Title: If I went into my sisters apartment without her knowledge and took pictures of her apartment, can the evidence of her drug use still be used against her or not?

Question: My sister is a heroin junkie and is an absolutely disgusting person. Not even because she's on heroin, but her overall behavior and personality is disgusting from it. She puts her kids around it and around her boyfriend and friends who run a meth trap house. I want to go in and take pictures of where she keeps her heroin needles in her closet that are in reach of my 3 and 4 year old neices. We also found a burn cigarette mark on the back of my 4 year old niece's leg, which would be the second time happening. She also leaves pipes on the ground. Weed pipes, meth pipes, cigarettes, ashtrays. Her apartment is disgusting and she doesn't care. I want to do this to get a better case so me and my mom can take full custody and give these kids a chance. Thanks.

Answer: Just call CPS


Title: Wife was exposed to cytotoxic excrement while pregnant for 5 months without being notified by her employer.

Question: Title kind of says it all, she followed precautions for this particular client but was not informed of the risk to her or her fetus. She signed a confidentiality form. So can I go forwards and call out her employer even if I don’t know the name of the client? Obviously this is an OH and S issue but she’s scared she’ll lose her job by speaking up. If something is wrong with our child that could be connected to cytotoxic drugs can I sue the employer?

Answer:
 "calling out" her former employer won't accomplish anything. If she is serious about this she needs to talk to a personal injury attorney, and also her doctor doing her prenatal care.Answer #2: Can you elaborate...? What is your wife's profession? Are you saying she had a client who was receiving chemotherapy and she was exposed to their excrement? In what way?

 If she signed a confidentiality agreement that you somehow know the details of, it's indicative that she broke the agreement. She should review it to determine how that would affect her.Answer #3: IANAL, and my experience is more on the research side of hazardous chemical exposures.  However, I do believe that it is the same in research and in healthcare that the employer does not have a duty to inform their employees of the effects of every chemical they might come across. Especially in healthcare that would be incredibly difficult with all the different potential drugs one might encounter. They do however have to make this information readily available via the chemical's MSDS, either through access to an online database or on a printed sheet that the employee could access. It is up to the employee to keep themselves informed of the risks of the chemicals they encounter and confirm that they are using correct safety procedures for each chemical.

It does seem counter-intuitive, but iny experience being pregnant doesnt actually alter the safety procedures that much, because every sample should already be assumed to be hazardous and handled as such.


Title: Freaking out. Ex-landlord demanding almost 15k. Colorado Springs, Colorado

Question:
Any advice would be great. My husband is active duty military (currently deployed) so tomorrow I will be going to get some advice from the legal counsel that they have on base, but they do not do litigation. So, I may have to go see a lawyer. I mainly just want to be able to sleep tonight.

On February 3, 2015 I signed a one-year lease with my (now ex) landlords. Everything was going great. The house wasn't anything out of the ordinary. A 3 bedroom 1,200 square foot home. Comfy enough for my husband and I. My husband deployed to Kuwait at the end of February. We knew about this, and the landlords rented to us knowing about this. Before my husband left, he got me the two cutest cats so I could at least keep my mind occupied with something. As soon as he left, I was a mess. We were just recently married in October, and this was our first deployment. I couldn't stop crying, and the only thing that helped me and kept me going was having to get up and take care of the cats, and also them giving me much needed love and attention.

About 4 months later, I was out of town with my parents when the landlord called and asked if he could go over to change the furnace filter in which I said I preferred he did it when I was present. It turns out he went anyways, got inside the backyard, and started mowing the lawn. (He did not go inside the actual house) At this point he saw the cats looking through the window. He called me immediately and stated that the lease said no pets. I apologized profusely, told him that we erroneously did not inspect the lease fully (we had not discussed the pets thing with them because we didn't have any pets at the time), and that if there was an arrangement that we could come up with.

The rent of the house was $1150, and they demanded a $2000 deposit because of my fair credit. I offered him to give him an extra deposit on top of everything. His reasoning was that his previous tenants had a dog, and the dog destroyed the carpet. I assured him that the cats were very clean, and that he knew that if anything were to happen to the carpets, I had to replace them per the lease. He still denied my request and demanded I chose the pets or the house.

This broke my heart. The only reason I got up in the morning was to feed the cats, and take care of them. I was still extremely depressed about my husband leaving (I already suffered from depression issues). I told the landlord that I just couldn't give away a gift that my husband gave me, and the only thing that helped me feel better. He did not care and said I had one month to vacate. I am not one to start any problems, so I did as he said, and we purchased a home. When he found out we purchased a home, he seemed slightly upset and told us that we should have bought his home.

While we were in the process of buying the home (and still living at that residence), my mom had recently had surgery. She was staying at my place because I would take care of her, and she had complications from said surgery. One day, the landlord calls me and tells me he needs to go inside the house to show it to a prospective buyer. It was a very stressful moment for me, and I told him if he could please wait a few days. My mom was in the bed recuperating, and I was going through the stress of a home purchase. He said okay, he would go about 3 days later. As well, I told my landlord that I wasn't going to be home until much later as I had to run many errands. After the call, I went out to meet with the home loan lender, and my mom calls me super scared stating that there was a man outside the house in the backyard. Then she said that he tried to climb down to the basement stairs and open the window. She was terrified and wanted to call the police. The man apparently left without successful entry. This man turned out to be my landlord. There was also a footprint by the window. Wow... I made the right choice in leaving that house...

Fast-forward to when we were moving out, and I sent him a text message stating "Hi *landlord*, just wanted to see when we would get our deposit returned." He responded the next day "received your message, just got back into town, will be going to the house to inspect condition, will keep u updated". I said "Okay, great. We made sure to clean very well." About 10 days later, I sent him another text message stating "Hi *landlord*, were you able to inspect the home?" He replied "Not yet. We have 60 days. Please read your contract. We need your mailing address too!" I said "Okay. Just wanted to make sure everything was okay as far as the inspection. The mailing address is ***".

I never heard anything from him again. To be clear, we moved out June 16, and paid until July 3rd. I knew that he had until September 3rd to send my deposit back, so I let it be. [Today I receive this letter in the mail](http://imgur.com/W67RVjC) I started to shake and felt myself beginning to have an anxiety attack. Let me explain his bullet points from my point of view.

* The garage door frame was not damaged. Nobody ever ran into it, nor damaged it in any way. I have no idea what he is talking about.

* I don't know anything about furnace filters. I never even replaced the filters. I always forgot.

* First of all the basement is an unfinished basement with a cement floor. The carpet that he is referring to was the old urine and feces stained carpet that he replaced. Yes, I threw it away because it smelled horrendous and looked like it was getting mold. I actually had to pay $200 at the dump to throw it away. If it was my bad, I am sorry. I am very asthmatic, and my mom had just had surgery. I didn't want to risk us getting sick.

* I don't what happened to the outside hose. I never took it. It was old, and looked broken.

* The extra carpet in the garage was little cuts and scraps of the leftover new carpet. Barely anything useable. My dad threw it away for fear of dust accumulation. I want to point out that the landlord never told us anything about him storing his remodeling leftovers. He never advised us to keep it or protect it.

* I don't remember anything about a light globe. If it is missing, I must have replaced the bulb that went out and forgot to put it back. Okay, those are like a dollar and I will gladly buy him one.

*I don't know why he replaced the carpeting. The cats never did anything to the carpet, and it was never stained. I seriously do not know where this comes from. The carpet was left like new.

*My dad cleaned the oven top extremely well. He scrubbed it, and left it in even better conditions than the landlord had left it to us. This guy is a liar.

*Purple stain in the bathtub? I have no idea what that is. I never used anything purple...? The bathtub was extremely dirty when we received the property, so stained even that my mom took a picture and sent it to her friend to show her how stained it was.

*Funny thing about this wood railing is that we never moved anything upstairs. All that there was, was a bedroom and bathroom. We didn't know what to do with it, and we only moved a mattress and some clothes. Never any type of furniture. So, now I know he is lying for sure.

*I didn't even realize the bit about the professional cleaning of carpets. I would not have minded doing that. I had to do it in previous rentals. He never reminded me of this, nor pushed for me to get it.

*Expenses for cleaning the house? This is what broke my heart. My parents and I scrubbed every inch of that house (even the walls) on our hands and knees because we needed that deposit money back so badly.

I can't believe landlords can just blatantly lie like this and get away with it. After all the hard work that we put into cleaning everything. We even scrubbed the basement floor.

Almost $15,000 in two weeks? They have seriously gone mad.

Please help me with any advice. I am just so disheartened and I do not know what to do. I can't sleep.

Thank so much.

[This is the lease by the way](http://imgur.com/a/P6e3N)

P.S. The owner already have the house rented. I do not know how long it has been rented for, but my parents passed by last month and there were people living there. As well, his letter states "$13,800 for the rest of the year". The whole year was $13,800. The rent was 1150, and we paid  from February to June (inclusive). This amount is already outrageous.

EDIT: I forgot the bit about him stating that I left the hose on through the window and he had the neighbor as a witness. The actual story is the following: I was at home with my mom and brother and I hear a knocking. It is our neighbor and she tells us that the water is running from the outside faucet. I tell my brother and he rushes to close it. We are dumbfounded as to how this could have happened. The neighbor told me that it could have been maybe some neighborhood kids messing with us. So, I do not know what this "witness" of a neighbor has to say, except that she saw the water running for a while, and advised us to it, and my brother immediately went to turn it off. Why would I leave a faucet running outside? To pay a high water bill??
Topic:
Landlord Tenant Housing

Answer: TL;DR - OP broke lease that began Feb. Didn't do a move-out walk through but says house was well-cleaned. Former landlord wants a few grand for cleaning/repairs, plus is crazy enough to ask for full amount of entire lease including time they already paid for. OP believes unit is re-rented, or at least currently occupied.


Title: Man rear ended us in a parking stall at a Sinclair, was taken and charged with a DUI, provided no proof of insurance

Question:
We were rear ended in a parking stall at a Sinclair by an older gentleman who was then charged with a DUI. The man did not have proof of insurance and the police didnt include any proof of insurance in the case they opened for the incident, which I'm guessing means he didnt have any.

We have comprehensive insurance on our vehicle but our insurance says we have to pay our deductible first and they will take care of the rest, then later, if they recieve his insurance info, they can reimburse us.

This doesn't seem fair. We have comprehensive insurance  and it was obviously his fault due to it being a DUI and our car being parked. Is there anything we can do? Cant the insurance just bill the man directly and then make him deal with reimbursement from his own insurance?

Answer: This is why you have comprehensive insurance. It should include uninsured / underinsured motorist coverage. To make a claim, you’ll need to pay the deductible.


Title: I got into a car accident in a car primarily registered to my boyfriend and was unknowingly uninsured - Los Angeles County, Culver City CA

Question:
The registration is under my boyfriend's name and I am the secondary driver. We have been paying for Esurance since the beginning of the year - we just had them take the money out of our account automatically every month. We just moved from NorCal to SoCal less than a month ago and our original bank in NorCal was limited only to a certain county, so we closed it right before we moved. Since then we have both been lucky enough to get full time jobs and have had our hands pretty full - haven't had time to unpack completely!

Anyways, I got into a car accident on my way home from work today. I will tell you guys exactly what I told the police. I was on the freeway, not 10 minutes away from home. I wanted to switch to a lane on my left, so I checked over my shoulder. There was a big white cargo van behind, but I definitely had enough room to safely cross over. I flipped my signal on and started to merge into the lane. I checked over my shoulder once more (I don't know if other people check twice, but I was told by my driving instructor to always check twice) while still slowly merging. I saw the van was speeding up in at an alarmingly high rate and I panicked - I was already partially in the lane, but this guy was determined not to let me in. I swerved right and I crossed a lane, turned the wheel left to correct it but overcorrected and started tail spinning counter clockwise crossing the rest of the lanes, collided with a BMW and my back bumper hit the center divider. My air bag did not deploy, but my front end was completely smashed.

I had apparently hit the BMW in the right passenger wheel panel - he was the only other person I hit and suffered no physical or emotional damage. The white van obviously continued on the FWY, no where to be found. Eventually, the police tow our cars off into the nearest exit and we wait there a while for the police's tow people to come get our cars (both cars were deemed un-driveable). In the meantime, I gave the officers all of my info. My DL's, registration info, and insurance company and policy number. The officer I worked with mainly spoke to my boyfriend (over the phone, I could not speak.. I was too shell shocked and was getting confused). He told my boyfriend that since we have insurance, the police's tow company will tow our car to the lot, and we can have our insurance take a look at it etc. We approved, I signed the paperwork, and my car got towed away.

I never spoke to the driver of the BMW, but he didn't seem upset or angry. He even told the police that he saw the whole thing happen (me trying to merge but the van not letting me) and that it wasn't at all my fault. I took a picture of the damage to my car and of his car. A police officer drove me home.

Well, I just logged on to Esurance online to find that our insurance ended ~2 weeks ago because we closed our bank account.

I'm at a total loss. I'm so angry and frustrated that this happened.. I know it's our fault that we didn't check the status of our insurance everything, but my question is: how much trouble are we in? What can happen right now? Any insight whatsoever would be really, really helpful. TIA
Topic:
Insurance

Answer:
 >how much trouble are we in? What can happen right now?

You are likely responsible for all of the damage to the BMW. You also likely will have no insurance coverage for the damage to your own vehicle.

From your narrative, the accident sounds like it was your fault. It was your responsibility not to merge if you could not do so safely, which we now know that you could not. After attempting an unsafe merge you swerved and lost control of your car damaging another car.

As far as trouble, it sounds like you were lucky not to have gotten a ticket  for causing the accident and may very well not get one for lacking insurance. The main trouble will be paying for repairing your car and the BMW without insurance to cover it.


Title: My brother gives pot to his 5 year old. Can I report this anonymously?

Question:
I'm in California

I recently found out my brother sells pot. He makes various things with it,oils and foods for one. He gives these oils, or whatever, to his 5 year old step son. The kid has seizers often, what's actually wrong I'm not fully sure. I know they asked the kids doctor about medical marijuana but the doctor said he wasn't a candidate. So my stupid brother decided he knew better, looked up other cases to figure out the dosage and gives it to him regularly.

Obviously this is wrong. I want to tell the cops or cps but I don't want anyone to know it was me. Will they tell him who called? If it went to trial will they find out then?

Answer:
 Is this the CBD stuff to prevent grand mal seizures?  [I saw this on CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/07/health/charlotte-child-medical-marijuana/) and it's not as crazy as it sounds.  It's been reported elsewhere too.  The kid isn't getting high.

Unless you know for a fact this is harming the kid, or the kid is otherwise abused or neglected, I might mind my own business here.


Title: Neighbor removed 1/4 of my fence. What are my options?

Question:
My neighbor (I recently purchased my home in Nebraska) came over one day a few months after we purchased the house saying he was going to replace one side of our fence that borders his property. He also mentioned that the corner was on his property (it encloses my yard though, not his at all). I said "ok" thinking he would replace it with a more private fence soonish. We were planning on getting a dog at some point and the fence was a draw for this house.

It's been a month now and they haven't replaced it yet and I'm not sure if they plan to now that it is the middle of winter. If it's not done by January, I will speak further with him. Further, I checked my purchase agreement which says it includes all fencing.

What are my steps if my neighbor is choosing not to replace it? Did he overstep his bounds? Is there a way to check my property lines to see if it was really on his line? I don't really have money for a lawyer right now. Am I just the proud owner of a 3/4 fenced in yard now?

Answer:
 hire someone to come and do a survey so you know where the property line is (there can be all kinds of disputes and confusion about this)

if the removed fence was on his side, then have a new fence section put in just on your side of the property line

if not, it might be hard to get him to pay for the replacement since you gave him the go ahead to remove it, and you may need to pay to reinstall the fence where it was

keep in mind people can be jerks and try to claim parts of your property that they know do not belong to themAnswer #2: If the fence is on his property he can do whatever he wants with it. Put your own fence up.


Title: [Virginia] Twenty years later, my parents might still be married.

Question:
This is a long and complicated story so *TLDR: My siblings and I are wondering if my mom has any legal recourse after our dad abandoned us. He took everything and lived in a luxury mcmansion and traveled the world while we were left without heat or food for several years. My mom still struggles and can't retire but they might still be married. Does she have any grounds to sue? Maybe grant the divorce but demand alimony?*

About 20 years ago, shortly after my mom's mother lost her battle with cancer, my dad slipped away in the night. He just emptied the bank account and left.

My mom was in a very bad place emotionally. She was struggling to keep it together so she was very easily manipulated into signing what my dad told her was a division of property statement. (Later he told her that it was actually divorce papers.) I haven't seen the paperwork but I'm taking my mom to the clerks office next week to see if we can get a copy.

She says the division of property just stated that she could keep the house and kids and he could have his work stocks and 401k retirement. It was apparently stated that he would pay her $600 monthly until we were 18.

Before the split, my dad was a manager at a local factory and my mom worked 3 different jobs. They agreed financially that she would pay all the household bills and all of my dad's money would be their retirement. They never had that in writing, it was just an agreement that they made. This is the bank account he cleaned out when he left. She had no savings.

A year or so after he left he "remarried" his mistress who was a VP at a hospital in North Carolina and together they have purchased a multitude of luxury vehicles and their $400k home. They were married on a Caribbean island so I don't know if they would have checked his divorce.

In the years following my parents split, my dad vacationed across Europe and has purchased timeshares in Hawaii and South America. In those same years, my mom struggled to keep a roof over our heads. Our central heating/cooling went out. It was more money to fix than my mom could come up with. We lived 3 winters without any form of heat. We didn't have food, either. (My friends still give me hell over how many ways I was willing to eat plain white rice.)

If it turns out that my parents are still married, is my mom entitled to half that he acquired with his new "wife?" Could she demand alimony even though my dad "retired" the day he left? Could he be accountable for back child support? (My brother and I are in our 30s now, but my brother is disabled and my mom is still 100% financially responsible for his care.) Could she sue him for half of the bank account he emptied? (I don't know if it was a joint account, but being that he cleared it without her signature I doubt it.)

Answer:
 If your parents are still married, your mom needs a divorce lawyer ASAP.

Only read your tl;dr


Title: Can my workplace fine me as a surgeon for being late in documenting surgeries?

Question: Hospital I work at its fining me $50 per late case and $500 for a late documentation. Is this legal?

Answer: Yes. It might be hospital policy or it might be in your employment contract, but yes. It directly affects their ability to get paid. They could mandate that you don't leave without completing your charts like mine does, so don't bitch and do your paperwork.


Title: My lawyer missed the filing deadline.

Question:
I was arrested last Halloween on a DUI charge after driving with a concussion. I hadn't had a drank in over 5 hours and I couldn't get help inside jail. While in I was put in a felony cell without medical assistance. I got pictures after the fact of my face. I was supposed to file to have the sentenced removed so I could have a trial. During the past year I saved enough for a lawyer, got my mom medical help, worked as a general contractor and didn't follow the court ordered restrictions on my probation as the PO threatened me every time I walked in.

The filing deadline was Halloween. I told my lawyer this. He said no it is Nov. 1. I told him he was wrong and we needed to file as my court date was in fact Oct, 31, 2011. He thought it was Nov, 1. Called him all day with no response. When I finally got him on the phone it was 6 P.M. He apologized but said it was my fault for not filing earlier and the only thing I could do at this point was turn myself in. I am out the 4000 dollars I paid this guy.

Do I write a letter to the judge as he isn't aware of any of this? Do I contact the bar? Do I have an legal recourse at all? I am so tired of getting the shaft.

This alleged DUI, when all I had was a concussion, has already cost me everything. I lost my job as a bridge inspectors assistant, I lost my fiance, my car was reposed and I can not find honest work any more. I am dead broke and ready to turn myself in just so I can finally one day have a date that I can actually start bettering my life again. I just do not know what to do.

Answer: Get  a new lawyer. Sue him for malpractice.


Title: Widowed/injured spouse Myrefund seized to pay me--do I have any recourse?

Question: Ok so my husband and I were living apart when he died we did not have any separation papers so I am his next of kin-legally I am his widow. He owed me 16k in back child support. I claimed him on my taxes as I supported him (he refused to work over the table less Child support garnish his wages) over 6 mos of the year and also took care of all expenses due to his sudden passing. So I filed my taxes and the IRS and Child Support seized my tax refund. The money was seized due to the child support that is owed to me. They sized my money (from my W2) to pay me. But they didn't refund the money back to me. Child Support in Virginia decided that the money goes to administrative fees. I went to IRS in Hampton and she told me to wait and Dept. Child Support would just refund the money back to me. They did no such thing. I have written letters asked for a hearing and can not get anywhere. No one will respond. Virginia Child Support is harming my family (single parent with 2 daughters). I do everything right (work, pay taxes) and this is how I am treated. Do I have any legal ground? It is my money how can I get someone to refund my money back to me? They should pay me interest too right or am I reaching? (EDIT:I am located in Hampton Roads Virginia)

Answer:
 Talk about a screwed up situation with government at it's worst!  This would be laughable if it wasn't so bad for you.

I hope someone has a better suggestion, but try contacting the offices of your state elected representatives, such as your State Senator or State House Delegate and telling them this story to see if they can help.  This is presuming it is a state agency which hijacked funds due you and decided to keep them.  If it is a county agency then contact your elected county representatives.


Title: FedLoan Servicing has financially screwed my fiancée. Who do I call?

Question:
My fiancée and I are trying to get our finances in order in preparation for getting married and starting a family. I sat down last night and looked at his student loans and... they have screwed him royally. I’m wondering if legal action is warranted.

Let me explain: He took out a student loan in 2011 for about $10k. Fast forward to today, he has paid about $12k to-date since the loan was opened, but he still owes $10k on the loan. Very frustrating.

I *looks* like they have been asking him to pay less than the interest account monthly. He was experiencing some tough times so he asked them to work with him on the payments. What they appear to have done is lowered it so much that he was only paying of the interest accruing and never touching the principle.

This is on top of many other shady things the company has done,  such as having him sign a six year reconsolidation  and then telling him next time he called in that his loan was for **22 years**. His response was “who in their right mind takes out a student loan for 22 years?!” When he asked them to consult the loan paperwork he signed, the had conveniently lost it. So he faxed them his copy. They proceeded to tell him that his copy was fraudulent and the company he had signed with was not them (because it didn’t have a “TM” after the name or something). Of course, this doesn’t make sense because the do, indeed, have his loan in their system.

My question is this: is there any legal action we can take? The original loan was $10k over 10 years at 6%. So if everything had gone as planned they would’ve got about $2k of interest out of him. As we stand, he’s paid them $12k, so in my opinion they’ve got their money out of him. It is ridiculous to think we’re still going to pay another $10k on top of that. What should we do?
Topic:
Credit Debt Bankruptcy

Answer:
 Sounds like your fiancee agreed to a lower payment plan without fully realizing the implications.  That was on him.

He can start paying more towards his loan to lower the lifetime from 22 years, but him agreeing to a fiscally irresponsible payment plan isn't FedLoan's fault.Answer #2: Your fiancé agreed to the new payment and interest rate. It is not the lenders responsibility to hold his hand through the process and lecture him when he makes bad financial decisions.

They did nothing unethical. They did exactly what he asked.

I would buy the book “total money makeover” and join the Facebook group “the Ramsey baby steps” and each of you get your finances in order before you are married.


Title: If someone refuses to pay me $1800 back is it worth suing? (Connecticut)

Question:
A while back I was talking to a guy who was very manipulative and emotionally abusive. He got laid off from his regular job but played professional basketball and told me if I helped pay for rent he’d pay me back once his season starts. He kept telling me all these excuses for why he wouldn’t do it for months and then blocked me on social media once I saw him in Miami pretending like he was super rich. Is this amount of money enough to sue for and is it even worth it considering legal fees?

If so how do I go about this? Especially considering Covid.

Answer:
 Looks like the CT small claims court is $5000 and less.

It's up to you if you feel like going after him for $1800 or not.

Here's Connecticut's website for small claims and it seems to have everything you'll need to know to pursue him.

[CT Small Claims](https://www.jud.ct.gov/SmallClaims.htm)


Title: Help - Ethics Issues at Work

Question:
Hello all, I am currently working at a law firm specializing in process service and foreclosure, located in NY. My specific duty is to write affidavits outlining our attempts to locate defendants for service of process, which rely on affidavits from our process servers. There have been numerous instances where I have gotten unscrupulous affidavits from our servers, but yesterday's took the cake. When I printed out blank affidavits for one supervisor to get signed and notarized by the servers, he returned in two minutes with copies signed by the servers (who are all an hour away at another office) and notarized by my CEO (who was currently in my office). In other words, these affidavits have forged signatures, and were notarized without the alleged affiants present. I feel that by writing an affidavit including these documents, which I know to be forgeries, I would be committing perjury. I could refuse to do the task which I was assigned, although I would catch a lot of heat for that... furthermore, I feel that I'd still be allowing fraud to be committed (just by someone else). What recourse do I have, as this has been perpetrated by my CEO and supervisor? I'd simply walk if it wasn't a matter of money and not being able to collect any sort of unemployment in the interim.
Topic:
Labor Law

Answer: You should contact your local bar and ask how to file disciplinary complaint, and start looking for another job.  Document everything you can (name, dates, case numbers, etc).Answer #2: Do you know for sure that it was notarized by the CEO, or is it possible that that part was forged too?


Title: (Canada) What legal steps do I need to do, for my american girlfriend to be my canadian citizen (or perm resident) wife?

Question:
So, my girlfriend and I have been seeing each-other for quite a while,  but almost exclusively long distance aside from a couple short visits. She was born in the US, and has never been to Canada, and I don't have dual citizenship. We're both going to school, though I'm hoping to land a decently paying job about 15 months from now, that would be able to support us both.

What are our options, for her moving to Canada, and being able to go to school, and eventually work here? How much would getting married simpify things, if at all. This is all for down the road, but I'd hate for us to be ready to make the commitment, then find out we have to wait 2 months because o some process we could have started earlier.

Thankyou so much

Edit: Thankyou everyone for your replies. Should things continue to work out this far, she is fully prepared and willing to give up her American citizenship if need be, though being the main breadwinner, I don't think we'd lose much of our household income to the IRS. To the future.

Answer:
 Disclaimer: Canadian immigration is not my main field of work and IANAL (Yet!)

Being married, as far as I know, is especially helpful when immigrating to Canada.

However, getting married comes with **A LOT** of obligations and legal consequences. Your best bet would be to go and see an immigration lawyer for a short consultation so you have the required information on hand.

See also: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/sponsor/spouse-apply-who.asp


Title: [US] Hacker sent email blackmailing and extorting

Question:
I got an interesting email this morning. The subject was [email name] - [password] which immediately caught my eye because it was a password I used in the past matched with my email id, low security, no numbers or special characters, but definitely one I've used in the past.

The email stated how he knew my password, that I logged onto a porn site and he remoted in and took a video of my screen and Webcam of me and was going to mail it to my contacts if I didn't pay in 24 hours. Essentially that black mirror episode. He made up some bogus shit about having a special pixel in the email he could tell I read it and start the count down, all very dramatic.

99% of the time I use porn hub with ublock enabled which I imagine is pretty safe

I also have a Webcam but it's lying on the floor and I'm not even sure it works

Essentially I think he found a low security old password of mine on a list and the rest is made up. So I'm not worried and thankfully unlike that black mirror episode everything I watch online is legal.

Is there some cyber hotline or something I should forward this to to investigate. I imagine I'm not the only one on that list he found. He included his bitcoin wallet or address whatever. I'm in the US.

Other than updating all my passwords what else should I do?

Answer: Nothing. It's a new common spam. Just ignore it. Answer #2: Unrelated, but the special pixel isn’t made up, it’s called an email tracker.


Title: FL - United States - Question about Overtime laws and creative ways around them

Question:
My girlfriend works for a company as a service representative and her compensation is partially hourly and partially "performance based" although the part of her compensation that is "performance based" is very stringently controlled in such a way that there is a ceiling she can earn (matches her hourly rate) but no floor to it. She works overtime as required every week but when she's paid her overtime is only calculated on the hourly rate. For example: She makes 7.50 hourly and the rest of her income is calculated based on the amount of service calls she answers or makes and hours she books for the technicians. However if she books anything less than 4 hours per hour she works she loses money, 4 and over she gets the max amount... no difference between booking 4 hours and 100 hours.

 The actual issue however is that when she works 60 hours a week, the 20 hours over her regular 40 hours are calculated for overtime ONLY on the 7.50 hourly rate, not the commission she earns. I've heard that there is a legal obligation to pay overtime on a "variable overtime rate" which basically states that a person must be paid overtime on their total compensation for any time worked over 40 hours.

 I was hoping someone could explain this to me in a way that would help us approach a lawyer or the Dept of Labor without sounding foolish. Please.

Answer:
 What you read is correct.

When you work overtime, you're entitled to a premium of 50% of your "regular hourly rate". This includes not only your *actual* hourly rate, but also any other pay that you regularly receive, divided by the total hours you worked. (If the extra pay is variable, as it seems to be in this case, it's usually calculated by averaging over the week where overtime occurred.


Title: What you guys think?

Question:
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Topic:
DUI

Answer: so he was correct though, which means his argument for PC likely stands up too.


Title: My neighbor is showing signs of sexual harrassment

Question:
California, USA

I live with my mom and dad at my parents house and we have a neighbor who keeps showing odd affection toward my mother.

He is in his 30s? living at his parents house and he never really leaves the house other than going out sometimes to drive his motorcycle.

He keeps checking my mother out through his window and when we look at that way, he closes his blind. He also came up to our big window that we have near our garage and told my mom the window is wide open. He also asked my mother for her number. He’s also been making weird noises in his room through his window when my mom is outside. He keeps giving her the odd stare whenever my mother is out.

I am quite afraid what he can possibly do in the future to my mother because my mother is usually alone in the house since my dad and I go to work until 5PM. He knows my mother is married but i dont understand why he is doing this.

Is there any thing we can do to take care of this problem?

Answer: It's not illegal to be weird. It's not illegal to find your mother attractive. He's done nothing so far to warrant doing anything.


Title: Dad Died with no will. The truck he wanted me to have is being held by the Credit Union.

Question:
  My father passed away about a month ago. He never made a lot of money but toward the end of his life he was able to purchase 2 vehicles a car and a truck. It was his wish that I take the truck while my sister takes the car.

  He took loans on both vehicles through the same Credit Union. The truck 3 years ago and the car just under 2 years ago. At the time that he took the loans he opted into individual insurance policies that would pay the loans off in the event of his death.

  At the time of his passing the insurance company paid off the older (3 year) loan for the truck but they balked at paying the car loan saying that because the loan was under 2 years old they want to look at his medical history to make sure that he did not know that he was dying. They have sent a letter to my sister who held medical power of attorney requesting authorization for a HIPPA request for his medical records. My sister and I cannot be certain that he was in good health at the time of the loan as he was a heavy drinker and died of cirrhosis as a result. I would rather not grant the request if there is a precedent, but in the case where it is necessary do either myself or my sister even have the option of granting the request. Or if this a tactic being employed by the insurance company to tie up the payout.

There is another matter where the truck, a 2013 Ram pickup is now paid off but because the loan on the car is cross collateralized the CU will not release the title becasue there is an outstanding balance on the car.

My worry there is that because there was no joint holder on the account and there was no will or trust, the bank is not going to give us the option to pay off the loan on the car in order to use an affidavit of transfer of property ownership to take ownership of both vehicles.

Thak You so much to anyone who may actually read this and shed any light you may be able to.

Answer:
 >They have sent a letter to my sister who held medical power of attorney requesting authorization for a HIPPA request for his medical records.

They are investigating to see if your father lied on the application for his insurance.  Right now they are asking informally.  If you refuse, they will certainly file a lawsuit and they will be able to subpoena the same records anyway.  So denying them access will most likely just cause a delay in a payout.

>the bank is not going to give us the option to pay off the loan on the car in order to use an affidavit of transfer of property ownership to take ownership of both vehicles.

As long as the car is paid off (either by you personally or the insurance) the bank will transfer the title.


Title: [Missouri] I think my high school has provided students with access to wifi and is intercepting our communication without our permission.

Question:
Hi everyone,

My freshman year they gave students access to a network for internet use. About two years after the network was set up the administrators started to "crack down" on sexting, drugs, and even police have been showing up to parties. The most recent sexting bust was a snap chat a girl sent from the restroom. I can't think of how she would be caught unless someone had a packet sniffer and saw the picture. I think this is illegal under the wiretapping statue and is a violation of the 4th amendment because criminal charges have been brought up against some of the students.

I need help investigating my suspicion. I am trying to think of what documents or records I could FOIA request to prove this activity is taking place. So far I have thought of:

- Invoices or receipts from the IT department
- Email communication

Can anyone else think of things I should look for or ways to investigate this further?
Topic:
School Related Issues

Answer:
 If you use the schools system to access the internet they can examine that use to see if something happened.

I'm really sure that you signed something lengthy at the start of the year that discussed internet policies. I mean every single school has one.

You might want to get a copy of what you signed and read it.


Title: Will I go to jail?

Question:
[deleted]
Topic:
Credit Debt Bankruptcy

Answer:
 You don't go to jail over civil debts.

I assure you you can find $4 to pay them.


Title: What can a Student Housing Complex legally do in terms of entering a space ? (Long story but desperate for advice)

Question:
Hello,

I am a college student who lives off campus in a student housing complex. By off campus I mean the apartment complex is not sponsored or run by the university, and families are allowed to live in the apartments as well. Many students just live there because of the convenience of it being 5 minutes away from my main campus.

My name is on the lease and I have a family member who is my co-signer. I pay the rent every month, but I usually take out loans to pay my rent 6 months up front so that’ not another expense I have to worry about. I do this twice a year, fall semester and spring. Once I return to school and receive my refund, I will take the money I have and pay off my lease until it ends. (July)

My boyfriend also stays with me. My two roommates don’t have a problem with this as me and him aren’t slobs and are usually at work/ in our room. His name is not on the lease.

I had a bit of a freak accident happen over the past few days. Essentially to keep it short, my phone broke New Years Day (Wednesday)and I was unable to contact anyone (family, friends, etc) at all. I figured I would get a new phone in a day or two so I didn’t worry about it. But, unfortunately my parents panicked ( specifically my mother) because they didn’t hear from me and my mother called my housing complex to complete a wellness check on me. So, my landlord or a couple of employees from the complex went to my room to see if I was there. I wasn’t ( Both me and Boyfriend were at work), but they spoke to my roommate to ask if she had seen me. She said yes that she had seen me the previous day. They then entered my room, and upon seeing my boyfriends clothes came to the conclusion I was holding an Unauthorized occupant. Once I received a new phone(Friday Morning) I called my parents to tell them I was ok and I learned my mom called my complex.

I went to the leasing office to tell them I was ok, and the manager sat me down and said whom ever was in my apartmen had 24 hours to vacate. This is where my question comes in.

Upon doing research I learned most apartment complexes have to give residents at least 24 hours notice before they enter a space, and the only time where that could be an exception is if there is A. A life/death situation, or  B. if there is damage inside the room that could threaten the safety of the building and other tenants. My roommate told the staff I was ok and that she had seen me the day before.

Did they have the legal right to enter into my space?

I am desperate for information and panicking slightly. Anything will help! I am only 20 but I’m not very knowledgeable about things like this. Thanks for the help. (Also, if my rent is already payed, if my boyfriend doesn’t leave are they allowed to evict me even if I’ve already payed the lease out?)

Answer:
 It sounds like you are trying to correlate the potentially improper entry with your potentially unauthorized occupant.

You will not negate your unauthorized occupant due to an improper entry. Either you have or have not an unauthorized occupant. It’s hard to tell without the lease language, but it does sound like you have an unauthorized occupant and he needs to leave independent of the improper entry.


Title: If someone hacks into a computer's camera, and witnesses a crime taking place, could the recording be used as evidence in court?

Answer:
 Sure, if someone was available to testify about how the recording came to be.

Of course, the hacker could also face charges.


Title: Debt collection Company trying to scam me

Question:
First of all i dont know if this belongs here but i dont know where else to ask.

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so due to a miscommunication my friend and i owe our previous apartment complex $103 and they ended up using a collection agency, I called them back and was told that they needed me to pay over the phone and i told them that i wasnt comfortably giving my info over the phone and asked if i could pay through their website i was then told that their website isnt user friendly and that i cant do that (which you can i tried to) i then asked to speak to a manager the manager told me the same thing and said that i need to get over my fear of giving info over the phone and proceeded to demand for my social security my grandma who i live with who also worked in collections for 15 years spoke with him on behalf since i have never had to deal with this before

she asked him for his companies info to verify that its a reputable company he proceeded to argue and state that he didnt need to do that and that i just need to stop being scared and give them my billing info

he then tried saying that i was refusing to pay which i never said nor did i even mention those words at all the phone was hung up after that

i looked the company up and they have multiple lawsuits and a ridiculous amount of reviews of people with the same experience as me and others that range from them emptying accounts, lieing and getting people to say "i never said i was refusing to pay" so they can say that those words were said to not giving out receipts or billing statements and then harassing people and saying that they never payed their debts

the only good idea i saw was someone in one of the reviews said to pay with a prepaid card so they cant charge you more

sorry about any grammar mistakes i only have one contact in right now and i gave up grammar like one sentence in

any advice would be welcome please and thank you

Answer: Scammers frequently imitate legitimate debt collection agencies, hence the, "you can't pay using the website." The only appropriate way to handle a debt collector who contacts you is to ask them for their address and tell them to only communicate with them via post, then send them a debt validation letter asking for further details about the debt or disputing it's validity. You do this via certified mail within 30 days of their initial contact with you. If they act like this is ludicrous, they are quite possibly illegitimate.


Title: [US-IL] Nearly denied entry into a bar because I haven't renewed my license yet - I've only been 21 for a week now.

Question:
Is it legal for them to turn me away even though my license is valid and does not expire until August? Last I checked, it was May and those two months aren't even close to each other so my license is still valid. I feel like they're just being lazy and saying, "no go change your license so it's horizontal instead of vertical because it's easier for me to read."

I have a valid form of government issued photo ID, I should be able to enter a bar open to the public.

**EDIT:** Is it common for /r/legaladvice to give advice with no sources...?

Answer:
 >I should be able to enter a bar open to the public.

Nope.

Edit to your edit: [Source.](http://media.giphy.com/media/JNz19eZvQsv3a/giphy.gif)Answer #2: A private establishment can deny service to anybody except in some cases on the basis of protected class. Answer #3: It's not illegal. Hell, there's a bar in my neighborhood that doesn't let anyone under 25 in.

If you don't like it, try a different bar.

Edit to your edit: businesses can refuse service to anyone they wish, so long as they're not doing so because they're a member of a protected class. This includes things like race, religion, gender, etc. The reason they can't do those things is because there are laws against it.

There is no law saying a bar must let people with valid IDs in. Since there is no law, I can't link you to that law. [Here is a website talking a bit about businesses refusing service, and when it's unlawful.](http://www.business2community.com/trends-news/right-refuse-service-businesses-discrimination-0766551)


Title: How does the lawyer know I've died to put a Will into effect?

Question: So lets say I make out a will. Then I die some time after. How would anyone know to put the will into effect?

Answer:
 Because you've told the beneficiaries there's a will and where it's kept, or someone finds it while going through your stuff.

Unless you have kept the lawyer on retainer for the purposes of being an executor, they're just someone who helped you write the will.


Title: Not told I was terminated, allowed to work for over a week, not paid for it

Question:
So, I can't find anything useful on this via search because all the results are about at-will employment.  I get all that.

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To frame this, our division knew it was going to have the physical assets sold and we were to be terminated in the not distant future, we were tying up loose ends to prepare.

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I received an offer from the company buying the assets early march.  I mulled it over and countered a few times.  Meanwhile, I was still using my company laptop and email and software, was still cleaning up the drawing files, helping coworkers resolve a damaged goods issue in hawaii, still emailing my boss various drawings I found located off the drive, ect.

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A little over a week later, I accepted the offer, and drove over to offer my resignation and say goodbye to my friends.  When I went to my boss, we had a fine chat, and he said "no need for a formal resignation because of the deal".

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Anyhow, a few days later, I'm expecting my last paycheck.  Nothing.  I wait a few days, then contact my old boss.  He tells me I was terminated on March 1 when he finished the deal.

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Nobody told me this verbally or in writing.  I knew it was coming eventually, but had no indication it had already transpired.  I was still laboring for my previous company under the impression I was still employed.

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Think I have a shot at getting compensated for my time?

Answer:
 No, you are NOT wasting your time at this.

It doesn't matter what they said or did.  ANY business that "suffers" you to work is liable to pay you wages.  If you go into Walmart 5 days a week and start mopping the floors and they don't stop you, they gotta pay you.  If your company did that, they have to pay you.  They don't have to direct you to work, or consent for you to work.  All they have to do is suffer you to work.  Which means they knew you were working and they didn't stop you.

This is under federal law and there is no way out of it.  But, be sure to look at your state, county, and even city laws, because they are often even stricter and provide for more damages (money in your pocket) for you.


Title: [Seoul, South Korea] - Nonconsensual video taping?

Question:
Long story short, I found out my ex had non-consensually video recorded us having sex while I was blindfolded because he told me he'd upload the video during an argument. It was 3 months ago, but it's still bothering me so I wanted to know what the legal laws in Korea were on non-consensual video taping of this kind (and if I could make a case after 3 months have passed). Also, if police would make a case for me since I don't speak Korean very well (my ex has citizenship here). I know this is illegal where I'm from but I'm not sure how to approach this in Korea.

Thank you for any help you guys might have!

edit: clarification

Answer: Nobody here is going to be familiar with the law in South Korea, but you can certainly simply contact the police and ask if a crime was committed and if so report it.Answer #2: IANAL, and not familiar with Korean law, but I found [this article](https://www.stripes.com/news/korea-based-airman-fined-for-posting-revenge-porn-1.325986) similar to your situation, so apparently Korea does have laws against revenge porn. I'm not sure if this was a criminal or civil case. Hope you get a more informed response soon.


Title: Colorado Caring for a Spouse with Alzheimer’s

Question:
Asking for a friend.

A husband and wife live in Colorado. The wife has Alzheimer’s and no longer recognizes her three children. The husband is able to care for his wife, but refuses to take care of her physically or financially (pay for care). Because he refuses to care for her, her three children have to pay for her medical care. One child is using student loan money to pay for this care.

Specific example of husband’s neglect: One night the wife was confused and left the house. She got picked up by the cops, but the husband would not go pick her up from police station. Her children had to coordinate someone to go pick her up.

Questions:

Is the husband legally required to care for his wife?

Can you divorce someone with Alzheimer’s?

Can the children bring a civil suit against the father for financial reimbursement?

Is the husband responsible for the wife should she leave the house and hurt someone/herself?

Thanks.

Answer:
 INAL

I think it's time to call Adult Protective Services.  It may also be time for the poor woman to move to a medical facility.Answer #2: INAL, but as someone with a close family member with Alz, what your friend's father is doing is horrible. I can't imagine a husband refusing to ensure his wife is being taken care of. Alz is an extremely difficult disease to care for, but to ignore it completely and not respond to the events that occur due to his negligence?

/u/tartymae is right - APS is probably the best bet so that the woman in question gets the help she needs and gives her children some piece of mind. Unless there's some bad blood in the marriage, they should talk to the husband as a well, there may be some mental health issues occurring with him as well.

1) Generally yes - there are different expectations of "care", however

2) Generally yes, assuming they or their POA (or a court) go through the proceedings

3) I don't know

4) I don't know


Title: What would happen if you kicked a child who crawled into your public bathroom stall? (USA)

Question:
Before anyone asks: no, this didn't happen to me; no, I am not trolling; no, I don't condone abuse (child or otherwise).

One day I was exiting a busy airport bathroom as a mother with a young rambunctious child, probably three years old, entered.  I don't know how this situation concluded.  I hope well.  For the sake of the mother, and her stall neighbors, and for that matter, the child, I hope the mother was able to pee in peace.  I hope she was able to keep her wild child in control.

But let's say she wasn't.

Let's say the three-year-old crawled under the partition into the next stall, and that stall's occupant kicked the child in the face.  An impartial third party wouldn't have reason to believe the kick was done maliciously and not reflexively.

But now let's say that the mother sought retribution for her toddler's kick to the face.  And somehow the mother knows the identity of the neighboring stall occupant/face kicker.  The mother probably defends her decision for legal recourse by saying something like her child is just a toddler, and toddlers misbehave, even under the watchful eyes of their parents.  On the other hand, the stall occupant is an adult who "should've known better." Furthermore, the stall occupant used physical force while the toddler never touched or threatened the stall occupant, so the mother would argue physical force against her child was not justified.  The toddler was scared, cried, and perhaps even got a bruise; however, the child had no lasting physical damage.

Would the mother have any grounds for legal recourse?  Or would the stall occupant be protected by privacy laws?  Does it make a difference that the stall peeper was a minor, and a very young one at that?

I realize this might come across as a weird question.  That's because it is.  But I'm genuinely curious in how such a scenario would play out in the court of law.  I tried Googling it, but as you can imagine, there's not much literature out there on this topic.

Answer: A grown ass adult has no business, legally, to kick a toddler that young for not observing societal norms. It's not reasonable to expect that from a very young child.


Title: Received a random box in the mail think it’s a Scam

Question:
So my girlfriend got a weird box in the mail that required a signature.. she signed for it had her name and address and everything on it.. came from a person on Ebay checked all of her account and nothing was taken out like someone stole her card or spent anything. So she opened it up and it’s a black Gucci bag still stuffed with plastic wrap.. here’s where it gets weird.. the bag had a return slip as if someone was returning it.. and the return address was her house. The sending address was from somewhere in Tampa. How do we go about this? I’m assuming it’s some sort of scam. But honestly I have no idea what’s actually going on.. seems that someone is selling stuff on eBay and using her name and address as a cover.. not sure.. any idea on how to go about this?
Topic:
Computer and Internet

Answer: Her boyfriend sent it to herAnswer #2: I can tell you what I'd do. I'd have me a new purse.Answer #3: You have no obligation to do anything at all.


Title: [Maryland, DC] Working for a branch out of state with higher minimum wage.

Question:
I work at a branch for a chain franchise in Maryland. The minimum wage in my county is $10.75 per hour.
There is a location of our store in Washington, D.C. This branch is frequently understaffed so they have asked me to go work in that store for a few days. While working there I am still being payed my rate from Maryland, however the minimum wage in DC is $11.50 an hour.
Should I be getting payed the minimum wage for DC while working within the district?

Thanks so much for any advice!

Answer:
 Yes, you are owed the DC wage.  Did you talk to your management to bring up this issue?  I am 99.324% certain you were paid the MD rate due to the accounting system.  They need to be notified so they can make the adjustment in the payroll system.

edit: When did you work in DC?  I am reading it was set to increase to $11.50 in July of 2016.


Title: Hit by drunk driver, driver is extremely underinsured, offered 1\4 of the amount needed for medical bills by insurance company.

Question: Recently i was driving home from my friends daughters birthday party, when a drunk driver pulled out in front of me not yielding and caušed me to hit them. Car is destroyed, my heel was shattered, femur broke, spleen lacerated, and had to have an artery in my heart fixed. I was in the hospital for over 2 weeks. Bills are close to 200k, their insurance company offered me 50k which is not duable. what is my best option? going to a car wreck lawyer?

Answer:
 Go through your own insurance company, that is why you have them.Answer #2: As others have said, you can get an attorney. You won’t get more than $50k from the other insurance company though. That’s all their policy provides and all they’ll pay.

Get the UIM claim going with your carrier. If you have PIP or med pay on your policy, get that going. I would start calling providers and telling them what’s going on and seeing if they’ll negotiate these bills. Tell them the other driver has insufficient limits to cover the bills and compensate you.

Without more details it’s hard to give a better answer. Answer #3: Yes - your next step would be to consult with a Personal Injury Lawyer, preferably more than one. These should be free or low cost ($50-150). Most likely they will take the case on contingency, meaning they get a portion of the final settlement and some of their costs paid by the losing side. Feel free to shop for the best deal, and check reviews of the firms you talk to.


Title: Collections Notice from Car repair shop

Question:
I got my vehicle fixed several months ago after I got hit by someone in a parking lot. The lady's insurance deemed I was 20% at fault(Utter BS), so I proceeded to make a claim with my insurance, and had them subrogate on my behalf on which they found I was 0% at fault. They paid me the cost of the damage they appraised ($730).

When I got my car fixed, the body shop swiped my card for $500 and gave me back my keys. Fast forward 2 months, I have a notice that they will be senilding me to collections (7/29) to pay them the $730 I owe. I have receipt that they charged me and I paid them. Is what the body shop is doing legal? How can they send me to collections and threaten my credit when they are the one who made mistake? Thanks for your advice!

Answer:
 Your post is unclear on how much the total repair costs were... but if you ask if the shop letting you go without paying the full repair costs is a legal basis to refuse paying the remaining repair costs later, the answer is NO.

If the question is about the repair shop incorrectly threatening you with collections over a debt you paid in full, then you have to prove that you do not owe the debt and ask the shop to stop their improper collection attempts.Answer #2: > They paid me the cost of the damage they appraised ($730).

Insurance paid you and not the shop. You owe the shop the $230. Typically the insurance company pays the shop and not the insured. They released the car to you expecting to be paid the difference by the insurance company.

Contact the shop, point out that they have been paid $500 and pay them the $230.Answer #3: It might be the $500 was your deductible and you should have paid the $730 the insurance company sent to the repair place for the rest of the cost.


Title: Can my job require I have life/disability insurance, and then automatically withdraw it from my check?

Question:
I am located in Nebraska if that matters!

Basically my job is requiring that I pay for Life & Long Term Disability insurance. Is there a way I can get out of it?

Thanks!

Edit: I work for the Federal Government as a contractor, so I get was is called a "fringe" benifit for not taking benefits... that is what they are taking it out of.

Answer:
 are you sure they're deducting it from your check?

My ex had an employer that paid the premiums for disability insurance, and it showed up on the pay stub, but it wasn't actually deducted from the pay.  It was a bit confusing at first.  Answer #2: Per Nebraska Department of Labor - Labor Law, your employer must have written authorization to withdraw anything from your paycheck other than the traditional taxes (state/federal/medicare/SSA) and any court ordered garnishments. So when you were first hired or at an annual benefits renewal/introduction of new benefits, you might have signed up for this but they would have to have written authorization. It's still legal for them to have the cost being deducted on your end but you would have had to agree to it at some point.

The way to get out of it is to go visit HR or your supervisor and ask how to get unenrolled in this benefit. Each company has a different way to do this and there will be paperwork.


Title: My mothers dog was bitten by the neighbors dog, yet owner takes no responsibility. What are my options?

Question:
Location - Louisville, Ky

My mom has a besengi (sp?) mix, roughly 50-60 lbs. The neighbors dog is a massive chow and I'm not sure what the other is except freaking big. Neighbor, lets call him J, had a hold of his dogs on their leash outside while my mom had Leo on his leash. J let go of the leashes and one of the dogs got a good hold on Leo, resulting in a $60 vet bill to fix him up. J said he'd pay it, but would have to wait until he got his unemployment check. Clearly has not paid because 'I'm unemployed, wait til next week', yet has girls over all the time and is always walking into his house with alcohol straight from the store.

Now just so you know why nothing has been done yet regardless of it being at least a month (and not the first occurrence) my mom lives in a  shifty neighborhood with shitty people. She really needs that money back and frankly, I'm scared myself as to what would happen if she filed a report, at least until she got out of there. The first time it happened, he let his dogs loose on my moms dogs, just to see what they would do. But they're violent dogs (his), and he is fully aware of what they would do. He's only maybe 3or 4 houses down from her.

So what can she do? Are there any options other than (to them in their minds) rat them out?

Edit:location and clarification. This is not intended to be racist, in any way, I was just trying to give an idea of where she lives and the type of community she lives in. A shitty one.

Answer: I am not your lawyer, but I would advise you to edit your post to tone down the racism.


Title: [TX] Got rear ended by uninsured person, while driving friend's car. Anyway to get him to pay? 🚗

Question: [deleted]

Answer: Your friends insurance should go after the guy for the deductible. If they don't, small claims court


Title: [MO, US] My trash company was bought out hy another company, and now I've been put into collections.

Question:
My small town trash Company (R) sold out and was bought by a major corporate trash company (W).
R never called us, sent any notice our service was being sold and never notified us by mail.
W sends a bill in the mail. I call them and they tell me I owe them $ for services they've already provided. I'm never home when the trash gets picked up. I say they have the wrong information.  We don't use that company. Sorry.
Now I've been put into collections for this bill. Apparently I unknowingly used their services and they're trying to collect on that service, though I have no proof they came to collect my trash. I just know R was bought out. No date of when that happened.
I really don't want my credit to have this terrible mark on it. And I really don't want to pay a company for services I'm not sure I ever truly received from them.

Answer:
 > I really don't want my credit to have this terrible mark on it.

Then pay your bill.


Title: Loan, in good standings, closed without a zero balance... what are my options here?

Question:
I was given a 10 year, 0% interest 10k “share the pain” loan during housing crisis. Wells Fargo sold this loan off to another debt collector and I’ve been making automatic payments for the last 7+ years. I owe roughly $2,500 with this unsecured loan. I was notified via credit karma that this creditor closed my account. I checked my account and sure enough both Transunion and Equifax  had been notified by this creditor that the account is closed. There are no derogatory marks on the account closure, just marked closed.

Question is - assuming this was a mistake by the company, do they have any ability to reopen? Do I have any legal ground here to force them to eat the balance? I want to know my options here before I call them and ask them wtf.

Answer:
 Them reporting the loan to a third party (the credit bureaus) as closed is certainly odd, but itself does not negate the terms of your contract.  So yes, keep paying.

But this is odd enough that I think you should request a written statement on the status of your loan.  Perhaps there's  a mistake on their end.  But perhaps there's a mistake on your end, and you've actually paid the loan off early.


Title: Recently I got divorced and my ex agreed to pay me $3500 but said we didn’t need to put it in the papers. So we didn’t. He paid me all but $2100. Now he has threatened me with a Restraining order if I try to come to his house to get the money his family are friends police chief who backs them

Answer: If he tells you not to go to his house then you don't go to his house. You have no right to be on his property if he has told you not to come. You can sue him for the money.  The police would have every right to arrest you for trespassing.


Title: My (40M) wife (40F) has been cheating on me. Whatsapp chatlogs legally useful?

Question: [deleted]

Answer: In a divorce with no kids, you are probably making this a FAR bigger deal than it will turn out to be.  Divorce with no kids is essentially a math problem.  Unless she's been spending tens of thousands of dollars in marital assets on this affair, it will probably make little to no difference.


Title: [NY] Salary was revoked without warning

Question:
My girlfriend works for a popular hotel chain in upstate New York. An acquaintance of hers convinced her to leave her old waitressing job, to come over and be the restaurant manager aka sales and catering manager at the hotel with the promise of a salaried wage after a few months.

After 4 months of being on salary, without warning the other night she received a call from said acquaintance and was told that she is being stripped of her salary and will be placed back on hourly wages, with the same amount of responsibility that came with the salary.

Needless to say she is devastated, because this is a major blow to her income, and we were wondering if anything can be done about this. The problem is that she did not sign any sort of contract with the new position. Can anything be done?

Thank you very much in advance for anyone who has the time to post a reply.
Topic:
Labor Law (Unions)

Answer:
 1) Despite what most people think, being hourly is better.  It means you get overtime when you work long hours.

2) She was likely misclassified and when they figured it out, had to correct that problem.  There's nothing you can do about that

3) She doesn't have recourse to prevent the change unless she has a contract guaranteeing a certain wage.  You said she doesn't, so she doesn't really have an optionAnswer #2: Is the hourly rate much less than the salaried rate? Most people prefer hourly because the can get OT.


Title: My employer says females can’t show tattoos but males can, is this legal?

Question: I live in Washington state and work at a fine dining restaurant. My employer made an addendum to our employee handbook that says “female managers may not show tattoos”. It specifies only that females can’t show their tattoos. This sounds like discrimination to me. We have a male bartender/manager who has full sleeve tattoos on both arms but he is openly allowed to display them. Is this legal?

Answer: It's not discrimination per se. Courts have upheld that dress codes can differ by gender. If you can prove it unduly burdens you in contrast to men then you could potentially have a claim, though it doesn't seem to in this case.Answer #2: You said female “managers”.  You didn’t say all females.  Management is always held to different standards.


Title: Would a Guardianship result in my guardians being held accountable if I were to be charged with a crime?

Question: I am trying to better understand the “reach” of a Guardianship. Here’s a random hypothetical scenario: if I were to be caught in possession of illegal drugs (or any crime of similar severity) would my guardians also be held accountable for my actions and forced to shoulder the charges since they’re legally “responsible” for me? I am a legal adult myself (24) and am based in Massachusetts.

Answer: No, that's not how guardianships work.


Title: Divorcing my wife. Her lawyer filed motion to deny me alimony (she's always made more) due to my “adultery”. Adultery being me moving in with my new girlfriend 6 months AFTER my wife filed. The divorce ground is alcohol/drug use, not adultery, I didn’t know my girlfriend until after the filing [SC]

Answer:
 You're divorcing, not divorced yet. You're still married until the divorce is finalised, so another partner is considered adultery. As you're discovering that can be a reason to deny support.Answer #2: Unfortunately you're still a married man :/

Sorry bub, they got you on a technicality.Answer #3: What has your lawyer said?Answer #4: What's your question


Title: What course to take when parent is dying and someone is hiding the will? (BC, Can)

Question:
My grandma is currently in the hospital dying with not too long left. She has two children, my mom and uncle, who are left to deal with all of the aftermath.

My uncle found her and got her to the hospital and made the comment that her will and everything was all laid out, to which my mom replied she must have known she wasn’t coming home this time.

Now he is saying he never said that and doesn’t have the will, that it’s burried in her hoard of paperwork. I offered to go look
For it while they sit at the hospital with her and he is adamant that isn’t necessary.

My uncle is a shady person and we don’t trust anything he is saying.

Grandma doesn’t have anything of value, she has nothing we want besides maybe some pictures or other mementos. If we don’t get those, that’s okay too.

So, I’m wondering- what do we do? My moms main concern is knowing what her will says for her end of life wishes to make sure they are followed. This town only has a handful of notaries/lawyers so can we call around to see if they were the ones who may have worked with her and what do they need to release the documents to us? Or if my mom decides to just leave it and let her brother deal with it all, can that cause any repercussions on her later down the line?

We haven’t had to deal with this before, we’d rather not have this cause family strife. Just not sure what to do.
Thanks!

Answer:
 Christ. I'm sorry for your loss, and for the unwelcome extra stress at a difficult time.

Is your grandmother awake enough to answer questions like "who was the attorney who helped you with your will" and "is there another copy," or even awake enough to create a new one? Or is she comatose or mentally compromised by - I assume - her recent stroke? If she's broadly with it, and competent, an estate attorney can easily draft a new will before she passes and help her execute it. Many do bedside visits, for this very reason.

Otherwise, whoever is appointed as her personal representative after her passing - which should hopefully be your mother, if she's quick about it - can start calling around to talk to attorneys who might have dealt with it. She can likely get access to your grandmother's safety deposit boxes and other personal effects, as well, although she should be careful to open them and inventory them with witnesses (ideally, an attorney) before anything else. It's possible a copy of the will will turn up that way.

Is there anything of substantial value in the estate, or is it largely personal effects? In particular, does she own her own home or any other property? Are there any major investments?


Title: First speeding ticket

Question:
https://i.imgur.com/pBSJ1o6.png

This is in CA. I got my first speeding ticket about a month ago and the info on how to pay it just came today. When I was pulled over for it the citing officer told me that I could go to traffic school and I wouldn't have to pay the fine and it would disappear off my record. However, I'm on the official court site right now and the options I have do not reflect what the officer told me.

I've googled a little about this too and it seems I have to pay the fine+traffic school. I would like to know if that's true, or if there is a chance that what the officer told is true? Even the payment plan doesn't make sense to me. It says the initial payment is the full ticket amount+$35 administration fee. What?

Am I missing something here? This is my first ticket so I'm a bit confused. I added a photo for clarity of the options.

Answer: Taking the school removes the citation from your record and/or stops points from being added to your license and increasing your insurance. Technically, you're paying for the *course/class*, not the fine. You pay a bit more to keep your record cleaner.


Title: Medical cannabis card and pre employment drug testing in NY. Can they refuse me employment?

Question:
I am looking for work in NY. Most jobs require me to pass a pee test. If I have my medical MJ card can they refuse me? I work in IT and don't drive heavy equipment or anything like that.

Thanks, I made a throw away for this.

Answer: Marijuana use is not only not protected but federally it is still illegal.  Yes they can deny you.


Title: To Catch a Masturbator

Question:
At work, there is a person who I have caught a number of times masturbating in the bathroom.  It’s obvious they are madturbating because of the noises they are making and the shadows of their movement that are cast on the floor in my stall, next to theirs. At the time I have made it well known I am in the restroom, flushing the toilet and coughing to make noise.

I will be reporting them to HR. But I am concerned about having word against word without evidence.

I know photography of a person in an assumed place of personal privacy is unlawful without consent. However, what about this case?  It’s private property owned by the company, and the person is committing a perceived sexual violation/offense. Is taking photographic/video evidence unwise in this situation?

Answer:
 You might be surprised to discover that it's not actually a crime for someone to masturbate privately in a bathroom stall, so long as the door is shut and they aren't exposing themselves to other people. It's rude, and doing that in the workplace might constitute sexual harassment, but your dispute there would be with your employer more than with Mx. Handy themselves.

Absolutely do not photograph someone in the bathroom to "prove" that they're masturbating. Report it to your supervisor or to HR, each time it happens, instead. If they won't deal with it, speak to an employment attorney about whether your employer is violating laws related to sexual harassment in the workplace.


Title: Won scholarship to attend conference for free, now they're forcing me to pay

Question:
I won a scholarship to attend a conference for free, but at the last minute I was unable to go. Now I am somehow on the hook for the full cost of admission, travel, etc. There was a box in the application I had to check to submit saying I would provide reimbursement of funds if I could not go, but it does not specify which funds so I took it to mean I would owe the amount of the check they sent me to spend there and not the money they paid on my behalf. Later the organizer emailed me asking for only the ammount of the check and stating they could not get the rest of the money back, but now they are saying I entered a contract with them when I submitted the application to repay the full ammount. I am a college student so I can't afford to pay them (which is why I needed the scholarship in the first place). Is there anything I can do or did I screw myself by checking that box? Does this count as a contract?

Here's screenshots of the box on the application and of our emails. (Out of order sorry)

https://imgur.com/a/1frUvqF

Answer: Signing a contract electronically is a binding contract. There is nothing you can do to avoid paying them back. These types of scholarships contracts are fairly common and enforceable.


Title: Help! Vet made a mistake during our kitten's surgery costing us thousands of dollars per day

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 Mistakes (unintentional or unpreventable) occur in medicine. That is one of the risk with every medical procedure period. I suspect (guarantee) that when your vet obtained your consent that she said that the procedure might not work. Your vet is 100% correct that "these things happen".

I doubt you could get them to pay the ICU costs. You can ask them, but they are under no legal (or moral) obligation to do so.


Title: TN, Husbands father passes away, family of father's late wife says property belongs to them.

Question:
Reddit,

My father in law passed last night. We moved in 4 days ago as caretakers as he came home with hospice. FIL was married to a woman from 2010 until she passed early 2017. Property is a mobile home and a lot, which are paid for. His wife's family took him to court after she passed, trying to get father evicted. TN court said he is her husband, he gets home/lot.

Her family came to father's home today, threatening and raising a fuss. Telling us to leave. Cops were called. In the chaos, managed to find title to trailer, which lists only father.

Police told them to go to courthouse Monday to file something. They told us to stay put until we are told otherwise.

It's been said that the land may not be in father's name, I have no deed.

We are hoping the home and lot can stay with father's family. We do have an appt with an attorney for Monday. I am just looking for some insight and advice. Thanks guys!

Answer:
 Deeds are usually kept at the county level. Check to see if yours is here and there is an online search available:

http://www.assessment.cot.tn.gov/RE_Assessment/


Title: Troubled Workplace

Question:
Alright, so I've seen some pretty terrible things happen while I work at my current job... First of all, while doing some random background checks and sex offender registry searches (for fun), a couple of co-workers found out another employee was a convicted child molester, much to the shock and horror to everyone at the office.

Of course, we discussed this among ourselves a bit, and most of the workplace found out. When management and the owner discovered this, they didn't do anything or say anything, and just swept it under the rug, and issued a vague statement about not talking about others in the office. I understand there are protections for convicted criminals in the USA sometimes, and personal info is important to keep safe, but I live in an at-will state, I know for a fact this person didn't disclose this in their application (apparently, no one bothered to actually do a background check since we found out a year later after hiring), and most importantly we often have customers and their children come into our workplace. For me, these reasons were a simple and shut case of immediate termination for this individual, but instead a co-worker who was sharing this information was fired instead (for disseminating personal information, they claimed).

This set a precedent for everyone else not to say anything or even address it, for fear of being fired. Meanwhile, we all had to work with a literal child rapist and be extremely uncomfortable in the process, especially those of us with kids. From my perspective, everyone who works with someone like that should be made aware of who they are and what they've done to help protect themselves and their families. Is there are sort of legal action for any of this? Are their protections for employees who feel unsafe in this environment?

Secondly, if direct legal action isn't possible, is there any sort of ramifications for letting a local paper or news station know what is going on here? Because frankly, I don't think I can work here anymore and everything that management has decided to do conflicts with my values. I know for a fact, these actions also conflict with our customers and local business clients. I believe they should have a right to know, and in fact the whole community should know. I don't want to publicly disclose who this individual is, only to shed light on how the company has handled this issue. Would there be any sort of legal consequences for disclosing my story anonymously with the local media?

I can prove and assert that everything I am saying is true with what's simply on the public record, supplemented with testimony.

I have also witnessed racial discrimination firsthand. Our company frequently hires from those with diverse backgrounds.  Yet it seems a particular manager goes out of their way to find everything wrong with whatever a person of color is doing, whereas a white person would be held to a much more lax standard. I have seen amazing employees that get together well with everyone in the office and who do great work get nitpicked and eventually fired for nothing. At least 3 occasions. This as well, has shaken my faith with the company and the entire job, and I am eager to share this experience with my community. I have been unable to convince the three who suffered this to take legal action, because they are "just used to it". Would I be able to share this sort of a story without legal recourse?

Obviously, these are very damaging claims, and they will hurt my company. But they are true and deserve to be shared.

Ultimately, my question is what can I share about this company without worrying about facing legal backlash? Or how can I prepare to defend myself if they challenge me to a legal battle? Are there any sort of journalist protections that might help me?

Thank you for your time, and I apologize if this is long or unorganized, I have just been dealing with this on my mind for too long.
Topic:
Employment Law

Answer:
 > Is there are sort of legal action for any of this?

No.

> Are their protections for employees who feel unsafe in this environment?

No.

> is there any sort of ramifications for letting a local paper or news station know what is going on here?

You could be fired for that.


Title: Apartment "bedbug treatment" scheduled out of the blue is a big inconvenience. I have lived here over a year, I do not have bedbugs. My lease doesn't say anything about any of this. Do I have to participate?

Question:
I just received a notice from my building about a bedbug treatment, scheduled a week from now, for my apartment.

I do not have bedbugs.

I have lived at this address for well over a year already. My original lease says nothing about this random bedbug treatment situation. The lease does say something about if I was to move out and an exterminator is needed to fumigate, I could have to foot the bill. But I'm not moving.

Apparently, I must clean the place spotless for the bedbug treatment people (my place is generally pretty clean anyways). Move all of my belongings away from the walls about two feet. Remove all items from my cupboards and closets. Leave everything in piles of plastic bags in the center of each room. Leave the place for 6-12 hours, at minimum. Pretty much your standard (I guess?) bedbug treatment situation. Then, basically do it all over again in 3 weeks, for some second treatment. Also, if my apartment isn't up to whatever standards of "readiness" the fumigation people want, they won't do it, and I'll be charged $90.00 (Idk for what, but that's how I interpret todays memo)

But, I do not have bedbugs. Wth?

I don't want to have to pack up everything in my apartment. Twice? I have two cats that I now have to find a place for, for those 6-12 hours. Twice? I have nowhere to take them. Twice.

I don't have bedbugs.

I have not consented to random bedbug sprayings via my original lease.

I shouldn't have to do any of this. It's a major inconvenience. Can I really be forced to participate? Or can I tell them to leave me alone.

Help me and my cats please. Thank you

**Winnipeg, Mb, Canada**

Answer:
 As soon as one person in the building has bedbugs they will spread everywhere if the whole building is not treated. I would consider yourself lucky that the landlord is treating before you have an infestation.

They are giving you a week's notice, and doing required maintenance so you don't really have an argument to not comply with the process.

As a side not you should put in a quick call to your vet about the fumigation process and how to make sure the cats are safe following the treatment. Answer #2: >I do not have bedbugs

*Yet*. I'd participate.Answer #3: It sounds like heat treatment.  Did they give you any cautions about candles or other heat-sensitive objects?  For a fumigation, putting things in bags would be counter-productive I'd think.  Plus current insecticides are losing their effectiveness against bedbugs.

But an hour at 150 degrees kills them all, including the eggs.

It's a shitty situation, OP, but this is one you likely gotta take for da team.  Bedbugs are a huge problem in North America, and getting worse every year.   That, plus there are a growing number of websites where people report bedbugs in apartment buildings, kinda yelp-style.  Imagine the impact on a landlord's income if a property gets a bad reputation.

And that's the thing.  An unspoken part of contract law (at least in the US, but probably Canada as well) is that you can't thwart your contract partner's legitimate interest in the contract.  Generally, even if the lease doesn't state that you have to allow routine maintenance, either local statute/ordinance or case law will.

(My building is getting heat-treated tomorrow.  Ours is one of the affected units -- it is a problem you do not want, can vouch.)


Title: Best way to report someone to the IRS

Question:
USA, Michigan.

There is an online game server that accepts payments for in game items. Not only does this break the games EULA but they also make thousands of dollars and used to not pay taxes (don't know if they do now) what is the best way to report it? I don't know if it's a real business but they do it through PayPal.

Answer: [Second result](https://www.irs.gov/individuals/how-do-you-report-suspected-tax-fraud-activity) from googling your title verbatim was to a page on IRS.gov answering your question in detail and providing all of the possibly relevant forms.


Title: First car accident ever, cops were no help. What do I do now?

Question:
I (18f) was involved in a car accident yesterday while delivering a pizza for work and a speeding car hit me while making a U-turn, my car is completely totaled theirs was basically fine. A police officer drove up so we did not have to call anyone, he called backup and got both of our insurance information separately but none of the cops allowed us to talk to eachother. Which I do not understand because I heard them saying to eachother that the other driver wanted to apologise and swap information. They also wouldn't tell me who was at fault, they told me to just call my insurance. I don't know the name of the person who hit me, I don't have any of his information to help me fix my car, the cops gave me a case number to report to MY insurance but I only have bare minimum coverage. I thought I could just give my insurance the case number but coworkers and friends who have been in accidents have said that it's not as simple as that and I might be completely screwed. My parents are out of town now and can't help me at all so people of Reddit please tell me where I go from here.
Topic:
Insurance

Answer:
 Have you called your insurance and let them know?  Generally a good idea to open a claim with them and provide the police case number.

Let them tell you what more is needed, as they will have a vested interest in you not being at fault.

If the police have you a case number, they have your information and the other drivers information.  If you are concerned, follow up with the case and see what information they collected.Answer #2: So you never got a rider attached to your car insurance to cover you for using your car for delivery/business purposes? Does your employer cover you under their insurance?

>When you call your family insurance agent to file an auto insurance claim, she says she’s sorry -- but because you were using your car for business purposes, you’re not covered by your policy.
>
>Some employers (particularly chain and larger independent restaurants) provide coverage called hired and non-owned vehicle liability insurance for their drivers when using their personal vehicles for work-related activities. Be sure to ask your employer if this type of coverage is available.


Title: Need advice on fighting in school

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 Advice on fighting in school:   **don't.**

> how would it effect my chances of getting into colleges?

Remember how you wanted to go to that good school? Answer #2: A criminal record can effect your chances of getting into a good school. Answer #3: generally speaking, you need to report this assault to school officials.

legally, you have the right to use reasonable force to end the threat to your physical security. for example, if he hits you first, you might be justified in punching him in the face to get him to quit. if your blow knocks him out, you would *not* then be legally permitted to continue pummeling or kicking him while he's down. you may use only enough force to make the threat stop, and no more.

however, doing so in a school will probably get you expelled, no matter the specifics of the legal situation, and could get you arrested, tazed, sprayed, or otherwise induce the SRO to beat the shit out of you. you do not have the same legal rights in a school that you do on the street, and even if you don't wind up with any kind of criminal penalty, the school can still make your life miserable for a long time.

also, carrying defensive weapons like pepper spray will almost certainly get you arrested and expelled, even if it would be legal to do so down at your local shopping mall.


Title: I was served papers stating that I was being sued -- I'm the wrong person. What do I do?

Question:
I was incorrectly listed in the papers saying that I was being sued. This is a company that I have no affiliation with, I have no idea who anyone else is that's listed in the document. I tried asking the guy what do I do if I'm listed incorrectly and he was like "I have no clue." Which, is completely fair. He's just doing his job.

I'm assuming they meant to get someone with the same name as me. How do I go about resolving this? Do I just call the court up? Call the law firm up? How do I prove that it wasn't me since I have the same name as someone?

Answer:
 People might say "Get a lawyer," but that costs money.

Call up the law firm that issued it and tell them they've got the wrong guy. Generally, when a lawyer sues somebody, he wants to get a judgment for his client - and suing the wrong person is somewhat antithetical to that. It's in their best interests to see that this gets cleared up.


Title: If I Look Up The Statue Of Limitations For A Crime, Can That Be Used As Evidence For Me Commiting That Crime?

Question: If i google "statute of limitations for grand thert auto" can investigators or attornies or prosecutors use that as evidence that i committed that crime or try to use to convince a jury?

Answer:
 By that same token wouldn't this post also be evidence against you?

If police are searching your electronics about auto theft you are probably pretty well screwed already.Answer #2: God I hope not. Because that would mean every attorney ever and most of the posters here (including me) would be looking at charges.

Although to be fair, I suppose it could be used to impute that you had knowledge of the crime in question. But it’s highly unlikely.


Title: Advice for my father, child support question.

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 There was a court order for support. He didn't pay. He owes your mom for the money she spent on caring for you (food, housing, electric, cable).

There is nothing you can do. He can put checks in the mail so he doesn't have to see her. Answer #2: Sorry, your aging out does not relieve him of the support obligation under the court order. Evading your obligation doesn't get you out of it.