Title: Telemarketer called 24 times in one day between 9am and 3pm. How do I get this harassment to stop.

Question:
Hi all.

I have received 24 calls today from a company claiming to be "national health enrollment center" trying to sell me health insurance. I have asked them to stop calling this morning. They kept calling. I didn't answer it the next few times. Finally after the 10th or so call of the day I was annoyed and picked it up again. I asked for a supervisor. They told me their supervisor was "tied up" I said I have no problem waiting I'm off today and want to request that they no longer call this number. I was hung up on. I called back the number on my caller ID and the same rep answered. I asked her to put me through to her supervisor. She told me she alerted her supervisor and that she would call me back. Again, I insisted on waiting. She told me every time I call back I "go back on the call list for 90 days". Then she disconnected me. They proceeded to call me 24 times during the day. Every time after that I asked them if they were calling from national health enrollment center and when they said yes, I told them that I had previously asked to be removed from their call list and that I would like to speak to their supervisor. Every time I was either told one was not available or immediately hung up on. I think they started to vindictively calling me based off these call times which I have logged. I tried asking a representative for an address so I could send them a cease and desist letter via certified mail and was again hung up on.

My phone number has been on the Federal Do Not Call list for years. Is their anything I can do to stop this harassment?

Summary of phone calls received on 5/5/17
Call 1 9:38AM -phone number 724-472-0124. Call 2 9:53AM from 724-252-2064. Call 3 9:58AM - 724-780-1661. Call 4 10:11AM from 724-302-0096. Call 5 10:12AM from 724-948-0006. Call 6 10:23AM 724-252-3235. Call 7 10:26AM 724-472-0124. Call 7 10:32AM 724-252-2064. Call 8 10:40AM 724-212-5400. Call 9 10:50AM 724-302-0096. Call 10 10:56AM 724-948-0006. Call 11 11:00AM 724-212-5400. Call 12 11:17AM 724-252-2064. Call 13  11:32AM724-780-1661. Call 14 11:40AM 724-948-0006. Call 15 12:01PM 724-302-0096. Call 16 12:05PM 724-780-1661. Call 17 12:23PM 724-302-0096. Call 18 724-948-0006. Call 19 12:43 724-302-0096. Call 20 12:53PM 724-252-3235. Call 21 1:04PM 724-472-0124. Call 22 1:05PM 724-252-2064. Call 23 1:31PM 724-252-2064. Call 23 1:40PM 724-780-1661. Call 24 3:24PM 724-252-3235

I am located in Pennsylvania and these numbers are all PA area codes.

Thanks,

(Edited to remove my IKEA kitchen dimensions...and to add location)

Answer: Look up the Telephone Consumer Protection Act and file a small claim... or a large one, since you can ask for up to $500/call.Answer #2: They are scammers and decidedly uninterested in your relationship w/the DNR. Get nomorobo: https://www.nomorobo.com/


Title: (IL) I got pulled over by a cop yesterday and they ran my ID. The cop told me my ID expired in 2014 (but my ID says it expires in 2020). The DMV told me I have a similar number to someone else and they gave me an alternate ID number to tape to my actual ID. Can someone explain why I have 2 IDs?

Question: I got pulled over by a cop yesterday for an expired sticker. The cop asked me for my license and insurance, so I gave it to him. He went back to his car and when he came back to mine he told me he “should be arresting me right now”. I looked at him extremely confused and asked why. He told me my ID expired in 2014 but my ID card says otherwise (as though it’s fake or something). I insisted that it is in fact a real ID because I got it from the DMV when I was 21 and I’m only 24 so it would make no sense that it expired in 2014. The cop “let me go” but told me I needed to go to the DMV ASAP to get it sorted out. So I did. The lady at the DMV took my card and looked it up. She goes “are you a twin?” I look at her (even more confused) and say “no”. She proceeds to tell me that someone else must have a very similar birthday and name because 2 people come up when looking up my ID. (My name is SUPER uncommon.) So, she wrote down a second ID number and told me to show it to a cop if I ever get pulled over. I had no explanation as to why. Sooooo now my drivers license has an ID number printed on the front with a different ID number taped to the back. I’m confused. Why is it like this?

Answer:
 I don’t know but it sounds very suspicious. Did the DMV tell you that they’ll look into it? Because they’re the ones who need to do thatAnswer #2: [http://www.eameindlins.com/files/ILDrivLicCode.pdf](http://www.eameindlins.com/files/ILDrivLicCode.pdf)

Illinois derives it's driver's license numbers from your name and birthdate.  A similar name and birthdate will yield a similar DL#.

I speculate that the other number might be an internal primary key, not related to name/birthdate that the police would have access to cross check.


Title: employee has friends beat up another employee, now threatening my mother in law

Question: My mother in law has worked at a cleaning company for 12 years. She's never had a problem with anyone. In the last few months a new guy started working there, "macho man" bully type. He immediately started trying to get her to do his job plus her own, buddying up to another new employee and puncher her in and out so she could take it easy. They ganged up on my mother in law. The new lady got fired for the punching in and not working. My mother in law refused to do bully guys job. Another new guy was brought in to replace the lady, bully guy tells new guy "you're not gonna be here very long".. that night after work, some thugs beat new guy up as he leaves the building. He doesn't come back because he's worried about the safety of his family. Today, my mother in law returned unexpectedly to her car to get her phone and heard bully guy standing near her car saying into his cell phone "yeah, that's her license plate number, just scare her"... I can't get my mother in law to leave the building, and I have called some attorneys in the area, but they all just kind of tell me their rates and want to set up a meeting. I don't know if I should call the police or what the best action is.

Answer: I mean, you call the cops. That’s pretty obvious here.


Title: [Michigan] Traffic question.

Question: I got a ticket last night for running a red light, I acknowledge I ran the red light but the circumstances prove that I should of been in the right. It had been raining all night and as I was approaching a stop I was due to turn left. The light was green up until I got close then turned yellow and almost immediately red, I had tried to brake but I began to hydroplane and I thought it would be safer to complete my turn rather than be stuck in the intersection. Should I take it to court or pay the fine? Thanks in advance.

Answer: So your defense to running a red is that you were driving too fast for road conditions, which is also a ticketable offense?


Title: [MI] Complicated case involving a malfunctioning device used for treating epilepsy.

Question:
My sister has epilepsy, about 6 years ago she got a device called a Vagus Nerve Stimulator (VNS) implanted.

About a year after it was implanted it began shocking her every time it went off, every 5 minutes. She told her doctors about it, and they brushed it off assuming she was exaggerating.

Last month the device malfunctioned and continuelessly shocked her. We took her to 2 different ERs where we had to wait about 12 hours for someone to shut off the device. The device was supossed to be outputting 2000mv but was outputting 10000mv. She had surgery and had a new device implanted.

A week later, she begins feeling shocks again. Again we have to wait almost 12 hours for the device to be shut off. The doctors do not know exactly what happened, but belive it was caused by nerve damage sustained by the previous incident.

Since then, she has been experiencing vertigo almost non stop, everytime she has a seizure she feels a shock from her nerve damage, she has waking nightmares almost every night, and she cannot sleep most nights because of the shock caused by her nerves.

We have been told by several doctors, nurses, and representatives for other companies we should look into taking legal action, but we have no clue if we can sue, or what kind of lawsuit this would be. We are also in a bad situation with money, so we don't know if we can afford a lawsuit.

Any advice would be great.

Answer: You guys should consult with an attorney that does medical malpractice. They usually do free consultations, and if they don't take that sort of case, they'll know someone who does. You may be told you don't have a good case. Has the malfunction been reported to the FDA or the company that makes the device?


Title: [Illinois] When a school only sees you for money instead of a student

Question:
I started a college that I will not name in 2016. I sat down with a school advisor and had explained that I would like to do web development. I wanted to code websites, but on the creative side. The advisor had “advised” me on what courses I would need to take to obtain the degree I had wanted. So being naive, I nodded and went along with the process. Since the semester was starting soon, I was basically rushing to get everything started.

So fast forward to classes - once we started taking computers apart, I felt that I wasn’t suppose to be learning how to build a computer when all I wanted to do was work on the internet. So I immediately requested a meeting with the head of each department where I had my mother tag along. In the meeting, both the heads of the department admitted that I should not have been enrolled in the program that I was in because I was more interested in the creative aspect rather than the logistics.

At this point, I stopped going to classes and started trying to get the school to waive the tuition that they expected me to pay.

I really feel like this school scammed me and isn’t trying to see things from my view. The amount I owe is very small so you would think they would try to help out and actually be “for the student.”

I hate to admit it, but the amount of depression I went from dealing with this on my own made me unmotivated to want to go to school again for at least a year. The only thing that really helped was when I started to see a therapist.

I’m not sure how much legal help I could get when there were contracts signed. I’m curious to know if there’s anything that can be done since I ended up going to a therapist to help my "mental health" from the amount of depression this school has caused me.

I tried to keep this brief and straight to the point. There's more emotion and detail behind the way they treated me.

My question is: is there anything that could hold in court from the way they treated me and my reaction to the way they treated me? Meaning they didn't treat me like a student and treated me like a money bag creating my mental health to suffer resulting in seeing a therapist and not going to school for a year.

Any advice is greatly appreciated!

Answer:
 > At this point, I stopped going to classes and started trying to get the school to waive the tuition that they expected me to pay.

This may be the sticking point - schools often don't bend for students who owe outstanding tuition.

What you should depends on whether you are going to a public or private non-profit university (contact the Dean of Students or Ombudsman), or a for-profit university (try their Dean of Students or ombudsman, and also complain to the US Department of Education). If you get nowhere, for state universities, you can go to the state's Department of Education for help.

That said, it sounds like you went to a for profit school, and honestly, those are notorious for this sort of behavior and for screwing their students.Answer #2: What was the name of this class you signed up for that you decided you didn't think you should pay for?

>  The amount I owe is very small so you would think they would try to help out and actually be “for the student.”

Even a public or non-profit school expects tuition to be paid. They aren't charities.


Title: [FL] Pulled over, cop smells weed, no papers given?

Question:
My buddy and I were driving to my family's place for the holiday. A police officer pulled us over for speeding. He said he smelled weed and asked how much was in the car. My friend said there was a little bit. He told the cop where it was. The officer searched our car, found our weed, weed brownies, and my fake ID. He broke the fake in half and threw it in the garbage, threw the brownies in the garbage, and put all of our weed in an envelope.

He said he was only going to give us misdemeanor possession of marijuana. He wrote down our name, license number, address and phone number.

We were never given a written arrest,  notice to appear, given court dates, never signed anything, and now we're confused. What happens from here? Are we fine? Will we receive charges in the mail?

Thanks for the help.

Answer: You may well receive charges in the mail.  If/when you do, retain an attorney and follow his or her instructions.


Title: [PA] I want to get my own mugshot. Doable?

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 Check online.

Hire a private detective to get it.

Get a copy of your court file.  The mugshot might be in it.

File a FOIA for the police records.


Title: [GA] Can an employee hide evidence from an HR Investigation?

Question:
If I was being sexually harassed by an employer and never told him to stop for fear of getting worst treatment, but I recorded him talking sexual subject matter to me, not necessarily asking for sexual favors, but simply sexual nature conversations, and I reported everything to HR but when they asked for evidence I just asked for a transfer and said I didn't have any evidence, but held onto the recorded audio because I like the job and just wanted to be transferred, what happens if I then take the audio to a lawyer and then try to sue for hostile work environment? The supervisor in question was an assistant manager, and I work for a multi-billion dollar company with over 700 locations. The HR manager told me the case was closed and granted my transfer as the assistant obviously denied everything and I had no evidence other than the audio I held onto.

Will he get fired if I release the audio later as well even though I had it at the time of the investigation and withheld it?

Edit: GA is a one-party consent state.

Answer:
 There's no hostile work environment here. Someone said something sexual to you, you brought it up to management, and they gave you what you wanted by transferring you out of there.
Answer #2: You can be fired for that, yes.

Given that your employer granted your requested remedy for the harassment you were receiving at work, you likely have no shot at a hostile work environment suit.


Title: I've been sent 'A statement of acquiescence', and I need to know if it's legitimate or not.

Question:
Hey guys. For reasons that aren't relevant but certainly don't involve me breaking any laws, I've been on omegle lately following some drama between the websites Tumblr.com and 4chan.org. While browsing, this conversation occured between me and an anonymous user. For reference, I am located in the UK.

http://logs.omegle.com/4e9b8421

Could somebody please tell me what this means, and if it's a hoax or not. I would really appreciate it. Many thanks.
Topic:
Computer and Internet

Answer:
 The government/police do not contact people via freaking Omegle to tell them they have committed a crime.

Nothing they said bears any resemblance to reality.  It's a hoax.


Title: Out of control credit card debt caused (in part) by a store employee grossly exaggerating my income.

Question:
[deleted]
Topic:
Credit Debt Bankruptcy

Answer:
 > I proceeded to run the credit limit straight up, maxing it out.

Nothing about the debt is the store's responsibility. The debt is purely yours. The store may be liable to the issuer for intentionally misleading them as to your creditworthiness, but that will be a separate dispute from the debt you voluntarily took on.


Title: Where are legal places to keep a car?

Question:
I have a driver's permit and I wan to buy a car to practice with when I am with somebody. My apartment rules says only one car per licensed  driver and don't have a license. Any legal public  places I can keep a car temporarily until I get a license?
Topic:
Traffic and Parking

Answer: For the purposes of the lease your permit is almost certainly considered a license.


Title: [California] A supervisor has been sexually harassing employees. Wondering if I have grounds for legal recourse.

Question:
A male supervisor (I'll refer to him as "JW") at my place of work has been verbally and visually sexually harassing me, other female staff, and several customers. It is a retail/food service chain with over two hundred employees.

When I reported the harassment to our store's general manager, he told me to handle it myself by talking to JW. I sought advice from one other male supervisor, who also suggested I just talk to JW and tell him to stop. I was not comfortable with this, and I told the general manager this.

Manager told me one week later that he and the Retail Director went ahead and sat down with JW and told him to knock it off, without consulting our Human Resources director. Manager said that later, he found out from the Operations Manager that he can't just not mention it to HR, so he emailed her about it. HR first responded by suggesting that I should contact her by phone about this, and when I persisted, she instructed me to email her with some descriptions of the harassment. *Editing to add: HR's response to my report was this: "I read over this, and I hear your concerns. The comments reported below are not appropriate. I'll follow up with [general manager] and [JW] on this."

So far, JW has been sternly talked to about the issue. No witnesses have been interviewed, although our store manager says that he spoke to another female employee who confirmed the harassment, but was quick to point out that what she says is irrelevant since she wasn't the one who made the report.

When I asked that I not be scheduled to work alongside JW anymore, our general manager said "Uh well, that's too bad, you'll just have to deal with it."

What are my options going forward? Is this a "hostile work environment"? Should I seek official legal counsel?

**Editing to include some descriptions of the harassment**
He makes comments like "damn I'd like to f_ck that b_tch" or "she look like she's seen some sh_t, b_tches like her are always a good f_ck even though she old" whenever an attractive female customer is in the store. He likes to rate women's attractiveness on a 1-10 scale and then tell his female coworkers where he thinks they're at. He once showed me and two other female coworkers a picture of his girlfriend's vagina. He talks incessantly about how women are useless unless they're hot, but that "ugly" or "fat" women are always a "better f_ck" because they "try harder". He told a coworker that she was only hired because she's pretty, and that she's not smart enough to become a supervisor. He sometimes rubs his crotch and makes pelvic thrusting motions towards women's backs when they walk away. A female coworker confronted him once, and she told me that his response was that "you all elected a president who thinks women are bullsh_t. This is what you ASKED FOR. Don't f_cking blame me for giving you exactly what ya'll want." (for the record, zero of my coworkers voted for our current president, not that it really matters, but it feels relevant considering his defense) He also recently saw a look on my face during one of his rants against women; he could see that I was uncomfortable, then he and another male coworker clapped each other on the shoulder and he said "uh oh. Seems like someone's f_ckin' triggered. UH OH! TRIGGERED! Better call HR!".

Thank you very much.

Answer:
 We don't know that what has been going on is legally sexual harassment or a hostile work environment -- you stated that as a conclusion without providing facts.

That said, has the conduct, whatever it is, stopped since he was "sternly talked to" about this issue?


Title: Girlfriends Car accident

Question:
Ok so I don't know if this is the right subreddit for this but here we go.
So my broke girlfriend (20) got into an accident today that seems to be her fault. She rear ended someone from them stopping extremely hard on the freeway during traffic. The other drivers (old btw) license was expired (there was a cop on the scene right away). Although rear ends are almost always the person who hit the others fault my girlfriend is adamant that it's not her fault. Idk what to tell her because I know its going to be her fault and she can't afford to repair her car or have her insurance rates go up. Is there anyway that it could of been the other drivers fault considering his license was expired?
Topic:
Traffic and Parking

Answer: Your girlfriend is at-faultAnswer #2: His expired license has nothing to do with the cause of the accident, which by the way was your gf following too closely for the conditions/speed and/or being inattentive.


Title: Lease breaking fee in Portland, OR

Question:
Hi, I'm hoping this is a quick question. My roommates and I are trying to break our lease in Portland, OR and are having some confusion about the lease break fee. According to Oregon law, it says that the lease break fee is capped at 1.5x monthly rent, but our lease had 2x monthly rent handwritten in. Does Oregon law supercede this handwritten addition, or are we obligated to pay 2 months since we signed the document?

Thank you!

Answer: The contract cannot supercede Oregon law. That entire section is invalid.


Title: Passengers drinking while driving, is it always illegal? [MI]

Question:
So I know how ridiculous the question sounds, since it is indeed illegal for passengers to drink in Michigan.

My friend (really, just a friend. I know this usually means OP, and that by putting this I'm only making it worse, but it's not me. Goodness it really sounds like me even more now...) has a bus he purchased and uses recreationally for NASCAR races, watching fireworks with the family, etc. He is under the impression he can drive his friends to races, wherever and they can drink in the back while he drives.

There is no divider between the driver and the back of the bus, it's really just a school bus with some of the back seats taken out. I suspect this is not legal, but cannot find a law pertaining to it. I know party buses and limousines clearly have allowances for passengers to drink, so I can see his logic, but I assume that there must be a commercial requirement involved. If anyone can point me in the right direction for the law on the subject, I would appreciate it, thanks!

Answer:
 This may be the relevant law:

[http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?mcl-257-624a](http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?mcl-257-624a)

>(4) This section does not apply  to a passenger in a chartered vehicle authorized to operate by the  state transportation department.

He likely needs to register the bus as a charter vehicle with the DOT in order for it to be legal.


Title: Are we required to take in a violent mentally ill relative? [DE]

Question:
I have an adult sister (younger than me, if that matters) who is severely mentally ill, is just barely being treated for it, and her illness makes her violent. She's made credible threats of harm, including murder, against both herself and pretty much everyone around her, and she's *very* good at finding weapons. No matter how many we take away, she finds more.

Long story short, she was supposed to stay with us for about a week, in between leases for her. Middle of the week, she freaks the hell out, tries to beat me through a glass door (I'm fine, she's not very strong), and ends up being carted off by the crisis mental health people, and she's now in a facility. (This is the "barely being treated" part.)

She's now saying that the doctors there are telling her she has to come back to our house and live with us while she does outpatient therapy, and that we can't legally refuse if her doctor says so. I am *not* willing to take her word for that, since that dovetails too neatly with what she already wanted - to not be in a facility and to be in my house. I don't *think* any laws require us to take her back in, but is that accurate, or is she right? Can I just tell her no? I realize this is quite possibly a stupid question, but I'd rather make sure than assume and find out I was wrong.

I have a lot of sympathy for her illness and wish her the best, but I don't know that I can live with her for as long as it'll take her to get well.

Answer: No. No one can force an adult to be taken in. She is lying to you.Answer #2: Since she isn't a minor, you are under not legal or moral obligation to house her.Answer #3: there is no way they can force her on you and into your house! Staunchly say no, tell the facility they need to get a real plan for discharge together, if you absolutely refuse, they will not send her to a potentially hostile environment.


Title: [OH] Seeking advice on removing my firearm disability

Question:
Hello all, I am a convicted felon for marijuana distribution. I was only sentenced to probation, but have been finished with my sentence for a year now. I was able to find a law that states you are able to get your firearm disability removed and a link to that is here http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/2923.14

I called up my county clerk of courts to ask about it and they had no idea. I was referred to their "records" department and they also had no idea. Apparently you have to fill out some sort of request application and submit it to the court, but if they all had no idea about it, how am I supposed to start that application process? do any of you have experience with restoring firearm rights for felons? what can I expect with all this? is hiring an attorney absolutely necessary or is this something I can file on my own? any idea of the cost, length of process, and likelihood of getting approved? any insight would be appreciated.
Topic:
Criminal Law

Answer: Getting an attorney is a good idea. And I would be shocked if any judge granted your motion with your conviction so fresh.


Title: U-Turn Vs. Right turn on red

Question:
In the state of Georgia who has the legal right away U-turn or right turn on red?
 The U-turn was made under a circular green light.
It was made from the left turn lane (normally to turn left not u-turn) into the far right lane.
The right turn was made after stop into the close right lane.
 The vehicles hit side by side.

Answer: U-turner had the green light, and unless prohibited by signage or topography, would have the right of way to make the U-turn.  The right-turner with the red light must yield to *all* traffic legally using the intersection, which would include the U-turner (again, assuming the U-turn was legal).


Title: MO how can I legally stop my mom from financially enabling my manipulative brother?

Question: She's giving him her money she saved for her retirement and he doesn't work.

Answer: You can't. She's an adult, presumably not mentally deficient to the point she needs a caregiver, and is therefore allowed to spend her money as she pleases.Answer #2: Your mother is an adult. Unless she is incompetent -- and that is a much higher bar than doing something that you think is dumb -- you can't and shouldn't be able to stop her from spending her money as she pleases.


Title: [NJ] Residential windows "out of code" - ran up utility bill last winter

Question:
My roommate and I rent from a landlord who lives out of state. We moved in in January 2014. As we moved in mid winter, nothing seemed out of place.

Fast forward a year, and going into March/April 2015, PSE&G tells us we have a $800-$1000 balance on our account. We are on an equal payment plan where the rates are reassessed every 6 months. They use the previous winter to assess your usage for this year's season. I was complaining about the balance to my neighbor, who laughed and said, "It's probably because of your windows. We had to change them years ago because they aren't insulated properly."

I don't think our landlord, who lives out of state, ever got this message. The windows in our apartment are over 20 years old. We plan on talking to our landlord about replacing them before this winter season comes. Is there any weight behind this argument?

Answer:
 Nope. When the code changes, the existing building is grandfathered - it doesn't have to be upgraded every time the code changes. If the windows were fine 20 years ago, they are fine now.

You can ask your landlord to consider replacing the windows but he has no obligation.Answer #2: If you don't reach a solution before winter, there are window-insulating kits (also ones for doors, chimneys, everything) you can buy for fairly cheap. They're basically just transparent or translucent insulation that you put over the windows to prevent heat loss. If you don't want to buy anything, putting plastic or bubble wrap over the windows will have a pretty big effect too.


Title: What is the crime called when someone corners you with a knife?

Answer:
 It may be surprising because this isn't how we use the word conversationally, but legally speaking that's assault with a deadly weapon. Assault is the *threat* of harm. If Knifey McGee actually stabbed you, that would be battery (and probably murder, unless you got help really fast).

There's also a charge called "brandishing," which is when you wave your weapon around like an asshole but don't specifically threaten any individual person.


Title: Is this illegal?

Question:
Yo, so I think I'm in a bit of a pickle here eh... I just wanna know this is money laundering. So here my story.

I wanted to tutor so I put up an add on Kijiji. I got a response and a man wanted me to tutor his daughter grade 10 math. The father lived in the states so he wanted to send me a cheque to pay. The amount i was supposed to receive was $350, yet I  have now received a cheque for over 2,300. He has told me to cash the cheque and give his nanny the money after i receive my cut. Is this considered money laundering or some other illegal crime?

Answer: This is a scam.  Do not deposit the check.  The check is not good, and what will happen is that the funds will temporarily be credited to your account, then you will give the money to the "nanny", and then you will be out the entire amount when the bank backs out the fraudulent check.  There may or may not be other consequences due to the deposit of a bad check and the negative balance, if you cannot cover the amount.


Title: Wife constantly harrassed/bullied at work, managers not believing her and ignoring her requests for help.

Question:
Not sure if this would be the correct place to post this, but I'm not too sure where else to go. My wife works for a very large contractor company that works for one of the largest ISP companies in the United States. Her job is to essentially stock the technicians of this company with the modems and DVRs needed in order to do their jobs. She has to follow a strict rule of not giving them extra equipment as it's part of company policy. Before she had gotten there the previous Supply attendents had been very unprofessional and would hand out whatever they wanted and will not keep track of inventory. For the last 5 months she has worked there she's gotten the inventory on point, cleaned up her warehouse, and now everything is running very smoothly.

 The only issue is, the technicians now despise her because she refuses to give them any extra equipment. Everyday they will come into her warehouse and harass her and bully her and mess with all of her equipment just in spite of her. She's gone to the managers, the area managers, and even our contractor managers and no one seems to be doing anything about this. It's gotten to the point where she calls me every morning bawling her eyes out because she's afraid of what they're going to do when they come in. Last week a tech came in screaming at her because he didn't have enough equipment, and when he tried to leave with a piece without her approval, an altercation broke out ending with the tech throwing the piece of equipment at her.

It's a very frustrating situation. She loves her job, but she cannot keep working in the conditions. The managers refuse to punish the techs and her bosses basically say to just not start anything. She locks herself in the back room of her warehouse whenever they arrive out of anxiety.

A few key points:
She is at an independent position, the only one from our company who works there.
Her boss works 30 miles away and is in charge of 20 other warehouses as well
The company managers are not around when these things happen.

Is there anything we can do? She just wants to do her job in peace.
Topic:
Labor Law (Unions)

Answer:
 When the tech threw equipment at her, did she call the police?

As an aside, why do "the technicians now despise her because she refuses to give them any extra equipment"? Why do they want extra equipment?Answer #2: Has she gone to HR?Answer #3: I would start by writing everything down. Each time an incident happens. Keep a diary including names, dates, times, details of requests. Build a picture of daily life / events then after a suitable period of time take her manager through it. Let manager have copies but hang on to the originals.


Title: My son's mother is trying to move out of state (FL) to Arkansas

Question:
Hey guys so heres the situation.
My ex and I have ended the relationship about three months ago after 2 domestic violence cases within a 2year period. We have a 2year old son together, after the second case of cops coming to the house she was picked up and placed in a mental health clinic for a week after threats of suicide and hiding my son from me.  After she was released shes been unable to hold a job for longer than a few weeks to the tune of 4 job changes in a 4mnth period. She only has 2 jobs on history that wherent under the table prior to her past four. We shared a joint bank account and she has been at a negative balance almost every week since since we have ended things. I've also received a phone call from her stating that she is unable to provide for my child and that she'd be willing to sign over rights to me. (on recording) pretty sure I also have the record and texts of me alerting her prior to the call that everything is recorded (felony in Florida for recording a party unannounced). She also has a juvenile record that shows a history of violent offences. I was just told that she is trying to move to Arkansas for a job transfer at a place she's only been with for a month and 12/hr.

A little about me.
Extensive long job history since 2012 with all jobs being 1-2years before a change
Currently working as a Manger making over 40k a year.
No criminal or violent offense on record at all.
Stable and more than willing to provide for my little guy.
Went to private middle and high school (she just has ged after being kicked out of all school for fighting)

What do I need to do to gain full custody/parental rights. Or at least make sure she can't leave the county with my child. She's trying to do a 50/50 custody of 6mnths on 6 off with travel expenses on her. I personally don't feel she is a fit parent due to mental instability and the inability to hold down a job for longer than 2 months
PLEASE HELP REDDIT
TYIA
 a scared father.

Answer:
 Well my first question is how did someone who hid the child while threatening suicide ever get the child back in their care?

And you file for custody. But know the judge is going to be asking similar questions on what you did to protect the child during the DV and after she got out of the mental health clinic


Title: Am I allowed to park here?

Question:
Hi,

Over the past few days I have been parking in a small strip mall parking lot so I can walk to a bus stop and take it to campus.  Today I found a note taped to my car that said 'If you park here again you will be towed'.  Now there is a sign in the lot that says 'Non customers will be towed'.  This part isn't that big of a deal since I can just park in the parking lot over, but I also happen to work in one of the restaurants in the strip mall and I'm afraid that whoever put the note on my car will try to have it towed while I'm working.
Is it legal for the person to have my car towed since I thought parking lots were public spaces?  If the sign is legal, does it have a 'sphere of influence' ([sign is here](http://imgur.com/a/EUnww))?  Who would have to pay if my car was towed while I was working (most employees just park in the parking lot without problems)?  This is in Michigan.
Topic:
Traffic and Parking

Answer: Don't park there unless you are working or shopping in one of the shops.


Title: Lawyer is BS’ing me. Court is tomorrow. Is it too late to find a public defender?

Question:
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Topic:
Criminal Law

Answer:
 There’s no way to do this without getting a continuance to delay the case. In theory if you meet the income eligibility for a public defender then you could get one, but the fact that you already have a lawyer cuts against you. Even Setting that aside, changing counsel on the day of your court date means that the new lawyer needs more than a couple of seconds to learn enough about your case to prepare a defense — this means that they’ll almost certainly have to ask for a continuance. Answer #2: > I’m afraid that if I go in without representation, anything could happen and I might be stuck with a record, even though I’m a first time offender.

Worry not. Your lawyer *must* defend you tomorrow (if the court doesn't adjourn the date again), even if you haven't paid in full. If she wants off the case for *any* reason, she must follow the procedure to withdraw. She can't just not show up.


Title: Can child support do this?

Question: A friend of mine owes rears on child support, all the children are adults now. Recently he filed for disability, and his attorney told him that he couldn't even try to look for a job because that would make his case null and void. Child support is still trying to get money out of him even though he literally has no money and cannot work. I read somewhere that they should be leaving him alone until the disability case is decided. Is that true and if not what can we do about the situation?

Answer:
 If he has an attorney, what has his attorney said about this?

We can't possibly give you as good an answer as (s)he can.Answer #2: I used to work for a child support program, but not in your state. I'm not aware of any requirement for child support enforcement to cease based on an undecided disability case. Where did you read this?

Also, I've never seen a court appoint an attorney for a child support case -- are you sure it's an attorney that representing your friend and not just a clerk or something?


Title: Can you get in trouble(expulsion etc.) for tweeting at your Dean?

Question:
TLDR: Can I get in trouble for trolling my Dean on twitter

So the Dean of my college tweeted about a female fat/body shaming issue that recently happened and I responded with a semi-rude/opposing view tweet. I didn't agree with what she was complaining about and the issue also involved male fat/body shaming which she completely left out. Should I be worried about repercussions that may come from this or should I not worry about it.

Answer:
 It will depend on your location, on the school's policies, and on exactly what you said and how rude it was.

In general - yes it is possible to get in trouble with the school for making rude or offensive comments towards school officials on social media.


Title: Seller of house lied about flooding

Question:
Hey Reddit,

I recently closed on a condo. Everything looked fine and were excited to move in. On the disclosures they said they had no known incidents of flooding in the apartment. However, on social media we found the owners and saw pictures of a severe flood that happened several years back. Is there anything we can do? Please help!! Any advice would be really appreciated.
Topic:
Real Estate law

Answer:
 First off, screen capture everything. See if you can find who did the remediation, and ask them if they did and work at your place. Take this to a real estate attorney, or maybe call your title insurance and see what they suggest.Answer #2: Lying on disclosures likely means you can recover damages for whatever you discover to be wrong, but only that.   If it was properly remediated, there's likely not a lot of damage left to pay for, though.

I'd start by having a trusted contractor examine carefully for flood damage that might have affected the purchase price if you'd known to look for it.


Title: Do I have german citizenship?

Question: I was born in Germany in 1996 to american parents. I was born outside of a military base, so it wasnt US territory or whatnot. Ive always been told that ive got dual citizenship but is that true and how would I go about proving that?

Answer:
 No. At least one parent has to have been a German citizen or permanent resident. Foreign military doesn't count.

Even if that had been the case, you have to live there for eight years before 21, attend school there for 6 years, or graduate from school there, then invoke it before 23.


Title: If a theater showed "The Interview" and an attack happened against it, could they be sued or held legally responsible for being attacked?

Answer:
 Naw. You can't be held legally accountable for the actions of a third party in response to your (legal) action. If someone says "If you walk down main street on Friday, I will kill you", and you do it, and they kill you, the "I warned 'em!" defense does nothing legally nor are you to blame for not obeying the orders of the person threatening you.

I mean you can try to make a civil case against the theatre that it was reckless and knew or ought to have known terrorists would object to it exhibiting the film. But public policy concerns would militate against a finding that someone had a legal obligation to obey the demands of the kind of people who attack theatres for showing a movie.


Title: Can a man report a rape on behalf of his wife to initiate a legal investigation?

Question:
Two of my very close friends are married. They married, without ceremony, friends, or family, at a courthouse for financial reasons.

They planned an "official" wedding ceremony in the next few months.

I accompanied them to a joint bachelor/bachelorette party in Las Vegas last week.

We all traveled there together, and then split off for the weekend - the guys went to one hotel, the girls went to another.

These were not out-of-the-way hotels. They were the large hotel/casino/retail centers that are located in the most heavily trafficked areas of "the strip".

While we (the guys) were out during the day, the girls stayed at their hotel pool drinking and tanning.

In the early afternoon, the bride-to-be (we'll call her Sarah) wanted to go back to her hotel room and take a nap. When Sarah arrived at the room, her keycard did not work.

Sarah had been drinking, and needed to relieve herself. The nearest restroom (besides the one in the inaccessible hotel room), was on the casino floor.

Being intoxicated and tired, Sarah walked into the stairwell to relieve herself.

After she was finished, Sarah found that the door to the stairwell had locked behind her. She began walking down the stairs, hoping to find an unlocked door on another floor.

A couple floors down, Sarah saw a group of three men. She felt intimidated, and began to walk back upstairs.

They followed her, surrounded her, and raped her.

Once the assault was over, the men left through an unlocked door.

This took place within a window of three hours. One of the bridesmaids (we'll call her Jane), found Sarah outside of her (still locked) hotel room. She was sitting on the floor, shaking and muttering incoherently.

Jane asked what was wrong. Sarah would not answer, simply repeating that the door was locked and that she should have never urinated in the stairwell and that she had shamed herself.

Jane persisted in asking, and soon got a broken account of the events - in about as much detail as I've given above.

Jane called the maid of honor and another bridesmaid up from the pool to try their keys on the door, so they could get Sarah into the safety of her room and console her.

Sarah was distraught, terrified, and ashamed. She repeatedly blamed herself for urinating in the stairwell and for not carrying her pocketknife.

Jane urged her to call the police and hotel security immediately. Sarah refused. She did not want her husband or any of his groomsmen (us) to know what had happened, and convinced the other women to keep the secret.

I called Jane several times over the weekend to talk about our respective adventures. After the assault, I could hear in her voice that something negative had happened.

She wouldn't say - only that she couldn't wait to leave and that she wasn't having any fun.

I assumed that the girls had gotten into a very bad argument, or that one of them had cheated on their significant other, but she told me that she could not talk about it and just wanted to leave.

We (the bachelor side) went on with our plans for the evening. The bridal party stayed in their hotel room, but we attributed that to the argument that we assumed they were having.

We left the following morning. As soon as we were out of Las Vegas city limits, Jane began crying and told me what had happened.

After the initial wave of shock passed, I stopped the car. I wanted to make sure that any evidence that remained would be preserved, in case Sarah decided to file a police report.

I understood that the hotel wouldn't have cameras in every single alcove, and knew (because Jane had told me) that they did not have cameras inside the stairwell.

However, I assumed that the hotel *did* have cameras outside the stairwell doors, since the doors were labelled with "Emergency Exit Only" and "Alarm will sound" warnings.

I also assumed that the hotel/casino would keep video recordings for at least 24 hours before overwriting them. Since it had been just under 24 hours, I wanted to make sure that the tapes covering the doors during the time window of the rape were preserved.

I called LVPD and was informed that they could not influence the security policies or video recordings of the hotel without a police report from the victim.

I called the hotel's security desk to plead my case with them. I was transferred to the head of security (or chief investigator - some high-rank sounding title that I can't remember).

He informed me that the security footage would be overwritten. He would not say how soon, but he did imply that Sarah needed to file a police report *very soon*. I gave Jane the phone, and after some explaining and pleading, our security contact agreed to look at the tapes. He took Sarah's description, the time, and the floors that were connected to the stairwell.

He told us that he would investigate and retain any footage that showed men entering the stairwell during that time window, as well as footage of her as she walked from the hotel pool, to the room, to the stairwell, and back to the room.

He reminded us that he would only release information to the police. The police would not request the information without a report.

After a long trip home, Sarah told her husband. He was overwhelmed, and wanted her to file a police report immediately.

Jane and I went to see them a few minutes later.

 I stood, spoke, and smoked cigarettes with her husband (my good friend of ten years) as he fell into shock, disbelief, rage, silence, all the wild emotions that accompany pain as sudden and immense as theirs.

Meanwhile, Jane spoke to Sarah. As a sexual abuse survivor, Jane had plenty of perspective. Jane had failed to report her own rape over a decade before, and she still regrets the fact that her rapist is free and raping other women because she was too afraid and humiliated to report him.

Sarah finally agreed to file a police report. She and her husband had a long way to go, and it would take counseling and years to work through this, but at least they had *hope* for some sort of closure.

The following day, Jane called Sarah to ask if she wanted company when going to the police station. Sarah did not answer all day, and after speaking to her husband later that evening, I learned that Sarah had not filed a report. She had closed herself off emotionally, and left to stay with her mother.

Their wedding was to be held at the same hotel where Sarah had been raped.  They cancelled their plans to marry at that hotel - or anywhere in Las Vegas.

The hotel told them that they had forfeited their deposit, and charged a late cancellation fee. The fee was several hundred dollars, and their finances were already strained.

I believe that with a legally documented allegation of the rape, Sarah and her husband could pressure the hotel into refunding their deposit and returning the cancellation fee.

I also believe that in order to eventually have closure and some hope of peace, Sarah's husband needs a law enforcement investigation. Even if Sarah refuses to testify in court, she may be willing to sign an affidavit, and even if that's not enough for a conviction, the legal investigation might be able to identify her attackers. For her husband, I believe that information would be satisfaction enough.

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My main question, then:

If Sarah refuses to file a police report, does her husband (as an immediate family member) have any legal right in Nevada to file a police report that would open an investigation?

He has the information that she provided him, which - combined with the security footage, could be enough to at least identify possible suspects. She would be able to recognize them by photographs, and may be willing to do so on record.

My understanding is that if a woman who has already reported a rape decides later that she does not want to pursue legal action, the prosecutor may choose to continue the case because it is a crime against the well-being of the state.

Can her husband, as an immediate family member, file a report on similar grounds, or does it *have* to be the victim?

A second question, and this is in an entirely different vein - without a police report, do they have any legal recourse when it comes to recouping the deposits paid to the hotel, and reversing the fees charged by the hotel, since the rape occurred on hotel property?

And finally, is the hotel in any way liable for the pain and suffering that could have been avoided with better security or stairwell doors that did not lock from the inside?

Sorry for the wall of text. These people are both like family to me, and their pain is devastating. Sarah buries tragedy and emotional trauma - it's her way of coping, but it manifests itself in other ways: shopping addiction, hoarding, passive aggressive behavior, etc.  Her husband has never dealt with anything like this, or ever been close to someone who was abused. He's lost, and their marriage is falling apart because of their different opinions on how this tragic violation should be handled.

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A few other notes:

* Sarah did see a doctor two days after the attack, who noted vaginal trauma, but did not find any semen.

* Sarah has not described her attackers to any of us. She would need to identify them, if there were more than one group of men who entered the fire escape stairwell during that time period

* The fire escape stairwell only covered five floors, and none of these connected to the lobby or casino, so very little foot traffic could be expected

Thank you for your time and your help.

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TL;DR - My friend's wife was forcibly raped by three strangers. She does not want to file a report. As her husband, can he file a police report based on her statements? This was in Las Vegas, so regional laws may apply.

Answer:
 Holy craps, man summarize.  The vast vast majority of this post is irrelevant.

Short answers: Yes, he can file a police report.  It probably won't do much good.  He is not a witness to the crime, and would only be reporting secondhand information.

Sarah's testimony would be absolutely necessary.  An affidavit is not going to work.  You are correct in that victim testimony is not *strictly* necessary for a conviction, but in most cases it becomes required.  I investigated sexual assault for eight years, and I wouldn't proceed without victim testimony.    Even the best video evidence tends to be less clear than you would think, and a simple defense to the crime would be "that's not what you think it is".  And who would the prosecution put on the stand to refute that?

Finally, you don't really have any legal recourse, even with a police report, to take the hotel to court for failing to return your deposit.  It would be nice if they did, yes, but your friends signed a contract, and the hotel hasn't breached it.  Were you to get an actionable police report, they might be more likely to refund the money.


Title: [FL] My in-laws don't have my niece on their auto insurance even though she is the primary driver of one of their cars. What are the potential legal implications?

Question:
My wife and I recently visited her sister's family in Florida. In talking with my niece I discovered that she is not named on her parents auto insurance policy even though of their two cars, she is the primary driver of one of them. She uses it to get to work and to school.

I'm hoping to explain to my wife the potential legal ramifications of this (both criminal and civil) so that she can convince her sister to bite the bullet and pay to have my niece on their policy.

My niece is still seventeen, if that matters.

Thanks in advance.

Answer: Many policies will require disclosure of all household drivers.  It depends on the policy. Answer #2: Is is possible the insurance company will deny any claims.


Title: Any idea how to sue Paypal in Texas? They charged me $1200 and refuse to talk to me about it.

Question:
I sold an item for $1200 on ebay, USPS says it was delivered as expected, and two months later the buyer filed a complaint with paypal saying they never received it and I never responded to their messages. I provided the USPS tracking info and a screenshot of usps.com saying that it was delivered, as well as screenshots of conversations through ebay where I did respond to every one of their questions, though they had not sent any messages since I shipped two months prior. As far as I can tell, the buyer provided no evidence beyond "I never received it, they never responded to my questions, I want a refund". Paypal charged me $1200 and gave the buyer a full refund anyway.

I called Paypal to complain, and they told me that there was nothing to be done, decisions are final. I called them a second time and they refused to discuss it. They asked "Is there anything else I can help you with?" and then hung up on me. How do you go about suing Paypal in small claims court in Texas? I'm reading that the user agreement says I have to sue them in San Jose, CA, but some people say I can file at my local court.

Answer: The person you need to sue is the buyer. Answer #2: You don't need to sue PayPal. You need to sue the buyer.


Title: [TN] Family member has been filing taxes as single but she's been married for years.

Question:
Let's call her Betty.

Betty remarried a man who went to prison for tax fraud and they live together in a house she owns herself. They have a prenup and separate financial arrangements.

Apparently she's been filing as single for the past 5ish years instead of married and she just realized her mistake today.

She said she plans to file an amendment but thinks it will trigger an audit. We told Betty to contact a tax attorney and see what they say but she is very concerned that she is criminally liable.

Answer: Single pays at a higher rate then married, what would she be criminally liable for?Answer #2: What is your legal question?


Title: At what point could I legally be considered a cyborg and if achieved would human laws apply to me?

Question: [removed]

Answer:
 I'm not sure what year you think we're living in, but it's 2015 and there is no such thing as a cyborg.  There is literally nothing you could do to yourself that could make you a "cyborg" in the eyes of the law, since the law does not recognize cyborgs exist.  As long as you have brain, heart, and other major organ function, you're a person.

Also, please stop being an idiot.  Answer #2: Trending subreddit days are the worst.


Title: My dad summoned for Jury Duty. He is a US citizens and knows little English.

Question:
My dad received a latter in mail to attend Jury Duty. He is stressed out because he doesn't understand English. Can he be exempt from jury duty or get a translator?

Location: Michigan

Answer: If selected they'll give him a translator. Chances are they won't select him bc of the language barrier.Answer #2: Hes required by law to attend. They're not going to select him because of the hassel of getting a translator.


Title: I Got Scammed Into Doing Work Which Was Never Paid For; How Can I Stop Them From Using My Work?

Question:
I was on Freelancer.com trying to make some money a year or two back as I thought it would be a great way to make money and put my writing skills to work.

At the end of the day I wrote two articles before asking for payment and at that point it was realised that I was not going to be paid. I was disgruntled and saddened because I put my own time into it and was enjoying it, of course nobody likes being scammed.

At the time I searched on Google just to make sure they weren't using my own work without A) paying and B) having property rights to the content. Nothing popped up.

Today I thought of using the articles I wrote as just an example of what I am capable of producing and was curious if it was ever published. Unfortunately it was...

I know that the article is my intellectual property as I never signed any contracts, of course as it being a scam, and also the fact that I was never paid for the article which was part of our
"verbal" (via I.M.) agreement.

A DMCA Takedown would do the job (probably) but I would rather not spend $200... I'm not looking for compensation or reimbursement, I'm just quite upset and angry that somebody else is publishing my content and, most likely, financially benefiting from it.

I just used the website's contact form, hoping that they are not the same people that scammed me and also hoping that I was only conned by a middleman. If this is the case they will probably cooperate but honestly I doubt believe I'm going to get much of a response from them.

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TL;DR: Wrote articles, for cash, never got paid. I never signed any contracts or transfer of property documents, it was strictly 'I write you these articles, you pay me'. Do I legally own the content and if yes (as I assume) then how can I get it taken down with minimal financial cost? - [ARTICLE](http://www.lkcf.org/pruvit-keto-os-naturally-sweetened-weight-loss-supplement/)

Answer:
 >I would rather not spend $200

Can I ask what you would be spending $200 on?


Title: Do we need to be worried?

Question:
My brother dated and was engaged to this woman whom I'll call M.  He bought a house while they were together.  He contributed all the money for the down payment and paid the mortgage while they were together, as he was working and she had gone back to school.  He helped support her while she finished her degree.

Following the death of our father, she went well off the deep end and basically acted horribly both towards him and to the rest of our family.  As a result he ended the relationship and moved into our father's house allowing her to stay there until she either paid rent or found another place to live.  I don't believe there was a formal lease signed, but I'm not clear on that.

Things went alright for a few months, she paid rent for a couple months and then abruptly stopped.  My brother floated her for awhile, as he felt she was suffering from some form of mental breakdown and didn't want to evict her.  His kindness was repaid with her trashing the house (she knocked holes in the wall, put out cigarettes in the carpet, didn't clean or maintain the yard and didn't inform him that a pipe had busted in the attic for several weeks.  When she did finally tell me about the busted pipe, over half the house had water damage and it needed a thorough remodel.  He contacted her folks, whom he is cordial with, and her father said that he would reimburse us for the damages and get her out of the house.  Apparently, that took some doing on his part.  M's father compensated my brother per their agreement and my brother and I remodelled the house and got it rented.  M was out of the house and after a few months it was fixed up and rented out.  Though not before she keyed an old suburban we use to haul cars and were using to store building materials in.  We figured it wasn't that big of a deal so long as she was gone, and her father obviously had his hands full, so we just re-primered it and called it a day.

We went through a period where she would blow up our phones and harass us endlessly.  My brother took the brunt of it, but she has it in her head that I somehow turned my brother into a 'misogynist asshole' and so felt the need to harass me to an extent as well.  My brother, his girlfriend and I changed our numbers and things have been pretty quiet since then.

What I've heard through the grapevine is that M and her father had a falling out and she's now living with some other crazy chick in an extended stay on the west side of Houston.  She has some mall job and is basically living a very impoverished lifestyle.

I recently became aware that she's making overtures about suing my brother for possession of the old house my brother rented out.  Shortly, after the breakup, he mentioned that he wasn't too worried about leaving her there as she hadn't contributed any money toward the downpayment, the mortgage; as such he didn't think that she had any legal claim to try and gain ownership of the house.

She posted about it here and while the responses were more than moderately reassuring, I do have to ask if there is any reason to believe that she could successfully sue him to gain ownership of the house?  Would a lawyer even take the case?  I'm assuming, from what I've heard, that she doesn't have much in the way of money.

Answer: Question: Why has no one gotten a restraining order against anyone? Both sides are claiming the other is abusive. Sooner you guys end all contact the better. If you need the threat of police to do this, society hath birthed you a method.


Title: I was pulled over for going 63 in a 45

Question: I was pulled over for going 63 in a 45 and then copped marked it down to a 50 in a 45. The cop told me that they have it on video and could show I was going 63. I didn’t tell my parents how fast I was actually going so they want to try to fight the ticket. What should I do. Any advice?

Answer: fess up to your parents and be done with it.


Title: My college has installed CCTV in classrooms(with audio) and it is creeping the fuck out of me. Is it fairly legal and I believe it is an intrusion of privacy

Question:
I've been in college for 4 years now and just found out camera has been installed with audio in classrooms without informing the students. Having studying in this institute for 4 years, almost leaving now, I believe it is intruding my privacy as to what happens in a closed room, set aside to interact, develop and be a better person. Is there anything I can do, or black out the camera's without implications?
Topic:
School Related Issues

Answer: IANAL but I don't believe there'd be any precedent for expectation of privacy in a classroom. At no point in a classroom would it be unusual to be around other people. By nature it's a public place. So the private institution (presumably) can put them there if they please.Answer #2: INAL, but this is almost certainly legal, as the school can justify it under student safety and it isnt inside a dorm or bathroom where privacy is expected.


Title: Please Help! My brother is going to a custody battle with his ex & she filed a restraining order for no reason!

Question:
My brothers ex lied on a restraining order and said that My brother threatened to take their son out of the country. She accused him of threatening violence.

Everything she said is a flat out lie.

She has a history of mental illness, domestic violence, and an extensive criminal record.

What legal grounds does my brother have? He has 10 days to respond.

We have emails, audio recordings, and counter evidence to her claims from her Facebook page. Please help. This restraining order will ruin my brothers professional career as well as hurt him in getting custody of his son.

We are in Arizona.

Answer: Does he have an attorney helping him with the custody case? If not, now's the time to consult with one. The attorney can decide what evidence to present to the court to debunk her accusations as well as present an emergency visitation schedule. Abduction accusations are serious. The attorney can come up with a plan, like temporarily turning the child's travel documents over to the court, offering a plan for exchanging the child etc, that will be useful to get the RO dropped.


Title: 2nd or 3rd degree assault?

Question: My close friend was recently assaulted by a stalker and was left with a busted open face, multiple broken ribs, and bruises. Her attacker was arrested and is being charged with 2nd degree assault in the state of Colorado. His family paid for a high end lawyer and there's talk of dropping the charge to 3rd degree assault which is barely any jail time and concerns me about her safety. It was my understanding that 1st, 2nd, and 3rd degree assaults were represented as assault resulting in life threatening injury, non life threatening injury, and no injury respectively. Can anyone provide clarification on this so we can help keep this guy away from her.

Answer:
 >so we can help keep this guy away from her

Regardless of what crime he's ultimately convicted of, he should be ordered to stay away and have no contact with her if she makes that clear to the prosecuting attorney that that's what she wants.

And even if the prosecutor/courts totally drop the ball and he's not ordered to stay away from her, she should be able to get them to fix it.

And even if they were completely incompetent/uncaring and didn't fix it, she can still seek a restraining order against him on her own.


Title: Employer blames me on payday for "being unable to pay me" when she sent it to wrong number.

Question: So, I work at subway, in Glendale, Arizona, and my employer botched my paycheck by sending it to the wrong bank account number. She was given the proper forms from my bank, at which I confirmed with them that the number was correct because I had made a copy of the forms. I was supposed to be payed on the 10th, a literal week ago, and still haven't received my pay. I was told to contact the department of labor to sort this out and receive 3 times the paycheck and also damage costs for the amount of financial and emotional distress this has caused. What is the best form of action?

Answer:
 [If the amount outstanding is no greater than $5,000, you can file a wage claim](https://www.azica.gov/labor-wage-claims-main-page). If your employer pays the outstanding amount voluntarily, you can withdraw your claim, or allow it to be dismissed by the Industry Commission, at your discretion.

If your employer continues to refuse to pay you, then the Commission can order payment, and may assess penalties against your employer.


Title: Can I go to jail for not paying car tax?

Question:
I moved from CT to WI in 2016 and sold my car in WI after trying for several months. Since WI doesnt have a car tax, I did not think much of anything. In 2018 I got a notice from CT for a pending car tax and they have added huge interest and fee to it. I am willing to pay my tax but they wont give leniency on interest/fee which I feel is not my fault because I wasnt aware that I need to pay tax even if I left the state.

What options do I have to challenge this? What happens if I dont pay it? I am in US on work visa and dont wanna get into any trouble but would like a fair deal.

Can state tax issue cause trouble with USCIS or any other state? I am moving out of US so would like to clear any issues that can hamper my chances to come back here in future.

I will most likely pay it in full but your advice is appreciated.

Answer: Ignorance of the law is not an excuse.


Title: HELP! Need advice regarding usufruct.

Question:
Below is the email my aunt sent me after we spoke.

Attached is the paperwork that I was emailed regarding the Louisiana Property for you and sister to renounce your stake in it. If you don’t want to renounce all together, you could sign a usufruct (see below). We would pay each of you $1,000 to help us out with this so that we don’t lose the sale that we’ve been waiting almost a year for.  Like the attorney I spoke to said, it might be beneficial for you to speak with an attorney in Louisiana since their probate laws are different than California’s. Your attorney might be able to give you guidance and/or help you find someone to speak to in Louisiana. Also, if you want to speak with the attorney I spoke with, I can forward you his info (actually it’s in the paperwork.)

"The papers my aunt sent me are the usufruct that state my sister and I appear to have a ¼ stake each in my stepfathers portion of the sale. The document if signed would be us just giving that up to our stepfather. I don’t know if what my Aunt is saying in item number 7 is true. We live in California but the property is in Louisiana."

Here is an outline of what’s happening…

#1   Sometime around 1996, Grandpa created a document that was signed by Brother1, Brother2 and my stepfather stating that they purchased the Louisiana property for $30,000. This was to be their inheritance. The property is 13 acres in LA but half of the property is “wetlands” otherwise known as swamplands and is not usable.

#2   Almost one year ago we put the property for sale.

#3   On January 8th we finally received an offer from a church for $225,000 and we opened escrow.

#4   Once escrow was opened it came out that the property was “sold” to Brother1, Brother2 and my stepfather and then became community property with the spouses.

#5   When they found out that your mom had passed away, they asked if she had a will. When we told them she did not, they told us that unless we had my sister and I sign either a renouncement of the property or a usufruct, that we would have to go to probate court in Louisiana to have a usufruct created which would give my stepfather the use of the money until he died or remarried and then, your mom’s half would go to my sister and I. (See Wikipedia definition of the “usufruct” in Louisiana below)

#6    We are really hoping that we can come to an agreement with my sister and I to sign the renouncement or the usufruct so that we don’t lose the sale and have to wait God knows how long for another offer.

#7     If we were to lose the sale, my stepfather would have to go ahead with the usufruct and have control over all of the money anyway, so we thought it would be in everyone’s best interest to settle this quickly and give my sister and I some money for your time that you weren’t expecting!

#8    Please let me know as soon as possible if you will agree to either of these options. If you would prefer to sign the usufruct, I will have the attorney draw that up. If you prefer to sign the usufruct, you would also have to sign the final papers for the sale.

Do I legally have a right to 25% of my stepfathers share? Are they trying to screw me with the sign this and we will give you 1k each? Is it true that my stepfather can go ahead with the usufruct if the sale falls through to remove my sister and I?

Answer: Your Aunt is right about one thing:  You need to talk to someone familiar specifically with Louisiana's laws regarding inheritance.  Most law schools outside of Louisiana (and apparently Quebec) don't get into that very much.


Title: (Update!) Sister got DUI. Appeared on other sister's record.How can I help her?

Question:
Original post [here](http://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/2hwkc7/sister_got_dui_appeared_on_other_sisters_record/) sorry I didn't post again till now! Thanks so much for you help! It's been busy but I do return with an update! To all those suggesting it was identity theft...you were wrong. How I wish you were right though.

tl;dr: Sister 1 did use Sister 2's name when she got arrested. Mom tried to cover it up afterwards. Me and Sister 2 sought legal help. Got shit taken care of.

So I met Sister 2 (though I guess an argument can be made that I actually have 1 sister and 1 cuntbag) at my grandma's house. I prefer to keep my interactions with other family members besides my siblings to a minimum so I asked her to come outside. I called the arresting police department and as I was on the phone, a family friend of my aunt happened to drive by and stopped to say hello. While I was talking to Officer Whoever-the-fuck, my sister explained to my aunt's friend what was going on and who I speaking to. She told me to hang up and that she just happened to be meeting up with her attorney friend (such luck!) and she would ask him to take care of it.

Long story short, the lawyer took care of everything! He explained what happened to the police department and they transferred the charges over to the other sister (using that term loosely). She does however have to carry a document with her that legally proves she is not my other sister now that their names are connected as an alias. We can't afford to get it expunged, so I guess this will have to for now. Thanks for your guys' advice! Fuck my other Sister!

Answer: BTW - if she was informed by the job that the reason she is not receiving it is for X criminal reason (sister's arrest) she is legally supposed to receive documentation of that which provides an avenue for her to correct the information with the agency/job (typically 5 days). She can submit whatever information she has regarding that and hope it gets fixed. if they still deny based on that (and she responded in a timely manner) then she may have an option to sue the employer though I wouldn't recommend that.Answer #2: Any update on the job she didn't get?


Title: California. Can my mother go to jail because she knows i may be having sex in her house?

Question:
I'm in the unfortunate situation where we both met at 17 but now i am 18.
Recently my father scared my mother into thinking that because i (M18) may be having sex with my partner (F17) in their house, that if anyone were to find out and file charges, that my mother (i live with her) could face jail time.
Is there any validity to this? Additionally, i'm under the impression that while no one would feasibly report us, if they did I would only face a misdemeanor, is this true as well?
Thank you in advance, r/legaladvice !

Answer: No.


Title: CA, the roots of neighbor's tree planted in their backyard grew into my backyard and damaged my concrete pavement. They are refusing to take responsibility for damages to the pavement. What are my options here?

Question:
Our neighbors own a house on an adjacent lot with a shared back fence. Along the fence on their side are four big ash trees. They were planted in close proximity to our fence - no more than 12 to 18 inches away. The roots have grown into our backyard and damaged the concrete pavement.

We have had conversations but they are now refusing to take responsibility for the damages. They want to get the local city involved on mediating the issue but also claimed that since the trees are not presenting any imminent danger to us, they are not liable. They have also stated that if we try to cut the roots, we will be liable for damages to the tree (although somewhat unfair, this looks to be a reasonable and lawful statement). They also want to now share costs on pruning the tree, since that's "common practice." What are my options here? The roots have caused irreversible damages to the concrete pavement and my fear is that since there isn't much distance from the tree roots to the foundations of my house, it'll cause structural damage as well. I'd also like the neighbor to take responsibility for the damages already caused and assume the costs of mitigating future damages, such as pruning costs.

Answer: Have an inspector come out and confirm the damage is coming from roots on their side of the property line. Once you've had the damages assessed you send them certified mail (an attorney can help you draft this) demanding compensation for the amount the inspector indicated and the cost of the inspection, and also informing them that at no point in the future do you plan on sharing costs for pruning their tree to which you've long objected which has already damaged your property. It's absurd. If they refuse to compensate you, sue in small claims.


Title: [NYC] Divorce - Do I even need to file a divorce?

Question:
Hi guys,

I conducted a religious ceremony 5 years ago where we would get married. However, a few years later (now), I found him cheating, and I'd like to separate.

Do I even need to file a divorce, if, we technically never signed anything legally binding? For example, the religious ceremony did not require me to sign anything, nor, did we go to court to sign any papers. It was simply a religious ceremony.

The only caveat would be that my parents were there, and there were some witnesses there for the ceremony.

I am scared we are officially married in NY state given its "common law" and he'd take some of my assets I've worked my butt off for. He's living with me for years, not working, and would fight to take things from me that I worked hard for.

Thanks! :(

Answer: New York state does not recognize common law marriage at this time. So unless you signed a license and sent the paperwork to the county, you are not legally married. If you're wanting to make sure, you should consider making a trip to the courthouse and seeing if they can find your marriage records.


Title: My landlord is spraypainting my building while we are still living there, giving everyone migraines+nausea

Question:
I’m currently living in a building on a college campus which is run my an alumni of the college. It used to be a fraternity house, but that organization no longer is present on campus.

The building is currently undergoing some renovations, which were warned to us before we all moved in this summer.  Aside from the construction crews using power tools at 7:00 am which is crappy, but I believe legal, they have been spraying paint on the walls (inside) giving many people headaches and chest pains.

I’m in the city of Atlanta, is there anyone specifically I should speak to to discuss this problem. Is what they are doing legal, bases on the fact that these paints have known negative health effects. What actions should I take. Thanks.

Answer: They're spraypainting the building with you inside? As in you're sitting there in the living room while the guys with the MASKS on are spraying the wall?


Title: [Los Angeles, California] There's a $115 fraudulent charge on my credit card. I Google searched the number and others have had the same problem.

Question:
A few days ago I noticed a charge on my credit card for $115. On the statement I noticed that it said "PFD*PET360" then a phone number followed by "PA" which I assume means Pennsylvania.

I'm going to dispute it with my bank, of course, but I'd like to know if there's anything else I should do. [I Google searched](https://callsreported.com/8552738360.calls.reported) the phone number and others have had similar fraudulent charges. I even called the phone number and I got a dead line. The area code on the phone number is 855 and [another Google search](https://www.reference.com/government-politics/scams-involving-phone-calls-855-area-code-dd39b42f734e4b7) showed that many people have had negative interactions with it.

Answer:
 Just dispute the charge.

Edit: and you do realise the second of those two links you provided just relates to every 855 number? Which is simply a toll free number (like 800).


Title: Should I report my own mom for tax fraud?

Question:
Hi guys, first time poster here. Full time lurker. Located in USA - Pennsylvania

Accidentally posted this to finance rather than personal finance so I'm now posting in the proper place.

Anyway, i've been paying off my student loans for about three years now and every year because I pay so much interest, I receive a large amount back from taxes.

Loan "A" is in my moms name because she was a cosigner but I am 100% paying back the loan. Turns out she claimed all of the interest from that loan in her taxes. That's a few hundred bucks back. When I asked her why she did it when she did not pay any interest, she said it was because the loan is in her Social Security number she had to claim it. This is the second year she has done this, and I haven't received ANY money from that interest paid on that loan.

What should I do?

Should I file a complaint on the .gov website for falsifying taxes and false claims? Or is what she's saying true?

PS she is a fucking bitch and sucks

Answer: If this is a ParentPlus loan; then you mom is 100% correct, and *you'd* actually be the one engaging in tax fraud if you tried to claim it. It would certainly be nice if her to claim it and then forward you the money, but it's certainly not legally required of her to do so. On the flip side, if the loan isn't in your name, you aren't a consigned, and you didn't form a promissory agreement with your mother; then you don't have any obligation at all to continue paying. Now, it does seem like you did make a promissory agreement (even if only a verbal one), so your mom could sue you if you stop paying. But the better solution is to stop focusing so much on this and focus on earning enough money to pay everything off and stop paying interest in the first place. Living well is the best revenge.


Title: Texas - Is it considered theft if my husband takes my phone and car?

Question: Every time he fights with me, he threatens to take off with our child and never let me see him again. So I have to beg him to not do that and last night he told me he is taking my phone in exchange for not taking off with our child. My phone is the only way I have of calling my son's doctors and staying in touch with people, especially since he made sure that he "absolutely needs" my car and I can't have that either. He's controlling and isolating my son and I. He doesn't pay for my phone bills, but he pays for the repairs. So is it theft if I ask for it back and he refuses?

Answer:
 Most property obtained during marriage is joint property.  It is likely that he is a co-owner(or could be reasonably assumed to be a co-owner) and thus theft is off the table.

The cops are really unlikely to get in the middle of your marital squabbles.  This is a relationship matter, not a criminal one.  If you don't want to try to work it out, then you should look into divorce.  Answer #2: Sorry to say, but this doesn't look like something which would work for you or your son in the long term. Keep a paper/photo/video trail and you should consider filing for divorce.


Title: [UPDATE] [TX] At what point do my actions become Libel/Slander?

Answer: This seems like a really roundabout way of doing things. What's the reason for this new sub instead of talking about it on r/legaladvice?Answer #2: Too bad I can't ask OP for the original post, or supply it myself in the main thread.


Title: [TX] Detective wants to speak to me. Can I safely ignore him?

Question:
He came to my door and talked with my mother and said "he wants my side of the story".
Three things have happened since then.

1: I was blamed for some graffiti that happened some driveway 6 months ago.

2: Some guy bum rushed me at a political rally. I was asked to leave and he was arrested.

3: I was involved in an accident (hit and run) where HE drove off a bit and was stopped after t-boning me. I never followed up with the original detective because lots of shit was happening in my life at that time.

So in light of this, I thought it was a good idea not to talk and to just ignore him and talk to a lawyer.
Help me, I'm really kinda scared.

Answer: You don't have to talk to them. if they have enough to arrest you, they know where to find you. And if that happens STILL don't talk to them.


Title: Is it legal to give away our housing like this?

Question:
This is in Virginia. So my 2 roommates and I had applied for an apartment. We got through the application and had paid the application fee, adminstrative fee, and convenience fee. Paying these fees were supposed to reserve the apartment we applied for. The leasing manager told us that everything looked good and that they were waiting on the background checks of my roommates and would notify us in 2 days. A week goes by since the day we were supposed to hear back so we decide to shoot the leasing manager an email. The manager tells us that the background check did not clear for one of us and says that one of the other employees should have called us. We individually obtained our background reports from the manager to see why they did not clear. The background check for my roommate said he was a white felon in Kentucky with blue eyes. My roommate is African-American and has never stepped foot in Kentucky. My roommate requested the manager check again using his SSN and DoB this time and the background check came back clear. And then we are told that they gave away the apartment we wanted to someone else. The complex offered another apartment but it was 300 square feet smaller and $400 more per month for the same move-in date. Now we are kind of screwed in house hunting for our last year of college.

Is there anything we can do here?

TLDR; leasing agent fucks up background check, doesn't notify us it did not pass, gives away our reserved spot b/c we had no opportunity to clear our name

Answer:
 Unless you paid the *security deposit*, the apartment is not yours. I would start politely and tell them you'd like *the timely refund of* all your fees paid, due to the errors of the leasing agent involved, even if application fees are generally non-refundable (they've already had an expense on your behalf, but here, you've been inconvenienced.)  They are supposed to notify you in a timely manner about the status of your application. Just because this is busy season doesn't excuse them from the mistake. They might meet you in the middle and refund all the fees *other* than your application fees, but that's up to you if you accept it.

I would also at this point ask to please speak with the Assistant or Property Manager, and be directed past leasing. Usually these two offices don't actually have that much overlap beyond signoffs and occupancy directives.


Title: GAL favoritism?

Question: Custody case, OH. My granddaughter. Father trying to get custody. We today found out the GAL has visited his house 5 times yet has only visited my daughter once. My daughter can't even get her to return a call. My daughters lawyer told her today the GAL is recommending custody to father. Is this normal/ typical? I have no frame of reference. It seems to me GAL is showing favoritism. Thank you very much.

Answer:
 You don't have all the facts.  You don't even have 10 percent of the facts.

Let your daughter's lawyer handle it.Answer #2: IANAL, but I am a GAL (although not in your state).  There are many more factors that you have not mentioned that go into GAL testimony... child's age, child's wishes,  child's understanding of consequences of their wishes, are the visits to the father or the child who happens to be at the father's home?   GALs specific mission is giving a minor a voice inside proceedings... period.  Home studies by GALs are not for picking favorites, but for appraising those factors to provide weight for or against the child's wishes. That said,  I've made more visits to appraise negative environments than positive ones, because I need evidence to recommend against the child's wishes.  If I have a positive home visit,  I don't need as much follow up.  If I have a negative impression,  I need to follow up more to establish that my impressions are not incidental, but exhibit a pattern.   My point is that you shouldn't judge just on the number of visits,  but also,  let your daughter's lawyers do their job.


Title: [CA] Found out my attorney is not allowed to practice law in California?

Question: California. My attorney in Illinois, where I’m initially from, sent a demand letter on my behalf regarding a civil matter taking place in California involving me and another party which also lives in California. The lawyer is not licensed to practice law in California. Is sending a demand letter, stating he is legally representing me, considered practicing law? Would this run afoul of any ethics? is it unauthorized practice of law?

Answer: CA lawyer here. Its been awhile since I reviewed ethics, but as long as he is not bringing an action (or stating that he personally will be bringing an action) in California I believe he's fine. Lawyer's are not technically barred from performing legal work in a state they are not licensed in (this is how in-house counsel survives for big corporations) but I don't see why he can't send a demand letter.Answer #2: Looks like both you and the [other](https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/7biv3n/ca_can_a_lawyer_in_illinois_send_a_demand_letter/) party is asking this question as well.


Title: Do i need a lawyer before going and seeinng a detective?

Question: So a detective called saying he wants to talk to me about an incident involving a girl and mentiions some details of the night. Asked for me to come in do i get a lawyer first?

Answer: Your location matters. If the United States, the answer is hell yes.Answer #2: A milliom times yes. You have absolutely nothing to gain by talking to the police. You can only incriminatr yourself, even if you think you are innocent.


Title: Marrying a single mom, anyway to mitigate the risk of paying child support if we divorce?

Question:
We live in British Columbia Canada. I'm Canadian, she's from South America and is here on a student visa. The kid was born here and is from a past relationship where the father denies it's his. He's out of the picture. We're very much in love and ready to start our lives together which involves her applying for permanent residency and us getting hitched.

My biggest concern is that my earning potential is much higher than hers and I've heard I can be on the hook for child support if we divorce.

Can this be mitigated in a prenup? Is there any other way to reduce the risk? I don't see this coming up as an issue right now, but people change and I don't know how I could handle paying for someone elses kid for a decade and change if we split up in a few years.

Answer:
 Not exactly sure how it is in Canada, but in my experience in the US, if you act like a father and the child sees you as the father, you end up as the de facto father with all the obligations that come with it.  The family courts will always rule in the best interest of the child and they have been known to rule in favor of child support for non-bio kids due to being a parent figure in the child’s life.

Child support and child custody can not be included in a prenup either.  The courts will always reserve the right to act in the best interest of the child and there are specific calculations for what your child support will be.  in some states alimony decisions also cannot be included in a a prenuptial agreement, might be different in Canada.

Basically, when you marry this woman you are assuming all the responsibilities for her and her child as a package deal.  However, constant a lawyer and see what you can protect in terms of property, savings and retirement accounts.  You’ll be on the hook for child support but might be able to counter balance that with protecting your other assets.

https://www.prenup.ca/contents/


Title: Ex won't mail me the rest of my clothes/personal belongings after I moved across the state due to leaving an abusive relationship

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 He doesn't have any obligation to mail them to you. He can only not prevent you from getting them. That *you're* unable to go get them is, frankly, not his problem.

Have you tried seeing if you can get a friend or parent to go collect them? Or contacting UPS or FedEx for pick up and delivery? (Note - he doesn't have to pack them in a box either so UPS/FedEx isn't a foolproof method).


Title: (TX) Can an employer not pay holiday pay because of absence the day before or the day after the holiday?

Question: I'm a full-time employee and have been with my company for almost three years, and this is the first time this issue has come up. I had to take yesterday, the 26th, off of work due to both my husband and my baby being ill (my baby was running a fever over Christmas and yesterday but neither of them were ill enough to warrant going to a doctor) and was not scheduled to be off of work. I contacted my immediate supervisors and HR to let them know that I would be out but was on call and would come in if I was needed. My HR's response was just "K" and nothing else. I returned to work today and, while having lunch with a coworker, they mention part of a conversation they had with HR on the 26th and how if someone is out the day directly before or after a holiday that was not pre-approved, then that employee will not be paid for the holiday. Nothing was said when I contacted HR to notify them of my absence on the 26th, nothing was said by HR to the whole office prior to this holiday or any other. Today, I did look through the employee manual information and it is listed there, and then an email was sent today by HR to "remind" us all of this policy with New Years coming up. My questions is, can an employer dock employees for taking time off that was not previously approved by not paying for holidays that would otherwise be paid?

Answer: It is actually a very common practice. Yes it is legal. Many, many companies have and enforce it strongly. It is to keep employees from calling out the day prior or following a holiday or else everyone would just call out and celebrate with friends and family while still collecting the holiday pay for the actual day.


Title: Mandatory court appearance (and court costs) for going 5 mph over the speed limit pulling out my driveway and street because Cop "Accidentally" entered the wrong charge and says he can't change it. [DE]

Question:
I was pulling out of my driveway and turning right from my small side street onto the main road for my city.

A county police officer pulled me over because he "clocked me going 33 in a 25" when I was pulling around the corner.

He asked me for my license and registration and I handed them over. I had filed a change of address with the DMV online several months ago, but hadn't gotten a new driver's license.

He tells me that he is charging me for driving with no insurance.

I tell him that I just gave him my proof of insurance.

He says that I gave him someone else's because my policy address is different from the one on my driver's license.

I tell him to look again and that the same name, age, and everything are on there.

He tells me that he already entered the charge, can't change or amend it, and is now also charging me with failure to change address.

Now, because of the "Driving without insurance" charge, I have a mandatory court appearance in JP court and have to take off work.

Is there any way to get this resolved without going into court? And can a police officer really assign you a mandatory court date with a "typo" and not have any way to amend it or cancel the charge?

I asked the cop if he was sure that there was no way to withdraw the charge he "accidentally" put in and he said that he wasn't allowed and that they will probably just drop it in court. He said that he already cut me a break by reducing my 8 mph speeding charge down to 5 mph and that I "wasn't the first guy to show wanton disregard for the speed limit and think they didn't deserve it today." He says he has no control over it now and that I need to work it out with the court, make my mandatory appearance, and that they will likely add "court costs" to my fines because I had to go to court.

I have a probation before judgement on another 5 mph speeding charge from 2 and a half years ago. It was about to fall off my record, so this entire process is very frustrating from top to bottom.

So, my main questions are:

- Was what the cop said correct?
- Is the fact that I was pulling out of my own driveway and making turning out of my street going to make any difference in maybe getting the 5 mph speeding charge dropped? I was literally less than 50 feet from my house.
- What should I do to make sure that all of the charges get dropped? I already plan on bringing my insurance info and telling them that the officer "accidentally" entered it, getting a new Driver's license with updated address (my address on file with the DMV is updated, but not my physical ID card), and maybe taking some pictures to show that I was not endangering anyone by turning out of my driveway and going 5 mph down a straight road to my house.

Thanks

Answer: In NC you can go to the district attorney’s office before the court date.  They have the power to drop or do whatever they see fit.  Seems like cop was being a giant douche to even bother giving you a 5MPH ticket TBH but it is what it is


Title: (Georgia) If a husband files for divorce based on adultery, but text records, financial records and a P.I. find no evidence of adultery, and his wife counters with proof that he has a mistress and baby with her, what happens next in the process? Six year marriage and they don’t have kids

Question: Asking on behalf of my idiot asshole brother

Answer:
 Hubbie better lube up because he isn't going to like where the judge is about to go.

If your brother is the husband in this case he has dug himself a nice hole. He needs to stop digging, and start doing what his lawyer tells him.Answer #2: The court can consider evidence of adultery when making its property division. Georgia is an equitable distribution state. That means the judge will make an equitable property distribution.  Equitable doesn't always mean equal.

That said, the amount that a judge will care about the adultery will depend on a lot. How much was husband spending on his side piece, for one. If he was frivoling away large chunks of dough, that's not going to end well for him.