physically incapacitated), you can assist him in using a TTY relay service.

My wife is unable to speak, and she uses a Morse Code communicator to access a web site which relays her typing to an operator, who engages in the voice communication on the other end.

Don't have the site she uses handy, but you should be able to Goggle to find a service.


Title: [CO] Initial Status Conference for child support/custody 9 yrs after divorce

Question:
First of all, I'd like to preface this by saying I'm on mobile and it is not something I'm necessarily good at!
This past Mon 4/17 I was contacted out of the blue by an attorney representing my ex husband to inform me of this initial status conference due to happen 4/24. I was getting a call because they didn't have a good address for me to send documents which were filed in March.  Here's some important points:

-Our original divorce decree from 2007 states split custody with $0 support.
-Since our split, he has been calculated and successful in manipulating our 2 kids (11 & 15) to the point of alienation towards me.  I hardly see or speak to my kids unless they want money.
-We have made 2-3 temporary changes to our custody agreement so that the kids could stay with him during the week in order to attend better schools.  These agreements I created and made clear they were temporary.
-I have A LOT of evidence in terms of nasty emails and texts making it obvious how obstinate he's been in a relationship between our kids and myself ("the kids hate you," etc.).  Ex used 15 yr old to get my address but instructed her to lie about why she needed it...proof of his involving the kids into business they don't belong in?
-This hearing is in a county on the other side of town (original county of divorce) which neither one of us have lived in for over 6 years.
-Ex has an attorney and I do not due to not enough money to pay and not enough notice to get consult.

Currently, he truly has full custody; I work full time but I am also a full time student and I live right now off of my stipends. While I do not regularly have much to give for support, I always give a few hundred dollars from my stipend money every ~2 months to help out.  I understand that children are not free (I've got a third child, 6, who I live with and take care of), but I am fearful of getting bent over in this conference in terms of child support because he miraculously has an attorney and I do not.  I have legal insurance thank goodness, but my financial resources are low enough that even the discounted fee may be too high to get an attorney for myself.

Ok, I'm rambling (don't have many people to talk to this out of shame for being an uninvolved mother), so these are my main concerns which have brought me here:
-Can the venue be moved to somewhere more convenient and possibly in my county since I was the original petitioner (this current meeting is still under the original divorce case)?  The distance between my home and the courthouse is 37 miles, requiring me to take an extra 2 hours off from work just for travel, and I will not be able to get away with that for very long.
-I honestly have no intentions on seeking custody of the kids-our relationship has been so damaged that an immediate living situation with them would not be realistic at least and definitely not desired by them at best.  Both of my kids have made it very clear word for word "we will never live with you and you can never make us."
-I want to bring up his role in damaging my relationship with my kids by asking for a child family investigator to ensure the kids have an emotionally and mentally stable home, but will that actually benefit them or just make them resentful towards me?
-Considering how long we've had this informal arrangement; my having another child to support; and my income and his income (he makes more than me and gets monthly VA benefits), how much can I assume will be taken out for support?
And finally
-Google says this type of meeting usually occurs after the divorce is filed...why the hell am I having to do this 9 years later and in relation to the kids and not the marriage?
If you made it this far, thank you!  I'd really appreciate as much info as I can get based off of all this that I slapped into the post.

Answer:
 Ianal but I have worked interviewing kids about possible parent alienation and the one thing 95% of the kids had in common was that the parent claiming alienation either never concidered they may have caused/contributed to the problem or flat out refused to take any responsibility.

 The kids KNEW the truth in EVERY CASE. EVERY ONE.  They knew if what mom or dad was saying was truth or not. If you have the chance to request anything, I'd make it for both kids to see a therapist. Answer #2: You are going to be in a bad situation without a lawyer.  Changing an improper venue is fairly easy if your lawyer does it.  If you want an investigation done, be prepared to pay for it.

What is he asking for?  I doubt you get away with no child support--you'll likely be imputed income either from the last time you worked or minimum wage at least.

Anything you try to say about him alienating the kids will be met with "then why haven't you asked the court for relief before this?"

You'll probably be better off agreeing to something in mediation.


Title: Landlord/tenant confidentiality breach and possible defamation, with a twist

Question:
So I live in Washington State, which I figure is specific enough for this exercise.

I moved to the area in April after living in Florida my entire life (I'm 24).
My job enabled me to transfer out of state and I'm in good standing with my employer since before moving and through now.
So the lease I was able to attain ended about three weeks ago. Great roommates, great experience.

Now the heart of the problem. I found a room in a place closer to where I want to live, with three other tenants (2F-1M) and secured it once I was offered. One of the existing tenants gave me a tour and collaborated with the actual landlord on the selection process. My landlord said she had to call to confirm my employment. Okay, nothing out of the ordinary.
Soon after moving in I noticed a different vibe but it was still okay I guess.

Then last night I'm having a conversation with my one male roommate and we're speaking pretty openly like we do. Next thing you know I'm being asked by this guy I didn't know a week ago why I'm late to work all the time. Since there's zero basis to this (other than being written up a year ago and completing the disciplenary period which I was given without any further incidents, all predating my move) I feel incredibly lied about obviously but also mortified. Apparently my landlord discussed with my co-tenants the private details of her phone interview with my boss up here (who is the only one holding something against me at my workplace) who saw fit to "shit all over me" according to my one chill honest roommate, but he doesn't want to tell my other two roommates that I know they know (like it's some huge secret I'm not supposed to be in on) for fear he'll be ratted out.

So my boss's lie, which I don't have proof of or details of, (whether the exchange of faulty info was unsolicited, or in response to a question necessitating her to answer with an action taken from reaching into the annals of my comprehensive employment history) is at the least in poor taste and at most some violation in workplace confidentiality. But I'm less interested (but interested nonetheless!) in THAT than the landlord discussing and defaming me with other tenants based on a lie.

I also realize I need more proof as this is hearsay at this point. How do I go about getting it? Should I contact my landlord directly and press her for an answer?

Thanks in advance for any advice. You rule.

Answer: This doesn't make any sense.  But there is no such thing as general "workplace confidentiality."


Title: [New Jersey] Is there a law that prohibits businesses from taking credit cards over the phone?

Question:
I’m trying to cancel a gym membership because I moved. They told me I would have to either show up in person or send a letter in the mail that would take another month and they would still charge me for that month.

Help me Reddit! Is there no way I can cancel my membership over the phone?

Answer:
 No, there's no law that prevents that.

There's also no law that requires them to.


Title: Living with a roommate with increasing medical bills. What can happen? [FL]

Question:
Hey all, I have a couple of concerns about my current living situation and I'm hoping become a little more informed about possible issues. I live in FL, rent my own place, pay 100% of everything myself, and about 99% of the things in my apartment belong to me. I have a female roommate who I allow to live with me, but has no connection to me other than sharing an address. She has diabetes and it sometimes causes her to need to go to ICU for a couple days (nothing new, same thing as when she lived with her mom), so she has a steadily increasing hospital bill. She does not have a job and no insurance and has not put in any money into payments at all. I'm not in a position to help pay her bills, as I barely scrape enough for my own bills.

I'd like to know what sort of consequences we can possibly be facing. Will collection agencies come after me? What could I lose, if applicable? What could she lose, bearing in mind that she literally owns nothing but clothes and already has an awful credit rating of ~400. I've worked with the hospital before to delay some of this stuff but the fact is no money has gone or will go into this for a long time.

Greatly appreciate any advice and thank you for your time!

Answer:
 > I'd like to know what sort of consequences we can possibly be facing.

Unless you agree to take on some of her debt, marry her, or otherwise choose to entangle your financial life with hers, you have no issue or responsibility.


Title: (Ontario, Canada) Drunk person fell into my restaurant window and broke it. We have it on surveillance video. He claims the police report says that he slipped on ice. He is now refusing to pay for the damage. What can be done?

Question:
Last Thursday, from what I can tell from the surveillance video, a girl had fallen down and while trying to help her up a guy fell over and went head first into my restaurant window. He then proceeded to get up and try to walk away. I ran out and confronted him. Thats when I realized he was pretty drunk. He apologized for the damage and agrees to pay it.

He was bleeding pretty heavily from his head so I brought him into the restaurant and called an ambulance for him. The whole time he was apologetic and said he would pay for the damage. I got photos of his driver's licence and phone number too.

I tired multiple times to contact him on the weekend and he doesn't answer his phone or reply to texts.

Then today he replys and says that he was in no condition to agree to pay for the window because he was drunk and it refusing to pay for the damage because the police report says that he slipped on ice, which the girl he was with told the police.  There was no ice, we keep our sidewalk clean. And that if we want any money from him we have to take him to small claims court.

What if anything can I do?  We are just a small family restaurant.

Answer: Claim against your insurance or sue him. It doesn't actually matter if he was drunk and fell, or if he slipped and fell. Though if you want to be safe, and if you're responsible for the sidewalk outside your business, record and document as much as possible the condition of the sidewalk at the time. Whether sworn statements by employees, photos, camera footage, stills, etc.


Title: Footage of thief and gave him warning instead of calling cops and now thief claims he was threatened

Question:
A guy was caught stealing and the action was caught on security camera.

The store manager decided to let the thief go and decided not to call the cops but warned him (sternly) that *"if he ever came near the store again he would give the security tape to the cops and he would go to jail"*.

A few days later the thief came back and said he would sue the manager for threatening him with exposing the tape. Apparently the manager's words (in quotes above) was also recorded on security tape so that was his evidence.

Can the manager be sued for the threat he made?

The manager didn't threaten the thief to do anything illegal. All he did was say he would give the tape to the cops if he came near the store again. But that does indeed fit the definition of a threat.

This is in California, USA.

Answer:
 > Can the manager be sued for the threat he made?

Technically yes. Almost anyone can be sued for almost anything.

But he won't be sued. The thief is just running his mouth and has no grounds to sue your manager.Answer #2: It doesn't sound like a crime was committed, no reputable attorney would take this case. Call the police and report the crime. He was given an opportunity to leave and didn't.


Title: [Bromont, QC] My daughter [23/f] is pregnant by my dad - can we [53/f, 58/m] legally stop this relationship?

Question:
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Topic:
Troll Post

Answer:
 Incest is a criminal offence. You can call the police. Answer #2: Well. That's new.

Like /u/ReginaGloriana said, call the cops.

I'd suggest also organizing some sort of therapy for your daughter.


Title: [OH] Previous Homeowner Had Substantial Yardwork Done Then Got Foreclosed. Could I Be On The Hook?

Question:
I was just made aware that the previous homeowner had some expensive (~$10k) yardwork done 6 years ago before losing his job and ultimately being foreclosed on (a very sad story).  To my knowledge no lien was ever filed on the property, we have title insurance.

My question is can the landscaper come after me as the current homeowner?  I have no idea where the previous homeowner lives now.

Answer: In Ohio, a mechanic's lien must be filed within 75 days of the last performed work.  After 6 years and a change of ownership, I think you are in the clear.Answer #2: Go to the County Clerk of the county where your home is located and ask to see records of "Notices of Commencement" (mechanic's liens). You will see if the landscaper ever filed anything that would leave you on the hook financially. If you find one, reach out to your title insurance company.


Title: [IA] Rent Manager trying to change end date

Question:
My roommates and I have been living in the same apartment for three years now and are moving out at the end of this lease period. However, about a year and a half ago, our building was bought by a different rental company and our lease was transferred to them. To make things even more interesting, a few months ago, the building was bought back by the original company and our lease transferred back.

The issue now is that this original company is trying to say there was a "mistake" saying:
>While preparing for turnover, it was noticed that your ending lease date on your lease is wrong.  This most likely happened during the property management switch that has recently taken place.  We have sent you an updated lease to sign and initial by the lease date changes.

The original end date is August 13, and the new date is July 26. That's almost 3 weeks difference.

I'd like to have the extra time to help with moving and determining future plans. Is there anything we can do? Should we just not sign it or this that a really dumb idea?

Answer: Tell them you have a signed contract and you expect them to honor it.


Title: Applying for a dependency override for my fasfa; hurt feelings, also needs proofreading

Question:
(x post from r/raisedbynarcissists) I’m applying for a dependency override for my fasfa because my mother is a narcissist, hurtful, buttface and is hindering me from getting the financial aid I need. When the divorce between her and my stepdad was finalized she was given money and a bunch of stocks. I know for a fact she has 100,000 in apple stocks, and yet, has food stamps. She gave me false information, I told her I knew it was false and that there are serious consequences to lying for aid. She told me she would rather not share her financial information and I went straight to my financial aid. To apply for this override, I have to have 3 letters. One from a friend, one from myself, and one from a professional. Originally my step dad (the owner of a fancy local restaurant) said he’d write the letter but then got cold feet. I contacted the local lieutenant from our police department and hope to meet with him soon. He is very aware that my mom and her boyfriend are crazy redneck fuckfaces.

I’m 21 and to not use your parents information on your fasfa you must be 24, with child or married. I’m neither. I live in my own home with my bf and our animals, I’m low contact with my mom and talk to my step dad all the time because he’s great. He has offered to pay for my education depending on how I do in the upcoming semester ( I dropped the ball last year), and I think that’s great and am grateful. What I’m looking for is some support, advice, and maybe someone could proofread my letter. Another thing is, I don’t know much about my birth dads life. I don’t know if my mom was keeping me from him, lying, or if he was actually in jail. If someone could figure this out, that would be super.

Here is my letter:

I am OP, daughter of the late Birth Dad and NMom. Birth Dad  was a heavy drug user and spent most of my childhood incarcerated, although I have no way of knowing if that was true. NMom has never been a reliable source of information and manipulates me through feelings. NMom divorced Birth Dad  in 1996, and remarried to my step dad in ????.

When I started to fill out my fasfa for 2014-2015 NMomrefused to share the financial information I needed, and shared with me that she did not file taxes in 2013. Nmom is hindering me from getting the financial aid I need. When the divorce between her and my stepdad was finalized she was given money and stocks. I know she was given 100,000 in Apple stocks, and yet, has food stamps. This leads me to believe she is committing welfare fraud. She gave me false information, as if she had no money. I told her I knew it was false and that there are serious consequences to lying for aid. She told me she would rather not share her financial information and I went straight to my financial aid office to seek out information, leading me to write this letter.

My mother has not been an accurate source of information about anything my entire life. Her inability to provide financial information is not surprising. My mother kept me in no contact with my birth dad through out most of my life. I never was to call any member of his side of the family. She even went so far as to not inform me when my dad had passed in 2004, I was not told until 2006. I was never able to attend my fathers funeral or honor his life. My mother used withholding information as a way to control and manipulate me.

I have moved into my own home, but my mother still finds ways to disturb my newfound independence. She calls on me when her and her abusive boyfriend get into fights. The most recent occasion, there were 3 police officers at her home and I was called to escort her from her boyfriend to my home. My mother was so neurotic I had to call off work to make sure she was okay, and keep eyes on her until she found another place to stay for the night. My mother’s addiction and the behavior caused by it is nothing but negative and abusive towards me. Any time I give to my mother inevitably comes back to stab me in the back, and I can’t take being heartbroken over my mother anymore.
I’ve lived in my own home for 8 months and have been called to take care of my mother twice. The first my mom and her boyfriend got into a physical altercation and I couldn’t find her the day after. I used my key to enter her home, hoping to find her okay, but instead saw her boyfriend standing in the living room with cuts all over his face. He was surrounded by broken glass. Every piece of furniture, electronics, and wall hangings had been torn down and smashed. I could not locate my mother for two days, the first day I also called off work because I was so upset.
Prior to me moving out, I went on a trip to Asheville to house sit with my mom’s boyfriend and his son. Both my mom and her boyfriend were extremely intoxicated so I was taking care of bfs child. After I put the child to bed, I went to the room I chose to sleep in. I found my mother sobbing, eating fistfulls of pills. Already losing a parent, I went into a complete panic breakdown and ran to her bf asking him to call 911. He told me not to, so I didn’t but asked him to console her, which he also did not do. For a brief period after the divorce between my step dad and mother was finalized,  I felt displaced and went to live with my mom in her boyfriends home in an attempt to forgive both of them. I knew she had issues in the past with drugs and alcohol but she convinced me things would be different. I wasn’t aware they worse. When I moved in, I often saw the two used drugs and binge drink through the night. I would be awaken in the night by their drunk fights and it made me uncomfortable. I decided to live with friends on their couches temporarily, moving often from one place to another.The most significant emotional abuse I endured started in my freshman year of highschool when NMom began seeing a man outside her marriage. NMom was able her power over me to manipulate me into lying to her husband, whom I love like a father, and assist in covering up her affair from my stepdad and the community. The lies she made me tell stretched into every aspect of my life. I was lying to more family members, unable to tell the truth to my friends. When I was cheerleading for my highschool, I would have to lie about who the man at the games with my mother was, because they already knew who my stepdad was. The guilt I built with every untruth I told bothers me now, when I am 21 and the marriage has dissipated since. My step dad found about the affair in 2014 and they divorced.

To me, this proves an obvious narcissistic behavior because giving me the information for m fasfa would be necessary to better myself. The narcissist in her knows I plan to do more than become a local drunk, and resents me for it. Narcissistic personality wouldn’t feel compelled to act unless it benefits themselves, and bettering myself doesn’t help her in the least. I can no longer ask information from her, because she never tells the truth and hurts me with her lies. Even if she was able to provide truthful information, I am moving to cut all ties from her because she is a horrid person. Every interaction leaves me upset or in tears, I can’t do it anymore.

Edit 1: I'm displaying a poor attitude. That isn't right, and I am sorry. I'm feeling emotions and the letter brings up things I don't want to think about or try not to. I got really defensive and aggressive. This isn't me. I'm sorry.

Answer:
 For god's sake, don't refer to your mother as *NMom* in a letter that will be read by a bureaucrat. Or ever. But especially not in a letter that will be read by a bureaucrat.Answer #2: >I’m applying for a dependency override for my fasfa because my mother is a narcissist, hurtful, buttface and is hindering me from getting the financial aid I need.

Those are not valid reasons for getting a dependency override:
http://www.finaid.org/educators/pj/dependencyoverrides.phtml

>Dependency Overrides
In particular, the following circumstances do not merit a dependency override, either alone or in combination:
Parents refuse to contribute to the student's education;
Parents are unwilling to provide information on the application or for verification;
Parents do not claim the student as a dependent for income tax purposes;
Student demonstrates total self-sufficiency.
Answer #3: Not a lawyer or anything, but 80% of your letter is irrelevant to the powers that be when considering your dependency override. Her refusing to share her info and saying she didn't file taxes is relevant. Her drug abuse, domestic violence, etc. are all irrelevant in this case. I get that your mom is an asshole, but financial aid gives zero shits about your mom's life history and relationship history.Answer #4: Yeah, we don't diagnose people here and don't give a whole lot of respect to those that think they can.Answer #5: Do you have a specific legal question?

Really don't do proof reading around here.


Title: Can I have the characters in my short film playing an already existing board game without running into copyright issues? (California)

Question:
Please let me know if I'm in the wrong subreddit. I'm a film student currently in pre-production of a short that revolves around people playing a board game. The board game exists in real life and is a household name. I'm not going to be making any money off the film, but I will be showing it to the general public at film festivals.

I don't want to say the actual board game because it would make me easily identifiable, but if this question is unanswerable without it, I'll say which game it is in an edit.

I know I'm allowed to have my characters say brand names out loud, but that showing actual logos is an issue.

* Can I show the actual board as long as the brand name/logo isn't visible?
* If not, can I have them play it as long as the board itself isn't visible? (It will be very obvious what they're playing, they'll be talking about it).
* Aside from visuals, are actual rules and gameplay generally copyrighted? Are they allowed to do something that is specific to that game (like how the "get out of jail free card" is unique to Monopoly)?
* The board game comes with pieces unique to the game, like Mousetrap. Are showing those pieces also a no no?
* I was planning on having the title of the short the same as the name of the board game. Should I avoid this?

Thank you so much for your help in advance, I really appreciate it. I know nothing about copyright law and want to make sure I'm not doing anything that could harm my film or the board game company.

Answer:
 As long as your movie doesn't show the game in a negative light (the rules are so frustrating that it triggers a fight, for example), odds are the company will give you liscence to use it as a form of promotion. It's esentially free advertising for them. Try contacting them first.

Although if you're talking about using the game of life as a metaphor for the characters life, it's probably a bit played out.


Title: Hypothetical: Can you break traffic laws when transporting a person in a medical emergency to the hospital?

Question:
Please excuse me if this isn't the place to ask.

This comment:  https://www.reddit.com/r/UpliftingNews/comments/3nksmi/driver_abandons_pregnant_woman_midway_near_a/cvpawdx

Got me wondering.  And if you *are* exempt from traffic laws - that can't mean you're also exempt from consequences, right?  Like, what if you kill a pedestrian or something?

Answer:
 No, you are not exempt from traffic laws in a medical emergency.

Society has specially outfitted vehicles for this purpose- ambulances.


Title: State put a dam up and dried up creek

Question:
Wondering if we have legal recourse. WA state (in an effort to save salmon) blocked up tributaries flowing from a river near a family member's home. This completely dried up the year round creek that flowed through the property and though they've not gotten an appraisal yet, likely impacted the property value dramatically.

I could't find much online about cases like this, just info about landowners not being able to change or dam up creeks. What we really want is the creek back, as its why the family member purchased the property in the first place (the creek isnt a case of recent bank erosion and has been there decades at the very least), but with that being unlikely we are wondering if there is anything we can do about the loss in value of the place.

Answer:
  1. Get several appraisals which show a diminished value
2. Get a real estate lawyer who works on commission
3. Let them do the work and see if you have a good chance of wining
Answer #2: Not sure in Wa state but in Oregon (your neighbors to the south) you want to contact some who specializes in water rights in addition to land value loss. Ultimately, you want to establish way water rights your family has in place before the dam was constructed as well as others impacted to determine who is/can be compensated.

Here is another good place to start.

https://ecology.wa.gov/Water-Shorelines/Water-supply/Water-rights


Title: Can I sue my professor?

Question:
My Professor has a very strong European acsent, it was very difficult to understand what he was trying to teach. And when he actually taught he simply looked at his notes, read it, and wrote it on the board. We took 5 tests thorought the year. By the third test, I relised I might fail this course if I rely on him, I had to pay a tutor. I did very well on test 4 and 5 , but I still failed the course because I did so bad on the other tests.

The problem is, my study schedule was destroyed, I hardly studied the other courses because I was too focused on that one because he couldn't teach. Which resulted in me failing to find time to concentrate on my other courses, causing me to fail even more subjects. This resulted in me being Academicaly Dismissed for 12 months.

Do I hold the right to sue?

Answer:
 Yes, you can sue him. No, you will not win. Answer #2: Do you have the right to sue? Absolutely. Do you have any grounds to sue in this case? Absolutely not. You'll be laughed out of court if your suit isn't dismissed out of hand first. Not every life problem has a legal remedy.Answer #3: General Counsel needs a laugh.Answer #4: If you were dismissed you should have wrote an appeal. Did you? You should also have been a normal person and talked with your academic adviser/dean, did you?  You should also have been an adult and discussed this problem directly with your teacher. Did you?

I sincerely doubt the reason you failed your other courses was because of this one course, and common sense dictates that you focus and do well on the classes you can comprehend, as opposed to failing *every* class. Answer #5: My university has a 3 person panel that hears grade challenges.  The panel consists of one professor,  one faculty member,  and one student. My mom got picked as the student rep when she was in college there.

Someone came in with a story nearly identical to yours.  My mom, a usually reserved person, spoke up and interrupted the student: "I had that professor last year and he doesn't even have an accent!"

The panel found 3 to 0 against the last student. If said student had actually ever showed up to class he would have known the prof was born in the US but had foreign parents, and had no accent whatsoever, being raised in the US his whole life.

Edit: some legal advice to ensure my post complies with sub rules:  go pound sand. Legally speaking, of course. Answer #6: No.


Title: Rental company pretended to be us and turned off our gas.

Question:
At some point yesterday our gas to our hot water heater got turned off. I didn’t notice it until this morning when I went to take a shower and the water was cold. So I did why I could do and tried to relight the pilot light in the water heater but no gas was coming in.
My fiancée called the gas company and it turns out someone pretended to be us, closed our account and switched the service back to the rental company.
We pay our rent every month and have not caused any problems with the company. This is our first time renting a property from them. They have given us an uneasy feeling ever since we started to rent from them. They don’t document things well and both of us have been hung up on when talking to a representative before.
We talked with the rental company and they have no documentation of why they forcibly shut off our gas at the local branch. I am not too sure if anything can be done, but I did not think a landlord could turn off our utilities like that.

Answer: If the service was switched to a different account holder it would still be on, right?


Title: Job just had us sign a paper mentioning a possible pay raise. However, if we are found to mention our salary to anyone- we will be terminated. Can they do this?

Question:
Washington state.

In signing this do we give away our right to freely discuss pay among other employees?  Or is this an illigal thing for them to do?

Answer:
 Giving you the paper to sign is probably not illegal.  If they follow through with it, then they are breaking the law.   Good news is, you have a written policy in your hand that they will fire you if you discuss your raise.

So if you share the news, they fire you soon after, they will have a tough time explaining it.Answer #2: Definitely keep a copy of that for your records.


Title: Can i get in trouble for putting the wrong employment status? [US]

Question: I don't think i can but i want to be sure. I made a bank account with Simple and put unemployed for the employment status. I use amazon mturk and make like 10 to 25 dollars a week. I didn't know that mturk counts as me being self employed. Can i get in trouble for this since i put the wrong employment status?

Answer:
 Making 25 dollars a week does not make you self employed.

Unemployed is the correct answer.


Title: [ID] Got citation for speeding but cop stated he didn't actually get my speed and pulled me over cause I passed the car he was going to pull over.

Question:
I am from out of state but was driving through Idaho. I was pulled over by a state police and he claimed he pulled me over because I was going faster than another car he clocked. He actually didn't know my actual speed and on the ticket he put that I was going 1 mph over the other car since he said I passed them. So with that, the ticket says I was going 106 in an 80, bumping my ticket to inattentive/careless driving. He put on the ticket that the speed was "observed" and not detected by a radar.
I am wondering if I can claim not guilty to this because there is no hard evidence that I passed the car except a possible dash cam video and even if I did, the car could have slowed down after seeing the cop which allowed me to pass it.
When he asked why I was going so fast, I told him I didn't know I was going that fast. In all honesty, I really wasn't.

Answer: I'm not sure why you think the officer shouldn't be able to ticket you in this circumstance. Logic and the laws of physics both support him here.


Title: Kik Problem

Question:
age 22/ male/ Vermont, USA
So I have OCD and sometimes worry more than necessary about certain things and I can't tell if this is one of those times or is a legit legal worry.
I was horny and posted on /r/twinks, and said to hmu on kik.  I made an account without my name but does have my phone number.  Someone pm-ed me, wanted to sext, and said he was 18 and from canada.  For some reason I got paranoid and just stopped chatting because i started thinking "what if he is not actually 18" like there's no way to prove it.  so i blocked him but not until after he sent me a dick pic.  which i didn't save or anything.  NOw I'm freaking out thinking I could get in legal trouble.  I really really don't know what to do.  should i tell the cops what happened and ask if it's illegal?

Answer:
 > should i tell the cops what happened and ask if it's illegal?

No. Just move on. Stop exchanging nudes with strangers.


Title: [CO] Hit and Run Settled, Now Threatening to Sue if Demands Aren't Met.

Question:
Hello, Thanks in advance for your help. I'll make this short

1. Hit parked car with NO ONE in it and ran.
2. My insurance settled with their insurance. They weren't happy with it but it was generous for the damage done, mainly to the bumper area of their car
3. Receive notice today that if demands for a little less than $5000 for the following reasons:

**Travel Fees**
one of the owners was out of town and felt it necessary to fly home at that very instant upon hearing the news

**multiple rental cars**

**emotional support for both owners**
one psychiatric for panic attacks other ER visit for believed heart attack from stress

**home security system** They harassed my family, my insurance, and followed me but I just let it go. But claim they need protection from me

**yard repair** - highly exaggerated - can explain if need be

**lost work hours**

Is this as crazy as I feel like it is?
In no way was this a viscous attack against them.
I am a peaceful person that wants things to work in everyones favor but I think this is asking for a bit much.
But hey, Im not a lawyer, thats why Im here asking you.
Are these claims valid in civil court?
Thanks again for any help.

Answer: I would assume their settlement with your insurance company included a release of liability and claims. They cray. But cray people do cray shit and you should get back in touch with your insurance company. This is damages arising from an incident in which you were covered by liability insurance, you are still covered.


Title: Employer uses his wife as our HR Representative. Is this violating any laws? CT

Question:
Hi, I work for a small company in Connecticut, USA. My boss employs his wife as our HR representative and, to say the least, she is absolutely not in it to help the employees of the company at all unless she is forced to.

They claim this is all kosher because they consult with an "outside HR firm" before making any HR related decisions. They do not disclose who this firm is.

I'm just wondering if this is all legal. I have a feeling it is (as much as I'd like it not to be)..but just wanted to make sure. Thanks.

Answer:
 I don't see anything illegal about this. Also, keep in mind that the HR team is never there to help employees, the HR team's job is to protect the employer.Answer #2: Nothing illegal.

HR works for the bosses, not the employees, in any corporation. It's just more explicit here.Answer #3: Not a Lawyer.
HR is a company position.

If your HR is violating any of your rights as an employee then there may be an issue but otherwise none whatsoever.

It's fairly common in small Mom/Pop companies for the Father to be the Sales guy, the Mother/Daughter whatever not to be the Accounting/HR person.

If you have problems with the company seek a larger company 50+ that has more responsibilities and hence a much more stringent HR.


Title: Does reddit have any liability in allowing subreddits (some listed inside) that facilitate lawbreaking? Is it covered by the Jones v. Dirty World decision?

Question:
I'm not just talking about /r/trees but also:

/r/borrow

/r/shoplifting

/r/FakeID
/r/FakeIDReviewHub
/r/FakeIDUK

/r/cocaine

etc. and so forth.

Answer: I couldn't care less about drugs and very little about fake IDs but if it were up to me I would shut that shoplifting sub down. That costs honest people money.


Title: I was intentionally injured during a rec-league ice hockey game, can I sue for damages or will I lose because it's a dangerous sport?

Question:
During one of my ice hockey games another player who I didn't know, and never gotten into a spat with before crossed checked me in the face.

It was not an accident.

It was not part of the play.

We were not in the middle of a fight.

We were not jockeying for position.

I was skating near him and he took his chance to bust me in the face for no apparent reason.

I just talked to a lawyer and he said I can probably get a judgement against him but then he flip fopped and said he might defend it as an agressive play. It's really no different than what tim bertuzzi did to steve more, but instead of stalking me he hit me in the face as I walked by.

This happened in oregon.

Answer:
 Looks like the attorney has already explained it to you.

You'll argue it wasn't part of the game.

The other guy will argue that you assumed the risk of that happening by playing hockey.

A judge/jury will decide who is right.


Title: My sister died, and I need advice from the lawyers of Reddit...

Question:
Longtime lurker now finally in need of advice for a situation full of anguish. Sorry Reddit, I don't know where to turn anymore.

Lawyers of Reddit, I need your advice regarding the death of my sister.

She attended a meetup of jeep enthusiasts in Southern California. They had organized a cruise along a paved state highway. No off-roading.

From witness statements, out of 12 vehicles, my sister's was number 8. The drivers behind her informed police that the entire pack ahead of her was driving at excessive speeds. At least 15mph over the posted limit of a very twisty road.

My sister, trying to keep up with the group, lost control of her vehicle as her rear tires broke loose due to rough pavement. Her jeep rolled over, ultimately ejecting her.

Investigators stated there was no mechanical failure of the vehicle. Brakes, steering, tires were all in working condition.

My question to the lawyers of Reddit, do the cruise organizer(s) have any responsibility regarding her accident? It was and it wasn't an organized event, it was more of a blog/forum meetup organized by one of the site's contributors. The lead drivers did set a dangerous pace, which was a contributing factor. But, I do understand my sister could have chosen to slow down on her own volition (if she had known better).

And even if they are semi-responsible, is it worth taking them to court? I can't bring back my sister, but I'm frustrated that the no one provided any safety parameters for participants before they began.

Thank you for any input everyone. I know I may be looking for someone to blame in a terrible situation, but I want to cross all t's for her before I can let her passing rest inside my heart.

Answer: The county did their job and put up speed limit signs at a safe speed, by you stating she was going 15 mph over the speed limit.  No one was behind her bumping her car to make her go faster. So why would it be anyone elses 'fault' but your sisters?


Title: (WI) Got backed into, police report puts me at fault.

Question:
Saturday night, was driving in a Walmart parking lot. Stopped behind another vehicle, this vehicle started to back up. I tried to reverse to avoid getting hit by the vehicle. Could not reverse in time to avoid collision. Did get into reverse and was reversing and the other vehicle kept driving into me.

Police report lists I was unit 1, driving in the parking lot and struck unit 2 reversing from their parking space. Can I get this report amended to list was actually happened? Also my husband was in the car but ran into the store to do our shopping and left me outside to deal with the accident. Would this be considered fleeing an accident scene?

Answer:
 If you were the driver and you stayed, then no one fled the accident scene.

Give a statement to the insurance company.  You're going to say you were backing up.  They're going to say you ran into them.  There will likely be some kind of shared fault determination made.


Title: Had a stroke, wasn't given TPA (medicine) have possible medical malpractice?

Question:
So I had a stroke 7 years ago. My lasting issues are memory deficits, left sided weakness and debilitating migraines.

When I initially went to the hospital for the stroke, the Neurologist was hemming and hawing as to whether it was a stroke or not. I was extremely tired, confused, had left sided weakness and one other thing which was not normal of a regular stroke, but fairly normal of a Pons stroke (which I had) - I had both legs unable to move properly.

Anyway, I arrived to the hospital with 10 minutes of the onset of symptoms- well within the time frame to get the medicine for the stroke. But was never given it per the Dr...

So...

1.  Has the statute of limitation run out even though I just remembered what happened in the hospital when I initially went there? I'm in PA.  I have well documented brain issues and memory issues. And seriously, it just popped up in my head the other dy and I'm furious about it.
1. If I do pursue this, is it going to ruin this man's life/career? Or take money from a life saving hospital because I'm not a dick. I really just feel wronged.

Thanks for any help. And obviously, throwaway for legal reasons.

Answer:
 The use of alteplase to treat acute ischemic strokes requires several inclusion criteria to be met prior to administration. Absolute contraindications include any evidence of intracranial hemorrhage on CT. Other factors to be taken into account include recent surgeries/procedures/traumas, uncontrolled hypertension, uncontrolled hyper or hypoglycemia, age, and current medication use. The decision to give (or not give) alteplase is a very serious one that ER physicians and neurologists won't take lightly. The risk of intracranial hemorrhage after alteplase administration is real and the risks and benefits must be considered prior to administration.

There is likely a legitimate reason your physician(s) felt that administering alteplase was not an appropriate intervention. Answer #2: Medical malpractice is very fact specific and it is unfortunately beyond the scope of this subreddit. It is highly recommended to speak with a medical malpractice attorney; your state's bar may be able to refer you to one. They typically work on contingency, meaning there is little up front cost to you. Similarly, consultations are typically free. It wouldn't hurt to meet with one, have them look over your info, and go from there.

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Title: Pet sitting gone wrong

Question:
Hello Reddit,

My girlfriend and I pet sat recently from the 19th to today. For two cavalier King Charles and a cat, we spent approximately 5-8 hours a day with these animals. But not staying the night, the home owner had another guest there who stayed overnight occasionally and we didn’t feel comfortable staying over as well. My girlfriend friend usually went there early in the morning sometimes as early as 5am others around 7-8am to 12-1:30, we would then be back in the late evening 8-9 and stay till 11-12:30. Setting the alarm every time so it would record every time we were there. We even had to rush over there on thanksgiving night after we had left because their dogs set the alarm off and the home owner thought there was an intruder. So we spent another hour going through every room. On top of this we used our own money to mail fedex packages for him (35$) and get kitty litter(15$) for the cat because when we got there it was disgusting, probably hadn’t been changed in weeks, But that’s besides the point, homeowner gets home and is discussing payment with girlfriend she had done a little research and we came up with 650$ for the job. He countered with 400$ and said we weren’t really there and didn’t do much. Claimed his Ring doorbell picked up everything, even though we used the garage to enter,  we have asked him to check his alarm records, and he refuses, I have called ADT his alarm provider and set the motions for getting his records but I will need a lawyer to subpoena them, my question is with the information I have provided do I have a case in small claims for the money we are owed ? Or should we have taken what we consider a lowball offer everything we did for them? Thanks for reading and any help given.
Topic:
Other Civil Matters

Answer: Why didn't you agree to payment terms before anything happened? Without agreeing to terms ahead of time, you would have a hard time winning a judgement. Was there any kind of inclination ahead of time of what you were going to get paid? Per hour, per day, something?


Title: (USA New York) Showed up to traffic court to find the court closed and nobody there!

Question:
I got a ticket for an overdue inspection about a month ago and my court date was written for today 2/3/2014 at 5:00 AM. I checked it a million times and when I showed up at the court room today it was closed and nobody was there. I called and left a message but I'm not sure what to do.

Could there have been a typo on the official ticket issued?

If there was a typo, how was I to know?

Does this mean anything like they have to drop the charge because they failed to show?

thanks for any help

Answer:
 It's a typo.  No, they don't have to drop the charge, but DEFINITELY show it to the DA and explain what you did, and the trouble it caused.

If your car was subsequently inspected (and pass) soon after getting the ticket, plus the aggravation of going to the court the extra time, when you get to the correct court date/time (which is probably tonight at 5:00 **PM**), you should ask the DA for a dismissal.  You have a good chance of getting it.  If that fails, ask for an "adjournment in contemplation of dismissal."

What county is this in?


Title: My parents are keeping my vehicle keys hidden from me because I owe them some money

Question:
Hello, not sure if this is where I should post or if I'm going to get the advice I'm looking for here but I have recently moved out of my parents home to a city about 2 hours away. (We are in Alberta, Canada)

I own my own vehicle (my dad co-signed for the loan) which is currently at their home. I am planning a trip up there to pick up my vehicle but my father has stated he will not give me the keys until I pay him money I owe him from the past which I currently am unable to afford since I am trying to find my own place.

Anyways, since the vehicle is legally in my name does he have any right to hold it hostage or should I let the police know and have an officer escort me to the home when I go to avoid any unnecessary conflict with my father and step mom.

Also I did not sign any contract or anything with my dad saying I would pay him money that he leant to me for random expenses when I was unemployed. (I absolutely have the intentions to pay him back but I just simply cannot afford to right now)

Sorry if this write-up is a bit messy I'm pretty stressed right now and am just looking for some help. Please let me know if there's any more information you need from me.
Topic:
Other Civil Matters

Answer:
 IANAL

If you own the vehicle, he can't hold it hostage.  If he refuses to give you the keys, you can call the police (non-emergency number) and ask for their assistance in retrieving your property.

Or you could call a locksmith, but be prepared to pay for that and provide proof of ownership in case your dad comes out and says it's his car, not yours.


Title: Competing restaurant is spamming 1-star google reviews for acquaintance's business and 5-star reviews for their own, any possibility of legal recourse? [Germany]

Question:
Someone I know owns a restaurant offering rather uncommon ethnic cuisine (in Berlin, Germany). It's been open for about 10 years. Recently a restaurant of the same rare cuisine has opened **directly next to it** after misrepresenting themselves as a specialty food store during renovation.

After customers have failed to stumble through the walls into this new business, the owner has now stooped to faking google,  facebook and other reviews (mainly google i think). On google, his business, until recently without any reviews,  now has about 50 5-stars and no others. My acquaintance's business' profile suddenly had an influx of 1 star reviews from the same new accounts at the same time, without any change in management, menu or service to explain this.

Considering how it seems to me that any business owned by jackasses or desperate people would follow this strategy if it were risk-free, I hope someone here can tell me if there any legal options available.

If you happen to know any other, legal but not *legal* strategies to deal with this kind of thing, that information would be appreciated as well (PM it so as not to fill a legaladvice thread with social media strategies and the like).

Answer:
 It is probably a violation of the YELP, google, and facebook terms of service, so first step would be to notify them.

Beyond that I doubt anyone here can comment on any German laws in that area. The only German law most of us could offer useful commentary on is the reinheitsgebot, und ich in Deutschland für 18 Monate zu leben.  the other possibility is that they are in violation of the lease.  Generally leases include clauses preventing similar businesses from opening in the same building.  Answer #2: I'm not a lawyer (at all), but I'm German. :)

Contact the websites. They might be able to check the IPs of those accounts that are leaving the reviews. Google & co. have an interest in making their reviews appear legitimate and at least Yelp has starting cracking down on manipulated/fake reviews already.

You could also ask a lawyer to draft something. Here is an article about which laws the competing restaurant might have violated: https://ggr-law.com/persoenlichkeitsrecht/faq/fake-bewertungen-rechtliche-folgen-und-moeglichkeiten-fuer-unternehmen-und-gewerbliche/

You can't really prove anything on your own, but a strongly worded letter by a lawyer might scare them into stopping.

And lastly, what I've read before as an advice is this kind of situation was to reply to all the negative reviews and ask what was wrong, how their experience could have been improved, etc. The willingness to follow up and make improvements will hopefully be seen positively by others who are browsing the reviews.


Title: Girlfriend trying to keep daughter away from her father

Question:
My girlfriend's daughter's father was recently released from jail. She's extremely protective of her daughter and wants him to have nothing to do with her.

My understanding is that any father definitely has rights to be a part of their child's life unless they are somehow a legally proven danger to them.

If she believes this to be the case, what should she do, legally speaking?

If she continues to take measures to prevent him from seeing her, what could happen, legally speaking?

Is there any other helpful advice you could provide for circumstances like this?

Thanks

Answer:
 The father can file for custody at any time, if there isn't already an order.

If there is court ordered custody and she is violating it then that is trouble with the judge.


Title: [ontario] family cottage in grandparents name never changed deed when they died

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 Yes, capital gains tax is paid when the cottage transfers ownership in Canada (based on if it was sold at fair market value)

This only applies if the property is not a primary residence (cottages usually are not primary residence)

Typicaly this tax is taken out of the estate of the person who passed away.

The risk of not changing the deed is technically your dad doesn't own it, if he died it couldn't be left to anyone and would do through probate and likely be divided amongst living relatives of whoever is in the deed (and way more fees).

It would be a lot of money. Basically they take the value of the cottage and subtract the original purchase price (whatever your grandparents paid for it)

Then half of this value is the taxable amount

This amount is taxed at the marginal rate (say around 40%)

So if your grandparents paid 5000$ for it and it was worth 205,000$ when they died (very common in cottages for extreme value changes) you would owe $40,000

205,000-5000 =200,000

50% of 200,000 = 100,000

Taxed at marginal rate you owe ~$40,000 in this example


Title: Roommate requiring me to not be home for party

Question: Roommate and I have lived together over a year on a verbal lease (her name is on it only) where I have received mail. Not the most awesome roommate or apartment.  she’s uninvited me to our house party and says I shouldn’t even be in my room while it goes on. One is her friends who threatened to beat my ass is probably attending.  Although it makes sense to just abide, legally, can’t I be at my domicile even if people don’t like it?

Answer:
 Your roommate may not prevent you entry into your apartment because she wants to throw a party.

I suggest that you remain in your room for this party, and consider contacting the police if there looks like there will be an incident with this "friend" who threatened you.


Title: Being Falsely Accused for Sexual Misconduct. PLEASE I NEED HELP.

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 >This is my life at stake and I really don't want to live with the consequences of false sexual assault allegations.

If this is true (and it is), get the hell off the internet and go speak with an attorney. Regardless of cost. We can't give you the extensive help you need. Answer #2: You are fairly confident that you are innocent? You mean that you are not sure? That is a fairly alarming statement, and one I would not make publicly. Get legal counsel quickly.Answer #3: You didn't speak to your university in full confidence. Everything you told them can be used against you unless a few extremely narrow circumstances apply.  You absolutely need real help on this one.Answer #4: If you represent yourself, you are almost certainly going to lose however innocent you believe you may be or may in fact be. You need to either borrow money or redirect some funds and get an attorney or if you live below or around the poverty line you may qualify for a public defender. If you do, they are precisely 1 million times better than defending yourself.


Title: New Jersey: Fired from restaurant job for confiscating and destroying a customer's fake ID. Found out later the ID was real

Question:
I worked at a chain restaurant. First I worked in the kitchen but a while ago the management moved/promoted me to a being bartender. I was told if someone gave a fake ID that I had to take it and then call the police about the ID. A customer came in and she looked 15 but she ordered a drink. I confiscated her license because she looked so young I thought it must be fake. She argued it was real and gave me military ID which I also confiscated for being fake. The manager wasn't there and after realizing I wouldn’t give them back she left. I called the police but they said they were too busy with calls to send someone right away so since she had left I said no need. I cut up the ID’s, left a note for the manager explaining about the fake ID’s and forgot about it. When I came in for my next shift the next night I was called into the manager’s office. That morning she had come back with a lawyer. A military lawyer. Even though she looks 15 she is actually 30, the driver’s license and the military ID’s were all real. And I destroyed them.

After she left she was driving home to get more proof of age and she was stopped by police at a checkpoint and given a citation for not being able to produce her driver’s license. She also got some static from her superior officers because she didn’t have her military ID when she went back to work. A lawyer for the restaurant had to write a letter to the police, the court and the military to explain what happened to all her ID and I got fired. My manager agreed with me that she looked 15 but he said I shouldn’t have destroyed the ID’s I should have told the police to come and waited for them. My manager said the police could come after me for destroying them. Since I thought the ID was fake because she was young, and my manager and co-workers agreed with me on this wasn’t my firing illegal since I was following the law? Can I sue them to get my job back or at least some severance to hold me over until I get a new job?

Answer: You deserved to get fired. Someone that looked underage provided not one, but two valid forms of legal identification validating their age. You then proceeded to steal their ID. Answer #2: You screwed up, embarrassed the company and violated policy.  Of course they had good reason to fire you, and even if they didn't, they can fire you for almost any reason, or no reason, anyway.Answer #3: I was somewhat believing you until the part where you cut up her military ID card. That's destruction of US government property and could result in federal charges. I'd like to think nobody is that dumb.Answer #4: You're trolling. Your alcohol server training did not say, "If you confiscate a fake ID, cut it in half and leave it for your manager." If this is real, you deserve to lose your job, and you should not be serving alcohol to anyone.


Title: [Chicagoland] Employee discount fiasco

Question: EDIT: am in Chicago for bots sake. I dont know if what my manager did is correct and if a one word answer is all I need than so be it. Backstory, My friend purchased a ps4 from our workplace(best buy). My friend purchased the product through the website using his discount. The product was discounted a hefty amount. My friend goes to pick it up from the store and thats when all the fun starts. My manager notices that he paid less than what the current discount showed and voided the order. It didnt stop there, the manager also said that if he tried to fight it, it could cost him his job. Just want to know if there is actually something we can do because we are bummed out. Any answer would be aporeciated.

Answer:
 If the discount is more then the standard BBY discount then they can void it because there is a technical issue in the pricing.

To be honest they can void the sale for whatever reason they want, as long as they don't break any discrimination laws.

To answer your question the manager did the correct thing in voiding the sale that had a pricing issue.


Title: Im scared im gonna go to jail

Question: i just turned 18 a bit ago and i got some breaches on a charge i got when i was seventeen, and i didnt go to court today. what now?

Answer: What’s the charge, what was court for? I’m assuming breaches is kind of like a probation violation?


Title: (CA) Was in small fender bender, now being sued for 2 million dollars.

Question:
Posting this for my room mate. They were involved in a small accident a few years back.  The driver claimed their back and neck hurt, but were able to leave and drove away themselves, with minimal damage to the vehicle.
Now they've been trying to sue my room mate for the past few years.

Their insurance company and lawyer has been working on this for some time. It has come to the point that her insurance offered to pay 250k in damages and medical fees, but that person rejected the settlement, and now wants 2 million dollars for injuries, and prospective lost work. This person was driving a 1990's Astro Van at the time so I really doubt their salary and 'years of lost work' could warrant the claim of 2 million dollars.

I told her that her insurance will have to pay out, but that the person who is suing has to show proof of the medical bills, damages and wages to necessitate the proper payout. According to my room mate, it appears the person already had a previous medical condition before the accident.

I think this amount of money they are asking for is bogus, but her and her family are very worried about the possibility of paying such a large sum of money. Should they really be concerned? They are worrying about losing their retirement savings.

[California]

Answer:
 If the other driver refuses to settle and sues, the insurance company is liable up to the policy limits.  Your friend would be responsible for the excess, if any.

It's impossible to evaluate the merits of the case.  It's not ridiculous, in this day and age, for a permanent injury to result in damages of $2 million.  But it's not very likely either in a walk-away accident.

Most cases settle within policy limits.


Title: [AL] Taxidermist went missing, don't know how to proceed with small claims (Long Post)

Question:
In Nov. 2014, my husband went hunting a few hours from our home and scored his first buck. On the recommendation of his hunting partner, he dropped the deer at a game processor. Said processor worked with a local taxidermist, so husband paid the processor to deliver the deer cape to the taxidermist to start the mounting process.

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Fast forward to February 2015 -- we visit the taxidermist to pay for the deer in full. (It took so long because we had a pet medical emergency that we had to pay first. We told them that we couldn't pay until February and they were okay with this.) In addition, my husband drops off a boar head (one he traveled to Georgia to hunt) so the taxidermist can bleach and mount the skull. We pay $625 CASH for both the boar and deer and go about our lives, knowing that deer mounting is a process that takes anywhere from a year to 18 months to complete.

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From Feb. 2015 to Feb. 2016, we call periodically for progress reports. Everything is coming along nicely, but he's still not done by Feb. 2016. That's okay. It's a process. We are understanding and continue once a month updates until April 2016. Suddenly, we're unable to reach the taxidermist by phone. He stops taking our calls. His Facebook page goes silent. We drive out there to see if he's at the business (and that in itself is a 45 minute drive one way), but no one is ever there. We're able to reach him exactly ONCE from April 2016 to July 2016, and he tells us that everything is done, that he just needs to finish assembling the boar's skull and he needs to buy a form for the deer. He tells us to call back next week and he'll be finished and we can come to pick up the trophies.

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That's the last time we heard from him. Since then, we've called, visited the business, left messages on his Facebook page, sent Facebook messages, etc. We even sent signature confirmation letters, one to his house, one to his business. The letter sent to his house was returned after 2 weeks sitting at the PO and the letter sent to his business was returned to sender with a note from USPS that stated that "the business is no longer in operation and has left no forwarding address". (Note: the letter was a request for payment or payment + property, with a hard deadline as to when he needed to pay us back or return the heads with payment or we would be pursuing legal action.)

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At this point, we've decided to sue in small claims court, but we're running into problems.

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Q1. In digging into finding the legal name of the taxidermist (business and person), we've found out that there is a lien on his business due to 3 years of unpaid property taxes. Is it even worth it (as in worth it for us to spend the money in filing fees, court fees, etc.) to sue if he already owes other people money? Do we even have a snowball's chance to get our money back?

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Q2. Husband wants to file for $625 only. He doesn't feel that we'll get back the mounted animals. I want to sue for the money + the replacement price of the animals (gas to get to the hunting spot, licenses, processor fees, etc.) but we're at a loss. These animals are irreplaceable, seeing as my husband won't ever get his "first" back, but we know we can't sue for the ACTUAL animals, seeing as they've probably been left to rot in the business after it was abandoned. Is it possible to sue for the replacement cost in lieu of the ACTUAL animals?

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Q3. It's likely we're never going to get payment from the taxidermist, so we've been exploring the lien and wage garnishment routes. Do either of those guarantee payment? Is that something the average person can pursue? What would be the likelyhood of ever seeing any money from one of these two routes? We plan to move out of Alabama in the near future and we don't really want this entire process to take months or years to recoup or money.

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Thanks in advance for any help! I'm just trying to help my husband because he's super bummed and really over this entire ordeal, so maybe if we can get back what we paid, he'll go hunting again.
Topic:
Small Claims Procedure

Answer:
 Q1 really should be: can you locate this guy to serve him?

Jumping forward to winning and:
https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/can-you-collect-judgment-29546.html


Title: Experiencing high noise levels from other apartment tenants - want to break lease early due to it.

Question:
I live in South Louisiana and I am renting an apartment. I am on the 3rd month of my 9 month lease.

I have been searching online for quite some time now about what I can do about the excessive noise from the children of other tenants. There are several laws being broken by the other tenants as well. I have called the local sheriff's department countless times about it and nothing ever seems to get done in regards to the problem.

I work nights and I have to sleep during the day.

From the hours of approximately 10am to 2pm I can hear a couple that lives behind me arguing and screaming at each other. The arguments seem to be brought outside whenever one of them needs a smoke break.

From the hours of approximately 3:30pm to dusk, there are children *everywhere* outside screaming, hollering, being loud, slamming things, etc., and recently they have targeted my apartment as the place to make their noise directly outside of. I live in the center edge of a courtyard that has a side-walk that borders it. They will skate and ride their bikes (which is against the apartment rules) around the perimeter of the court-yard, and once they get to my windows and door, they will scream at the top of their lungs - and repeat this until I open the door to bust them. I have opened the door as they approached my apartment about six or seven times in one afternoon, as I miss sleep for my job.

Yesterday, children were knocking on my door and running away. Probably because I asked them to stop making noise outside my apartment. Then somehow, on the 4th time the door was knocked on, I swung the door open and yelled *STOP!*, and to my surprise there was a 2-year-old little girl standing there who started to cry. No one else was near my apartment. At one of the tables in the courtyard was a 8 to 10-year-old who was laughing and ran away when this happened. My girlfriend said she saw this older kid instruct the 2-year-old to knock on my door. The sheriff's department was immediately called because there is a 2-year-old girl outside unsupervised by an adult. Which to me, seemed highly dangerous - obviously.

A few minutes later a woman came banging on my door accusing me of making her daughter cry. I told her I did not yell at her daughter and she started to shout at me to knock on her door if I had a problem with her 2-year-old daughter. *Really?* Lets just ignore she was unsupervised, and what she was doing, I guess.

**My Question** is I have complained to the landlord/property manager and the security guard about issues like this for months - and nothing ever gets done. I want to know what I can do to break my lease and move out. I have searched high and low on the Louisiana government sites but I feel like I'm looking for something too specific. The only thing the property manager has done today in response to the issues of yesterday was put a reminder in everyone's mailbox about the community guidelines. But there are still children running around outside, and screaming. Creating an extremely loud and noisy environment.

Does anyone know of a law, or something I can cite to the property manager as a reason I am breaking the lease, and not get hounded by her wanting the rest of the rent for the remainder of the lease? I'm sure there is something out there - I just can't find it.

Thank you in advance.
Topic:
Landlord Tenant Housing

Answer:
 I think your expectations are unreasonable. The landlord can't refuse to rent to families with children, and children are loud. You can't get out of your responsibilities under a lease because normal everyday noise bothers you. Sorry. I do think the kids will eventually grow tired of bothering you if you stop yelling at them so much.Answer #2: I worked nights (mid to 8) for many years, and I know how bad this can be.  So don't think that I'm unsympathetic.

But the reality is that you can't expect an entire apartment building to conform to your schedule, and you can't blame the landlord for what the kids are doing.

Try a sound conditioner, or leave the TV on -- talk shows in particular are good at covering external noise.  Barring that, earplugs.

The things you want the landlord to do can in theory be negotiated into a lease contract -- but that means being very selective as to where you're willing to rent and under what conditions.  Expect to pay a premium for it.Answer #3: Get freaking earplugs and start looking for a yurt in the middle of ten acres to rent when your lease is up.


Title: How do modern bounty systems work? If I shot a highly wanted terrorist and brought his severed head to the CIA do they just hand me a bag of cash?

Answer:
 Leaving aside people who jump bail, modern bounties are for *information* leading to the individual. For instance, the State Department's [Rewards for Justice](https://rewardsforjustice.net/english/about-rfj/frequently-asked-questions.html) program (the US's main international bounty system for terrorists) provides rewards for

> information that leads to the arrest or conviction of anyone who plans, commits, aids, or attempts international terrorist acts against U.S. persons or property, that prevents such acts from occurring in the first place, that leads to the identification or location of a key terrorist leader, or that disrupts terrorism financing.

The State Department highly discourages going after terrorists yourself. If you did, paying a reward might embroil the US in a serious diplomatic controversy.


Title: Competition law: Is it against the law for website owners to show different prices for the same products to visitors depending on which affiliate referred them?

Question:
I have seen that in e.g. the travel business, prices shown to website visitors can depend on their estimated willingness to pay a higher price. This question is somewhat related.

The EU anti-competition law says it is illegal to discriminate visitors depending on their country ([stated here](http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-17-201_en.htm)). Now I wonder if it is also illegal to discriminate visitors depending on which website referred them. It is sort of the same thing, isn't it?

I ask, because I run a website earning commission for referrals leading to sales. It's a very price sensitive market, and people run to where the price is the lowest. My problem is that when big established websites refer to the same partners I have, the price is often notably lower for their visitors than when I refer them from my website. I have no control over the price the customer sees.

I came across a Bloomberg [article](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-24/asus-philips-fined-the-most-in-130-million-eu-antitrust-probes) describing how corporations are given penalties for fixing minimum prices for their products among all re-sellers. My case is related in the way that the price my visitors see is fixed at a disadvantaged level.

Since I run a small startup, I have little negotiation power. Me having to show higher prices than the "big guys" makes it difficult to compete. My goal is to build a great, scaleable product, not be required to establish personal relationships with a small group of devoted clients.

Answer: Your location is important, but it's probably legal. It's no different than a company offering exclusive discounts to AARP or AAA or NRA members.


Title: Mentally ill neighbor

Question: Hey, I live in Wyoming, USA. A friend of mine has a neighbor who is mentally ill (schizophrenia) and routinely enters her house uninvited, has tried to steal the family dog multiple times, and throws food and other objects into their yard for the dog (these are a few examples there's been a lot). My friend has called the police 10 times in the last 6 months because of this neighbor and they have repeatedly told her that because of the neighbors mental condition they can do nothing. My friend has a toddler in the house so even if the situation weren't already worrying it is definitely an issue to have this neighbour doing some of this stuff. Is there any kind of legal recourse she can take in this situation or is she basically stuck with the police response that they can't do anything?

Answer: File a police report first then apply for a restraining order....entering her house uninvited is the same as trespassing...