Title: [Idaho] How do I kick out my ex from the house I own?

Question:
Boyfriend and I moved into together. It did not work out, and for my own mental health and sanity, I need him out of there as fast as possible.

I own the house. His name is nowhere on any of the legal documents for it. He has been paying me "rent" for the time he has lived with me, but, again, all the payments have been made in my name.

Do I give him a simple notice saying he has 30 days to move out? Do I have to have him sign a document that says he will move out in 30 days in front of a notary? Do I have to get some sort of official eviction document?

I tried looking through the landlord-tenant page, but I'm honestly still confused.

Thanks for your help in advance. I don't want to just throw him in the street, but I do want him to be out in a reasonable amount of time and I'm not 100 percent sure he will leave on his own.

Answer: He's a month-to-month tenant, so you'll need to provide him proper notice per your state's laws.  If he doesn't move out once the notice period expires, you will need to start eviction proceedings.


Title: (WI)Received 5-day "Notice to Correct Breach or Vacate" from the landlord for noise, "specifically excessive volume of footsteps". Meeting with the Apartment Leasing Manager tomorrow. Any advice?

Question:
I moved in to an apartment with my girlfriend in Milwaukee, WI in May of this year. We live on the 2nd floor of a 3 floor building.

From the day we moved in, the neighbor below us has been non stop complaining about the noise we make, specifically walking around too late when he is trying to sleep. I have received a call from the leasing manager in the past letting me know about his complaints.

Tonight the building manager dropped off a 5-day "Notice to Correct Breach or Vacate" for breaching our rental agreement. It informs us that we are in breach of the "not to make excessive noise or engage in activities which unduly disturb neighbors or other tenants in the building." Then below in italics, "Specifically, excessive volume of footsteps (possible stomping and/or running) heard by other tenants from approx. 8pm on 11/16/15 - 2am on 11/17/15."

I typed up a dispute for this notice which explains what we were doing (sitting on the couch and watching TV, walking to the bathroom and walking to the kitchen). In other words, normal household shit.

The dude who lives below us is friends with the owner of my rental company so I imagine that is why we have been getting harassed by not only him but the landlord (his friend) as well.

Any advice for tomorrow? Really hoping I don't have to go the lawyer route but will if they try to evict.

TL;DR: Received notice to correct breach or vacate from walking around too much from 8pm-2am.
Topic:
Landlord Tenant Housing

Answer:
 It seems your property is in need of repair if it's bothering the neighbors that much. File a repair order, say you can't even walk from room to room without it being so loud that you face eviction. Makes a nice counter claim if he does take you to court.Answer #2: Do you have a lease? If so, when does it end? Answer #3: Do you have wood floors, carpet, or other?Answer #4: I don't really have any advice that I can give.

LOL @ "excessive volume of footsteps". Like you have little volume knobs on your shoes and you cranked those babies to 11!Answer #5: Ridiculous.  Not a WI lawyer, but this one seems pretty straightforward.  You have as much of a right to "quiet enjoyment" as your neighbor.  Although you probably won't find a WI case directly on point, this should include your ability to walk around your apartment at any damn time you please.

Preventing you from walking around your apartment at night would *probably* count as an unreasonable restriction on your "beneficial enjoyment" of the premises and *may* be considered a constructive eviction.  See generally [Todd v. Apex Property](https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=18223310670815190425&q=%22beneficial+enjoyment%22+noise&hl=en&as_sdt=4,50)

In other words, I don't believe they can truly evict you for this.  However, nuisance/noise issues like this are very fact-sensitive so I wouldn't want to give you any guarantees.


Title: Airbag went off randomly while I was driving at 5mph about to stop at a tee light

Question: No injury other than some scratches and redness on my arms. I don’t want to sue anyone for injury but I really don’t want to have to pay to get new air bags and steering wheel fixed. About a week ago I received a message saying to service air bags. I was at college and only drive once a week so I was going to wait until I came home. Just left school then bam airbags deploy in both seats. After taking it to the dealership he said he’d never seen this happen before. That message indicates that airbags will not deploy. How do I not pay to get them fixed.

Answer:
 My recommendation is to have the dealer check for a recall on the airbag sensor. A quick googling found a recall for several Chevy/GMC models. My own 2007 Chevy Equinox was recalled for the exact same thing.  But I also received a recall notice in the mail when the recall originated.

https://repairpal.com/chevrolet/silverado+2500+hd/recallsAnswer #2: Even at 13 years, no warranty and a nonspecific warning, if the airbag failed due to a *defect*, the dealer and/or manufacturer would be liable for damages caused by improper deployment.  If it failed due to ordinary wear, the warning probably cuts off liability.

Many US states require warnings to be informational, and so might be receptive to an argument that the "check airbags" light implies that airbags might not deploy.   There's a California case involving someone sitting at the front of a pontoon boat, ignoring "warning, do not sit here while boat is moving".  The assumption is "you might drown", which a confident swimmer might ignore.  The real reason is that If you fall in, you may get sucked under the boat and cut to ribbons by the engine screw.

The problem is that at 13 years, determining whether it was a one-off defect or 13 years of wear would cost a lot more than the repair.  If it broke your nose, or cheekbones, or caused a serious accident, that might be worth looking into.

OTOH, given the amount of publicity airbag failures have gotten recently, you might be able to convince the airbag manufacturer or automaker to replace it as a goodwill gesture.


Title: [texas] my mom dismantled the a/c unit, in the middle of summer, and is trying to repair it herself. i have not had cold air for almost 2 months and i'm being cooked alive in my room at night.

Question: she's on pain meds because of perm. disability status. these pills make her forgetful and she's easily distracted. when she first started taking apart the a/c unit, she thought it would be something easy to fix, so she dismantled the entire thing. once she found out about all these building codes that she has to follow in order to fix it, she left the unit apart and the house without cold air. after a week of that, she decided to buy herself and her roommate a personal a/c unit for their rooms. i wasn't given the option of getting one of those and have to rely on a single fan to blow air into my room for air. i have woken up every night covered in sweat because i can't regulate my body temp. i am delirious every morning, it's very hard for me wake up from my sleep and it feels like i'm in an altered state of mind until i can cool off. she has had the parts to repair the unit for two weeks now but hasn't made any progress towards repairing the unit, it's been getting progressively hotter with each passing day. i am not under 18 and i have a disability that makes physical activities hard on my body, moving out isn't an option for me.

Answer:
 Not having AC is not abuse or neglect. I would hazard that billions of people live every day without it.

Open a window, drink water


Title: Any advice will help

Question: My girlfriend and I have a house together and her mother has come to live with us last year because she is mentally and physically unable of taking care of herself. She is heavily medicated by her doctor and my gf is now her caretaker through ihss. Recently the mothers' daughter (also my gf's sister but she has basically cut her out of her life a while back being that she is hostile) has come back into our lives. She now resides in mexico with her abusive husband and son and claiming baby #2 is on the way. She asked for money from the mother so she could "buy stuff for the baby" even though it is unborn and not even one month along in the pregnancy even If it were true. Now the mother gets just enough money each month from ssi to pay her share of rent/utilities/cell phone/food etc so she said she could not help out maybe next month. The daughter is now infuriated and has been non stop harassing my girlfriend, her mother, and now me. Making endless threats to all of us including trying to make a fake report to ssi to ensure her mother's income will become ceased. Also reaching out to other family members (including mine) to basically talk trash. Just last week she made a false police report and had the cops come to our house because she "has not heard from her mother in a week and is afraid we hurt her" which was all a lie. Now we are going to the courthouse Monday morning to file restraining orders but I'm not sure that will work as she is in Mexico. We continue to block threatening phone calls and messages from her but alas she keeps getting new numbers. We are up to our ears in stress do any of you have any advice on what we can do to make our lives easier. The last thing we want to do is move again and change our numbers since she will probably just find us again. We live in California.

Answer:
 Get a domestic restraining order for you and your GF, and [a dependent adult RO](http://www.courts.ca.gov/1258.htm#ea) for GF's mom.

You may have to spend the effort to [file for a RO in Mexico](http://www.justanswer.com/immigration-law/8mxp1-permanent-retraining-order-valid-mexico.html), if GF's sister continues to harass yall from over the border.


Title: (WA) Can I cut back my neighbor's blackberry bushes if they start coming onto my property?

Question: So my neighbor owns the lot behind our house. The lot seems to be used not so often and they're home is on the lot behind another neighbor's house (they own a lot of land). Anyway, the lot behind my property is overgrown. No big deal, don't really care about that, my only issue is they have black berry bushes that are growing over the fence and into our back yard. Can I cut the branches that are in our yard without worrying about any legal repercussions?

Answer: Yes, as long as doing so does not kill the bush.


Title: Building Management plans to evict me for smoking in my balcony

Question:
I live in a condo in Ontario and my building management is planning on evicting me if I continue to smoke in my balcony. I feel that because I live on the first floor and is what most people see when they enter the building, the management in my condo is enforcing stricter rules on me. To make things more confusing, there's a cigarette area directly in front of the entrance. I don't wanna smoke in my home and I don't understand why going in front of the entrance to smoke next to people coming and going home would be better than me smoking in my balcony in peace.
Topic:
Landlord Tenant Housing

Answer: Are you smoking on your balcony in violation of any agreements with the condo?


Title: Custody issue of Drop-off in Texas

Question: The orders state my ex is to drop off my daughter at her "school" after spending time with him that includes an overnight. She is homeschooled. He said he spoke to his attorney relayed that his attorney stated that since she doesn't attend a school institution, that I am to pick her up at his house at the time that school starts. There isn't any paperwork that supports this, in the orders or otherwise, to my knowledge, only his lawyer's say-so as far as I can tell. Can a lawyer just change the letter of the orders like that just because something is different? It seems to be more reasonable that he would drop her off here since this is where we have schooling in the morning. Instead, he is changing the location and the person responsible for the drop-off/pick-up.

Answer: You will need to court and have the custody order clarified and enforced.


Title: Can I file for unemployment if I'll be on unpaid medical leave for 6 weeks?

Question: I have a back injury from a car accident (unrelated to work) and they have put me on unpaid leave until it is healed. Which will be around 4-6 weeks according to my doctor. I have 300 in my bank account which will obviously not last 6 weeks. What do I do?

Answer: When you apply for unemployment, you must be ready and willing to accept full-time work if it is offered. Are you?


Title: Am I allowed to make a Class II medical device for myself?

Question:
I have electronics knowledge and want to make myself a CPAP device, not to sell or give anyone, but purely for personal use. Am I allowed to do this? If I wanted to get the circuit board printed so it's not on a crappy breadboard, would a circuit board manufacturer be allowed to provide me with that service? I live in Canada, so I guess this is a question specific to Canadian law and regulations.

Edit: added info
Topic:
Healthcare Law including HIPAA

Answer:
 Need much more information than just "class 2" device.

To put this in perspective, a condom is a [class 2 medical device](http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/Transparency/Basics/ucm194438.htm). You're not making an electronic condom are you?


Title: Legal Advice please!!

Question: So long story short I have a friend that was incarcerated on a domestic violence warrant and he suffers from epileptic seizures basically he had a seizure and there was a guard that was unaware of his condition so the guard went in and assaulted him and now the guard is claiming that he bit him during that seizure and now he has more days added to his sentence so what I want to know is what should my plan of action be? What kind of attorney should I be looking for and should I be looking for an attorney at all

Answer:
 You don't need an attorney at all for your friend's case.

Your friend should consult with his criminal defense attorney.


Title: Police searched my parents home for my adopted brother and caused property damage, what can they do?

Question:
My adopted brother has had several drug and problems with the law. Many of which started very young, enough that my mom knows many officers. My brother has not lived at my parents home for 6 years. My parents even pursued a restraining order against him but did not obtain it after he went to jail. Earlier today they were woken up by yelling and flashlights with guns pointed through the windows. They were all escorted out of the house at gunpoint and held in front of the house. The police which my parents who were terrified of were more than a dozen. Searched the house and caused property damage. They left doors open and allowed my family's dogs to run out. My family were told they could not get our dogs and to stay put, they were able to find the dogs hours later. Minutes later they just walked out of the house with nothing. My family went inside to find several things broken including several doors some of which were locked. The most incredible part of the situation is that this is actually the 2nd time this has happened to my parents. My parents were much more understanding the first time, because nothing was broken then. But they explain to the officers then which was 2 years ago that they no longer had a relationship with him. Ultimately i know who is to blame for this. But surely the police cannot be this ignorant and get away with this, they were absolutely humiliated in front of their neighbors.

This all happened in Southern California, in LA county im not sure if i have to be more specific in terms of location.

Answer:
 Your parents can talk to the department about filing a damage claim.  In the general case, they'd need to prove that the force used was unreasonable - and in the general case, breaching doors during an otherwise legitimate search is reasonable.

Answer #2: > The police which my parents who were terrified of were more than a dozen.

What a strange way to formulate a sentence.


Title: What is "reasonable notice" from a landlord showing an apartment to a prospective tenant? [MN]

Question:
Hello, Reddit!

TL;DR: How much notice does a landlord in Minnesota need to give a tenant before entering their unit to show to a prospective tenant?

At 4:56 today, my landlord sent me an email stating that they will be showing my unit to prospective tenants tomorrow morning at 11:30 AM. I will be at work during this time, am not comfortable with my landlord entering without myself present, and will not be able to get time off on this short of notice.

After sending a reply, calling the phone number listed at the bottom of the email, and leaving a voicemail since their office closed at 5, I managed to get in contact with somebody from the property management company, who essentially told me that there was nothing I could to do to prevent this entry or reschedule it.

Looking online, I found this statute, which seems relevant in this situation. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=504B.178 Since the statute is a bit vague, I was hoping for some guidance- is my landlord in the wrong for giving less than 24 hours notice, or am I misunderstanding my rights as a tenant?

If it impacts things at all, no, I am not hiding anything that violates the lease. I'm just not comfortable with leaving my possessions unguarded while strangers are in the apartment. I'm also nearing the end of my lease and have already submitted my notice to vacate.

Answer: 24 hours is good practice, but it's unlikely that the notice he gave you would be seen as unreasonable in court.


Title: [TX] My daughter may have been sexually assaulted by my father. What do I do?

Question:
I'll try and be as concise as possible, without rambling. About 12-15 years ago, my kids and I lived with my parents for roughly a year. My daughter would've been kindergarten/first grade at the time. At one point, my daughter tells my wife she walked in on her grandpa while he was changing. She wasn't distraught, so we thought nothing of it (she'd done the same to us, so no biggie).

A couple years ago, there were rumors he'd done "something" with my female cousin, but nothing ever came off it.

Tonight, my mom (estranged from my dad for a while now) reiterated that we were allowing our kids near a pedophile. We sat down with our daughter (and no one else) and asked her if she had any memories of something bad with him.

She's sixteen now, and pretty practical, so I tend to take her at her word. She said she doesn't remember anything beyond when she walked in on him, but she mentioned how, whenever she tried to remember more, she gets bad anxiety and starts feeling nervous.

Obviously, this wanders into the realm of therapy, so I realize there are questions you can't answer. My main question is, if we want to pursue this, should we go to a therapist or the police first? Am I just overreacting?

Thanks for any advice. I'm just not sure what to do now.

Answer:
 You should go to a therapist if your daughter is having anxiety. Telling the police that she doesn't remember anything bad happening but has general anxiety won't go anywhere.Answer #2: You'd have to go to the therapist first, because you currently have literally *zero* evidence to give the police.  She doesn't remember anything bad happening.

If at some point she is in a place where she remembers what happened and is willing and able to go through the process of reporting it (and possibly testifying about it in open court) then by all means explore that.

But beyond that, therapy and keeping her (and any of your other kids) away are going to be the orders of the day.


Title: Mom drugs kid

Question: [deleted]

Answer: You cannot force the state to prosecute anything. If a family judge has no interest either, or doesn't believe it, literally nothing can be done.


Title: What rights do I have against guests coming and staying in my room with no warning despite paying no board.

Question:
Hi. I'm currently living with my elderly grandmother, my father and my sister in a three bedroom house in the UK. My father moved out of his flat 10 years ago ago where my sister and I would live half the time when we were teenagers. The other half of the time we lived with our mother.  He moved out of this flat 10 years ago because he was spending most of his time caring for my elderly grandmother and was spending most of the time here rather than at the flat. So it made sense for him to move in with her. My mother has mental health issues and my sister and I are unable to live with her. My sister moved in with my father full time a year ago. My father was the sole career of my grandmother as all other family lived elsewhere in the Uk and would visit my grandmother once or twice a year. 7 months ago I moved back to my home town and moved in with my grandmother and father and sister. I didn't know until a few month of living here that the house was in fact owned by my Aunty (my dad's sister) and my uncle. My Aunty unfortunately passed away a year ago and ownership went to her 5 children.

Whilst living here I have shared a room with my sister. I have offered to pay board towards me staying here but it has been denied. I have moved back home to focus on studying a course to further my career and I am currently working on a 0 hours contract. For the past 7 months I have made it very clear how upset it makes me feel when I come home from work, and there is someone staying in my room, sometimes in my bed, and moving my personal items etc. it makes me feel extremely invaded and uncomfortable.

I have come home tonight to find that my cousin (one of the 5 children who owns the house) has come with no warning, moved my property around and will be staying in my room.

I have expressed my unhappiness at how I never get a warning when things like this happen. I would have absolutely no problem with it if I had even a days warning to this happening. It dissolved in to an argument about if how I don't like it I should leave, my cousin saying how 'it's my house! It's my house'. I have said that I surely have a right to know when someone will be coming and staying my personal space. In the past, landlords or student accommodation have to give me written warnings for coming on to the property or in to the room.  I do not pay board despite my offers, I believe this is because my dad also doesn't pay anything to live here. But I have contributed to the family shop and buy things for the house.

Can someone tell me if I have any legal 'leg to stand on' so to speak, with someone coming and staying in the room that I live in without my warning? Not to take any action obviously, but to say, look this is the actual law and I would appreciate you considering this in the future.

I have never posted here before so I'm sorry if I have left details out or I am in the wrong sub. Any advice would be welcome and I am happy to give more details. I have tried to keep emotions out of this post but it is a very hard situation as this is family that I am dealing with.

Answer: Hi there! This board is mostly for rebelling colonists that do not know there difference between a solicitor and a barrister. Try /r/legaladviceuk in order to get advice regarding the laws of Her Majesty's Government.


Title: My husband got a misdemeanor for driving without a Class B license.

Question:
So for the past two weeks my husband has been working for this construction company while his school is on break for a bit of extra cash. He's worked for them a couple times before, kind of an under-the-table gig.

Yesterday his boss told him to drive a dump truck. He got pulled over for a "routine inspection" and to his surprise, he got a misdemeanor and a ticket. The ticket was not for any traffic violation, I believe it was because of something on the truck that did not pass inspection.

My husband was unaware that he needed a Class B, his boss never told him. Note - this is a very sketchy construction company. None of the employees have a Class B.

My husband is devastated and scared to death this will affect his future career. He's in school to be a helicopter mechanic and had a pretty sweet job lined up. He knows the FAA is pretty strict about who they hire. He's finished with school in two months (ugh!)

Couple questions -

Is the boss/company legally obligated to pay for the ticket/a lawyer? Is there any chance of the charges being dropped to just a fine or something? He's never been in any sort of trouble, no record, not even a traffic ticket.

This happened in Florida.

Advice is very much appreciated.

Edit: He has court on June 7th.

Also, we're going up to the office in a bit to get his paycheck and confront the boss, is there anything specific we should say? I probably won't get a response in time, but just in case.

**UPDATE** So I'm looking over his paperwork now (I was out of town when this happened) and they overloaded the truck by 4200 pounds. You only need a Class B if the truck is 26,001 pounds or more. If they had put the right amount of dirt in the truck, he would have been fine. I believe this changes things, yes?

**UPDATE 2** We have an appointment for a lawyer in a couple hours. The company is paying for the lawyer and the ticket.

The truck was rated for 25,999 lbs, which means my husband was legally allowed to drive the truck until *they* overloaded it.

Answer:
 He should hire a criminal defense lawyer to get the misdemeanor knocked down to a violation or have a differed judgment. His boss is not going to help him at all. Answer #2: > So I'm looking over his paperwork now (I was out of town when this happened) and they overloaded the truck by 4200 pounds. You only need a Class B if the truck is 26,001 pounds or more. If they had put the right amount of dirt in the truck, he would have been fine. I believe this changes things, yes?

The truck driver is also responsible for the weight of the truck, and if there are any doubts, is expected to weigh it and bring it into compliance.Answer #3: He needs to lawyer up.  There are plenty of attorneys who specialize in CDL citations.


Title: [TX] Difference between felony brandishment and deadly conduct.

Question:
A teenager is arguing with their parent, the parent shoots at the teenager with a shotgun.  The teenager is terrified, convinced that the (drug addicted) father is trying to kill her.

The father, after the fact openly admits to shooting at her, but claims he was using blanks.  The father doesn't work, doesn't have his own reloading equipment, so this is rather doubtful, yet when I looked, I couldn't find any damage to the house, that might have been from pellets, bullet, or punkinball.  (Yet, when was the last time you heard of a meth addict wasting money on blanks?)

The mother was present when it happened, the brother (12 at the time) was outside and heard the shot.  Her older sister (20) was present as well.  The mother insists that she wasn't hurt, and refused to call the law, saying he only did it to scare her.

It is my understanding that felony brandishment has a statute of limitation of 2 years here in Tx, but deadly conduct would have a statute of limitation of 5 years.

Does this sound like it would fall under felony brandishing, or deadly conduct?

We are trying to figure if there is still time to file charges, since it has been just slightly over 2 years ago.  The girl was 16 when this happened  The sister refused to agree to be a witness until about a month ago.

Answer: go report it, the DA will determine what fits better and thus what's a valid time. Answer #2: Report it and let the police sort it out. Hell, maybe it's attempted murder.


Title: 21 years old and trying to enroll 17 year old sister in school .

Question: Hi, as the title says I am 21 years old in California trying to enroll my 17 year old sister in school again. My immigrant parents left back to their home country and tried to bring her with them but they are sending her back as it's starting to get dangerous. They are not American citizens so they can't come back. I'm not sure what my resources are or how to go about it any help is appreciated.

Answer:
 Typically you require a form of legal guardianship when attempting to enrol a minor. However; there are federal laws about ensuring free and appropriate public education for "homeless" children. The federal term for homeless is broader than the colloquial definition and may apply in your case too. Speak to the [homeless student representative](http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/hs/documents/homeless2016list.xls) at your assigned school.

This may also trigger a visit by a social worker to ensure her needs are being adequately addressed. During this visit, they may help you file for benefits; if necessary and sheand you are eligible.


Title: Apartment wants to charge $400 for rubber worst bands?!

Question:
Apartment placed this new policy that you need a rubber wrist band ($5) in order to enter the pool. In order to get the wristband, you had to sign a document that management was supposed to go over with you and sign. We are ready to move out and honestly don't know where the wristbands are. When we went to check out, they pulled out a $400 bill and the signed form stating that each band was $100 ($400 total) and showed where my husband signed the form. No manager went over this with him, and no one from management signed the form.

Are we still liable??

Answer: If your husband signed a contract stating he'd pay $100 for each un-returned wrist band, he's liable. Your husband shouldn't sign things he doesn't read.


Title: I signed a settle agreement with my state nursing board at the advice of my lawyer who had a conflict of interest

Question:
I'm sorry I will not be putting my location, and will be kind of vague. My order is public on the federal quickconfirm website, and is so easy to dig up, and from there where I live.

Sometime between 2005 and 2010 I agreed to discipline with my state's RN board after being reported as the direct supervisor of a nurse who made a serious mistake. I was off site when it occurred, but I was their supervisor, and I'm the person who spoke to the family after. The nurse who made the mistake doesn't show any discipline online, although their licenses are all inactive.

Before we settled, I asked my lawyer (who was also a nurse) if we can't just (in a diplomatic way) let the nurse get sucked under the bus for taking the action on their own without involving me -- the unsafe activity wasn't my doing. She responded something along the lines of "[we] nurses dont report other nurses", and encouraged me to settle as I was still culpable.

I found out this summer that my lawyer is old friends with the owner of the facility. With everything else shitty going on, I'm very certain I was railroaded and scapegoated to prevent the facility from being blamed. It could be stock text, but my order even has in the preamble "wishes to settle without the time needed for a full hearing".

My discipline is a permanent publicly available reprimand with violations "substandard or inadequate care" and "improper supervision". My nursing career has basically been over ever since, I've been more or less practicing at a PN level for 10 years. I'm really fucking upset.

I know it's terribly unhelpful to not say which state I'm in, but generally speaking, I have a couple question:

Can I bring this to light and try to have this re-tried by the board?

If so, what's the best way? Would reporting my nurse-lawyer be a start? My state has required board reporting, but would pointing out my lawyer for covering this up invite discipline on me for taking the hush-hush advice and not reporting the LPN (I don't suppose following my lawyers advice is any defense)?

Any general tips for finding/vetting a different lawyer? I'm honestly scared of running into someone else in that circle of friends. It's a small world out here.

Answer:
 >Can I bring this to light and try to have this re-tried by the board?

Generally speaking, it's not enough to show a conflict of interest and get a new hearing.  You would have to show that they did something that caused you to lose when you otherwise wouldn't have.  The other problem is that usually when you settle you waive rights to appeals.  Without a state and other details no one will be able to give you more than general advice.

Were you on duty when the incident occurred?


Title: One party consent recording. What counts as a "party to the conversation"?

Question:
Came across this article: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/man-who-recorded-doctors-mocking-him-during-operation-sues-anesthesiologist-and-practice-for-500000-10341565.html

TLDR: Guy is having surgery in Virginia. Before surgery he starts an audio recorder on his phone and puts it in his pocket. He goes under anesthesia, and has the surgery. He wakes up, listens to the recording, and hears the surgical team saying some bad things about him. He sues them.

The article glosses over the most interesting part to me. Was this recording legal? The article only says:
>The doctors’ attorneys argued that the recording was illegal, but the man’s attorneys noted that Virginia is a “one-party consent” state, meaning that only one person involved in a conversation need agree to the recording.

Virginia is a [one party consent state.](http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+19.2-62) But was this man a party to the conversation? Obviously the surgical team didn't think so, or they wouldn't have said those things. Does being in the room automatically make you a party to the conversation? Even if you're sleeping/passed out/under general anesthesia?

Answer: Not a lawyer, but don't they generally use twilight sedation for colonoscopies? This would mean that you're awake, but not really with it. You also don't form memories of the event.


Title: Wife was fired due to pregnancy and visits to the OB?

Question: MY wife took a new job on Jan 1 of 2015. She also found out she was pregnant around this same time. She spoke to the HR dept and explained she would need to take some trips to the OBGYN before she started to accrue PTO. Everything was going fine until last week. She was out 3 days due to pregnancy related issues and we took a trip to see her OB. She got a letter in her email that 3rd day stating she was no longer needed and that she had accrued 36 PTO hours but had actually used 68.5. I was just wondering if we should pursue any type of legal options. I will do my best to answer any questions but some direction would really help.

Answer:
 IMO, she doesn't have any options except applying for unemployment.

She hadn't been there long enough for FMLA leave, and there's no indication that she was fired because she was pregnant, but because of her absences.


Title: Being bent over by a buyer on paypal as well as paypal, what can I do?

Question:
Location: TN, USA.

I sold a phone on ebay several months ago, shipped it out to the guy that bought it, never heard anything back from him, figured everything was all good.

A month after he receives the phone I get an email from paypal saying he is disputing the transaction, saying the phone was not as described, scratched, broken, doesn't work.

The pictures he sends are not consistent with the pictures I took to make the listing, there are new scratches everywhere on the phone, and parts of the case that are broken that were not before. He claims it arrived like that, but the pictures I took right before boxing it up show none of these.

I give all this information to paypal and they side with the buyer, saying my item was not as described and that he will return the phone and I must refund the money.

Irritated at this point from having to deal with this, especially since in the new condition it's in if I manage to resell it it would be for something like half the value of it.

So then I get the phone back in the mail, and the screen has been smashed with a hammer several times.

I contact paypal, file an appeal, include all the information, new pictures of the phone, and I get an email back almost immediately that says they stand by their decision and that the phone was sent to the buyer in that exact condition.

So at this point I am out nearly $200 and the actual phone, since it's certainly worthless now.

Is there anything I can do? What recourse do I have?

Answer: Paypal always sides with the buyer.  I've closed my account with them for this reason.  I had the same problem and they wouldn't even consider my side.Answer #2: I'm pretty sure you don't have any recourse here.  Paypal's TOS are pretty seller-unfriendly and you aren't the first person to get burned by them unfortunately.  Taking the buyer to small claims would probably be your only avenue.Answer #3: I had a similar incident.  I ended up filing a complain with the San Jose California Better Business Bureau (this is where they are located) and got resolution through that avenue and was contacted by someone in their Executive Escalations department.  I had not heard of this department until then but they have someone who can review your file in more depth and hopefully provide assistance.  I would call customer service department and ask to speak to someone in this department about the claim.  I hope this helps.


Title: I’ll be homeless in 2 days please help

Question: Parent sent 3000 dollars to pay for my tuition to my university. Then, after a fight, he cancelled the payment on the web check, resulting in me having only a few days to pay my tuition plus an extra $50 fee sent to me because of an unpaid check being sent to the school. What are my options?

Answer: write a check, go to your financial aid office see what they say, talk to your school, or beg someone for money


Title: Left old employer, they are refusing to pay me earned commissions.

Question:
State of New Jersey.

As mentioned, I put my two weeks in and they let me go to my current job. I was still owed a hefty sum in commissions, which they are trying to ignore me to pay.

Please let me know how I go about getting recourse for my commissions

I am considering sending them a 1099 for that as well as a percentage of a report they generate- which shows the present value of all opportunities in the sales pipeline.

Answer:
 Not a lawyer, but sales guy here. I've posted this before:

Commissions are wages, period. Withholding commissions is the same as withholding wages and is against the law.

However, the commissions have to be "earned" and that term varies by employer. Your commission plan (you have a copy of it, right?) should spell out when commissions are earned. For example, some companies consider commissions earned when the customer signs a contract. Other consider them earned when an invoice is sent. Some require the customers to pay before paying you commissions.

If you earned the commissions under the terms of your commission plan, file a wage claim with the [NJ Department of Labor.](https://nj.gov/labor/wagehour/complnt/filing_wage_claim.html)

Hopefully you have proof, e.g. copies of the commission plan, list of accounts and sale amounts, copies of signed contracts, etc. Those things help tremendously.

Good luck.Answer #2: > present value of all opportunities in the sales pipeline.

Pipeline isn't a closed deal and earned income.
I've seen shops where they don't pay you till the customer pays their first bill which... Isn't till 6 months into the project!

I've seem shops where you don't get paid until the contract is completed. 3 YEARS into a contract the rep was trying to get the final check boxes "finished".Answer #3: >I am considering sending them a 1099 for that as well as a percentage of a report they generate- which shows the present value of all opportunities in the sales pipeline.

This doesn't make any sense.


Title: I really need some advice before I go see a lawyer

Question:
My mom passed away when I was 15. I was left with a mobile home, at the time I felt resentment towards my family so I asked my friend if I could live with her and her dad agreed to become my guardian. He sold the mobile home for $8,000. I was never aware of the real price he sold it for until now, he had told me he sold it for $3,000 but he had to pay back taxes so I supposedly only ended up getting $2,000. I went through my bank statements and there is a deposit of $2,000, I want to know what happened to the other $6,000 .

Things didn't go well, I only stayed with them for 6 months I got back in touch with my family and I moved in with a cousin. My guardian didn't want to go through all the paperwork to change my custody so he said he would let me live with my family if he kept receiving the money the government issues you to take care of a foster youth even though he wasn't taking care of me. He wouldn't let me tell anybody that I didn't live with him because he didn't want to get in trouble.

He stole form me and he committed fraud.
Would I have a good case? Was it his right to sell the mobile home and keep the money? Can his wife get in trouble for knowing what was going on?

California - he sold the mobile home 5 years ago, his custody was terminated 2 years ago

Answer:
 statute of limitation issues mean you can't afford to wait any longer. go talk to a trusts and estate lawyer ASAP.  Answer #2: Fraud issue: tell the agency that gave him those funds. they can force him to pay them back to the state if you weren't living with him. you won't be a big part of this and won't get any of the money.

Mobile home: In most states, a guardian has a yearly duty to account for the ward's (your) funds. There should be a report filed in your court case with the funds. You can also check with the property tax assessor's office to find out if there were any back taxes. Assuming he sold it for 8k and gave you 2k, then [statute of limitations](http://www.courts.ca.gov/9618.htm#Type_of_Problem_or_Case) is going to be your biggest potential problem since you're over 18 now. You can extend the statute of limitations if the person concealed it, but sales are all public record so you're going to have a tough time making that argument.Answer #3: How much trouble do you want to stir up?

Because fraudulently taking payments from the state is something that can end with jail time, in addition to having to pay back the money.


Title: People keeping knocking on my door in my fenced in yard.

Question:
It's getting really annoying. I have dogs and a sign that says "beware of dogs"  as well as a labeled spot for deliveries but delivery and sales people ignore it. I was looking into a way to have motion sensors turn on a timer that turns my sprinklers on for like two minutes, or something along the lines of that. I work nights, so I'm always asleep and the knocking makes my dogs bark, which wakes me up.

Is that considered assault and could I get in legal trouble?

Answer:
 Put a sign by the doorbell that says I work nights please don’t knock, people are generally reasonable.

The sprinkler thing would be a quick way to get mail carriers to stop deliveries though. They’ll hold everything at the office.


Title: My life insurance policy allows a withdrawal of up to 100% while still living if diagnosed with a terminal illness, but reduced benefit for suicide. If I ever had such an illness, and wanted to fly to Switzerland to humanely end my life - could they come after my beneficiaries for the difference?

Answer:
 Fly to California instead.

[ Cal. Health & Safety Code § 443.18](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC&sectionNum=443.18.)

"Actions taken in accordance with this part shall not, for any purposes, constitute suicide, assisted suicide, homicide, or elder abuse under the law."

Assisted suicide in California is not considered suicide under the law.  The policy would have to have a specific provision to exclude assisted suicide for terminal illness, if it does, you have your answer for Switzerland, too.


Title: #California Roommate just confessed to throwing away my girlfriend's mail. What can we do?

Question:
Our lease is up and we are moving out on the 30th. In an argument tonight he just confessed to, as we suspected, throwing away mail she had received. This included her California photo ID which the DMV told us they had sent but we never found. Because she was unable to present this ID she lost her job and it caused a whole bunch of other problems. The DMV told us they had to wait another 30 days and we had to pay another $30 which we didn't really have before they would replace it.

What options do we have here? He claimed the reason he threw it away was because "She wasn't on the lease and therefore she wasn't allowed to receive mail here"

Can we take him to court? Have him prosecuted? Thank you. He told us straight up that he did it, and we have found mail of hers in the trash before. Thank you.

Answer: That... may be mail theft. Contact the postal inspectors.


Title: [CT, USA] Car hit in parking lot by carts $1000+ worth of damages.

Question:
A week ago I was shopping at a local grocery store (I work for the chain but not this particular store) and as I was checking out my car plate was paged to the service desk. A customer noticed two carts come out of the overflowing cart corral and hit my car putting two big scratches, denting the top of the bumper, cracking the left spoiler and cracking the right side of the bumper. I filled a incident report in the store and was called a few days later saying they were not going to pay for it.

The store does not have any signs saying they are not liable for damage caused by carts and there own policy is no more than 10 carts in the lot at a time. Every corral at the time was overflowing to the point where even if you pushed the carts in they were completely sticking out of the corral.

I'm just trying to figure out if the store is liable for the damages done and if its worth seeking legal advice.

Answer: Contact your insurance company. They will be able to figured out if the store is liable, and will go after them. That is what you pay them for.


Title: Mailing weed brownies

Question:
This is purely hypothetical.

Person A and Person B live in Texas in different cities. Let's say person A puts weed brownies in a box and mails it to person B through USPS.

If somehow a USPS worker or anyone involved in the delivery of the package discovers the illegal substance, can person B get in trouble? Person B cannot control what gets mailed to him, and if there is no record showing Person B asked for this package to be sent to him, could he face legal trouble?

Again this is all purely hypothetical.

Answer: Yes, felony drug trafficking, the court will see right through your little "but I didn't ask for this" nonsense.  The court isn't required to close its mind to reason and logic.


Title: Ex-wife is filing for full custody and child support of our daughter

Question:
Like the title states, I just found out today. I received the opera in the mail. We’ve spoken the past two weeks about going to mediation and setting a more concrete schedule for custody since I’ve moved from Asheville, NC to Maggie Valley, NC. We’ve always dealt with custody ourselves ever since the divorce happened four years ago. I was lead to believe we were doing mediation and nothing more. But today, I was served with papers saying we have a mediation date and a court date set for custody and child support. I’m completely blindsided by all this.

But as I was reading through the papers, I’ve found multiply instances of her lying about how much I’ve kept my daughter since moving to Maggie Valley. She claims I’ve never had her stay with me at my new home but I have plenty of witnesses, pictures, and my own daughter can vouch that she has stayed with me. My daughter is 12 years old fyi.

Catching her in these lies, is that something that will help me in the custody battle?

I apologize this isn’t better stated and I can’t go into much more detail as I’m in a bathroom stall at work typing this on my phone.

My brain is just racked at the moment and I would like some good news.
Topic:
Custody Divorce and Family

Answer:
 Her statements in a complaint or motion to modify custody (it’s unclear just what she filed from your post, but arguably it should be a motion, not a complaint) are unlikely to be a huge deal, what will matter is evidence presented to the court.  On Monday you need to call your attorney, or if you don’t have one you need to hire one.

The court will first need to find a material change in circumstances to reconsider custody, then the court will look to see what is in the best interest of the child.  You need an attorney to help you with this, because just charging into court pissed that your ex-wife is lying will not go well, even if she is lying and you are justifiably pissed.


Title: [GA] one of my 3 roommates is moving out, and the rest of us have to sign a letter saying they can leave the lease for the leasing office. Can i legally ask this person for $20 to sign it?

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 Can you?  Yes, you can.

Should you?  No, they're willing to completely get out of your life by having you remove them from the lease.


Title: CA, just got into a fight.

Question: I might have overreacted in a situation. I've been drinking a lot and I saw this guy hit his wife. He didn't really hit her hard, it was an open back hand but it broke her nose, she was bleeding alot and her nose was broken off to the side. I meant to tell the guy "hey, you don't put your hands on women in anger" but I hit the guy instead, I hit him twice and missed with the third because he was falling. I was drunk, I am drunk now, I got on my bike and got out of there. I didn't mean to bike drunk and I didn't mean to hit that guy, I think I broke my left hand. What do I do now?

Answer:
 1.) See a doctor.

2.) Contact a lawyer if you are approached by the police about this.

3.) Examine your use of alcohol and seek appropriate help.Answer #2: Go see a doctor.  If you fuck up your hand, everything from typing to lifting things will be more difficult for a long time, or they get to rebreak the bones, which is just as fun as it sounds.

Don't talk to cops, if they show up.

Do talk to a lawyer if the cops show up.


Title: Apartment I lived in 2 years ago sent $1600 to collections. Not sure why. Need to dispute but would like some advice.

Question:
Like the title says, I lived in an apartment from October 2014 - 2015. Paid rent timely each month, never an issue. Signed all the documents when we moved out (I did not keep copies). Old roommate still lives in same apartment complex.

Fast forward to now, I checked my credit report a while back and saw an amount in collections. I checked my mailbox and sure enough there was a letter from "Fair Collections and Outsourcing" stating that I owe $1600 (about 1 month of rent). The apartment complex name and management name is on the paper as the creditor. The paper says they are willing to accept 50% of the payment as settlement in full. I do not believe I owe this amount at all.

I have already checked my bank statements and definitely paid my last months rent in full. Asked old roommate and said he got a letter also for a lesser amount and just paid it.

How should I go about disputing this? I will say that the management was always super disorganized (always rotating staff, etc.). The complex has since been sold to another management company. I do not believe that they can prove that I owe this amount.

Any advice would be very helpful. This was in Austin, TX btw.

Thanks

Answer: You can contest a debt that is listed on your credit report by contacting the credit reporting agency and following their procedures.  You would have to do that separately with each of the credit reporting agencies that had a debt listed on it that you wanted to dispute.  Note that just because something is not listed (or is no longer listed) on your credit report as a debt does not mean that you don't owe that money to the creditor nor does it mean that the creditor cannot sue you to recover what they believe you owe to them.


Title: My ex-husband is highly manipulative & uses my daughters age to his benefit

Question:
Hello all,

I divorced my ex-husband 3 years ago alittle after our daughter turned one. Since then, he has gotten remarried. His wife is from Ohio & has a son from a previous relationship whose father lives in Ohio. The arrangement that my exhusband told me of when they first got married 2 years ago was that every few weeks they have to do pick ups & drop offs in Ohio for the boy and his father.

My exhusband is to let me know anytime her takes our daughter out of the state we live in but he will purposely not do that. i have been asking him for the past 2 years to make me aware but he refuses.

 a few months ago he texted me saying that he would be an hour late dropping our daughter off & when i asked why he said he was coming back from out of town. At that point, i had had enough & finally filed a police report.

Soon after we had a mediation & i had it added to the agreement that he MUST tell me when he takes her out of town (I realized it was not in the divorce decree while filing the report with the officer.)

A few weeks ago my daughter (5 years old) told me in passing that she had been sleeping for a long time in the car while with her father. When i asked why, she said they were driving far away. I had realized that she had went on yet another trip that her father failed to tell me about. I confronted him about it & he said that yes, they had went on a trip but it was a few towns over to drop the stepson off to his father because of a funeral in that town ( about 45 mins/1 hour away).

Now the father is from Ohio but exhusband wants me to believe the funeral was a few towns over instead of Ohio. I had no proof so  I dropped it, I knew this was i lie.

Exhusband is a compulsive liar which actually led to our divorce & I am realizing that it is an even bigger issue than I thought it was.

This past weekend he called me to say that our daughter would be telling me that they travelled but that it was once again, a few towns over. I specifically asked him if daughter had seen 'NaNa' which is what she calls his mother in law who also lives in Ohio. He told me No. When daughter got home i said "Daddy told me about the nice trip you guys took." Her response, "Yea, we saw NaNa, Eric, Rachel...." the list went on. I knew she had once again been taken to Ohio & that he called me for damage control & gas lighting because he knew she would tell me about it.
 I texted him immediately and told him that I was filing another report which I did.

This morning i checked my email & saw that he has written the court because i filed the second report claiming that its not true. His whole point is that i have no proof other than our daughters words that he takes her out of town without letting me know.

Our daughter also told me last weekend that he had left his wife in Ohio with her mother which I see to be true because when he dropped our daughter of they had been to Chuck E Cheese. He & his new wife also share a 1 year old which would have been taken with to Chuck E Cheese but she wasnt leading me to believe that my daughters statement of his wife being left in Ohio to be true.

All of this being said, if his wife, stepson, and second daughter are back in town this week, i will know that he has taken my daughter out of town again.

I am making a plan to record our daughter telling me about her weekend trip as proof also. My hunch is that he petitioned the court to scare me into not making any more reports because i have no proof other than what our daughter tells me.

I am planning on getting a lawyer and taking him to court for this but I am almost certain that our daughter will come home telling me about going out of town when she comes home Sunday especially if his wife, step son, & second daughter are back, I will know its true.

Would it hurt my case or help my case to keep filing reports even though all I have is the statements of our 5 year old?

Thanks for reading & commenting. I know this is a long story.

Answer:
 What is the case you’re trying to make?  What is the actual problem arising from this travel?

What does your lawyer say about pressing this?


Title: Doctor's office policy of charging for follow-up visits and a fee for cancellation.

Question: So today I visited my doctor's office for a follow-up so they can check on what they did previously.  I knew it hadn't healed yet, but had no idea that they charged a full office visit for a follow-up otherwise I would not have gone.  The problem is that when I got there, I got cornered between paying the full visit price or paying a cancellation penalty if I didn't want the follow-up visit, neither of which were cheap.   I ended up being charged $80 for ~80 seconds of the doctor's time, so she could say what I already knew, the wound hasn't healed yet so they pushed me to another follow-up visit in 5 weeks.  I haven't visited many doctors in my life, but I've never been charged for a follow-up visit before and had no idea that was even a thing and the whole thing just got under my skin in the wrong way because once I drove there I basically felt cornered into paying something either through the 80 second visit, or through their cancellation policy.   I feel like they should have told me at the time the appointment was being set there would be a charge for the follow-up, and not spring that on me when I showed up.   I contacted their billing department to see what they could do, she is going to call and get back to me, but is there any other recourse, possibly through my insurance to somehow fight this "office visit" charge for 80 seconds simply telling me to come back again in 5 weeks (at which point they would charge me another $80 lol).

Answer:
 A doctor charging for a follow-up visit is standard practice. If you haven't experienced that in the past, you've been lucky. You have no legal recourse to fight this, you could have easily asked about the fee or cancellation policy upon making the appointment.

I'd suggest working with your insurance to see if they can cover part of it, or see if the doctor's office will reduce the bill.


Title: Grandma is intending to let a drug user stay in our home. How do I get out of here?

Question:
I'm 17 years old, and I live in Washington.

Yesterday, I walked into my spare bedroom to get my duck tape and found the daughter of the lady who was renting the room, she was dark blue and shimmering in sweat. In the room, while on the phone with emergency services, I found needles, meth, and heroin, along with a total stranger hiding behind the open door. If I had not gone to get the duck tape, she would have died from a drug overdose. The mother took the drugs and needles and hid them before the cops got there, or I would have given all of it to them. But since there was no evidence, they couldn't do anything. But the police did tell us that the girl that was hiding in the room hangs out with bad people, and they "wouldn't be surprised if some people showed up with the intention to rob you." I have since kicked both the mom and the daughter out after finding out that the mom had been using meth WITH her daughter.

HOWEVER -- My grandma is ready to let the mother come back and live with us even after all of the stuff that went on, and I honestly do not feel safe being around these people. I'll be 18 on the 17th of this month, I have 6 months left of school to finish before I transfer to college, and I don't have other family to live with. Best course of action?

Answer: Is Granny of sound mind and body? Could somebody else talk to her? Who owns the house?


Title: An under aged girl send me a nude pic

Question:
I was talking to this girl online from a common discord server. I knew she was 14, but she was a nice person to talk to. Nothing sexual or anything, just talking about video games. But suddenly out of nowhere I received a nude photo. I asked if it was her and she said yes.

Now I don't know what to do. I told her that she shouldn't be sending nude photos to people, especially at her age. Since it's illegal and al. I think she got the point, but should I notify the authority about this situation? Or is there a chance that we will get in trouble because I received "child pornography"

Answer:
 This is a prelude to scam. We get this specific scenario in /r/legaladvice all the time. There is no girl. Almost certainly the actual person in the image is over 18, because the scammer doesn't want to get jailed for it either.

In a few hours or days you'll hear from the "father", or "cop, officer, detective, etc". And strangely, they will offer for the issue to go away for money, or western union, or iTunes gift cards, etc.

At any rate the result is the same. Delete the image. Block that person. Get off that discord server, as its already infected by scam artists. Don't worry being pursued by actual law enforcement.


Title: Can I take my principal to court?

Question:
Here's the story. I'm in class doing my thing ,and I randomly get a called down to the office. I had marijuana on me,and it was probably had a smell.I Know that im guilty cause I had Illegal substances on school property ,but hear me out. She tells me to hand my bag over and shes going to search me. I tried telling her that you cant without a warrant. She says "Nope, We can. Please give us your coat." I said nothing and they took it, they psychial never touched me,but I knew my rights where violated. At the moment I didnt think that section 8 of the charter of rights and freedom applied to highschool students,but I was wrong. It does. And also In ontario that the smell of Marijuana isnt reasonable grounds for a search. She literally told me that a teacher said I smelt like Marijuana. Now In the education Act it says that a teacher is credible for reasonable grounds if the students safety is an issue. And In ontario that the Smell of marijuana ISNT REASONABLE GROUNDS for a search. Am I wrong reddit?

Right now im doing some diversion program so that i wont get a criminal record. But my other classmates said she has done the same thing.

edit: im taking her to court,and acting as my own lawyer. I have many points to go on,and ill post results when i get a court date

Answer: I wonder how many times in the history of the world a student, while acting as his own lawyer, has successfully sued his principal for anything---let alone for taking his weed.


Title: Uhaul added wiring that they said we needed for the trailer. They wired it incorrectly, and fried our alternator and battery causing our car to die. After putting us in a hotel and hiring a tow truck to tow the trailer back, we (people, dead car, and dogs) are stranded with no way home.

Question:
Tldr @ end

About 5 days ago, we paid almost $200 extra because the Uhaul place we are getting a trailer from said we needed wiring to run the brakes on the trailer.. Ok, no problem.

They do the install, 2 days later we pick up the trailer.  We leave later that night to our destination.

Two hours after that, the car dies. Gages drop, clock and internal/external lights go off. Dash goes crazy with all the dash lights blinking, and making fast clicking noises.

Car is dead. We push it out of the road.

It's 2 am, we decide to sleep it out until the shops open at 8 in the tiny town.

Morning comes and after several hours and 2 certified mechanics, they discover the battery toast, and the alternator is dead.

They discover the guy hooked up the trailer lights by bypassing the wire that was there, and tapped into the break lights instead. He also installed a wire on the battery directly.

This caused the voltage to be cut to the car below standards, and caused the alternator to work too hard and burn out. Then it drained the battery and we were completely without power in the car, so it just died.

The nice people in this town wrote us a letter stating what happened and what they did.  They also contacted a dealership nearby for assistance.

The dealership said we should bring it in to them once we get it towed.

I call uhaul the next afternoon, they don't believe us at first because "that is not an approved service we offer"

Apparently uhaul does not do wiring, it's not an approved service.

The manager calls the place that did the install, and they say yes, they installed the wiring for the trailer. He tells me this.

It turns out it's an authorized "dealer" not corporate, and corporate has nothing to do with this particular service being done, or as they said, "WE didn't install that"

The manager says they need to secure THEIR PROPERY (the trailer). So within 60 minutes of calling, there's a flat bed to pickup the full trailer. It left 6 hours ago.

It's back at my house, full of my stuff. I asked a friend with my house key to put the stuff away.

They refunded the cost of the trailer.

The manager says the small town has no Uber or Lyft.  Or delivery food, apparently.  So since it's Saturday, they put us in a hotel.

Once we get there, we find bed bugs, flies coming out of the drain, and a hole in the front door above the latch, big enough to see both beds.

So I call a Uhaul to say this is not ok where they put us.  Original manager has gone home, new manager says they are not responsible for the damage to our car, or anything further.

I filed a claim with my car insurance (per 1st managers instructions), because "another party damaged my car"

Insurance company agreed quickly and started the claim right away.

But until I can take the car to an authorized dealer to inspect, they will not pay up front.  We MIGHT be reimbursed, they said, assuming the investigation at the dealership shows exactly this happening.

Uhaul will not tow our car, but if found liable later we can submit receipts for reimbursement, and MAYBE they will pay (we were told).

The closest dealer is about 75 miles away, so we are paying out of pocket to get it there. Keeping receipts.m
In the mean time we are in a hotel that Uhaul paid for, with them trying to leave us here stranded after they took all of our belongings (their trailer) back to my house 100 miles away.

Electrical damage. Do I have and legal recourse for repairs, towing, etc, and what type of lawyer would work with this topic??

Wtf? How do we get home and get them to fix this?

Please help!

Tldr: Uhaul corporate says they won't help transport us, after saying they would, and putting us in a hotel, refunding the trailer, and hiring a tow truck to tow the trailer back, after an authorized dealer fried the wiring in our car by hooking it up incorrectly, as verified by small local mechanics.  Who can help, and do I have cause for additional action?

Answer:
  There's no quick way to force them to pay. You get yourselves home and then you sue. This reply doesn't speak to whether you'll succeed. I'm only here to tell you that getting them to pay won't be how you get un-stranded.Answer #2: Biggest thing you need to do as soon as possible is make copies of the receipts you got for the wiring work being done and copies of the info from the first mechanic and the dealer that state the botched wiring is the cause of the problems. Make a few copies not just one that way you can submit one of each to insurance and to the uhaul place for reimbursement for any additional costs and or possible court case.Answer #3: wiring a vehicle for (trailer) brakes requires an electronic brake controller to manage the brakes.

If this was not installed and they just tapped the brake lights for a 'hot wire' to run the brakes, this is demonstrably wrong and would be easily proven by anyone at any mechanic shop anywhere.

So, if an additional module isn't currently sitting under your dash, there's no possible way they can argue they did the wiring job correctly.


Title: [Los Angeles Probate]Sole heir to my estranged father's estate, I have zero income to seek help.

Question:
I have no income, and my estranged father died without a will. There is a home in Eagle Rock California (part of the city of Los Angeles) that I should have the rights to. If i cannot get this house i will soon be homeless. I was given a bunch of forms from the courthouse but I don't even know if they are the right ones and they don't make any sense to me. I don't want to screw things up filling them out wrong or filling out the wrong forms.
What should I do or who can I turn to for help?

Answer:
 > If i cannot get this house i will soon be homeless.

Probate is not a "soon" process.

This is what you can do to speed it along, head down to where property records are held and pull the ones for the property. See if anyone has any kind of lien or other encumbrance.  If its clean, congrats move in and avoid homelessness. You can work on getting things in your name while not being homeless. If there is any kind of lien or encumbrance, you are screwed and will likely be homeless before you can legally take possession.

Then honestly just follow the form. You may need to get a copy of the death certificate and your birth certificate.

Question: How are you sure you are sole heir if father is estranged?


Title: [FL] Giving timely notice to resign employment

Question: I'm about to move to another area and had wanted to give 6-8 weeks notice.  This would be time to give them someone to replace me and then an entire accounting cycle to train him/her. I'm concerned they will just ask me to leave and I will not get paid during the time I gave them notice, since I can't go that long without receiving a paycheck. I want to do the right thing and give the company time to find someone to replace me, but have heard they don't let people stay once they give notice. I heard that a company will have to pay you during that time if they let you go because it's now considered a termination rather than a voluntary resignation but because Florida is a "right to work" state, I'm unsure if legally they must pay me because I have them extended notice. Can anybody shed light on my options? Should I give 6-8 weeks notice to find and train my replacement?

Answer:
 >  I want to do the right thing and give the company time to find someone to replace me,

Not your problem.  The right thing is for you to protect yourself.

>  but have heard they don't let people stay once they give notice.

Then don't do it.   You don't owe the company anything.


Title: Someone who has threatened to harm me is posting my address/number online and goading people to SWAT me.

Question:
Forgive me if this is a long post, but some backstory is required.

A person has been bothering me on and off for a number of years. It started off as a silly one-sided online grudge over a multiplayer game, but each time I hear from him, his behavior escalates. It's no longer about the game, and instead about a long-term obsession he has with me.

I never worried about it much in the past because it was all online, and there was no indication that he knew my real name. I am an admin for a large multiplayer game, (which is how this started), so I'm no stranger to people being upset with me on the internet.

He has used a number of different accounts, often times behind a VPN, but since I work for the site he used, I have IP logs that can link them back to his residential IP.

He periodically sends me threatening messages. At first, they were typical online tantrums, like or "I'm going to DDOS you, bitch" but as time passed, they became more violent.

Some of the messages he has sent me include "I may be a kid now, but watch out when I get older" (he now IS years older), "you have pissed me off, so now I will harm you," and "I will disable you in real life."

He is specifically obsessed with me even though I'm not the only one who has banned him or interacted with him in a way he felt was unfair. I am the only female out of that group. I don't know if that has something to do with it.

I haven't responded to him or interacted with him in years - we ban his IPs whenever he shows up without causing a fuss, but he just keeps coming back, desperately seeking some form of contact with me.

He will visit the game servers of people who know me and tell them to get me online to talk to him. He will often DDoS them if they don't comply.

A little while ago, he started publicly posting my address and phone number online, both on the site I work for, and any game servers where other people might have a grudge against me. He was actively goading people to call and SWAT me.

He did this on a site I work for, so I was able to remove the information from public view. I've removed it anywhere that is in my power to remove.

So, my question is: what action can/should I take? My friends want me to file a temporary restraining order, if nothing else so that there's a record that HE was the one harassing ME. He periodically goes around claiming on various sites that I'm calling and stalking him when I've done nothing of the sort.

I looked up some of his information, just to know whom I was dealing with, but that was just a quick google search, and I have never done anything to harass him with it.

Among this information is his real name (one of the email addresses he provided links to his real name) and his IP address/basic location.

Should I contact the police and let them know that someone is actively trying to get me SWATted and sending me threats? Is some form of restraining order a good move? Should I give all the information I have to the police (I have a folder of screenshots, IP logs, threatening messages, etc.). Does this even warrant any action from them? If not, should I at least file the report so that it's on record?

I understand that to some, this might look like typical silly online melodrama, but it's gotten to the point that he's threatening my IRL existence. I'm not currently at the address he posted, but my heavily pregnant sister-in-law is. The last thing she needs is someone showing up at her door, especially a SWAT team.

I want to nip this in the bud before it gets any worse. He's crossed the line from an online annoyance to an actual stalker.

I would very much appreciate any advice you can give. I live in Connecticut and he lives in Indiana. As I said, I have a folder of evidence that links back to him, ready to go at any time.
Topic:
Computer and Internet

Answer:
 Yeah call the police non emergency line and explain the situation to them. If nothing else, they'll be happy not to have to deploy a SWAT unit, and they'll be in a much better position to nab someone for wasting police resources.

Also, file a restraining order. This guy's behavior is only gonna get worse. Answer #2: Record everything, when something happened and what happened. Call the non emergency police number and talk to them. This is something I tell anyone in an abusive relationship. You need a paper trail, and things happen easier if the police know who you are and what the heck is going on.


Title: [NC] Father has his license suspended due to not paying child support. What could be done?

Question: My father owes about 120k in child support to my family throughout the years of not paying. He had gotten into some trouble and has had his license suspended for a while now. He claims that he cannot get his license renewed until he deals with his debt. He is trying to get my mother to expunge the debt, but my mom claims that she can't because it's not in her hands. I don't even know what resources I could even look up to begin to understand this situation and my divorced parents are expecting me to be the mediator of this whole fiasco. Any guidance could be appreciated!

Answer:
 Most likely pops is going to have to plan the rest of his life around not driving. Answer #2: > He claims that he cannot get his license renewed until he deals with his debt.

Close.

If he starts making payments and builds a history of paying down this debt, he can probably go back to court to have his license reinstated. He doesn't need to pay the full debt down - but he does need to start paying, and keep paying.

If he's unwilling to pay this _at all_, then he should plan around not being able to drive for the foreseeable future. The time to modify the support order would have been when he became unable to pay the support amounts (lost his job, got injured, whatever), not $120,000 later.

Edit: it is unfair and completely inappropriate of your parents to involve you in this. You have no legal obligation to help out or to mediate. You could - and, personally, probably should - tell them to sort it out between them and wash your hands of the situation. Your father can have a lawyer review the situation and advise him just fine, if he really does want to either recover his license or reduce his outstanding debt.Answer #3: Tell both your parents you won't involve yourself in this situation. They are adults.


Title: [NY] Failed to Pay Yellow Cab Fare

Question:
This happened last night in NYC. I've been stressed trying to figure out what to do and what may happen as a result of last night's little incident.

My friends and I (a bunch of girls) were out, and as the night drew to a close, we decided to all hop in a cab to where our friends were staying in Midtown, to drop them off before heading to one of the other girls' apartments in Brooklyn. In all honesty, I should've just split up and gone home from where we'd been, but I decided to hop in and stay with my friends.

Upon reaching the first destination, I decided to foot the bill since they didn't have enough cash and paid with my card. I signed, the man stared at me, and said I had a "very pretty smile" which creeped me out, and I got out of the car quickly, thinking we could walk around before calling an uber home. My friend insisted that the 2 of us just get back into the car to go to her place, which made for an awkward moment as I got back in and we gave him her address.

We headed over to Brooklyn, agreeing to go through the tunnel. We were talking in the backseat a while before my friend stopped and commented that she didn't recognize where we were. I pulled up my maps and realized we were far off the route we should've taken (by a mile and a half at this point - he had driven past our exit by a long way). This is where it gets messy. My friend began yelling at the cab driver and saying she wasn't going to pay for how off track we had been. I was more concerned with how far off we were, being 2 girls in the middle of the night, and didn't want to anger him, so I quietly mentioned that I would pay to her - he probably overheard. He kept saying that this was a normal route, and that we had to pay what the meter read, but at the rate we had gone, we were going be paying for an *extra* 4 miles that we hadn't agreed to (the ride itself should've only been 3 miles). I tried to calmly explain that we had agreed to cross the bridge, but that he was just off route now, but my friend was acting out and yelling at the driver. When we finally pulled off the freeway, we were driving down a quiet street and my friend suddenly opened up the door while we were moving, got out, and ran away. I sat there shocked for a few seconds, not knowing what to do. The driver and I made eye contact, but he didn't say that I had to pay; it was complete silence. In that moment, I foolishly got out and chased after her. We aren't track stars by any means, and the driver didn't pursue us.

What would have been a 3 mile ride turned into 7 miles. It was an easy exit off the interstate to her place, but the cab driver took a very unnecessary detour, continuing on the interstate before backtracking in a big loop.

I don't know what to do; on one hand, I feel very bad about getting out and not paying; I know it was the wrong thing to do. However, as 2 young girls in the city, I felt very anxious that our driver went so far off the route (more than doubling the distance) and acted in a moment of panic, and don't know if we are liable for this kind of situation. I'm also worried that I since I paid with my credit card for the first ride, I will be the one held responsible since he might have my information.

I'm worried about what kind of penalties I might face, and if it can affect me professionally. (I have no prior record). How will this play out? Will I get a citation in the mail / could I face jail time? I wish I could just resolve things, but I don't know how to get in touch with the driver, and don't want to incriminate myself. I do have screenshots our GPS coordinates showing how far off we were, but I don't know how much that would help anything.

Thank you, LA. I know this is a foolish mistake; I was caught up in the moment and had a lapse of judgment. I wish I would've just paid so I wouldn't be in this situation.

Answer:
 Honestly, I think you're being too hard on yourself. That situation sounds like it was all kinds of weird and you did the right thing by bugging out and keeping yourself safe.

Call the cab company, tell them their driver took you on a crazy detour and was seriously creeping you out. Offer to settle up with them for the fare, and if they offer you a reasonable number pay them.


Title: Wife paid less after 3 years than male new-hires.

Question: [deleted]

Answer: It's common for new hires to be paid more than established workers, especially if market wages for starting employees have gone up.  She needs to ask for what she is worth.  While there could be gender discrimination here, I don't see much evidence to support it.


Title: Are Green headlights illegal in Billings MT?

Question:
An officer approached me tonight saying that the light rings around my headlights were illegal. Saying something about how green was reserved for fire marshals. I've been looking around but I haven't found anything online backing this claim up. He didn't even mention my under glow which I know is illegal to have on the streets.

FYI: I research this stuff thoroughly before I put it on my vehicle but I bought this rig just over a month ago and haven't done any modifications to it myself yet.

Answer:
 [The cop was correct](http://www.neonlaws.com/montana/) (and I'm not sure why you are even questioning his statement - they are required to know the law).

>Green, blue and red colors are typically used on emergency vehicles, and expressly forbidden by MT law which otherwise permits underbody glow.


Title: Fell into a hole in the sidewalk filled with sewage

Question:
Incident occured in Bridgeport, CT, USA
Hello reddit, I need your help badly. I canvass houses for a living, going door to door trying to get people to vote. Yesterday while walking between houses and looking down at my clipboard, I fell into a hole that was in the SIDEWALK, that also extended slightly into the street. It looked like a puddle, maybe a few inches deep from the outside, but it was actually 3 feet deep and filled with SEWAGE WATER (gross right?). Afterwards I called my employer who refused to let me in the pickup van and instead suggested I call an uber. I had lost my shoes trying to pull myself out of the muck and was barefoot. I flagged down a police officer who didn’t take a report and instead told me to call a lawyer.

Now, here’s the thing, I went to the ER, Im not that injured, a sprained wrist and a contusion on my knee, but I feel like the city needs to be help responsably for this! Especially my emotional suffering, I have an anxiety disorder and this was traumatizing to me, being covered in sewage. I tried calling a personal injury lawyer but they aren’t very helpful, I cannot afford a lawyer who won’t take my case for free and take a cut of the winnings instead. There was no indication the hole was there, no cone, no sign, no tape, nothing.

I just need to know what kind of lawyer I should contact so I can be compensated for this horrible event! Any help is appreciated! Thank you!

Answer:
 It is possible that you may hold either the city or perhaps more likely your employer responsible for your actual losses from this event.  So cleaning your clothing and the cost of your reasonable medical care.

>Especially my emotional suffering

Sorry.  This isn't your lottery ticket.


Title: My friend is two months behind in payment for storing his car in my driveway; can I legally have it scrapped?

Question:
This guy constantly brags about how much money he makes, and wastes, yet never follows through with the deals he makes me. He currently owes me over $100 in previous deals we had made, yet somehow always avoids the issue of payment.

I'm not concerned about any of that at the moment... As of right now, I'm only concerned about the broken car that is sitting in my driveway, which is a great inconvenience.

He agreed to pay me $30/mo to keep his shitty car here.

Since this particular car, which he plans to sell, has broken down, he has purchased two other NEW cars, and leaves me with the inconvenience of dealing with the piece of trash.

My question is: Can I legally scrap his POS car, and take it to the junkyard?

I have our entire deal and proof of his lack of payment in Facebook messages.

For the record, you shouldn't feel sympathy for this guy... He drug-rapes his own girlfriend.

Answer:
 You're friends with a rapist?

Anyway, you can probably legally have the car towed away if it's on your property.


Title: Traffic court postponement request denied

Question:
(Riverside County, CA) looks like i will be going to court on the scheduled date. If neither I nor the cop shows up to the court date, what is the outcome of the case? I know it is up to the JO but what normally happens? dismissed case or is it a reschedule?

also if the police shows up, and I actually attempt to fight it, what would be a good approach to use to win if it is just my word against his? I know by default he has more credibility (NOT fair, since he is the plaintiff and the BOF lies upon him, but w.e.) but how do I sway the judge?

PS. why the hell did the JO deny my request for postponement? fuck that cunt

Answer:
 If you don't show up, and don't pay the ticket before the court date, then you will be charged with Failure to Appear, and your license will be suspended.  This will probably double your fees.  So if you can't show, pay the ticket before the due date.

P.S.  Because it's traffic court and you knew about the date 2 months ago.


Title: I was charged with 245a1 felony assault with a deadly weapon and 273.5 felony spousal abuse, and I had a pending misdemeanor charge of 233? E spousal battery

Question: What are my best and worst case scenarios? This is in California. How likely is it that I will do jail time? I am otherwise an upstanding citizen and contribute to the community.

Answer:
 Being an “otherwise outstanding citizen” is irrelevant when you’re charged with abusing your spouse with a deadly weapon.

Hire. An. Attorney.Answer #2: So, 245(a)(1) comes with a sentence between 2 and 4 years. 273.5 is also 2 to 4 years. So, you're talking about maybe 10 years in prison at the top end, assuming no aggravating circumstances or additional charges resulting from investigations. Minimums? That's basically impossible to guess at.

Long and short? You need a lawyer immediately and to stay away from this person from now on.


Title: Wifes ex foster parents keep signing her up for telemarketer calls

Question:
So my wife had very evil foster parents. I wont get into the details, but they were abusive and mean for no reason.

Recently we have been doing much better in life, and her old foster parents have been doing very poorly. I personally believe they figured this out somehow and are trying to make my wifes life miserable again.

She has had the same phone number since she was a kid, so her foster mom last month started signing her number up for a ton of telemarketer calls. We know its her because she gave her name every time.

Is there any legal reprocussion for this? Is there any way we can force her to stop? She doesnt want to change her number shes had since she was a kid, but we also dont want harassing calls all day long. We live in florida if that matters. Thanks for the advise.

Answer:
 She can get a new number or deal with the telemarketers.

She can't get rid of one without the other.


Title: I just told my wife I wanted a divorce, what should I do now, legal wise?

Question:
This is a burner account for identities sake, and I’ll answer any questions that you have to give context.

We are both 29. We have a 2 year old. We made it 7 years. I changed.

Should I lawyer up?

I have no clue what to do right now.
Topic:
Custody Divorce and Family

Answer: Yes, get a lawyer. You will need one to deal with custody and the divorce. They can walk you through what to do next. Answer #2: As you have decided to divorce you do need a lawyer. Bear in mind you have a very minor child and that child's welfare should be your most important issue as you more forward on this. It's going to massively disruptive for his/her parents to break up - don't make it more disruptive than it needs to be (and yes, I accept that staying together could be worse for the child).


Title: It’s it legal for a private citizen to post an traffic sign?

Question:
A little backstory...
A few years back my family and I moved into our home in NY state, and everything has been fine, no trouble what so ever. But a new family moved into our street (let’s call them the Smiths)and at first they were really nice, and we were nice to them.We even helped them find and return their dogs a few time after the ran away. But on to the main question. Our neighborhood has a 30mph speed limit, but after the Smiths moved in, they posted a sign right before their house, which reads” SLOW WATCH OUT FOR CHILDREN 15MPH” and to be honest I didn’t pay much attention, of course I always looked for their kids and when I did see them I would slow down and drive by with extreme cation but I never raced down the street or anything crazy. Which leds us to what happened tonight. I was driving home after work going 30 mph as I should, be picked up my sister and left. While I was gone Mr.Smith came to my house the tells my mom the I was speeding down the street and that the next time he sees me going over the speed limit he’ll call the police. And so here are my questions?

1.Is he legally allowed to put up a sign, and direct traffic as he’s trying to do?

2. Am I legally supposed to follow his 15 mph limit or Can I follow the states 30mph speed limit?

3. What would I do if he does call the police?

Here the sign. https://imgur.com/gallery/XEfcU

Edit: Would anyone know where is it written in New York State law books?

Answer:
 It's illegal to post unauthorized signs NY VTL 1114 typically a fine around 200 bucks.Answer #2: >Am I legally supposed to follow his 15 mph limit or Can I follow the states 30mph speed limit?

You follow the sign designated by your city/town/county. Their sign has no bearing on law.

>What would I do if he does call the police?

Sit back and laugh while the officer calls the city to have the sign removed.Answer #3: Yellow and black signs on not regulatory signs (must be obeyed).  They're advisory.  Answer #4: I had a neighbor who tried this shit. I called the cops and they came and told her not to put the sign out anymore. It's not legal. Answer #5: Hi just saying "this guy was speeding" isn't really enough for the police to do anything Answer #6: Also, unless your neighbor is sitting outside with a radar gun waiting for you to “speed by” there’s absolutely no evidence of you “speeding” (and even if he WAS out there with a radar gun, it literally would have absolutely no bearing legally)Answer #7: [Such a sign is considered a "recommended speed " sign so you're fine anyway.](https://dmv.ny.gov/about-dmv/chapter-4-traffic-control-2)Answer #8: Not legal. Contact your city hall or highway department.Answer #9: Maybe you can gift them for Xmas a sign that says "Slow Watch out for Children" and attach
 a nice note saying their sign is illegal and this sign gives the same message without breaking ordinances.


Title: I need to find out the legal definition of a personal loan.

Question:
Location: California

Someone has made a claim that he made me a loan, I deny that it is a loan.

Background: I make money fixing and selling cars that I've collected.  I had one project up for sale and was considering buying time to meet the needs of a known buyer.  The car in question has a average BB value of about $40K and the buyer wanted a number of things finished or he wouldn't buy it.  The project needed a few extra weeks to complete.

I weighed a number of options and decided to ask a friend for a loan.  He refused to do it against the car but would do it against my house.  So I looked at other options and kept working on the car.  He came back after a week or so and said there's money in this car, we're going to go halves.

I painted the car black and it was an automatic with a non-original interior.  The value of being the original color (Marina Blue) and 4 speed can add 20+%.  At the last day before I was going to sell the car, he decided to go halves.

The deal was that he covers the part of the sale price in order to stop the sale and buy himself time on the project.  This stops the sale and also stops the next project what was ready to go but needed the proceeds of the sale.

So he buys the time to stop the sale so that he can do a "tag along".

A tag along is where I would have sold a car for X, he invests on the gamble that he can improve the car for less than the costs and gives me X then takes his profits.

So he thought he had a guy to paint it for $3K and other connections as he has a business doing exactly this (flipping cars).  Ends up the cost of the paint was over $6K and he then wants me to cut my baseline far below what I was going to sell it for.

So he tried to force me to take a pretty big loss.  I said there's no way, I want my car back.  He refuses to return the car.

In addition, there's quite a bit of damage that he's done to the car.  He left it outside in heavy rain without any glass or hood as they were being worked for the paint.  The engine is ruined, has to be taken apart.  The inside parts are now rusty and there's quite a bit of body damage he's done.

So, his claim is that he loaned me the money he used to buy time and stop the process.  My claim is that he invested into the business venture to flip the car.  He owes me for the damage he did to my car.

I can't get access to the car, the title is in my name and nothing is signed.  I can't even get bids on the damage until I get the car back.

There was nothing in writing.  It was his gamble to get into the project, he thought he could make the numbers work, he stopped my sale, he damaged the car and cost me the sale and denied me access to my property.

So I need to know the legal definition of a loan vs him investing into a business project.  We've done these kinds of business project before, he's a licensed dealer in the state and has done this business for decades.

Answer:
 Generally, a personal loan is a loan made to an individual (as opposed to a business) and not secured with collateral.

"I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today" is kind of a wimpy example.

In this case it seems to be a business rather than a personal issue and there may be some agreed upon collateral in the form of the car. Of course, verbal contracts are about as solid and well-defined as the paper they're printed on.


Title: Can you infringe upon a brand that is completely illegal?

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 No.  That would be like trying to copyright a particular meth recipe.  Not like you can go to the cops to complain.Answer #2: There is a good chance that a lot of these companies have their applications in the massive pile of pending applications to grow/distribute legal medical marijuana. They probably have their brand registered as part of that process.

These are not guys with purple coloured dimebags on the corner, many are sophisticated businesses backed by venture capital. You should get a lawyer to sort through the details on a case by case basis.


Title: [CA] Purchased stolen goods without knowing they were stolen

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 > I got the items, everything looked great, so I paid him.

So you received the product?

> So now, I'm scammed for my money, items I bought are confiscated by them (and will be sent back to the retailer) and the authorities are contacted, probably in a form that I'm the thief.

Why would you return the items to the forwarder without a court or police order?