Title: [PA] Neighbors using my driveway for turnaround

Question:
I left what I thought was a nice, though stern, note for my neighbor asking him and his family to stop using my driveway as a turn around. Their cars are frequently parked right across from our driveway along the road, so they turn straight into my driveway then back out to do roughly a 3-point turn. The problem is, on at least one occasion, one of the neighbors backed into another one of their cars. I don't really care for other people using my property without my permission to begin with (my personal feeling is that you don't go on or use someone else's property without *explicit* permission, but that's my opinion), but if they're going to be playing bumper cars, they can sure as hell do it on their own property. I should mention they have their own driveway, approximately 20 feet or less in front of where the cars are parked, and it's never overflowing or anything, so I can't figure out what would be so hard about just pulling forward and completing the turn around on their own property.

Anyway, this guy sent me a nastygram stating rather arrogantly some BS about "back when they had nice neighbors" and yadda yadda yadda, but that he would tell his daughters not to turn around in our driveway anymore.

He also mentioned Title 18 of the PA Code, and he asserted that they were not trespassing until they received notification. Now, having worked for Loss Prevention busting shoplifters at a major retailer nearby, I'm very familiar with the PA Criminal Trespass, Defiant Trespass, and Simple Trespass laws. I know that now that I've made him aware I don't want him on my property, continuing to come onto our property would be a clear violation of the Defiant Trespass law (let's not even debate possible defenses for that just yet).

My question is - is there any other PA law that would make using my driveway as a turn around *without my prior permission* illegal? I'm asking more for my own curiosity than as a way of trying to find a "fuck you" or something. Honestly, I consider the matter closed; he had to have his last word by asserting the law and being arrogant. That's fine, if he moves forward from here he is definitely breaking the law. I'm just curious if he would have been in violation of any other laws prior to me leaving the note.

Thanks!

Answer: It's technically illegal, but it's unlikely to come to much unless you can provide evidence. I would suggest, as a temporary measure, stretching a rope or a chain across the driveway when you arn't pulling in and out, and perhaps aiming a camera at it. Answer #2: There's nothing in the vehicle code that specifically prohibits a driver from turning around in somebody's driveway. There is a trespass by motor vehicle section, but you would need to show that somebody intentionally drove a vehicle on your property to cause damage to your property.


Title: So my ex is a prostitute.

Question:
I'm in need of some advice. First I will provide some details on the situation. I live in Canada. I had a daughter with my now ex girlfriend back in 2014. The ex has severe mental health issues, she is diagnosed with borderline personality disorder.

Throughout our relationship she did a number of terrible things. She would verbally attack my friends and family, and she physical attacked me and her family members on several occasions, no charges were ever pressed.

After our break up, we agreeded upon taking our daughter for half of the week. Things went relatively smoothly, other than a few minor episodes of verbal abuse against my family.

About a year ago now, I found out that my ex had become a prostitute. Knowing how my ex is, this concerned me. After texting her under the guise of a client, I learned that she was "working" out of her appartment where my daughter lives half of the time.

She claims to never "work" when my daughter is there. But my concern is what individuals might come unannounced. Or if a pedophile offered my ex money to do unmentionable things. It's obvious that a child lives in her apartment.

I contacted children's service and informed them of the situation, with screenshots as evidence. When children's services called me back, they told me that prostitution isn't illegal in Canada, and because my daughter isn't there when she's doing it, there was nothing they could do about.

It might also be worth noting that my ex is on disability and is making large amounts of undeclared income.

My question today is what should be my next course of action? Would it be worth it to try to fight for full custody? I tried to get a written custody agreement through a lawyer, but that didn't work as my ex would make unreasonable demands that would constantly change.

Answer: You can try to report her fraud if you want but you aren't going to get full custody over this. Social services have already told you it's not a concern for them. If she's not doing that around your daughter or any time your daughter is in her custody, then she's not doing anything criminal, neglectful, or abusive. Upon what do you base the insinuation that your ex would let someone abuse your child for money?


Title: [OHIO] When I turn 18, does my biological father still have to sign over his parental rights before my step-father can adopt me?

Question:
To keep it short and sweet:

Haven't see biodad in years. Want my step-dad to adopt me when I turn 18. Does that still require him signing over his parental rights for that to happen? What if we have no idea on where he is or no way to contact him?

Answer:
 No, [here](https://www.ohiobar.org/ForPublic/Resources/LawYouCanUse/Pages/LawYouCanUse-475.aspx) is some general information. Consent is only required from the adoptee and the adoptive parent.

Google "adult adoption + your county" for specifics about the process.


Title: [NJ] Won over 100K on a lottery scratch-off card. How do I protect myself?

Question:
Long story short.

Like I wrote in the title, won over 100K on a scratch-off card. Haven't claimed it yet. I've heard horror stories from and about lottery winners who get harassed over their winnings. I get that a six figure sum isn't too much but I have heard people will still stalk and harass you to fork over your money to them. In addition, my family is super toxic and I don't want them to know.

How can I remain anonymous? I get that I can get a lawyer to claim the winnings through a trust, though how does that work? Do I still need to provide my home address? Can I use a PO Box instead? Can I avoid having my name and image released to the public through the promotions the rules say I need to do in order to claim the prize? Again, I want to remain as anonymous as possible. Also, I just moved into the house I bought recently with no plans to move but would it be a good idea to move if I provide my address to the lottery?

Answer: These are all questions to ask the lottery commission or the lawyer.


Title: [TN] Question about whether or not a crime is actually being committed by leaving someone someplace they'd been driven to.

Question:
Three people involved here: we'll call them Amy, Bob, and Charlie for simplicity. If Bob drives Amy and Charlie to the bank but then refuses to give Charlie a ride home and leaves him there, several miles from where he lives, is Bob just a dick or is he committing a crime? Additionally, if Charlie attempts to force his way into Bob's vehicle and Bob physically removes him from the vehicle, is that a crime? Thanks in advance!

Edit: all three are adults in their mid to late 20s, if that matters.

Thanks everybody for answering my question. It is merely a hypothetical situation, I know it'd be stupid to put hands on somebody over something so small and it could potentially have extremely grave consiquences.

Answer:
 Bob is being a dick.

Charlie is committing a crime.


Title: My son's boyfriend wants to move in

Question:
As the title suggests my son's boyfriend is unhappy at home. He wants to move out and in with us.  He says his parents aren't abusive just neglectful.  He has two arguments against them. The first is he has medical issues for which they do not take him to the doctor.  The other issue is due to his obesity and being gay, he was bullied ALOT in school. So he asked his parents to remove him from public school and instead enroll him in online schooling for high school. they did not and he has missed the first two years of high school.  He doesn't turn 16 until June sometime. I know that he is living in a 3 bedroom house where there are his parents, himself, his brother, his sister, his sister's gf and three young children including a newborn.

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 I just need some help navigating all the things we need to do. We do not have money for any lawyers. We don't have funds to take on his medical problems, I know that his parents receive state assistance for him in terms of food stamps, and medical card.   We always have leftovers so food costs aren't too much of an issue. I don't think our utilities are that much affected by him.  He wants to work but his parents have said once he does start working at 16, his money is to go towards his food and rent to live with them. Which makes me believe they are not likely to allow him to move out and leave any sort of paper trail that we would actually need to cover ourselves financially.  IE I think if they thought we would agree to be on the hook for all the medical expenses while they continued to get cash assistance and food stamps for him they would be okay with it.

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He is a good kid, and as someone who went thru an abusive home and ended up spending most of my life in foster care, I definitely don't want that for him.  But I also explained to him, what he sees as neglect might not be. If he is comparing us to his family, we do easter baskets for all the kids, his parents do not.  Our kids have their own spaces for gaming and school, they have food they can snack on etc. in addition to regular food we make.  All our kids get allowances for chores, babysitting their younger brother and grades etc.   We go all out on our kids because honestly I grew up with nothing. And I don't want that for my kids.

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I don't know where to begin, what to do, what paperwork I should get. Ground rules even.  Do we need to go the legal route or can we suffice with a notarized letter? Anything that can help get us in the right direction will be appreciated.

Answer:
 Neglect is abuse. Not attending to his medical needs and failing to have him go to school are both neglect. CPS intervention would depend on how severe the medical issues are and if it could lead to long term injury or death. I can’t say if they will remove him or not.

Call CPS in your area and make a report. Tell them if they end up removing him, you are willing to step in as caregivers. Family friends are considered before placing a child with people they do not know.  Every state is a little different on how they approve people. He would continue to get Medicaid in your home and you would get a foster care payment to help with his other needs.Answer #2: Call CPS and say you’d be happy to house him.


Title: Noisy neighbor (more than just noisy)

Question:
Hello /r/legaladvice!

First time posting here. Don’t need to make a throwaway account as no one even knows this is my username however I will change the names to cover all of my bases.

Me, my girlfriend Katie, my dog and my neighbor Erica.

Last night around 1 am, when I was at a friend’s house enjoying my time off, I got a call and a text from my girlfriend regarding our neighbor. Our neighbor has been pretty much known to be the psycho of the building and has tried to pick a fight with almost every woman in the apartment complex (except us until yesterday). Anyway, Katie texted saying that the neighbor woke her up and that she was blasting music at 1 AM. Katie knocked on her door and left a note, which in hindsight seems like a very logical and calm way to handle a situation, however the neighbor certainly didn’t think that

Cue the psycho acting like a psycho... turning up the music, banging on our door yelling “fuck you”. Naturally when Katie decided to call the cops, she turned it down slightly after seeing the cruiser roll up into the complex. Spoke with the cop, at which point the officer left, and 5 minutes of him leaving, Erica continues with her antics. When another tenant also yelled at her from their apartment, she went outside and started screaming telling everyone “she doesn’t give a shit” (which is personally hilarious because of how sad it is lol). Eventually my girlfriend fell asleep and when I came home at 2 AM and I saw the note she had written crumpled up in front of our door. My blood started boiling at that moment.

I was up almost all night, making noise and taunting her to come out of her apartment. I know for a fact she avoided me all day, until I “surprised her” when she was taking a smoke break. I immediately told Katie to go inside and pointed at Erica saying “I need to talk to you, now”. I charged at her and started screaming in her face telling her to never touch our door again, which she replied “what are you gonna do? HIT ME”.

I saw her intentions following this comment, and continued to follow her and yelling at her but kept my distance due to her unpredictable nature. I was very firm and serious, saying if she pounded on our door again I will open it and respond with force and to bring her BF, dad, whoever to talk to me if they have a problem. Of course she just went psycho at this, threatened me and my girlfriend, said her dad “owns a gun and been to prison before” (seriously this is a 35 year old) and proceeded to call the cops on me.

The same officer as last night showed up, I’m assuming took Erica’s statement first, and proceeded to  knock on my door. I answered the door very calmly after hearing it was the Police. The officer talked to me frankly, said that Erica is an ongoing issue but claimed that I threatened her. He asked me for my side of the story, which I calmly explained to him. I told him I only threatened her to say stay away from my family or else, in response to her threat of attacking my dog, Katie and etc. The officer understood me, but mentioned that in the future to just avoid her until I move out or to call the cops in any situation. Including if she stops and restarts.

I fully understand the officer’s position, however in my opinion she will not stop and only escalate. Erica already hit another tenant but there was lack of evidence therefore no assault charge. I’m here asking for advice as to what I can do moving forward in regards to this. I don’t want her to wait until it’s night time for Erica to blast music or to harass/assault Katie or the dog when I am not around

Answer:
 >neighbor is a psychotic fat woman in her 30s

So, being fat isn't legally relevant.

>I was up almost all night, making noise and taunting her to come out of her apartment. I know for a fact she avoided me all day, until I “surprised her” when she was taking a smoke break. I immediately told Katie to go inside and pointed at Erica saying “I need to talk to you, now”. I charged at her and started screaming in her face telling her to never touch our door again, which she replied “what are you gonna do? HIT ME”.

You and your neighbor are both wrong.  You are also escalating the situation.

Best bet, in the future, is to avoid confrontations with her.  Any additional loud noise complaints, report them accordingly.

What does your leasing office have to say about all of this?


Title: Would it be illegal to sell oregano to middle school children and tell them it's weed?

Question: Basically the title. I don't actually intend to do this, asking for a friend. I live in Croatia if it matters.

Answer: Yes it would


Title: I've been involuntarily committed by my parents (civil matter, not legal) to Intensive Rehabilitation treatment in Iowa. Will warrants transfer if I leave the state?

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 By the way, your parents illegally evicted your fiance.Answer #2: You can't just leave, sorry. The consequences will follow you forever if you do.

What you *can* do is complete your treatment and leave once it's legal to do so. If you're still angry with your parents by then, you can tell them you will never set foot in their state again, and if they ever want to see you, they'll have to come to you. That seems more than fair given the circumstances.


Title: Reporting CoWorker to ICE

Question:
So Im not one to rat someone out, but a coworker of mine is here, I suspect, illegally. He hangs out with some shady people of his ethnicity in the NE region of the US. I understand this isn't illegal - but with MS13 being so prevalent up here and he being very close to his latin community in RI I can't help but wonder.

I am considering reporting him anonymously to ICE but want to make sure he won't know its me, and that my work environment will not change because I reported this person - as in coworkers of mine will also not find out it was me. I don't want him to get deported or anything per se, but I do think he needs to be checked out. I enjoy where I work and what I do, and would rather not have the atmosphere change if that makes sense.

What can I do?

Answer: Why do you think your workplace would have hired someone who was not legal to work in the US? Assuming he has legal status to work, it is highly unlikely he would have ties to a gang. Apart from being latino and an immigrant, what leads you to think this is not an upstanding individual?


Title: [CA] I'm 19 years old, videos posted online by friends last year of me drunk while in Australia. Ex BF is threatening to send them to police here if I don't do what he asks.

Question:
Short story is I went to Australia last year in a city where the legal drinking age is 18. I came back and haven't consumed alcohol since, but my stalky ex has taken copies of videos from a friend's facebook page that clearly show me drunk and drinking, and is holding them over me to send to police if I don't unblock him from facebook and drop my efforts to get him to pay for pouring paint all over my car after we split.

It's clear to anyone with a few minutes of searching on google street view that the videos were taken in Australia.

I don't care if anyone I know sees them, but from a legal point of view is there anything actually being held over me here, or is he just being an ignorant ass? As a resident of CA am I required to follow both Australian and US/CA laws while in Australia?

Answer: It's not illegal to drink in a country where it's legal for you to drink, and CA doesn't care that you broke their age of consent on the other side of the world. You can inform the police where he lives that he's extorting you and give them copies of the messages of him doing so. It is illegal in the US and almost certainly equally illegal in AUS. (not sure where ex bf lives)


Title: Why would I hire an aggressive lawyer? Wouldn't a "you catch more flies with honey" approach be better? How do I find an attorney that is well liked by prosecutors?

Question: Title sums it up. I'm having a hard time deciding on an attorney and need advice. I think a less aggressive attorney may be better and I'd like one that's well liked by prosecutors but idk how to find that

Answer:
 There are multiple dimensions to the word "aggressive," and not all of them involve being rude. Someone can _very politely and kindly_ pursue your best interests aggressively - by being on top of scheduling, proactively communicating, advocating for the largest settlement or award, and the like, for example.

When dealing with criminal defence, you generally want someone who will explore all available avenues, including negotiation with the prosecutor, any available plans for alternative resolution, trial strategy, and the like. That doesn't mean you have to hire an asshole, but it may not be in your interests to hire someone who only cares to consider plea dealing and won't have a trial plan if you can't reach an agreement.

I would not hire a confrontational and rude defence lawyer, personally, because prosecutors, as fellow professionals, are unlikely to be intimidated by bluster.Answer #2: Hire an attorney that will tell you the things you don't want to hear. You want an attorney that cares about the result for you and the knowledge of the law and procedure, but not an attorney that is simply good at selling himself by telling you what he thinks you want to hear. An attorney that is realistic will get you a fair and reasonable resolution to your case. An attorney that is focused on being his own hype man may talk a big game and end up hurting you in the end. He's in it for his ego but you'd be the one dealing with the aftermath.


Title: Florida - Can someone be Baker Acted if they have not been offered the opportunity to voluntarily accept an evaluation?

Question:
A family member was admitted to the local ER for an overdose, and was Baker Acted and escorted by law enforcement to a facility for psychological evaluation.  We think the hospital violated his rights.

He had willingly gone to the ER with us, and would have willingly accepted a psych eval if one been offered. He was cognizant the whole time and able to make decisions for himself, and additionally, had designated us to make decisions for him if he could not. At no time was he uncooperative or resistant to the staff at the ER or the care they were providing.

None of the ER staff talked to him about a psych eval, nor discussed the decision to Baker Act him with him or with us, his family. They just did it. While we waited for LE to arrive, we looked up the Baker Act online and found the hospital had not adhered to its requirements.

We pointed out to the nurse, the doctor and the LE officer that by law, they were supposed to explain in clear language what he needed to do and give him the opportunity to cooperate.  They had not done this. They said a "medical' Baker Acting was different from a "police" Baker Acting, and they were going forward no matter what we said, over his objections and ours. When we pressed the point, they called security to remove us, his family, from the hospital.

Now this young man has a police record, the frightening experience of being deprived in an ugly manner of his family's support and left on his own in a time of vulnerability, and the humiliation of being escorted like a criminal in a police car.

The good news is he was released the next day by the psych facility with the advice to get counseling, which we are following up on.

Did the hospital and LE violate the law, or is this acceptable standard operating procedure for use of the Baker Act in cases of an overdose? Do we have any legal recourse?  If they violated the law, we would like to make sure this does not happen again to another family.

Thanks

Answer:
 > Did the hospital and LE violate the law, or is this acceptable standard operating procedure for use of the Baker Act in cases of an overdose?

No, an overdose is a sign of suicide and possible mental illness. The doctor can have him admitted to a psych facility for evaluation. He was evaluated and released. He doesn't have a criminal record of any kind. The problem I see here is that the family is ashamed. If he had a heart attack would you be ashamed if he was held over in the hospital receiving care? In our modern society with many medical advances we now recognize that suicide attempts are a sign of possible mental illness and we have doctors evaluate such patients in the hope that treatment, if needed, will help them cope with a mental illness. Good Luck.


Title: How badly can not paying rent hurt me?

Question:
Location: Austin, TX

Situation: I signed a renewal for my apartment before I knew of the multiple problems it had. I got flooded and had multiple issues with the door lock during the year. The property manager says that I cannot use that against him anymore because even though it took him months to fix, it is “fixed” now. The renewal lasts until 7/31 of next year. I have already moved my stuff out the place.

Now, I am trying to either 1) break the contract or 2) sublease the place out. I am having many issues finding subleasers. I have reduced the price quite a bit as well. I already paid the subletting fee. My mom doesn’t want to pay for the place anymore. I told her that I would get sued and my credit would drop and I wouldn’t be able to find future places to rent or be able to finance a home in the future. I am especially worried about what rate I will get from the bank.

However, she still doesn’t want me to pay rent. How badly could this affect me?

TL;DR: signed a renewal but don’t live in the place anymore. How badly will it affect me in the future if I don’t pay rent?
Topic:
Landlord Tenant Housing

Answer: You get evicted, your credit gets destroyed, you (and your mom, if she signed as a guarantor) owe rent and fees, and you (and your mom, if she signed as a guarantor) can forget renting or owning a house for at least seven years in anything other than wrong-side-of tracks trailer park sublets and similar delightful locales.


Title: Does being a pornstar have a negative effect in a custody hearing?

Question:
Hello, I am a 20 year old female with 1 child living in Texas. My friend and I (friend from college, not the child's father) want to start a porn site and I was wondering if this will have any effect on custody (I would like to gain full custody). I assume the answer is no, as my limited legal knowledge would lead me to believe that only things that are directly detrimental to the child's well-being can play a factor.

I plan to operate the site completely within the law. I also will not be bringing my child on set or anything stupid like that.

I do plan to consult with a lawyer prior to starting the site but I wanted to ask this here first before I get too far into it only to find out that it would be dangerous. Will a judge hold it against me if I do this? I find it hard to believe any judge would say something like "well I don't like sex, and you have sex a lot, so I'm taking your child away from you!" although I just want to be safe and make sure this cannot be twisted into a negative light.

Thank you in advance for any help you guys can give me
Topic:
Custody Divorce and Family

Answer:
 I think it will depend on the quality of the product. Do you have samples to share?

Just kidding.

Seriously, though - the nature of your work *shouldn't* affect custody, but judges are human; and most of them are quite conservative (even the "liberal" ones), so you shouldn't expect there to be *no* effect. And you should expect your opponent to bring it up loudly and frequently.Answer #2: In Texas, in front of an elected judge, you bet this could impact a custody case.


Title: What if you own guns and then get a medical marijuana card?

Question:
It is apparently illegal (or impossible) to buy a gun if you have a medical marijuana card, but what if you already own guns and then get a card? Are you at risk for raids or criminal prosecution?
Topic:
Drug Possession

Answer:
 You are not in immediate danger, but you are not protected by anything other than good will and public opinion.

Nobody is currently rounding up guns from medical marijuana card holders.  Honolulu tried, and the public backlash was severe enough that they stopped the policy and returned both guns that had actually been surrendered.

But you ARE putting yourself into a database of people who aren't legally allowed to own guns.  If someone DOES decide to enforce it, there's no 'grandfathering' principle that will protect you.  At any point, your state COULD decide they're getting into it.  I wouldn't consider that HIGHLY likely, as your state's pretty serious about gun rights and there is, of course, pretty broad support for federal legalization eventually.  But there's nothing protecting you, technically.


Title: My grandmothers POA stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from her and now she is currently in a new apartment with no furniture and sleeping on a blowup mattress (IL)

Question:
Hey everyone! I’m reaching out because over the last 2-3 years my grandmothers power of attorney has stolen over 200k from her which resulted in her losing her house, moving to an apartment and abandoning it and now in a new apartment with only a TV, air mattress and a wheelchair as a couch.

So about 5 Years age my grandfather who was a Chicago police officer passed away from lung cancer resulting in my disabled grandmother getting his pension, life insurance, SS and savings. The first few years after his passing she was taken care of by my mother who then passed away herself unexpectedly. Shortly after that this guy who worked for the Chicago police department started coming around becoming close with my grandmother (nothing romantic). Well somewhere in the mix of them getting closer he becomes the legal power of attorney of her which gives him access to all of her money. Shortly after that while this guy was “taking care of her” she falls behind big time on her mortgage payment resulting in her losing the house. She then moves this apartment where everything appeared fine but in reality wasn’t. We go visit her one weekend and she had no food in her house, the place hasn’t been cleaned in months, there is feces on the couch she sits on, the bathroom and drippings from the couch to the bathroom. She had an aneurysm and has been physically and mentally disabled since the 90’s and can’t walk without a walker so it’s difficult to just get up and go. After we find out how she’s living this guy (her power of attorney) removes her from her apartment leaving everything behind and checks her into the hospital and wouldn’t give us access to what hospital she was in, a phone number or anything. Well a few months pass and it’s now Christmas and she surprises me with a phone call and we get to talking and she mentions to me on how she has no furniture, no food and is sleeping on an air mattress which I have to assume is deflated because she can hardly shower by herself, let alone hook up the pump and get down on the floor and do it. My family who lives in the city went to the police station and they claim there isn’t anything they can do because she’s not complaining. She delusional and thinks this guy loves her, unfortunately she doesn’t have the mental capacity to realize that this guy is feeding her BS just to rob her of all her money. We have her bank accounts showing this dude going on vacations, eating at these fancy restaurants and even paying for his kids private schooling. I reached out to ABC 7 Chicago, Jason Knowles who is a reporter who investigates things like this but haven’t gotten a response. I live in Wisconsin and unfortunately don’t have the resources to be down there to help as much as I’d love to. In the next year when she turns a certain age, she receives another 100k+ from my grandfathers money and this money will be gone within a year if something doesn’t happen. What kind of legal action can be done?

She’s mentally ill
She’s delusional
He’s not family
He’s robbing her
She’s sitting on a wheelchair and sleeps on an air bed

If anyone can help, that would be amazing!

Thank you a ton!

Sorry for the horrible formatting and explanation! I’ll be around to answer any further questions.

Answer:
 [Illinois Adult Protective Services](https://www.illinois.gov/aging/ProtectionAdvocacy/Pages/abuse.aspx)Answer #2: https://www.illinois.gov/aging/ProtectionAdvocacy/Pages/abuse.aspx

call these guys


Title: If a hospital accepts a birth certificate with my name on it, even if I've taken a paternity test to prove the baby isn't mine, what are the chances of a lawsuit for the estimated amount it would take to support that child succeeding?

Question: Basically, if I sue them for the estimated 18 years of child support (I live in one of the many US states that mandates whoever's on the certificate to assume financial responsibility no matter what), how likely am I to win, assuming I can prove they knew the kid wasn't mine, but accepted the birth certificate anyways?

Answer:
 Nil. The hospital has no obligation, and honestly no ability, to vet the information on the birth certificate and is not responsible for errors or omissions made by the mother.

Your recourse if you are incorrectly identified as the father is to file a paternity suit. If you are served with a child support petition based on the birth certificate, you can stay that petition by countersuing to determine paternity, and get it dismissed if you are found not to be the father.Answer #2: That's not how anything works.

You would need to either accept paternity by signing the birth certificate or the mother would go to court and force a DNA test. The mother can't just add anyone she wants to the birth certificate.Answer #3: Why is your name on the birth certificate? Did you sign it?


Title: [CO] I'm a renter: HOA is charging me over $500 for issues I never knew about.

Question:
I rent a house from a management company, who is rentin on behalf of the actual owners which live in Florida.

I never received any HOA rulebook or requirements, and until now never knew we had one. But, they are sending letters (all within the past month) for issues dating back from before I even moved in.

Some are valid but insane: My truck got a flat tire from vandalism while I was away on vacation for 2 weeks, now they want to tow it and charge me $150. The thing is that I literally just got back 4 days ago, and they were this prompt in sending me a letter.

There are others, nearly all about the trash cans being left out on the curb past trash day (I roll them to the side of the house, I thought this was acceptable) although these date back to 7+ months before I rented the place to current time.
Over 7 months of issues and only now am I being sent the letter.

I've contacted them 7 times over the phone and left 7 messages, but the only response is that "I'm not the owner". They include links to their site and the only means of responding officially to the HOA violation is through the HOA site, but that requires the owners information.

The latest letter states they are willing to put a lien on the property: is this just the house or my property as well?

Any advice on what to do, or how to get the manual/rulebook?

Answer: Have you contacted the management company?


Title: (US - Ohio) Public university employee hit my car and totalled it, self-insured university wants to charge me a deductible?

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 No, you pay nothing. The deductible is their responsibility alone. If they won't pay it you'll have to sue in small claims.Answer #2: Don't agree to this.  Looks like you are going to become more familiar with the small claims court process in Ohio.

Sue the individual that hit you for all reimbursable expenses.

1) Value of the car (if totaled)

2) Repair cost of car (if repaired)

3) Reasonable rental cost of car until totaled or repair.

If they do total it, be prepared for them to lowball the shit out of the value.  Do some research for local values of similar cars and present that in court.  The fact the individual acted in bad faith for the repair will help you in court.  Bring that documentation.


Title: Apartment cleans out storage unit. Won't take responsibility.

Question:
I live in an apartment with a large open area dedicated to storage units/cages. Last week, I go down there for the first time in ~6+ months to put something in there, and find it is cleaned out. Everything gone, area is tidied up, name tag removed, and the lock is still LOCKED. No damage to the cage or lock.

The lock is not mine, it belongs to the apartment and is the same lock every other unit has. I report this to the apartment manager. She claims they do an inspection every 6 months or so and clean out old units that "look abandoned". She claims that a note was written about my unit back in August, but that nothing was cleaned out from it. She also claims the lock on the unit has no master key. I wonder to myself how they clean out "vacant" units without a master key. She says I must have accidentally left it unlocked and someone came and stole everything. (Apparently the thief also took a huge empty TV box and cleaned up after themselves. Removed my name tag. And made sure to lock the lock after themselves. All without damaging anything.) There is no way, none at all, I would have left the lock open without triple checking that it was actually locked.

I mean, it's obvious they screwed up and accidentally cleaned out my storage area ~6 months ago. But they won't admit to it. What is my play here? I live in Indiana. Items gone include a couple boxes of old electronics, games, DVDs. Girlfriend had several bags of valuable items in there (clothing and bedding), that she was storing in there until she had more room in a new place. Estimated worth of everything is something like $1,000 to $2,000, but I obviously don't have an itemized list of everything I had in boxes/bags. No renters insurance.

Answer:
 Your stuff was stolen.  Call the police.

EDIT: And get renter's insurance.  It's cheap.Answer #2: Have you contacted your renters insurance company? They should cover this quickly and painlessly.


Title: [GA] A weird child custody order, not sure where to go from here

Question:
Long story short, I have 100% custody of my son, and I always have.  Recently (within the last 30 days) an order for child support has been established and my son's father began payments. (He lives in NY, and has never laid eyeballs on my son in his life.)

This evening I received a summons to register with a family attorney 30-45 mins North of me. From what I can gather it's a petition (civil suit, I don't know if that matters?) from my son's father for legitimization and custody/visitation rights.

Several issues with this-
I'm moving back to California to be with family in October. I can't do this in my own any more and I desperately need the physical/emotional support. He doesn't even live in GA but this summons says that "it is in the best interest of the minor child herein that this court take jurisdiction of the minor child."

Who do I talk to about this? His lawyer...? It's just a statement- do I still have time to leave with my son and work out the legal issues in CA? (Whole other thing that I've decided is relevant- this lawyer is likely to be someone his family knows personally. I don't like it.)

Secondly, it  says that in my absence a ruling will be made with the evidence provided. BUT, it also says the petition was filed on March 22. It's May.

"An answer to the complaint which is herewith served upon you, within 30 days after service of this summons upon you, exclusive of the day of service. If you fail to do so, judgement by default will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. This 22 day of March 2017"

So... that's 30 days from the time Im served the summons right? They can't file suit, reach a judgement and THEN serve me? Im also confused because I have to pay to register with this lawyer online. Again, I really don't like it.

I'm just kind of confused and I don't want to get stuck in Georgia. Where do I go from here? Any help is appreciated!

Answer: You need to speak with a family law attorney, especially if you plan on leaving the state while custody litigation is going on. Answer #2: First off, get a Family Attorney, but not *his* attorney. Secondly, the court in which the child is should be the one in which he files. If the kid is in Georgia then he should file in Georgia. You should talk to your lawyer (presumably one that practices in both Georgia and California) about having the case transferred to a Californian jurisdiction when you move.


Title: Immaturity at College and the Workplace

Question: [Deleted]

Answer: Huh?


Title: PayPal Scam,Help? Please.

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 I don't think returning it is distributing it.

 How can you know but be unable to prove the item is fake? What is it?

 You can ask the seller for a shopping label.


Title: [California] What would you do if you took a picture inside a grocery store and an employee told you to delete your pictures? He also told you to hand him your phone so he can make sure. This was in Wholesomething Choice.

Question:
Do I need to delete my pictures? Do I need to hand in my phone?

What would happen if I refuse?

Answer:
 They can kick you out of the store. That's it.Answer #2: >He also told you to hand him your phone so he can make sure.

 I'd laugh in his face and willingly elect to exit the premises at that time.

 We get a fair amount of these posts. May I ask why people take pictures of items in grocery stores in the first place? Price matching? And why do grocery stores care when this happens?

 Edit: I find all of your responses very interesting. Thank you!Answer #3: Don't cave to faux authority.

However, if this is a "membership" type place like a Sam's Club or BJ's, they may revoke your membership.  Answer #4: I would say, "No thank you" and walk away. They can make you leave. Answer #5: I would ignore him. If he asked me to leave I'd leave because otherwise the cops could be called for trespassing.


Title: (Nevada) Question about something that is happening in my family/in my building: My second cousin's daughter is 13 and just had her second child.

Question:
Hello r/legaladvice. I have never posted here before but this seemed like the right place to ask my question. I'm posting anonymously because of the age of one of the people involved and because this relates to my family sort of.

My second cousin lives with her daughter and her boyfriend in the same building as me. Her daughter is 13 and just had her second baby. My second cousin's boyfriend has been arrested after a test was done and it showed he's the father. He is also the father of her older child.

My questions are #1: What kind of jail time or penalties is he facing for this? (I am not a lawyer don't know anything about court which is why I'm asking) and #2: My second cousin knew what was going on and tried to hide her boyfriend from the police, what will happen to her? and #3: It has come out and been proven by the police that her daughter told her then-teacher and another teacher who the father was when she was pregnant the first time. How come the police or authorities never came or investigated until after she gave birth a second time after a nurse at the hospital called the police? My second cousin's daughter was attending school while pregnant both times.

Thank you. I appreciate anyone who takes the time to respond and answer my questions. This entire situation has been hard and confusing and I wish I had known or done something sooner. The location for this is the state of Nevada.

Answer:
 >Her daughter is 13 and just had her second baby.

That's straight to CPS and the police. Don't pass go, don't collect $200.

Also - I'm hoping that someone at school gets in trouble too because there are certainly more than one person there who's a mandatory reporter who utterly dropped the ball.Answer #2: More of a question to the sub: At what point is the child assigned a lawyer? Somebody needs to be fighting for this kid. Every doctor, every nurse, every teacher, every councilor, every school, every hospital, every clinic .. every mandatory reporter that this kid has come withing viewing distance of needs to be answering some hard questions.Answer #3: Did the girl give birth in a hospital? Did her child ever see a doctor? Where were the medical mandated reporters?


Title: Is my husband allowed to secede from his company?

Question:
My husband works for a tech services firm. Basically, they take the place of IT for a client. Their clients so far have been big box retailers, so he and his team go in, update systems, relocate storage servers to his company's location, and then the retailer is charged every month for access to their servers and to have IT services on-call. This company is still relatively small, it operates in 2 or 3 states so far. My husband is the manager of one of those entire states, so he is relatively high in the company. There are a handful of people above him. This is not super important information, but it gives you some background to start with.
Everyone in the company signs an NDA and non-compete when they get hired. My husband asked them for a contract because his job before this asked him to relocate and then gave him the ax when their profits came back and they couldn't afford to keep him on. He took precautions with this next job to make sure he was able to provide for us since we have a baby coming in \~3 weeks and are trying to sign the lease on a new place. I don't believe anyone else in the company had the foresight to ask for a contract.
The last month or so, payroll has been screwed up royally. Everyone has been shorted money, my husband included even though he has a contract. His direct supervisor is short about $4000, everyone on my husband's teams is short several hundreds to thousands. One girl's brother got murdered and she was shorted on her paycheck, so my husband cut her a check out of his own pocket so she would be able to go to family and make arrangements for his memorial. No one has gotten all the money they were owed for their hours worked. My husband has gotten death threats from people demanding their money, and we are struggling to get together the last-minute things for our coming baby and the deposit for a new place since we are being outed from our current one in 2 weeks.
Whenever payroll has been asked why people aren't being paid properly, their response is usually that paperwork wasn't filled out properly, either by them or by the person being paid. That doesn't make sense for the people who are salaried though since their pay doesn't change week to week and they don't need to show their hours worked because that doesn't affect their pay.
My husband and several other people in the company think that someone higher up is doing something shady with all the incoming cash. Either someone is taking all the monthly payments from the clients for themselves, or I don't know, the money is disappearing somewhere. It feels a lot like they ran out of money because someone made a mistake and now they aren't fixing it.
The managers on my husband's level have been talking about seceding from the company and restarting it themselves. They have all the framework in place and plan to use PayCor and have new office space chosen and etc. The people working under them on their teams do enjoy their jobs, they make good money (when they get paid) and they would follow their managers over a cliff if it meant they could still do the same job but get the money owed them. Their clients would follow them as well. My husband is the face of his state, he has personally landed every client they have in it and his clients don't know anyone in the company besides him and his crews. It seems reasonable to go to them and say, "Look, this company you have your contracts with was about to crash and burn and take you down with them, and they had no intention of telling you. I can do the same thing for you, but better, because I already took care of all this for you and know how to do it and I know exactly where the last people went wrong." A simple signature to start their new client contract and a phone call to terminate their old one, and their servers get moved to the new site with no hitches in service or accessing their inventory.
Based on some preliminary Googling, the managers claim the NDAs and non-competes were voided when everyone's contracts were breached due to the company not paying them.  I want to make sure that they are doing this whole thing properly if they're going to restart the company, I don't want a lawsuit coming saying that they stole the business model or still had NDAs or non-competes on them. If they go out and create the company again anew, are there any potential legal ramifications?

Answer: You are far beyond the help of this subreddit. If your husband wants to take on something of that magnitude, he needs to talk to an attorney who practices business and contract law.Answer #2: This is lawyer territory.


Title: (Canada): Neighbor's contractor damaged my property, what are my options?

Question:
Hey Folks. I realize this is a Canadian problem, but any anecdotes with regards to American law would be appreciated.

My neighbors are putting an expansion on their house, and their contractor has made a mess of my property. The brick on my house, vegetable garden, trees, lawn, stone pavers, and decorative rock are all covered in concrete or concrete residue. Initially I was told that they would clean everything up after they were done the cement work. Cement work has now been finished and they are now saying they won't clean it up. I'm pissed off, as are my neighbors, so I'm wondering what are my options are.

I also own a contracting company (unrelated industry), and may be able to clean up the mess and damage. I doubt they would pay, but I'm looking at options for possible small claims court. If I were to make up a list of costs, would I be able to include my standard rate  that I charge for cleaning it up? Is that a practical approach for damages, or would the courts see that as unreasonable?

Secondly I'd still like to fix this ammicably, so I'm wondering if there's a better course of action than below

* Take photos
* Talk to the sub contractor (site supervisor)
* Talk to the head contractor.
* File a police report
* Clean it myself
* Invoice them (?)
* Small Claims court
Topic:
Other Civil Matters

Answer:
 Skip the police report (this is not a criminal matter). The rest sounds fine.

If you do clean it yourself, record your time and make an invoice as if you were billing someone else. Keep in mind the court may not go for paying yourself as if you were paying a 3rd party, but you need an accurate record of your damages.Answer #2: Call your towns building department.

They have to have permits to do the work and if their contractors are being assholes, your town's building department may be able to help.


Title: Ontario Dog Spray Legality

Question:
I’m an avid walker/hiker, and I aim to walk at least once a day for about thirty minutes to an hour just to keep active. I live in an area with lots of parks and trails so it’s an amazing place for hiking.

The issue in the past two years is dogs. This area has a lot of old people with dogs who don’t care about leash laws at all, which is an issue for me as I’m both allergic and these dogs people have are commonly large dogs. I’ve had large dogs jump on me, lick my face, run after me clearly wanting to attack me as the owner is standing back scolding the dog begging it to come back rather than stopping it, and normally I have to run.

I’m not a big guy, and I’ve realized I’m not growing any more than my current height: 5’3. My mother has had pit bulls run at her as well and she’s only 5’0.5.

I find every year there’s more and more dogs off their leashes, and I’m extremely uncomfortable having a Rottweiler or pit bull running at me off it’s leash while the owner is either scolding the dog or shouting at me “DONT WORRY HES FRIENDLY!” when the dog is foaming from the mouth and ready to bite me.

My mother and I have made it a goal that we want to start hiking and walking more together and I’m very concerned about the dogs. Not only for my own safety, but hers as well being a small woman. I’m aware of the weapon carrying laws in Canada and am thankful for them due to lower crime rates with weapons in cities and I feel safe around pedestrians, but dogs are my bigger concern now.

Question: Am I going to be able to carry dog spray for the sole purpose of protecting myself against a possible dog attack, without police stopping me or arresting me?

I don’t want to be stopped and have it assumed I’m being a smartass by saying it’s for dogs, and get arrested because they think I’m intending to mug someone wit it or use it on someone. I want to keep up my hiking hobby and keep active, but I’m starting to be a lot more concerned with these huge dogs running around off their leashes and at me sometimes. Carrying dog spray truly would be for the sole purpose of protecting myself from these off-the-leash dogs.

Thanks for your help!
Topic:
Canada

Answer:
 As a practical matter, the cops aren't going to know that you're carrying dog spray until you use it, unless you make a point of showing it off or bragging about it. They're not psychic.

Bear and dog sprays, intended for use _on those animals only_, is legal, although if the police become aware of it they may seek charges on the theory that you actually intend to use it on people (which would make it a prohibited weapon). If you actually spray a person with it, you can be charged with assault with a weapon as well as with charges for carrying a prohibited weapon, even if you use it in self-defense.

If you pepper-spray a dog, you can expect to be liable for the vet bills. That liability may be reduced if you can show that you reasonably feared for your safety, but being approached by a dog (even if you have an allergy) isn't enough on its own, nor is the breed of the dog automatically relevant. (I've met some mean-ass Labradors and some extremely friendly Dobermans in my time, and the opposite. So have most judges.)

Furthermore, if you pepper-spray a dog, there is a reasonable chance that this will provoke it further. Dog spray is _painful_, and not every dog reacts the same way.

Finally, you'll be liable for any injuries caused by your dog spray, including people affected downwind of you.

The Dog Owner's Liability Act makes it pretty clear that the intended remedy for uncontrolled dogs is through your municipal bylaw office, and that a dog's owner is fully responsible, legally, for injuries and damage caused by their animal.


Title: [AR] Just found out my soon to be ex husband has stolen my mothers social security number and tried to get several credit cards in her name. How do we help to ensure ex is held legally responsible for this crime?

Question:
My mother back in May got a notification that her credit card was approved and ready to be shipped. She's a bit older and didn't even know how to set that up. She calls the company and they tell her the address the card is being sent to. Turned out to be ex's home address. She told them it was not her who requested this and that her son in law stole her identity information.

Now we are wondering how to make sure that my ex goes down for this. My mom's in her mid 60's and doesn't know how to go about this but she wants him caught and she's hoping he can be charged with identity theft or fraud or something. What steps do we take to nail him for this crime?

Answer:
 You and your mother make a report to the police. Then you let her bank know and keep an eye on her credit and make sure he doesn't try it again.

That's all.


Title: She refuses to co-parent with me even after temporary orders. Advise on how to handle situation.

Question:
Thank you in advance for your help and time it means the world to me.

I'd like to add that I currently have an attorney and I'm seeking for further assistance in enlightening me on what can be done and what I should ask from my attorney to do that may help us in the case.

I opened a case with the attorney general in regards to my ex girlfriend having no existence in co-parenting with me. I'd tried numerous times to make communication with her and to meet and discus about our child to no avail. In addition that request included extended visitation so that I can bond more with my son. I requested as well telecommunication to be enforced so that I can be in touch with my son as my ex had prohibited from me and my son.

I was granted the rights to communicate with my son electronically daily, and the judge set temporary orders which included the rights to use a third party app called "TalkingParents" which would help me with co-parenting with my ex. Extended visitation rights are pending until our next court which my attorney believes should be granted.

However and this is my problems. The day after our court and being awarded the following things mentioned I texted her if she could download the application and provide me with her code so that we can link our devices to converse if the need would arise. In which she neglected again and she states she never received any paper work saying she needed to do that. In which I'm thinking to myself well WTF the judge literally told you in front of your face that she needed to do that and they were part of the temporary orders. I just stayed silent and I'm fixing to go to my attorney to see what he says about that. However what can I do about this? It's costing me money to take her to court to co-partent with me and if she's not going to do it I'm just throwing my money away. Can I ask for attorney fees back? or what options can I do to put some heat on her.

Again community thank you and although I am aware that its best to communicate with my attorney I find he often asks me well what you want to do. And I'm here like well what can I do? Any help as to what to ask from my attorney is much appreciated guys. God Bless.

Location Texas

Answer: If you have an order and your son's mother is not obeying it, you could request to have her found in contempt. That tends to carry fines and/or jail time with it, and also establishes precedent that she does not obey court-ordered rules, which will look extremely bad for her come the next court hearing regarding visitation.


Title: My friend might be accused of attempted rape by a psycho. Should he act first?

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 I'm just waiting for the title, My psycho friend raped a drunk woman what should I do?

Your friend needs to remain silent and hire a criminal defense attorney.


Title: Apartment complex prevented me from going to work. Can I sue for any damages?

Question: I work as a pizza driver in a college town. I make the most money when there is a college game in the town. 2 Saturdays ago i was scheduled to work the morning of a game but when I came out of my apartment, there were cars parked around my car where I wasn't able to get out. My apartments sell extra space in their lot for $50 a car on game day.  In an attempt to get as much money as possible they blocked me in. When I talked to them they said I had parked in the right spot and had my tag but they wouldn't help me with any lost wages. When I talked to the guy in charge of parking cars he told me to go fuck myself. It might not sound like much but I probably lost out on $100-$150 dollars. I don't feel I should have to eat that cost since I did nothing wrong. Can I take them to small claims court? I'm in Oklahoma

Answer:
 You can sue, but you want to use the right cause of action. I can't speak for Oklahoma, but there should be a statute about [Trespass to Chattels](https://www.justia.com/trials-litigation/docs/caci/2100/2101.html). You may want to research "landlord liability for trespass to chattels", and just basic landlord liability.

There may be a pro bono landlord/tenant clinic in your area, see them for help if there is one.
Ideally if there is a statute that allows recovery of attorney's fees, then you can hire a lawyer who gets paid fees from the landlord if you win. Call some landlord/tenant attorneys and ask. Answer #2: I took pics. Mine is the Honda
http://imgur.com/a/wUxGTAnswer #3: The real issue here is that they appear to be violating the lease. It's pretty straightforward to argue that: (1) they violated your lease; and (2) the violation cost $150.

It's reasonably foreseeable that blocking someone in would cause them to lose money if they can't get to work...plus, they had actual knowledge of the issue because you told them at the time.

Note that allowing parking like this is dangerous and may violate the state or local building/fire code; this varies, but there are usually regulations requiring some sort of fire lane or access for fire trucks to multi-unit buildings.  The penalty for violating this is likely much greater than $150.  Answer #4: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion_(law)

The right in question here is your right to remove your car from the parking lot.Answer #5: You should look into your ability to have those cars towed j iustn case it happens again.


Title: Can I decide to live with just one parent?

Question:
I'm a 15 year old male in Missouri and my parents are now separated/getting divorced.  They decided outside of court to have one week on/one week off with me.

My problem is I can't stand being around my dad anymore.  He's a narcissist and I'm miserable just being at house.  He'll constantly argue and call me fat.  The other day I got yelled at for eating granola, because it was *his* granola.  I'm constantly nervous at his house because I never know when I'm going to fuck up and he'll get mad.  He's threatened to hit me several times and just texts all day, and while driving.

I don't want to go there anymore but I don't if I have a choice.  Does someone here know what age I can decide?

Answer:
 You can decide at 18, but at 15, a judge can take your well articulated, well reasoned wishes into account. You can let your mom know you want to live with her and if she is amenable, she can ask the court to allow you to live with her and to give your father visitation. At court, you can speak to the judge and he is allowed to consider what you want.

It is, however, only one factor that a judge considers.Answer #2: > know what age I can decide?

18.


Title: I live 100 yards from my neighbor and he has a hyper flood light that lights up my yard (VA)

Question: My neighbor has this insanely bright light that is pointed at my yard. It's at least 100 yards away. When I go into my backyard it turns on even though it's like a football field away. It lights up my entire backyard. He approached my gf at work and told her he sees her in our backyard with the dog. What legal rights do I have to get him to stop?

Answer: You can ask your zoning enforcement officer. Some areas have laws regarding flood lights.


Title: Is this legal? Concealed identity in public

Question: I use public transportation a lot, I live in a populated urban are. I was on the bus today and a person got on, sat in front of me. They were wearing all black, head to toe.  Not an inch of skin showing anywhere, and I had no idea how this person could see anything.  It made me feel incredibly uncomfortable and unsafe, and I’m wondering if there are any laws about concealing identity in public, if this is not allowed in some situations, etc.  Interested in any related information about it.  Not trying to pursue anything, just genuinely curious.

Answer: Depends on your local laws and the likelihood that the person you are talking about was dressed that way for religious reasons.


Title: (Virginia, USA) I'm stuck in a kafkaesque nightmare due to emissions inspections.

Question:
Background:  I am currently conducting a co-op in the Roanoke Virginia area. My vehicle is registered in my parent's name in the Northern Virginia area.  Vehicles registered in this area are subject to the Are Check Virginia program under the Department of Environmental Quality.  In order to renew registration I am required to get emissions tested.  My registration expired in April, I found this out about a month ago when I was ticketed by a Virginia state trooper. This past weekend I went to visit my parents and went to get inspected but their dynamometer was broken and they could not perform the test, this was late on Saturday and nobody was open on Sunday.  This morning I was ticketed again by another VA state trooper and when I explained, the situation was lost on him since this program requirement is limited to the Northern VA area. Because of this limitation the only certified inspection stations are over a 3 hour drive away, https://www.virginiavip.org/PublicSite/Pages/InspectionStations.aspx

I'm trying to avoid having to make a weekend trip just to get an emissions inspection but is that my only option here?
Topic:
Traffic and Parking

Answer:
 This is LITERALLY one of my top three pet peeves. Here is what a Kafka biographer says much better than I can:

So just what does this adjective "Kafkaesque" mean? And why does Frederick R. Karl, author of an exhaustive critical biography of Franz Kafka, believe that the word is as misused as it is used?

Kafka is the only 20th-century literary figure whose name "has entered the language in a way no other writer's has," Mr. Karl says. But "what I'm against is someone going to catch a bus and finding that all the buses have stopped running and saying that's Kafkaesque. That's not."

"What's Kafkaesque," he said in an interview in his Manhattan apartment, "is when you enter a surreal world in which all your control patterns, all your plans, the whole way in which you have configured your own behavior, begins to fall to pieces, when you find yourself against a force that does not lend itself to the way you perceive the world.

"You don't give up, you don't lie down and die. What you do is struggle against this with all of your equipment, with whatever you have. But of course you don't stand a chance. That's Kafkaesque."Answer #2: Blowing off your registration and emissions test isn't exactly a "kafkaesque nightmare"

Either update your registration to where you live or have it hauled back up north and get the test done.


Title: Daughter was in a fender bender, insuance denied other guy's claim, and now he's suing me?

Question:
OK, I'm not 100% clear on the details, my wife spoke to the insurance folks when they called, they told her something along the lines of "he is going to sue you" (or something)

Backstory:

Added 17yo daughter to our insurance policy. The morning of the accident, she was legally added to our policy, car was freshly registered a week prior.

She was giving a friend a ride home from school or something at lunchtime, so her story goes. She claims to have been waiting to make a left turn, turn signal on, going slow, and this guy tried to pass her on the left (2 lane road, he was in oncoming traffic). Her front left corner hit his front right corner, and left scrapes along the entire right side of his car.

They then moved the cars out of the way, onto a side street (mistake #1, take pics right where it happened), and she says he got all beligerant and started screaming at her. Her mom and stepdad showed up, took more pics, cops came, took a statement from the other guy, not from her. (her mom was telling her to stay quiet). she later was able to make an ammended report with the officer and provided that to the insurance company.

His story is that she was pulled over to the right shoulder and was performing a u-turn, and was trying to go after the ins company for a totalled value of his car, plus injuries, plus car rentals.

We both have the same ins company. I think his car was unregistered at the time, or something.

long story short, insurance company denied his claim on our insurance (we didn't bother with filing, a bumper scratch and cracked turn signal light just wasnt worth it), and is now suing me?

I'm not clear on how all of this works, I kind of assumed that the whole reason to carry insurance was to protect yourself from this stuff, how could he have a basis for coming after me?

Thanks , sorry for the wall o txt.

edit:
New Mexico, and I mis-spelled insurance in the title, shit.

Answer: If you are sued, contact your insurance company and they should provide a lawyer for you.


Title: [Labor] [Florida] wife works at a salon that is commission based. Employer threatened termination if she continued to leave work after she finishes her clients, but before her shift is over.

Question:
This happened today.

She recieves no hourly pay and her non compete agreement and contract she signed when she was hired mentions nothing of this happening once she reached the competency level she has.

The non hourly pay was fine, because she was happy to do her clients for the day, then leave.

The question I'm getting at is; how can it be legal to force your employe to stay at work when they are not getting paid?

Edit: these are her words through a text message.  She is charged for her classes, I think they take a set dollar amount out of her check per pay period for her classes.  And offered no pay for mandatory monthly 2 hour meetings.

Her text to me; "Should've added to post. Which is my main concern that our "classes" which are mandatory and 6-8 hours. Are unpaid too and our mandatory 2 hour meetings!"

Answer:
 Do they accept walk-ins?

After all what might be happening is your wife has been bailing after she finishes her scheduled clients but walk ins are coming in later and they don't have enough people scheduled to be there to handle them. It might not even be every day, just sometimes. Having to turn away clients or forcing coworkers to rush to deal with way too much work in too little time might be causing big problems for the business.

Long story short unless the contract stays that she has to work there for x many years, she is employee at will. That means she can quit whenever she wants for whatever reason she wants. It also means that the company can fire her whenever reason they want for whatever reason they want (provided that it isn't for membership in a protected class like gender, age, religion, or race). So, yeah they could fire her because they don't like her face.

Can she switch the timing of her bookings to eliminate dead time at the end of her shift? What about advertising specifically for her to increase the total number of clients?

I guess she could just quit and wait out the non compete (or start immediately somewhere far enough away for the non compete to be a non issue.


Title: [NJ/Online] Just found out I'm being paid a different amount than co-workers. How should I proceed?

Question:
I work online for a company based in New Jersey and found out this morning that other people in my position are being paid $3.50 more than I am. I transferred into this program from a similar position approx. 12 months ago.

The only reason I found out is that the other employees are being required to take a pay cut (to match my current pay) or being asked to resign.  I've tried to contact someone higher up in my company to see what is going on, but I am being ignored. My direct supervisor stated that I will mostly likely get a generic response and not to expect any more communication about it.

What are my options?  I've been missing out on $3.50/hr for the past YEAR of full time work.  I currently live in Oregon, if that changes anything.

Thank you for taking the time to look at my post.

Answer:
 It is not illegal to pay you a lesser amount. You can push for a raise but if they are lowering everyone to your pay rate it doesn't sound like you have much chance of that happening. Answer #2: They have no duty to pay all employees the same.  Answer #3: Your option is... nothing? You havent been "missing out on" anything. There is no rule that states a company needs to pay everyone the same. They have to pay you at least minimum wage and anything above that is agreed or negotiated at hiring.

You can always quit and get a new job that pays moreAnswer #4: You can try to negotiate for a raise, but it might be tricky if the company is making pay cuts and downsizing.


Title: [FL] Can a contract be void if one party rewords a very small part without telling thw other party?

Question: First of all, this isn’t about religious beliefs but involves a Christian institution. My dad is very involved in his church. His church recently had to put their space up for sale due to not being able to pay rent anymore. A buyer came along as a Christian School that also said they wanted the church to stay and only pay $1 per year in rent so they didn’t have to worry about paying rent anymore. It was seriously a significant help for the church and they couldn’t believe how kind the new buyers were. Well after a few months of lawyers on both sides working out the contract, it finally came to the day of closing the sale and signing the contract. Well the buyer’s decided last minute that the deal in keeping the church was not going to happen. On top of that, their lawyer changed a few words around on the contract without telling the church’s lawyer and they both had signed. The words they changed around basically said that now the buyer will also get all the sound/audio and music equiptment in the deal at no extra cost. Essentially, they kicked the church out and stole $10k worth of equipment that the church intended on taking if for some reason the deal fell through. Apparently, the buyer had planned to scam them all along. When the church’s lawyer signed the contract, they overlooked the few words change (like switching around articles) and they signed. Is there any way to fight it? I don’t understand how it could be legal to change around a few words without telling the other party and then have them sign.  Any advice is appreciated!

Answer:
 >I don’t understand how it could be legal to change around a few words without telling the other party and then have them sign.

Surely you've heard the importance of reading a contract before signing it?  The church's lawyer must have been told something about that in law school.

The church needs a new lawyer to review the matter.  It is sometimes possible to demonstrate that a deal should be unwound be cause there was not mutual agreement to the terms.  Though that often involves something more significant than writing those terms clearly on a piece of paper and pushing them across the table for a signature.


Title: Found disturbing evidence of deceased uncle's criminal activity. What should I do?

Question:
I'll try to keep this short. Last week, my dad gave me his deceased brother's desktop computer and a box full of hard drives because I'm the computer guy in the family yadda yadda.

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So I booted it up and upon checking the contents of the hard drive, I discover an insane amount of voyeuristic videos of women in various states of undress and/or engaging in sexual activities. I thought it was weird because the videos go back at least 10 years and the rooms are the same, only the people in them change. So I showed screen captures of the rooms, without people, to my dad, and he says they're from my uncle's apartments (he owned several apartments that he rented out).

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Sure enough, I asked for keys, went to check one of the apartments and found hidden cameras in there...the tenants vacated the apartments 15 days ago because they were put up for sale. I checked 3 of the hard drives in the box (there are at least 30 in there) and they are all full of the same kind of voyeuristic videos.

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I found no evidence of the videos being uploaded anywhere, I also checked his email and he doesn't seem to mention them to anyone...so I wondering if I should report this to the police (dad and siblings will probably be pissed, they want to sell the apartments and split the money ASAP), try and track down the tenants to notify them, or just delete them, since apparently no one but my uncle knew of their existence?

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What should I do?

Location is in California

Answer: The police won't do anything -- the defendant has died, therefore can't be prosecuted for a crime.  Just destroy the hard drives and move on.


Title: [TX] I need girlfriend out of my apartment She has not signed the lease but has lived her for about 6 months. What can I do to get her out as quickly as possible.

Answer: You can give her one month's notice terminating her tenancy then go to court to evict her if she isn't gone after that month.


Title: Law on Journalistic Entrapment

Question:
I’ll be studying journalism in university next year and so have taken quite an interest in looking at the work of other journalists.

Recently, Panorama aired an episode into the Grenfel Tower disaster. The journalist/reporter was trying to interview the architects and builders who they claim are responsible. However, whilst I side with the concept that these are people who should be held to some responsibility, the way in which the journalist acted was concerning.

1. He had stalked these people outside of their work hours in order to catch them off guard

2. He had followed them, constantly demanding an answer, regardless of their response

3. In some instances, these people were with their children, and sure, you may argue that they don’t deserve privacy after what’s happened, however, this type of engagement surely affects the child

I know the entrapment law only applies to authorities etc, but I’m curious - is there a law that limits or defines when journalistic research becomes an invasion of privacy, or even harassment?

Answer: /r/legaladviceofftopic Answer #2: You’ll probably get better thoughts in r/legaladviceuk.


Title: Is he telling the truth or just being an asshole?

Question:
I'll will like to hear your opinions on this serious subject matter my friend mother is facing.

My friends mother have depression, and since the beginning of May her depression gotten worse. Around late August my friend mother and himself moved in with her boyfriend to Sugar land. My friend older brother left for the army after he helped his mother moved to Sugar Land. My friend mother lost her job in Mid August and was hospitalized for having blood clots on her lungs.

The stories my friend told me about His mom getting disrespect, cheating, and making her feel uncomfortable by her boyfriend. So last week my friend and his mom was forced to move out the house... After staying for two months. My friend mom had no job, her car note haven't been paid (this is the important part), and she had no place to go. However three days ago my friend contacted me. He told me his mom is staying with a church friend and he is staying with his Aunt to he get in the military too. But yesterday, his mom got a job at the church. Including her older son had paid off her car note for the month. I was very happy for them, to this morning...

My friend mom, ex boyfriend is excusing her of stealing money off his credit card to pay off her car note recently. However that doesn't add up...

1.) Her older son just paid off his mother car note YESTERDAY.

2.) The only time he paid her car note was in September.

3.) How could my friend mom steal money from his bank by using his credit card if he have his credit card in his wallet. Including she started sleeping in a different room prior before moving out the house that week with my friend. To include more information they haven't seen each other for a week prior to moving because the tension was extremely bad. That's in the same house.

3.) My friend said his mom ex boyfriend Been texting and calling her phone all day claiming he pressing charges against her.

The sad thing is... She just started this job today. Do you think it's possible she did this? Do you think my friend mother ex boyfriend is just lying and being a dick? I need some help to figure out is my friend ex mother story makes logical sense.

Sorry for the grammar mistakes and long paragraphs.

Answer:
 > I need some help to figure out is my friend ex mother story makes logical sense.

No you don't. What you need to do is stay far, far away from this toxic group and situation. We have no way knowing any more than you what is actually going on but it's clear that it is a situation you don't want to accidentally be caught in the middle of.


Title: Completely conned out of my home with a quitclaim

Question: Hello. I&apos;m in Colorado and my situation involves a quitclaim. Basically I am a victim of fraudulent inducement. I thought I was selling my house to a person but she conned me into recording a quitclaim deed that had only a 10$ consideration. There is a promissory note with it. The note is for 27,000 with payments starting in June. I added a clause if it defaults she signs it back. The consideration of 10$ wasn&apos;t paid, so there&apos;s a little hope there the quitclaim can be voided. She crafted it so there&apos;s 90 days of nonpayment before I can escalate. There&apos;s fraudulent misrepresentation here for the fact that I didn&apos;t understand that the quitclaim would automatically give her the house outright. I didn&apos;t know. I believe there is a case for duress as well. I only considered selling the house because I am in legal trouble and I might be away for a while. She kept pressuring me to record the deed before my court date in case I was locked up again. I was rushed into recording it. I talked to a pro bono attorney and he said I&apos;d have to wait for a default on payments. However I shopped around and another attorney said I might have the case for duress. I drafted it myself not properly securing it with a deed of trust. Will errors in the documents help? I see a lawyer Tuesday. My questions are.. which case should I pursue? Is the consideration that wasn&apos;t paid a valid angle to void the document? Will I have to wait for default?&nbsp; I know she has no intention on paying. Will duress be difficult to prove? I&apos;m being evicted out of my own home without a dollar of consideration. How much would it be estimated to fight this? The lawyer is 200$ hour. She's broke so I don't imagine shell have representation. What are my odds?

Answer:
 Turn off the Internet. You will obviously only make things worse.

Hire a lawyer.

Don't ever sign anything again without a lawyer present.Answer #2: The failure to pay consideration would be a good argument IF you could prove it.  Her: "I gave him a $10 bill." You: "No she didn't." Her: "But you signed the deed saying you received $10, so were you lying then or lying now?"


Title: Teacher's trying to all coordinate a personal/sick day off on a "Day Without Women"

Question:
These are public school teachers in a non right to work state who want to ensure they can't get in any trouble if they all take a sick or personal day and put the request in for it the morning of or night before. They'd also like to have sub plans about women's rights (edit: the assumption is that it's highly unlikely many, if any, subs would be found. So the teachers at the school who didn't participate, mainly males, would shuffle between classes. The male teachers they spoke to were on board and supported this).

They want to make sure it isn't considered a strike because I believe that's a fire-able offense. Thanks.

Thanks for the responses so far

Answer:
 So all the teachers are going to take a day off and let the substitutes (many of which will be female, I am assuming) take over instead.

That sounds like a super plan. Answer #2: Taking a personal day normally requires advance notice and the permission of the administrator.

Taking a sick day when you're not sick may violate your contract.

Taking a sick day and having sub plans on women's rights on a "day without women" removes all plausible deniability.

Also, replacing normal subject area curriculum with "women's rights" propaganda is improper and I'd hope that the administration would take action against anyone who did that. It's also grossly unfair to make the substitute teacher a weapon in your fight.

They should also talk to their union representative.


Title: Is what happened to me at the dentist legal?

Question:
So I have health insurance through my father. When signing up for the new year, he dropped the ball and failed to sign me up for dental and vision so I have just regular health insurance.

I, not knowing I actually did not have dental insurance, went and got my teeth cleaned. When I showed up to get my teeth cleaned, they said I was good on my insurance. I got my teeth cleaned, payed my $20 Co pay, and was on my way. A few weeks later, they are calling and texting me looking for $300. I was obviously not good on my insurance.

Am I legally responsible here because they didn't properly do their job and run my insurance BEFORE I payed? If I had known I didn't have active insurance, I definitely wouldn't have gotten my teeth cleaned.

So, should I pay them?

Answer:
 It is your responsibility to make sure you're covered beforehand, not theirs. Services were rendered, and you owe the money for those services. Yes, you should pay them.Answer #2: > Am I legally responsible here because they didn't properly do their job and run my insurance BEFORE I payed?

It is the patients responsibility to verify insurance coverage. Not the providers. The insurance relationship is between the patient and the insurance company. Not the provider

> So, should I pay them?

Yes, they provided the agreed upon service, they should be paid.


Title: I may possibly have a good lead to a missing woman, is there any real way to remain anonymous?

Question:
Using a throwaway here for obvious reasons, but here's my situation without giving away too much info:

I live in Missouri, and a local woman has been missing from the area for nearly a year now, she just mysteriously disappeared one day. No one has seen or heard from her since. No leads, no nothing, she's just vanished.

Well, a family member of mine, as well as me, became "close" to somebody that was apparently "close" to her not long before her disappearance. I did not know that at the time, but as time passed it was made clear to me that there was a close connection between the two.

This person had made several comments about the woman and her disappearance, insinuating that she is dead, and that they know where the body is. Seeing as there has been no leads, and no other information on her case, the fact that this person is referring to her as deceased, among many other reasons I have, leads me to believe that this person was either A) Involved in her disappearance/suspected murder, or B) Is completely behind it all.

This said person was questioned shortly after her disappearance, but was let go because they believed there was no connection. Based on things I've heard straight from the mouth, I think they are very wrong and need to look at them more closely as a suspect.

My question is, is there any way I can tip them off to let them know these things, while REALLY staying annonymous? A lot of what I "know" was told behind closed doors, making me believe that I would be the only one who knows this information, thus would give me away if I said anything. Although, the comments about knowing where her body could be found was made in a public place that could have been overheard by somebody else. I feel terrible knowing that I may hold the key to this investigation, and bringing this family some closure as I have a family of my own and know if it were my baby who were missing, I'd want me to come forward. At the same time, I need to protect myself and my family, and don't want to put us in any danger.
What should I do? What's the typical protocol for making a tip? If I have to write a statement, my name will eventually come out, especially if this person is found guilty. What would you do?

 I was never personally informed of where the body supposedly is, this person just told me that they knew. One person that was close to this missing woman insisted that they go search for her body, but suspect said they couldn't, they wouldn't make it back alive.

I'm just worried that if I do speak up, investigators or police or whomever would be handling this case would want more out of me than I am comfortable to give, and I don't want to put myself in that situation. I feel like once I say something, it's out of my hands and I've said too much in the case that I don't want to testify or anything like that. I'd say I'm 85% sure that this person knows what happened to her, or like I said, is the one behind it completely. However, there is that chance that he just knows about it and had nothing to do with it, and say my name gets thrown out there in the case that he's not guilty and is walking the streets, this person is dangerous as it is, let alone if they were to know I was the one to spill the info.
Topic:
Criminal Law

Answer:
 I have a murdered family member whose murderer is out of prison that I am extremely afraid to mess with. I know he is responsible for other murders and I used to spend a lot of time looking for other possible victims of his that somewhat fit his MO in places he has lived. I have called in probably 20 tips and at least 2 of them were looked at very very seriously (I'm positive he was contacted).

Not ONE of the detectives has ever let me down and told him I called in a tip. I know I would have heard about it if they had. Just leave a message for the detective in charge of the woman's case and explain everything to him.

Also - Thank you. You are a good person and you are absolutely doing the right thing. The world needs more people like you. Answer #2: Check your local/state crimestoppers service.


Title: [MA] Company VP is blocking my promotion to a different team within company. Is this even legal?

Question:
I work in Sales. I was recently offered a promotion to work in a different group within the same company. The problem is, for me to transition to my new role my current VP has to approve the transfer.

He rejected it saying he needs me to finish out our Fiscal Year. That is seriously jeopardizing my career progression.

Is this legal? Is there anything I can do at all? Involving HR will likely get me fired.

Answer:
 Yes, it's perfectly legal. Why wouldn't it be?

You have no legal options.
You can try talking to your current VP. You can try talking to HR. If either or both of those things get you fired than you can file for unemployment while you look for a new job.

You can also look for a promotion outside of the company. If decide to do that know that you are under no legal obligation to let your current job know you are looking or even give a notice once you find something.
Otherwise your only other option is hoping the promotion is still there when you can accept it.


Title: Ex-husband child custody question

Question:
My ex wants joint custody of our 4yr old child starting when she qualifies to start school. I was fine with this decision until I found out he would need to hire a nanny to wake her up and get her to school every morning. I on the other hand due to my work schedule would be home and able to get her up and to school everyday.

We will be going to court conciliation and will probably progress to litigation as he feels a nanny should raise the child over me so he can officially have her 50/50.

I live in Pennsylvania, would a judge go for a nanny to take care of a child in the father’s absence, when the mother is available just to give the other parent joint custody? I have primary custody now.  Any insight in much appreciated.
Topic:
Custody Divorce and Family

Answer: Have your lawyer ask for your custody order to include Right of First Refusal.


Title: Prenup effectiveness

Question:
I asked part of this question on r/personalfinance and was directed here. I'll keep it as short and simple as possible. My girlfriend wants to get married. I will not get married unless my earnings are protected.

I earn about 200k. She earns about 60k.

I want to be able to pay for our home/apartment bills, electric, internet, food, all that jazz, basically help support her since she is making a lot less, but then with the extra income I want to be able to put it away into my own personal account and have it be protected. But it seems that any earnings acquired after marriage are therefore the "marriage's property" and would not be protected, *especially* if I used a portion of them to help pay for the costs of living under a roof we are both residing in.

If there really is no way that I can protect my own personal earnings, I will not be getting married. I'm sorry but I refuse to allow for the possibility of my assets / salary getting split 50/50.

Answer:
 Prenups are most effective when both parties have their own attorney and draw up the agreement together.

No agreement, of any kind, is 100% ironclad.

On a more personal note, if you're already planning the divorce, don't get married.


Title: Video found of my friend and his partner on an adult website.

Question:
My friend whom I shall leave unnamed, stayed at a hotel in Amsterdam last year, and i have found a video of him and his partner on an adult website. This video was definitely not shot with their consent and was shot with a hidden camera of sorts. I have shown my friend and he AND his partner are freaking out. We have contacted the website and are yet to receive any correspondence from them.
Said friend remembers the name of this hotel and it it VERY distinguishable , so it's no doubt it's the hotel they stayed at in Amsterdam.
What action could my friend take on this hotel and how should he Persue this?

Edit: location is the United kingdom.

The incident took place in the Netherlands.

Answer:
 So one of three things is happening.

1: the hotel has decided it never wants guests again.

2: A hotel employee found a skeevy side hustle.

3: One of the two people is lying to the other.

Law enforcement re: the hotel is a place to start. The location of the website and that country’s laws regarding this are going to be important. Answer #2: He can let law enforcement local to the hotel know so they can investigate.Answer #3: /r/legaladviceuk might be able to help too.Answer #4: If it happens to be pornhub there is some of their staff on reddit you could contact forgot the /u/ though.


Title: (California) insurance company hired by McDonald's is handling a claim and lied to me. Story in the text. Thank you for reading.

Question: ( california) So I filed a claim with McDonald's after a plastic object with a metal stud had cracked my tooth. The object was at the bottom of the drink and the same size as the pieces of ice so I did not take any notice of it even when I glanced in the cup. I ended up tossing the object back into my mouth and bitting down and shattering my tooth. I spoke with the insurance company and they claimed after the investigation was done they concluded that the screw did not come from the machine but they are willing to cover my dental bill and that's it. I was a bit thrown back if it did not come from the machine then why would they want to pay the bill still. I did not accept their offer because I wanted to see the investigation ( during this time my nerve has been exposed and hurts tremendously and I have no insurance to cover it or I would have already ) I called an administrator that over saw the McDonald's I went too and she told me that they confirmed that the screw like object was infact from their machine and that same machine belonged to coca cola. They said the technician that went out confirmed it was off their machine. So now I just had the insurance company lie to me and I don't know what to do from here. Please help.

Answer:
 I'll just repeat [my prior answer](https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/3bo129/insurance_company_hired_by_mcdonalds_handling_my/csnvhrq) again:

> I was a bit thrown back if it did not come from the machine then why would they want to pay the bill still.

They're offering you a settlement without admitting liability.  This happens all the time.  Even if McD's thought they were 100% in the right, without doubt, it might be cheaper to pay your bill then defend a suit.

> So now I just had the insurance company lie to me and I don't know what to do from here.

Either accept their settlement or sue them.  I'd offer that you're unlikely to get much more than the cost of your treatment, so the settlement might be the best option.


Title: Trespassing after warning ticket

Question:
My first offense over the age of 18, I would like to know what the outcome of the court date might be if anyone has an idea. Thank you!!

Edit: I'm in south carolina, my bail was set at 470 $ and I was able to sign for it,

Answer: Considering you provided neither your location nor exactly what you were charged with, the penalty range could be nothing up to execution.


Title: [NY] Pizza delivery guys abused me and used inappropriate words over phone and now manager refuses to take any action, any advice?

Question:
I'm Turkish female student so excuse me for my English. I live in campus of my university. My hostel is far away from my the main gate of my campus. So yesterday I was hanging out with my friends near gate of my university. There is a garden there, where we were sitting. I was hungry, so I ordered a Pizza from a local pizza shop. After a while delivery guy called me so I told him to deliver pizza to me at garden entry point near my university campus gate. He stated that he can't deliver as They only deliver to residential and commercial addresses. I argued that It'll be very bad for me to walk 25 min to my hostel get pizza and walk 25 min again to my garden as my all friends were at garden. He was provoked with my arguments and started abusing me in very bad language. He said words which shouldn't be appropriate to call to a woman like "I'm not your servant, b  ***  h, Shut the F  ***   up". Then he disconnected the phone. When I contacted the shop manager, he refused to take my complain and said they don't deliver anywhere except home and commercial places. He even said the driver can never say such things.
I'm so sad with how he said those words and how he behaved. I am very very offended. If that was the case, why the order taker didn't said in first place that they won't deliver to me. Even if they don't deliver, He said very bad things to me. What can I do againts him?

Answer:
 I would suggest buying pizza elsewhere. Do you have a legal claim against the shop? No.Answer #2: >They only deliver to residential and commercial addresses

That actually seems pretty common for delivery services in my area.  One time we were standing outside of Papa Johns (don't judge me) and waving at the girl taking the order, and she wouldn't deliver to us (they were closed for carryout).

As others have said, no real legal recourse here.Answer #3: Nothing. It is not illegal to cuss at people. Order pizza from a different place. Tell your friends about the incident. Leave a truthful review on the internet if you want. But you have no legal recourse