Title: Car Accident with eighteen wheeler, need advice.

Question:
Friend was rear ended on the interstate by a major corporation eighteen wheeler, which caused her to tap into the car that had stopped quickly in front of her.  Their insurance is asking for a statement and wants to come by and collect a statement.  This is the first major auto accident that I'm personally involved in and I want to make sure she is taken care of and given fair compensation for damages done.

Any assistance is greatly appreciated.  She's uninjured besides some pain but the car has major rear end damage. She originally made the statement that she hit the person in front of her first but now believes (and I truly believe her) that the truck pushed her into it (which makes sense given the difference in damage between the cars.  Her vehicle has the back end just about caved in while the first car got away with a bent license plate and 3 light bumper scratches).

Edit: Location is New Jersey.

Answer:
 Ianal, but if she plans on legal action, she needs to tell the other insurance company she is getting a lawyer and they will have to speak to him/her before she will give a statement.

If you're not pursuing legal action to recover damages, med bills, etc., then she could give a statement, but understand that the insurance company likely has one goal: not to pay.


Title: [IN] Private Cheerleading Gym, Coach Told Everyone my Daughter(8) had MONO.

Question:
My daughter who is eight years old recently contacted mono from one of her friends at school(drinking after her). This meant that my daughter was not to do contact sports for 1 month. She is on a private cheer team and she loves it. I contacted the coach and sent her my daughters doctor excuse so that she could know.

She sent out a email to all parents that my daughter had mono. And then she talked to teh entire team about how my daughter had mono. She still required my daughter to come to practice to observe.

All I heard then for the next two practices was how irresponsible it was for me to bring my highly contagious daughter there where there daughters could get infected. I tried to explain that mono did not work that way but they were pretty relentless. Since then it has died down. I however tried to explain to the coach how it was a violation of my daughters privacy to tell everyone but she was not open to that critisism. Even if what she did was legal I feel like it was wrong. I dont want to rock the boat because my daughter loves cheering there but I feel like if she ever did come down with something that was contagious I would not tell them now.

Shouldnt they be bound by HIPPA I know that they are a private institution, but disclosing my daughters medical details seems like the incorrect thing to do.

Below is a transcript of our conversation.

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ME: have set up an appointment with her pediatircian tommorow morning to learn what she really can and can not do. She seems fine, her fevers are gone she has normal amounts of energy.
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Her: Ok let me know 😊
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Me: I talked to her doctor this morning and feel alot better about it. She can do anything as long as it does not have a risk of falling for the next three weeks. She will be rechecked in 3 weeks and if she has no spleen issues in 3 weeks she can return to un-modified activities.

Her spleen is currently not enlarged so that is a good sign. And she is doing fine symptoms wise.

She is only contagious if someone drinks after her or if she kisses them. So She will be bringing a marker to mark her water bottle from now on. She can be contagius for up to 2 years so no one can drink after her for the next two years. And really no one should be drinking after anyoine anyway.
Anthony
I will bring a sharpie to the gym to leave there so that she can mark her water bottle.
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Her: Got it! Thanks
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Me: Did you have to mention her name?
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Her: I'm sorry. I want parents and athletes to know if their athlete has been in direct contact, so they can take immediate action if showing symptoms. We had a Senior athlete who got mono last season and I did the same.
I plan to talk to the girls also in person and am going to address that Jane has mono and how important it is they don't share drinks.
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Me: I dont know, I just feel like a more generic statement would have been better, and would have respected her privacy. It doesnt mattter they would have figured it out anyway and the horse is out of the barn, but by mentioning her by name it draws undue attention to her. I know she got it from a friend at school whom she shared a drink with while camping.

I am not sure how propper it is to have mentioned her by name.

To be honest no child should be drinking after another child. i have tried to get Jane to understand that and now it has burned her. Because she was not careful with her drink around another child. Oh well as I said it doesnt matter because the horse is out of the barn.
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Her: Again I apologize if you didn't want her name mentioned I had no ill intentions, and did not think it was meant to keep secret. My goal is to keep all of our athletes safe and healthy and with the girls working in very close proximity to one another I feel they need to know if they have been directly exposed in the last few weeks specifically those in Jane's stunt group.
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Me: That makes some sense to a degree, but now does that mean that some parents are going to want their child to not be in Janes stunt group?
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Her: I don't think so! Girls weren't afraid to stunt with Josephine Smith when she got mono and came back... I was looking at as more of a proactive stance. Have you been in contact? Are you infected? How do we get you healthy asap so you miss as little practice/comp as necessary?
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Me: Okay thankyou.

Me:
All the moms were very angry with me for bringing her. So expect to hear something I am sure.
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Her: Julie told me... the doctor did ok her to be back at school correct?
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Me: Yes
She is back to school, the doctor okayed her to be back at cheer on limited activity doing nothing that could hurt her spleen.
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Her: Don't worry about it! If they have something to say they can come to me...

Answer: a cheer leading coach is not bound by hipaaAnswer #2: It’s HIPAA, and it applies to medical professionals, not cheerleading coaches. If you don’t want to “rock the boat” because your daughter loves cheerleading, don’t rock the boat. Answer #3: A gym coach is not a health care provider nor an insurer, and thus is not covered by HIPAA.


Title: A coworker is putting my job at risk

Question:
Hey reddit, I am at a loss today.

I work in a really lucrative field, and I got lucky getting my job. I had no qualifications, I was simply gifted with the job. I’ve known the people who run the company for a long time, which is how I am working there now.

A coworker of mine is also an ex boyfriend. We dated before I ever worked there. We also broke up before I started working there. He can not move on and has bothered me since the break up. He now claims to be married but is still obsessed with my personal life.

One of the rules at my job is no dating fellow employees, which is fine by me. I’m not in a good place to date right now. But this ex and now coworker is convinced that I’ve slept with two guys at work and am now dating them. I’ve had to deal with accusations for weeks now, and deal with people talking about me behind my back. I am slut shamed constantly and am now being called by another coworkers last name. Today I was informed that this ex and now coworker messaged my boss telling him that I slept with coworker x and am dating coworker y.

I’m scared I’m going to lose my job, if nothing because of the drama this guy is making for me. I want to be left alone and am wondering if I have any recourse for what’s happening.

I’m in the United States, if that makes a difference.

Answer: Unwelcome allegations about your sex life are sexual harassment. If asking that it stop hasn't helped, escalate with your boss and with HR.


Title: Half a month ago I submitted an not so informative post. Now I have more info...Renting a home, I went to turn in money orders as i have been for almost two years. This past payment the notified me that they will no longer accept money orders...

Question:
They will charge 28 dollars doing one payment a month, and if you give your route number, they will only charge 3% of what your rent is...My question is, can they does this even though the contract that was signed in the beginning says different>?

HERE is the leasing Contract with the recent Email:

http://imgur.com/a/McLWs
Topic:
Landlord Tenant Housing

Answer: No, they cannot. Keep paying by money order. They are required to accept it per your lease.


Title: [Serious] What are my rights about paying an electricity bill that I had no idea about?

Question:
Hello! Someone referred me to here when asked them what I should do. So I moved into a new room in an apt that is a house  divided into a bunch of rooms that share a bathroom, kitchen, etc.  This was in January. I have 3 jobs and live a very hectic lifestyle because I pay about 75% of what I earn to student loans to get them out of my way.  I didn't notice until March that no one had said anything about an electricity bill. I tried asking the girl who lives above me (it is in her name) about it and she said not to worry and was very dismissive and left.  I continued to ask her every month, but in April I moved in with my boyfriend unofficially because the people I lived with had horrible habits (drug habits and sleep patterns) that I didn't want any part of any more.
I am currently travelling abroad. This morning I got a group Facebook message that the electricity bill is about $800 per person. I asked to look at it and they said no. I know they are making me pay late fees and for other late fees for months I didn't live there, because the landlord said electricity would be about $50/month for each person. What are my rights and what can I do? I'm moving out in two months for a real job across the country. Thank you reddit!

Answer:
 Do not give them a cent until they allow you to see the bill, and they can prove that you owe it.

If the harass you, tell them to take it to small claims, who will ask them for the same thing.Answer #2: Insist on seeing the bill.  $800 for a few months sounds awfully high for a split electric bill.  How many people are sharing in the costs?


Title: In a pickle

Question:
I've been homeless with my son for a year. My brother asked if I'd like to take over his trailer he's renting since he's moving in with his girlfriend. He said he'd rather it go to a family member than some one else. (This was all before I became addicted to this sub and knew this is not how renting works) my brother gave the impression he'd be giving me his lease.  I asked him if he talked to his landlord about all this and he told me his landlord was ok with it all (I know know he never even talked to his landollord about it). I've asked my bother to give me the landlord's info so i can get this all set legally. But I've now discovered after weeks that it seems he only wants me there till his gf discovers what a dbag he is (a single mother [not his] with a house and he contributes literally nothing, financial or house work wise, sleeps all day and works in the evening. Uses her credit cards and car like it's his)  he's lately been joking about how it's his place and can kick me out any time. Etc.

I completely cleaned up the rental place. It looked like it hadn't been cleaned in a decade.  I threw away at least 5 truck loads of trash when I got there.  I love this area and want to settle down the rent here is compltely cheap compared to what it is for the area. I would have to go to a shelter/homeless if he broke up with his gf. I don't want to get screwed over by him. He would have no problem kicking us to the curb.

My neighbor told the landlord that Im living here with my son ( the landlord knows I'm his sister.) My neighbor also gave me the landlord's contact info  and thinks I should tell the landlord that my bro hasn't lived here for almost 3 months and to get my own contract through him so my bro isn't on it. I don't even know if I could do this since my brother has a month to month with the landlord. Would he have to be evicted. Would he be notified if not. My brother is amazing with words and I am not. I'm afraid he'll get away with anything.  I am at a loss of what to do legally and family wise. Any advice?

Located in Massachusetts

Answer:
 > I don't even know if I could do this since my brother has a month to month with the landlord.

Your brother doesn't have a lease. He is month to month. That means the landlord can end your brothers tenancy. And could have *you* sign a lease or make you an official month to month renter.

You should talk to your landlord. This shouldn't be difficult for your landlord to take care of.


Title: Horrible servers ruined my sister’s wedding . How do I get justice regarding this?

Question:
This post is about the horrible horrible "service" we received on my sister’s special day ; her wedding . I’m not exactly sure what to do or who to speak to about this because it’s too late , the wedding is done and it took place and there was nothing we could do since we did NOT expect such horrible service .

Last night , at my sister’s wedding we got the worst servers EVER . Discriminative , disrespectful and unapologetic af .
Heres the dammage :

- first thing I noticed that got me going like WTF is that they picked up our plates of food without asking . There was clearly food left on the plate and since was only 2 hours into a  8hour wedding . For example , if someone got up two seconds to go see the bride or go to the washroom , they would pick up our plates of food we took nearly two bites off from our table without EVER asking . We would come back and our food would be gone . We barely got to eat anything . We felt asthough we needed to be glued to the table to be able to stop them from picking our plates . Mind you , even when we were at the table they wouldn’t ask before picking our plates . They would grab them in front of our faces and it was like um ... did i ever say I was finished ??
- Poor customer service , no smile , no talking , no if we need anything nothing . Picks our food and leaves . Treated us like mf animals .
- SOME of us only got offered soda after the main plate .  Didnt even ask if we wanted smtn specific . There was diet coke and sprite . Other tables had coke and mountain dew . And absolute mess . Oh and I said only SOME of us since they only asked two of us at a table of 8 and as two said no the server just left and set the tray on a side table . My sister litteraly had to get up herself do the severs job and bring the tray to the table w all the drinks .
- food absolutely sucked for the price we payed . Food was cold . Fruit tasted 2 weeks old . The aide vegetables on the main course were raw and slathered in sauce . The bread was stale and  looked exactly like the type u get for 2$ at walmart .
- the tables in the front with the maid of honors and the mother of the bride . The close family . Well we were always served last . They would simply serve the tables closer to the kitchen first (i mean I didnt even know who they were and its my SISTERS wedding , WTF??). They were the laziest most incompetent servers ever . So disrespectful . They barely acknowledged the bride and the groom nor asked them if they ever needed anything .
- now this is what truly PISSED ME tf off and practically ruined my night . These servers had the AUDACITY . To cut . The fucking wedding cake for the bride . I didnt even get to see what the cake looked like . While my sister was doing an outfit change upstairs . They cut the wedding cake in the kitchen without ever asking if its okay . I didnt even see the fkn cake . They cut it in the back without anyone knowing , while the bride was changing . The groom wasnt there either they simply never asked at all . So here goes the cake cutting part . I was like wtf how often do u do this at weddings ?? They didnt even apologize . Simply raised their shoulders like welp ntn i can do about it 🤷🏻♀.
- after they served the cake . I went to the washroom for two seconds . Didnt even touch my cake . Came back . It was fucking gone . Wtf . So i tell this shitty server hey I didnt even get to eat could you bring it back . She did not bring it back . She got lazy . So she thought it was a good idea to go to the bride/groom table in the front , give me the brides cake portion while she was changing and give it to me ??? WTFFF HOW FUCKED UP IS THAT ??? I put it back at the front table and went up to her pissed . They simply again raised their shoulders and said nope theres no more cake nothing we can do . No apologies . He later came back out with a completely different cake . A chocolate mousse cake that you could tell was atleast a week old since the outside of the piece was all hard , drizzled some raspberry sauce on it and practically threw it at my table w arrogance and said “heres your cake , are you happy??”
-towards the end of the night we also had practically no privacy , after serving food they would just stand near the walls staring at us like we were peasants, in such a judgemental matter . Making me feel guilty for wanting to eat my part of the cake . They decided to take a double role of server and security guard as if we were going to fucking bomb the place or smtn

This really pissed me off . I did practically an hour of transport to come to my familys house , be part of a  wonderful wedding for my sister  and brother in law and these servers practically ruined it for us . What do i do to get justice about this ?

Please help me out .

Thanks reddit

Topic:
Consumer Law

Answer:
 Unless you paid for the wedding, you are not involved in this in any manner.

Your sister, or whomever paid for the wedding, can make their complaints known and discuss a partial refund, or they can file a lawsuit, possibly in small claims, depending on the amounts involved and the location.

You should settle down, because this is really not about you.Answer #2: > What do i do

Nothing.

If your sister wants to, and can assert damages, she can sue them.  Alternatively, she can discuss a refund.


Title: [UPDATE] [TX] CPS Has custody of my daughter...

Question:
For all those involved in my thread, I really wanted to give an update.  Not just because I know reddit loves updates, but because I am so extremely grateful that you wonderful people took the time out of your day to give me advice.

I went to the hearing today.  My attorney called the DA yesterday and plead my case, and they decided they weren't going to oppose my reunification with my daughter.  She was with her maternal aunt and is now going to be placed (upon our request) with the sister of her step father who I am close with.  Her mom is only allowed 2 supervised visits a month and is on a slew of CPS "services" that I'm not even sure she will have the willpower to complete.  I am on a plan to be reunified with my daughter in 60 days, with visits starting almost immediately and increasing really rapidly.  My new CPS caseworker and his supervisor both were very nice to me and seemed to be advocating for me.  My "services" are minimal and I have no doubt I'll be able to complete them quickly.  The supervisor of my caseworker flat out said that their desire is to place my daughter with me when we come back to court in 60 days.  I am so so excited.  Again, thank you all so so much.

Edit: Special thanks to...

/u/Napalmenator

/u/Karissa36

/u/ritchie70

/u/Mrs_CuckooClock

/u/jasperval

And anyone else that participated that I missed.

Answer:
 Looks like [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/3dthfh/texas_cps_has_custody_of_my_daughter_i_have_a/) is the original post, original account is deleted so doesn't show in OP's post history.

Answer #2: Thank goodness.

Be aware that your child may have difficultirs after her placement with you. She may have anger over what happened. Best advice I can give you is to be loving and see if CPS has any services they can provide to help you reintegrate.

Best of luck.Answer #3: Is there a link to your previous post?  Some people missed the first post and link to read the entire story.Answer #4: Woot. Looks good. Just bust your butt for two months. Have great visits. Then be prepared for full time parenting!

Glad things went well at court.


Title: MA - Neighbor has logs pushed up against/possibly on property line - what are my options?

Question:
Location: MA

Hi all, thanks for taking the time to read this. House in between mine and another neighbor was purchased by that same neighbor. We live very close to the ocean and have marsh/wetlands behind us. On both properties, we have vines/brush/wetland junk extending back to a fence that marks the wetlands line. We also have a line of brush/vines/trees that currently separates my property from the property next door that my neighbor bought.

So neighbor cleared the lot in the backyard from trees/brush/etc and put down grass seed. The problem is that instead of getting rid of all the debris, mostly massive logs, she stacked and pushed all of it right against our property line. Since our properties aren't officially marked, I'm willing to bet she has some of this actually on our property line.

In addition to looking awful, I don't want this junk on my lot. My goal is to clear all the brush on my lot as well, but including the vine "fence" we have in between the properties to put in a real fence. Once we clear the brush in back to where the fence is, I plan on marking from the telephone pole (our "marker" between the properties) to the fence and then seeing where her debris lies.

My question is - what do I do/who do I contact after I find out? My other neighbor has informed me that this neighbor has no intention of cleaning it up and is "leaving it for me" (whatever that means). Regardless of it's on our property, it looks really ugly and will look awful no matter what. I called the town on her once before because she built a massive boat hanger with no permit but nothing ever came of it since we got slammed with storms since January. I have a company I can move forward with to get an official survey but I'd like to avoid that expense if I can. If she refuses to get rid of this stuff, what can I do? Regardless of it's on my property line, I'd like it gone. Thanks in advance.

TL;DR: Neighbor cleared lot and stacked debris against our property line, possibly on it - what are my options?

[Obligatory MS paint](https://imgur.com/a/vFZA1z8)

Answer:
 OP- your first step is going to be to have a conversation with the neighbour. Something like "hey, all the debris you had cleared is sitting in a pile and looks pretty bad. Can you have it destroyed/removed?"

If that conversation doesn't go anywhere, you likely will need a professional survey that shows part of the debris is on your property. Then you can send a formal letter with a copy of the survey results showing part of the debris has been placed on your property.


Title: [PA] Can I sue for a landlord illegally entering the house?

Question: My landlord came in without notice and assaulted my room mate and it makes me very nervous, can I sue for it?

Answer:
 Where are you located, and what do you mean he assaulted your roommate? That seems like a bigger crime than just entering the apartment...Answer #2: Sue for what?

Your roommate can sue for damages caused by assault.

And you may have grounds to break your lease.

But I feel there is a lot more to the story then a random act of violence


Title: Question whether social media shaming of a 9yo constitutes child abuse - NY state.

Question:
Hi.

Long story short...my sister and her ex have recently gotten divorced, and the house is still in limbo. They have a 9yo daughter together. The EX comes from a pretty wealthy family. My sister is comfortable, but not wealthy. The ex and his family have it in their head that she can't possibly survive without his/their money, and therefore attempt to use money to leverage what they want from her. Recently the father of the Ex (9yo's grandfather) has put a post on facebook to shame them. It's a gofundme page that is disguised as a fundraiser to get funds to help my sister pay for her house, but is actually a page designed to public shame my family. The most upsetting part is the grandfather actually uses my niece's name specifically in the post. I feel terrible that her friends on facebook might come across this post and use that information to shame/bully/harass her. Kids are terrible sometimes.

My question to you is...is there anything legal that I can do to force him to take down the post? I haven't contacted him yet, but he and I don't get along, so if he resists I'd like to know of any laws or precedences that I can cite to motivate him to take it down. Personally I feel like it's bordering on child abuse but I don't know for sure.

Any suggestions will be helpful! Thank you.

Answer:
 > I feel terrible that her friends on Facebook

Delete the 9yo's account. Delete everyone's account, but the 9yo cannot have an account on Facebook, it violates their TOS, you have to be 13.Answer #2: > is there anything legal that I can do to force him to take down the post?

No. But you can blow the whistle to the gofundme site that the page is a scam, and they might remove it.


Title: [WA] My neighbor is plotting to murder me and the girl upstairs... not sure what to do.

Question:
Ok a little back story, sorry its kinda long but I dont know where to begin..

- Neighbor is 30, has 5 biological children all taken from him by different women, and lives off of SSI (last week at his re-evaluation he commited perjury, told me how he went in and acted insane, crying and twitching).  I have done some research and he is 100% sociopath, which is what scares me.  I have watched videos on youtube and read the DSM-V and people like him always end up in prison for something crazy.
 * He sits in the backyard practicing throwing knives and lifting weights, and he is so ripped it scares the crap out of me, like could kill you with his hands in a blink.
* He lives next door in my apts. and the management has tried kicking him out for months (only prob is that his mom lives down the street, so it wont matter anyways).  Can't move cause my mom lives here and we just dont have the money to go anywhere else.
 * He has been renting both rooms at his apt. sleeping on the couch and charging rediculous fees and rent to people on craigslist.  He has had about 10 people (9/10 girls) live there over the past 1.5 years and he has systematically built relationship, and even dated 4 of the girls, and then destroyed their lives (called jobs and got them fired, child services took some kids away, fake police calls, steals all their stuff and pawns it. 2 people have ended up homeless from it all.
  * The police have been over there multiple times and have done nothing.
* He has a pregnant cat right now locked in a cage of its own feces, forbids the current roommates to touch or feed it.
* He has bragged about crimes but I cant tell if he's serious because he just says things to manipulate or read your reactions, maybe just making it up to see if ill snitch..
* At any given moment he has 4 or so knives hidden on him, and he definitely knows how to use them. Constantly talking about killing cops.. how he'll never go quietly.
*last week pawned a $3000 TV from rent a center for $300. Already called RAC, they said they would "look into it and try calling him"

I could go on for a hundred pages.  Currently his two roommates are cool (guy and girl couple) and we've become kinda friends.  The girl in the apt. above me is cool too, but she started dating him and then broke up with him a week later.  She doesn't really know how crazy this dude is. Now he thinks she's into me, one night he thought we were flirting and almost attacked me. Well his roomates told me and my mom today that he is plotting to murder me and the girl, and make it look like an accident. He has said stuff like this a bunch but I don't know how seriously to take it. We are afraid of going to the police because 1. they have already dealt with him and nothing has happened & 2. as soon as he gets out on bail his *primary mission* will be to murder anyone who betrayed him. Sorry for the rant here, I feel trapped here and don't know what to do, anyone have any advice?  Thanks for reading

Answer:
 For starters, call Animal Control about the cat.Answer #2: If you don't want to go to the police or get a restraining order, society cannot help you. If you are unwilling to do that, you should move. Answer #3: You really don't have much of a legal question at this point. I suppose if the cat is so bad you could report him for animal abuse, but that is not going to get him out of the house and might put you higher on his list of people to murder if he finds out it was you.

However, most times when we set up untenable situations where we find no way out, the lack of options is in our own minds rather than in reality. Personally? If I were in that much fear, I'd move. Even though I didn't have the money. Even if it was impossible. Answer #4: I think it's time for a sit down with someone in the police department. Make sure they know everything you do and understand your fears. This sort of problem won't go away until you move or he does something big enough to land in jail.Answer #5: Is there a LEGAL question?  You already know what you can do, you don't need us to suggest things because only you can asses your ability to move, what his reaction might be to you doing nothing or calling the police, etcetera.


Title: Possible underage drinking citation

Question: So the other day,  I was out at a bar in PA. The only problem is that I am a 19-year-old college student. This bar is pretty notorious for letting in underage students as long as they have a fake, even if it's not very good, but they hadn't had too much trouble with the cops in the past. That changed last night when about 15 cops raided the bar. I didn't have a fake, I know the bouncer and he lets me in without one. They took my name and my address and my social, and let me go. Importantly, I hope, they did not breathalyze me. I've heard everyone who was there and underage is getting a citation, but what can they give me a citation for? I did not have a fake ID, and they have no evidence to show if I was drinking or not, so can they cite me for underage drinking? Or for something else? If so, what will be the ramifications for this?

Answer:
 Unless you are "supervised" by adults, or your parents or guardian, according to LCB law in PA, you are forbidden from entering a bar. I believe that this would be an citation for the licensee (the bar which let you in), not for you, unless they caught you drinking, which they did not.

 [https://www.lcb.pa.gov/Legal/Documents/000814.pdf](https://www.lcb.pa.gov/Legal/Documents/000814.pdf)


Title: Being billed for working on my car in apartment parking lot

Question:
MA

Hey legal advice.  Over the past week I have been working on my girlfriend's car, changing the brakes and rotors.  Yesterday I got to a seized bolt and decided to hit it with some penetrating oil and call it a night.  I stupidly left the tire off with the jack holding the back left of the car up.

This morning my landlord came by knocking on my door.  She said that she was with the insurance taking pictures of the car and would be billing us for whatever the insurance billed them.

So I'm not looking to open a can of warms about me being in a the right or wrong.  I assumed it would be fine because other tenants work on their cars as well.  This is the first time I have done anything with a car in the parking lot.

Anyway, I am just curious how much this bill could possibly be.  Are we talking about $50-$100 or hundreds to thousands?

What are my options?  I was thinking about moving out when my lease ends at the end of June anyway, so this just really pushed me over the fence.  If this bill is somehow over my $800 security deposit... should I just not pay it and have it come out of that?  Do I have any other options other than just pay it?  And to be clear, I guess they are being billed by their insurance and then passing that bill on to me.

Answer: Why is the insurance involved anyway?


Title: Car insurance denied coverage.

Question: I was hit on the passenger side of my car on 4/3/14. I only have liability coverage on my car, so my insurance company (Geico) said i would have to file a claim with the insurance company of the person who hit me (He had Sate Farm). Today they they told me that the his coverage was denied, and they wont cover my car. What do I do? In Wisconsin

Answer:
 So State Farm is saying that the driver wasn't actually covered under the policy? In which case, all you can do is sue the other driver.

Look here https://www.wicourts.gov/services/public/selfhelp/smallclaims.htm


Title: Another dog bit my dog while on a walk [GA]

Question:
Earlier this morning I took my two dogs on a walk since it's been such pretty weather and I had a day off. As I'm walking, two ladies with two dogs, one lady of which I've seen often in this neighborhood, are walking as well. One of their dogs was unleashed and walking beside the lady i did recognize, albeit I didnt know her name until today.

I walked the other direction because my dogs (leashed and harnessed) are ones to get nervous and bark. I doubled back once I saw that the lady with the unleashed dog had gone up a side street. As I walked past the intersection of the street my dogs and I were walking on and that said side street, the unleashed dog bolted from its owner and jumped immediately at my dogs.

I immediately started yelling and trying to get the unleashed dog off of my two dogs who were freaking out. I did kick at the dog to get it to back away, but I was unsuccessful. The lady did eventually get her dog back and started saying "she (the unleashed dog) doesn't normally do this and I normally have her on a leash." I, in the heat of the moment, just yelled that that didnt matter; that they were dogs and didnt know any better. I also yelled there was a leash law for a reason.

My female dog had only a very slight cut on her front right leg, my male dog didnt seem to have any kind of injury other than the fact he flinched away when I tried to touch his back left leg. I ran my hand over his leg and no blood unlike my female dog.

I got my female dog in my car and drove  down the side street where the lady with the unleashed dog was. I found the lady and got her name and asked for her to drop the dogs shot records in my mailbox. This lady tried to convince me not to go to the veterinarian because, "she didnt want me to have to spend any money." She told me to just call the veterinarian. She also showed where her dog (the dog that was unleashed) had received a cut as well, most likely from my male dog who was trying to defend my female dog.

I took my female dog to the vet and got her checked over. She was fine other than needing an antibacterial swabb, normal check over stuff. They gave me an oral antibiotic for her to take  and took some blood tests which will be back by tomorrow.  Overall, it was only 176 something dollars; as well though, I had to use my care credit card though and that requires a 200 minimum, so that was what was charged.

I got home and had seen that the owner had been to the same veterinarian I just went to (that vet is down the street from where I live) and provided a reciept from less than a year ago that the unleashed dog had had the rabies vaccine. The owner of the unleashed dog has asked for my dogs shot records. I have not yet responded.

My male dog has the rabies vaccine from a few months ago, but I was unaware my female dogs rabies vaccine had expired last year. I thought dog rabies vaccines were good for 3 years, and since she had had one in 2017 that she would be fine, but the paperwork from 2017 says it's only for a year.

I want to know what my next steps should be because I was following the leash law and I always have. I most certainly dont want to have to pay the 200 I owe since my dogs didnt start the altercation. I don't want to be in any trouble either obviously since I made a mistake of not getting my female dogs rabies vaccine done in the last year. I dont want this unleashed dog to be affected negatively either because its not the dogs fault the owner didnt have a leash.

What do I do?

Answer:
 You can report this to your local Animal Control officer and let them straighten out the vaccines. She was at fault for violating the leash law, although you may be required to update your one dogs shot and quarantine (keep it on your property)  that dog for the next ten days. Regardless, she is responsible for your vet bill as well as hers since her dog was unleashed.Answer #2: Is everyone glossing over this paragraph?

> I took my female dog to the vet and got her checked over. She was fine  other than needing an antibacterial swabb, normal check over stuff. They  gave me an oral antibiotic for her to take  and took some blood tests  which will be back by tomorrow.  Overall, it was only 176 something  dollars; as well though, I had to use my care credit card though and  that requires a 200 minimum, so that was what was charged.

How is your vet not committing fraud here?  I'm sure CareCredit would love to know about this unless there's something I'm missing -- this is like the reverse of being "in network."


Title: Army friends used to track down friends Facebook by using her phone number

Question: Context: so my friend (who we'll call Sarah) meets someone in a game (who we'll call Cathy). They chat for a bit, and, from what Sarah has gathered, knows that Cathy is relatively young, is in the cadets and has an older brother who has attempted to take his own life. Sarah gives Cathy her mobile number just in case the worst happens and Cathy needed to talk to someone.   Fast forward, Sarah suddenly gets a message from Cathy on Facebook messenger. Sarah asks Cathy how she found her. While she has her mobile linked to her Facebook, she has set her privacy settings so that you cannot find her via a search engine or via her number. According to Cathy, she gave Sarah's number to her brother's friends, who are also in the Army, and had them track Sarah down.   Does the Army have the right to do this, if not, is it necessary to take action against it?

Answer:
 “The Army” didn’t do it and “The Army” didn’t hack Facebook. Your friend has a hole in her privacy somewhere. Answer #2: If you add someone’s number to your contacts or search for it in FB, their profile may be displayed (depending on their privacy preferences). It doesn’t sound like this was some official Army business, but some dudes with smartphones who happen to be enlisted.

To remedy this, tighten up facebook’s privacy settings.  Answer #3: > According to Cathy, she gave Sarah's number to her brother's friends, who are also in the Army, and had them track Sarah down.

Via what means?


Title: Husband seeking to ruin our life based on misleading audio recording.

Question:
Minnesota.

TLDR; Mentally ill husband recorded me without me knowing while I was home alone working on photoshop. He later says recording is evidence that I had someone over and cheated on him. Is there anyway I can have this professionally analyzed?

I'm a 30 year old stay at home mom of two girls. I have some intense learning disabilities and became dependent on my husband. I don't have any friends or siblings. My parents live 5 hours away and are dirt poor, they can never afford to even drive down and see me. My mom is supportive but my Dad is very selfish. My husband has two extremely wealthy parents and 4 brothers. They have a huge supportive family.

Husband of 12 years and father of my two little girls has had psychological issues for a very long time. However, he is extremely manipulative so people generally fall into his charisma. He always had issues with sex and so 11 years of our relationship was completely sexless and he tended to be very emotionally unavailable. Overtime, he made me believe that sex was bad and dirty. That being horny was something to be embarrassed about. I missed sex, but I loved him and was okay with this. I supported him through college and intended to go after he finished, but he instead wanted to have children. I had my first child and became a stay at home mom. Then two year later had my second. Over my pregnancies, he had become an alcoholic and would physically abuse me. He stopped drinking last year and it mostly stopped.

February of last year he just out of no where seemed to now want sex. This was very confusing to me, especially since after my second child my libido wasn't up to speed. He then decided that our kids weren't his and made us all take a paternity test. It came back 99%, which is the best it CAN be. 4 months later, he decided to take the kids to town and record me, unknowingly, while I stayed at home working on Photoshop. I have two saved images with timestamps that match the date of this time frame, so there is no question that I was working on Photoshop. What this recording picks up is me mindlessly talking to myself as I work through Photoshop. I'm also watching Design on a Dime, a DIY show on Hulu, on my computer through my headphones. My headphones are garbage so they tend to just stop working when they feel like it. When this happened, I took my headphones off and set them on the desk. At this point, my headphones AND Photoshop aren't behaving so I'm groaning with dismay and eventually leave. The end.

My husband however, hears me go on my phone, invite someone over, says he hears them come inside, then he goes under the table and gives me oral sex, he hears moaning and groaning, smacking sounds, "That feels so amazing.", a slapping sound, a conversation and then hears us leave to have intercourse in the bedroom. NONE of this happened and I don't hear it when I listen to it.

After this, he gets progressively more and more mentally and emotionally abusive. He accused me of sleeping with his Dad, then later his brother. He then demands that his brother take a paternity test. He tries to force me into very aggressive angry sex with him. He becomes a monster and I begin to shut down. He says he wants a divorce because I cheated on him and I have no way to prove to him that this recording just isn't what it sounds like.

So we go to couples therapy. I'm feeling really great about this, I suggest bringing in the audio because I wanted a second opinion. There is no doubt in my mind that this professional will hear this recording and believe someone is there, that alone having sex! Despite me asking to only bring the original recording, my husband brings in this 20 minute version that someone on Reddit edited to remove the white noise. I discover that the therapist didn't listen to the original and only listened to the 20 minute version. She believed my husband that I cheated on him...

I'm absolutely destroyed. No justice, just more pain.

Now, I have to get a job, overcome learning disabilities, move and go to school while raising my two kids. I'm so scared and alone.

Please, is there anyone who can help identify the source of an audio? Or anything else that might help prove I've been loyal? I understand that this relationship isn't healthy, but with all this pain.. I just want justice.

Thank you..

Edit: He never raped me. Just aggressive and bullying. I would be crying and he would be like, "Aye, let's have sex tho."

Answer: He hit you, tried/maybe raped you, and is obviously mentally ill and you are worried about a recording? You need to find your own therapist and GTFO. Answer #2: You want a divorce attorney. There should be low cost/low income local legal services in your area. Answer #3: Why do you care about proving an abusive and clearly insane person wrong? How can you rationalize with an irrational person? Your priority should be getting away from him. I understand you have your own issues, but do you really want to raise your children in that environment?


Title: (OR) Parents have uninvited guests

Question:
My elderly parents have an older house in the country that is not their full-time residence so it is often unoccupied for months at a time. It has no running water (old house - pipe issue) but it does have electricity.

A man that my dad hired to help him fix some things around the house decided to move himself and his family into my parent's house without asking.

My parents are at a loss for what to do. Are they now tenants? How do they get them to move? He's concerned about getting in trouble because there is no running water and thus he believes it's not habitable.

Answer: They're trespassing. Normally step one is to call the police. How long have they been there?Answer #2: Call the police asap before they get squatters rightsAnswer #3: File a criminal trespass complaint with the police asap.Answer #4: Call the police.


Title: Can i take control of my bank account from my parents?

Question: So i have a savings account that is in my name but my parents have complete control over it and I have no access to it. They wont transfer my money to my new bank account that I opened. I have just under  $1000 in it and i want complete access to it. So im wondering if i can go to the bank and take control over my account. I live in Australia the bank im with is ANZ idk if that means anything.

Answer:
 Are you an adult?

If so, you can go to the bank, take out all the money, then take that money to a different bank and deposit it into an account with just your name on it.

And if you're not an adult, then wait until you are and do the above.


Title: Custodial parent trying to enroll child in pre-school that will take non-custodial parent's visitation time

Question:
ARKANSAS, US

My SO has a three-year-old son with his ex-wife. She never informs him of any decision she makes until it's too late, because she said that he has "no custody whatsoever" and she can basically do whatever she wants.

My question is this: Is it OK for her to enroll the child in pre-school when the pre-school's schedule will eat up all of his visitation time?

The pre-school is out of town and my BF would be responsible for sacrificing his time with him 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. M-F WHILE having to drive the child back and forth each day. BF's visitation schedule is four days every other week.

The reason she wants to enroll him in a preschool is certainly because she lives with her parents and they are likely tired of taking care of her kid for her -- yet she absolutely will not go to the non-custodial parent for help because she wants to keep any extra visitation to a minimum in order to remain "in control."

She is a piece of work, truly, but I am leaving out any details that aren't immediately relevant to this particular situation.

P.S. The reason my BF does not have joint custody is because his ex and her father lied on the stand and the particular judge had made up his mind to send the child with mom without considering any of the factors (which, again, I won't list here...). Is it really fair that she can arbitrarily decide to enroll him in what is essentially daycare knowing that the non-custodial parent's court ordered time with him will be sacrificed?

She also refused to list my BF as a secondary contact or caregiver on the pre-school application because my BF did not immediately agree to go along with this.

Thanks in advance.
Topic:
Custody Divorce and Family

Answer: Sounds as if he needs to sit down with a lawyer and ask these questions.  We are not party to their custody agreement.Answer #2: Your boyfriend needs to talk to his attorney, if he is interested in doing so. If he has no custody, and no visitation specified then she has every right to do what you've described.Answer #3: FYI, as I have recently learned, you should refer to his time as 'parenting time' not visitation. Answer #4: Is the pre-school out of town for her as well? Is there one closer to both houses that could be agreed upon? The reason I ask is a lot of kids really benefit from good pre-school programs. Finding one that's better located may look better to the judge than just objecting to pre-school in general.


Title: [Mississippi] Sparring over child support in a property settlement agreement

Question:
My wife and I are trying to work through a property settlement agreement so that we can file an uncontested divorce (married 8 years, 2 kids: 7yo and 4yo).  I make more than she does (90K vs 40K) so our sticking point is child support.  In MS if there is one custodial parent, they get 20% of the other parent's AGI when 2 children are involved.  For shared custody there are no child support guidelines.  Because she was a terrible wife, my instinct is to offer her nothing, but I want to take care of my children and giving her full custody is out of the question.

Because MS favors mothers, she is threatening to take me to court to obtain full custody unless she gets the child support she's requesting, $800/mo or 12.5% of my AGI, whichever is higher; we would split all other expenses.  She claims she came up with this number by calculating what she would need to support herself and the kids.  I know it doesn't take $800/mo to take care of two children half of the time, especially when they both attend public school, so most of this money would essentially go to my wife to pay her bills.

Both children are on my insurance, so my lawyer is saying that $500/mo would be a fair offer to her.  She said she isn't budging.  I offered her $700/mo if she would let me claim both children on my tax returns, since child support is not tax-deductable and I'm the one paying-out.  She said no.

She has offered to go to mediation and leave it in their hands.  I feel silly haggling over $100/mo, but at some point you have to draw a line in the sand right?  I've done my own finances and already know I'll need to pick-up extra work to make ends meet.

Losing my custodial/legal rights simply isn't an option for me.  Do I have to just suck it up and give-in to her demands?  Is mediation a good idea at this point?

Answer:
 >Because MS favors mothers

No, it doesn't.

Who does the bulk of the child care?

>Because she was a terrible wife

This is completely irrelevant when it comes to custody matters. If you both thought the other was a good spouse, you wouldn't be getting divorced.
>she's requesting, $800/mo or 12.5% of my AGI, whichever is higher;

Child support is a formula. [Here](http://www.alllaw.com/calculators/childsupport/mississippi) is a link to one for MS.


Title: Broke my lease due to giant black mushrooms hanging from the ceiling, now getting calls from debt collectors.

Question:
(In Los Angeles), woke up one morning and a bunch of black fungus was hanging from the ceiling, apparently the shit grows very quickly. The apartment above me had flooded. I did some research and got a lot of info about it causing respiratory and even neurological problems so I got me and my cat out of there, but not for a week. Landlord didn't even come clear it, I had to get rid of it myself.

I took pictures, and it looked like the law was on my side given how vile the situation was.

From the California Code 1942.1:
>1942.1.  Any agreement by a lessee of a dwelling waiving or
modifying his rights under Section 1941 or 1942 shall be void as
contrary to public policy with respect to any condition which renders
the premises untenantable

From the California Department of Consumer Affairs:

>"A rental unit must be fit to live in; that is, it must be habitable. In legal terms, "habitable" means that the rental unit is fit for occupation by human beings and that it substantially complies with state and local building and health codes that materially affect tenants' health and safety.129

So now the landlord took my security deposit and is charging another months rent (I moved out on the 4th of September last year). But the organization is so shady, they don't even have an e-mail or phone number. You can contact a manager and they take your number and promise to give it to the supervisor (who then never calls).

Any tips? I really can't afford this at the moment. And now my perfect credit is probably fucked. Is this even the type of thing I can dispute to the credit reporters?

Answer:
 I think what everyone is trying to tell you is you owe the money, because you didn't go through the proper channels. You should have had the landlord and a building inspector come look at things and then worked out an end to the lease based on the findings, and you didn't.Answer #2: >Any tips?

For this time around, try to work out a settlement of some sort.

For next time, well first you would want to have an expert, like a building/health inspector come and give you an assessment.  Then, if you are going to proceed with breaking your lease read up on your local laws on how to properly do that without adverse consequences to you. Answer #3: What state or local authority ruled your apartment "no longer habitable"?  What did your landlord say when you stated you were breaking the lease?  If you remedied the problem by "getting rid of it yourself" why did you assume that the unit was not "habitable"?


Title: URGENT - TX - Order of Possession

Question:
Hello /r/legaladvice,

I am hoping to get a better answer here than what Google has provided. We have an order of possession for two five year olds. It's standard possession, with pickup at 7:15. Father is habitually late and not just by a few minutes here and there. We are currently sitting in an empty parking lot, in the dark. His only method of contact is email and he typically emails when he is going to be late. It is usually "5-10" minutes and quickly turns into 30. It is now 7:52 and we have attempted to contact him with no response. I feel this is more than a reasonable amount of time and would like to leave. Can I do so without legal trouble?

Answer: Yes, 30 minutes is likely considered reasonable. In fact, a lot of Judge's would consider him late at all is unreasonable. What if you had to work at 8:00?


Title: Police seized my stuff!!! can't get it back

Question:
i am a photographer with a studio.  back in 6/2011, my residence and studio got raided by a joint task force of the FBI and local police for claims of producing child pornography.

long story short, i dated this girl.  she is/was in her mid 20's.  we broke up, she met a guy, she moved across the US.  There were some photos that we took together while dating that we posted on adult sites as part of our thing.  Well, when she met him and he found out, she claimed i took them without her permission.  which you clearly can see it wasn't the case.  but she also claimed that i took them when she was underage.  I don't know how she was going to explain the math and how improbable that was, but he believed her.  She told me to get the sites to take them down.. well, you know once you get posted in the internet, it can't come down.  So she even told me, she is going to go to the site, and claim she was underage.   i told her fine, but you can clearly see she wasn't.   That wasn't enough, she went to the police, and fbi.

so fast forward a few months later, they raided my business and home.  they took all my electronics, and camera gear.  the detective even told me, we have been watching you, you are a predator, you are going away for a long time...

well, nothing happened. i wasn't even arrested.  they took my stuff and nothing.  it has been 7 years.  i called every few years, and they said they are still investigating, and can't return my stuff.  so as long as the case is still "open" they can keep it as evidence.

how can i get my stuff back?!???!?!

Answer:
 Getting your equipment back will likely take an attorney.  Given everything involved here (federal law, CP hot button issues), this will likely not be a cheap attorney.

Might be worth chatting with one.  But you also will need to carefully evaluate the cost of those services VS the value of 7 year old photography equipment, which may or may not even still be in custody, and which likely hasn't been taken care of.

Based on your description, it would seem you have been wronged.  But ultimately, there likely isn't anything you can do about it.Answer #2: >how can i get my stuff back?!???!?!

You can't. Not until the case is closed. And they aren't going to close it.Answer #3: You should get a consultation with an attorney. They can go over the specific facts of your case, the likely outcomes, and tell you the cost to pursue them. It could be a simple issue for a lawyer to handle. It could be too expensive to be worth pursuing. It could be that the police sold the evidence at auction years ago and "could not contact you", or that by pursuing this it leads to the DA filing charges before the SOL runs out. Talk to a lawyer.


Title: My parked car was totaled by a drunk driver - what am I entitled to?

Question:
California

Earlier this month, a drunk driver crashed into my parked car. My car was towed and later deemed a total loss. During the entire ordeal I was studying abroad.

It's been taking quite a while to get this sorted out. The claim has just been sent to a settlement adjustor who is hunting down the responsible party's insurance. My question is, since this is not a personal injury issue on my part, is the settlement only limited to the value of the car? Or is it possible to argue for a settlement that considers the stress of dealing with the problem while abroad, the emotional "pain" (for lack of a less dramatic word) of losing a prized possession, and the inconvenience of not having a car for over a month (I need to get a job for the summer, but not having a car is making that more difficult than it would have been)?

Must these negotiations take place solely through insurance, or is it possible for me to file a separate claim outside of insurance? And would I need to hire a lawyer for that?

Some supplemental information: if not already obvious, it's my first time dealing with anything car accident or insurance related. I'm a student that classifies as low income by most measures in my area.   A quick Google search indicates the responsible party comes from the family of a wealthy and powerful former city council member, so I have some trepidation in trying to negotiate as good a settlement as possible.

Answer: No. Life is stress. You dont get paid for having stress


Title: Scizophrenia and Jail

Question: Would someone who gets diagnosed with skizophrenia while in prison be sent to a psychiatric hospital for the rest of the sentence (or until it fully recovers) or only after he has completed his time will he be sent to one?

Answer: A lot of prisoners have undiagnosed and/or untreated mental illnesses. They're just part of the general prison population. Because it's such a great system.


Title: My car was stolen while a suspended driver was using it.

Question:
My friend (who has a suspended license) borrowed my car last night, got too drunk at the party they went to, and someone stole the keys and subsequently the car itself while they were knocked out.

I have full coverage insurance and all because the bank still owes my car; but I am worried about admitting that a suspended driver drove to the party in the first place.

Answer: It depends on your term of your policy. It's possible your insurance could refuse to cover you if you knowingly gave permission to somebody you know shouldn't have been driving. On the stupid scale of 1 to 10 that's about a 9.5.


Title: A small-claims judgment was awarded to me for $1600. The defendant won't give me her address for me to serve her the paperwork for the tax-return garnisheement. I have her SSN and full name. Would a process server bill me indefinitely to track her down? Any other ideas?

Question:
A woman bought a car from me and then stopped paying me back with $1600 left. Fortunately I had saved all the correspondence. I was awarded the amount in small claims. Now the hard part: collections. I know the general area where she lives, her full name, and her SSN. I want to collect off her tax return. But how can I find her and serve her that paperwork? Any suggestions may help. Are there any agencies that will take this over? Even if I only get half back it's better than zero if I can't get it done myself.

Edit: I am in Michigan.

Answer:
 You can sell the debt to a judgment buyer or a debt collector - but you won't get full price for it.

You can hire a skip tracer to locate her yourself.


Title: I built a YouTube channel 2 years ago with my partner, and left 1 month ago. He's now selling it for 5 figures. Am I entitled to equity? 70% of the videos are made entirely by me.

Question: The title is basically the entire situation. 70% of the videos were 100% made by me, as are 75% of the views. I left to focus on another job and a solo youtube career, and we had buyout talks even before I left which verbally agreed me to have 50% of the buyout payment. Aren't these my image rights, copyright, and other things? At worst, can't I DMCA all the videos? And at best, don't I deserve a %?

Answer: I think you would definitely have a court case if he didn’t give you a %. I would try talking to your partner first. If that doesn’t work have a lawyer send him a letter threatening a lawsuit.


Title: Suspect corporate espionage: who should I report to and how?

Question: I know this guy at the research division of Apple Inc. He is working on   artificial intelligence (AI), and he is working for a Chinese AI    company at the same time. The company is backed by the Chinese   government. Should I report this person to FBI? What should I prepare for such a report?

Answer: You would report it to Apple rather than the government, although both is fine. However, Apple would be far more capable and motivated to investigate initially, and can give their findings to the FBI for further investigation and/or prosecution.


Title: Normal practice for a business?

Question:
My boyfriend no longer has a job & the reasoning for it is the dumbest thing I've ever heard. He was with the company for a little over 5 years. He left about 3 & a half years in for another job with proper notice & everything. It ended up not working out but they accepted him back right away. He never had any problems there, he was always on time & went above & beyond in what was asked of him.
I got call from him today around 3pm and he told me that he got laid off. I mean they couldn't at least wait until 5pm? Being overstaffed is the reason that they gave him. Is that even a thing? A company hires more people so they can get rid of the "veteran" employees?
I should probably mention that one of the people they hired was eventually going to take his place. He is also going to school for radiology but unfortunately wasn't accepted into the program this past semester & now has to wait until September to go back. So now because they have to pay him full time instead of part time like they originally planned they can get rid of him? It just doesn't make sense to me.
It sucks that it happened so suddenly & I don't think it'll be too hard for him to find another job, in fact he may come work with me. It's just really irritating that after all he's done for them they couldn't give him a two week or even a week's notice. Is this normal practice for a business?

Answer:
 No company will give an individual a notice of layoff.  Too many people would steal anything they can, cuss out the customers, etc... or simply just do nothing at work.

And getting rid of people because of over staffing is the best reason.  Why would they keep people on if there isn't enough work ?


Title: Work Discrimination of Sleep Disorder

Question:
Hello!

I have a severe sleeping disorder much like narcolepsy, that causes me to be extremely lethargic, and sometimes, causes me to fall asleep at any moment.

I have had 3 days at work, out of the past two weeks, where I was tired, had to go home or call out. Yesterday I semi fell asleep while standing up at the host stand. He manager asked if I was okay, I didn’t even realize what happened. I told her I had narcolepsy. Today I was pulled into the office to talk with her and the owner. The owner asked me to bring a doctors note, which I know is okay and probably good. But then he said he would watch me for the next few weeks, if he didn’t see any improvement he would have to fire me.

I didn’t think it was okay to fire someone or let them go for medical reasons. I thought I would have to leave under my own accord.

Do I have to be okay with this?
Topic:
Disability Issues

Answer: If you have a disability then you need to bring in documentation and request an accomodation. The accomodation has to be reasonable and if you are a host at a restaurant being allowed to sleep at work is probably not going to fall under reasonable.


Title: Friend got a second stimulus check.

Question: So basically my friend found 2 stimulus checks deposited in her account. After a bit of thinking about it she came to the conclusion that her ex used to share that account as a joint account with her. He still owes her 2000 dollars from a year ago on a trailer they bought together and we are pretty sure he has no intention of paying her back. She holds the title still to the trailer, but it is not in her name (she just has the physical documentation.) What should she do? Her ex has been hounding her for his check but she feels like she should keep it because of the large sum of money he owes her. Does she have any legal right to try and take back possession of their trailer since she holds the deed? And can she get in trouble for holding onto his stimulus check. We live in Colorado springs Colorado.

Answer:
 This is an error and she does not get to keep the check. Once the IRS finds out they will reverse the transfer and your friend will no longer have the money in her account. If she has spent it this will put her account into the negative.

She shouldn't spend the money or transfer it to her ex. She should contact the IRS and notify them that she received two transfers. This prevents the ex from having her transfer the money and they contacting the IRS himself.

If the title is not in her name then it's not hers, she just has the document saying whose it is. If she wants to collect her money she can sue in small claims and then follow steps necessary to collect it. Doing this is far from a guarantee that she will be compensated though.Answer #2: She doesn't own the trailer.

He doesn't owe her anything unless she sued him in small claims court/court and got a judgment. She could be sued by him for the money.

>Does she have any legal right to try and take back possession of their trailer since she holds the deed?

It's not in her name. She does not own the trailer. Please tell me the deed isn't in his name.


Title: [Akron, Ohio] Lowe's sold us some lemons and won't take them back! What do we do???

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 I cannot see what remedy you want from Lowe's.

Why would a store take back freezers that were used commercially? If you have a problem with the warranty, take it with the manufacturer... except you already know the manufacturer warranty  is void since those cheap freezers were meant for residential use only.

You not covered under any warranty - tough luck.

Buy commercial freezers next time instead of Lowe's $600 freezers. You got what you paid for, sadly.

There is a reason why commercial freezers are more expensive, and  they are worth buying nonetheless when your business depends on them.Answer #2: OFF TOPIC: Sorry, but what’s with all the “bosslady”? You can just call her your boss. Using it once isn’t a big issue, but repeatedly using it is sexist and degrading to her.
ON TOPIC: I think you’re screwed here. I’m sorry, but you used the freezer for commercial purpose when it was said it should only be personal. That will negate any responsibility of the store. (Sucks, I know, but they do that to protect themselves.)


Title: My landlord wants to kick me out of my apartment for 5 days to make some repairs. As a graduate student, I don't have time for this. More below.

Question:
The apartment flooded minorly a while back (2 months, and recently).  He's just now wanting to repair it (there is no external damage), and the contractor says for insurance purposes I can't be there while any of it is going on, so I will have to leave for 5 days (at least!).  I effectively pay $55/day to live here, and he said he would give me $100/day to find a hotel.  There are a few problems with this:

1. You can't find a half-decent hotel in Los Angeles for $100/day.
2. As a graduate student, I do not have time for this/to arrange all of this.  It's midterms season right now.  Likewise, my apartment is close enough to campus that I can actually get there in a decent amount of time.  Any hotels remotely close to $100 (more like $150, which, I can't or shouldn't afford) are not remotely close to campus.  With traffic/difficult parking in LA this is a problem.
3. I will also have to be basically buying food out all of these nights, which frankly I can't afford.
4. I worry that 5 days will stretch into much longer.

Any advice about what I can do here?

Answer: You may be able to ask him to delay start for another week if its midterm week but "The unit was damaged I will compensate double the prorated rate in order to repair the unit" is reasonable or at least close to it , you likely can ask for what a hotel actually costs in the general area.


Title: [OH] Neighbors dog came onto my property and injured my dog, refuses to pay vet bills.

Question:
about a week ago, my neighbors dog escaped and ended up in my yard, I have an invisible fence which keeps my dogs contained, but obviously doesn't keep other dogs out.

His boxer attacked one of my dogs and left lascerations and puncture wounds on my dogs face and neck. I took my dog to the emergency vet and the vet bills totaled to just over $500.

I brought the bill over to my neighbor and asked if he could pay me back since his dog injured mine. My dog did not fight back and was yelping and trying to get away the entire time the attack occured.

He told me he didn't have the money for the vet bill and both of us are at fault since my dog also wasn't leashed. Is he correct? My dog was contained by the invisible fencing and on my own property. I can provide more details if necessary. They normally leash the dog when it goes outside because it has gotten into previous fights.

What are my legal options here? If I sue him in small claims court would it get thrown out since both dogs weren't on leashes?

Answer:
 You can sue him in small claims court. I don't think your dog is required to be on a leash in your own yard, and you had a fence.Answer #2: Not a lawyer. Going through the [Ohio Revised Code](http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/955.22v1) I found the following:

>(C) Except when a dog is lawfully engaged in hunting and accompanied by the owner, keeper, harborer, or handler of the dog, no owner, keeper, or harborer of any dog shall fail at any time to do either of the following:

>(1) Keep the dog physically confined or restrained upon the premises of the owner, keeper, or harborer by a leash, tether, adequate fence, supervision, or secure enclosure to prevent escape;

>(2) Keep the dog under the reasonable control of some person.

He failed to keep his animal confined correctly or under his control. With this you can certainly sue them for the vet bills. If you have any evidence this occurred, such as security footage or an audio recording of the fellow admitting to it (Ohio is one-party consent, btw), that could help your case.Answer #3: Call animal control and sue in small claimsAnswer #4: His statement about the leash is absolutely incorrect. Even if your dog was tied up that wouldn't have prevented his dog from attacking, it would've just given your dog less room to try to avoid being attacked.

You'll have to sue him.Answer #5: Get his homeowners/renters insurance information and file a claim.Answer #6: >They normally leash the dog when it goes outside because it has gotten into previous fights.

Make sure you contact the Animal Control in your city. If this animal is not being controlled properly, it needs to be addressed before it happens again.


Title: NJ property law - locking out abusive wife.

Question:
I will try to be short and sweet.
Married 2003
Bought house 2004
Only my name on title, mortgage and deed (deed says "My Name, married" and does not list her at all) I made the down payment and we have both paid all the household bills over the past 14 years.

This is embarrassing but my wife has been having an affair and has become violent.  I have called the police, but have always downplayed it and made it just harassment.

On Sunday tempers flared and the police escorted her out and told her to go cool off and that I would stay with my 10 year old daughter in the house.

Wife was fine since she could now freely meet with her boyfriend.

The next morning she returned and demanded to be let in that it's illegal to lock her out.

I allowed her in and within hours she was back to her abuse. I called the police and again they had her leave "to cool off" but when she left this time, I packed all of her belongings and changed the locks.

She returned the next day AGAIN and I called the police to preserve the peace while she picked up her things and let her take anything she wanted from the house.

I am afraid of her. My daughter is afraid, as well.

If she returns, I plan to file for a TRO and have her arrested and not care how emasculating it is.  But does she have any legal standing to be let back into the house?

I am planning to file for divorce, but need to feel safe in the now and to keep my daughter safe.
Topic:
Custody Divorce and Family

Answer:
 > If she returns, I plan to file for a TRO and have her arrested and not care how emasculating it is. But does she have any legal standing to be let back into the house?

You should file now.  She's not going to get arrested until she hits someone and does damage.  You're far better off going in now and getting an order based on the two times the police showed up and made her leave than you are waiting for her to hurt someone.  And, honestly, until you get that order, she has as much right to be in the house as you do.Answer #2: You can't self-help (change the locks) to evict. Get a TRO for now. That will legally keep her out. Your divorce attorney will provide you with additional information.Answer #3: IANAL

> This is embarrassing but my wife has been having an affair and has become violent.

It's not embarrassing, dude <3 It's not your fault that your wife turned out to be a bad egg. It's not "emasculating" at all! File for a TRO right now, take care of yourself and your daughter.

You're gonna be fine!


Title: What usually happens if I'm caught with drugs in college?

Question:
Let's say I go to an Ivy, and I plan to use heroin or meth. I don't distribute and I have at most .5 gram of each. If I'm caught ordering the stuff from the dark net or if I'm caught with it in my possession, what usually happens?

[Only factual answers please. Don't just say, "they'll kick you out". ]

Location: east coast

Answer: As you know, you'll get kicked out. You'll likely get charged with possession for the amount of heroin or meth that you have. A heroin/meth conviction renders you essentially unemployable in the future.


Title: Can I take down and throw out MLM posters/flyers from city message boards?

Question:
Someone in my neighbourhood has postcard-sized flyers posted to city message boards and utility poles advertising an essential oil MLM/ pyramid scheme. It's legal for these flyers to be on the city message boards but I don't think they're allowed on utility poles- the bylaw says "Posters regarding community issues such as a lost pet, a yard sale or cultural and/or religious events are permitted on locations other than City-approved structures."

Is it legal for me to take down and discard of these flyers to help prevent more people getting suckered into the scam? This is in Toronto. Thanks!

Answer:
 Despite their increasingly cult-like reputation, MLMs are not cultural/religious events.

Tear those flyers down all you want!


Title: What to include in webdesign contract to indicate when it's over?

Question:
I'm making someone a website and am working on a contract to have him sign. We both have full time jobs and this is more of a side project so I don't want to include a schedule and a specific termination date. So short of a specific date (e.g. this contract ends on May 1, 2017) how does one know when a contract is over? What can I add to the contract to prevent a situation like: I finish making the website, deliver it to him, he pays, few months latter he gives me more work saying that the contract is still valid and he thought I was just giving him another revision of the website?

This is in Canada.

Answer:
 You're going to want a contract covering atleast these bases:

- The website is your property until final payment is received, at which point you will transfer ownership to the buyer.

- Once final payment is received and ownership is transferred, the contract will be considered fulfilled, with no expectation of ongoing maintenance from you. Some Web Devs offer a limited number of revisions included in the price. You are under no obligation to offer such a service if it is not included in the contract.

- Specify termination clauses. Under what circumstances will the contract be terminated without being fulfilled?

- If there are payment installments, I recommend going the Milestone route i.e. you hit a development milestone, you get an installment. If you don't get the payment, you stop work until you do get paid.

If anyone has anything to add, please do. I'm mostly going from what I remember from "Fuck You, Pay Me"


Title: I have a feeling I'm 100% screwed but need some advice

Question:
I started a new [retail] job last October. In the interview i was told I would make x amount of dollars. I agreed and for whatever reason, didn't bother to check my first pay stub (which was direct deposit) to verify my wage.

Really, really dumb.

Because now a year later, I went to check my pay stub to see if my vacation time has started to accrue and noticed that I'm being paid $2 less than what I was told in the interview. Trust me - I am 100% mad at myself. I also will bring it up to my employer but I want to know - do I have a leg to stand on here? Can anything be done? On my part there was only ever a verbal agreement.

I'm not sure this was the correct forum, so please redirect me if necessary.

Edit: I live in New Jersey.

Answer: Wait, you've been making $2/hr less than you thought for an entire year and just now noticed?  That's on you.  Hell, if you came up to me and asked about it I might just fire you for being that bad at noticing details.


Title: [NV] Wife kicked me out in September, broke up with me shortly after. Wants continued support.

Question:
We started going out in May of 2009. About a year later I was diagnosed with cancer and she took care of my for a year or so, after that I started back into college and we were both not working, supporting bills with student loans.  I got a decent job late 2013 and had one since, paying for pretty much all bills until mid 2015.  During that time she did help, with her student loan money.  Mid 2015, she got a more steady couple of jobs that she still has.

Anyway, we split in September, right after I got out of the hospital for a month.  Kind of a long story for that, can explain if it'd help but basically she didn't think I was supporting her mentally. We are technically still married.  I made some very poor decisions to try and help keep her in the home we had (bought it while we were together, but I think its only her name on the loan) and help her in general because I didn't want to see her out on the street.  By doing this, though, I neglected the loans and credit cards that I had, plus I was already out a months worth of pay.  I've been doing that since but I'm trying to stop, especially since I took a new job that has a significant pay cut, and will for a few months (had to step down to an intern level for a better job later).

She is demanding support every month.  She does have medical issues of her own that she says are stopping her from working as much as she wants to, so she can't support herself.  I myself have been hospitalized twice since we broke up for a week each.

She is threatening me with going to court for alimony. She says (I'm a little skeptical) that her wealthy grandfather will pay all of her legal fees.  I don't have anyone like that to help me.  I fear going to court will ruin me financially either legal fees/lawyer costs, or alimony that I just can't afford.

I haven't been able to find a lawyer around me that will do a free consult, not sure what I'm doing wrong there.  I'm hoping someone can help me out here with some suggestions, maybe I'm really overestimating the cost or something.  I'd also like to get an idea of what, if any alimony I'd be paying... I'm concerned I set a precedent by paying her so far.  But I just can't afford it, and if I look back on it, I couldn't afford it before either.

Luckily, no kids involved!

Married in 2012, so a little over 4 years before she left me, if that helps.  Right now shes on my Verizon plan, technically on one of my car insurance policies I think, and driving a car I own.  I'm not sure right now if her name is on it at all.  There is also a loan in my name that we used to renovate our house last year, plus some shared credit cards.  Please let me know any other info you need.  Sorry if this is a little all over the place, I'm not sure what would help.

EDIT: One more question - she says that since Nevada is a "community property" state, she is entitled to half of my income and to know how much that income is.  I'd rather not tell her what my new income is unless I have to, plus this new claim that she owns half my income seems pretty bullshit.  Can anyone confirm?
Topic:
Custody Divorce and Family

Answer:
 Alimony is awarded *much* less frequently than people think. Have you contacted legal aid?

Edit: [this](http://www.divorcenet.com/resources/divorce/spousal-support/understanding-and-calculating-alimony-n-1) might help you understand alimony a little more clearly.


Title: Boss posting under my Facebook name Defamation.

Question:
So I left my Facebook logged in at work and my boss has taken it upon himself to post on my wall under my name. The posts have allusions to me being a stripper and transgender, but to not reference my name. Would this count as libel Defamation?

I live in Texas

Answer: Even if it is, you need damages, and you have an obligation to mitigate any damages.  I.e., delete the post and move on.


Title: [US] We didn't hire a person because of their service animal. What do I do?

Question:
I'm using a throwaway and I'm going to be as vague as possible because I am 100% certain I will be fired if anyone recognizes my story.

I am an IT Contractor for an international defense contractor based in the US.  Recently I was one of three people who interviewed a candidate for an opening.  It was a panel style interview where we were all present for the whole interview.  The candidate was fantastic, easily the best interview in a long time.  Towards the end of the interview when asking us questions he informed us he had a service animal related to his military service related disability that he would need to have with him at his desk.  As soon as the interview ended the others in the panel began discussing the dog and the "dangers" it posed.  The discussion about this candidate immediately focused on the service animal and all the "problems" related to that.  A few days later it was decided despite my protests it was decided not to extend an offer to the candidate specifically because of the service animal and the "problems" and "dangers" it posed in this desk job environment.  There was also discussion that because the state we reside in is a "right to work" state we will not be providing the candidate with the specific reason for not being offered the position.  It was agreed in this meeting that, were it not for the service animal, the candidate would be offered the job.

I am disgusted, I feel like I'm going to vomit.

My questions are these:

First, this is extremely illegal right?

Second, how should I move forward? Should I call an attorney first?  Should I contact the candidate directly?  Should I contact the VA?  Should I go through an intermidary to contact the candidate and protect my identity?  Is there a hotline for this kind of stuff?  What should I do?

Answer:
 Yes, it's illegal if the dog is in fact a service animal (and not an ESA).

Absolutely do not reach out to the interviewee directly. The proper channel to take your concern would be the EEOC.Answer #2: You mean "at-will employment" state. "Right-to-work" has to do with paying union dues.

Was HR involved in the hiring decision?  HR should be looking it to limit your company's legal liability, and no HR department should have allowed this decision to happen.  If they were not involved, you should make them aware of the situation immediately.Answer #3: Yes, this is illegal. I’m not sure reaching out directly is a good idea unless you want to lose your job for leaking “sensitive” information. I would start by consulting an attorney on the best legal course to hold the company accountable. Keep in mind that you may have to prove that was the reason, since they may all just sit there not admitting to it/lying to cover it up. If I were in your shoes, I would definitely file a complaint with the better business bureau (or your equivalent) and the company’s HR dept about the illegal practice of discrimination against a protected class. I recommend speaking with an attorney before doing this in order to make sure everything is on the legal up and up.Answer #4: NAL

Service animal, or therapy animal?
If it’s the former, that’s illegal.
The latter, not so much.


Title: Legal Risks and Challenges of Offering People Free Rent Based On a Set of Conditions?

Question:
Edit: Location=North Carolina, USA

I am eventually going to get a house,  and I was kicking this idea around in my head for a while.  I have a ton of student loan debt like most people my age, but I am lucky enough to be able to pay it down and actually get a house.  However, I don't see a lot of people in my generation being able to accomplish the same thing without help.

So what would be the risks and challenges of creating a contract to offer people conditional free rent under the agreement that:

1.) They maintain employment

2.)Be saving for a house

3.)Don't damage the house

4.)Pay back the free rent they received to another person in a similar situation

I know it could be dangerous, but I don't know how are generation is ever going to have it better than our parents if we don't help each other out.  All I see is investment firms getting rich off of cranking up rent on people slowly, and I can't think of any other way to stop this form of wealth consolidation.

Answer:
 There's nothing dangerous about what you're planning to do.  Your tenant would still be a tenant, even if they don't pay rent, and under the same conditions as any other tenant.

Your biggest issue would be holding them to this agreement.  How would you determine that they're "saving for a house"?  How much?  What if they have unexpected issues and can't save as much as they wanted?  Same with the "pay back" thing.


Title: Ending Same Sex relationship in Tampa FL after 12 years. Question about rights

Question: My partner and I of 12 years split in Dec and still haven't completely seperated everything. I have a car in my name with a loan in my name that my ex partner wants but can't get a loan to pay for. They would also like to continue to use a credit card of mine that they are an authorized user for. What are my rights here? Can I just take my car back? I've offered to give them another car that is paid for, but they don't want it. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Answer:
 You can close the credit card account any time you want.

What matters is not whose name is on the loan, but whose name is on the title.  If your name is the only one on the title, it's your car. You and your ex either need to work out an arrangement where s/he makes the payments to you every month, or the ex returns the car.  Answer #2: I recommend a clean break. Close the card and sell the car. If the ex wants something, let him take you to court for it.


Title: Could I get in trouble for driving a dead person's car?

Question:
Here's the situation: Friend's grandma dies, everything is left to Mom.  Mom wants to sell car to me, but needs to wait to get death certificate and for other legal things regarding the will to happen.  If I got my own insurance (I can get insurance without owning a car, right?), and drove the car until she had the death certificate and will things were settled and I could buy it, would I be breaking any laws?

Thanks!

EDIT: Mom and I are in Ohio, Grandma died in Kentucky.

Answer: No, you can't insure a car you don't own (ohio may be different).  You will need to wait until your mother can sign the title over to you.  This will likely take a couple months.


Title: [CA] Can the US military (reserves) withhold pay for days worked due to unsatisfactory performance?

Question:
I'm in California, but I don't know if that's relevant since this is regarding the military.

I'm in the US Navy reserves and my command recently got a new Executive Officer (second in command). She made it clear on her first day that if there is a drill weekend (the one weekend per month that we come in to work for Saturday and Sunday), where we had a task to complete and we didn't complete it, then she can mark us "present but non-participant". According to her, this means we will be recorded as being present, but won't get paid. In the two drill weekends she's been here (4 days total), she's told us at least 5 times that this is something she will do.

Is this allowed by the military? Is this legal when it comes to labor laws in general? She hasn't actually done it yet, but what could be my protections if there's a day where I don't complete something--or at least not to her satisfaction--and she decides to dock my pay? Would I file a complaint with the Department of Labor?

I'm not sure what the procedure would be since this is the military (federal government).

Thanks in advance.

Answer:
 This would be a blatant violation of due process.  If you or any other person at a drill weekend fails to perform to standard, the remedy is to give bad fitness reports/evaluations. If a person refuses to train then they can be NJPed/Captain's Mast or court-martialed. Only then can they take away rank and/or pay.

Non-participant status is for people who literally do not show up for drill.

The only way I can think she could pull this off is to falsely report a person as absent at a drill weekend so a check isn't cut by the DoD. I would demand to see the Navy Order that authorizes this or just go right to the Navy Inspector General.


Title: T-Mobile Is Requiring An Affidavit To Obtain A Fraud Report Based On My Compromised Account (Chicago)

Question:
Note: You Can Refer To My Original Post Here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/7ffn27/tmobile_compromised_my_personal_information_by/

On November 24th, my cell data was compromised at T-Mobile. I received an e-mail (unexpectedly) earlier in the day stating that my SIM data was changed, and I did not initiate this account change. The hacker was then able to take over my Gmail and other accounts that had 2-factor authentication tied to my phone number, as my phone number was essentially transferred to the hacker's device.

I went on to T-Mobile chat, and they told me to go to the location to get my SIM data back. I went to the location, and they confirmed that my SIM data had been changed. They also said there was an attempt to change my SIM 2 days earlier, and that there may have even been a person impersonating another T-Mobile employee. I added a password to my account that must be provided as an extra layer of SIM security, and T-Mobile said the fraud team would be calling me to provide details.

4 days later, and the fraud team did not call. A support representative did call saying that fraud was still investigating. He also said that someone appears to have came into a location with my ID, which is how they were able to authorize the SIM change. Note that this story differs from the original, where it was mentioned that there was an impostor who acted as a T-Mobile representative to obtain my SIM data over the phone.

11 days later, and still no call from the fraud department to provide details. I wanted to know how, who, and where this went down, with a definitive answer. I decide to call the support number that called me 7 days ago. They state that the fraud team was still investigating.

At this point, I realize I am getting the runaround and start researching ways to get in touch with higher ups / management. I find that John Legere, the CEO, is highly active on social media and responds to customer inquiries. I say why the hell not and shoot him an e-mail, which he posted on his Twitter account.

Sure enough, I get a response from his assistant 2 days later. He calls me, very apologetic, and tells me they are waiving my monthly fee (which I requested in my original message to the CEO).

He then states he cannot release any information to me, which was completely contradictory to the statement that the support teams provided regarding how the fraud team was going to provide me with detail. He says that I must send in an affidavit (from the FCC website) to an address he provided in order to receive a copy of my official report, which will contain all relevant details surrounding the incident.

I do not know what is going on, I am wondering if something larger is going on within T-Mobile, and I don’t know what recourse I have, if any. I am starting to think it may have even been an inside job, but I cannot really tell. Should I even send in this affidavit before seeking an attorney?

Answer: You need to temper you expectations. They aren't going to tell you all that without a court order. They have no obligation to do that and it would reveal investigation techniques and other things about their systems they don't want the public to know.


Title: Dog attack! Need advice please.

Question:
Hello,

I'm from Texas and currently looking for any advice that can help me with my situation. My neighbors down the street are the owners of 4 bullies that have attacked and killed our 9 baby kittens on Sunday, 8/19/18 & one of the momma cats on Monday, 8/20/18. I came home to our baby kittens mauled and spread out all over my neighbors front yard & mine. I couldn't bare to pick them up and had my boyfriend do it for me...bless his heart. Then on Monday, which happened to be my kids first day of school, I heard what I thought was thunder and opened the front door to look. I saw 3 of the 4 bullies with Kiki (our momma cat) in their mouths stretching, bitting & trying to rip her apart! I immediately ran outside and chased after these dogs! Kiki was hurt really bad & I ended up getting her to the vet, however she didn't make it through the night. My kids & I are very attached to our animals & losing them the way we did was horrific! I called the police & animal control on both these days this occurred & they're trying their best to help & were only able to write the owner a citation. This morning my neighbor met me at my car while we're on our way to school and he let me know the dogs came by our houses again at about 2:30 A.M. I then noticed my license plate, as well as the plastic that holds it on my car, were both torn off and scratched. I looked at my car and saw that it had huge paw prints all over it & covered in scratches from the dogs. These dogs continue to come back to my house with the intention of killing the 3 adult cats that we have left! I'm upset & angry & want to know if theres anything I can do?! I have young children & so do my neighbors & we're all afraid for their safety! I'm not looking for money, but for help on putting a stop to these dogs terrorizing our neighborhood! No amount of money could ever replace the loss of an animal you love. I also found out this owner is planning on breeding his 4 bullies. Please help!

-Concerned parent

Answer:
 Call the police and animal control.  And it's Texas, so be armed and if one of those dogs comes onto your property again, shoot it.  They're already demonstrated that they are a threat and your neighbors don't intend to do anything about it.

Consider keeping your animals inside as well.Answer #2: Obligatory NAL.

Setup a camera & call the cops every single time they come on your property. Also make sure to report the damage to your car.

Camera will help you with any future incidents and give a bit of peace of mind

Sorry for your kitties.. :(
Answer #3: Call the policeAnswer #4: It’s Texas. Shoot them.