Title: Granddad is a convicted Paedophile

Question:
Hi All,

I have recently found out that my Grandfather had been to jail for paedophilia with an underage teenager.

He had already served the time for that offence but some new victims of his have showed up from before that sentencing has surfaced and I was just wondering if he can also be jailed for that too? (I live in NZ and his sentencing was 18 years ago)

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Now I'm not defending his actions I'm just wondering if these victims could actually get him punished again for something he did 18 years ago which he was already punished?

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Answer:
 (assuming any existing statute of limitations hasn't lapsed)

If there's new victims, those are new crimes. If Grandpa had robbed two men, gone to jail for robbing one, and was later tried for robbing the second; that's a seperate crime. If Grandpa raped John, Jim and Jerod; and was convicted of raping John, he could later be tried for raping Jim and Jerod if they came forward. He was not already punished for raping Jim and Jerod, he was only convicted of and punished for raping John.


Title: Opening a small restaurant. Question about spouse/gf working

Question: [deleted]

Answer: Without ownership interests they would be employees if they work there. If both you and your uncle agree, they can be given whatever ownership interests you'd like to give.


Title: Is this even legal? (Restaurant related)

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 Yes. You did not qualify for FMLA leave and were injured off the job. You had no job protection.

Assuming USA.


Title: Wife took my kids.

Question:
I'm from Washington state. My wife took my kids a week ago without warning. I saw her today and she won't let me see them until I sign a custody agreement.

What are my options? I could really use some advice never had a lawyer or been to court.

Answer: Don't sign anything. Hire an attorney and fight for fair custody and visitation.


Title: Display of front license plates

Question: If I drive through a state that requires display of a license plate, but the vehicle is registered in a state that does not require it, can I be cited?

Answer:
 No, plate law follows the state the plate is from.Answer #2: The officer can try, but as soon as that goes up the chain or in front of a judge, it's his ass in trouble, not yours.

I got pulled over out of state for having tinted windows. Legal in my home state, so no ticket. Officer didn't look too happy about that.


Title: [NYC] Sister in very serious car accident whilst in a friends car. The driver WAS NOT the insured driver. Unsure of next move. Looking for advice.

Question:
Let me preface this by saying thankfully, everyone is ok; relatively speaking.

Roughly a week ago, my younger sister [20/f] was in a terribly scary car accident with 3 of her friends; all 20 years old, two girls and one of their boyfriends, who was driving. At almost 100 mph, the car lost control, skid on the shoulder, before clipping a pole, and flipping 3 times. Car destroyed, but everyone avoided serious injuries.

My sister is experiencing pain in her shoulder, as she was sitting maybe 20 inches from where the tail of the car made impact with the pole, and side of head from the airbag.

Fortunately for my family, we have never had legal problems, therefore have no idea what to do. My parents are skeptical to pursue legal action, but all my peers, as well as myself, feel it's necessary.

As her 25 year old brother, I feel it's my responsibility to help her. So please, I'm willing to answer every and all questions, as I'm unsure even what to include in the post.

Thank you so very much in advance, this is a strange time for my family and am very nervous about how to proceed.

Answer:
 OP,

Your sister needs to see a personal injury attorney of which we have many here in New York City.  It's as simple as that.  No amount of online "advice" is a replacement.


Title: Apartment Landlords/Owners secretly running "Boutique Hotel" out of our apartment complex... Advice Please?

Question:
Really need some guidance here.. Any help appreciated.
So I live in Austin, TX. Moved into an apartment in my neighborhood about a year and a half ago when due to rent increases I could no longer afford the home I'd been renting for years. When I moved into my apartment, the apartment building was owned and managed by 'Company A' and things were fine. They were quick to address any security issues, noise complaints, maintenance, etc..

 Then a couple of months ago, they were suddenly bought out/taken over by 'Company B'. Basically, the 'Company A' employees came to work one day to a complete takeover, and no longer had jobs. Tenants also were not informed until after the takeover.

'Company B' is a big bad corporation with a horrible reputation for tenant issues at all of the properties they are taking over around the city. Making up crazy fines for random 'violations' and added fees for moveout etc plus not caring for or acting in the benefit of their tenants.. as they are all about the money. (Note- I have not been fined or dealt with those issues yet myself, but have heard many horror stories from tenants of their other buildings, and some of my neighbors have already been dealing with fines and mysterious charges applied to their rent).

THE BIG PROBLEM-
"company B" has 'secretly' turned many units in our apartment complex into "boutique hotel" rooms. In doing this, we have random strangers coming and going from our once secure building 24 hours a day, throwing all night parties and making our lives miserable. It is strongly affecting our health and safety. Not only are they on airbnb, but also hotels.com, expedia, travelocity, bookings.com, hotwire, etc, etc... all of the major hotel booking sites and then some, listing our apartment as a boutique hotel under a different name.

We did not agree nor sign a lease to live in a hotel.
So far they are getting away with it because they "sold" these units to another company and "that company" has set up the boutique hotel... It's a lie. The company that they 'sold' these rental units to is a front for their own company... It all links back to them, and they are the ones running it. They check in and out guests daily and have full hotel concierge running out of the apartment office and lobby, have extended office hours to handle 'hotel' guests, and appear too busy running their 'boutique hotel' most of the time to help their real tenants. All of our tenant facilities and amenities are being offered as 'hotel perks' to these guests, and are now overcrowded with strangers when tenants that pay rent and call this our home would wish to use them. Ive seen them arranging car services, renting bikes, storing luggage, and even having a sort of bellboy with a cart helping their 'hotel guests' in on weekends... full concierge services.

My main question is, is there ANY WAY I can get out of my lease without penalties? I did not sign a lease with this company, I never would willingly move into one of their properties in the first place. I also did NOT agree to live in an apartment building that was also being run as a hotel. My main concerns are that my health has been negatively affected as I've been getting maybe a couple hours of sleep a night (when lucky) due to tons of crazy parties and goings ons by random strangers that don't live here. I also have many safety concerns. I have complained about noise and security issues several times and nothing has been done regarding my complaints. I feel my health and safety is at risk living here further. Unfortunately, I resigned my lease about a month and a half before this takeover, and can not afford the costs of breaking my lease.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated,
I feel that they must be breaking laws running this hotel out of our apartment complex, so any pointers regarding the law in that area or who I could contact to handle this sort of issue would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you, truly

Answer:
 Without seeing the lease, there's no way to tell -- which means you'd need to talk to a landlord/tenant attorney.

Generally speaking, though, lease terms limiting what *you* can do do not translate in to an obligation for management to act against others who break those same rules, nor to a guarantee to you that those activities won't be permitted for others while denied to you.  Each tenant has their own relationship with the management/ownership of the building.

You might have actions in nuisance, or possibly in a breach of covenant of quiet enjoyment (caveat:  "quiet enjoyment" is not about *noise*, it's about the right to feel comfortable in your home and not be intruded upon by management.  A third party -- like the alleged "front" you mention, has no duty to respect your quiet enjoyment.)


Title: There is a collisions. Person A and Person B decided collision is not serious enough to call police. They exchange insurance information. Person B says "my insurance company will contact your insurance company." Did person A get screwed? [USA, NC]

Answer:
 Both persons contact their own insurance companies.

No one necessarily got screwed based on the (nearly zero) information in the scenario above.


Title: How can I legally protect my father during the next division of household assets?

Question:
So my mother is coming for the last time to his house to collect the last of her things. The problem is that the previous 2 times, even with a security guard, what happened was she brought about 5 people over and they all split up into different rooms of the house and started to haul off anything they seemingly wanted, even things that were both not "really" hers, but also not legally hers (anymore).

So of course they deny it, but yet we managed to get a set of silverware (fancy kind) that was my father's families' heirloom and worth a lot sentimental-wise but of course also $$ wise. They also took his coin collection and very old domestic and foreign currencies which were a nice collection to have, and it hasn't been returned 1 year later.

My idea is to either install locks on each door in the house (I'd really rather not), or find some other temporary way to obstruct entrance into the rooms. I'm planning on attempting to make them go through each bedroom, one-by-one, with EVERYONE that they bring. No more of this divide & conquer- followed by confusion allowing them to steal more belongings that aren't there's.

I was considering trying to set up a small camera or maybe using a laptop (we have quite a few cheap ones) and turning on the Webcam and recording to get proof of any theft

Does anyone have any ideas that might supplement this course of action with legal enforcement or assistance? The woman is a psycho and lies to the cops through her teeth so she' probably just sweet talk her way around the house as she has in the past

Answer: A simple solution:  You and your father go around the house now, and gather all of the remaining items that are hers.  Put them next to the front door.  Only allow her and anyone she comes with into that one room.  After all is removed, your mother (and only your mother) will walk through each room with your father to ensure nothing wwas missed, and nothing additional is taken.


Title: Is this sexual assault?

Question: So me and this guy, my bf at the time went to hang out. We went to eat and shopping. At the end of the date we parked down the street from my house and did somethings which I was fine with. Then he asked me to give him head. But I said, “no we are down the street from my house” I used as an excuse to not give him head since I did not want to tell him no. So he drove across the street so out of view of my house and asked again. I said idk and no a couple times. Then he got into the backseat, and asked me to at least get in the backseat. So I followed to the backseat. And after 5 minutes of him asking and begging “please” I agreed I would give him head if he went to a football game with me. He did not go with me. Is this sexual assault? We are broken up now. But we still talk. I don’t feel anyway towards him. Just wondering if that was sexual assault?

Answer: No, its not assault to repeatedly ask someone to engage in sexual activity.


Title: Charged with a misdemeanor after leaving the scene of an accident.

Question:
First off, that sounds terrible, and I feel horrible even saying that I've been charged with leaving the scene of an accident. I guess it is what it is though.
 I'm 23 and I recently moved to Michigan, from Florida. I've never been charged with anything before in my life.  I'm really unfamiliar with winter driving. On my way home from the store I slid off of the slippery road in my apartment complex and hit some branches/maybe swiped a tree which damaged my car.  I attempted to get my car back onto the road, but was stuck in snow.  I called my friend which came and picked me up to calm me down and we attempted to get someone with a truck to help tow my car out.  While I was away (about two hours maybe) my roommates frantically call me and tell me the cops are at my apartment looking for me.  The cop speaks with me on the phone and states that I need to come back immediately or they're going to impound my car.  I agree, but state I'm about 20-30 minutes away at a friend's house trying to get a tow.  I explain to the officer over the phone my situation and he just tells me to return asap.  I arrive back to my car as promptly as possible (20 minutes later) and my car is already on the tow truck.  The officers tell me they are impounding my car and charging me with a misdemeanor, due to leaving the scene of an accident.  They tell me I damaged public property, (the tree in my apartment complex) and my car and that they need to charge me.

So now I have court on the 19th.  I've been reading up on misdemeanors and see the max sentencing can be a year in jail, a substantial fine, etc and I'm really worried.

I don't really have the funds, but should I get a lawyer?
I don't really know what my options are, it was an honest mistake.  I was trying to remove my car without having to call a tow truck to spend money.  It was Sunday night and since I wasn't obstructing traffic and I didn't cause any real damage to anything other than my car I thought leaving it would be alright.  Obviously I was wrong.

Any input would be greatly appreciated...
If you have anymore questions I'm happy to answer them.
[Tree in question](http://imgur.com/x1KbhP4)  -not pictured here dead branches that damaged my car that I ran over-

Answer:
 If you don't have the funds now, imagine what your funds situation will look like once you have a criminal conviction.

You want an attorney.


Title: Ice is forming inside my apartment...

Question:
I need some help, ice is forming on all the windows and windowsills inside my apartment. Historically my LL is unmotivated to repair anything and so I need to know what legal recourse I have to help resolve this... The complex I live in is not cheap or ghetto by any means, please help. We are in Kansas City, Missouri.

Edit: Thanks for all the feedback. I'm not doing anything out of the ordinary to create humidity. No humidifiers, fan is always on when we shower, thermostat at 70. [Here is the amount of ice forming](https://imgur.com/gallery/PGofg)

Answer: Turn the  heat up?


Title: Can a parent be charged with leaving a known, but not charged, child molester alone with their kids?

Question: [deleted]

Answer: It's possible. There are no statute of limitations for sexual abuse crimes in South Carolina.  But it's not likely to proceed anywhere given how long ago it was unless you have other people corroborate what happened. As for a civil suit, there is a 3 year statute of limitations on bringing the suit but that only begins to toil when you become of age AND you are consciously aware of the abuse. I'm sorry you're going through this. I have dealt with cases of sexual abuse for adults who find out they were abused while they were children in SC. It is not easy for anyone, much less the victims of the abuse.


Title: Need to get this pig out of my house without evicting him

Question: I rent a room out to this guy in the State of Maryland. For the last 5 months, he paid me with promised. The worst part is he lives like a pig. He smoke like a chimney and the bathroom is beyond disgust. I experienced really bad experience when it comes to trying to evict someone. How annoying can I be without breaking the law, so he would leave on his own?

Answer:
 Your best bet will be to offer him money to leave.

Your other option is to go through the eviction process.

If you do something like turning off power, changing the locks, etc., then you might be in trouble.


Title: [Seattle,WA] Almost fell for a housing scam. Is there a way to keep this from happening to anyone else?

Question:
**Edit** We went to the police station this morning. They took down the guys' number and said they would add it to my friends' existing case file. The officer said there's a couple of people who just work on this type of thing full-time. Thanks for all of the advice!

My college roommate and I found a great place on Craigslist (which was, honestly, too good to be true).

The poster indicated they had recently relocated to Minnesota and needed to rent their house immediately. We both talked to the person on the phone, filled out a rental application, and were prepared to make the deposit.

As luck would have it, one of our new friends had recently been fooled by a housing scam. She kept the guy's number, and it exactly matched our guys number. Same pictures and emails and everything. She had actually sent him money ($750), and encouraged us to go to the police.

I guess these guys poach other people's listings and direct all of the inquiries to themselves. My question is this: will going to the police do anything? We want to keep this from happening to someone else, but all we have is a phone number. Thanks in advance!
Topic:
Other Civil Matters

Answer: You can post this to r/scams.  This is a VERY common scam.  You and your friend should definitely tell the police about it.  Especially if your friend sent the $750 by some way that it could be traced (eg. a regular check or a bank to bank wire transfer, as opposed to Western Union or MoneyGram).


Title: MO-Employer is requesting police report from personal accident

Question:
Hello fellow redditors.

I was in an accident on my way to work in my own vehicle that totaled my car. I was absent from work partially that day but I informed my managers of why I was not present. They seemed okay with this, but now they've requested for a police report of the accident and I'm not sure what to do. What's the legality behind providing them a police report? Can they legally ask for a police report? Can I tell them to shove it without losing my job? Can I provide them a picture of my damaged car as proof or some other document besides a police report? I feel like the police report is biased and honestly none of their business. If I can avoid giving them it then I will. I'm required to drive using my own vehicle for my job as apart of my job description.

I'm a first time poster so I apologize if I made any mistakes.

Answer:
 > Can they legally ask for a police report?

Yes.

> Can I tell them to shove it without losing my job?

No.  You can never tell your employer to "shove it" without opening yourself up to discipline.  Act like an adult at work.

There's no issue with them asking for this.  You can try to negotiate some other means of evidence, but if they don't accept that, you either turn this over or accept the consequences.  In this case, since driving is part of your job, this request is completely legitimate.


Title: Can I get a restraining order against someone in NV via online contact only? I am not in the US so physical court may not be feasible

Question:
Sexual harasser and verbal/emotional abuser in NV keeps contacting me and my partner. He has got my partner roped into a situation where my partner wants to cut off contact but 'doesn't have the willpower' to. He keeps trying to gaslight me and make throwaway accounts to do so and I can easily take one of his most recent comments as a threat. this is all online and I  keep  blocking him so I have no physical evidence except for call time logs. have also moved to a new computer recently, I did back up all of my skype chat logs but skype has it all encrypted so it's not particularly useful. I have encouraged my partner to record screenshots etc. so I imagine they have something as well.

both of us have developed anxiety and depression and I want to know if it's possible to get an order taken out on someone without having to go to court in NV. If a court date is required I can afford to do so but I would need to take time off work and go to the hassle of going to the US for it.

I know that there is a difference between a 'restraining order' and 'protection order' in the US but as I do not have any physical contact with this person I felt that, with my limited understanding of the difference, a protection order might not be as fitting as there isn't anything the police can really do physically right?

I have looked into the same in my country and I will have to contact the police to ask if it is possible to take out an order on a non-citizen who is overseas and how enforceable it is.

Topic:
Computer and Internet

Answer:
 So, you want some sort of official order that this person can't keep talking to you, but your partner keeps talking to them voluntarily?

That's not how this works. That's not how any of this works.


Title: Ex and I share custody of our child. He quit his job and court commissioner suggested he apply for child support? WTF

Question:
This isn't for me, it's for my GF.

Her and her ex have 50/50 custody over their 3 year old. They're currently going to hearings because my GF wants sole custody due to a number of issues not relevant to this question.

Anywho, he quit his job a few months ago and is entirely supported by his girlfriend/fiance (they've known each other for 2 months).

Today during a hearing the court commissioner suggested he go after my GF for child support.

Am I wrong or if he doesn't have the means to support the child, should be simply not get any placement whatsoever?

This nonsense is taking place in the state of Wisconsin.
Topic:
Custody Divorce and Family

Answer:
 It’s in the best interest of the child to have a relationship with both parents, regardless of their financial status. This is what child support is about, to make sure the child doesn’t have a severe difference in lifestyle going from parent to parent.Answer #2: > Am I wrong or if he doesn't have the means to support the child, should be simply not get any placement whatsoever?

Yes, you are wrong. Very wrong. Parents are entitled to share in the raising of the children and obligated to share the costs. This sometimes includes child support paid from a higher earner to a lower earner to maintain a standard of living for a child. However, if he is voluntarily unemployed or underemployed, it is likely that the court will *impute* an income to him and base any child support calculations on what he should be earning.


Title: Missing work due to disability

Question:
I have a mental disability, wherein I cannot preform basic functions or be alone, so I missed three days of work because of my health. I don't wanna go into a ton of detail but I had police visits, hospitalization, and inpatient care so I have plenty of notes from doctors and psychologists. I know the ADA has been repealed, but what rights do I have due to other legislation?

Thanks

Answer:
 >  I know the ADA has been repealed

Uh.  What?

The ADA has not been repealed.  Have you told your employer that you have a disability and asked for reasonable accommodations?Answer #2: The ADA has not been repealed. You're thinking of the ACA, and it hasn't been repealed either only changed.

The ADA doesn't offer you any protection if you are completely unable to do your job. Do you qualify for FMLA protected leave?  This would give you up to 12 weeks for treatment or if you have episodes and need to be off work.


Title: I had an altercation with my wife’s son and need help!

Question:
This happened 20 minutes ago.

My wife and I are moving into a condo and taking her youngest daughter with us, we are renting our primary residence to her other 2 kids 18M and 20F along with roommates. We are doing this so they can have an affordable place to live and we can live closer to our business.

Our youngest daughter 15F is quite upset that we are leaving her childhood home and has given us the silent treatment for the last 30-40 days over the whole moving scenario. Basically teenage drama.

Last night my wife decides that she has had enough with being ignored by the 15F and said she wasn’t going to drive her to swimming practice the next morning. She continues the silent treatment and goes to bed.

This is when the altercation happens.

540am rolls around and the 15F comes into our room and tells her mom that they are going to be late if they don’t leave. My wife ignores her giving her a taste of her own medicine hoping she remembers the conversation from the night before. She starts crying. Begs. More crying.

She comes to me and asks me to drive her, I remind her of last night and then more crying. She then goes to her brothers room across the hall. The 18M. After a few words are exchanged, I hear him get up and come our way.

He whips up the door, turns on our light and yells at his mom to drive his sister the pool. I then whip out of bed and yell “GO!” at him and push him out of our room. He pushes back and the. we wrestle for probably 40 seconds till we are both on the ground. He is 60 pounds heavier than me and 6 inches taller.

We exchange some words, I can hear my wife crying in the background and then he leaves with me slamming the door behind him.

We have never fought before, he is actually a good kid and we play Xbox and hangout together. He does have this side of aggression that he gets from his dad that surfaces from time to time.

I’m afraid he is going to call his dad (ex rcmp) who will recommend that charges be filed For assault. What’s the best course of action here?
Topic:
Canada

Answer:
 Practically: It's doubtful much will come from a single instance of wrestling around for less than a minute. Especially since no punches were thrown/no one was injured.

Legally:

> I then whip out of bed and yell “GO!” at him **and push him out of our room.**

You were the aggressor and your son-in-law was defending himself. If the police do get involved, you would indeed be the one found at fault if they decide to press any charges (again, doubtful). If the police do come to your house to question you, decline to speak with them and get a lawyer.

Back to practical: It sounds like you have a good relationship with your son-in-law otherwise. It may help to sit down and have a conversation with him about why you were punishing his sister and help him understand where you were coming from (but you also need to understand where he's coming from, protecting his sister in a moment where **he was only told her side**). It's very possible after discussing it he'll be on the side of you and your wife opposed to his sister.

Good luck OP, and try to restrain yourself in the future. You're the parent, kids are going to yell at you. Your skin needs to be thick.


Title: Girlfriend's entire federal refund and more was taken from her account by bank to offset a credit card debt. Under regulations is this not illegal?

Question:
See above. In Denver, Colorado. Bank is Wells Fargo. Girlfriend got credit card debt from years ago when her roommate bailed on her. Years later bank threatens to garnish her wages. (She barely survives as it is.) One day she looks at bank account and sees they took pretty much every single dollar she had after her refund went in for "offset recovery". I was under the impression that taking money that way for credit card debt was illegal.

http://www.sbbolaw.com/limitations-to-the-banks-right-to-set-off-account-balances-against-obligations/

Answer:
 Wages can’t be garnished without a judgment, if they were threatening that I’m gonna assume there is a judgment out there that you are unaware of.Answer #2: I am going to bet that there is a judgement against her that you (and maybe she) does not know about. They use that to get a garnishment order and then take their money.

She owed the money, eventually debts catch up to you.


Title: My work making me leave my home early

Question: I work for a security company in oregon that is hired by ups they recently opened a new building but theres not much parking. The only people that are allowed to park there are their employees with a parking permit issued for them. They didnt give us any so the got a parking lot thats 5.7 miles away from where i work and i have to wait for a shuttle that starts running at 6 45 am. It usually takes me 30 minutes for me to get to work from home but now it takes me 45 minutes to pass by where i work and get to the parking lot and wait 5 min for a shuttle only to arrive 7 min late everytime because of traffic. My supervisor said if im not at my post by 7 am  i am late and i will not get paid for 15 min of my first hour. I told him that im late because the shuttle doesn't take off until 6 45 am he replied with "theres a shuttle that takes off at 6 am just wake up more early and take that one other wise you will get written up". With my security company if you get written up 3 times you get fired and on top of that me being late have cost me 1 hour and 15 minutes of pay is this fair? What can i do? Is there a law that can help me?

Answer: No, wake up earlier and take the 6am shuttle.


Title: Landlady destroyed my backyard garden. Kind of complicated situation. What do? (Montreal, Canada)

Question:
So this is kind of a complicated situation.

Background:
I've lived in this apartment with my mother for 28 years. Last year she passed away from cancer and I guess because the landlady says she never saw me around whenever she'd see my mother she just assumed I never lived here (as well as saying that my mother said she lived alone in the lease which was signed when I was like 4 years old). All this to say, when my mother did pass away in May of last year, the landlady assumed I just came back to this apartment to take advantage of the cheaper rent and decided to evict me. We've been going to the housing authorities for a year now back and forth (part of what complicated the situation was that I did Airbnb to try and help financially as I figured out what I was going to do but stopped immediately once I was told it was illegal) but she finally admitted that I did indeed live there for 28 years (after my neighbors who've resided there for 35 and 25 years came as witnesses).

So during the summer, in an attempt to kick me out (I guess?) she put up a "for rent" sign outside my apartment. Additionally, she came into my backyard and completely destroyed my (my mothers?) garden with what had to be a chainsaw for some parts because I had some fairly thick roses (https://imgur.com/gallery/chdxGJF)) in an attempt to.. bully me out? I don't know. When it happened I called the police for vandalism. My neighbors had seen my landlady come with her sons to destroy it which I told the police who called her immediately. On the phone she said that the reason she came to cut the plants was because there were some plants that were going over the fence and she didn't want to get a fine from the city (you can look at the pictures.. she destroyed things very far from the fence as well... pretty weak explanation).

I'm being represented by a lawyer from judicial aide (was a student) for the eviction case and he told me that he can't help me whatsoever with this case because I would be seeking damages. Moreover I've spoken to another lawyer and was told that I can't get a lawyer to represent me at the housing authorities for damages below.. I think it was $15K?

I've spoken to some horticulturist who gave me a very rough quote anywhere between 1400$ and 3000$ which would mostly be paying them either per plant or per hour to replant the garden but doesn't take into account the age of the old rose plants I had.

I'm really not sure what to do. Ideally I'd like to not just get walked all over and do nothing but it seems getting legal aide for this is impossible due to the value amount in damages.

I definitely appreciate any thoughts or advice.

Answer:
 You need to go to small claims court for damages under 15K. Lawyers aren't allowed, which is why he told you so. Basically you and the landlady will face off in front of a judge and you'll have to make your case. Gather your facts and whatever evidence you have and make a demand letter to her for damages to your garden. If she refuses to pay up then you file in small claims court (petites creances).

It probably wouldn't hurt to mention you're already at the Regie with your landlady but it's two different things (the eviction and the property damage). ..I'm just speculating. Good luck.


Title: [NJ] Old job forging my signature

Question: I parted ways with a company 2 years ago, and while I was there I handled a lot of the logistics for packages coming and going to Canada. This place has a high turnaround so I was the only person left who knew how to do this, so when I was on my way out I just kept that information to myself. I'm still friends with a number of people still at said company, and one of them made a joke about how my legacy still lives. I asked what he meant, and he sent me a photo of a shipping document with my name and signature on it but they whited out the date to change it. In other words rather than learn how to properly fill out the shipping documents they used copies of my old ones and just change the date and weight. Is there any recourse for this, or they allowed to keep using my name and signature on these documents?

Answer:
 Nal but this is DEFINITELY forgery and could end up really bad. I’m not familiar with your job details but that signature and date on whatever that form is definitely counts as some kind of legal document. If they are presenting a copy of a signature as the legitimate thing on a new form(versus saying “this is our last known good order form we have filled out- can we just copy it without a new form?”)or with a new date, this is def not ok.

See if you can get a lawyer to write up a cease and desist. I would definitely go see one for a free consultation if possible in your area to see what possible trouble it can get you into.Answer #2: Let CBSA and CBP know your former company is using a forged signature and I bet they won't be happy.


Title: From MA, happened in TN: One of my best friends assaulted me while I was sleeping. He was blackout drunk and has no memory of it. I don't want to ruin his life but I want consequences.

Question:
[deleted]
Topic:
Criminal Law

Answer:
 >I don't want to go to the police.

This is legal advice, not relationships. If you don't want the legal system involved, go elsewhere.Answer #2: >  Ideally, I would want him to be forced to do community service for his actions. Is there a legal way to get him to do this?

Yes.  It's called a conviction, and it involves going to the police.

There's no magic way for you to force a punishment on him.  Your two options are reporting this to the police or suing him for damages.  You don't appear to have tangible damages here, so a lawsuit may be difficult.


Title: I was unpaid for a day of labor, now my employer wants to sue ME?

Question:
Chandler, AZ

I go to an interview, it goes well. He emails me, tells me to come in and work with them and see "if I like it". He does not have me sign anything, no forms.

I work that day doing a lot of work , around 7 hours. I tell him at the end, hey so can I sign some paperwork so this is official? He tells me he will email me.

I get an email saying that he wants to hire me, but is concerned that I will not stay long enough. Thing is before he had me work he already knew how long I was going to stay as I had mentioned it multiple times.

I tell him that I expect to get paid. It has been 2 weeks, I tell him since we did not negotiate a wage, that it was fine with me if he paid me minimum wage for the 7 hours I worked.

He tells me that not only is he not going to pay me. That since he "trained me" that he was going to charge me 100-200$/hr.

What is my next step?

Topic:
Employment Law

Answer:
 You laugh and safely ignore him unless you actually get sued. Then you contact the Department of Labor for a wage claim.

In the future, never work a day to see "if you like it" without pay being discussed. He probably assumed this was going to be basically an internship or something.Answer #2: You could contact an employment attorney but there isn't really enough money at stake to make it worth it. I would look first to your State's Labor Protection Board. They can usually help employees in your situation. Answer #3: What sort of industry and work was this ?

Was your work productive that day, or did your presence limit the ability of other workers to do their jobs ?   Does the job have any connection to an educational program ?

There may be an argument that your day of work was a brief internship, but it's a super-slim argument.   Your day of work would have to meet [all six Federal criteria](http://azbigmedia.com/ab/legal/intern-season-criteria-unpaid-internships), which Arizona follows.

The assertion that you would have to pay him for a one-day training program at a rate and under terms discussed only afterwards, is ludicrous.  To sue you for a breach of such a post-hoc contract, he'd have to sue in small claims court, which would provide a brief spark of head-shaking comic relief to the day's docket.

You, on the other hand, don't need to go to small claims court.   You just [make a simple wage claim with the Labor Department](https://www.azica.gov/labor-wage-claims-main-page) of the Arizona Industrial Commission.


Title: MA employee rights

Question:
So I have a lot of missing hours on my pay checks. This is because I'll work long hours and forget to clock out. Adding up now, I am being ignored by my company. What are my options?

Also, when calculating everything up, I have never worked under 40 hours/wk, am I garenteed the overtime I would get per week or do they have to give me regular hours?

Also, do they have to pay me until I was there or my normally scheduled shift? Or just an 8 hour shift(I have rarely worked less than a 10 hour shift)

Answer: Yes they have to pay you but if you forget to clock out how are they supposed to know what to pay you? Who have you spoken with? If you're just calling and getting a low level HR or payroll clerk they probably don't know how to deal with you.  Do you have a list of days you think you haven't been paid for?  Also you need to remember to clock out that's pretty basic.


Title: Well-known food company sent us (kids summer camp) contaminated food, is doing basically nothing.

Question:
Hello,

A week or so ago, we found some pieces of beef in our supposedly vegetarian lunch. We were able to trace this back to a case of tomato paste from one of the top people you buy tomato paste from.

We have several vegetarians here who would have significant adverse reactions to meat if ingested. I have a red meat allergy to boot. The meat was pulled out of the lunch thankfully before anyone had a reaction.

We passed all this along to the company. We have not heard back. We found out today from our food distributor that they will simply be sending us a replacement.

To me, this is unacceptable. We are a non-profit summer camp. Putting aside the serious health concerns, the adverse effect on our business if there had been a serious reaction would have been huge.

Are there any steps we should be taking to receive a more proportionate response from the company? We do have pro bono counsel but like to save him for the big stuff. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

Answer:
 You can't sue for what could have happened, only what did

Depending on your location, the appropriate regulatory body may or may not care. "Vegetarian" and "Vegan" aren't regulated by the FDA, for example


Title: I need help stopping annoying calls from law firm for person unknown to me.

Question:
Every few weeks I get (or used to get until I blocked their number) annoying phone calls for a person whom I don't know on my cell phone from a law firm in Orlando, FL that specializes in recovery for retailers.  Now they just leave long computerized voicemail messages since they can't call me.  (I'm frankly surprised they don't call from a bank of phone numbers, but glad that they made it easy to block.)  Once I tried to call the 800 number they left on my voicemail, but I was on hold forever.  I eventually hung up because I don't think I should have to waste my time on a matter that has nothing to do with me.  Plus, I'm hesitant to give them any more information anyway, for fear they'll somehow tie this persons name to mine in their records if I give them my name and address.  Any suggestions on how to get them to leave me alone without linking my name to whoever this other person is would be appreciated.  I'm in Atlanta, GA FWIW.

Edit: Removed firm name; added geography.

Maybe they'll just go away if I ignore them long enough?  It's been at least 18 months.

Answer:
 Remove the business name.

You have to tell them not to call you, otherwise they won't know not to. You don't have to provide them with your information in order to do that. Another option is to send a certified letter telling them to stop.


Title: [TX] Manager is claiming hours I work over 40 will be transferred to my next work week.

Question: I am due to get two hours of overtime this week. However my manager is claiming that instead of being paid for two hours of overtime those two hours will be placed on my next work week instead. We get paid every two weeks so he is claiming that I would have to work over 80 hours total to get overtime. Is this legal? If it is not can somebody post the law that would cover this?

Answer:
 > We get paid every two weeks so he is claiming that I would have to work over 80 hours total to get overtime.

That's not how it works. It's over 40 in a single week pay period. He's either ignorant or lying.

> Is this legal?

No. Talk to HR and if that doesn't work, report them to the Texas Workforce Commission. Google for TWC Wage Claim.


Title: [MA] Looking to get laptop back from ex-girlfriend

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 > Hopefully she'd be just wiling to give it back to me, but if she doesn't, what are my options?

Nothing.  It was a gift.  You can't un-gift it now that you've broken up.

I mean, you could try to sue, but that'd just be petty and you'd likely lose anyways.


Title: [FL] Employer mandating that all employees call local congressmen and read from a script provided by management, mandating that we prove that we made the call, all on our own time.

Question: [deleted]

Answer: Hold on, your boss is checking that you called, but doesn't have any way to verify what you said? Go off script, tell your tell that you want the legislation passed.Answer #2: It's legal to make you do this, it isn't legal to make you do this without pay. That said, you don't really have any recourse for the pay issue because your state doesn't have an agency that deals with such things.


Title: Can my design company tell me not to work on personal, non-competing design work in my free time, outside of the office?

Question:
Context: I'm an undergraduate intern in the state of NY. I work for a big design corporation. Because of the length of the internship and  the nature of big projects, none of what I produce will be going into my portfolio by the time I graduate and start looking for a real job.

As such, in my free time and outisde of work, I've been doing my own projects that practice the design skills, but aren't for sale and are only going into my portfolio. They are related to the specific design field that my company does in other branches, but the IP would never fit into my job description at all, and also very likely would not fit into even the other most related branches.

However, after a casual conversation with a coworker about this, the legal department told me through him that I should suspend all this personal work until I'm done working at this company. This happened yesterday and they have avoided my emails and calls relating to this. My bosses have told me not to worry and that I can continue this work, but I want to know if there's any information or laws protecting what I can and can't do in my time outside of the office.

Thanks in advance.

Answer: He communicated that the legal department said this? This sounds like either he was lying or your legal department is nuts. What kind of paperwork did you sign upon starting?


Title: Girlfriend is kicking me out, she's pregnant and due any day. At this point I want nothing to do with her or the kid.

Question:
Hey so yeah pretty much as my title says. I live in Florida right now but will be living and working in Georgia for the foreseeable future next month.

I'll sign away visiting rights, whatever, I don't care. I didn't want this kid in the first place. I get it I probably sound like a piece of shit and an ass hole, and I feel terrible about this whole situation.

I just really have no idea where to start or what to do.

Answer: You don't have to see your kid if you don't want to, but you will still be on the hook for child support if she pursues it or if she goes on any kind of state assistance.


Title: Debt collection on fraudulent TMobile account

Question:
Wasn't sure if I should post this in personal finance or here, but I received notice from T-Mobile and a debt collection agency that I owe $2,000 to them for a few different phone accounts that have been opened in my name and address.

I was told to file a police report with information about a  stolen identity, but the incident took place over a year-and-a-half ago and I don't want to get caught up filing a false police report for something that I have no immediate knowledge of or any real information about (i.e. my wallet was never stolen but someone tried to open a credit card in my name a few weeks before the phone account was opened). The collection account just went on my credit report and I'm worried that it will stay on there for a while. I've never had a T-Mobile account and have some information regarding the phone numbers that were opened up and an address that was attached to one of the phone numbers that is not mine but also in New York.

Should I go ahead and file a police report in regards to my identity being stolen and list T-Mobile as one of the groups that were hit by the fraudulent activity, even though there's no specific 'identity stealing' incident to report? I don't have too much information because the accounts were shutdown but my social security number was used.

Answer:
 > I was told to file a police report with information about a stolen identity

And you need to do that.  Provide what you know. If you don't know something then don't lie. This is the starting point of the process. Otherwise they will just keep hounding you for payment because as far as they are concerned you owe it.


Title: 17 years old, Underage DUI

Question:
After work at the restaurant I met up with a girl, had two beer cans, hung out with her and all that stuff, we took a nap and my mom was worried so she left in her own car and I immediately left (it was 12am) at this point.

I get pulled over for speeding and not having my lights off, the officer tells me this and then he asks me if I have been drinking, I admit to the beer cans and say I was playing video games with a friend too out of unknown embarrassment (I just didn't want to include the girl), when I stupidly just admitted to the officer he immediately puts me in cuffs, I refused the PAS but I do the breathalyzer test in the station.

After learning my mistakes and a huge amount of stress, my mom and I hired a criminal/DUI lawyer friend and we are meeting Monday. We have yet for the DMV hearing around Aug. 20 and then the court hearing in October. I live in California, known for being the most strict about these kind of situations.

What are my chances of not having my license suspended? I realize I'm not really in a situation where I can ask less when the worst possible consequence is losing my license for a year, but I have work and school to go to and I was planning on helping my grandma on for her medication runs.

Am I able to make a plea deal for intense schooling, community service and a breathalyzer ignition for the car? Or would the judge/DMV just see me as a kid and automatically suspend my license?

Answer:
 >he asks me if I have been drinking, I admit to the beer cans

So you're willing to lie about the girl, but are willing to utter a single sentence that guaranteed you a DUI conviction? Odd moral compass.  You should have refused to say anything and demanded an attorney.

>What are my chances of not having my license suspended?

Probably 0%, as a purely practical matter.  You need to speak to your attorney about the rest of your questions.  A huge portion of the penalty is the license suspension, so assuming you had a negligible BAC, I couldn't see them waiving that.  Your insurance rates will also explode, so you should consider that.


Title: When can't the victim "drop the charges"?

Question:
When a "victim" decides to "press charges" against someone else, what does this mean, exactly?

If it's for, say, a rape, can the victim decide to "drop the charges", or does that only apply to less severe crimes/allegations? What does it mean to "drop the charges", and what impact does that have on the proceedings?

Answer:
 The victim doesn't get to choose whether charges are pursued or not pursued.

In many cases, especially minor ones, the DA won't go forward if the victim says they don't want to. But this is just a courtesy. The victim's decision whether to "press charges" has no legal significance.


Title: Sent pornography to someone-MA

Question: So basically what happened is this girl lets call her M. M used to be friends with my girlfriend, B. but M is a little psychotic. A few months ago M texted me calling me abusive and stuff so I blocked her. M an B are no longer friends. A few weeks ago M messaged me and I told her to leave me alone. She wouldn't so I sent her a picture of a girl giving a Bj covered in feces... She is 14 I am 16. Her mother is a lawyer and wants to get the police involved. Did I do anything illegal? Also a note: I told her she can block me and she refused.

Answer: In short, you sent pornography to a minor.


Title: Paying heat for the entire complex (Chicago)

Question:
Hello r/legaladvice,

So I moved into a new place a month and a half ago.
It's a 6 unit building 3 in front and 3 in the rear. I live in 1R.
The place was in terrible shape, but being on the handy side, I was able to make this place a home for my SO and myself.
Everything was going well until I received the gas bill.
I knew the heat situation was a little off the second day I moved in. I always leave my thermostat at 65F, but the heater was constantly kicking on.
I took a look in the utility section of the complex basement and found that the furnace for my half of the complex was only attached to my gas line.
From what I know of heating, there can be multiple thermostats connected to this one furnace, which would explain why the heat kept kicking on.
I can't find anything online about how I should go about this. Each gas bill has been about $300.
As a note when talking about utilities he said it was my responsibility to cover gas and electric for my unit. Water is free in Chicago.
At the top of the lease it does say (tenant pays the utilities that provide heat) does this get him out of misinforming me about the gas situation.
I have pictures, and I want to send an email, but I don't know if there is a better way to start going about this.

Thank you for any responses,
AvariciousIntelect

Answer:
 In most states if the utility is not individually metered the owner must pay it and include it in the rent. I would inform the landlord that it appears you cannot pay the gas for the whole building.Answer #2: This happened to us a few years ago! First thing to do is to let your landlord know. Give them a call and tell them you're pretty sure this is the case. If theyre unresponsive, I'd send a certified letter letting them know of the issue.  Sometimes this is enough to kick them into gear.

Either way, call People's Gas and keep holding and transferring til you get someone who can help you.  Sometimes with People's (and ComEd) if you have an idiot on the phone, its best to just hang up and call back a few minutes later hoping for a better operator.  This is something that happens from time to time after buildings have been divided and People's will send out someone to confirm what you've seen.  Push to get something in writing from the tech. I'd call the landlord back and let them know People's confirms what you thought.  (People's will also likely have a cost segregation analyst refund you after service has been properly set up to the other units and they can make some estimates).

If your landlord ignores you, I'd contact these guys http://www.tenants-rights.org/.  They'll likely give you a free or cheap consultation and let you know what step to take next.


Title: [US] Can I sue my college for harassment I received due to their negligence?

Question: [deleted]

Answer: Among other issues, they offered you a chance to move to a different dorm to attempt to remedy the situation, instead you dropped out. You can contact an attorney to determine if you have a case, but I'd lean strongly toward no.


Title: Last night, papa Murphy's gave us food poisoning because their breadsticks were moldy. What can we do?

Question: I wanna confront them, but can I fight a corporation so large? Can you help me? My 3 year old nephew had uncontrollable diarrhea and dry heaving, and my sis and I weren't any better. We found mold on the breadsticks, and have the moldy breadsticks still, the very next day. What do we need to do?

Answer:
 Just want to point out that food poisoning usually takes 12-24 hours to manifest. Is it possible that you all ate something else that you didn't agree with?

Another thing, if you saw the mold on the food, why did you keep eating? Answer #2: Also, maybe look at food before cramming it down your throats. Just sayin'.


Title: (TX) My apartment deposit being rolled over to next tenant?

Question:
So I am relocating to Austin, Texas from Dallas, Texas because of a new job and am putting my current apartment up for sublease. I went to the office to ask about my $1800 deposit being returned and they said that it was going to be rolled over to the subletter and returned to him upon completion of the lease?

Shouldn't the new tenant be made to pay his own deposit?
The best course of action that I can find on my own is to submit a demand letter and if that doesn't work, take them to small claims.

Is it legal to keep my deposit and give it to someone else?

Answer: The new tenat should pay you the deposit since they are subletting. When you sublet you become the landlord. So you owe the landlord the rent and the subletter owes you the rent. If the sublet fails to pay rent that will also mean you end up paying it.


Title: default judgment - How can it be disputed

Question:
Moved out of a house and had a landlord try to sue me for approx $2k more than my $1200 security deposit. Completely absurd but unfortunately my check in sheet did not cover things as well as I thought and I didn't take pictures on my way out since I left the place in great condition.

So I settled for $500 on top of the SD. $100 a month for 5 mos. Well the first payment I sent two different checks for $50 through snail mail. One arrived the other did not. Next thing I know I have a default judgement in the mail. There doesn't appear to be a court date on it. How can I dispute this. I called the landlords lawyer to try and clear it up but ended up leaving a voice mail and did not receive a call back.

**EDIT**

Ok so I understand part of what is being said. So heres a run down to try and figure this out a bit better. I do not have the funds to go to an attorney.

Went to court, met landlords lawyer, went over everything, told them I wasn't going to settle and we could go to court. Had another court date and was ordered by the judge to complete mediation. Went to mediation and we settled on $500 paid over the course of 5mos. an "Ex-parte motion for entry of default and default motion" was mailed to me. Around the same time I also was mailed a "Proof of Service" saying I was served the "Ex-Parte". I also received a Default Request, Affidavit, Entry, and Judgement (Sum certain).

I basically received this all within the same week, maybe the same day or two. Didn't see my mail.

Answer: You need to file a motion to re-open the case by saying that you didn't receive service for the lawsuit.


Title: [WV] Security confiscated a case of jewelry on the way in to a music festival, wrote me a receipt to get it back later, and "misplaced" the case.

Question:
I sell gemstones and jewelry for a living, and do a lot of my sales walking around with a case of it at multi-day music festivals. I recently attended Allgood Music Festival in West Virginia and during the routine car search on the way in, the company doing security (Axis Security) told me I wasn't allowed to bring in my two cases of gems and jewelry because it's "illegal vending." Most festivals are completely fine with it, and have never given me any trouble before. I would have happily locked them away in the car and made no attempt to do any sales upon being told that it wasn't allowed at this one. They insisted on confiscating the items if I wanted to enter the festival.

I spoke with the on-duty supervisor of Axis (we'll call him Allen), who showed me to a storage trailer where my items would be kept under lock and key for the weekend. I expressed my concern that the two cases contain my entire livelihood, and that I didn't feel okay leaving them with strangers. Allen fired back with "Go the fuck home then." I live in six hours away in Connecticut and had caught a ride with a friend, so that wasn't an option. I didn't have much of a choice so I agreed to hand them over. I took pictures of both cases on the spot, in case any items were missing from them upon retrieval. Allen asked me to declare a dollar value, ($5000) then wrote and signed a receipt from one of those books of receipts/carbon copies, with the agreement that my items would be returned at the end of the weekend.

On the last day of the festival, I went to the main gate where the security trailer was, to find the trailer left wide open and unattended. I asked the nearest Axis employee if he could show me to my items, and he replied with "Yeah they're right in here." We went into the security trailer which was empty, both my cases were gone. The employee exclaimed that he'd just seen them a few minutes ago, and that he was worried he would lose his job over this because he was supposed to be watching the trailer.

I ran to a supervisor (not Allen), who told me to run a quarter mile to the other gate to check if my items were there. I did, they were not, I ran back to find the supervisor had left the property. I asked any Axis employees I could find for help, but they were all low level employees who did nothing bout it. I took a break to hydrate under their e-z up, and every conversation I heard were Axis employees bragging about how many items they'd stolen over the weekend.

After it sunk in that there wasn't anything I could do at the time, we packed up and got a hotel nearby waiting for the courthouse to open to get the forms needed to press charges. At the hotel, I emailed and called the Axis office, and related what had happened. They told me a mixture of things over the course of a few phone calls, both that they were looking for my items, and that they weren't responsible for them, therefore they don't need to reimburse me. I waited a few days, called back, they pretended they couldn't hear me on the phone multiple times, and eventually stopped picking up when I called.

I have the paperwork to open a civil case against them, but I'm not entirely sure what to say. The form I got asks me for the name, address and phone number of the defendant. Can I name Axis Security Inc, or does it need to be the name of a specific person? I have the name of the supervisor who confiscated the case, but no other information about anyone involved other than first names. How do I word the "clear and simple statement of the claim against the defendant?" I'm worried because I'm going up against a large company that can afford a much better lawyer than me, should it come to that.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I spent all spring making that jewelry, and its disappearance has made a huge impact on my small business. Thank you for your time.
Topic:
Searches and Seizures

Answer: So in WV, the small claims limit is $5000 which is exactly what your asking for. You should name the security company. Word your statement clearly and simply. This is small claims court; it's meant for people with no legal training. You won't need a lawyer, and they probably won't have one either.Answer #2: Yes, you can sue a company and not a person, but name everyone whose name you know. Say what you've said here (maybe tighten it up a bit), bring every scrap of evidence you have. And most small claims courts don't even allow lawyers, so you'll be on equal footing.


Title: [Oregon, USA] I was offered 13$ an hour for a job. I was hired and signed paperwork confirming that 13$ an hour wage. I already worked one shift. HR just called me saying that I can't get 13$, but only 12.50$, because she "made a mistake thinking the min wage was increasing Jan 1st"

Question:
Do I have any legal grounds for any type of suit or case against my employer? Would I benefit any more than the fifty cent difference times however many hours I worked?
Topic:
Employment Law

Answer:
 Do they know that they can still pay people above the minimum wage?  It's a minimum, not a maximum.  :-)

But given that there was definitely an agreement for $13.00/hr, they need to pay you that from the time you started through the hours you worked when you were notified (even if the pay day for that is later than the notification).  Once you were notified that they only planned to pay you $12.50, they're legally allowed to pay you only $12.50 for the hours you work(ed) after that, which is scummy but legal.  But agree with the comment that says you should look for other employment and quit (either before or after securing it) as that is not a good sign.  They're not only disorganized, but reneging on an agreement in order to pay you $0.50 less just because they CAN.  It would have been far better for them to just keep their mouth shut and pay you the $13, possibly delaying your first increase if that made them feel better, than to be this petty over $0.50.  But yeah, it's legal, ONCE you've been notified.  If they don't pay you the $13 for the first however-long, file a wage claim.  Good luck!


Title: What does "PUBLIC INDECENCY - LEWD EXPOSURE - NEAR SCHOOL GROUNDS" mean?

Question:
If someone were convicted of:

1.) PUBLIC INDECENCY - LEWD EXPOSURE - NEAR SCHOOL GROUNDS
and
2.) DISORDERLY CONDUCT-BREACH OF PEACE

What would this indicate he/she did? (All I need are some examples, just to figure out what it means)

Thanks!

Edit: Dupage County, IL

Answer:
 They did something naughty or nude near a school and they weren't quiet about it.

You can get away with one or the other, never both. Answer #2: It takes only a second to show someone how you feel about them.

(The police call it indecent exposure, but whatever...)


Title: Is it legal to put a nanny cam in the bedroom?

Question: So, I work for a home healthcare company and one of my clients has a nanny cam installed in the living room. I was informed of this before I went. However, there was recently an e-mail sent out to myself and the other caregivers who have this client stating that basically we're not allowed to sleep during our shifts and a reminded that there are cameras through out the house so they'll know who it is and so on. That's all well and good, but my question is, is it legal for them to have a camera in a bedroom in the house? The night time caregivers are allowed to wear loungewear within reason so I've been changing in that room for six months. I feel incredibly uncomfortable with the whole situation. Not that I'm doing anything wrong, it's just that constantly being recorded gives me the jeebies. I live in Ohio if that's relevant. I know nanny cams are legal and they don't have to inform you, I'm just wondering if that applies for bedrooms or places where people would expect at least a basically level of privacy.

Answer:
 An expectation of privacy anywhere in someone else's bedroom is probably not reasonable; if anything, a bedroom would probably be MORE likely to have a camera because that's where things people like to videotape are.

Their secure possessions like jewelry boxes and the cash sock, of course. What were you thinking?

Change in the bathroom.Answer #2: I work for Adult PDN for a home health company, and we had a nearly identical situation (except in PA, not OH).  Nurses complained left and right, but at the end of the day, it's the client's home.  The client and their family can do whatever they see fit to ensure their privacy and safety.  Why would it be *illegal* for a homeowner to install a nanny cam in their own bedroom?

Our nurses were presented with these options:  Since everyone is aware of the camera, they could either 1) accept it and continue to work or 2) leave the case.Answer #3: In what world are you expecting privacy in *someone else's bedroom*?


Title: My elderly mother may need state assisted medical care. Her hometown in Florida does not have viable facilities and she is currently in a hospital in Alabama.

Question:
Long time lurker first time poster.

I'm in NY. Mother lives in FL but is currently in a hospital in AL. She was flown there last night after suffering a stroke because the hospitals in her hometown are still recovering from a major hurricane a few months ago. It's early in the recovery process (she got out of surgery 2 hours ago) but already the doctors are talking about the "long road ahead."

 I know she's going to want to go home and recover by herself but in my opinion she is not physically capable of doing so and her home environment is not safe (still debris and mold damage in the home and she just got home from a previous hospital visit caused by a bad infection she contracted while attempting to clean the damage). My brother lives several hours away and has been able to visit several times to help with clean up and her care after the storm (he's with her now) but it is not realistic for either of us to supply the level of care that she will be needing.

Is there a type of medical hold we can put in place to keep her in a hospital or other facility until she is deemed capable of her own care by a professional? If we find ourselves needing to seek financial assistance for her care do we apply in FL or AL? If a medical hold is put in place in AL can she be moved to a facility closer to my brother in South FL under the same hold or de we need to jump through the hoops in both states?

The info I need is less "Do I need a lawyer?" and more "What agencies do I call in which state to get the right balls rolling?"

Thank you.

Answer:
 Speak with the hospital's discharge planning team. They are your first and often best resource. They are very interested in you mother returning to the community successfully.

Does she have Medicare? She will qualify for a stay in a rehabilitation facility after a 3 day qualifying hospital stay.  Up to 100 days.

Once she is in the rehab facility, their social workers will help you with resources and long term placement plans.

I don't think this is a lawyer issue. There are resources available in the health care system and your goals align. They want your mother to have an uneventful recovery and a safe place to live.

You have ideas about unwise decisions she may want to make but it sounds as if she will be incapable of doing anything without substantial assistance for a long time.


Title: My son's mother moved 237 miles away from him, leaving him in the care of her disabled grandmother and using my child support payments to provide for herself. I want to take custody of my son. (Texas)

Question:
My three year old son’s mother (the custodial parent) recently moved 237 miles away from him without notifying me or the attorney general, leaving him in the care of her disabled grandmother. When I spoke to her grandmother about it, she told me that she was providing for my son exclusively with her income, a monthly social security check, although  I pay $325 a month to the mother in child support through the Attorney General. She is currently unemployed and living with some guy she met on the internet in the new city, so she’s clearly keeping the child support to herself.

She told her grandmother she would be back for her and my son “once she gets a job”, and while I don’t believe that’s her real intention (it’s not hard to tell that she never wanted to be a mom and would give up the role in a heartbeat if it weren’t for her grandmother, who actually wants to keep the boy), I need to make absolutely sure that never happens. I will NOT stand by while she moves my son into an apartment with a stranger from the internet. I can’t.

A little background on the mother: she’s 24 and has no high school diploma, no driver’s license, no car of her own, and has never held down a job for longer than 6 months. This is the fourth time she’s moved in the past year, and the third time she’s moved in with a new guy.

Some background on me: I have a high school diploma, a technology certification and currently working towards obtaining more, my own truck, my own apartment that I’ve been living in since September 2016, and a good full time job. I voluntarily checked into an inpatient rehab center for 30 days in July 2016 to get treatment for substance abuse. I’ve been sober and working hard ever since. I’ve never been to jail and have never had any drug-related charges. The mother has no history of substance abuse.

I truly believe that my son’s mother is unfit to handle the responsibility of caring for him without the help of random guys and her grandmother, who suffers from multiple heart conditions and may not have more than a few years left, unfortunately.

So here are my questions: I want to take primary custody of my son, do I have a case here? Is there anything I can get the Attorney General to do about the mother moving away without notifying anyone and using the child support funds for herself? Or should I just go straight to a lawyer?

I’ll be happy to provide any other crucial information I may be forgetting here.

EDIT: Wanted to add that I am a little behind on child support, somewhere under $2,000.
Topic:
Custody Divorce and Family

Answer: Your instinct of going straight to a lawyer is a good one.


Title: Legally, what would happen if the state of California sank in an earthquake?

Question:
Obviously not something that's going to happen. But suppose it did - there's a huge earthquake and suddenly California is under a thousand feet of water.

What happens to the state's legal status? Does California continue to be a state? Does the US just suddenly have 49 states and 98 senators? Does US territorial waters recede by an amount equal to the width of land lost?

Answer: For hypotheticals like this with no basis in reality, the best answer is disappointingly "whatever Congress and the Courts decide makes the most sense".


Title: [Virginia]Speeding ticket technicality?

Question: On August 28th, I got a speeding for going 72 in a 55 zone. On the ticket, however, the officer wrote that the date was August 27th. I can get my attendance record from school and prove that I was in a class an hour and a half away when the ticket says I was speeding. My boyfriend pointed out that I signed the ticket though, which pretty much proves I was there. Could I argue this and have the ticket dismissed? Thanks a ton in advance!

Answer: Be thankful you weren't clocked at 75 which would be reckless driving, a misdemeanor.


Title: (CA) Storage unit auctioned off my things without my knowledge.

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 So, you knowingly didn't pay. They sent you notices which you didn't get because you didn't update your address.

So how is this their fault again? Answer #2: Here, read through this:

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=bpc&group=21001-22000&file=21700-21716

It looks like the minimum timeline from (didn't pay) to (sell your stuff) is about two months, and at least two notices to you are required.  Did that happen?

Yes, any money they got from the auction should offset your bill owed.  If it was less, you still owe.  If it was more, they owe you.

They can (but are not required to) give you the buyer's contact information.


Title: I didn't know I was evicted. What kind of damage control can I do? Wisconsin.

Question:
My family (my mother, 19yo brother and 17 yo sister) and I (21 at the time) moved into a rental house in November 2011. My mother brother and I all signed the lease, the landlord told us everyone over 18 had to sign. The lease ran out a year later and then continued on a month to month basis. It was understood that my mother would be paying the rent.

Around October 2012 my mother was no longer able to afford rent. So I gave her the money, assuming she was paying the landlord. It turns out she wasn't and we were evicted in February 2013.

I had no idea we were evicted. I didn't know this until I looked at my credit report about two months ago and saw it. It really sucks that I could be sued and ruled against without knowing it for almost two years!

I ordered a copy of all the court documents. It shows my mother brother and I were all served at the same time, mother signed for it all. She went to court, without us knowing, and found against for about $2,500.

The $2,500 includes two months rent at $800 each. It also includes a $900 bill from the electric company.

I'm confused about this since that account was in only my mother's name. Also, I'm not sure why it was included in the eviction?

The landlord sold the debt to a collection agency (I'm not completely sure about this) and somehow the amount owed went from $2,500 to over $11,000. I don't understand how the collection company could be saying I owe so much more than what the judgement was for.

What can I do for damage control?  I'm living across the country now, I called a couple lawyers in WI but they either say they won't do the case or say they will call back and don't. What kind of lawyer should I be looking for? I'm the only person in my family with any kind of money (although I am extremely far from rich) this has destroyed my credit. Anything I can do to help repair it?

Edit: I guess I should add that when we moved out of the house I still didn't know if was because we were evicted. My mother told me she wanted a less expensive place. At that time I started living on my own.

Answer:
 The electric bill was in the eviction because it was part of the damages caused by you to your landlord.  You(collectively) used $900 of electricity, and it's likely he had to pay it to be able to re-rent it.

You should talk to the debt collector about the $11,000 total.  Wisconsin allows for charging of interest on debts, so that may be part of it.


Title: If I take out a life insurance policy that leaves 100k to my sibs, but I have 75k in student loan debt, does that mean the student loan company would get their 75k, leaving only 25k for my sibs?

Question: I'm in Washington state

Answer: Life insurance is an asset that generally pays out directly to the beneficiaries and bypasses the estate of the deceased. Since the payout is never owned by your or your estate, it isn't subject to your debts.Answer #2: Can someone post that suicide hotline number?Answer #3: No.  They should get the full amount.Answer #4: Many student loans are discharged on your death. r/personalfinance would be a better sub for this question. Good luck!


Title: Employer pays out of state minimum for drivers.

Question: I live in Rhode Island where the minimum wage is $10.10. The company I work for provides security personnel for all sorts of events along the east coast. If we have an event outside of the state they provide transportation for the crew but they pay the driver minimum wage based on the arrival state. So If our event is in New Hampshire that's only $7.25. At the end of the year I'll only have to file taxes in my home state of RI. Is this legal?

Answer:
 They're based out of RI? Paying you from a company in RI? Sending you out of state from RI? They must pay you Rhode Island wages.

File a claim with the department of labor, but first start looking for a new job. You'll likely be fired for "performance issues".


Title: Womanizer/sociopath brother is squatting at our Moms house.

Question:
So last night I recieved a text after telling my mother "Goodnight ma, I'm home safe and I love you", she replied, "I love you my son. I am very sad  today. I had to call the cops on my child today and now i have to go down to fill out papers to have him evicted. [Sons Name] truly have a mental problem. Goodnight my son".

[A little backstory on this guy (my brother if you can call him such), he is 6'2" at 270lbs and has been kicked out 3 times, 1.) He stole thousands of dollars from my parents while I was away at University forcing me to drop out (I joined the army instead) and spent it all on drugs, 2.) He constantly called my mom bitches and disrespected her, 3.) I was hospitalized with an orbital fracture, subdermal hemmoraging, and a broken jaw because he and a colleague jumped me and left me in an alley while bringing women back to my moms house to have sex. And this is just the most relevant and recent actions to bring strife to the family. We weren't raised like this and if it matters we are a black family...I think]

Now I'm unable to sleep and attempting to call my mother to no avail. I called my oldest brother whom still stays there, and he gives me the 4-1-1 about my brother sending his own gf to the Emergency Room with a concussion and leaving knuckle prints in my moms fridge. While speaking to him she calls back, so I tell my brother I will call him back. And hearing from my mother's mouth how she doesn't feel safe with him in the house made me take to reddit this morning to see if there are and legal options available. My mom called the police to remove him but he has enacted squatters rights. I make a blood offering to the reddit GOD lord Thanos, take my brother and rid us of this scourge of the Earth. Please help reddit, we live in Washington, D.C. btw!
Topic:
Landlord Tenant Housing

Answer:
 Your brother indeed has tenancy right by the sound of it. If your mother is afraid for her own safety then she might want to look into getting a restraining order.

If getting one of those isn't possible then she will need to serve him propper notice to be able to go to court and have him evicted.Answer #2: Help your mom get a lawyer to start the eviction process. You can do it without one, but it’ll go much more smoothly and potentially take less time if you use one.

If your brother engages in a single additional violent act, including screaming threats, throwing things, or damaging property, your mom and/or other siblings currently living there need to call the police immediately and have him charged with domestic violence. This will let them apply for an emergency restraining order to keep him out of the house immediately while the eviction proceeds through the court. They’d still need to finish the eviction process in order to keep him from returning as soon as the restraining order expired (assuming it was granted in the first place).


Title: Legal advice, 19 yr old dating 31 yr old in workplace

Answer: Parenting advice - don't encourage the relationship, but don't bad mouth it or say negative things about the guy (it might just encourage rebellious behavior) and let her know she can come home or ask for help if she ever needs it.


Title: $500 cash in mailbox, no clue who it's from

Question:
My wife just called to tell me that we had an envelope with $500 in twenties stuffed in our mailbox with a Christmas card.  No return address or sender information anywhere.  I'm really weirded out by it and don't even want her to touch it.  It was addressed to us, with our names on it.

What should I do?  Don't really know where or who else to ask... I'm just really confused.
Topic:
Other Civil Matters

Answer:
 My guess: You were chosen randomly by a church group to receive this money, because they believe God has guided their gift to the proper people (those in need often don't tell anyone) and it makes them feel all warm and fuzzy inside. You can use it in gratitude for the extra help, buy Christmas gifts for those you love, or pass it forward if you also like warm fuzzies. *Don't be suspicious, Merry Your Christmas!*Answer #2: Sounds a lot like a blessing. I mean I get it. It’s not usual, and it’s not always bad to second guess unusual things. But unless there’s more back story your not telling us, seems like a gift.Answer #3: Someone obviously wanted you to have it. There aren't any possible liabilities associated with taking gift money addressed to you, so just roll with it. Don't want to keep it? Drop it in a Salvation Army kettle and pat yourself on the back for your generosity.Answer #4: Not a lawyer:

Typically if someone addresses an envelope full of money to you, it's yours.

If there's anything handwritten, you may be able to compare with anything handwritten you may have from friends/family to see whose handwriting it resembles.

If it turns out that someone comes looking for it, that's when I'd start worrying and figure out what to do based on who comes looking for it.Answer #5: Sounds like free money assuming the cash is authentic. Its a relatively small gift amount so no need to report or anything.

Could be grandma forgot to sign her name lol.


Title: NYC Parking Ticket---"Place of Occurrence” Inaccurate

Question:
I was issued a $115 parking ticket last Thursday for “No Standing Bus Stop”.

The law states “...A bus stop zone begins at the bus stop sign and extends in the direction of the arrow(s) until the next parking sign or the end of the block...”

Upon looking at the ticket, I noticed that the place of occurrence was blatantly inaccurate. The ticket has my car “Front of 659 W 179th St.”. In reality, my car was parked 2 addresses down or 59ft. away from the stated address. I have video evidence to back this up.

However, I didn’t know the law at the time and don’t have video of my car being behind the “next parking sign” which was a NO STANDING 7AM-4PM SCHOOL DAYS. I’m in the clear here because this was 7:45pm. In fairness, yes, the front of my car was peaking in front of said sign. Yet, my car is 159ft. FROM the Bus Stop Sign. I know this is irrelevant because no matter what my car has to be behind the next parking sign. But if the place of occurrence is incredibly inaccurate does that call into question the validity of the ticket?

How do I fight this? Any help would be appreciated.

Answer:
 > But if the place of occurrence is incredibly inaccurate does that call into question the validity of the ticket?

Clerical errors do not invalidate tickets.  Based on your narrative, the difference in location does not change your guilt; thus, it's irrelevant.


Title: I live in Georgia. I pay a maximum of $1000 for recreation fees. Ex told me that summer camps are not recreation and are in lieu of child care. Is this correct?

Answer: You're going to need to provide a little more background here.Answer #2: IANAL, but I'm a mom with a school age child. I can confirm that over the summer the only child care available for school age children is often called "summer camp" even if it's been run by a day care center. There's a big difference between sleep-away summer camps (the kind most people think of when they hear the term) and day camps run by the YMCA, Girl Scouts, park district, etc. My daughter's spent the summer bouncing back and forth between a patchwork of these different kinds of camps because we need *some* kind of childcare, and that's just what there is for kids her age. For the most part pricing seems to be about the same from place to place in my area, with the camps offered by daycare centers costing a little more than the rest.Answer #3: File a motion for clarification on the matter. It honestly comes up to what the final order says and what the Judge says.Answer #4: Are there normally child care costs that were reduced due to the summer camp?


Title: [MI] Am I legally responsible for the tip?

Question: I ordered dominos and paid online, which was charged to my credit card. However, when I get to the store, the employee gave me a receipt and said "add a tip if you like." So i added 50 cents and signed at the bottom, and left. However, when I got home, and checked online to see if the bill was adjusted, it wasn't. It will still how much I was originally charged without the tip. So do I go back to the store to pay the 50 cents or should I just let it go since they didn't adjust it. I called them and they said they usually adjust the bill at the end of the day, and they didn't.

Answer: You should be jailed for tipping 50 cents


Title: School bus camera ticket [Louisiana]

Question:
Long story, short: last fall (yeah, it's taken almost a year for the hearing), I got a school bus camera ticket. I've done my research and I think I have a good case, but I'm really wanting to make sure I'm not deluding myself and make sure I'm prepared with everything I need to fight it next week.

The charge from the citation is as follows:
> Title 11, Ch. 5, Sec 11:55-55.10 et seq. - Overtaking or meeting a school bus which has stopped for the purpose of receiving or discharging passengers

This is from the City of Baton Rouge / East Baton Rouge Parish (Louisiana) code of ordinances.

[Here](http://imgur.com/a/Zumom) are the screenshots from Google Maps and [this](https://goo.gl/maps/GCQHP) is the approximate location.

I was traveling West on Jefferson Highway around 3pm; it had just stormed and there was still light rain, which you can see pretty clearly in the video. The speed limit is 45. There's a curve in the road there just west of the light at Jefferson and Floynell. It's very slight, but you can't see around it due to the trees and apartment complex gates coming up to the road.

It is common for traffic to back up in the right lane because of people turning right into the complexes, plus, Jefferson eventually leads to I-12. Traffic in the right lane suddenly stopped, but as far as I could tell, the left lane was clear and there was no one behind me, so I merged left. Right as I was coming around the corner, I saw the bus stopped; I mashed my brakes and then suddenly felt like I was going to slide, so I let go (you can barely see my brake lights lit in the video). I was probably traveling around 40 MPH.

I'm planning on having this as a defense:
> Title 11, Ch. 5, Sec 11.55.8.G.5 The presence of ice, snow, unusual amounts of rain or other unusually hazardous road conditions existed that would make compliance with this article more dangerous under the circumstances than noncompliance;

I'm hoping that will be suitable. I plan on taking print outs of the maps and screenshots with me as well, and I think they show the video in the hearing. If the fine ($300) were more reasonable, I might just suck it up and pay it, but that's a ridiculous amount when this was not intentional and I was afraid of sliding into the stopped oncoming traffic on a wet roadway.

Any thoughts?
Thanks.

**Edit**: It's also worth noting that this is an administrative hearing and that the charges from photo enforcement systems are considered civil in Louisiana.
Topic:
Traffic and Parking

Answer:
 I bet the Judge says if you couldn't stop in time then you were going too fast for the road conditions.Answer #2: My advice: Bring your checkbook. Judges generally absolutely slam people passing school buses. Your excuse is like 2 out of 10 on the he/she won't give a shit scale. Bottom line, if you can't stop on command for any reason (red light, bus, ped), you were driving too fast for those conditions.

> I was afraid of sliding into the stopped oncoming traffic on a wet roadway.

Say that in court and that'll be your downfall. It basically translates to "I was driving too fast to be in full control of my car".


Title: Police have my cash after my friend tried mailing it to me

Question:
Hello so long story short my aunt of mine planned on sending my wife and i a wedding present through the USPS however when he sent the package he forgot to address the package to me (I live in a building), he addressed it with no name.

This caused the building manager  to open the package finding $6,000 for me in cash. He then called police which they took and provided him a case number

Now to get to the point, I didn’t want it going through my bank as I am currently unemployed. The cash was not for any wrong doing, simply a wedding gift that we assumed we can receive in mail as it said it wasn’t illegal to send money through mail.

Now I need to know, should I go get it or did we just do something illegal?

Answer:
 > Now to get to the point, I didn’t want it going through my bank as I am currently unemployed.

Receiving cash while unemployed is not illegal.  But, if you are receiving certain benefits, not reporting the gift likely is.  Is that what you are trying to do?Answer #2: It's not illegal. Just a really bad idea.
Your building manager could have kept the money and you and the sender would have no recourse.


Title: Help with writing a response letter for noise complaint?

Question:
Downstairs landlord wants to sue us for noise that disturbs tenants. We have already done a lot to mitigate noise. We are not breaking any noise ordinances and no other people are complaining. They sent us a cease and desist letter. I was advised that we need to respond. Is this an appropriate response? We are in Los Angeles, California

To Lawyer's name and landlords name:

We received the note from you April 30th, 2015 regarding the noise level in the apartment. You state that tne noise level is unacceptable before 8 AM and after 10 PM. We would like to address these concerns in the following letter.

First, it is untrue that we are unwilling to resolve the conflict. For example, we have already purchased several area rugs to mitigate the noise. This was done at the request of Ms. Horn after a mitigation meeting. In addition, we have taken extra care to minimize noise from daily activity. We also do not host any gatherings at our home.

In regards to the phone conversation, we would like to point out that Ms. Horn initiated the conversation with an extremely hostile and accusatory tone. She yelled and screamed at me that "you better know what your daughters are doing" at the times before 6 AM and after 12 PM. Ms. Horn continue to berate and insult my daughters despite repeated statements that they are asleep at these times. We request that Ms. Horn speak to us with respect and politeness, as we do not tolerate verbal harassment, and will also proceed with all remedies available, including legal action, if harassment continues. So long as a civil tone is kept, we are more than happy to receive questions from Ms. Horn in writing only.

In addition, Ms. Horn was unable to tell us specific times and types of noise heard. Without knowing where the noise is emanating from, what type of noise is heard, or what times they are heard, it is impossible for us to completely address the problem.

We will continue to maintain our level of quietness after 10 PM, but we must get to work and school before 8 AM. This is a situation echoed by many in this complex, and it is unreasonable for a tenant to expect complete silence before 8 AM in the morning. However, we remain extremely careful in minimizing noise during the early hours. We will continue to be mindful of the noise, but as stated earlier, it is difficult to respond to each matter when we are not informed of what type of noise is heard and when it occurs. We would like to emphasize that expecting a completely noise free environment is unrealistic. Similarly, we hear noise from our neighbors, including Ms. Horn's tenants, but accept that as a facet of normal apartment living. We are following all rules for noise set by the HoA and are simply leading a normal life. We also have the right to use our apartment as your tenants have the right to use theirs.

We have contacted the HoA regarding these matter, and as we always have been, willing to attend any mitigation meeting through the board. We request that all communication in writing, and for Ms. Horn to avoid calling util we are sure that she can maintain and civil, polite, and non-accusatory tone. I apologize that what is considered daily activity noise is bothering you, but we have already done much to mitigate the noise. If you have any questions about the situation, please let us know.

Sincerely,
XXXXX

Answer:
 Too long, too much information.

Firstly, if the lawyer has contacted you, the lawyer is the only one you should be addressing. Remove your references to the landlord.

Secondly, lawyers are smart. You don't need to explain to him that people are awake before 8am, or that a noise-free environment is unrealistic. Also, the lawyer probably realises the tenant is an old crank, but even so you aren't doing yourself a service by talking about her insults and aggressive tone. Even if it's true, it's not necessary to include.

Your winning points are that:

- You are entitled to quiet enjoyment of your residence;

- You are not violating the HOA rules or local ordinances;

- Despite not being in violation, you've attended mitigation meetings (include dates) and even compromised at your own expense by purchasing area rugs;

- The landlord has failed to specify instances of unacceptable noise or provide any evidence to support her claims.

If you just make the above points I think you'd have a very solid letter.

With that said you may have some local resources that can give you free legal advice.


Title: GM "forgot" to give everyone overtime for Thanksgiving

Question:
The store I work pt at offered employees overtime for anyone who wants to work Thanksgiving. I have a screenshot of the owner making this offer. Fast forward to today, pay day after Thanksgiving, and what do you know, no one who worked Thanksgiving got overtime for it!

I contacted the GM about it. He made a joke about waiting until next Thanksgiving then said he'd check on it. This was about an hour ago and I haven't heard back.

So my question is, at what point is this considered wage theft? If he says "we'll get it to you on your next check" is that acceptable? Is it already wage theft because it wasn't given to us when it was guaranteed to be? What should I do here?

Answer: Don't expect them to cut you an out of cycle payroll check for overtime they were not required to pay you.  If the answer is next pay check that is the best you can hope for. If they say they won't pay you can try filing a wage claim but it might not work because this wasn't required by any law to be paid to you.


Title: Eviction after an apartment transfer

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 I'd talk to the apartment complex first. There's a possiblity it's a clerical error.

Did they send you a notice that they're "going to evict" or did you get served with court papers?


Title: I have a court date and i have no idea what it's for. [Texas]

Question:
In May of 2016 I was arrested because I got pulled over with weed in my car. I panicked and tried to eat it but it didn't go down as easy as I thought it would and long story short I ended up with a felony charge for damaging criminal evidence (I know i'm a fucking idiot but that's not what this is about).

So my last court date was in November of 2016 and I haven't had one since. I've paid all my restitution, I've taken my classes, I've completed all of my community service hours, and now all that's left is visiting my probation officer once a month and not getting in trouble until November when this is all over.

Now my bail bondsman (that I have to check in with once a month) is telling me that I have a court date on the 18th of this month. I have no idea what it's for and I don't even have a lawyer anymore. Could it be that the judge is going to end my probation early? or is this just some kind of check in? I have no clue.

tldr; I haven't had a court date for my felony charge since November, now I have a random one in a week and a half and have no clue what it could be for.
Topic:
Drug Possession

Answer: When you called the court clerk and asked them this question, what did they tell you?


Title: Cops caught my friend with 5 marijuana plants in his garage. They were at the school next door for something unrelated when it happened. Will this affect the custody case for his baby? [Kansas]

Answer: Yes, it will if he is convicted. They should consult with a criminal lawyer to deal with this if he is charged for those plants. In regards to the custody he should retain a family law lawyer, since convictions make custody proceeding difficult.