Title: Leaving a new job, because I got a better offer.

Question:
I have been working for a chain company as a part-time Bar Team Member for around a month.
At the moment, I work a lot because all students are back home over summer, but soon my hours will be cut to around 16 a week or less.
Whilst working full time for this company, I noticed how little money I have to live off this month.

No contract was signed.

I am also saving for my postgraduate course, which I will be starting next year. I couldn't put any money into it this month.
I am in a difficult place financially.

I was applying for lots of jobs at once and this was the first one offered to me.
Few days back, a restaurant contacted me, offering me a job. Better company, better pay, lots of tips and a full-time position.
I will be starting on Monday and I am signing the contract on Saturday.

How do I tell my current boss about this? Is there any legal obligation for me to hand in a notice?

Answer:
 Not a lawyer.
Most states in the US are at-will

This means both employee and employer can generally leave the relationship in accordance to a contract "which is not written here"

Tell your boss as soon as possible so that he can adjust to your leaving and move on.
On a side note, it's generally more polite to tell your boss at least 1-2 weeks before (service industry) so that they can make any adjustments to scheduling or seek new hires. In white collar world, 2-4 weeks is generally recommended especially if you wish to retain a postive relationship with your employer into the future. Answer #2: You didn't provide your location but generally no there is no requirement. People leave jobs all the time and the world keeps on spinning. Also this "contract" you mention is likely just your standard new hire paperwork.


Title: Being sued by credit union for $1,000 overdraft

Question:
LOCATION: WASHINGTON STATE

Some background: During normal bill payments, my job screwed up a paycheck causing a check to bounce. It went through, and my bank paid it. Unfortunately, I lost my job shortly thereafter and started to get unemployment. This money was barely enough to keep the family going, never mind the $1,000. After a few months of that, I was served papers saying they were suing for the money and that I had 20 days to respond or they'd automatically judge against me.

As of now I am still on unemployment and do not have the disposable income to spend on a multi-month old overdraft.

Hiring an attorney is obviously out of the question, should I respond to it explaining my situation, or should I try to offer a payment plan?

Thanks

Answer:
 It is possible you may be able to contact the attorney for the credit union, either in advance, or by appearing at the court date, and make a payment arrangement.  Sometimes creditors will agree to an arrangement where judgment enters against you if you default.  If you can get that kind of arrangement, it is in your interest to avoid the entry of judgment.

If the creditor doesn't agree to those terms, you may in fact not be able to prevent the entry of judgment.  If you owe the money, you owe it.  But if you're on unemployment the creditors options to execute that judgment are somewhat limited so they're more likely to agree to payments.


Title: Dentist removed my sons teeth unnecessarily

Question:
Hi,

I live in Canada. 3 months ago, my not quite 3 yo son was jumping on the couch. He fell and landed on his face. After some consoling he acted fine thereafter. A few days later there was a very mild greying of his front teeth. It passed. But my wife was worried so she took him to the dentist and they took x rays of his teeth. I didn't go because i had to work. The dentist showed her X-rays of his teeth where a clear and distinct line was visible across them. And he recommended we have them removed. There was lots of insurance paper work and a surgery booking, literally 2 months later from the incident. We underwent surgery, and I had to front load my savings account to pay for it and the dentist.

When the teeth came back there was no line or break or any kind of damage on his teeth. So we figured to ask the dentist about. Today we did the followup checkup and found out there was nothing wrong with his teeth at all, and the dentist gave us some poor "pathological film" on his teeth warranting their removal.

I'm needless to say very upset to learn this. I had already suspected the dentist and should have followed up previously, opting out of surgery. So i blame myself. But because I wasn't there and my wife (who's an RN and puts lots of faith in modern medicine and the Hippocratic oath) I didn't fight with her about it.

But now the truth is that there is a very incompetent dentist running a practice, potentially harming and exploiting children (he's a children's dentist). I'm short my saving and account. And my son is missing his two front teeth.

I want to seek legal counsel, but clearly can't afford it at the moment.

Help me please.

Answer:
 Greying of the teeth is tooth death. That doesn't pass, dead teeth don't magically come back to life.
Just because you couldn't see damage to the teeth with the naked eye doesn't mean there wasn't any. If the X-ray showed a break, it was there even if you couldn't see it. I highly doubt the dentist would admit to a screw up even if there had been one.

Also are you aware that leaving dead teeth in the mouth of a child leaves them open to rot, and they are pushed right against the adult teeth inside the jaw. This means your kid would have had adult teeth come through rotten. The surgery was not unnecessary. His adult teeth will come in when he's about 7, my nephew had his front teeth removed because of a similar reason.


Title: I messed up and gave someone my address thinking they'd buy an item of mine, only to be ignored and being visited by an ominous vehicle. What do I do?

Question:
Somebody on Offerup contacted me about buying an item. Normally I'd try to meet up with them somewhere else but because the vast majority of people don't want the hassle of contacting me a second time, people never end up buying my stuff. So I told this one particular person to just come to my house.

So I gave them my address and around the time I told them to come, I saw a vehicle ominously parked outside my house with dark windows. Obviously I'm a little paranoid and am thinking of contacting the police. What should I do?

Answer: ....let me get this straight : you told someone to come to your to get something , they do and your suprised ? FfsAnswer #2: You may report an ominous vehicle to the police if you'd like, but you're probably being paranoid.Answer #3: You should chill, that’s what you should do.


Title: Just learned my roommate hadn't paid the (collected) rent in over a month. What are my options?

Question: I signed a lease in February with two other people. Each month, one of the roommates collected money for rent and then "paid." The roommate that was collecting the money lost his job in June and had been acting weird through July.  Today, I contacted the landlord directly and was notified that part of May,  and all of July, and August rent had not been paid.  What are my options? The rent per month is 2250 and it's a 4 bedroom in Miami Florida. It is extremely unlikely that I would be able to come up with the thousands of dollars in back rent.  What are my options?

Answer:
 I assume you are all on one lease. You option is to pay the entire amount owed or be evicted. Then you all would have to sue your other roommate for the money owed.Answer #2: You need to pay the rent then sue the roommate who kept what he collected. Answer #3: >What are my options?

You can sue the roommate in small claims.

However, you should know that the landlord has the right to terminate your tenancy until the LL receives ***full*** rent payment.Answer #4: Edit: After reading the reply from the OP, this no longer sounds like a viable option. Leaving it to provide context because OP's reply changes how the situation needs to be handled.

My original comment:

Has your landlord said that they're evicting you?

If they have not already started the eviction process, you might be able to work something out with them. Explain what happened, ask if you can pay it back in smaller increments over time instead of all at once. If the landlord agrees to this, get it in writing.

As others have said, you need to sue your roommate in small claims court to get your money back.


Title: Crazy step sister threatening to assault me

Question:
She has; tried to burn the house down, pulled knives on us, even after we do nothing to her. Step mom is on her side and step brother is on step mom's side. Cops have been called on her multiple times by s. brother.
Bathroom door beside mine. Bathroom and mine at end of hall, one way out. The hall.
Any way, back to the story...

S. sister comes into my room. Tried to steal candy. Asked to leave. Didn't leave. Puts candy away. Pets cat in room for excuse to stay. Dad comes out of bathroom. Dad tried to get her out. Gets s. Mom to turn off Wi-Fi on phone. S. Sister doesn't care. Dad gets s. Mom downstairs cause she only listens to her. Fighting increases. S. Brother comes down meanwhile s. Sister keeps punching, scratching and growing things at dad. I close door (door can't lock). Muffled screaming and yelling. FF few mins. S. Sister opens door and kicks me while laying on bed. Walks back. Throws multiple sets of built Lego on ground. Walks out. I close door again. S. Brother calls 911, hangs up immediately. 911 calls back, doesn't answer. I wait until fight calms a bit and leave house with bus card. I head to his stop to go to mom's (mom, brother, s. Dad). Cop walks by and asks me questions on what happened. Walk back with cop. Ask us what happened. I go and spend night at mom's.

Come back next day to cleanup room. Sister tells me "I'm going to make your life hell". Lock was installed on door. FF a few mins. I go to sweep small wood chunks created from installing lock. S. S. Happens to be near broom. Tells me that if I come near her I will get beat up.

I want to get something done like a protection order or restraining order etc.
Topic:
Canada

Answer:
 How old are you and your step sister?

Where does your mom stand in this? it *could* be as simple as a change in custody.


Title: If someone breaks into my house. Can shoot them?

Question: I live in Michigan if that helps in anyway.

Answer: Michigan is a "stand your ground" state which means that you do not have a duty to retreat, particularly from your own home.  You have to have a reasonable belief that the person is threatening to kill or cause significant harm to yourself or the other people in the home.


Title: [MI] My dog attacked another dog last night

Question:
Let me preface by saying that I am a veterinary technician and my boyfriend is a detective for a police force, so I understand most of the legal aspects regarding animal property laws and such.

Last night while walking my dog around the block, he became fixated on another dog being walked that was across the street. I tried to turn the other way so that we would be away sooner, but my dog's collar snapped from the amount of pulling he did (it's a release collar in case he were to get strangled on something) and he attacked the other dog pretty badly. The dog that was attacked suffered deep puncture and laceration wounds.

I told the owner to give me her name and phone number and told her to go to the nearest emergency clinic. While she was driving the dog there, I texted her my information so that she could have that and expressed my deepest regret and sympathy towards what had happened. I called the police to make a report of it, because... well I just thought it was the right thing to do.

Later on I received a phone call from the veterinarian at the emergency clinic who I know on a personal level. I told him that I would absolutely pay for everything and to please do whatever he felt was medically necessary for the dog. I also told him and the owners that I would pay for any recheck examinations and medications that were needed. I did pay the $2700 veterinary bill in full and again expressed my deepest apologies and concern for their dog.

My dog over the past few weeks has had some health issues and sudden changes in behavior. He's an elderly dog and my doctors and myself are concerned of a neurological issue, more concerning being a tumor in the brain. He has never acted aggressively before and has always gotten along with other dogs. My doctors and coworkers would bring their dogs to my place so I could watch them for a weekend and never did we have issues.

My boyfriend received a phone call this morning from his friend that is an officer in the city that the owners were down at the station and they were wanting to press charges against me for harboring a dangerous animal. They incorrectly identified him as a pit bull, which is not even close, he is full beagle. So I believe this is being done under emotions, which I can understand as I'm completely devastated as well.

My boyfriend has been wonderful enough to contact attorneys for me today while I've had my dog at my clinic to do a medical clearance on him. While I know that I should listen to what my future attorney has to say, I would like some input on what I should expect for him to tell me to do so I can start getting everything together.

My biggest concern is that if my dog has a brain tumor and while I will fight for him with everything I have, I will not let him suffer and will choose humane euthanasia. Would this hinder any ongoing investigation, even if I had documentation and medical records from a veterinarian?

Again, while I know every case is different, and I should absolutely listen to my attorney, I would like to know what I should expect to happen. Thank you in advance for any and all advice and comments.

Answer: /u/Sorthum is the dog law specialist around here. Wait for his response, because it will be the correct one.


Title: I don't want to go back to work, will I get in legal trouble for not showing up ever again?

Question:
I work in a bakery, small mom n pop place that's always been kind of shady. I don't really care, I show up do my work get my tips and go. My bosses are the owners, and I have other coworkers but the one I see most often is the baker. There's only the one, he's worked there his entire life and he's not leaving any time soon. He's the backbone of that place, he makes all the donuts and never gets time off. He hates his job, but I think he stays because it might be the only place he's qualified to work. The owners don't like him, he's generally a total ass to everyone around him, but they know if they fired him they wouldn't be able to keep up the work, or train someone in time to replace him. The make the treats in a very specific way they call "the old way" which I've learned is the way Dunkin' Donuts used to make their donuts before they changed the recipe. Nobody knows how to make them that way anymore, except this baker, and maybe a few select people across the United States.

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Why is any of this important? Because he's the reason I need to get out of there. He's always made me uncomfortable, but I never saw him as a threat because of his age and physical condition. He's in his 50s or something, limping and basically deaf. Every so often when he walk past me, he'll put his hand/hands on my hips and move me aside, clearly enjoying this. It was super weird but I just ignored it after it happened. He flirted with me (or tried) every time we talked, and I would catch him staring at me a lot. The other day he dropped a tray of donut holes and started cursing under his breath. I just said "ah man" as I walked by and kept doing my work. When I went back into the kitchen he was throwing things around by his station, being generally reckless. But then, this is what scared the shit out of me, he threw one of the metal bars used to hold up the donuts as glaze drips off them across the kitchen. I was standing right by the sink, and it didn't hit me but it ricocheted off the cabinet onto the floor. It was intense, not just a throw, he chucked this thing out of clear anger. I just picked it up, put it in the sink, and went out front to help a customer that just came in. It was close enough to me, and he was aiming at who knows what, that I was genuinely scared.

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So I'm not going back. I planned on calling my boss today to tell her I won't be returning, but I just couldn't. I knew she would be pissed at me, and even if she took my side and yelled at the baker, I don't trust him to stop. He's not a kind man, he's very obviously sexist, and I'm sorry to bring politics into this but he once said "all Democrats should just be shot, honestly." I'm not a democrat, I'm not even old enough to vote yet, but all of these things put together bothered the shit out of me. And that one moment was the last straw. Will I get in legal trouble for not showing up again? I read online that my boss could take me to court and sue me for the cost of having to replace me over a breach of contract, but I didn't sign anything so am I in the clear?

Answer:
 You're allowed to quit for any reason you want. Yes, you're in the clear. Answer #2: The main advantage to giving notice when you quit is the chance for a good reference from your ex employer.

>I read online that my boss could take me to court and sue me for the cost of having to replace me

Dang, you can read literally anything on the internet. And it's true you can be sued for anything. But it would not be a successful suit.Answer #3: It isn’t illegal to quit a job.


Title: My physics teacher is being a technical prick

Question:
Ok, so. I needed a creative way to spice up my boring physics project video. Naturally the first thing that came to mind was to add some good ol' pyrotechnics. My partner and I threw some standard aerosol cans in a fire from a safe distance and away from any houses (on rural privet property with no neighbors for at least 500m) creating some decent reactions. We finish the project without injury and hand it in. Now our Physics teacher is claiming that what we did was "Hella illegal" (yes in those exact words) and is trying to get us both suspended if not expelled for it. I live in Alberta, Canada.
We did not use any school equipment, there were no people in the area, WE DID NOT MAKE BOMBS we took spray cans (like deodorant, compressed air cans, etc.) and thew them into a large fire pit. I understand the safety issues the teacher may be concerned about, but we did this on our own property, outside of any city limits, and at least 500m away from any other human beings.

From a quick google I found the "Explosives Act" off the government of Canada website. [Link](http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/E-17/index.html)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but after I quick read through I don't see anything that suggests what we were doing is illegal. [Here](http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/E-17/page-3.html#h-6) is the "Prohibited Actions" section which states that you can't make, sell, transport, or store explosives without a licence. As far as i know we did not do any of these.
Further more the act doesn't define the cans that we used as explosives.

“explosive” means any thing that is made, manufactured or used to produce an explosion or a detonation or pyrotechnic effect, and includes any thing prescribed to be an explosive by the regulations, **but does not include gases, organic peroxides or any thing prescribed not to be an explosive by the regulations;**

The cans we used contain gasses, the main propellant being butane gas, so doesn't that mean that those cans aren't even technically explosives as defined by this document?

Any feed back is appreciated.

Also just FYI i've never gotten in trouble with the school before, so even if this is illegal it would be a first offence. And could I claim ignorance of the law? I am also under 18.

EDIT: Thanks to everyone who replied so far. I pretty much lnew that the ignorance of the law thing was not an excuse I just wanted to be sure.

Answer: Your school can choose to suspend you or not whether you broke the law or not. You need to make your arguments to the administrators at your school. The law isn't really relevant, but your "safety" arrangements definitely are.


Title: [Pennsylvania] Today a large pipe crashed through my bathroom ceiling and destroyed my bathtub. Is there any sort of legal recourse we could take against our landlord? If somebody would have been in the shower when it happened they could have been killed.

Question:
Here's my post from /r/plumbing, I went there with some questions and somebody directed me here.  https://www.reddit.com/r/Plumbing/comments/4xlz3v/had_a_pipe_crash_through_my_bathroom_ceiling_and/

There is a photo in there and my roommates and I have several others.  It happened around 2:30 this afternoon (Sat 8/13).  I wasn't home when it happened, but my roommate was actually in the bathroom.  Thankfully he (or anybody else) wasn't in the shower because this pipe slammed down so hard that it destroyed the ceramic bathtub- somebody could have been seriously injured or killed if they would have been in there.

We're also concerned about the potential for asbestos from the ceiling, which is badly damaged.

We've discussed the idea of bringing in a building inspector from the city of Pittsburgh to take a look at it as well.

One of our two landlords (they're brothers) came and checked out the scene this afternoon, but we had to call and nag them to promise they'll come back first thing tomorrow morning.  They haven't really offered us any short-term solutions, meaning that for the time being, we have to find other places to shower.  There's definitely a lot of dust in our bathroom and I don't really like going in there but it's the only bathroom in this apartment.

So I'm coming to you, /r/legaladvice.  Are there any options for me other than just sucking it up and dealing with this?  I can black out names and addresses and post a copy of our lease if anybody needs it.

Thanks!

Answer:
 Follow up with your landlord in writing, requesting the repairs and/or a status of when they will be arranging for the repairs, and notifying then that you cannot fully utilize the bathroom for bathing. Give them a chance to comply.

Future steps could include reporting them for a housing code violation, repairing on your own and deducting the from the rent, or leaving.

http://www.tenant.net/Other_Areas/Penn/harris/pa-part2.html


Title: [GA] Filed a complaint against doctor; medical board RELEASED my name to them. Is the doctor's office legally allowed to contact me?

Question:
I filed a complaint about a physician and specifically requested it be anonymous. However, today the physician's office contacted me saying they had received the complaint from the Medical Board, and they probed me for questions on the situation.

It was very frustrating. Is the doctor's office legally allowed to contact the complaint filers?

Answer: Ignore them. If they keep calling document it, if it gets to the level of harassment, say multiple calls a day then you can look at getting a restraining order or no contact order in placeAnswer #2: Sure.  They were probably curious about what happened that you felt the need to complain and perhaps rectify the matter.  You can't make a complaint to the medical board anonymously.  The office will respond and you will receive a letter whether more information is needed or the case has been dropped.


Title: Airbnb gift cards

Question: My fiance and I had been saving up money for a vacation by buying an Airbnb gift card every month. In the end, we had about $575. We booked a trip on March 15th and would start our vacation on April 22nd. Our payment totally cleared, and we paid another $188 out of our joint bank account. Suddenly on April 21st, one day before leaving, we get an email saying our trip was cancelled and our account was suspended. The $188 DID go back to our bank account, and $475 of the gift card balance went back to our account (They kept $100 as an Airbnb booking fee). We called to ask what was going on, over the phone a woman told us it was a 'technical issues' and some accounts had been falsely suspended. She claimed someone would call us back, but no one ever did. We called back and were told this time that our account was deactivated permanent, not suspended, like all of the emails and the previous woman said. Finally, we get another email saying our account was deactivated because several years ago my fiance got a felony for possession and didn't pass a background check (That they performed three months after we opened the account and suited his photo ID, and after they took our money and booked us a trip and waited until the day before to cancel). Since our account is now deactivated, we have no idea what happened to our $475. Now we are blocked from even contacting them. All of our help chats are automatically shut down and when we call they don't let us through. If or when we are able to get in touch with them, do they owe us back the $475/$575 in gift cards? We bought them from Paypal gifts, so we have receipts and proof of payment for all of them.

Answer:
 > If or when we are able to get in touch with them, do they owe us back the $475/$575 in gift cards? We bought them from Paypal gifts, so we have receipts and proof of payment for all of them.

If you bought them from PayPal, Airbnb owes you nothing more than to accept the gift card in accordance with its terms. Those terms state that Airbnb gift cards belong to the account they are associated with and can't be transferred to another account.

But, that is remarkably unfair and Airbnb should issue new non-attached gift cards that can be given to someone else. However, I'm not sure a legal argument can be made in favor of that, just a [ex-]customer service one.


Title: My 93 year old Grandma's Resident Alien card expired in 05. How can I help her?

Question:
My Grandma is in the hospital recovering from a fractured pelvis. She's been covered by medicare but we need to look into long term nursing care that medicare won't cover.

When we spoke to the social worker at the hospital to try to get her signed up for medicaid, we mentioned she was an Australian citizen. We found her Resident Alien card and it had expired in 2005.

She was born in England, immigrated to Australia as a child and then married my Grandfather who was an American serving in WW2. She has lived in America since 1946.

Her memory is not very good these days so we've had some issues trying to get the correct information for the application for a new Resident Alien card. Also, we were told that they were still processing applications for December, 2016 so there's a very long waitlist.

Grandma has enough money for maybe 4 more weeks on swingbed before she runs out. I don't have a wheelchair accessible home (or a main floor bedroom) so our house really isn't an option. She can afford her old apartment on her pension and social security but I don't see her getting back to a point where she can live on her own again.

She is the widow of a WW2 veteran and raised 3 boys who served our country in Vietnam. What can I do to help her get her immigration status in order as quickly as possible?

Edit: We are located in North Dakota.
Topic:
Immigration

Answer:
 She needs to file [form I-90, Application to Replace a Permanent Resident Card](https://www.uscis.gov/i-90).

> What can I do to help her get her immigration status in order as quickly as possible?

Her status is fine. One's permanent resident status is not linked to having a valid permanent resident card. It's just difficult to evidence the status without the card.

USCIS can give temporary evidence of status via an I-551 stamp in a valid passport or on a separate I-94.


Title: Got stuck in a elevator for 1:20 - Do I have a claim?

Question: [removed]

Answer: did you jump in the elevator?


Title: Loaned a portable Wi-Fi to a "friend" and he refuses to return it

Question:
Hey there, I'm an avid reader from r/legaladvice and I haven't found anything like my problem... Maybe it's not big enough of a deal to warrant any solutions, but I feel betrayed, so could you guys please give me some advice??

I'm living in Japan, and I made a friend here that I loaned a portable wifi to that belongs to the real estate company that I'm renting the apartment from... He was to return it to me a few days later, but he texted me saying he'd been travelling to other cities. The problem is, if I don't return it, there is a 25,000 yen fee (over 200+ dollars) I need to pay, and it just feels unfair.

I've been texting him over 6 months politely asking him to return the wifi, the messenger program marked the messages as read by him and he was ignoring them all. Finally yesterday I threatened to report him to the police and he finally replied saying he was out of the country and asked me to send my address so that he could return it... Which I promptly did, but now the messages aren't getting through to him.

What can I do? Thank you for your time.

Answer:
 On the tech side.  See how the provider of your wifi hotspots handles stolen devices.    Was the device a freebie when you signed up for service?    Who knows, they might be able to deactivate the old one and send you a new one for free.Answer #2: It sounds like you should report it stolen to the police. Give them copies of the texts you have and tell them the story. I wouldn't believe him when he says he's out of the country. Even if he is, he'll be returning sometime.

You're probably going to have to pay the fee for it until he gets caught and you can get it from him.Answer #3: I've given up on people for less. $200 to be rid of a shitty person is a decent price.Answer #4: Not legal advice, but a question. OP, you mention that you were texting and messages were reaching him. If you were messaging him via online messaging such as messenger or WhatsApp is it possible he's offline because he's arranging to post the WiFi device back to you and as a result doesn't have internet access?

Apologies if I have misunderstood the device purpose, and appreciate this may be unlikely due to how long the issue has been ongoing.


Title: Lease states we don't have to pay water/trash costs, but Landlord just sent letter that we will have to start paying for them before current lease ends [CA]

Question:
We signed a 12 month lease with an apartment complex in April and in our contract it explicitly states that we don't have to pay for water, sewer, garbage and gas. All units of the complex (including us) recently received a letter that states the apartment management company is contracting with a submetering company for water, sewer and trash costs and we will have to start paying for these services starting in November. There are spots to sign saying we acknowledge and have read the notice.

First off, is this legal? I feel they're changing the rules in the middle of the game, but maybe there are some exceptions for utilities or something.

If it's not, should we just not sign and ignore the billing or send them a letter saying we won't be paying because x, y, z?

Any relevant info would be greatly appreciated!

Answer: Send them a copy of your lease, tell them to pound sand.


Title: I'm 17 and my significant other is 16. When I turn 18 will I still be allowed to date her? I'm in the USA, California.

Question:
Just as the title says. Surprisingly (though maybe just from a lack of looking) I have not been able to find anything on this and would like an answer to this.

If her and I have to temporarily break things off until the legal barrier is crossed, it really won't be too big of a problem for me, I'd just like to know beforehand.

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TL;DR, if I continue dating this underage person after I turn of age will I go to prison ty
Topic:
Juvenile and Youth Law

Answer: Dating is fine.  Sex is not.  https://www.legalmatch.com/law-library/article/statutory-rape-the-age-of-consent.html


Title: [NV] Does someone calling the police unto itself create reasonable suspicion for a stop?

Question:
I was sitting in a parking lot tonight drinking a milkshake and reading Reddit when I was stopped by law enforcement. They stated that someone called in saying I was doing drugs in my car. I was requested to identify myself and politely refused, asking why I needed to ID myself? They stated they had reasonable suspicion to stop me due to the call. I responded stating that there is clearly no drug paraphernalia in my car, and said that I was simply in my car minding my own business drinking my milkshake and reading Reddit.

That made me curious as to whether a police call, alone, and unto itself creates a reasonable suspicion that a crime has or is currently being committed. I'd argue no––that there must be other factors present aside from the phone call in order to meet the standard of reasonable suspicion––but was curious as to what the consensus here is.
Topic:
Criminal Law

Answer:
 The totality of the circumstance has to be evaluated.   Cases have gone both directions.   Prior to Navarette V. California, I'd have told you that you were likely correct...  but that ruling seems to have opened up 911 calls as potentially creating reasonable suspicion enough for an investigatory detention, since 911 calls are (and are known to be) traceable so false tips can be tracked back to the tipper, which creates a situation where they're more likely than not to only make valid reports.Answer #2: Fairly certain, as far as *practical* legal advice would go, cops can create reasonable suspicion as they want, and you won't win a lawsuit against them on the idea of no real reasonable suspicionAnswer #3: In many cases, an anonymous tip can start an investigation, even if that "tip" is considered hearsay and could not be used as evidence on its own in a court of law.

So yes, an anonymous phone call start an investigation.

IANAL, but I would also add, that yes, it is also reasonable that you could have been doing drugs in your car, maybe not probable, but possible.  You were found in the car that was reported by someone else, to have someone inside doing drugs.   It would be unreasonable, if you were not found in the car, and just happen to be walking down the street.


Title: Landlord-tenant washing machine dispute

Question:
Basically we are renting a house that has a washer/dryer provided by the owner/agent as listed in our rental agreement. The washer is broken and because it is 25 years old, they don't make parts for it anymore.

The landlord is claiming the the machines are there for our convenience and it is on us to repair/purchase a new one.

Our thought is that even though it wasn't in the actual ad, because it is in the agreement that they should cover repairs/replacement.

Is it worth it to fight this or should we suck it up a buy a used one?

Location: Oregon
Topic:
Landlord Tenant Housing

Answer:
 Is there anything mentioned in the lease about these machines? If so, what?Answer #2: Are you still under a lease or are you in month-to-month now?

If you're still under lease, then the smarter approach would be to send a certified letter (for the sake of a paper trail) demanding that they correct this. If that doesn't get their attention, you can warn them that you're going to claim your right to fix this yourself (by getting an equivalent washer) and deducting the cost from your rent. That might get them moving.

Or, you can simply demand a modification of your lease with a reduction in your monthly rent. But be aware that if you're in a month-to-month arrangement now, your landlord has more flexibility to change the terms going forward.

And of course all of this is subject to local laws, so I'd review your resources there.Answer #3: See [2015 ORS 90.320(1)(i)](https://www.oregonlaws.org/ors/90.320)


Title: Can Court/A Judge Take Away Your Child if You Let Them Out Of The House And they were in the wrong place in the wrong time?

Question:
Let me elaborate.

My little sister(minor) was in the wrong place at the wrong time. With some kids and one of the kids accidentally burnt half of a Mobile Home. This happened because of kids being stupid. Now the owner of the mobile home itself wants the parents of the kids to pay 9,000+ each in damages to property. Her insurance covered the mobile home but the money she’s requesting is money she was hoping to have gotten from a buyer she was planning to sell the mobile home to.

My mom’s friend who’s in the same situation we are in wants us to join her and fight in court so we don’t have to pay an ungodly amount of money for something that was pure accident.

My parents are scared of going to court because they think something could go wrong and me and my sister could get taken away from my parents because of negligence or something like that.

Could someone help clear this up? WILL we be taken away if my parents fight this in court and the judge suddenly decides my parents were “careless” and it was their fault or something for letting my little sister out of my house and getting involved with the accident.
Topic:
Landlord Tenant Housing

Answer:
 A civil court judge will not remove your sister.

However, that’s not to say that CPS won’t decide to investigate your parents for the quality of supervision your sister receives, or that the DAs office won’t bring juvenile delinquency charges.  But those would require separate court appearances than the civil case.   And certainly, any evidence that comes out during the civil case can be used in either a child welfare or delinquency case.


Title: VT :Septic tank is busted, seeping sewage into the yard. Landlord seems to be ignoring it?

Question:
Hello. Pretty short question. I live an apartment complex in Vermont and the septic tank busted. Causing a sink hole of sewage in the back yard. We have been given no notice that they are going to do anything about it. We live by a river, and I am unsure if the sewage is seeping into the river.

I am unsure what I can do, so any info you can provide is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Topic:
Landlord Tenant Housing

Answer: Call the city/town/county health inspector


Title: [WA] Parent is signing up for contracts

Question:
My dad keeps going to the Verizon store and buying things. They gave him an iPad for $19.99/month or something and then he couldn’t remember his passcode so went back and they said if he bought two more items, they would be able to get access to his passcode so he came back with a Samsung phone and some kind of mini-tablet.

So I ask him what his payments are and he has no idea. He says he’s on two-year contracts. And then I call them and they say he has multiple accounts that are all delinquent. This has been a week. He got the iPad the week before and the other two items the day before. I tell them that this is predatory and he isn’t even going to be alive long enough for all these contracts so they need to give me info but they say I need to come in with him because I’m not authorized on his account. He is physically unable to do so as these excursions are a once in a blue moon fluke that he’s able to get out and walk that far. They say I’m not authorized on his account.

What should I do, am I liable for any of these bills? Does he keep the iPad if he’s not paying? He has no interest in his credit rating and it’s like he’s trying to go out in a big blaze of glory.

Answer:
 How old is he and why do you think he isn't going to be alive long enough for the contracts?

Are you on the account in any way (beyond just having a phone line, are you a co-signer)?


Title: Is saying "karma will get her, I'll see to it" a threat?

Question: I won't get into the backstory,  but I was fighting with this women at my apartment complex. Someone had just posted about her on Facebook and I said  "Karma will get her." And the women who wrote about her on  Facebook said "I sure hope so" and I "it will. I'll see to it." To my understanding, I'll see to it means "I ensure you". Like meaning "I ensure you Karma will get her". Today I got pulled aside by management of my apartment saying that they'll call the police because I made her feel unsafe and threatened. Except I thought that was free speech because I can say "I hope you die and I pray you die" but that's not me saying "I'll kill you". Yeah, i probably should've used "I ensure it will" but yeah. Was that illegal? Management knows about this exchange because this women I was fighting with sought it out. She's not friends with this lady. She was looking for people complaining about her.

Answer:
 "I'll see to it" means "I will do it."

As would "I'll ensure it."Answer #2: The word you're looking for is "assure". Even "I assure you, karma will get her" could be construed as a threat if there's other circumstantial evidence, but "I'll see to it" or "I'll ensure it" are direct threats, which absent some obvious other way that you would have to ensure it (like if you could fire her or something), come off specifically as violent threats - which are not covered by the right to free speech.


Title: Kmart took $400 for e-gift card, it never came, 2.5 days later still getting run-around

Question:
Around 2 1/2 days ago, give or take, I ordered a $400 gift card on kmart.com, to be delivered via email. I am omitting some more extensive details here for the sake of brevity, by the way, but will answer any questions for clarification.

I bought this gift card with my paypal account. I'd received some paypal e-gift cards for the holiday which totaled a large amount. My original intent was to shop on kmart.com directly from paypal, using the store-pick-up option. Then it occurred to me it would be easier to just get the electronic gift card and take it into the store in person to shop. Among other things I was going to pick up some prescriptions, get a new winter coat, etc...

I read the website VERY thoroughly and it says VERY clearly that the electronic delivery of the gift card should take an estimated one hour. See pic here:

http://www.jamesbradford.us/card.JPG

As you can see the purchase was made on the 26th (around 10AM.) As of today it still says 'processing' and 'Est arrival: within 1 hour"

After an hour I got an email asking me to call in and verify my identity. I did so, answer those 3 questions like you do in any situation like this. It went fine, and I was told the e-card would be sent 'soon'.

Half an hour later it still hadn't come. This began a series of phone calls into customer service that lasted over 4 hours, talking to tons of different people who all gave contradictory information without giving any real answers. First I was told it could take up to 2 more hours; then I was told it takes 24 hours; then I was told it takes 48 hours!!! I went from customer rep to supervisor, back and forth, and no one knew what was going on.

Several times I was told that there was a KNOWN ISSUE with e-gift cards dating back to the 23rd, and that they would submit a ticket to 'online issues' to investigate and fix it. I was also told repeatedly that it was an issue with the 'gift card department,' and was told they couldn't be reached directly.

I called the corporate number and asking for that department, and DID reach them. They told me that a gift card number hadn't even been assigned to my purchase yet, so it wasn't a problem on their end at all.

Ultimately during the fourth hour, with my third supervisor, I was again told that this was a known issue with the website and that she didn't know how long it would take to fix. Obviously this was not an acceptable answer. She said she would submit another ticket, and I would just have to wait.

At this point I was livid (though I have always remained courteous in my interactions.) I called corporate again and after several times I made it through to their "Blue Ribbon Case Management" department, which is allegedly their executive customer service department.

Since then I have been dealing with a woman who has allegedly gone to great lengths to get answers for me, but has gotten none. She has said she has sent an email to her 'accounts' department, whom she cannot contact by phone, and that this is as high as it goes. I have spoken to her several times since and the answer is always the same: she has no info, she doesn't know when or even if it will get fixed, she doesn't know WHY it's happening, and there is nothing else she can do.

What am I supposed to do? What are my rights in this situation?! How do I somehow DEMAND that someone fix this problem? There has got to be some way to reach SOMEONE who will get in there and resolve it. The fact that multiple departments have been contacted and haven't even bothered to RESPOND is absolutely ludicrous!

Please, someone offer me some advice on how to proceed!!! Is there some kind of consumer law I can throw at this woman to make her take real action? $400 is a LOT of money that was going to buy me a LOT of practical every day things. This is really terrible. :(

Answer: Did you check your spam folder?


Title: Neighbor dug/graded their entire property & left me with a 10 foot cliff with a vertical drop off along my entire property line [MO, USA]

Question:
Last year my neighbor, a developer, graded and leveled the wooded lot next to my property. They lowered the entire area 10-17 feet. They came right up to the edge of my property and cut down 10 feet all along it, right up to 2 inches of my 400 foot fence.

Not only did this create an obvious hazard (it drops straight off) but it was clear the fence would fall in, there was no way the posts would stand. I was told they were going to put in a concrete retaining wall. (I knew that was not going to help the fence but they assured me they would fix any problems)

Now, nearly a year later my fence has torn out on many posts, my property in many places has slipped down and is very dangerous, the slippage is way over the property line. I called the developer and he told me he wasn't planning to put the wall up until next year. But then my entire fence will be gone and 2-3 feet of my property will be torn down to his level.

What do I do? Legal recourse?  I've tried being the nice guy but I'm getting trampled here.
http://imgur.com/vL5H9vH
Some more photos below

Answer:
 Also code enforcement ,  to do something that drastic you generally need a permit.  This is not only effecting your run off and drainage it could be causing problems further down line with other neighbors or delineated wetlands areasAnswer #2: I know this is selfish of me but... would you mind posting photos?

If your lawyer will let you, of course.  Talk to a lawyer immediately.


Title: Injected with wrong allergen, could have died

Question:
So I actually could have died today due to a mess up at the allergy clinic I went to.

LOCATED IN TEXAS

I was undergoing an allergy testing procedure that was scheduled from 10am to 12pm. They made me wait until 11AM before they passed me to the back. I could tell the first nurse was sort of rushing the first part (skin prick testing, more info in next paragraph). Then the second nurse came in and was rushing even harder (intradermal skin allergy injections, more info in next paragraph). They ended up finishing at 12:06PM doing the whole procedure in about 50 minutes, something that's estimated to take 2 hours.

Today I was at my allergist office, I was scheduled for skin-prick allergy testing. It went smooth and great although was a bit rushed. The first nurse left and another nurse came into the exam room and was supposed to do "Intradermal allergy test reactions". She takes a needle filled with a dose of an allergen I DID NOT REACT to from the small prick testing and injects it under my skin to see if that bigger and more invasive injection will get an allergic reaction.

Well she injected me with something I was already found allergic to, paused, scratched out 2 numbers out on my skin (numbers were written on my arm to recognize what I was being injected with) and rewrote numbers on my arm. We were alone, I looked for a doctor and another nurse and commented to them what had happened. The woman who injected me confessed to the mistake. The doctor said it was a mistake that was an unncessary risk that could have made me undergo anaphylactic reaction.

I am worried that the test is not accurate, although they all agree that it is more than likely accurate. But I am more worried now knowing I could have gone into anaphylactic shock.

After researching on my own that an anaphylactic reaction can possibly cause fatality I am barely realizing what a huge fuck-up she made.

I am wondering if I can pursue legal action or at least get her license taken away so this doesn't happen to anyone again.

Thanks.

Answer:
 "Almost killed me" is not an actionable claim.

If you have an adverse reaction that causes you some medical expense or physical injury, that's what would lead to a lawsuit.


Title: $300 ticket for driving SLOW?

Question: [deleted]

Answer: You can get ticketed for driving too slow.


Title: Ex-wife awarded legal fees based on manipulation of my small business financials

Question:
Hey Everyone,

TLDR:  In Florida Family Court, what are the consequences if I don't make monthly payments on awarded legal fees?

Longer Version:

- Started small business in 2010.  Never grossed salary more than $30,000 CAD.  Add $10,000 CAD in perks.

- Eloped with uBPD in 2013.  She accused me of DV shortly after.  She moved from Canada to Florida while pregnant.

- 2 years later in custody hearing, uBPDx brought a surprise forensic accountant who inflated my small business income from $30,000 CAD to $150,000 USD

- Because of false accusations she initially had 100% custody.  I was initially paying $420 USD/month child support based on my actual income.  After surprise forensic I was paying $950 USD/month "without prejudice".  I had to borrow family money to be able to pay child support.

- I was also commanded to pay 80% of all split costs (Dr's, school, GAL, etc)

- To date I've borrowed close to $150,000 USD to follow court orders and make payments that I cannot afford.

- My lawyer (2nd lawyer now, 1st lawyer created a lot of the above problems) managed to get my income back to a more reasonable $45,000 USD.  But less than 24 hours before trial, opposing counsel found a loophole in business financial statements that put my income back up to $70,000 USD Net.  We had to agree to $70,000 "without prejudice" in order to have time to close the loophole and get my income back to $45,000 USD.  (We also agreed so that I wouldn't waste $10,000 in forensic accountant fees to testify)

- Just finished temporary trial on attorney's fee's.  When we tried to present the documents that close the loophole (updated and accurate shareholder agreement and completed financial statements), the opposing counsel argued that the "without prejudice" was for final hearing before the judge and did not apply to temporary hearing before GM.  GM is retiring at the end of the month and wanted to close this case, she allowed opposing counsel to use the inflated $70,000 USD income.

- uBPDx doesn't work.  She is a 36 year old "struggling model/actress".  She has imputed income of $24,000 USD.  She lives in luxury condo with twice my rent, she uses food stamps and claims every possible government benefit.  She has extremely wealthy sister and well off parents.  She is supported by family and by mooching off friends who lend her money.

- I've had 100% custody of our son for 5 months after uBPDx showed up high to trial.  uBPDx has paid zero child support and her attorney has filed motions to compel me to continue to pay her child support even though I have 100% custody.

- uBPDx has approximately $80,000 USD in legal fees and forensic accountant fees.  I estimate she has paid $20,000 - $30,000 USD of her fee's owed.

I believe in an effort to close this case, the GM awarded partial attorney's fees for a total of $18,000 USD against me.  On a monthly payment plan of $1000 USD/month, partially based on the logic that I was previously paying $950/month in child support and I no longer have that cost.  Obviously if uBPDx completes (weak) therapy ordered by the court, she will go for more custody, which will have me paying child support again.

My lawyer feels that GM made this decision to minimize chance of appeal, as the other side got something and it will cost me more to appeal than it will to just pay it.

My thought process is that I couldn't afford the child support in the first place, so for them to use it as precedent is completely wrong.  I cannot afford $1000/month and therefore I'm not going to continue to set precedent by paying amounts I cannot afford.

Appreciate any feedback or follow up questions/discussion.

Cheers,
Duck

Answer:
 >Appreciate any feedback

Maybe rewrite your post without those ridiculous abbreviations and also stop cooking your books or whatever the fuck you did that you can't prove your incomeAnswer #2: >(We also agreed so that I wouldn't waste $10,000 in forensic accountant fees to testify)

Seriously?  It sounds an awful lot like you keep getting burned based of accounting errors and (I suspect) poorly kept books.  What you earn should be fairly straight forward.  A small business that only does business out of one checking account ought to have a ready made P/L statement and that, coupled with tax returns, should be sufficient.  Something else is really going on here and you're past the scope of this forum.


Title: Company refused to hire me because spouse works at different company

Question:
Title basically explains it.

I applied for a job where I fit the job description perfectly. The GM wanted to hire me on the spot.

I mentioned my spouse works at a company in the same business about 50 miles away. GM calls me and says because my wife is a manager at her company they won't hire me because it's a conflict of interest. Is there any way to to assure them I will keep everything confidential? Is this considered discrimination based on marital status?

This is very frustrating for me since my wife and I decided to focus on her career and then mine once she was established.

Edit: located in California.

Answer: Perfectly legal. Also pretty reasonable. So no, not much you can do. Divorce your wife?


Title: Medical records were requested by parents to file for medical negligence but they were denied by the doctor

Question:
A friend of mine (M21) was having bad headaches on December 19th so he went to ER. At the hospital, the doctors gave him a CT scanned they found a ventricular dilation in his head. The Neurologist came in and told him it wasn't serious enough for him to stay and that he could get an MRI later and sent him home.

On December 22, he started to have bad headaches and he started vomiting so they went back to the ER at the same hospital around 1 am. They gave him some painkillers and recommended admitting him but there weren't any beds available so the staff had him waiting in the ER until 5 am. The staff gave his parents some papers to sign and sent them home again.  At 7:30 (after he had gotten home), he had a seizure and became unconscious. emergency responders arrived at his house, intubated him, and airlifted to another hospital (different from the one he had visited twice).

The doctors did an MRI that day and and declared him brain dead. He stayed on a ventilator until the 29th so that his organs could be donated and that's when he was declared dead.

Today, the parents went to the hospital they visited the first two times and requested his medical records but the people at the medical records section said that only the patient could request medical records. That doesn't make any sense. Is there any way for the parents to get the medical records, or is what they said true.
Topic:
Medicine and Malpractice

Answer:
 This is a terrible tragedy.

The parents should go immediately to a personal injury lawyer who can request the medical records. The hospital will be in very deep trouble if they disappear.

Since your friend was an adult, the hospital cannot provide his records to his parents. They don’t have proof of his death.Answer #2: I am sorry for your loss.

His parents will need his death certificate in order to obtain his medical records. If he was a legal adult, ROI will not release records to parents without verification that the patient is deceased.


Title: New Brunswick, NJ - Cops roughed me up last week had body cameras on, how do I sue or prove wrongdoing?

Answer:
 You contact a lawyer to file a lawsuit.

You contact the department to file a complaint against the officers.

Neither will be effective if it turns out that the use of force was an appropriate response to violence or resistance on your part.


Title: Speed limit law wordings

Question: With the wording of most speed limit laws not specifying that they are relativistic, isn’t every car technically in violation of their speeding laws unless the state is supporting a flat earth theory?

Answer: No. When not otherwise defined, words in statutes are used with their ordinary meaning, so that "speed" implicitly means relative to the earth.


Title: Legal to require different forms of payment based on a guests address...

Question:
I work in a franchise
 hotel in MO, and recently my employer has asked us to deny cash payments from local guest that live within our 30 or so mile area. Credit or debit only. We can accept payments of all types from anyone else. My question is, is this legal to do? I imagine it doesn't qualify as discrimination, but I don't want to be doing it if it's not okay....

Answer:
 This is not uncommon. Many hotels do not rent to locals at all.

The proportion of problems arising from local guests is astronomical compared to people traveling from out of town. It makes sense they want a credit card for when the party/drug deal/orgy goes wrong and causes damage to the room.


Title: Coworker complains/discusses her medical issues but threatens HR complaints to others who comment.

Question: This occurs in Texas for a large company based in NY. Coworker complains of medical issues constantly with suspiciously predictable FMLA absences. The absences cause more work for everyone else, but its something we are all used to. What happens is, even though she initiates conversations about her health and FMLA to co-workers, I have heard her threaten HR complaints when other co-workers discuss the same issues because of Hipaa violations (I don't think it works that way, but I really don't know). I am curious as to what the general rules and concerns are in a work environment like this.

Answer: Unless your workplace is her health care provider, HIPAA isn’t going to have any relevance.


Title: Online job application forcing me to opt out of arbitration. How shady is this? Is it legal?

Question:
Hello, I was offered an opportunity to deliver food for a business that is basically a local Uber Eats. They have outsourced their human resources to a human resource company that specializes in delivery companies.

While filling out the application everything seemed pretty standard, a work contract and a W-9 form. Then I came across a arbitration agreement form which seemed pretty standard except that I can't proceed with the application unless I initial something agreeing to opt out of the agreement.

How concerned should I be about this? I've never had to sign an arbitration agreement, much less opt out of one. The business owner had no idea about this agreement but he's willing to work with me if I don't feel like opting out. Additionally he's willing to get me in touch with his representative for an explanation.

Answer:
 Opting OUT of arbitration is a new one on me. Usually you agree to be bound by arbitration in the event of conflict.

I am a trained (but not practicing) arbitrator / mediator. You don't want anything to to with arbitration if you can help it, not on an employee / employer side (not usually, at any rate).

If you would feel better with specific explanation, then I would say by all means take the owner up on his offer to have it explained. Otherwise it sounds like a good deal to me. Arbitration clauses are *usually* a nice and clean way for a company to avoid civil or criminal proceedings.Answer #2: This doesn't really track.  There's an arbitration agreement, and then you have to opt OUT of it?  That's just the opposite of how these things generally work.


Title: Threatened to be reported to the police even though I followed the law, need help

Question:
Today I was on my way home from work, and I happened to be stuck behind an old couple on my road doing 28 MPH in a 45 MPH area. The road was a yellow passing zone, so I put my turn indicator on and passed them at 45 MPH. They followed me (albeit slowly) all the way to my house and yelled out that they have my plate info and are going to contact the police. Do they have the ability to cause legal action against me even though I followed the law? This is in Michigan By the way.

TL;DR I passed an old couple who were going incredibly slow, while still following legal limits, they threaten police.

Answer: Ignore them, if they follow you again report them to the police as a suspicious vehicle following you.  Answer #2: On top of the advice of ignoring them - it's unlikely any police department will do anything about this. They may call, the receptionist will "take down" your info from them, and then get back to her breakfast burrito. I bet you any money that if these old coots actually call, they've done it many times before and the police will know who they are. Big whoop. Move on.


Title: Bought meth..Scared and need advice

Question:
I'll start by admitting my addiction issues.  I was a recovering alcoholic for 3.5 years and well..then I wasn't.

I met a dealer a few months ago.  This dealer also had a crush on me (both males).  He would text me frequently telling me how in love with me he was etc.  I would always change the subject, laugh it off.. whatever.

And then he went dark.  No text from him and no replies to my texts for over a week.
Yesterday, suddently out of the blue, he insisted he needed some cash and we should do business.  I wasn't terribly interested and made that very clear in my replies.  He begged.

And I was stupid enough to fall for it.

He met me at my place after work, handed me an small envelope that had "I'm watching you" with a camera drawn on it. I nonchalantly chalked *this* up to his strange "infatuated with me" sense of humor.  Yeah.  I know.
He also explained that he forgot half of the order and would leave his ipad as collateral until he delivered the other half.

It was only after he left that things "clicked".  "Did he get pinched a week ago" "Was he warning me not to purchase?"

I threw everything out.  What I already had, and what had just been purchased.  And now I'm just scared and want nothing more than my sobriety back.

I guess my question is:  Likelihood of this being a sting?  What to do if it is?  And what possible consequences there could be.

This is in Tx. and I've never been arrested.

Answer:
 This probably was not a sting or you would have been arrested, either way, it seems like you are a smart person so my advice and I hope you follow it do not buy any drugs anymore. And cut this person out of your life he is a bad influance on you.
IANAL

btw. Good luck staying sober.Answer #2: In the event it was a sting, "I wasn't interested in getting drugs from this man who also wanted to fuck me (which I also wasn't interested in) but he begged me so I figure, what the hell, why not try meth? Yes, I paid him but he only had half the drugs I didn't even really want but bought anyway. So instead of telling him 'it's cool, I don't even want the drugs, person who wants to have sex with me but I am uninterested in yet keep in my life,' he leaves me his ipad as collateral for the drugs (which I don't even want, I want that to be clear) until he, the man who is making unwanted sexual advances on me, can return with the drugs, which I don't really want. Yes, they are gone but I did not use them. See, when the man who was trying to fuck me even though thats not what I wanted, gave me the drugs that I didn't even really want in weird way (yes, the way he gave the drugs was weird. That is the only weird part of this story.) I threw them out."  Is the worst story of innocence ever written.


Title: I want to go to Canada, but my passport is at home

Question: I go to school close to Canada and some friends and I have been wanting to go to Canada before we graduate. My problem is that my passport is at home which is 8 hours away from where I go to school. Getting an enhanced license is out of the question because I don’t have my passport in the first place and I don’t wanna have my passport mailed to me out of fear that it gets lost. The only real ID I have on me is my driver’s license. Is there anything I can do?

Answer:
 > I don’t wanna have my passport mailed to me out of fear that it gets lost.

This is how passports are sent to people. Have it sent with some enhanced FedEx or UPS shipping method if you're concerned about it getting lost.


Title: Punched in the face as a minor unprovoked

Question:
So I was walking with my friends and this guy walks up to me and punches me in the face, <1 inch from my temple. I think he was trying to kill me or at the very least knock me out. I reported to police. What kind of charges can I press if he is found and how long can he go to jail for? Im in NY state.
Topic:
Criminal Law

Answer:
 > I think he was trying to kill me

You're not qualified nor allowed to make that observation, as that is pure speculation.

You also can't press charges; you reported it to the police. It's up to the police to investigate, and up to the DA's office to charge the guy who hit you once the police finish their investigation.

And we can't tell you unless we know what he's charged with, which the above has to happen first, so I dunno.


Title: Police Checkpoint in Southern VA

Question:
Hello all,
I was stopped the other day at a Police checkpoint in Southern VA. This was not a DUI checkpoint. It wasn't posted at all and they didn't tell me what the stop was for. They were literally standing in the road asking for people's ID's. Am I legally obligated to present ID?
I know its just a simple question for them to ask, and some of you may say to "just give it to him and to not be difficult" but i treat this request the same as if a random person were to walk up to me and ask for my DL.
I am not an activist and I don't go searching for police officers to "harass" but I am a firm believer in exercising my rights whenever I can.
Is there a good website to review statutes and specific state law?

thank you in advance

Answer:
 Were you driving?

"Why are you stopping me and asking me for my ID?" would have been a fine question at the time.Answer #2: What makes you think the checkpoint was not put together properly?


Title: Neighbors dogs attacked my dog through a hole in the fence. I am asking for half the medical bill but they are possibly refusing. Advice?

Question:
[deleted]
Topic:
Other Civil Matters

Answer:
 If your dog was in their yard, the presumption is that your dog was trespassing, unless you have evidence to the contrary. If so, you assume the damages.   They don't have a responsibility to put chicken wire fencing to keep other dogs out.  If they're willing to pay, great. But they probably don't have any obligation to.

Sounds like the best bet is the original plan, build a better fence and in the meantime don't let your dog in the backyard by itself.


Title: (MN) Is a prenup worth the cost in my case?

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 >First: I would like to at least keep my house outright

this is likely unlikely as that house would easily become community property since it's the marital home.  the best you could probably do is preserve your equity prior to marriage.  but after marriage, any equity increase is likely fair game.

>my 401K outright

again this is unlikely except for your balance prior to marriage.  any contributions or gains after marriage is marital property since all job earnings are considered community property and you are using community property to fund the balance.

>maybe my savings outright at the time of divorce

this is possible if you take your savings acct and never use any of that money for marital things, such as paying for living expenses, or buying marital property, etc.

> Second: I would like to protect my son in case I die while married. So he can inherit whatever I would be entitled to in case I was divorced.

if you die while married, then all the marital assets would by default go to wife unless you specify it in your will.  in this case your half of marital property can go to son.  separate assets you can pick and choose in your will.

>I also have life insurance and my will says it goes equally to my children

life insurance is a contract between the carrier and the person buying insurance.  whomever the benefits go to is entirely up to you.  make sure you specify it correctly with the insurance company.
basically, it's possible to do some of things you want by simplying knowing the difference between seperate property and community property and not comingling the two.

http://statelaws.findlaw.com/minnesota-law/minnesota-marital-property-laws.html


Title: I have had chickens and ducks for the last year and a half as pets. Now I have to go before the town judge to defend our possession of them because people complained. What are my defenses???(Wheatland, NY) More details in text.

Question:
2.5 years ago we purchased our home in Mumford, NY (located within Wheatland, NY).  When we called the town hall prior to purchase they confirmed we could have chickens, roosters and other fowl by quoting us 130.23 7A which states:

7 "The following shall apply to all forms of animal husbandry except the keeping of animals as household pets:
(a)
All shelters provided for livestock, fowl or furbearing animals shall be at least 100 feet from any property line, except that an existing shelter may remain and be added to, provided that the addition shall not encroach on a required yard."

Our Chicken coup is 30 feet from the property line, but the structure was existing prior to our purchase of the property.  We have added to the structure to make it safer and generally improved it.

Because the town has received two complaints due to roosters they are now going to take us to court and threaten to have us get rid of the chickens/ducks.  The main reason they say is because the shelter we were using was abandoned from use prior to our purchasing of the property and therefore can no longer be used as an animal shelter.

As far as I can tell I have a couple defenses:
1.  We are not engaged in animal husbandry (the commercial/scientific breeding and raising of animals)
2.  These are pets
3.  The structure holding the chickens predates our ownership of the property and we were told it fits the requirements for a shelter prior to our property purchase.
4.  We have wheels on the coup making it a trailer and not a shelter as such it is not governed by building codes.

Is there any others that people can think of?  Here is a link to the town's code: http://ecode360.com/WH0137?needHash=true

I plan on delaying the hearing for as long as possible to form as complete a defense as possible.  Also if anyone has any findlaw articles or other court decisions that would be helpful feel free to send them my way.

Answer:
 Buy those little collars to shut your roosters up. In principle you should be able to maintain a sensible amount of livestock on your property, but you could have saved yourself this whole headache if you had skipped the roosters or bothered to quiet them. 99% of the time someone posts on this sub about handling their shitty neighbor's obnoxious roosters and we advise them to do exactly what your neighbors have done.Answer #2: If it's because the roosters are a noise issue, even after this is resolved, the neighbors may continue to complain and make your life difficult.

Can trailers be used as animal shelters in your town? Answer #3: If the coup is on wheels can you not just easily move it to meet the guidelines? Answer #4: You're citing to code related to accessory dwelling units here. If the enclosure is big enough to qualify "it's for my pets" isn't going to cut it, nor is "it's on wheels." I would be hesitant to rely on anything in that provision, in fact, because if your chicken coup is counted as an accessory dwelling unit you're looking at having to make sure it meets Yard requirements, parking requirements, and probably anywhere from 5-100k in permitting fees.

Talk to a lawyer; you seem to be heading towards disputing yourself into a much more serious position, or losing because your attempt at calling a chicken coup an accessory dwelling unit is on its face ridiculous.


Title: Home seller and agent signed our offer for their home and are backing out without any communication with us

Question:
We made an offer on a home in Northern California which was signed and accepted by the seller and the agent. A few days later they realized we made some special requests which included repainting of home exterior. They voiced their concerns and stated that they were unaware of this (although they signed)....

Throughout the 30 day contract time to close escrow and get the deal done they were very unresponsive with our real estate agent and even loan agent. I had a feeling they were on to something. They failed to show up to multiple appraisal meetings with the appraisers. Their agent did not answer or return ANY calls. We on the other hand did everything in our part to get the ball rolling and even submitted a request to extend our contract another 30 days to make this sell happen.... The appraisal was finally completed and it seemed that everything was on track to closing the deal until...

Today I received the word that they refused to extend our contract, and therefor we don't have a house lined up anymore. This whole process has been a nightmare dealing with them. It seems to me we have a case for settling in court but I'm wondering if someone with more experience can provide a little more insight on the likelihood of us having a chance in court.

TLDR; sellers signed contract and realized later on the contract wasn't as they originally though and proceeded to break all ties of communication with us until the contract finally expired. Essentially they signed and then failed to continue with their responsibility. Is this legal?

Answer:
 I'm guessing that your contract includes a liquidated damages clause.

But no, this isn't OK. They are liable for some damages.  But likely not as much as you wish.Answer #2: It's time to get a real estate attorney and report this real estate agent to their licensing board.


Title: Stuck with used needle while in police custody

Question:
Edit: This is in the US.

I was arrested and while I was being processed in, the LEO escorting me sat me down on a bench directly in front of the office where another guy in front of me was being TB tested. I watched the woman put the syringe down on the desk with the needle still on and when it was my turn she picked the same syringe back up and used it on me. I don't know how many people it was used on prior to the guy being processed right before me.

I didn't protest at the time because some of the LEOs at this station are notorious for using excessive force if given the slightest opportunity and I was more afraid for my immediate safety than the possibility of contracting a blood-borne disease.

The charges against me were dismissed and several months after this incident I went a clinic to be STD tested. Thankfully I came back clean.

What were my rights in that situation and what, if anything, should I have done differently? Is what they did illegal? Who would have been liable had I actually gotten something from that needle?

Answer:
 1.  You should file a complaint. Regardless of whether you have a civil case, you should file a complaint so that the practice is investigated and stopped.

2.  You can sue if you have damages, right now you don't seen to have any. I hope you stay healthy.Answer #2: From a medical standpoint, STD testing is the LEAST of what you should be testing for, for what you were exposed to you'd want a full blood work, as Hepatitis C is extraordinarily horrific to catch, is blood transmitted, and wouldn't be detected in an STD panel.  I think TB might be transmittable as well, not to forget countless other diseases.  Answer #3: You should notify your county health department.


Title: [PA] Girlfriend's employer is withholding $100 out of her paycheck because she accidentally accepted a counterfeit bill, is this legal?

Question:
So a while ago, my girlfriend got a counterfeit bill from some scumbag. Since she was in charge of the register they are taking it out of her paycheck.

They didn't file a police report for the bill, they are just informing her that $100 will be deducted. Is this legal?

Answer:
 Not legal.Answer #2: It is illegal. However, it’s not illegal for her employer to fire her. If the employer insists on deducting this she should file a wage complaint.

https://www.dli.pa.gov/Individuals/Labor-Management-Relations/llc/Pages/Wage-Complaint-Form.aspxAnswer #3: Totally illegal.

Was she trained in how to detect counterfeit bills? Do they have tools to help with detect them? May be negligence on their part and not hers.


Title: Can an employer require disclosure of a part-time job or a side business?

Question: My company just had our code of conduct training and as a part of it they said we have to disclose any part-time jobs or if we own a side business. Are they legally allowed to do this? My side business is completely unrelated to the nature of my employers business. This seems like an invasion of privacy to me. I'm in the state of Missouri, USA.

Answer: You don't *have* to tell them. But if they find out you didn't tell them they can probably legally fire you. But without a location impossible to say.


Title: My friend needs to pay his school to graduate

Question:
So my best friend goes to a private school with a night tuition and on top of that the school is asking for $250 for a school trip and if you don’t pay the $250 you can’t graduate. Is this extortion or illegal?
Topic:
School Related Issues

Answer: It depends entirely on the agreements the parents signed when he was enrolled this and previous years.


Title: Hurt at work, broken leg and wrist and the boss doesn't have insurance or workmans comp. Won't talk to me and I have no idea what I can do.

Question:
Fellow redditors that can please give me some advice! I'll try and stick to the facts. October 30th was pressure washing a roof and I fell from roof when ladder slipped out as I was going down, fell on my wrist and right side of body, broke radial bone in my forearm and my femur both on right side of body. Tremendous pain and screaming all the way to hospital. Emergency surgery and a week later discharged from hospital.  Boss said to hospital staff that I must've been on drugs and tells me it was my negligence and don't even think of suing him or the client where I had the accident and since a real estate hired him that I cannot sue. And if I did sue that then him and the real estate plus the owner would all counter sue. Which I know is b.s.
This accident happened in Miami, Florida.  Maybe I don't have a case but I can't work and I'm effectively homeless for the holidays and hungry. I can't pay my fone bill and keep putting off going to homeless shelter.  Any advice would be appreciated guys and maybe a referral to an attorney would be awesome.

Answer: Your boss is trying to intimidate you and is lying. You have a slam dunk case unless they actually did drug test you at the hospital and found something.


Title: I (located IN) am required to attend training for company (located CO) I work for. We are not allowed to leave hotel while there.

Question:
The company I work for requires us to attend company training soon after hiring. It's in another state where the hotel is being provided. We are very strictly not allowed to leave the hotel the 5 days we are there (except when on a company bus to the daily training.) They actually have managers there to rat people out.

Something just does not sit right about that. This is not a high security job. Or even really something very specialized. I am a vegetarian and since meals are provided I'm very worried about being hungry all week (I have been to too many things like this where the only vegetarian options are side salads or French fries) and being able to walk to a restaurant would really open up some options for me. The food is also notoriously horrible.

I'm also curious about being forced to share a room with a random person. We will be separated by genders, but it still seems strange to make adults share a room this way, and then not allow us to leave.

I really want to embrace the whole experience, but something about not allowing me to leave the building just doesn't seem legal. If I don't go to the training it has been heavily insinuated the company will look for every reason to fire me.

Answer:
 Are you being paid for your time there, including the time outside of training when you're not allowed to leave? It's a weird situation because I'd think there's a solid argument that if they are controlling your movement and activities in such a way, you may have a claim to being paid for that time. However, there's also the argument that you are free to leave all you want no matter what they say, but they are not obligated to continue employing you. Still though, if they say you can't leave, and you stay put as a result of being told that, you may be entitled to pay for that time. Is this "no leaving" rule explicitly stated anywhere? Who told you about this rule?Answer #2: > We are very strictly not allowed to leave the hotel the 5 days we are there

I guarantee that this is because previous attendees have shown up for training stoned.   Colorado, man.

I agree that this is a weird situation where several theories of law could be applied.   I tend to think that because you're not required to be performing work tasks or be ready to perform work tasks, you don't have to be paid because you are not "engaged to wait".

Sharing rooms is not something regulated by statute.   You're adults and can presumably share a bathroom and suffer through snoring.Answer #3: If the issue is primarily food and you don’t want to otherwise push this... delivery. Answer #4: Are you sure you don't work for a cult? This makes no sense. Is the company afraid they are liable if you get injured after work or something?


Title: Legally expose a cheating ex. Have screenshots of Facebook messages someone sent me. Details inside.

Question: [deleted]

Answer: Just move on with your life


Title: Stolen weights from the campus apartment weight room; University is threatening to charge every single tenant for it (over 2600 students)

Question:
**UPDATE 2:**

I just got another email from housing stating the following:

>"The goal of the previous email was to provide the opportunity for the person(s) who took the weights to return them.

>Since the weights were not returned, we will purchase new weights for [Apartment Complex]. [Apartment Complex]'s community council has agreed to step up and utilize their budget to fund the cost of the weights. Thank you, Community Council!"

I don't appreciate being threatened to pay damages I didn't cause, and I don't appreciate being lied to or used as a means to inspire guilt into a criminal.

**UPDATE:**

The Resident Handbook has this to say:

* "Residents are responsible and accountable at all times for their own actions as well a
s the
actions of their guests and visitors."

* "Don’t allow building access to anyone who is not a resident or to visitors and guests without
their host"

* "Common Areas are intended for community
based programming only. Student groups are not allowe
d
to use the space for socials or other programs unless they are invited by the staff or Community Councils
and serve an express purpose within the learning community. University Housing takes no responsibility
for the loss of personal property left in com
mon areas."

The housing contract does not make any mention of a weight room.

However,

I unfortunately found this toward the bottom of the Resident Handbook:

* "Unexplained damages (trash, damage to furniture, building or equipment) in communities are costly to
all residents. Unexplained damages are sent to the building Community Council and the Community
Council w
ill serve as the consultative body to determine how the bills are paid. The Community Council
may elect to pay a bill in one of the following ways:
a.
Assess the responsible party and the University will bill directly.
b.
Assess the entire community and bill eac
h individual resident. An additional administrative
processing fee is also charged.
Residents are encouraged to take responsibility for their community. Encourage everyone in your
community to treat your building and home with respect. If you know the peo
ple who are responsible
for trash or damages, please inform your Community Council or Resident Advisor staff. Take pride in
your community!"

Since the housing license agreement states

* "The Licensee agrees to comply with and abide by all terms and conditions
and any subsequent
amendments
of this License and all University policies, re
gulations, procedures, and guidelines stated in
 the
University
Housing Resident Handbook
 (as applicable), the University’s Student Code of Conduct, and all other University rules
and regulations governing the conduct of student
s, as amended from time to time."

this makes the charge valid. It looks like I have no choice but to pay it. In my opinion, this is a terrible way to settle this kind of issue, as it does not prevent theft any more than simply replacing the weights would. Additionally, this demonstrates that, as long as you are sneaky enough, you can steal the equipment and end up passing the bill between every resident for an extreme fraction of the cost.

Thank you everybody for your advice.

Original Post: I live on a University campus in their apartment system. Over 2600 students live here as well. Someone stole the weights from the apartment weight room and the apartment complex sent every single tenant an email threatening to charge everybody unless they are returned. I don't feel like this is right. I'm not going to pay for their lack of security measures, and I don't feel like this is legal, but I'm not sure. Any advice is appreciated.

It is a CSU in California.

Answer:
 Dog Law specialist here.

Isn't that something like 80¢ a person?Answer #2: I found the following in the housing license agreement:

* "The Licensee agrees to give reasonable care to their living unit and its furnishings and to make payment for any damage
or loss promptly upon demand by the University."

* "LICENSEE AGREES TO BE JOINTLY RESPONSIBLE WITH
THE
OTHER
LICENSEES IN HIS OR HER LIVING
UNIT, IF INDIVIDUAL LIABILITY CANNOT BE DETERMINED, FOR
 THE PROTECTION OF THEIR LIVING
UNIT
AND COMMON AREA INCLUDING FURNISHINGS, EQUIPMENT
, FIXTURES, AND STRUCTURES
.
PAYMENT FOR DAMAGE OR LOSS OF COMMON AREA FURNISHINGS, UNLESS SPECIFICALLY
ASSIGNED TO INDIVIDUALS, MAY BE ASSIGNED BY THE APARTMENT COUNCIL
 OR UNIVERSITY
HOUSING
TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE LIVING UNIT WHO HAVE ACCESS TO THE COMMON AREAS."

Each apartment unit consists of a kitchen, living room, and 4 bedrooms. The "common area"s are the kitchen and living room. The general weight room is in another building entirely. Unless I'm mistaken, I didn't agree to pay damages done to another building, only the unit I live in.


Title: If I leave my camera attached to a public fixture with a note instructing people to take pictures with the camera, who owns the copyright of the pictures whenever I come back to retrieve my camera? [USA]

Question: If I leave my camera attached to a public fixture with a note instructing people to take pictures with the camera, who owns the copyright of the pictures whenever I come back to retrieve my camera? [USA]

Answer: The photographer of each photo.


Title: Attending protests and carrying medications

Question:
If one is attending a protest such as the one in Washington DC and must carry prescription medications, do you have to carry the original bottle, or is it enough to remove the prescription labels and carry those with the pills in a small pill holder? I'm afraid my meds, in all their bottles, will not fit inside their suggested 8x6x4 bag for personal items, and I don't want to carry them in a clear backpack for fear of that making me a target for people who want to steal medications. Yes, the medications need to be with me at all times for sudden onset issues. I understand this is a peaceful protest and arrests are not likely but I want to be safer than sorry.

(Here are their bag guidelines) https://www.womensmarch.com/faq/#whattobring

Answer: Carrying medications outside of their prescription bottles may well result in you being charged with a felony, depending upon the substance in question.


Title: My gf was approached sexually by her landlord over text. How do we report him so he is no longer allowed to rent to others?

Question:
The title says it all really. I would like to know what sort of organisations we should contact to get him reviewed as a landlord, and how to get my girlfriend's bond back after abruptly leaving outside of contract. He lives in the same home she was renting, so her housing situation is now compromised and has to sort out another place to live immediately.

He insisted on only accepting cash and all around the arrangement seemed dodgy to me from the get go. Will the lack of bank statements affect her ability to get her full bond amount back?

Thanks for your time.

Answer: It is not illegal to proposition a tenant.


Title: Friend was fired the day before she was supposed to go on paid leave.

Question:
My friend worked at a restaurant for approximately 29 months (Aug. 2013 - Dec. 31, 2015).  She was promoted to a managerial position about 4 months ago.  She did not feel that the extra responsibilities and requirements of her new position were adequately compensated, so she stepped down about a month ago and went back to her original position.  The company provides paid vacation time and she put in her request for her week's paid vacation almost three months ago for the week of Jan. 4-11 and it was approved at the time.  She was fired on Jan. 3 via a group text message.  I will include a copy of the message (with personal information blacked out) in the comments.  Her decision to step down from managing did impact her relationship with the restaurant but due to the fact that this was literally the day before she was supposed to go on her paid leave, I think this may be illegal or at least questionable.  She did ask multiple people for an official reason for her firing and has not been given one.  Everyone's answer has been "I don't know", including the answer from the person who made the decision to fire her.  I know Nebraska is a right to work state and the company can fire her for (basically) any reason, but I would believe that she at least is entitled to her pay for that week's vacation.  Does she have any recourse - can she at least recover the compensation for her week's paid vacation?

Nebraska

Answer:
 >I think this may be illegal

It isn't.

>official reason for her firing and has not been given one.

Not required. They do not have to have a reason for firing her

>right to work state

That is in regards to unions. It is an art will state. All states are at will.

>entitled to her pay for that week's vacation.

That depends. Does the employer have a policy regarding paying out vacation pay?

Edit:

Yes they have to pay vaca

>Accrued vacation time, which is part of an employment agreement, is due and payable as wages upon termination of employment. Roseland v. Strategic Staff Mgmt., 272 Neb. 434, 722 N.W.2d 499 (2006).

[Link](http://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=48-1229)Answer #2: She should also file for unemployment immediately if she hasn't done so already.

I agree that it must be paid to her.

http://www.woodsaitken.com/supreme-court-clarifies-pto-payout-rules/Answer #3: Not a lawyer but a Nebraska employer.  It's important to make sure it is called vacation time and not paid time off, check the employee handbook if one exists.  If it is vacation it is owed to her.  Contact Nebraska Department of Labor - Workforce Development and they will do the work for her.

If it is paid time off it will not be owed to her.  Also tell her to apply for un employment either way.   Getting fired via group text the day before her last week of vacation will not go well for the employer should they protest the unemployment.

Edit:  I just read the post swalsh411 and he appears to be correct.  Please ignore my post while I go revise the employee handbook again.Answer #4: http://imgur.com/JoUmg9d


Title: Can being refused housing due to a lack of references (due to social isolation caused by a medical condition) be considered discrimination on the basis of disability?

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 You'd have a hard time making the case that it's discriminatory.  The condo board has the right to request references that reflect your credit history and your ability to live in a building full of other owners who must share space with you.  A reasonable accommodation is one which doesn't place an undue burden on them and is reasonably necessary for you and which doesn't have a less burdensome alternative.

If you have a diagnosis, you should be able to get one or more doctors to provide such a reference.  And you currently live with a relative who could do the same.  I don't see why providing those references isn't an option for you


Title: The Citadel Military College (State Supported-Public) potential violation of ADA of 1975 and the Constitution

Question:
The Citadel's lawyer is calming that the College does not abide by the Constitution or by any Federal regulation because it is upheld by older cases that have ruled they have that authority.

I am just wondering if is this legally possible and if so, how would I go about finding these supposes cases that declared that the Citadel has the right to violate the Constitution or the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Can some please help me or give me some insight on how is this legal.

Thank You

Answer:
 > The Citadel's lawyer is calming that the College does not abide by the Constitution or by any Federal regulation

It is very, very unlikely that the Citadel is free from all federal regulation.

The Citadel likely doesn't have to follow certain regulations because they're exempted from it or it doesn't apply as written.  The ADA is an excellent example.  The Citadel has an obvious need to require certain physical and mental capabilities to complete their training.  If you ask for an accommodation for certain physical or mental issues, it would be denied as unreasonable.


Title: LEO Profiles

Question:
Hi all,

A buddy of mine is a police officer in our state (TX). He informed we that when you get pulled over, they can see your driving history (figured this much) but what was alarming to me, is apparently they can input notes in your profile and is visible to all (I assume state wide).

My issue here is that if the officer was aggressive with you and you merely stood your ground, or the officer could just be malicious, they can input things in your profile that may not be true.

I’d like to know if this is legal, to have a profile about you that hasn’t been properly vetted through judicial process. It also seems whatever is put in your profile can affect future contact and ultimately, affect their judgement on issuing citations.

Answer: Of course that's legal.  They don't need judicial process to take notes, or to share their notes or opinions with others.


Title: I’m pretty sure my neighbor is being abused by his ex wife. Is there anything I can do? [oklahoma]

Question:
the neighbors across my house have always had problems. They’ve been together for over ten years but for the past few years their marriage has gone downhill.

I’m pretty sure the wife is mentally ill, or at least that’s what people say. She’s been moved out of his house for a while, and she took their daughter with her, but for some reason she always comes back to the house. Every time she comes back, they fight, scream at each other, and she breaks things. Then she’ll just take some of his stuff and leave.

This is stuff my grandparents have heard almost every time they go outside to smoke. I’ve never actually heard one of their fights until a few hours ago. I was about to get in my car when I heard them screaming at each other. I got kind of nosy and started to listen.

It was really heartbreaking to hear. She was screaming at him, I could see her through the window throwing things, and I could hear him crying. He kept saying things like “look what you’re doing to me,” “I have no one, I’m alone,” and stuff like that. I just wanted to cry.

I went to talk to my grandma about it and she said there was no point to get involved. I asked her if the lady has ever hurt him, and she said probably. I insisted that we should call the cops next time they fight and she said there was no point. My grandma was kind of pissing me off because she was blaming the husband; saying that he shouldn’t let her do those things to him, and that he pretty much deserves it because he’s letting her do it. I even suggested we get him a Christmas present and she shut that down quickly. I don’t know why she’s so insistent on blaming him?? If this were a woman being abused people would be on this in a second.

Is there anything I can do at all? Just hearing him cry like that, it made me want to break down, hearing that pain in his voice. And this has been going on for *years*? Surely there’s something someone can do before things get too far..

thank you for any help!

tl;dr my neighbor is being abused by his ex wife and my grandma insists we ignore it. I don’t know what to do.
Topic:
Other Civil Matters

Answer: Go over and talk to him. Don't even mention your concerns, just find out if he's okay and if he needs a friend.