Title: Insurance added my siblings to my parents plan without their knowledge. Said the state told them to do so.

Question:
Hi everyone, this morning my mom told me their auto insurance provider added my two younger brothers to their plan the previous month. Problem is the 20 year old already has his own insurance, and the 16 year old doesn't even have his license yet. When they called to contest it the insurance company said they got information from the state that the youngest has a license and was uninsured, and they didn't really explain the 20 year old. My parents have the money to pay, but they don't want to pay for unnecessary insurance, and they said they'd sent it to collections if they refused. English is my parents second language so they have trouble with arguing.

I know insurance premiums will go up under certain conditions, but from what I understand the insurance company was covering my brothers and not penalizing my parents for the new of age driver. I also didn't know the state could tell insurance companies that as well. I live in Illinois if that makes a difference.

I have to call later to help them fight the fees and I was wondering if I had anything to stand on. I didn't think insurance companies could just add people to plans without the plan holders consent.

Thank you for your time.

Answer:
 not a lawyer, but some states require all licenses drivers to be on the insurance policy if they live in the same house hold.

also probably better for /r/insurance/


Title: Is this considered unethical/illegal or is it mostly just annoying?

Question:
I live in Mississippi and work for a very large international company that is based here in the USA. I am gay. We recently got a new boss for our location. Over the last few months, he has been exhibiting some odd behavior. I learned that he identified every employee in the office who is single and called coworkers into his office to question them if said single person is gay. One day, one of his past coworkers from another location came to help us because we were short staffed. After he left, the boss said to the office, "I never liked him. He doesn't even have a girlfriend, so I assume he is queer." He then turned to me and said, "No offense. I know you are single too."
He does the same to customers. If he perceives them to be gay, he will talk about them as soon as they leave and make speculative and inappropriate comments about their sex lives. He will also refuse to help them and send one of us to the front to assist them so he doesn't have to. I tried to ignore it, but then found out he had called one of my coworkers to the back to question him about my orientation. The coworker told me he told him that I wasn't gay and he just said "good" and dismissed him.

What is this? Am I right in feeling uncomfortable or am I just being sensitive?

Edit: Company has listed in HR documents that discrimination based on sexual orientation is not acceptable.
Topic:
Other Civil Matters

Answer: You're absolutely right to feel uncomfortable. Your boss is a bigot. Unfortunately, Mississippi does not protect employees from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.


Title: (BC, CANADA) Landscaper was paid before he completed his work. He left his equipment on our property for over a year and came back today demanding to get it back. What can be done?

Question:
Hoping for some legal advice. Thanks in advance.

My parents are not business savvy in the slightest and paid a landscaper in advance of work being completed. The whole deal was done as a verbal agreement a little over one year ago.

The landscaper had already done some work, but after being paid, he never came back again and never completed it (Surprise, surprise). However, **he left his equipment on our property** and never came back to pick it up or claim it.

Today he came to my parents' property, quite irate and talked to my mother, who told him that we still have the equipment but want him to refund the portion of work he didn't complete before we can give it to him. I am told he is a bit of a sketchy guy and has some affiliation with drugs (where do my parents find these people?!).

What can we do in this situation? His equipment is worth approx. $500 in its current condition (though probably $1000+ new) and there's $200 of work that he still owes us. **He told her he is coming back tomorrow to get his equipment and I'm hoping to figure out what to do by then.**

Answer: Give him back his equipment. It's his. If you want, sue him for the value of the work he was paid for but didn't do. Add an equipment storage fee if you want, see if the court goes for that. As weird as this situation is, you can't hold his equipment hostage until he coughs up $200.


Title: I was ticketed with reckless driving in Fairfax county, VA (76mph in 45mph zone). Should I get a lawyer?

Question:
I've heard good reasons to get a lawyer and other reasons why it's not worth it to get one. Either way I know my insurance will go up, I will have to pay a fine of some sort, but most likely won't get my license suspended or go to jail (which are both possible outcomes of reckless driving).

I've heard a lawyer is more likely to get the charge reduced to a speeding ticket or something less severe, but is it worth the money I will have to pay the lawyer?

Also I've looked into taking a driver improvement course to get safe driver points on my record. Would this suffice in possibly getting the charge reduced without a lawyer?

EDIT: So the consensus is to get a lawyer, any recommendations for a good/affordable one?

Answer: Yes, you should get a lawyer.


Title: I'm a victim of stalking and want to preserve my privacy. Is it legal for me to form an LLC and to use for getting an apt, utilities, and receiving packages? In order words, the lease agreement would be with the LLC, not me as an individual (I'm assuming). [AZ]

Answer:
 Google "Arizona Address Confidentiality Program," which is run through your Secretary of State's Office. They will be able to assist you with getting a confidential address. You can use this address on everything and businesses/courts/landlords have to accept and respect it.

Typically, these programs also have additional information and can provide contacts to agencies and attorneys who can help you take further steps to keep your address confidential and out of public records.


Title: Just noticed $10,000 was transferred out of my Paypal account in June to a "friend"

Question:
I'm assuming my friend has watched me put in my passcode for my phone and transferred 10k to his paypal account.  While I was passed out. I'm completely freaking out right now. The money was sent as a "gift to family." Do I notify my bank/paypal or authorities first? Location: Illinois

Edit! After reading through my texts, I have found conversations I never had with my friend about sending the money. I'm assuming he used my phone to text himself as proof that I agreed to give him 10k if I ever brought it up in a dispute. Holy shit, my head is racing. I cannot get ahold of him as he is in basic training in the Air Force.

Edit2: It sounds absurd to lose track of such a large amount of money, but I get paychecks of 20-30k a month as I maintain & own a business. I know I've done a crap job looking things over.

Answer:
 Your story is very, very difficult to believe.

Anyway, PayPal likely won't do anything about it, since too much time has passed and it was sent as a gift. You will have to sue him and/or report the theft to police, assuming it actually happened.


Title: Emotional Support Animals and Leasing

Question:
Hello everyone,

I'm needing some advice about Emotional Support Animals. I live in the United States,North Carolina and have had some issues with the company I am wanting to lease from. So basically, I have an ESA who I have doctors note from and the vaccine records they request also. But, they are also requiring my ESA be registered and certified. From what I have read, been informed of, and have seen from my research online (HUD.gov website) is that ESA animals do not need to be certified or registered.

I called the place I'm wanting to rent an apartment from today and asked again about their ESA policy, just to confirm what the first girl told me is correct, and got the same response about certifying an ESA. I talked to the manager and was told that their lawyer told them ESAs must be certified and that company policy also says they must be certified. She also asked me "What I was trying to get around" "Was it the pet fee?" etc. etc. and hearing this I felt like this woman had decided to ignore what I'm trying to inform her of. She also let me know that she cant tell me where to go to get my ESA certified and her lawyer also told her that. She finally just told me to bring in my ESA letter and vaccine records and they'd figure out the certification there when I signed my lease.

Also, I asked them to send me email evidence of where it requires in their policy that and ESA be certified and was told they can not send me that. I asked for this email in case I need to file a HUD complaint.

If it true that I don't need the certification or register:Where should I go from here? Also, can they deny me housing because of this issue that has arisen?

If I do have to comply with this policy: Can you tell me why?

Thanks!

Answer:
 There are two potential things coming into play. If he’s asking you to register your your animal *as an ESA*; then that’s demonstrably wrong. There is *no* legitimate ESA registry or certification or training body, and they cannot require proof of something that does not exist.

*However* if your local jurisdiction requires registration/licensing and collars for *all dogs*, then being an ESA doesn’t exempt you from those requirements, and the landlord can require proof that you’re complying with those local laws.


Title: School Aggravated Assault

Question:
I was called into office by school administrators (2) they searched my bag and person for weed I refused to take off shoe and ran out. When I ran out 1 of the school admin tried to get between me and the door her hands got in front of me but I manages to leave.

I have a hearing  for considering long term suspension (11 days to 4 semesters)
For aggravated assault and insubordination.
Could they go to the police and charge me with ag assault?
Arizona
Minor

Answer:
 sure, criminal charges are possible.

edit: if your writing is any indication, perhaps you really should try to stay in school.


Title: My landlord opened and used my ~$900 HP monitor and used it that I ordered...

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 Sue for more? You didn't win the lottery. They made a mistake, and you acted like a child. They have already offered to more then make up for it. What more do you expect?Answer #2: > sue for more?

Wow.  Exactly how much do you think you can get?!  The other poster mentioned that you acted like a child.  I tend to agree.

I don't know why I'm giving this much attention, but for whatever reason I am.

What damages do you think you're entitled to?  You have a functioning monitor with cosmetic damages.  If you took this to court, know what you'd get?  Likely $5 to buy a new plastic covering.  If you're lucky you can get whatever the diminution in value is.

Fuck, I'd be over the moon to get a working monitor with a scuff, and a $1000 check to buy a second monitor!

Seriously, they're giving  you way more than you're entitled to.  Take it and get on with your life.Answer #3: >Also, I don't have a lawyer. What should I do reddit? Get an actual lawyer and sue for more?

Take the money, buy a new monitor. Keep the extra $100.

What more do you think you're entitled to?


Title: No bond for strangulation?

Question:
My partners son is 24, (had an iep in hs), and recently moved to az this summer. The boys mom literally paid for him to move there despite the fact that he’s never lived on his own, and got him a job at a restaurant. He almost overdosed on heroin a week before he moved. (He’s a small guy) We didn’t think this was a wise choice.

He flew home a week ago and drove his car back to az, only to have u.s. Marshall’s pick him up, no bond, on a strangulation charge.

We are all (what the heck!) trying to figure out what this charge means. He has no family in az.

Can someone tell us what this charge means or what likely happened?

Answer:
 > Can someone tell us what this charge means

It means they're accusing him of strangling someone.  Or trying to.

We can't speculate past that.Answer #2: He is being charged with trying to strangle someone. It’s likely an aggravated assault charge. He could be facing mandatory prison time if convicted (meaning probation not available). Depending on the circumstanceS he could be facing substantial prison time (like 7-15 years).

He needs a good lawyer.


Title: [Maryland] Medicaid Divorce

Question:
My wife (40) suffered a spinal cord injury in 2015 that left her paralyzed (quad) from the chest down.  She is currently on Medicaid (Medical Assistance or MA in Maryland). She is enrolled in our state’s Community First Choice Waiver Program, which allows her to get 70 hours of care at home each week. She requires round-the-clock care for all of her needs.

I (37) am her sole caregiver. I receive $1610 biweekly from the home-care agency, which gets reimbursed through Medicaid.  We depend on this income to pay for shelter, food, etc.

She needs to renew her  MA, but my income would render her ineligible.  So, we are considering filing for an Absolute Divorce on the grounds of Mutual Consent, which Maryland allows without the usual 12-month separation requirement. This way, I am no longer affecting her income limit as a spouse.

My question is, would this work?

Any added advice on pitfalls to this approach would also be greatly appreciated.
Topic:
Healthcare Law including HIPAA

Answer: You might want to cross post this over to r/socialsecurity . They're pretty up on Medicaid rules.Answer #2: You both live in the same place, so they may count (likely) your income, despite marriage etc etc.Answer #3: Don't commit fraud. You need to talk to a disability advocate and probably a lawyer to determine what programs she is eligible for however you will likely be told that the intent of the wavier program is to allow her to have the care she needs while you take other work not to pay for shelter, food, ect. I understand absolutely why it makes more sense to do it as you are and that the amount of time paid for is likely not sufficient to your real needs but this is why you need to make sure she is getting all of the support she is entitled to.


Title: School is kicking some friends and I out of all extracurricular activities for being involved in the production of a website outside of school

Question:
As a joke, some friends and I created a satirical website for a fake game development studio, ▄▄▄▄▄ I SBAD. This website, called "▄▄▄▄▄isbad.com"(▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ is a teacher at the school we attend) was a joke in that we appeared to be called '▄▄▄▄▄ is bad', but when you go to the site it is simply positive things about the teacher and a small game we created about him where he is the protagonist.

We tried to make it clear on the site that we were not trying to personally attack ▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ by adding a legality page that explains this and an intro page that is displayed before you go to the site that makes it very clear that our website is parodying ▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ and that we aren't attacking him or spreading any lies about the real life ▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄. In less than one month since the website has been released, the school has punished us by kicking everyone involved out of extracurricular activities.

We don’t actually like ▄▄▄▄▄, personally we all think he is an ass, but we made sure this site didn't attack him, it was more of a joke between friends. We do not disrespect him at school.

Through our research on this we found a few court cases that are similar and it seems like they aren't right in doing this.

In our state (Washington):
https://www.aclu.org/technology-and-liberty/court-blocks-wa-school-suspending-student-over-humorous-web-site

Other states:
https://www.aclu.org/free-speech/aclu-ohio-defends-high-school-student-expelled-over-parody-profile-myspacecom
https://www.aclu-wa.org/news/federal-court-upholds-protest-web

And here is the link to website we made: www.▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄.com
I can't share the website, but here's the jist: The url says "▄▄▄▄▄isbad". This is the only negative remark. Everything else is positive, thanking him for teaching us how to code, ect.

What should we do?
Topic:
School Related Issues

Answer:
 > What should we do?

Deal with it.

While a school cannot suspend or expel students for activities outside of school, students have no right to participate in non-academic (i.e. "extracurricular") activities sponsored by the school and the school is free to restrict participation in such activities for a student's activities outside of school.

I don't see anything you could successfully sue the school for.


Title: Simple rent increase

Question:
Hi all,

I live in Wisconsin. I got a letter from my landlord stating that they will increase my rent starting next month (let's say 10%) due to insurance costs, water costs, taxes... and to charge what the market reflects as current value.

Issue: I am not in a month to month agreement. I am still in the 12 month lease agreement I signed (goes beyond this coming month). It's a cookie cutter document. There's a paragraph in place for changing terms if agreed to by landlord and tenant. Obviously I typically wouldn't agree to an increase in rent.

Should I call tomorrow and simply say "No"? I have a 12 month agreement and have been fulfilling my end of it. One issue complicating this is that I signed the original agreement with a different company, then this current landlord company bought the building (say 5 months ago). No provision in the lease agreement or any new agreement dealt with this, so the new landlord assumed the terms of the lease.

The only thing I can possibly see in my lease is a paragraph referring to rules and regulations the landlord makes and is included in another document. These rules are more or less where they put the "you change the lightbulbs and batteries in the smoke alarm" type things. However, there is a line that says the landlord may make other reasonable rules as necessary for the safety of others and the property. Should I just eat in the increase because of that line?

Lastly, how does your opinion change if I tell you it's only a $10 increase in rent. I'm taking issue with it because it's the principle of the matter and I don't listen to boohoo stories like the landlord provided, but given the two things I mentioned (building purchased, line about rules) should I just eat it and take more of an issue later if it increases again?

Thanks!

Answer: The whole point of a lease, from the renter's standpoint, is a fixed rate for rent.  Unless your lease has a clause that specifically allows for rent increases mid-term, then yes, you tell them "No -- but I'll be happy to consider this when my lease comes due in X month :D"


Title: My dad kicked me(17) out last night

Question:
So last night my dad kicked me out and I jut wanted some advice on what to do moving forward. I live in Oakland county Michigan if that helps at all. My dad and I haven't gotten along in a very long time and it has slowly been getting worse. He is very emotionally controlling and says I have to do "whatever he says whenever he says without questions". He has been physical a few times but nothing too major. I spent the night at a friend's house last night and he told me to pick up my medications today so I think he's serious about kicking me out and he isn't just trying to prove a point. Basically, I don't really want to go back home but I don't want to involve the police because they would either 1) make me move back in and he would make my life a living hell or 2) take me into protective custody and I really don't want that. I just went to the doctors yesterday and I have a knee injury that could be very serious and I might need surgery for but since they don't want me around anymore I don't know what I'm going to do on that regard. What can I do to better help myself that is within my legal rights?
Topic:
Custody Divorce and Family

Answer:
 If he gives you permission to live elsewhere then you can do so as well. Not sure if that's an option for you.Answer #2: For anything to happen you're going to have to get the police involved. Where is your mother in all this?Answer #3: There's a whole panoply of little legal issues here. But my advice to you is suck it up for a while. The reality is that there's no legal solution to having a strict parent.

He can't *legally* kick you out. Period. You can either move back in and deal with it, or you can seek emancipation. But you're less than a year from legal adulthood anyway, so even if you gain emancipation (unlikely), it would be a solution to a problem that is, by its very nature, temporary anyway.Answer #4: Call your school (or your band director), and tell them you were kicked out of the house and need help. They will be able to get you in touch with the proper resources. I would only mention that you've been kicked out (I.e. You did not leave voluntarily), your dad kept your stuff and your money, and you are physically afraid of him.

Even though charges were never filed, in the previous incident, there will be a police report of the incident.

This really sucks for you, and I'm sorry. But, you aren't the only one who has gone through such a circumstance, so the school has probably dealt with this type of thing before. CPS and/or the police may need to get involved, I don't know. But, the school will be able to get you in contact with the people who can help. Good luck.


Title: In California, fired from current job (of 4.5 years) for making a mistake filling out the background check for a promotion...

Question: Corporate office called my manager and told her my employment was terminated. She was devastated when she told me... my question is, can I reapply for the job, or am I just out once I mess up the background check once? They said it was "a serious offense" and that I was falsifying my background check but it was an honest mistake over a technicality...

Answer: You can reapply for the job, but I wouldn't count on any response other than "no."  They've decided your error was a falsification, and have already indicated their refusal of an explanation by firing you.


Title: (Please Help) Canadian Citizen being forced to stay in Pakistan against his will

Question:
Repost from r/advice

Dear Reddit,

I really need some help, please please read on and provide any assistance that you can.

Just a week or so ago, my parents told me we'd be going on a trip to visit family in Pakistan. I was told that this trip would only last a month and that we would be back in Canada. Now they've taken all that back, I'm in Pakistan (Sargodha) and that say we're going to be here forever and I should forget Canada. They've threatened me physically and verbally as well.

Now to give some context:
I am a Canadian Citizen. I have an Entrance acceptance to an excellent Canadian University with a Major Entrance Scholarship. My whole life is in Canada. And reddit I'm scared and idk what to do.

I can have an airline ticket arranged and money is not too much of an issue. However getting my passport might be difficult as its stored away but if I snatch it and run it'll alert my parents. My aunts on the other side of the family are willing to help and take me to Islamabad at the Canadian Embassy or Airport.

I'm scared that as soon as my parents discover the missing passport they'll contact the police to stop me from getting on my flight. I don't know the laws here or anything. Should I grab my passport and run to the embassy?

I emailed the embassy and they say they can't provide shelter for me but can help me get emergency travel documents but that'll take time.

I don't get wifi often so I'm not sure when I'll reply to ur comments but I'll try my best. Thank you to anyone reading this and please offer anything or any information you can

Tl;dr Canadian Citizen being forced to stay in Pakistan against his will

Edit: I'm reading replies guys but I can't really type elaborate replies rn so my apologies but I'm reading everything

Answer: IANAL, but if you're worried about your missing passport being discovered, your best bet is contacting the Canadian embassy for assistance in ordering a new one and having it shipped to a trusted relative.  Explain your situation and ask if you can get an emergency clearance or exception that might help speed things along.


Title: Left my sink on and ended up flooding the two apartments below me. Need advice on what to do.

Question: [deleted]

Answer: Oh dear god. Please tell me that you have rental insurance. Please, please, please...


Title: [CA] My parents are going to kick my 18 year old sister out soon, what can I do about this?

Question:
She is still in High School as a senior. They have kicked out me and my older siblings when they reached this age while we were still in school with little or no skills or support. I don't know if there are any laws against this. When they kick her out I will be responsible for her safety. Are there any systems to assist us? Are there any laws against them kicking her out while she is still in school? I'm barely able to support myself let alone my little sister. Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Topic:
CPS and Dependency Law

Answer:
 They cannot just kick her out. They will have to give her proper 30-day notice to vacate.

She should speak with a counselor at her school to help her get set up with available government assistance programs.


Title: A man tried to force my daughter into his apartment, and I'm afraid for her safety now.

Question:
I live in Florida while my only daughter is currently in New Jersey, studying at Rutgers University on a scholarship. She is 18 years old. I will call her "Amy", not her real name.

Amy moved into an apartment in September after a "mix up" at Rutgers left her without a dorm. So this apartment is **NOT** a dorm or affiliated with the school. It's in a bad section of the city, rumored to be crime riddled. However, there was no other choice since she needed something close and cheap.

On January 1st, a new tenant moved into the unit downstairs. I'll call him "Joe" for simplicity's sake. Amy introduced herself to Joe as she came home after class. She says he seemed awkward but friendly at the time. A few days later, Amy returned from class to find Joe in front of his unit. He asked Amy to help him with a problem he's having with his sink. She politely declined, and told him she had no idea how to fix anything, and suggested he call the landlord. Joe claims the landlord won't help. At this point, he tried to usher her into his unit, Amy tried to decline again. Joe then took her by the arm, and insisted again. Amy broke free of his grip, and ran to her unit. Joe banged on the door for a minute before leaving.

Amy called the police, and they arrived to take statements. Joe claimed he didn't even know who Amy was. The police told Amy that nothing could be done because "no crime was committed", and left. She told me what happened, and I called the local police station. The officer I spoke to told me what he told Amy.

Make note that Amy alleges that Joe did put his hands on her, of course there's no concrete evidence of this.

Amy and I spoke to the landlord, he says nothing can done either. He can't just kick Joe out.

What options do we have now? Amy's lease ends in August, in order to get out of it, the lease claims she would have to pay the difference in an early termination (aka pay for every month the unit is uninhabited) which may prove too expensive for us. Can he be evicted for his attempt on her? I'm guessing not, but I figure it may be worth a shot.

Is there any way to get the police to take action on him due to him physically trying to put his hands on her? Clearly he had nefarious motives for trying to pull her into his unit.

Finally, could I have tips to relay to my daughter to keep her safe? She's going to have to put up with this for at least another month or more. I feel afraid of what this man might be capable of toward my child.

Answer:
 People are giving you advice for physical safety for your daughter. But keep in mind that she's 18 and needs to pass her classes and meet friends and have a good college experience. You or her are paying $$$$ for her to succeed in school. If she's living in terror (and I'm sure she is), then it's going to be hard to succeed in class.

Go knocks some heads together in every dean's office, student affairs, housing, and ombudsmen office at Rutgers. Point out that a raped/murdered Rutgers 18-year-old is not a good look for the university. Get your daughter a safe place to live in with her peers.Answer #2: For the short term: my college's housing department (urban city US but not Rutgers) kept a private list of empty rooms for safety emergencies. I only know because a friend (grad student) was temporarily placed in one after a problem in her private apartment. Try talking to campus police, and relaying that it's an actively dangerous situation which you are otherwise trying to remedy. Answer #3: NAL She should speak to Res Life at Rutgers.  If it was a student housing snafu, they will work to find her a safe place to live if she is being threatened. If she were my kid, I'd be raising holy hell with the University.


Title: Father is threatening a visitation order

Question:
Hey guys ill keep this short, my father got into a heated argument with me over my wifes cats (its so ludicrous i cant believe this is how things are going) and we have not wanted to be around him  least until he apologize,  because his mannerisms towards me were very threatening to me. And instead of apologizing hes threatening to go to court to get a visitation order and have child protective services investigate us. I definitely do not want him around our child after this, and i havent had a chance to talk to my wife about this.

Do i have any defence against this?

If all else fails can we just move across the country so the distance itself is prohibiting his narcissistic interference?

Any help or advice would be fantastic

Answer: Look up Grandparents rights in your state. Also contact a lawyer and get their opinion. Document everything that he says and only communicate by text or email.


Title: Postal man slipped on ice and fell in my driveway and is now suing. Do I stand a chance? What should I do?

Question:
My wife and I were in the middle of working a string of consecutive shifts as nurses last February when the incident occurred. We work 13 hour shifts, so when we work 6 consecutive shifts in a row, we don't get much done around the house. The driveway did not get shoveled for 3 days in a row, through 2 snow storms. A layer of ice had formed on the drive, buried beneath new snow. The postal man slipped and either broke or sprained his ankle. Obviously this put him out of work for some time, but I don't know a lot of details beyond that.

Just got a letter from his attorney today saying that the postal man "intends to hold you responsible for all damages arising out of this accident." It also says, "Please turn a copy of this letter over to your insurer and attorney immediately."

I'm 31 and I've never been involved in any civil litigation, so can we start from square one? Do I need an attorney? If so, how do I find one? Should I do as the letter says and turn over a copy to my insurer immediately? Should I take this to actual litigation or should I try for a settlement? I don't have a lot of assets to my name, except for retirement accounts. I think my deductible on my home insurance is $5,000, at least for damages to the home, I'm not sure if it's different for persons injured on my property. Any advice at all would be greatly, greatly appreciated!!! Please help!!!

Answer:
 Hand it over to your home insurance. They'll take it from there up to and including hiring you a lawyer if you need one. This is literally one of the reasons they exist.

After you've sent your insurer the letter ask them all of your questions. You may have a different deductible for personal injuries or you may have to pay 5k if the lawsuit and legal fees cost more then that. Or they may just raise your rates next year. These are all things your insurance will tell you. Answer #2: Call your homeowner's insurance and talk to them about it. I'm not actually sure that you would pay a deductible for a third-party injury claim. Your premiums might go up, though.

Edit: To clarify, your homeowner's insurance will pay for the lawyers and handle the legal part of it. That's part of insurance's job, at least in this case.Answer #3: Your deductible doesn't generally apply to liability claims made against you. Just let your insurance know about it and they should handle everything.


Title: Mandatory overtime conflicting with religious

Question:
I started working for the USPS in New York earlier this year. Normally I work 12 AM to 7 AM (sometimes 8 AM) 6 days a week. Occasionally (and more so during days leading up to major holidays) I am required to work "mandatory overtime" of up to four hours. Recently my work as posted the work schedule for the weeks for Christmas and New Year's. The schedule (unsurprisingly) shows that I'm required to work 12 hours (12 AM to 12 PM) on Dec 23, 24, 25, 30, 31, and Jan 1. Of those days, Dec 23, 25, 30, and Jan 1 I have religious observances. I can work my usual shift 12 AM to 7 or 8 AM, without conflict, but participating in overtime on any of those days will create a conflict with my religious observances. The problem is the supervisors and MDO's have a habit off not excusing us for situations like this.

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Even today, I had an upset stomach towards the end of my shift and I was forced to work an extra 2 hours because the MDO in charge didn't like "my excuse", citing "we have bathrooms". I've been threatened with being fired for not participating if I refused to participate in mandatory overtime in the past. Sometimes they take away our time cards so we can't punch out.

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After reviewing the laws for mandatory overtime, I understand that I while I can't get around having to work it, does that still apply for conflicts with religious observances provided I let my work know in advance?

Answer:
 You can request a release due to religious observances.  You'd need to explain that, specifically and directly.  They don't have to excuse you just because you ask.  If they deny you, you can look into a lawsuit.

As a note, since nearly *everyone*, religious or not, wants time off on the 24th, 25th, 31st and 1st, you will need an outstanding explanation as to why your religion requires you to be off those days with no alternative.


Title: Breaking year-long lease [Pennsylvania]

Question:
I'm renting an apartment in Colombia County, Pennsylvania. The landlord charges one flat rent fee per semester, but the lease is signed per year. I chose this place because, despite the $3000/semester rent, he allowed me to keep my pet snake, but he has since changed his mind. I've taken the snake home, but now there's no point in paying this outrageous rent (other off-campus students in the area pay about $1500-2000/semester).

My question is this: if I find another place over Christmas break, do I still have to pay next semester's rent? Is there any chance of getting my security deposit back?

If it helps, my lease agreement can be found here:
http://www.obrhousing.com/lease-agreement-forms.html?m

Answer:
 If you signed a one-year lease, you're bound to that unless the terms of the lease are violated.

Were you to move out, you'd owe rent until or unless the lease ends, or he can re-rent the unit.


Title: Apple lost my iPhone and sent me a refurb replacement

Question:
Apple lost my iPhone 6 plus when I posted it to them to replace the battery.

I was left without a phone for over 3 weeks despite pleading with them to send me anything to use in the meantime as I have an unwell newborn baby and no means of contacting anyone (other than Facebook messenger or an old phone without a sim that I could use to call 999.)
I was lied to frequently by their advisors expecting my phone to be returned the following day (on several occasions) so I didn't get myself a spare phone because I always thought my phone would be returned very shortly.
I made provisions for the first 5 days as that was the maximum time the battery repair should of taken place.

I received a refurbished iPhone today not in an original white box it came in a plain box. Its an iPhone 6plus. I don't think they make new versions of this phone anymore.

Apple are also offering me compensation tomorrow on top of sending this replacement.

What should I accept? Should I say I only want a new phone and therefore need an upgrade? Should I only accept a certain amount of compensation?

Answer: If they are willing to give you a refurb and compensation I think you are better off than most people would be. Personally, rather than monetary compensation I'd rather have a couple or even one year of Apple Care. I don't think you have a right to a new model phone.


Title: [IA] Office received check for rent on two homes from a guy that killed his wife and self. His daughters want that money back.

Question:
I work for a property management company that a year ago received a check for $10k to pay lot rent on two homes.  The check was written to the court and contained a note saying to split the check to two named people that reside in my park.  Come to find out, the gentleman that sent the check killed his wife and then himself.  A year later, now, the daughters of the women has lawyered up and sent us a letter, the park, saying that they want the money back.  That was a year ago and it has been spent to pay the rent to these two that it was for.

Do the daughters have a case?  And wouldn't they need to go after the people that it was issued for?

Answer:
 > Do the daughters have a case?

Impossible to say without more information. What is their argument? Did the people the note mentioned actually live in those residences for the duration of the time that the money was intended to cover?

If, for example, the rent was intended to pay for Bob for a year, and Bob left after 3 month and you rented that residence to someone else, then they might have a case because you were collecting double the rent on that residence. But like I said, more information is needed.


Title: Doctor prescribed me with an overdose medication I do not need. I want it off my record, doctor refuses to comply.

Question:
I take Adderall. I do not abuse it, I have zero history of anything that would suggest I abuse it. Instead of picking up a prescription every month which would raise a red flag, I go to the doctor once every 3+ months to fill my prescription because I do not take the medication daily. My doctor said he needs me to do a psychiatric evaluation otherwise he will stop prescribing it to me. I told him that is fine, I don't actually need it, but I'll take it while he is willing to prescribe it. I've seen him maybe four times in the past year (he has been my doctor for that amount of time), and every time I give him the honest response that I do not have the time to do the psychiatric evaluation nor do I think it is necessary. If he does not want to prescribe it, I will just go without it.

I recently went and picked up my prescription and I had a prescription of Narcan (Naloxone), which is an antagonist for opiates in case of an overdose. I don't think I have ever been prescribed with an opiate in my life, and the only controlled substance I have taken is the Adderall for maybe 4-5 years (maybe 3-5 prescriptions a year, not abusing it). I did not fill the Narcan prescription, but it is on my record. This prescription was never even verbally reviewed with me, it just showed up. I never agreed to it.

My concern is that now on my record I have that I was prescribed with Narcan, which would suggest I have a problem with opiates. I work in mental health, I am licensed through the state department of health, and I am concerned that now there is record of something that makes me look like an addict.

The office is saying that on July 1st, 2018 the controlled substance laws in Florida changed so that if you get any controlled substance then you automatically get Narcan prescribed as well. Which does not make sense (if I were to overdose on Adderall, Narcan will not do anything for me), and from my research, it does not mention anything about this required prescription. I found one formal document on flmedical.org which only mentions that doctors have to run a more detailed check for all controlled substances, nothing about Narcan prescriptions.

They are refusing to expunge this off my prescription record. Does this have any legal ground so I can at least threaten to take legal action so they remove it off my record? I just want it gone.

Answer:
 Buddy, I’m prescribed Adderall myself and after reading your post I’m half convinced you’re abusing it. “Instead of taking a medication that’s prescribed to me as it’s prescribed I take it less frequently to avoid tripping a red flag” is the sort of thing that addicts say. Answer #2: Well, it sure sounds like you're abusing Adderall, or at least selling it. Doctor probably made the right call. What you're doing is 20 times more suspicious than actually being prescribed a valid prescription that is picked up regularly. Answer #3: >They are refusing to expunge this off my prescription record.

That's not a thing. It's your medical record, not your criminal history.

Your employer is never going to see the prescription. Don't worry about it.


Title: Landlord holding us liable for fees of previous tenants. We are renting in Minnesota.

Question:
Someone else was living in this apartment and wanted to move, so we "sub-leased" the apartment from them.

The agreement says that if there are any outstanding charges on the account "including but not limited to late rent, fees or other charges" that they become our responsibility. So, prior to signing the paperwork we went to the landlord's office with the previous tenants and had them print a record of their account showing that they are up to date on all rent and everything, and that there is a $0 balance on the account.

We also contacted the utility company prior to moving in to take over their account, but were told that actually they just close their account and we start our own new one-so we assumed there would be no problems there.

However, it turns out that the previous tenants were way behind on their utility bills. They did not pay 3 months of bills that were $300+.  After 90 days any charges from tenants that are overdue get sent to the owner (the landlord).

So, now the landlord applies those charges to our account and says we owe them over $950, even though those charges were from previous tenants and applied AFTER they were off the lease.

I have read our lease over and over and it doesn't say how this sort of situation is handled. Our sublease agreement is only a half a page that has a few bullet points and doesn't explicitly cover it either.

The landlord says that if even if we don't believe the charges are our responsibility, we took responsibility by subleasing the apartment. They say we must pay them and then recover the money directly from the previous tenants.

We are leery to go that route because even if we go to small claims and win we still won't magically see the money appear-we have gone through that before already.

Does anyone have any suggestions? Are there any laws or anything that offer us any protection here?  Thank you.

Answer:
 > The agreement says that if there are any outstanding charges on the account "including but not limited to late rent, fees or other charges" that they become our responsibility.

One argument is, that at the time you signed the lease there were no outstanding charges. Outstanding charges means charges accrued to the account before signing the lease. It was only after the previous tenant failed to pay their bill that it went to the land lord, which triggered charging the previous tenant's account.

Did this happen before or after you signed the lease? If after, then you could argue that you're not liable. If you take the land lord's reading of the contract, that means that anything the previous tenants do, after they move out, that the land lord could charge them for, you are also liable for. That doesn't make sense under a common sense reading of the contract.Answer #2: You say you subleased, but that would mean you have a contract with the previous tenant ONLY.

Can you clarify if you have a contract signed directly with the landlord?


Title: Job offer was rescinded after divulging mental health issue, citing inability to perform duties. I am able to perform the duties of the job. Is this a violation of the ADA or my civil rights?

Question:
I am in NV.  Employer in another state.  This was a remote job, advertised as such.  All work is performed remotely.  I received an offer letter spelling out the terms, so they approved of my skills and background.

In the offer letter, there was a requirement to travel to their location for a week for onboarding.  Having a disability, anxiety related, documented and valid, I cannot go to meet them and cannot host them to come here, which they offered.  Travel was not advertised in the ad, nor in any interviews.  Upon receiving the offer letter, I came clean and explained the disorder and how we should be able to make it work, considering the balance of the job is done remotely.

My question is, since I have a recognized disability that doesn't affect the work for which I had applied and interviewed and received an offer letter, and the only reason they rescinded is due to my inability to meet with them in person because of this disability that was only made known after the verbiage in the letter extending the offer, is this a violation of my rights?

Answer: They must offer an reasonable accommodation.  They did, they said they would come to you, you refused.  That’s a valid reason to terminate you.  The ADA doesn’t give you an unlimited license to do things you don’t want to/can’t do as a result of your disability.  The essential elements of the job do not have to be changed, that includes training.  All they must do is offer a reasonable accommodation.


Title: WA--Friend allowed SIL and kids to move in. Now she won't leave.

Question:
My friend is on Section 8 housing because she is on disability and unable to work.  Her brother's baby momma and their 2 kids needed a place to stay for a couple of weeks.  That was more than a year ago.

The momma works graveyard shift and goes to school full time.  (No drugs or other addictions.)  While there, she leaves her 2 kids (2 and 6) with my friend.  My friend can barely manage to take care of herself let alone 2 nieces 24 hours a day.

She has asked them too leave and begged them to leave but the momma just refuses.  Where she's on Section 8, we're concerned that she could lose her housing and end up homeless.

Momma was even allowing her boyfriend to stay for weeks at a time.  My friend finally told her zero men in her apartment and that has stuck.

What can my friend do to get them out?  I've suggested locking the mother out.  When she comes home to give her the kids and some stuff and just say she can't enter.  (Giving her stuff back as soon as she wants it.)

My friend is soft-hearted and, of course, wants her nieces to be safe but she's at the end of rope and has actually toyed with the thoughts of suicide to make it end.  I've managed to make her promise to call me if those thoughts continue or worsen.

Advice?

Edit--Told her not to lock her out.

Answer:
 >I've suggested locking the mother out.

No. Very bad advice.

Your friend needs to give them a written notice to terminate the tenancy, with proper notice. If they refuse to leave at the end of that period she needs to legally evict them.

She is violating her section 8 agreement by subletting and could very well lose benefits over this but that doesn't change the process she needs to follow after she chose to do so.

Answer #2: give her 30 days notice (or whatever is required by law) to move and then start with eviction proceedings.  she can't just lock her out. that's illegal.


Title: [TX] What happens if you have a learners' permit, are pulled over by a cop, and simply pretend that you don't have one?

Question:
Let me preface this with the fact that this is purely a hypothetical. I own a driver's license, and have car insurance on a car that has passed inspection, no moving violations, never been pulled over, etc etc. I say this because posts like these usually get alot of responses that say "Just don't break the law", downvote without discussion, and move on. Or, because suggesting something illegal isn't allowed. If something like this isn't allowed, please feel free to delete. In any case, I can't stop you from saying "Don't be stupid" and leaving it at that, but I'd still like to at least *ask* for discussion, for the sake of it.

That said, basically as title suggests. Say I am legally an adult, am on a learners license, and haven't taken a driving test yet. A cop pulls me over, and asks for my license. I "admit" to my wrongdoing, that I drove illegally, and do not own a permit or license. (Naturally, I don't have this permit on me, or any other form of legitimate ID). What's the process going on from here? Do I suffer the normal fine for an adult driving without a license? How does the fine get assigned to "me", as an individual? And, as is wont for asking about breaking the law: what are the chances of me (I reiterate; a hypothetical 'me') being caught?

Answer:
 If you are driving without any form of ID they are probably going to impound your car and arrest you until they can verify who you are. At that point you would receive whatever citation was appropriate.

The chances of getting caught would be the same as your chances of getting pulled over, since every cop everywhere asks for your license. If you didn't break any traffic laws the chances would be low, if you drove poorly, the chances would be much higher. Answer #2: They will ask you for your name and date of birth to look your records up. Then you will catch an additional charge for lying to police, which I'm pretty sure is worse than driving without a license in every state.


Title: [UT] Neighbors parking 6-8 cars everyday.

Question:
So I have these neighbors who live in a decent sized house, then to the right of their house is a small one way road. I live on this road in a townhome. There are 4 units meaning 12+ people live on this one way road.
The neighbors with the house have all these out of state license plate cars about 6-8 parking on this small road for weeks. It's next to their house but their cars are parked in a way where it comes onto the road. There have been times where I had 1 inch. Of space to get by and feared I couldn't make it.
They even sometimes take the space right next to my house and I've also found some of them sleeping in their cars with the trunks open at night. It's starting to really get on my nerves since there is a main road in front of their house with plenty of room. Do I even have a leg to stand on when it comes to complaining? I'm not even sure if this is something that they could get in trouble for.

Topic:
Traffic and Parking

Answer: Call the police especially if you catch people sleeping in cars.  Answer #2: Sounds like a zoning violation; many cities regulate how many people can live in a place and parking. Ditto the suggestions to call code enforcement and a non-emergency police line. If the cars are parked so you can't access your property call the cops then, they may tow them. I wouldn't want to take it upon myself to tow anything but if they're illegal the cops might.


Title: Landlord wants me to pay through PayPal Friends and Family. Is this legal?

Question: Is there any way this could come back to bite me?

Answer: Bad idea jeans. The "friends and family" option does not carry with it an ability to challenge the payment if you need to, like a standard PayPal payment option does. Is this payment method specifically mentioned in the lease? If it's not, I would avoid it. Pay with check or credit card or through a secure online portal, which all give you some protection.Answer #2: Landlord is trying to scam you.Answer #3: In addition to what others have said (re: no protection for you), paying for a service via Friends and Family is a violation of PayPal’s TOS and they could suspend your account.  It’s not terribly likely to get caught since it’s a small number of transactions, but the risk is there.Answer #4: Are you currently in the property or is this a please you're renting and have yet to move into?Answer #5: Tell him you’d gladly pay through goods and services and he will have to take a hit on the fees or you’ll pay him by check or whatever way you agreed upon in the lease. PayPal family and friends offers no protection as it is used to GIFT money.


Title: Parents Ruining My Credit Score

Question:
Just as the title says. My parents have asked me to get credit cards and my mother has used my social security to make a large purchase through Bill Me Later, and has yet to do anything about it. Is there something I can do? I went from a 700-ish to a 548.

Location: Texas

Answer:
 > Is there something I can do?

First, close all credit cards and accounts you co-signed on and then pay off the balance.

Second, report any fraudulent use of your social security number to the police. (If you mother used it to open an account in your name without your permission.) Close these accounts too.


Title: How long do I have to get out of the apartment after an eviction?

Question: I'm going to court on Monday to fight an eviction, but on the off chance that the landlord wins, how long do I have to get my stuff and leave? I'm in the state of Virginia.

Answer: 72 hours.


Title: Insults on Facebook

Question:
Do I have any legal recourse against someone who repeatedly calls me crazy in a community specific group on facebook?
He's used the phrases "crazy town" "wack attack" etc. All in response to a factual statement I made where i included a screenshot of relevant law.

Anyway the issue is that it is a very small town, I have never met this person, and the group is for people that live there. I'm trying to get a job and hes basically started a witchhunt against me where other people have joined in. People who dont know me and who Ive never met before have started calling me names and saying bad things about me.

Answer: Not illegal. Don't use Facebook if you don't want people insulting you.


Title: Licensing issues from hosting "Harry Potter Night"

Question: My friend has a bar that hosts Harry Potter Themed nights about once a month which includes bar patrons ordering Harry Potter themed drinks and activities.  He is concerned that there may be some media publicity coming to the bar at the next event that may end up on television, and is afraid that this attention could land him in some licensing trouble from Warner Brothers.  Should he be concerned/cancel the Harry Potter night? Would there be a way to get around needing to ask for a license from WB?  I.E. hosting a generic wizard night?  He hasn't received any cease and desist letters for his evenings in the past, but is concerned the attention may land him in trouble.  Any Advice?

Answer: Yes, they could make him knock it off.  An Ohio town used to have a  Potterfest that is now just a Wizardly World event.  Will they find him and will they C&D him? No way to know.


Title: [TX]Neighbors dog ran into my yard and attacked my dog. Neighbors were hitting my dog with a brick to break it up and one lady held my mom down on the ground choking her.

Question:
Neither dog were on their leash.  So both households will be fined for not having their dogs in on a leash.  They claim our dog bit on of them and their dog bit my mom so both will be going to Animal Control for a 10 day quarantine.

My question is in regards to pressing criminal charges on the lady who held my mother on the ground choking her, and the men who were attacking my dog with a brick.  The police have already said they were pressing charges on her for assault, but that they wouldn't go anywhere since it's he said/she said.

How should I proceed?

Answer:
 I assume your mother has some bruises from being choked.  Take pictures.  Then it is not just he said/she said.  A dog fight is no excuse for choking someone.  Answer #2: If the police took a report for an assault, then the other party was either given a summons to go to court, or they will be presenting the case to the prosecutor to decide what should happen.

Do you know which it was?Answer #3: Does Texas really require leashes on dogs in their own backyards?


Title: My ex-boyfriend might try to take the cat he gave to me away from him, what can I do if he tries to?

Question:
He gave me the kitten as a gift in October, and now that we’re broken up he’s likening the cat to a kid that I’m “hiding” from him. He keeps saying that since he gave him to me that makes him half his, and that if I’m going to hide him from him that’s “a road he’s willing to go down”.

I’m afraid he might try to claim some type of legal ownership, and I don’t know what to do if that were to happen. If it makes it any difference, his mother is the one who got the cat’s vaccinations.

I’ve paid for his neutering, the majority of his food, and I’m the one who actually takes care for him.

Would he actually have any legal standing and if he does try to take him away, what should I be prepared to do?

Answer: It was a gift, it’s yours. Pets are property, it’s equivalent to him buying you a purse. Is the cat chipped?


Title: Is it legal to shoot someone with a BB or pellet gun if they are trying to steal my bicycle?

Question: Let's say I install a motion sensor with a wireless alarm in a private, gated area of the apartment complex I live in where all the bikes are locked up. If that alarm goes off, and I look out my window and see a person cutting through a lock and trying to steal a bike, am I allowed to shoot that person with a pellet or BB gun? I live in California. Thanks.

Answer: Of course you aren't allowed to shoot them. You call the police if someone is stealing something of yours. You don't get to intentionally harm people for stealing. You're looking at assault (with a deadly weapon?) charges plus some.


Title: My college closed down. What legal steps can I take to get money back now that my future is off track and I cannot finish my program of study?

Question: To make a long story short, my college, Lincoln College of New England decided to shut down. They were on probation with their accreditation,  and decided the best solution was to close. I was attending this school because it is the only school in CT that offered a Mortuary Science and Funeral Direction Program. The school is offering a “teach out” with Goodwin College, which is an even farther drive for me and has not been approved as of yet for the mortuary program, so it is just not a feasible option.  My question is, what steps do I need to take legally to perhaps get my loans pardoned, or receive some of my grant and scholarship money back? I don’t even know if that’s possible. The school is somewhat resistant on helping students that don’t want to accept the teach out, so I have hit somewhat of a wall. Some other students have mentioned a class action law suit? Should I contact a lawyer? Help!

Answer:
 Start with your state department of education, the US department of education, and you might reach out to your US Senators/representative to see if their constituent services folks can give you help. The fact the school was under accreditation review is going to be a serious barrier. You could also search the [CT Bar's Find a Lawyer service.](https://members.ctbar.org/search/custom.asp?id=2968)

I want to warn you that the US Dept. of Education, currently, is not particularly helpful to students stranded by closing/fraudulent colleges, especially if you had student loans.

Finally, Generally speaking, once grant/scholarship money is gone, it's gone. Besides, the college is closing because it's broke.Answer #2: If you attended within 120 days of the closing and were not able to complete through a teach out or by transferring you can get your federal loans discharged through what's called closed school discharge.  https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/repay-loans/forgiveness-cancellation/closed-school

You need to send the application to all your loan holders.  If you aren't sure who that is www.nslds.ed.gov

If you have private loans results may vary - you'll have to look at your promissory note to see if they have such a provision.  If not, your state may have a tuition recovery fund you can access to pay those.


Title: Question about legal confidentiality (US)

Question:
I know that you usually cannot be compelled to reveal confidential information, but I am unclear about what happens if someone \*\*chooses\*\* to reveal it.  Is it just an ethical violation?  Is it admissible?  Is it a crime?

Here is the situation I am envisioning.  You are in a group therapy session, not only does the therapist enjoy legal confidentiality, but so do all the patients, they cannot be compelled to testify against one another.  One patient admits to committing a serious crime, so you go to the police and share what they said.  What happens then?  Can the police act on information they did nothing wrong to obtain, or is it fruit of the poisonous tree?  Have I committed a crime?

Answer: The basis of your question is faulty.  Confidential information may be subject to being revealed (it will depend on a number of factors) and nothing said in a group setting should be considered confidential.  Even it was considered confidential, a fellow patient is not bound by any doctor-patient privilege.


Title: (MA) Mom and dad are divorced at 67, dad's GF is 1st Beneficiary, Power of Attorney & Health Care Proxy, and dad is going in for brain tumor surgery

Question:
* There are three kids under "dad" (me and my sisters)
* Is this considered a non-traditional legal arrangement? If so, what would normally be the setup here and is there cause for alarm with what he's chosen?
* What are our risks (ie. if he is incapacitated and there are disagreements with how he should be cared for, she has all power correct? Or, if same happens and she just decides to flee with his assets, we're screwed and on the hook to care for him, etc)
* If he dies, the assets go to her, and then if she dies a week later, the assets go to her kids. Is this normal? nothing we can do in that case right?
* What might I not be thinking about?
* We found all this out days ago, and the surgery is this Friday, so we are scrambling.

Thank you in advance for any advice during this really difficult time.
Topic:
Wills Trusts and Estates

Answer:
 - normal is relative

- yes, she makes all his medical decisions

- if he dies then it depends on what his will says will happen to his stuff. Not a POA or health proxy.

If she is the beneficiary on his life insurance then it goes to her

What happens when she dies depends on her willAnswer #2: If your dad is competent he can name anyone as his beneficiary and health care proxy.  There isn't much you can do other than ask him to reconsider his choice.  I hope the surgery goes well and he recovers quickly.


Title: (Poop) Need some info about sanitation laws.

Question:
There are two toilets in my place of work located in Massachusetts that backed up and would not flush. Roto-rooter came and fixed the issue less than a month ago. A few days later we experienced the same issue. This time when the plumber was fixing the issue the human waste flooded the back part of the store and one room where we keep expensive merchandise. He attempted to pick up some of it but left a good portion and told us to mop it up. There is now poop behind cabinets and poop water under the carpeting. Everyone in the store is starting to feel sick after this occurred and the place still smells horrendous. Roto-rooter is refusing to assist with the cleanup. Take a look at the pictures and let me know what we can do.

imgur.com/a/cBGEL

Edit: Roto-rooter came and detoxed the entire place. Guess everyone is wrong or they have decent customer service.

Answer:
 There are companies to call that specialize in flood cleanup. Expecting the plumber to do it is like expecting the doctor to get the blood stains off your clothes after he stiches up your wound.Answer #2: > He attempted to pick up some of it but left a good portion and told us to mop it up. There is now poop behind cabinets and poop water under the carpeting.

Why wouldn't you clean it up or at least hire someone to do so? I can't imagine why you would just leave it there?!?!Answer #3: Why do you think RotoRooter has any obligation to assist with the cleanup?  Do you posit that they caused the mess somehow?


Title: Pregnant with ex

Question:
At this point i’m about 6 months pregnant.
I was living in the same city as the father until a couple months ago. we were getting in many fights and the relationship was unstable. we kept breaking up so i decided to relocate back to my parents place which is very far away from him.

prior to me coming here he’s been abusive both physically and emotionally. he tried to get me to move in with him before leaving which i declined. he has since held it over my head as though i’m breaking up the family but seems to have very little regard for my emotionally well being. i still tried to make it work after the move but it was so up and down. we decided to end it and it was very dramatic. i told him i needed space and time to heal which he didn’t respect. he called me a few time to leave me disrespectful voicemails claiming he needed to talk to me about something. i called him back once to only have him hang up on me within 30 seconds. i couldn’t handle it anymore so i decided to change my number to give myself the space i deserve.

the issue is he claims he’ll come looking for me and the child if i don’t cooperate with him. i always have been available up until this point. i do not want him present at the birth because i know he’ll make it all about himself and be unkind to me.

what legal rights does he have? am i doing something potentially that will jeopardize my custody over my child in the future? it was never my intention to keep the child away from him nor is it now but i do not want to be controlled by this person or live in fear of them if i do not “cooperate”.

i have legal records of his harassment and violence towards me as well.

Answer:
 Your child’s father currently has zero rights. After the child is born, he can legally establish himself as the father and determine a custody schedule. This will be done in the county the child lives in.Answer #2: > what legal rights does he have?

None, up until the child is born, and up until he petitions the court for some rights.


Title: Landlord lost our lease

Question:
Hello!  I stop by here every once and a while just to see what stories are floating around, never thought I'd actually post something!
Edit: my apologies, I didn't realize I needed my location included.  Ann Arbor, MI.

Me and my 2 roommates have been in an apartment going on 3 years.  We're faithful rent payers and we report issues promptly.  Our leases run from September to August.

Over the summer, our complex was bought out by a new company.  They've come in and done a lot of renovations on the grounds and the units themselves.

We've gotten to the point of employment where we can afford a house of our own.  We started our search in October, and have since selected a house and are under contract on it.  Inspection has passed and we're on to appraisal.

We wanted to check our lease to know what's expected of us for breaking the lease in terms of providing notice and any added fees that are required.  One of my roommates contacted the company asking them for a copy of our lease.  They replied informing us that they have no record of our lease for 17-18.  All 3 of us remember signing the lease, but have no email confirming the lease has been accepted and approved.  We signed the lease electronically.

The apartment company has asked us to come in to sign a 12 month lease.  Since we could potentially be breaking said lease in a month or less, we are hesitant to sign.  We would be ok with a month to month lease.

The potential ramifications we are concerned about:
-us not having protection under the lease since we technically aren't under any lease coverage
-they refuse to allow us to sign month to month and force us to sign a 12 month lease
-they could say "since you aren't covered under the lease, you are responsible for paying any damages done to the apartment" (there isn't much, just regular wear and tear)

Let me know what the hive mind thinks!

Answer:
 You must give your current LL one month notice to vacate.  So if you give notice today, you can move out Dec 15.  You might have to pay for all of Dec though.

Don't sign another lease with them, are you crazy?  Do you understand what a lease is? That would obligated you to another year!Answer #2: So, if neither party has a lease agreement, you would either argue that it was identical to previous leases (reasonable) or just say it was a month-to-month, which many leases devolve into after their term is finished.

With respect to being responsible for damages done to the apartment, you are responsible for that even with a lease (unless your lease lets you destroy things). You are not responsible for normal wear and tear (paint, carpets have a design life and your tenancy deleting years from their design life is included in the rent...).

The best advice here is to keep a copy of any legal document that you sign.

More realistic advice is to try and talk to your previous property management company to see if they retained a copy of your lease. Considering you're looking to break your lease though, I would put the onus on your new property management company to produce a lease.


Title: [TN]My father is being railroaded by DCS. Please help.

Question: I'm a 26 year old woman living in GA. My father currently resides in TN with my stepmother. My brothers and I are all grown and moved out, but my dad and step mom have a daughter together and she's 14. About ten years ago, there was an incident that can be construed as child abuse involving my dad and youngest brother, who was 11 at the time. He went to school with some bruises and his teacher called DCS. They investigated, found drugs in the house and we were removed from his custody. My dad completed parenting classes and rehab and we were sent back home, but he and my mother then had joint custody. My sister, who was 4 at the time, stayed home with my dad and step mom full time. All was well with no more incidents and we were a happy family. My brothers and I, one by one, turned 18 and moved away for college. It was just my dad, step mom, and little sister for a few years. Then one day, my dad and step mom got into an epic argument. No physical abuse, just yelling and slamming things around. My sister called the police. When they arrived, they searched the entire house, found a little bit of marijuana and left. Then, out of nowhere DCS shows back up, removes my sister and starts another investigation on my dad and step mom. I'm not gonna get into the nitty gritty, but they claimed he was cooking meth and should not be a caregiver for a child. He completed classes, counseling, and anger management, only to be stripped of his parental rights. He can't be anywhere near my sister or speak to her. (she now lives with my step moms mom across town.) my step mom was cleared and can speak to and see her whenever she wants. Now, the interesting thing is that the state is going after my father for 600$ a month in child support. If he has been stripped of his rights, how is this possible? They can make him support a child he can't legally speak to? I'm looking for advice because he can potential go to jail. He's refusing to pay until he can see his child. My dad is a good man and has done all he can to make things right, even after being falsely accused to manufacturing drugs. I believe DCS just has it out for my dad ever since the first case ten years ago. Any advice is greatly appreciated and I thank you for your time.

Answer:
 > Now, the interesting thing is that the state is going after my father for 600$ a month in child support. If he has been stripped of his rights, how is this possible?

Because the child still needs support, and your father can't duck his obligations just because he was a shitty parent.  Mind you, I'm not saying he **is** a shitty parent; just that that's the legal reasoning.

> He's refusing to pay until he can see his child.

He understands that this won't get him to see the child, and will get him in further trouble, right?  Does he honestly think that refusing to support his child will make him look **better** to the court?

Your narrative is a bit unclear.  Does the stepmom have custody or does someone else?  Why do they think he's manufacturing meth?  What evidence did they produce?  What evidence did your father produce in mitigation?  Does he have an attorney?  If not why the hell not?Answer #2: Cps doesn't just randomly decided people cook meth. And they don't arbitrarily remove a child from the home. So something bad did or was happening.


Question:
What happens if someone is killed in a collision with a cyclist?

So Idk if this is the right subreddit to be asking this but I assume someone on here will know something on the subject.

I was out biking today along the waterfront in my city in Ontario, Canada. Along the waterfront there are 2 paths; one for bikers and one for pedestrians. Most pedestrians don’t seem to adhere to the proper path but today it was actually pretty clear. So I was biking along the bike path going about 35kph when all of a sudden a small kid made a quick maneuver right in front of me from the walking path only a couple feet away. I barely had time to dodge them and even still I was only a couple inches away from a collision. This got me pretty shaken up and wondering what would happen if I did accidentally hit them???

Any info on this would be great thanks!

Answer:
 It depends. What's important to know is that there is the criminal and the civil aspect.

Criminally, you could be charged with manslaughter. The trial would hinge on whether you were negligent, reckless or not. You were biking on a bike path at a reasonable speed, if you were not on drugs, I don't quite see where there would be negligence here. It could be argued that you should have been paying more attention to children playing just by the bike path, since children are notoriously unpredictable, but I don't see that argument winning.

For the civil aspect, the family of the victim could file a wrongful death lawsuit and seek compensation. Same as for the criminal case, they still would have to show you are at fault, but the legal standard of proof is way easier to meet in a civil case than in a criminal case so  the same argument as before is more likely to work here (still not very).

Also for the civil aspect, they don't have to sue you. Let's say that the collision is caused by a mechanical failure of your bike. Then the civil case could be against you because of the negligence in the state of disrepair you left your bike in, but also against the bike manufacturer if they cut enough corners in its fabrication that it's negligent of them.


Title: Pursuing my sister for Student Loan Payments - what can I actually do?

Question:
Hello Reddit! Thanks in advance for reading.

I have seen a few posts about loans here but nothing too similar to my situation. Please advise if you think I should post this somewhere else. I don't think locations are relevant, besides it being the USA, to the situation - but I am in Massachusetts, my mom is in New Jersey and my sister is in Hawaii.

**TL;DR** - my sister and I have loans grouped together under my mom's name (parents plus loans) and she does not pay them. where do we even get started to hold her accountable? her name is on them - do we speak to a lawyer? is it easy to pursue wage garnishments?

What I actually need advice on is a few paragraphs down, but I feel like some background info about us and the situation is helpful.

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**Background:** If it wasn't for my mom helping me with my loans, I wouldn't have been able to go to college. I was always mature for my age and when my dad passed away 10 days before I turned 12, that really pushed me into became an adult child and confidant to my mother. We have a different relationship than most mother/daughters. We are more like best friends and pretty much co-parented my sister. Although she is only 18 months younger than me (I am 26, she is about to be 25 next month), she is EXTREMELY immature and irresponsible. She is manipulative. We believe she is currently abusing drugs. My mom never held her accountable for all the little things she did - that attitude is what brought us to this situation. My mom ultimately was an enabler.

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**The situation:** Now, I don't know if co-sign is the correct word. But my mom took out Parents Plus Loans for us. Both of our loans are lumped together in one account under my mother's name. There is an itemized breakdown on the homepage for each loan taken, but if you call, they know exactly which loans belong to my sister or myself. So our names are attached. They know how much of the total payment is mine and what is my sisters. I don't think the payment breakdown is relevant, but most of the loans are mine.

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The way it works is we both have our bank accounts saved on the account and we both log in and make our payment each month.

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Well I make the payments each month, my sister does not. Her loans kicked in July 2016 and if it wasn't for my mom and I harassing her each month, she would never pay them. Last month, my sister made the payment on the day it was due (knowing it takes 1 or 2 days to transfer, ultimately making the payment late. each time the payment ends up being late, ALL loans listed go into delinquency) and the payment ended up not going through. This FINALLY made my mom pissed instead of making an excuse on why she hasn't paid and ready to take action.

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**What I need advice on:** How to take action! I work in HR and have seen garnishments come through for loan payments. But I am guessing that is for true non-payment. So how can I pursue this? I tried to poke around the FedLoan website to see if there was anything relevant but obviously there wasn't, hence why I'm here haha.

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Besides all this loan business, my sister and I haven't spoken much besides about this for the past year. I am so ready to completely cut off contact with her and ending this loan saga will be what does it. So I am willing to get serious and hire a personal lawyer to serve her. Can I sue her for her portion? Because I don't want to completely stop paying them, they are ultimately in my mother's name and I am not trying to affect her financially. So I feel like the garnishment route is not a solution. And because of that.... is why I am asking if I can even sue. As I mentioned, they do know who's loans are who's.... so it gives me hope that there is some way we can hold her accountable.

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I know this was long, thank you again so much for reading!!

Answer:
 > my sister and I have loans grouped together under my mom's name (parents plus loans)

No. Your mom has loans. Because they're parent plus loans that she took out to pay for your education. Answer #2: If they are all parent plus loans, those loans all belong to your mother.  Your sister has no legal obligation to make payments on them whatsoever.


Title: Being asked to pay rent passed termination date of the lease

Question:
So my current living situation is renting a room in a three bedroom house. I found the initial renter of the house via Cragislist.

When I moved in a signed a lease with the landlord ( a real estate company) that says me and PersonX are tenants. That lease terminates on June 30th. It also has a stipulation that PersonX is responsible for rent regardless of any default by me.

I also signed a "Roommate agreement" with PersonX that also terminates on June 30. Part of that agreement says that I will pay a security deposit to PersonX.

I gave notice that I'll be moving out today and now PersonX says that I will owe them two weeks rent because I'm required to give 30 days notice. (two weeks rent to cover July1-15) This is coming from a part in the roommate agreement that says:
> 30day advance written notice of intent to terminate by June 30, 2017.

So my question is what exactly does that line mean? I find it hard to believe that I would owe money for rent after the termination of the lease+agreement, however the wording of that line is confusing. I had assumed that the notice was only relevant if I was terminating early. Not that I had to give notice that I intend to leave when the agreement terminates?

EDIT: location - san francisco, ca

EDIT #2: Wow, thanks for the fast responses! Sounds like I'm at fault for not giving notice sooner. Good to know for the future!

Answer:
 You need to give notice on or before June 1. You failed to do so, and you're lucky you're not being charged for the entire month of July.

This is completely reasonable.


Title: Did something stupid in Nevada. Will I go to jail?

Question:
Long story short,

I was gambling in Reno, NV until around 3am. I was really drunk after sitting at the blackjack table for hours and getting served plenty of drinks.  After winning pretty big, I was walking up to my hotel room where all my buddies were sleeping, and decided to take a fire extinguisher off the wall and prank them by blowing it into the hotel room.  The fire alarms went off, security came up, the fire department came, and the police department came.

I told the PD my story and they just gave me a citation for $500 and a court date.  The violation code is 475.090, a misdemeanor.

I have court in two weeks for this misdemeanor, and am really concerned about doing jail time.  I have a clean record, and this is my first offense for anything really.  I'm 23, a college student, will graduate this summer, and jail would ruin everything for me.

I'm just really concerned about the laws in Nevada, knowing that they're a lot harsher in Nevada than where i'm from (CA).

Should I hire a lawyer? Or will I be okay with just showing up and apologizing with a public defender? This was really dumb of me and I need to grow up for sure.

Any advice and thoughts and what might happen would greatly be appreciated. Thanks everyone.

Answer: If you can afford a lawyer then you won't get a public defender. I recommend that you get a lawyer right away.


Title: CA - Found lost dog. How long before it is 'legally' ours? If the original owner shows up, are we allowed to request vet fees?

Question:
We found a dog and immediately put up posters/social media posts. How much time needs to pass before the dog is 'legally' ours? **Note: We do not plan on using the law to 'keep' the dog. If the original owner shows up a year from now with proof they are the original owner we'd happily give the dog back.**
The dog was injured when we found it so we took it to a vet. The vet found other problems (worms I think?) and in the end charged us about $300. Would it be fair to request the $300 from the original owner if he/she shows up?

Answer: Have you reported the find to your local animal control office? In some jurisdictions, this is mandatory.Answer #2: Give fliers to the animal shelter and contact police non emergency line to bring it up with them also.  Non emergency won't get you scolded and covers you on the criminal law front.


Title: Retail owner threatening charges if I file for unemployment

Question:
In New York.

6 months ago a deposit in the amount of a little over $1000 went missing in between two of my shifts (back to back shifts). The store has no camera, no security system, no deposit bags and no safe. The deposits are placed in one of the store's shopping bags and put in a cubby hole under the register.

I closed, putting it in the regular spot, and the next morning when I came in, it was missing. I immediately called my boss, the owner, and told him what happened. There was no report made, nothing came out of it.

I worked there for two years with no incident and the last 6 months since this incident with no incident.

Now, the owner's boss found out about a missing deposit and started questioning my boss about it.  The big boss wants me fired immediately with a police investigation launched. Now the owner is basically blackmailing me saying that if I resign and don't collect unemployment, he won't press charges, but if I do file for unemployment, he will press charges.

My question is, if police get involved, with no record of anything, what could actually happen? I'm going to graduate school and don't want anything jeopardizing my enrollment, but I'm not sure if this is a legitimate threat or just him trying to scare me out of filing for unemployment.

And for the record, I think I misplaced the deposit and it ended up thrown out by accident.

Answer:
 The "big boss" can only file a police report. The police decide if the report warrants an investigation and if charges are too be filed.

If a police report is made the police could conduct an investigation which could involve questioning you and could involve criminal charges if they believe they have enough evidence that you stole it. Nobody here has a crystal ball to be able to tell you what will happen.
Answer #2: The lack of evidence, timing, and actions of the owner makes me think that the police would be unlikely to file criminal charges. Consult a lawyer though.


Title: Do I have any rights? I am being held against my will...

Question:
I hope this is the right sub to post to, if not let me know...

I came into the ER on Thursday with chest pain. I have a history of blood clots and my PTP was worried I could be experiencing a pulmonary embolism. It was not a PE, but they did find a ¾” cavitary lung lesion in my right lung. The doctor said the words “possible Tuberculosis” and I was instantly moved to an isolation room in the ER for 6 hours before being admitted and moving upstairs to an isolation room on the 4th floor Friday morning at 3 am.

I have not been allowed to leave the room, not even to go down to my car to grab some belongs to make my stay more pleasant. I have been told that if I try to leave I will be arrested, brought back to the hospital, and put on lockdown. That once I’m cleared, they will then take me to jail. I am not trying to go down that path. I’ve been held on a 51/50 before and I can only assume this would be worse.

BUT

I am still in my 90 days at work. I’ve already taken a week off last month for a separate medical issue that my company was understanding about. CA is an at-will employment state and even with a Dr note (especially being in my first 90 days) they can fire me without cause. My direct boss is really amazing and understanding which is why I didn’t get canned after missing a week last month but I do work for a “corporate company” where the rules are the rules. Here I am in the same scenario as last month. It looks bad and I am terrified that I will lose my job yet again. I lost my last job 15 days before Christmas (they hired someone for $4 less than me, had me train her as my assistant, and then canned me when she was proficient). I was not able to land another on until late Jan and this put me in a financial black hole that keeps getting deeper and deeper every day. I am already behind on my rent ($1,200) and utilities ($1,100) as my last roommate bounced without notice in January without paying her share of either bill. My utilities are scheduled to be turned off tomorrow. I can’t get out of here to pay a portion of the bill to keep it going a little longer and once they disconnect me, I'll have to pay the full balance before they’ll turn it back on. I make $229.64 more than the cutoff to qualify for a program that does a one time wipe of your entire bill. With every low income program I've attempted to resource, I am just a couple of hundred dollars over the limit.

I had worked out an agreement with my landlord after roommate bounced in regards to rent (half on the first, half on the fifteenth) prior to all this happening and now that I’ve broken that, I’m afraid she will evict me. I have reached out to let her know my situation, but she has not responded.
I have a dog and three cats at home. I was able to get a friend who lives out of town to take my puppy but I have no one to look after my cats everyday. I live alone and I’ve reached out to the very few friends I have to no avail. My Dad (who lives 1.5 hours away) went by there on Sunday to scoop poop and feed them, but that’s now two days ago. I have 4 litter boxes for them set up and I normally clean them 2x a day. If I do it just 1x a day the boxes get pretty full so I can only imagine what it looks like now and am fearful that the carpets are being destroyed.

I have had, and continue to have, no other symptoms of TB besides the cavitary lung lesion and night sweats that started when I quit drinking back in February.
So far I have 2 negative TB tests. Late last night (after already being told I would be able to go home yesterday) I was told that my most recent sputum sample needs to be sent to the regional lab to be tested and that I would be here for another 2 days.

I don’t know if there’s anything I can do for the now or what I am going to if I lose my job and living place. If anybody has any suggestions, ideas, or even a joke to tell to cheer me up, it would be really appreciated.

TLDR;
I've been held against my will for the last 5 days due to possible Tuberculosis. Pending negative results of the last test, I don't have it and I may now lose my job and housing because of a misdiagnosis.

Answer:
 You have a cavitary lung lesion, chest pain, and night sweats. That sounds like active TB, which would be dangerous to everyone else around you. You’re still being held despite two negative tests because TB is an extremely difficult organism to grow outside the body and getting a positive result on a test can be difficult even if you are infected (which is why we send multiple tests). You can be quarantined against your will if you are thought to be a danger to public health; It can feel unfair that you can be quarantined but it’s for the good of everyone else around you, especially because there are more and more extremely resistant strains of TB popping up. If your sample is being sent to a regional lab I would presume that the department of public health in your area is involved.

You can challenge being held (as other posters have pointed out), but I doubt you’ll be released before confirmatory testing is negative. If you’re found to be positive for active TB, you won’t be released until a treatment plan is developed and submitted to the local department of public health.

I’m a physician, not a lawyer.


Title: Called the police because my wife was assaulting me and they didn't charge her with any DV crimes, was I discriminated against/should I file a Title IX complaint?

Question:
This is in MT.

My wife and I are going through a divorce and have a 2 year old son.  She has a drinking problem and hasn't been around very much this last year, goes out drinking most nights and drives home wasted or doesn't come home at all.  She watches our son during the day when I'm at work when she shows up (maybe 75% of the time).  We live in university student housing, I'm a student.  I also pay all the bills as she blows the money she has on partying and taking men out.

The other day she came home at 2 or 3 am and had been drinking.  In the morning when our son woke up she smelled like alcohol and was slurring her words and kept passing back out on the couch.  I wanted to take my kid to daycare when I went to workand we got in a big argument.  She started punching me in the arm and throwing stuff, she threw her phone which hit me in the elbow and broke the phone.  She punched me in the face.  All of this was in front of our kid, I ended up running out of the house to call 911 and she tried to stop me but I managed to outrun her and get emergency services on the phone.

When the university police showed up they told me they didn't believe me, and acted like I had provoked her.  They asked if I could go stay somewhere else and I told them no, I pay all the bills on this house and I'm the one who is here for my son every night.  They offered her all this help, pulled some strings with university housing to help her with moving into a new place (she was having trouble coming up with the money).  They breathalyzed her and wouldn't tell me what it read but said that she wasn't too drunk to watch our son.  In the end, they told me I had to call them before I went home after work and only cited her with "tampering with a telecommunications device" for trying to stop me from calling 911.

I feel like if the genders were reversed and I was drunk and beating up my wife in front of my kid, I'd be sitting in a jail cell right now.  I don't think there is anything I can do to get the police to charge her with DV because that is up to them, but I feel like I was discriminated against and maybe I should file a title IX complaint.   I don't think any man should have to go through what I did, where they acted like I was lying or that it was my fault.

Will filing a complaint go anywhere?  For a remedy I think that the campus police should be trained in handling domestic situations in a gender-neutral way and maybe someone should look into how they've handled calls like this in the past.  I wouldn't be surprised to find out that women are never charged and men are.

Edit:  The officers didn't take any pictures of my injuries or anything.  I was bleeding on the arm where the phone hit me but the officer told me she didn't believe that a phone could cause such an injury and literally asked if I could have done it to myself by scraping against a wall or something.  I feel really shitty about all of this like the police weren't on my side at all, and now my wife knows that she can just call the police and they will take her side.  They literally told her to call if we argued again and they would make me leave.

Answer:
 >Will filing a complaint go anywhere?

You won't know until you do it. If it's any consolation, western culture is slowly waking up the reality that men are victims of domestic violence, too.

>The officers didn't take any pictures of my injuries or anything.

Make sure you take your own pictures then.

To protect yourself and to have evidence, audio record all conversations with your wife. In Montana you have to notify her that she's being recorded. She will either act like an adult and not lash out at you again, or she will be stupid and give you all the evidence you need to use against her. Either way you win.


Title: FL Probate: Is it true beneficiaries cannot bid on items? it needs to go "every other" selection?

Question: We've got a piece of furniture that we're fighting over and I was told the Court won't let us bid on it, we must divide the estate selecting every other in turn.  Is this true?  It seems much simpler to set aside the item and let it go to bidding

Answer: You are required to follow whatever procedure the court orders you to follow.


Title: [WA] noisy partying neighbors won't stop, called police twice, now they are pounding on my door and yelling. Advice?

Question:
This might be long.

So I live in a college town. Last night I get home from work at 10:30pm and hear they are throwing a party. I have to get up at 7am because I take flying lessons. I give them an hour before I call the non emergency police line and file a noise complaint. My walls are shaking and I hear thumping and loud music. It's 11:30pm and louder than ever. I call the police. They arrive around 12:15 and presumably tell them to turn the music down. Five minutes after the police leave the neighbors (I live in a duplex) come over to my front door and start banging on my door and kicking it yelling at me to open up. I ignore it. They do this for 15 minutes. I call the police again. Police tell them to knock it off.

I come home from my flight lesson at 10am, tired AF. I take a nap. I am woken up at 11:30 to them banging on the door and yelling once again. I ignore it.

They leave a note on my cat asking to resolve this because they are getting fined by the police for noise complaints.

Also, this happened last weekend. I come home at 2am from a ride trip and the music is Loud and keeping me awake. I call the police and they are issued a fine.

I also have issues with parking with these neighbors. They always block my car in my driveway. I tried to talk to them to move their car and I get a slammed door in my face. (This is why I try not to deal with them now and just go through the landlord).

One has also gotten a DUI from driving out of the driveway while intoxicated. Drove down a steep sidewalk and didn't make it ten feet before the police came. He was arrested.

I emailed my landlord everything that has happened the past two weekends. I am trying to set up mediation because I want some sleep at a decent hour.

Any advice on what I should do further? Thank you for reading all of this. Let me know if you need more details.

Answer:
 The next time it happens, call the police.  Tell the dispatcher that you want the officer(s) to contact you.

When they do, tell them you'd like to sign a complaint against your neighbors for the peace disturbance.

If you aren't willing to prosecute or otherwise testify in court, the response of the police is basically limited to telling them to knock it off.Answer #2: "They leave a note on my cat..." Call the ASPCA & PETA! Answer #3: Continue to call the cops including if they come to the door threateningly.