Title: Can landlords accept an unlimited amount of applicants for a single property?

Question:
The housing market in the city I go to school in is very competitive this time of year and landlords tend to accept multiple applications for a single rental before determining who they're going to rent to. I have good rental history, but every year I still need to put in several applications on 'available' rentals in order to find a place because of this. I understand taking 2 or 3 applications because students might not have the best credit/rental history and you want to make sure you find someone, but I've heard of the property management company I just tried renting from taking 40+ applications for a single apartment. This seems like kind of a racket to me because that's $1600 in just applications. I had another experience recently where I paid the $80 (2 people) background check/application fee with a property management company for a rental and when I did I was told by their office lady that I was sure to get it but that it would take a few days to do the background check. After a week I called them back for an update and they said the address I put in the application for had just been rented to someone else, and I'm pretty sure they didn't even do a 'background check' on me because the references/landlord I put on the application never heard from them. They didn't even seem to remember who I was. If it's legal to accept multiple applications and deny people without reason what's stopping someone from just 'renting' a house for the application fees with no intention of actually renting the property to anyone.

Edit: location is Bellingham, WA

Answer:
 Yes, they can

Edit: if housing is really in demand you can always offer to pay even more in rent to get you to the top of the list.


Title: Kinda freaking out

Question:
So I was on MeetMe.com. This woman messages me from Biloxi, Ms which is close to me. She had no profile picture Immediately, she asks for my number, to which I obliged. We chatted and she said she was 18. Then she said she was from Georgetown, TN. I thought that was weird. Then she says, she wants to drive down and have sex with me. She sends sexual photos and I send a few in return. We chat all day and she's supposedly coming down to meet me 6 hours away. So I'm excited. She doesn't show up. Then this morning she says she was in a wreck. I say oh okay. She says she is coming down today instead. Then, she says she wants to tell me a secret. I say okay, and she says she is 17. I said woah wait a minute.The age of consent is 16 in this state, so I think okay. I keep texting. Then a couple hours later, I get another text from someone saying she's "Sarah's mother". We text back and forth about me going to prison and the father is pressing charges. I say what can I do to stop all this. She says pay 2k to help with the attorney fees. I said I can't do that. She says if I send 400. It all goes away. I started ignoring her but now she's saying she will see me in court. Is this legit?
I messaged the person and said I contacted my attorney and would press charges of extortion. The answer was "see you in court son". Said she was a surgeon and could help pay back her husband. She said if I had paid she would tell Detective to withdraw the case. I think it's all a scam. But I'm terrified.
What should I do? I've researched for hours and did not sleep. I googled the number and it says it is registered to a non-fixed VoIP phone. Multiple reviews of the "owner" of the number was scam. But doing research it says that medical doctors use VOIP services so I'm not sure. Do I need to wait and just see or what?
"I'll message you when I'm 18. Please for give me . I just got of juvenile stole my phone. I wanted you to know that" was the last thing the "girl" said. I'm freaking out so bad. I've read countless threads about this type of scam but I think mine is a different scenario. There was only communication with the "mom". Did not speak with the "dad" or police.

Answer:
 It really sounds like a scam imo.Answer #2: It is a very common scam. I bet you will find three more posts in here just today about this. Block and move on. Answer #3: /r/scams. Its a scam, move on.Answer #4: 99% a scam. Wouldn't worry too muchAnswer #5: Really dude?

Do a reverse google search of the images sent to you.

Its a scam.  Likely.


Title: [TX] Cheating wife is divorcing me, what are my options for child support?

Question:
Long story short wife cheated on me, doesn't want to work it out and is keeping our daughter and now living bill-free at her moms.

I've tried to work out a child support payment that I can afford (Net income currently is 2200 a month) but she's adamant on the 20% set by Texas guidelines when you google it.

There's absolutely no way I can afford to pay $440 a month. With my new living situation I'll have $80 a month for groceries, savings and anything fun I might ever want to do after bills.

If I lawyer up what are my chances of paying less than 20% of my net income?

Answer:
 Child support _is_ mostly a math problem, but you shouldn't let the adverse party run the numbers for you. Factors like how much custody and visitation you're awarded, and your wife's imputed income (what she could be making if she chose to work) can matter. You need an attorney for this.Answer #2: Why aren't you demanding 50% custody? Your wife does not get to unilaterally decide that she is the custodial parent.

It also doesn't matter that she doesn't want to work. The court should impute income to her (ie what she should be making).

You should get a lawyer to make sure your rights are protected. In the end it may save you a lot more than you spend.


Title: What should I expect from conciliation over a denial for reasonable accommodations for an Emotional Service Dog from an apartment complex (Fl)

Question:
Section 804(f)(3)(b) and chapter 57.52 Failure and/or refusal to make a reasonable accommodation in rules, policies and or services.

After the investigation, they found Cause for this and are scheduling a conciliation between myself and the complex. I asked several times what I should bring or expect and they just told me to bring myself.

I feel I should be more prepared? Any advice would help.

Answer: Are you talking about a service dog or an emotional support animal?


Title: IRS is going after new business owner... and new business owner is going after my mom

Question:
 We live in the US. My mom used to own a small business, she had to file for bankruptcy because she couldn't manage it right. She found someone to take over and helps them with the business (with no payment received).

The new business owner went to my mom today and gave her a stack of papers she had been getting for the past year and a half. And a letter stating that she had until today to pay $42,000 in penalties and back taxes. She was crying and panicking over what to do. Now, I have my own feelings about this, and they aren't very nice (why would she wait until the day she had to pay to let us know about this, why not hire a lawyer, etc.).

I haven't had a chance to read any of the paperwork and I don't plan on getting involved in it because technically, I told my mother to get rid of the business and clean her hands of it a LONG TIME AGO.

From what I am told, those $42,000 owed are from back pay (I'm not sure why), and taxes not paid. I also recently found out that when my mother opened her business, the accountant told her to give 1099's to all the employees and not W-2s. So, all these years the employees were given 1099's, and not one accountant had said anything about it not being right.

Also, another problem is that an employee gave a social security number that was not theirs and now the person who owns the number filed with the IRS that their identity was stolen. The IRS contacted the new business owner and she now owes money for that too.

What does my mom do now? Is she also responsible for this $42,000 payment? She does not want to leave the new business owner to take all the blame.

Also, I do go and help count the cash registers a couple times a week when they are really busy. Am I going to have to lawyer up? I do not get paid at all for it and only do it to help my mom out, who is helping the new business owner. My name is no where in any of the business documents, but I was wondering if I would have to do anything to save my butt.
Topic:
Business Law

Answer: Your mother needs an attorney and/or CPA to settler this. Considering nobody has seen all those papers (no don't post them) nobody can really give you an idea of what will happen.  Whether or not your mother will be liable depends at least partially on how the sale was structured. This is not self-help territory you need professional help. The IRS isn't terrible to work with when you're acting in good faith, but they have the authority to make your life hell if you don't cooperate.


Title: [TX] Overtime for salaried employees? Sketchy workaround suggested by my boss, not sure if legal.

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 You are not entitled to overtime.

If I was with XYZ and found out an employee (your boss) was encouraging employees to commit fraud, I would dismiss both the boss and the employee committing the fraud.  I have no tolerance for stealing.

The bonus for working over a certain number of hours is generous, as you are owed nothing over your base compensation.

Bonuses are generally subject to higher withholding (because your salary is smoothed out at your average estimated tax rate, however the bonus will be incremental income and taxed at your highest bracket.  If there is over payment of taxes, you will receive it back in your annual tax return.


Title: [MI] Landlord says I need to pay another month of rent despite being on a month-to-month lease

Question:
Hello,

Last month I switched to a month-to-month while I went through closing on my new house. I get the keys for that tomorrow so I called my landlord to inform him I am moving out. They told me I needed to give 30 days written notice that I was moving out, so I have to pay another month of rent that I cannot afford.

The contract I signed states that 30 days notice is required for **breaking the lease term**, where "breaking" is vacating *prior to the completion of the lease term*. My term is "month to month". Shouldn't I be exempt from paying another month? Isn't that the whole point of such a term and the reason I paid $100 extra at the start of this month?
Topic:
Landlord Tenant Housing

Answer:
 Giving your landlord 30 day written notice that you're vacating is required by law.

[http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?mcl-554-134](http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?mcl-554-134)


Title: Get My Dog Back

Question:
Im going to keep this relativly short because my ex did too much to even write out.

A few months ago I went through a dumb ass break up. My live in girlfriend of 9 months had been sleeping around with guys she met online (we are lesbians btw). She apologized and every time i forgave her, because I thought I loved her.During the end of our relationship I met someone at work and we hit it off instantly. The moment I realized my friendship feelings turned into romantic ones I was honest with my gf and broke it off.

Fast forward to now. I recently went out of state to look at apartments with my new gf (my coworker) and my ex agreed to watch my dog while i was gone. We tried the whole "we can still be friends because you were fucking me over for our whole relationship" type of thing. She knew I was going to be gone for at least a week and since all she does is cam all day she was able to watch my dog. While I've been away I have sent her money for flea treaments, food, and sent money to our dogsitter for watching him while my ex runs errands or just wants a break. She started making a big deal a few days ago about how she doesnt want to watch him anymore. So i sent my mom over to get him and found out she sod my $900 dog to our petsitter and had all the paperwork transferred over YESTERDAY.

I'm livid and trying to figure out my revenge on my ex and the dogsitter AND how to get my fuckin dog back.

Answer:
 > and had all the paperwork transferred over YESTERDAY.

What paperwork?  Dogs don't have titles or anything.

Was this dog co-owned?  How was she able to transfer "the paperwork" if her name wasn't on it?


Title: Why is it always terrible to talk to the police, but encouraged and perfectly acceptable to tell your attorney everything?

Question:
What i don't get, is let's say the cops arrest  someone. They start to question them. The guy, although maybe he commited a crime (lets say not serious)  has a geniune explanation as for what happened. So the cop is super nice, he explains everything out super nice, and has geniunely good reasons.

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However, the advice is, don't say anything  to them. That whole situation is terrible. Why? Is it because the cops are already screening and viewing things you say through  a sort of "guilty filter" ?

Why is it when you admit everything to your attorney they can usually even LEGALLY go to the prosecutor and basically even state what you said "look he really did take the candy bar, but it was a geniune accident. honest to god. just drop the case." and that might work but WON'T be used against the defendant. But if the defendant says it to the cops it will be used against them.

Answer:
 Statements made to your lawyer can’t be used against you in court. Your lawyer works for you and should be looking out for your best interest. Generally speaking, if your lawyer talks to the prosecutor to work out some sort of deal, that can’t be used against you either.

Statements made to the police, on the other hand, can be used against you.Answer #2: Did a prosecutor write this?


Title: Customer marked check "final payment" (Nassau County, NY)

Question:
A customer placed a $4,000 order with us and we received a check today for $500 marked "final payment". I haven't cashed it yet but is that marking legally binding and also legal too. It almost seems like fraud to me.

I'd appreciate any help and advice. Thank you!

Answer: They can mark it "final payment" but you don't have to accept it as final payment. You are wise not to cash it. Hold onto it and notify the customer that they owe the invoice in the full amount originally provided.


Title: I'm Being Stalked 2.0

Question:
Hi all,

About a week ago I posted something about how a girl from my past is stalking me. She has attempted to sabotage things with my girlfriend, as well as contacted an ex girlfriend solely to cause emotional distress.

I contacted her telling her never to contact myself or my girlfriend ever again. At the time, I was told I really didn't have and grounds for legal action, because while her actions are pathetic and causing distress, they're not life threatening and the law would likely see this as nothing more than an interpersonal annoyance.

From the time I told this woman to stop contacting me, she has done the following:

Added a ton of my friends and gf's friends on instagram (i know, she can follow whoever she wants)

Followed my gf's work on facebook (see above)

Contacted ex gf causing emotional distress (probably not much here)

Sent long email to new gf after explicitly being told to stop communication.

Had her sister try to follow my gf on instagram after being told to stop communication.

Texted me on 5 separate occassions, including a text with a picture in it of explicit nature after explicitly being told to stop communication.

Called me on 2 separate occassions after being explicitly told to stop communication.

This is getting really, really fucking annoying to say the least. My guess is that I still don't have any legal recourse right now. So, what should I do? Should I block her number? If so, should I first contact her and say that this is a second written warning not to contact me? If she contacts me from another number after blocking her, then do I have any rights? I mean, couldn't she just email me from an email I don't have blocked and say "it's a free country, you should have blocked me" even though I wouldn't have known what that email is?

I guess the question is, how do I set myself up going forward?

Edit as of 9:45am 12/15/16: I blocked her number yesterday. Since then, I've had 3 missed calls from "No Caller ID" - clearly her calling from another number. She has now attempted to call me 5 times since she was told not to contact me. She also texted me 5 times, emailes my gf directly, emailed my gf and myself, used her sister's instagram account to try to add my gf, added numerous friends of both myself and my gf on social media (she has never met any of these people), added my gf's work on facebook, and sent an explicit photo of herself to me. To date, neither myself or my gf have responded. I'll continue to update this if anyone cares...

Answer:
 >My guess is that I still don't have any legal recourse right now.

Pretty much correct.

>So, what should I do? Should I block her number?

This should have been something you did a long time ago.

>If so, should I first contact her and say that this is a second written warning not to contact me?

There's no legally right or wrong answer as far as I can see.

>If she contacts me from another number after blocking her, then do I have any rights?

Not really.Answer #2: Some of your new stalkers might just be us trying to figure out what state you live in.Answer #3: You have some options, but they aren't great. This may qualify as harassment, and you can call the police. Will they do anything? Ehh, probably not, unless there is a threat of (or actual) violence. But the reason you start doing this is to make a record. 911 call tapes are recorded and admissible in criminal proceedings. Also save texts, emails, etc. If it persists, you call your local district attorney and press charges. While it may not amount to much, what you're looking for at this stage is to get an Order of Protection. But it's just a piece of paper. Irrational people who stalk you won't necessarily be deterred by a piece of paper. Sometimes they just can't help themselves. The point is: once you have an order of protection, future violations are misdemeanors and/or felonies for contempt and will result in more charges and potentially jail time. It's merely a deterrent, but in your situation, an order of protection is your best defense from a legal standpoint at this stage (if you can get one). Good luck!


Title: Campus sent text about moving cars after already leaving for the semester

Question:
A relative asked me to post her question.   What is her liability and the liability of the school, if she received an email stating that all cars have to be removed from certain lots over the holidays for snow removal or they will be towed?

She is a professor living in on-campus housing and flew out on a work trip of multiple weeks and it is too late for her to fly back cross country to move her car.  She is concerned that there will be liabilities for the towing as well as the concern that the car may be damaged by towing.  There is also the concern that her vehicle won't function when she returns as it has to be plugged in for the heating units that protect the engine.

What are her options? Location is Alaska.

Answer:
 How much time did they give her to move the vehicle?

Answer #2: >  She is a professor living in on-campus housing

She should contact the school and explain the situation.  But in the end, since the car is on private property, do to policy or emergency, all cars can be moved or towed.

This same story pops up often on public streets, where someone parks their car, goes on vacation, and comes back to either an impounded car, or a ton of tickets.

You should always secure your car if you leave on vacation.  Leave the keys with someone, or move it to someones elses property who agrees to take care of it, or just pay for storage yourself.

>  What are her options?

Make a copy of the keys, and mail them to someone who agrees to move it if required.


Title: Someone has posted fake nude photographs of me on a revenge porn site along with my personal information

Question:
So about 6 months ago I got an email from someone that said they wanted me to send them 3 nude pictures of them or they were going to put a bunch of fake pictures of me on the internet. Of course I was like um, no. Shortly after, a bunch of pictures started showing up online on Tumblr. They showed up when my name was Googled. I changed my Facebook name so my last name wouldn't match, along with my username. I got Tumblr to take them down, which was really hard with all of the permalinks and reposting, but I seemed to have gotten it taken down. Earlier this month, I got a FB message from a local cop who works in child pornography, and he said he saw me on www.myex.com and it was the first time he had seen a mutual friend on Facebook (I went to school with his cousin) so while he normally just verifies age, he wanted to give me a heads up since I knew his cousin. He essentially told me there was nothing I could do about the post on www.myex.com though.

The site does have a request to have your name taken down, but they have ignored all of my requests.

The site says my fake Facebook name, but people in the comments section have put my real name, my facebook username, and my age. It also has my location (city and state).

I got an email at 1 am this morning that said:

"I saw a back page ad you posted about being down for some fun sex with NSA
possible even a threesome? IM DOWN! im 20 years old. Live in ______ but for you i will make the trip to ______ because damn you are perfect..."

What back ad!? What!?!?

I am terrified. How did they get my email? What can I do to take action? They know my name, my location, more than enough for people to track me down.

They took real pictures of me from my Facebook and Instagram and slapped them next to random nude pictures where the girls have no faces.

Isn't this identity theft? Extortion? Slander? Destruction of character? Sexual harrassment? Should I contact the police? A lawyer? What kind?

Someone please help me I am really getting frightened.

I'm located in missouri

Answer:
 You need to call the police.  You should also call the local cop that contacted you earlier.  This is a crime in many places but not necessarily all.  Answer #2: Check backpage . Com for your pics. It's like Craig's list for sexworkers.

Dude is now posting hooker ads of you. Get a lawyer and talk to your local police.

Before the 10 dudes for the gang bang show up at your work or home.Answer #3: I feel like this is an advertisement for myex.com


Title: [CA] Is it legal to voice record in a coffee shop?

Question:
A coworker has been sexually harassing me but my boss and HR said their hands are tied because it's a he-said she-said situation. We (most of the office) go to a local coffee/tea place after work often.

I know that California is an all-party consent state and there might be "reasonable expectations of privacy" in the office, but what about a coffee shop that's open to the public? We don't rent out or reserve any sections of the place.

Answer: Nope.


Title: Plan on divorcing wife soon, have some questions.

Question:
So I've been married in Maryland for 9 years, it'll be 10 years in April. For reasons, we will be divorcing in the near future. I've told her, she knows, she's (I hope) made peace with it. We're still living together because we have a child, plus the wife is in school and not working, I work full time to support the family and I don't want her to have to drop out and take some low paying job.

She has sons from another marriage, they have joint and shared custody of their 16 and 13 year old kids. The 16yr old has been staying exclusively with the dad for the past 4 months for reasons. The ex is filing for full custody of the older one and wants child support. Also outstanding is a hospital bill for the 13yr old, several thousand dollars the dad refuses to pay. Existing order says he is to pay for insurance and medical costs, he thinks that only applies when he takes the kids to the doctor.

My big question is how do I protect my income now? Is it possible to file for divorce while we're still living under the same roof? Essentially become roommates in the eyes of the law? I'm also concerned that if we're married longer she could seek alimony, which I'd rather not have to deal with.

Any insight anyone can offer is greatly appreciated

Answer: You need to talk to a divorce attorney, as this will be very fact specific to your situation, and will require knowledge and facts too cumbersome to present here.  It will also require *actual* legal advice, not the general stuff provided by the forum.


Title: Landlord is trying to charge me 2 months rent outside of my lease

Question:
So I have been renting an apartment this summer in Indianapolis, Indiana. I signed a 3 month lease in June, and it expires at the end of this month. They require a 60 day "intention to vacate" form to be submitted 60 days before leaving the apartment. I was under the impression that I had filled out this form when signing my lease, as it would have been due basically right after I moved in. I remember talking about the form and I thought I filled it out then and there, but they claim they do not have it on record. My lease ends at the end of this month, and they informed me yesterday that they *do not* have such a form on file, and that because of this they can charge me a higher month-to-month rent for two additional months, outside of my lease, to cover 60 extra days from the time I move out (tomorrow). I have read over my lease 3 times, and I think this is a pile of horse shit. This is the only clause in the lease that references the form:

>"**Renewal of lease:** Resident shall give owner at least 60 days notice prior to the expiration date of the existing lease term of the resident's intention either to renew this lease or to vacate the leased premises. If Resident chooses to renew Lease, such renewal must be executed a minimum of 15 days prior to the expiration date of the existing lease term. If Resident chooses to vacate the Leased Premisis at the termination of the Lease, Resident shall notify Owner in writing a minimum of 60 days prior to the expiration date of this Lease of Resident's "intention to vacate". *Failure of Resident to give 60 days written notice of "intention to vacate" shall result in application of part or all of the Security Deposit to the costs of reletting*.

There is no other cause in the lease that mentions the 60 days "intention to vacate". As far as I can tell, the only recourse they have upon failure to submit the 60 days intention to vacate within 60 days is to keep my security deposit. That's fine, it's only $200, but they are saying that they can charge me TWO MONTHS of a higher month to month rate, outside of my lease term, because of this ($2500). They refused to elaborate more, and when I asked them to point out where in the lease it says that I am legally obligated to pay that, and they simply said (exact quote): "It is in there, this lease was crafted by an attorney. You have your interpretation, but that is incorrect, we will send you a bill for as much as we see fit, and if you do not pay it will go to a legal process". They would not point out where in the lease it said I was legally obligated to pay this cost, even though I had my entire lease in hand with me. The people I talked to seemed highly incompetent and like they didn't know what they were talking about.

Are they legally allowed to do this? There is no other clause in the lease that mentions the form, and as far as I can tell I have zero legal obligation to pay this amount. I don't have enough money to pay for that, and I am a student about to go back to school, so I won't be making a lot of money any time soon. Certainly not enough to fight this in court if they do "take legal action". Is there another clause in the lease that may use different wording for the form, that I may be missing or misinterpreting?

Answer:
 > Are they legally allowed to do this?

LOL yes.


Title: Bringing very small amounts of fentanyl onto a cruise?

Question: [removed]

Answer:
 No one can predict the future.  And if you've resigned yourself to going on the cruise, what difference would an estimate of your chances do?

Fentanyl withdrawals can kill you or put you in the hospital.   There's a reason Heroin is the popular street drug -- morphine and its analogs are well tolerated and easier to wean off of.  You develop a resistance to the toxicity faster than your typical dose increases.

Codeine and fentanyl are the opposite.  They're effective for pain relief but become deadly at head-baking dose levels.

Don't get on the boat with the fentanyl, man.  I'm not trying to judge you.  People do what people do.  This sub is for "how do I fix this".  How you fix it is to talk to someone who has a duty to keep your secrets secret -- Family, maybe a priest.  You don't say where you're from, so it's impossible to guess whether your doctor would be a safe bet.

A prescription for drugs to help with the withdrawals would be legal and would let everyone have a good time and not remember you as the kid who fucked up the family vacation.Answer #2: Bigger problem: if you _are_ caught, can you cope with the withdrawals - at sea, no less - until you're returned to shore and transferred to jail? You will not be allowed to keep your stash.

Make your excuses and sell your ticket to someone else. Seek addiction counselling and get off of opiates. Going on a cruise carrying unprescribed opiates is _phenomenally_ stupid.


Title: [VA] Pleading the 5th in a Domestic Violence Hearing (Not Mine!)

Question:
This is not something that happened to me. This post is just to "expand my knowledge".

So, I was in court the other day waiting for my case to be called (family court). There is a little alcove/waiting area type area outside the court room. The case before mine had something to do with a protection order filed by this guys estranged wife. Apparently the allegations she made were fabricated and it's not the first time she has done this. I talked to the guy for about a half hour before he was called commiserating about divorce and all that.

When he, she, and their lawyers came out of the court, the husband and wife went their separate ways but the lawyers had other hearings and stuck around. They were kind of laughing/pissed/shocked (all at once). I overheard the wife's attorney almost apologizing because she didn't know the wife was going to do what she did.

Apparently when the judge asked her something about the events (that she made up to somehow convince her husband not to leave her), she looked at the judge and plead the 5th. Is this normal (?) or allowed in this type of case? I thought that the 5th Amendment covered criminal cases and was a right the ***defendant*** would invoke.

So, how does that work? I don't have too much experience with the criminal or civil justice system beyond some stupid teenage shit a long, long time ago and my current divorce that is very amicable. I was just kind of thrown off a little because this didn't seem like a situation where the 5th would be applicable/needed because she wasn't on trial(?). Can I get s ELI5?

Answer:
 Any witness can claim 5A protection (if the question is actually asking about something that could incriminate the witness).

You always have 5A protection because when you're called as a witness you don't get to choose whether or not to answer. you're bound by law and penalty of contempt to answer. that's when your 5A rights attach.


Title: Am I really in hot soup thanks to my ex?

Answer:
 Ignore these people, they are only interested in you because you keep talking to them, block the fuckers.

If Y wants to try to raise this with the police and the police want to talk to you do not answer any questions without a lawyer present.

Now relax, go about your normal life and forget these fools. for the record Y is probably only acting on what X has made up and told him about you.


Title: 3rd DUI, chances of getting felony expunged. (MI)

Question:
A friend of mine received a third DUI in Michigan, served time in jail, and is now on probation and unable to obtain a license for five years. Essentially she feels like she's fucked her future over because she is now a felon.

Hey attorney actually negotiated an amazing plea deal for her which didn't require a long prison sentence and some other benefits that I won't go into.

My question is, if she is able to demonstrate that she is rehabilitated, no longer drinking, and attempting to put her life back together once she is off probation, how difficult of a time would she be looking at to have it expunged?

Answer: Absolute zero chance....even if she lives until she's 140 years old. The 3rd dui is the equivalent of spitting a 10 lb loogie into the face of the American justice system. She's a felon now....but she's been a dummy for much longer. Since alcohol recovery takes a "lifetime".....she'll be an alcoholic forever. Don't ever let her borrow your car!Answer #2: Driving offenses aren't eligible for expunction in Michigan. That includes an OWI. Sorry.Answer #3: She will live the rest of her life as an example to others of what not to do.


Title: Homeless man living on stoop (Brooklyn NY) Legal/community advice needed.

Question:
I am looking for some advice, both legal and general, on how to handle a current situation in our Brooklyn NY apartment.

There is a homeless man who lives on our block. He has been here for a couple years, and helps out the building owners with sweeping, trash etc. He appears harmless and until now has caused us no issue. However, the past 5 days, he has been living on our stoop: sleeping on cardboard, bag of clothes, smoking and leaving ash on the stairs, and when we come in and out of the door, he doesn't move.

We have contacted our landlord, who has given us his back story (He used to live on this block until his building was sold. He was sent to a shelter previously, but didn't like it, so he came back to this block) and then essentially said, "the neighborhood takes care of him, don't call the cops". After we pushed, our landlord said, "I will ask him not to live exclusively on our stoop".

Here is where I get conflicted. Firstly, we love our apartment, our landlord is great, and we don't want to move. I am also sensitive to the social issues in this city that have brought us to this situation: gentrification, police brutality, under-funded social services. We have no intentions of calling the cops.

I understand this man is in a difficult situation, and our landlord wants to help, but allowing him to live on our stoop doesn't seem like the solution, for him or for us.

Any advice on how to handle this? Legal renter's advice would be great, homelessness resources, or just how to better approach this with our landlord so we don't spoil our relationship, but can solve this issue.

Thank you.

Answer:
 Legal advice: call the police

Homeless advice: he doesn't want help from agencies. And no one can force him to a shelter.

How to approach your LL: your have. Either he solves the problem or you complain again. You don't want to move so you cannot threaten to leave.

Other options: have you talked with the guy and asked him to go somewhere else?Answer #2: Call 311. The NYC Dept of Homeless Services will make contact with the guy to try to help him get services. But if you're expecting the police or anyone to take him away so you don't have to deal with him you're going to be disappointed. Unless they're a danger to themself or others they can't be forced to go to a shelter or get services if they don't want them. Even if the police tell him to move along, he'll be back. We've had the same homeless lady on our block for 15 years who has been visited by DHS numerous times. Because she doesn't want help there's nothing they can do about it. It's NYC. We have homeless people. Get used to it especially when you move into a more recently gentrified neighborhood.Answer #3: You're not asking for legal advice. Legal advice is call the police. To be honest, it seems like you're looking for relationship advice, on how to amicably resolve this issue, both with the homeless man and your landlord. Answer #4: When you say "your stoop", is is solely yours, or is it communal property for multiple tenants?


Title: Getting out of a tricky job contract

Question:
Posted something semi-similar in r/personalfinance with this throwaway acct but I think it would be useful for me to post here as well.
I currently have a job that I've been in for almost three months and I've done a lot of thought processing since- something I definitely should've done before taking the job. Here's the backstory, I graduated college in May, took a job 10 hours from home (initially it didn't sound too far away-but an unrealistic driving distance for weekend visits and flights are incredibly expensive out of where I live now) I started the job in late May. The job pays not so great, but I knew it was a sacrifice for having the job in the industry. I make less than what my student loan debt will be when I have to start paying ( around $26,000). I'm getting worried about piling on massive amounts of debt before I can get a job that pays much better and before other stages in my life. I know that if I left my job I could find something that (while not in my direct career field but something I would enjoy) pays double and I could be back home with my family and boyfriend. The big catch is I'm in a two-year contract with this job. I realize now my contract basically has no employee rights in it and there's nothing in it about early termination on my end, the contract basically says my employer can terminate the contract whenever they'd like-but nothing about what my options or outs are. The truth is, I enjoy my work, I just hate the work environment, I've documented a few instances where some employees have made me feel uncomfortable with inappropriate comments as well. I want to leave more than anything for my own financial and emotional happiness. My biggest fear is that the company would come after me and sue me for breach of contract and that they would make me pay the remainder of the "salary". I don't know what my options are, the job I currently have is in idaho.

Answer: Slavery was outlawed a long time ago. It's unlikely they would have any recourse if you just quit, except if they paid you a sign on bonus or relocation. You might owe either of those back. You can take this "contract" to an attorney for review. I say "contract" because it probably isn't one and you are still an at-will employee.


Title: [GA] Can kids play unsupervised outside? Or did I create a DFCS issue?

Question:
Hi everyone,

I watch my niece (12) and nephew (7) most days of the week. They live in a gated community near Atlanta. The kids play in the front yard or go to the park that is right across the street. The park is close enough where I can see everything at the park from the house. Sometimes I will let them go to the park by themselves and keep an eye from the porch. My sister knows I do this and didn't care.

My sister received a letter from her HOA yesterday that said the HOA reported her and her husband to DFCS for parental abuse and neglect for a failure to supervise her kids because her kids were playing at the park without supervision. The letter also said the HOA would be fining them $300 for every time the kids are seen without a parent or guardian in the community. I took a look at her HOA bylaws and there is nothing in the bylaws about mandatory child supervision. I also did a preliminary legal search and couldn't find any actual laws regarding child supervision; only guidelines from DFCS. My sister and her husband recently moved here from Germany and are very worried that this will escalate.

From now on I am obviously going to go to the park with the kids and not let them play in the front yard. But can anyone help me with these questions?

* Are there any laws that I/she should be worried about regarding fail to supervise children or leaving them unattended in Georgia? I could only find some guidelines from the DFCS website but no actual laws.
* Do you think the reports to DFCS will be seriously followed up with? Can kids really not go to the park by themselves?
* Can the HOA just start to monitor the kids and fine like that for something that is not in the bylaws?

Thanks in advance!

Answer: This is not a DCFS issue. It may be an HOA issue depending on how batshit the people who run it are.


Title: My mom and dad were separated. He used to try and contact me and my mom would always hide it from me as a kid. She’s lied to me about many things in a manipulative way because she didn’t want her or i to have contact with him. She told me that he died, am i able to find a death certificate for free?

Answer: No, in most states death certificates have a fee associated. However, you may be able to found other sources. For example, the Social Security Death Index (all deaths reported to the Social Security Administration prior to 2014) is available online at several different sites. Newspaper obituaries may also be useful. Do you know where he was alleged to be living at the time of his death?


Title: [UT] Trying to get an annulment from a marriage I got into at 18 years old, hidden from my parents, to a man I was unaware was severely mentally ill

Question:
Hey, yes, I'm dumb. Let's get that out of the way with.

I met my partner online and we had a wonderful connection. Everything seemed perfect, and we were doing great. Less than a year into us dating, we planned to get engaged when he came over to visit me for the first time [from the UK]. What started out as a joke of us eloping very quickly became reality and we were married in a judge's backyard with no knowledge of our families to this date.

instantly, things changed. My partner shifted into a completely different person [at times, multiple different people] and did a full 180. He told me about hearing voices, how they said he had to die, and how I was planning to hurt him. For the next one week stay, he would lash out violently at multiple occasions.

I had absolutely no idea he was so severely mentally ill to the point of violence, self mutilation, & emotional/verbal abuse. If I had been aware, I decidedly would not have married him. Since then he has deteriorated further and further into his illness; having seizures, complete memory blackouts, full on hallucinations, not being able to hold a steady job, on one occasion almost breaking my arm by bending it behind my back in a rage attack. Most of it comes down to blaming me and telling me it's my fault he's sick and feels that way.

We were married approximately 3 years ago. Is there any, any chance that I could get an annulment from him? My hope is based on fraud[due to him withholding information on how sick he was and how it makes him prone to violent outbursts] Sorry if this is too wordy or incomprehensible, things are hard. He will admit to withholding the nature of his condition from me if asked.  Thank you for your time

[edit that doesnt really matter]: I just want to make it clear I have spent the last 3 years exhausting every opportunity to try and get him help and medication. Every med seemed to spike side effects harder than imaginable. Talking therapy proved unresponsive. I do not blame him for being ill, none of these things were his fault, I just don't want to keep being hurt and not have this part of my life haunting me forever

[edit that DOES really matter, but making this post even more annoyingly long]: thank you so much to everyone who has taken the time to say such sweet and wonderful things to me, legal advice or no. I very much love him and he's my best friend, but I know it needs to happen or he will probably kill me one day.
thank you for encouraging me when I've lost my only line of support. thank you for telling me you made it through something similar and even though it hurt it was for the best and ended up being no big deal. thank you for telling me the right person won't care that I messed up so bad.
thank you all so, so much. <3
Topic:
Custody Divorce and Family

Answer: What do you perceive as the advantages of an annullment over a divorce?Answer #2: Unfortunately, you can't get an annulment. Utah has strict annulment laws. Your spouse being crazy is not grounds for an annulment. Seek a divorce. Answer #3: What is his residency status and where does he live now? You say you hid this from your families when you got married,  is that still the case?Answer #4: annulments are always more difficult, you actually have to prove your grounds in court fraud has 7 elements each needs to be proved at clear and convincing standard- its not impossible, but not advisable without an attorney.  but if you fail to prove annulment, it converts to regular divorce, no new paperwork and no-fault divorce is fine, even in utah.


Title: Roommates arguement with bf destroyed appt, idk what to do

Question:
I got woken up to loud bands and screaming last night of my roommate and bf arguing and in hindsight should have called the police but instead I rolled over and fell asleep.

This morning I went out and saw her bedroom door unable to close and screws on the carpet. Now we need to move out in 4 weeks and I dont have the money to cover her fuck up. She is on the lease but not the main lease holder.

What should I do? Please help me. I dont have the money for anything other than moving out right now.
Topic:
Landlord Tenant Housing

Answer:
 The lease almost assuredly makes you all "joint and severally liable".  This means that any of you can be held responsible for all damage to the apartment.  So the landlord could force you, and **just** you, or her and **just** her, to pay for the damages.  Or any balance in between.

If you do end up paying for this, you could sue her for whatever you paid.


Title: My workplace is demanding I do the job of a general manager without the pay.

Question:
I currently work as an assistant manager for a restaurant. My general manager is getting moved in about a month and the district manager as well as the regional director both said I would be running the restaurant in my own. I asked them if I would be getting a pay raise to match the general manager salary or a promotion to general manager but they said no to both. Can the company legally do this? If Not, what are my options aside from quitting?

Edit: Located in Illinois, United states

Answer: Yes, it's legal to give employees more responsibilities without increasing their pay. Only exception is if you're covered by a collective bargaining agreement or other contract that forbids the practice.Answer #2: Completely legal. From a non-legal perspective, are you sure there is not a job posting for the position that you can apply to. I don't think your chances of getting it are great but they may or may not be the final decision makers on who is hired.


Title: (TX) Visitation schedule not matching ex's work - do I need to arrange makeup visitation days?

Question:
Our visitation schedule is for him to keep her every other weekend. Ex works two weeks on, one week off and will not shift his work schedule (or can't) to be able to get his daughter on his weekends. Instead we allow him to get her every two weeks on the weekend he is home even though it's not our ordered agreement.

Since he doesn't pick her up on her scheduled days, can I be held in contempt for not allowing him to go with her when he is back in town from work?

This has been on an ongoing argument with us even before when he would be working and want to pick her up sporatically or randomly. He's been fairly consistent now, but last time he was off of work we had big family plans. He threatened to call the attorney general to hold me in contempt for not allowing him to see her. Does he have this right if the dates aren't those that are from the child support agreement?

Answer: You are not required to honor a request that is outside the order. Instead, it's up to him to get a modification of the child support order to match his work schedule.  That's a pretty common schedule for people who work offshore, so it won't seem weird to the court.


Title: Requested removal of website links. Now I'm being charged for the "service" when I didn't agree to pay anything.

Question:
I emailed a website and politely requested that they remove two links on their site that are pointing to mine. I got a reply from one of the owners that the links were removed but the cost for rendering their "services" would be $20, and to please remit payment in 2 days.

I said, "no thanks, just keep the links up then." Now, the person is telling me that he already took the links down as I requested and that I "choose my own path." Whatever that means.

Nowhere in my email did I say I would pay for the removal of my links. He went on his own free-will and removed them, but now expects me to pay for the "service?!" Most people are upfront about whether they would charge for such a "service" as this guy put it, but rather than letting me know ahead of time, now he's bullying me into paying. Seems extremely unethical at best.

What repercussion would there be if I just didn't pay him? Am I legally required to pay?

I'm located in Pennsylvania. I'm assuming this guy is not.

Thanks in advance!

Answer: Ignore him.


Title: Possession of drug paraphernelia charge. First time offense in Michigan.

Question: For background, I am 18 and female and live at home with my parents. I have never been in legal trouble and am known in my school and community for my academics and involvement. Last night I decided I wanted to smoke with some friends so I picked them up and rolled up a blunt and we were on our way to start smoking. Being the idiot that I am, I forgot to turn my lights back on after having them off while rolling. We got pulled over about 30 seconds after sparking the blunt and managed to get rid of it before pulling over. Once pulled over, the cop came to the window and asked for my license and why I had my lights off. I also had one extra person in my car. He then asked how much weed we had in the car because he could obviously smell it. I showed him the gram of weed I had in a bag in my center console and he asked whose it was. I said it was mine and he asked me to step out of the vehicle. I was searched, handcuffed, and put in the car. He asked if i had anything else in the car and I told him about my clearly visible pipe in my purse. They then removed everybody from the car and put then into cop cars, I was the only one cuffed the entire time, though. They searched my car and found the weed, 3 grams of wax, a wax vaporizing pen, my pipe, and other dabbing and smoking tools. They then gave my keys to one of my friends and told me I was under arrest for possession of paraphernelia and controlled substances. I was brought to the station and got my mug shots and fingerprints taken and then was told that I was being charged with only one misdemeanor, possession of drug paraphernelia, and two warnings, driving without lights and an unsecured passenger. They then asked me who I bought from and I told them because I was panicking knowing that I could have been charged with a felony. I was told “I helped you out so help us out.” They then told me about HYTA and let me go to the lobby to call a ride home. I haven’t told my parents yet because I don’t want to ruin the holiday and I’m not sure what steps to take now.

Answer: You need a lawyer to lessen the charges, possibly file a motion to suppress but the cop was right and overly nice to you. That vapor pen alone was a felony. Either way you have a record now so see if you can get it expunged. Having any amount of weed is a misdemeanor, meaning you can’t serve over a year in prison for it unless you’re trafficking it but stay away from concentrates and vapes and “instruments for consumption” you get caught then that’s a felony charge so don’t stress too much over a misdemeanor, you won’t get locked up just pay what’s due.


Title: (IA)Neighbor's dog is aggressive...neighbor is also a cop. What can I do?

Question:
So my wife and I recently moved to a new town and we are staying with family until we can find a home in the area. Because of my family's driveway and neighborhood, we're limited to parking on the opposite side of the street in front of the neighbor's house. The first thing that my family said when advising us on where to park is to be careful about exiting our vehicles if the neighbor's dogs are out. It's a nice neighborhood, and typically Weimeraners are friendly dogs so we didn't think much of it until our first interaction: when changing our license plates. I was bent down and noticed the neighbor's daughter in her VW heading down the road. As soon as the garage door was open these two dogs came running out barking deep guttural growls and the more aggressive one rammed it's mouth and nose into my back. Not biting me, but muzzling as if to assert that it could have if it wanted to. As things have gone on, several more barkings, but never when the cop is home. My wife has a theory that the cop is the alpha and they typically won't come at us if he's there. My wife has been "muzzled" once and last night I was for the THIRD time and the cop was there. He yelled at the dog that came at me but didn't even apologize to me.

I'm at the point where I'm afraid of being bitten or having someone get bitten, but I don't trust that this cop won't use his power against me if I stand up for myself by calling animal control or even by talking to him. Do I need to buy pepper spray? What do I do?

EDIT: Just to clear up the parking situation: this is in suburbia and not in the city, so parking realty is not competitive whatsoever. He also has a 4 car garage where the dogs stay penned during the day.  The parking situation had been run by the neighbor before we arrived and was okayed on the condition that we would move upon request, which has been followed for various parties and occasions they have had.

Answer:
 Some dog owners are idiots.  This guy might not realize how much the dogs are bothering you.  Which I know is stupid of course being charged at by dogs is worrisome.   But in his brain he isn't afraid of being bitten so why would anyone else be?  I used to be an animal control and it's a ridiculously common attitude.  And then the dog bites someone and the dog owner is shocked when we seize it.

Anyway if that's the case I would go talk to the guy.  You're doing him a favor, let him know that the dog is putting it's mouth on you and you are worried about being bitten.

More advice though, it's kind of not cool for you to have permanently taken the spot in front of his house especially since it sounds like he has multiple family members who drive.  If you want to get along with this guy you really should figure out a different parking arrangement.  Further down the street on occasion or whatever.  I wouldn't mind if someone occasionally took my spot in front of my house but I would be pissed if it happened all the time.


Title: Can an insurance agent inspect my home without me knowing?

Question:
My mother owns the home that my husband and I live in, and we moved in over one year ago, and the house has been insured from the moment we bought it. Recently, we found a free trampoline, and thought it would be fun to re-live our childhood and move it to our backyard. This was about a month ago.

My mother got a call from the insurance company a couple of weeks ago telling her that we need to remove the trampoline. I'm not going to fight them on this, we aren't attached to it, and it's not difficult to take down. My issue is, they would've had to have come into our backyard to see this because our fences are 8 feet tall, and the street side of our fence is blocked by trees so there is no way that someone could've peeked over. No one from any insurance company has stopped by our house, there isn't any kind of note that someone came by to inspect the place, and no one called to set up an appointment.

Are they allowed to stop by our property whenever they would like, unannounced, let themselves into our backyard, and conduct an inspection without us even knowing?! I feel like the only reason that we know is because they asked us to take the trampoline down, but if the trampoline wasn't there, I don't know that we would've been notified.

Answer: They wouldn't have needed to come into your backyard. Drone, aerial photography, or satellite imagery would have revealed it. I'm surprised they tossed you a bone and asked you to remove it. It would have been their right to simply deny a claim when you made one.


Title: Is "monies" a legal term? My lawyer uses it in emails instead of dollar/USD/money.

Answer: Monies is the plural of money and used commonly in financial and legal documents.


Title: Lawyer is not responding

Question: So 4 years ago i was in 8th grade. a friend accidentally hit me with a golf club. face got MESSED up. we are suing cause i will have to get a plate behind my eye & i cant do sports anymore ( i had scouts looking at me in soccer). So this messed up my life. It has almost been 4 years.  it happened in Feb. of 2013. For about 2 years, the lawyer has been fucking around and been saying we are looking at about $50k, back down to 10k. She has been “really busy” and everytime we call she never answers. we try to set an appt, ends up getting cancelled. This obviously isnt a priority of hers. We discussed that we will be “firing” her and getting a new lawyer if she doesnt get her shit together and start doing her job. She was good for about 2 months then started fuckin up. We will be more than happy to let her go and not pay her a penny. Should i get a new lawyer that will actually get shit done ? Just need someone to give me some insight.

Answer:
 It is unclear if the attorney is actually doing something improper.

If you no longer trust your current attorney, you should retain the services of another attorney.  It is likely you will owe money to your current attorney for any work done on your case.


Title: Not sure if this belongs here but i traded phones with someone on r/phoneswap and he sent me a fake phone. What can I do?

Question:
[California]

I'm just at a loss of words. I sent out my Pixel 128GB to him and he just sent me a fake iPhone 7+, no speaker grills and the silent slider on the side is missing. I am an 18 year old and I have no experience with this stuff, I just really want some help and if this doesn't belong here I'm very sincerely sorry. Is there anything I can do to minimize my losses? It was my mistake entirely for being so trusting. I can provide extra information if necessary, I also know his name and address if that would help my situation although of course I will not be posting that publicly.

Answer: You should accept your loss. Legal means of getting your phone back will probably cost more than the phone. And while not legaladvice, seems common people get ripped off on iphones.


Title: [FLORIDA] Friend's Sister-In-Law & BF were ran over (Vehicle vs. Pedestrians) at 75+ mph in FL and the driver refused to provide a blood sample for sobriety. She's free and clear now. What gives?

Question:
Hi, /r/LegalAdvice -

First time poster here and as the title says, my friend is in a predicament. Details are below:

* Sister and her BF were walking along the side of a HWY in St. Augustine, FL at 8pm. I will not argue against the fact that this was incredibly stupid and dangerous.
* Driver hits them going over 70 mph on a 60 mph HWY
* Decimates the two and instantly kills them. Sister lands 10 yards from impact and BF lands 50! :(
* Driver continues driving 100 yards and stops. Never comes back to the scene. Stays up there.
* HWY Patrol show up. They ask the Driver to perform a BAC test. She refuses to provide them with a breathalyzer AND a blood test. Apparently this is legal in FL? I don't see how you can refuse a blood test when there are 2 dead people, but I guess that's the case. She never submits to one and they don't proceed with a warrant.
* Turns out Driver is the town's leading Bails/Bond provider and has an extensive professional and personal history with the local law enforcement.
* They let her go with not citations or issues. This is fine if she is sober and not at fault, but why not force the blood test to make sure she didn't contribute to their deaths?
* They are now performing tests during the autopsies to determine the victims sobriety at death, which is fine, but why test the dead people and not the driver that killed them?
* Driver also has a record of 7 driving violations from excessive speeding, red lights, unsafe activity behind the wheel, etc? If the police determined she was speeding and she was a habitually aloof driver who is regularly getting ticketed, would is be safe to say that one might think her driving is a factor in the accident?

**How in the hell is this happening??!!** There were plenty of news articles on September 20th, 2017 mentioning the accident, but nothing in follow-up. Since this happened across the country the family is learning about everything after the fact.

I'd appreciate your thoughts if you have any? Thank you in advance. Just trying to give my friend some information, closure, etc. OR give them what they need to escalate the situation.

**EDIT** Let's call this question answered. I learned quickly that being an outsider who has limited access to case details is not going to get the family any answers. I'd like to add that I do NOT blame the driver, I was merely confused about the "We'd like to test you for alcohol, Driver" and her replying "No" was sufficient. Sounds like if she didn't display any additional or even initial signs of impairment it's not something to press forward with. Per the suggestions of some of you I will encourage her family to contact a wrongful death attorney who specializes in car accidents.

Answer:
 Really can't do anything here, and no, there doesn't need to be a DUI/Blood test drawn automatically. If the officer on the scene did not think that the driver was drunk or displaying signs of being drunk, that's life.

Your friend could attempt to file a complaint with the police department or find a civil attorney to sue the driver for potential damages but both are unlikely. Answer #2: > Sister and her BF were walking along a HWY in St. Augustine, FL at 8pm

Not according to news reports. The police report said they were trying to cross the highway.Answer #3: >Driver continues driving 100 yards and stops. Never comes back to the scene. Stays up there.

I mean, is that really unreasonable? If someone's going 70MPH, I don't think they could actually stop in a distance shorter than 100 yards. The fact that the person is a bail bondsman likely has no bearing on this case. They aren't going to slap Larry on the back and tell him that the two dead people aren't a big deal because he's at the station a lot with hot coffee and donuts.

Why test the people who died? Because it helps answer critical questions about their possible conduct at the time of the crash. Look - you've got a fairly straightforward set of options. You can either speak to a wrongful death attorney or you can let this go. There isn't a middle ground where you screw around and get results.


Title: (OK) Cheating ex girlfriend threatening legal action over ownership of dog

Question:
TL;DR at the bottom, about a year ago me and my now ex girlfriend had broken up just cause of some problems and issues. A couple days later she goes into work and finds 2 abandoned puppies huddled in a corner & they were in horrible condition & looked like they've been on the run for awhile. Anyways I get a call from her & she tells me about the puppies and how she found them and what not and says she's going to try and find them homes, I said okay I will try and do the same. She calls me again a bit later and says I found a home for one of them but I can't find another.. what do you think about taking the other one in & maybe we can raise him together and try to work on our relationship. (For reference I have my own house & she had no place to keep him so if I didn't take him in he would have gone to the pound)

So fast forward. I or (we) took him into my house and we started to raise him & get him healthy ect ect. By then we had worked on our relationship problems and were back together. Here we are a year later and shit isn't working out so we broke up. She moved out and the dog stayed at my house but we had planned on sharing him I guess you'd say, like share him every other weekend or something like that. Shortly after that talk I found evidence that she had been cheating. At that point I took the dog and put him at a friend's house cause she was still coming by to get her belongings. Anyways this is getting long, she's telling me that the dog is legally hers and she's going to call the police.

Key points,
-All the vet bills are in her name but I paid for half of everything
-She didn't have a good relationship with the dog, IMO she barely ever spent time with him.
-She cheated on me

My arguing points,
-Spent way more time and effort with him, I'd say the dog is trained the way he is because of me.
- He listens to me & will do a handful of commands in which he won't do for her
-All dogs are different & weird in their own way, this dog is almost a year old & she just recently noticed some weird things he does. For example, when he goes outside to go potty, before he goes he lays down belly up & he won't go potty untill after you rub his belly. He's been doing this since he was very young. She never knew this cause she never goes outside with him.
-I called the vet & put him under my name as the owner
- He is also registered as a morale support dog under my name

TL;DR Girlfriend cheated on me & did a shitty job of raising our dog & is threatening to get police involved if I don't give her the dog.

Answer:
 >I called the vet & put him under my name as the owner - He is also registered as a morale support dog under my name

What the fuck is a morale support dog?  This sounds like some bullshit registry.

>Key points, -All the vet bills are in her name but I paid for half of everything

It appears she does have a viable claim to the ownership of the dog, which the law views as property.  I doubt the police will give a hoot.  She can sue for the fair market value of the dog in small claims court.  I am not sure of Oklahoma has replevin actions in small claims.


Title: [NC] Lost wallet with fake ID and real ID

Question: Last night I was walking around Charlotte, NC and I lost my wallet that had my fake ID and my real ID under that. Since there is no proof I used the ID for anything illegal, what is the worst that could happen if it gets turned into the police?

Answer:
 It's illegal to possess a fake ID man.

You could be charged with possessing a fake ID. I'd just go and get new cards and such. Answer #2: You can be jailed for up to 120 days and lose your driving license for 1 year, if the fake ID is a driver's license.

If the cops call, do not talk to them under any circumstance.


Title: Casting porn to random devices (fl)

Question: So I am in a hotel for the night and there are lots of things to cast to, what is the legality of casting porn to random device's?

Answer:
 Stop.

Just stop.


Title: An old teacher of mine has stolen my original work. (Alberta)

Question:
I'm a recent graduate from high school, attending university away from my home city. The year prior, I was asked by a teacher of mine to write an original play for my class to put on for a production. After many hours being put into it, and being promised help (which I never got), I finished a rough draft of my script. Since I did not receive help from this teacher, I considered the work to be entirely belonging to me, and their name was not on it. Having discussed prior, I was given their word that I would receive some sort of payment, although I was skeptical. I didn't care much for the money, but more the experience. However, shortly before we were intended to perform it, the play was canceled by the principal of the school, having been deemed inappropriate for a high school performance. We ended up doing a different production, and that was the end of my high school drama career. The next year, I had gotten word from some old friends that the teacher had written her own play, with a very striking resemblance to what I had done. Many of the concepts deemed "inappropriate" for high school are included in this teachers play. Many of the characters, settings, likenesses, and other aspects of my script were completely ripped off, and I have received no credit or reference. When this teacher finally has the class perform the play in a few months, they will be selling tickets, and some of the money will be going towards the teacher, as far as I've heard (although I cannot confirm.) My question is, is what she did plagiarism, and is there anything I can do? Should I confront the teacher, the principal, or simply forget about it all? I'm quite bothered by the fact that she knowingly took my ideas, and will be getting all this attention and praise for my hard work. Part of me wants to be mature, and just move on with life, but the other part is not okay with having my time, and efforts wasted, and stolen by a mentor.
Topic:
Intellectual Property

Answer:
 In Canada if you didn't have a contract whatever you created was yours the moment you created it. If you have the originals, and some sort of time stamped proof, you can take legal action against them. The first is to send a cease and desist of some kind to the school (principal) that they are using work copyrighted to you without seeking rights to use it. Find a free artist or writer's guild for Canada/Alberta to get a lawyer who will do it or has resources you can have.

Then you need to actually follow through with it if they refuse to stop. That's gonna be the hardest part.


Title: What's the legality of firing people who refused to get in a company car with a boss who was drunk? [TX]

Question:
Hi /r/legaladvice. I have a feeling I know the answer to this but I wanted to check anyway. I've read a lot on here about at will states and how an employer can fire someone for any reason that's not a protected class. I wonder if this counts;

A supervisor took a company truck and 2 employees to a business lunch a with a client. The supervisor drank a lot and the employees were not comfortable getting in a vehicle with him. He drove the truck anyway but they didn’t go with him. One of them called 911 to report him and the 2 employees took the bus back to work. They were fired for disobeying the supervisor he told them they had to come back with him, and for taking an hour to get back to work because they had to take 2 buses. The supervisor rear ended a car not far from the restaurant. He blew over the legal limit and got arrested. He was not fired.

So under Texas (or federal) law, was it legal for the 2 employees to be fired for not getting in the truck with a drunk driver? Also would the fact that he was drunk help if they have trouble when applying for unemployment?

Answer:
 It's almost always legal to fire someone. Yes, if reason you were fired was from not doing an illegal act it would help you.

Why didn't they call the company? Or take a cab?Answer #2: You are certainly entitled to unemployment.

I would talk to an employment attorney if I were you.  If he really got into an accident and a DUI arrest, you can argue that you knew he was committing a crime (DUI) and that you would not participate in his illegal act.  (Employers can't force you to break the law.)  Also, you have "public policy" on your side because riding with him would have put your health at risk and the law does not want to dissuade people from reporting drunk drivers.


Title: my doctor said he would refere me to a gic (gender identity clinic) and would call me when someting came up

Question:
in specific he said i just went today about 18 mouths later i went to check since if he did it it send it off it would be just coming up on the time i would get to go, first thing he says is that he forgot where we got up to last time so i was alredy a bit suspicious that he realised how bad he had fucked up alredy and was trying to dodge blame, as it gose on i get a bit anoyed and start loseing my temper and start calling him out that he said he would handle it and call me if something came up which he never did, he again tryed to dodge blame by saying he said he would look in to it to which i responded with that he siad he would call me, he was to my recollection not clear if he meant once something calm up or once he had looked it up i interpreted it as the former which is why i waited so long thinking that if he was doing the latter he would call to tell me like he said, he also said to this quote "but you didn't call me" alredy going to file a complant aganst him but i was wondeing if 1, do i have any kind of case here and 2, do you have any advise on what to do from here this all hapned in the england btw
ps. sorry if this comes off a bit ranty this just happned less then i hour ago so emotions still a bit high and wanted to be thorough in case any of the details were important, have just got some good news straight from the gic so every thing should hopefully end up ok for me, but i would still like to take every inch i can instead of just being a bitch and exepting it if i do have a case.

Answer: Please proof read what you write. If you don't state your thoughts clearly, people are less likely to take you seriously.Answer #2: Medical malpractice is a very case specific type of law and is outside the scope of this sub. Also, please use sentences next time. It makes it so much easier to read and understand,


Title: Mom is letting my younger brother skip school for no good reason, truancy?

Question:
Let me start by saying that I love my mom, and although I am in no way a better person than her, now that I am older, I recognize her faults as a parent, & I just want to prevent my younger brother from growing up to become the same failure I am.
I am an 18 year old dropout, along with my 16 year old sister. We both have mental issues that I believe are a result of our childhoods and being brought up by two semi-incompetent parents. What I mean by semi-incompetent is that we have never suffered physical abuse, never known the struggle of being poor or not having meals or clothes. My parents are just providing the bare-minimum for our survival & health, and that’s it.
My father is in the military, and since he is absent a lot for work, all of my siblings have grown up under the primary care of my mother. There are 5 children total, my oldest sibling is moved out, then the rest including myself, are living at home. My younger two siblings (9 & 14) are the only two left in school. I understand this is a lot of responsibility for one person, and having raised 5 children mainly on her own definitely took a toll on my parents marriage. The home environment now is very hostile when my parents are both at home, and they are in the process of getting a long overdue divorce.
The last few years, I have noticed a dramatic decline in my mom’s parenting with her newly gained independence from my father. She has gotten a full time job with shitty hours & no real schedule, so there is no schedule for my younger siblings & a lot less parenting (it is mainly no parent at home).
My younger brother spends the majority of his time awake on the Playstation, and when he is not on it, he is extremely agitated and gets violent. My mom refuses to acknowledge his mental issues (he has gotten physically aggressive with my youngest sister(14), broken tvs, thrown heavy objects at people/expensive things, cracked the windshield, threatened to kill people) or take him to counseling for these problems that are getting worse. I am pretty incompetent as far as your typical 18 year old goes; I dropped out, don’t have my driver’s license & I’m unemployed. I have a lot of mental & physical problems that my parents(mom mainly, dad isn’t really present)take a while getting me to a doctor for. My younger sister(16) is better than I am, she is employed and is working towards getting a driver’s permit, however she still struggles with immense mental issues & neither of my parents do much of anything to help us.
Our childhood was similar to my brother’s, my mom was very lenient and let us miss a ton of school. The final straw was when we went to court  with the school for missing so much after both being in the psychiatric ward for months & switched over to online school (terrible idea). With online school, the responsibility was entirely on us and with a lot of mental issues & no parental guidance, we both got kicked from the courses for procrastinating. My parents never pushed for us to go back despite us both being incredibly intelligent (the education aspect was never the issue).
I see the same pattern happening again with my younger brother, he makes a big fight whenever it is time to go to school and my mom just doesn’t have the energy to deal with it. I believe this is the result of having no structure, no consequences, and no guidance, combined with mental issues. When my parents get divorced, I am concerned for whoever gets custody since neither parent I see fit for raising children alone. That said, I believe the most prevalent issue is that my brother is not attending school. He does this fight pretty much every morning and when he gets his way and stays home, the next day he fights even harder not to go. The result is him missing strings of days of school at a time, sometimes not going for the entire week. Last year he missed 50+ days, this school year has only just recently started and he is already catching up. What can I do in this situation to get him to school? I don’t want him to end up like I am, and yet I don’t know what I can do in this situation. My mom yells at me for getting involved, she tells me I’m not the parent & to move out if I don’t like it.
Sorry for the wall of text, I have been holding this in a while, and it’s getting bad. I’m desperate to help my brother’s future. Thanks for reading.

TLDR; My brother is not attending school for no excusable reason & my mom is letting him. What can I do to change this, and legally, what could the consequences be if this continues? Could I do something legally to improve the circumstances?

Answer:
 I am not a lawyer but I am a school counselor.  Here's what I can offer and admittedly I didn't read your whole post.

Generally the school district and court system have something in place for this.  I.E. after 5 unexcused absences the parent must attend an attendance meeting to discuss the issue.  At 10 unexcused absences the parent is taken to court for truancy.  This is predominantly handled by the school social worker.  Check with the school system to see what their policies are.  Child Services usually won't pick up truancy cases as the school needs to follow through first.

Sidenote.....As to your points about personal mental health due to upbringing, you should look into the Adverse Childhood Experiences study.

Edit: I am also in Virginia


Title: Found with drugs in house after an ambulance was called?

Question:
So almost two weeks ago I ended up tripping on LSD, I freaked out and called my mother. I live with my grandparents and shortly after my grandparents were notified of this they called an ambulance and police showed up. They confiscated my phone as well as the six points of MDMA I stupidly left out since I had planned to use some but since I was not in the best state of mind I never thought to hide it. Now here I am about two weeks later without ever having received a citation or heard anything on the matter. Being only 17, almost 18 here in two months and having never been in trouble with the law before I'm left stressed out because I'm honestly quite scared about it still. Can anyone here tell me anything?

TL;DR: Tripped on acid, ambulance called, police show up and confiscate MDMA, left two weeks later having heard nothing have not even received a citation...

Edit: I'm in Montana

Answer:
 If the DA does decide to charge you- Get a lawyer.

Do not talk to the police at all at this point. You're probably going to say something to incriminate yourself or ruin your chances of a favorable deal. You won't be able to handle this on your own, you need an attorney.


Title: I split with my son's mother. We were never married. I pay child support and see him every few days but no court order for visitation. She just asked me sign for her to be his sole conservator to the open a trust for him.

Question:
We live in Arizona

I am curious if I am missing some possible ulterior motive in signing for her to be the sole conservator and that I waive my rights to appear at any hearing regarding this matter.

Is this something normally required in setting up a trust for a child?

Answer:
 >I also literally just got an email that she is planning to leave the state in the next 90 days :-/

Sounds a lot like she no longer wants you to be in his life. I would quickly get a lawyer and set up a formal parenting plan.Answer #2: This sounds like "talk to a lawyer" territory. I think you'd want a custody/visitation plan in place before signing anything like thatAnswer #3: For what purpose is she setting up a trust for the child?


Title: Question if arresting officer is a family member

Question:
New Hampshire USA
This is a broader question, my brother was arrested on drug related charges and the arresting officer was our first cousin who lives in the next town over.   My question is: Would this be a conflict of interest type scenario where the case could be thrown out?

Answer: No.Answer #2: Further, your brother is something of an arsehole for putting your cousin in this position.Answer #3: No, not at all.


Title: I [27 M] am cutting almost all ties from my past and leaving a life of family abuse and labour/skin trade. Compiling a list of how to best go about it.

Question:
I've slowly started going through some of the motions, planning and observing the digital behaviour I still currently have. I'm learning how to live in ways that separate my day-to-day life from leaving "trails" that may allow obsessive, abusive or toxic people from my family and past to intrude in my life.

I am currently retraining my thinking, way of living and way I conduct myself to better facilitate this. I have been trying to cut ties with my family and everyone from my past since I was 18. Members of my family or their affiliates have intentionally abused me into going into "modeling", which was simply their means of dumping me off into human trafficking at a very young age. It amounted to slavery because I wasn't being paid, was forced to do it and access to abusing me was traded around or "paid" for by various means.

I became so used to these abusive ties that I did not fully understand what I had been brainwashed/conditioned to do, used as entertainment for like a piece of property and was part of for so long.

I was never allowed to make friends with people who were outside of my family and abusive affiliates who could teach me how to stop them from using me and holding me in this abuse because they benefited from it.

I am figuring out what needs to be done to get things in my life in order as best as reasonably possible without directly dealing with anything that is part of the abusive human trafficking ties that members of my family facilitated or directly "dealt" in by figuratively and literally enacting as my human trafficker/trader despite the blood relation to me some of them had. My father has also admitted to committing fraud and forging my signature, for example.

This is why I am collecting as many tips and information as possible from other people who may have changed their name and relocated in order to fully remove themselves from abusive relationships and dynamics on this level. Thank you for your time and any advice offered to help a person remove themselves from this as safely, reasonably and un-dramatically as possible.

TL;DR [27 M] [Canada] I am looking for advice and tips from people who have completely removed themselves from an abusive past with family and/or abusive people they affiliate with, and tips for how they went about it.
Topic:
Traffic and Parking

Answer: You don't appear to ask a legal question.  What's your legal question?


Title: Is this guy technically a sex offender and could he get in trouble with the law for doing this? [WV]

Question: OK, so I spoke with some guy on a dating website.  I am a 18 year old, and he said that he was 40, a perfectly safe guy, and could be trusted.  He sent pornographic photos, but overall he seemed fine online.  He got my number, and we planned to make a date in the future.  However, I typed his number on a google search, and it said that he was arrested once for fraud and once for sexually assaulting an 18 year guy.  Is this guy allowed to pick up tons of other guys/girls and lie about his age and use the internet to deceive other people?  It doesn't make sense and doesn't seem legal.

Answer:
 Its not illegal to lie on the internet.

But you probably need to run. Answer #2: Unless he was convicted, he's not a sex offender. You can try looking him up in your state's sex offender registry. Otherwise, he's just creepy. There is nothing illegal about a 40 year old and an 18 year old. People use the Internet to deceive others all of the time.Answer #3: Why would you go out with a 40 year old guy who you have not met who sent you porno pictures. Please be careful


Title: Dealer sold a car with a racing tire. We hydroplaned.

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 You bought a car from a dealership and didn't look at the tires?

You didn't notice that one tire was different?

You didn't notice that it handled poorly?


Title: Just found out my boss has been audio recording me without my knowledge or consent, what can I do?

Question:
So long story short, I just started a reception job in the construction industry in Illinois. They do building management/ construction management/ interior office construction. I've been staying at work late, but in between my work I have answered my phone and had personal phone calls. Now I get paid on salary so time spent overtime does not affect my pay.

The past few days I've had people repeat back to me things that I have said over the phone. There has also been a lot of gossiping with earshot about the things that I have said.

A coworker pointed out a digital picture frame at my desk. I looked it up and it's this:

https://www.dpl-surveillance-equipment.com/99946900.html

This is a small company, maybe 15 people. It is owned and operated by the CEO and we are located in Chicago. Is this legal? I was never informed of the audio recording.

Thanks!

Answer:
 Illinois is a two-party consent state. They cannot record you without consent.

The million dollar question is whether or not something you signed when you became an employee gave them your consent to record this. It is not uncommon for companies to record calls for training, quality assurance, and accountability.


Title: [Delaware] Was recruited by a job and laid off 2t days later, what do?

Question:
Had a decent gig going but still needed some more income to really make ends meet.  An old company I used to work for reached out to me and offered a position which I took.  I started April 5th.  Today i was called and informed that my position no longer exists and that ibwas going to get a severance package of 4 weeks salary and to give back all property owned by the company.

Do I have any legal recourse here or did I just get straight up fucked?

Answer: You got fucked. You call the old company and see if they want you back, and if not, file for unemployment but make sure to factor in the severance when filing. And BTW that's a great severance package... for the US. Because 999 times out of 1000 it's $0. And you worked 2 days and they're paying you for 4 weeks?


Title: PayPal is screwing me- I exchanged bitcoin for paypal, someone attempted a scam, paypal sided with scammer

Question:
I have proof from the person who needed bitcoin of our exchange. Since it wasn't a physical sale or providing a service (exchange of a digital currency), and this doesn't count as money laundering, it is an entirely legal exchange. He sent it as F&F, which I insisted on so there wouldn't be any legal disputes.

However, shortly after he received the bitcoin (I have a paper trail of both the bitcoin wallet address he wanted it sent to and the evidence I sent it), he disputed on paypal. PayPal somehow opened a dispute (I didn't know this was possible?!) and then asked for proof of delivery of goods, which I screenshotted and provided in full. Then **PayPal sided with the scammer**

What are my legal options here? This seems like an arbitrary decision when I completely have evidence on paper of our agreement AND both sides agreeing to it. He even says "Bitcoin received" on all our messages, showing he RECEIVED the "items". It is a substantial amount of money to me

Help??? What can I do?

Answer:
 > What are my legal options here?

You can sue the person who scammed you. Though that's likely impossible, since they probably used stolen, hacked, or fake info to do the transaction.

Also, FWIW, using PayPal to sell bitcoin is against their terms of service.


Title: Ticket for speeding without a punishment?

Question: An officer recently issued me a ticket for speeding. He filled out the front correctly as far as I’m aware but on the reverse it does not list a punishment for the excess mph class I fell into does this mean I am free of charge seeing as they list no way to find punishments without appearing in court and since the officer failed to document correctly I just need to appear to have it expunged?

Answer:
 Why would you think failing to list the fine means you aren't guilty of the offense?

You don't say your location so we have no way of knowing.


Title: Higher than max dose prescribed

Question:
Hello! I live in California. I'm having issues with my primary care physician I'm currently prescribed 300mg of Wellbutrin, two 150mg pills once in the morning. I was visiting my PCP regarding strange headaches I've been getting, more on that later. He asked if I've been taking my medication as directed, two pills twice a day. I corrected him, letting him know I only take two total and he kept insisting that I follow what the psych put in my file, refusing to listen to me tell him it must be a typo. I call the psych, find out the max prescription they do is 400 and that's very rare. I also find out anything over 450mg is way more likely to cause seizures and other bad reactions. He was telling me to take 600mg daily on this medication which also already has a very long half-life. He also dismissed my headache complaints as "tension headaches" despite the fact that I informed him I was getting bad pains in one spot above my left ear, accompanied by nausea, severe fatigue, and fevers. On my post visit paperwork, it stated that if the headaches are accompanied by fever I should be quick to seek medical attention.

Is this level of shitty doctor-ing bad enough that I should submit a complaint to the California Medical Board? Or to the specific company I use? Or should I quietly ignore it and request a new doctor?

Answer: If your psych prescribed it as 300mg of Wellbutrin and it is also on the prescription bottle then you need to follow those instructions.  Bring the bottle with you and show your PCP, the instructions on that bottle are the *actual* instructions you are supposed to follow.  Notify psych about the mistake in the records sent to your PCP and have them correct it.  This doctor is an idiot and if he chooses to not back down even after he is corrected report him and find a new physician.  The medical board is the one to go to if you want the ultimate punishment for him to potentially forced to stop practicing completely but that is dependent on his record, the company is the one you go to that will possibly discipline him and fire him.  Your headaches sound very concerning and don't sound like tension headaches.  They sound closer to Migraines, which I get but I've never had a fever with mine.


Title: Scammed By a Lawyer

Question:
I recently hired a lawyer to help out with negotiating a contract I had with another party. The lawyer said he was very confident in being able to handle the contract, get my money back, ect.. I signed a retainer agreement and sent over a very premium price of $2000. Soon after, his only responses back to me were, "I'll look into it tomorrow". It took him 1.5 months to finally send an email out to the other party to start a negotiation. The third party responded back that they would like to talk. It was clear in the email. Then after a few weeks of him ignoring me, he finally sent me a message that there's nothing he can do. He did not even reach out to negotiate the contract.

What should I do, he did nothing and I lost a lot of money.

Answer: File a complaint with your state's bar association. They take stuff like this very seriously.


Title: Can I stand in front of a courthouse and inform people about jury nullification?

Question: (U.S.) I would like to stand in front of a courthouse and possibly hand out a piece of paper or maybe just speak to people and inform them about [jury nullification](https://youtu.be/uqH_Y1TupoQ). How can I go about this in the best way possible?

Answer:
 You're walking a fine line on jury tampering. You may want to read this [article](http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/26/nyregion/26jury.html) from the NY times about a man who was charged for doing exactly that. The best way to do this would be online or away from a specific courthouse where you're targeting jury members, if you're dead set on doing this.

Edit: spellingAnswer #2: But when do you plan on going to work and being productive?

You're in some dangerous territory.  Quite possible that you will get in trouble.  Probably for jury tampering.  Better to do it online and not target jurors.


Title: Can I name my business a rhyming, play on the name of a famous person?

Question:
Silly hypothetical example: a hair salon called Marilyn Cornrow

The specific figure I'm planning on basing the name off of is deceased. He was a famous American figure in the 1950's. The part of the name that is changed is the surname. The word that replaces the surname is a common noun that describes my product.

Will I be exposing myself to unnecessary risk of litigation, or is this okay?

edit: I'm based in the United States (in Connecticut) and intending on selling online.

Answer:
 As long as it's sufficiently different that no one would get confused and just a play on words you *should* be ok. But if you're starting a business talk to someone who really knows what they're talking about. Better to spend a few hundred now than thousands down the road.

Answer #2: I hear that new vegetable, Elvis Parsley is really rockin'.

"Don't be cruel to yourself, eat more greens!"


Title: (FL) Am I "allowed" to call Adult Protective Services on my friend who's going crazy?

Question:
My former friend is losing her mind. It started a few years ago when my husband and I started dating she claimed he looked like a racist, she and I got in to a fight and didn't speak for 4 years.

We agreed to meet for lunch yesterday. My husband whispered to me in German, she completely flipped and started yelling and calling him a nazi.

I'm very worried about her mental health. She's not stable.

Would I be legally allowed to call Adult Protective Services on her? She's 24,lives with her parents and has a part time job does that change anything?

Answer:
 You can 100% call.

But there is not NEARLY enough evidence to support any real action on their behalf based on what you wrote here.

Answer #2: Or, given that you hadn't spoken to her for 4 years, and she flipped out on your husband the first time you did speak, perhaps you could just consider her your ex-friend and leave it at that.  She lives with her parents, if she's seriously mentally ill they would be best positioned to observe it and call authorities.  Calling APS on someone you've seen once in 4 years seems like it's at best unfounded, and at worst an act of revenge because she was rude to your husband.

Disclaimer:  This post is posted on the theory that "advising people not to begin unnecessary legal proceedings for no good reason" is "legal advice." Answer #3: Why would he whisper to you in front of her in German?  Your post sounds like your trying to demean her.  I dont get your point here, how does calling someone a racist mean she needs help from herself?

Why not try yourself, to talk with her and discuss how its unfair for her to label him as a racist?  If she is actually your friend, that is.Answer #4: 1) Like others have said, you can call but nothing you said makes it sound like APS would care.

2) You've only talked about her interactions with your husband. If this is the only problem she has (being disruptive around your husband) then the easiest solution is for her to stop interacting with your husband. That's not something APS would need to be involved in.