Title: Bar hookup gone way too far.

Question: My best friend hooked up with a girl he met at a bar in December. They started dating, found out she was pregnant in January, and then broke up in February. She now wants nothing to do with him and does not want the baby to have anything to do with him either. The baby is due in September, and that's about all my friend knows. It's getting closer to the due date, and my friend is just feeling miserable and hopeless about the whole thing. He has tried numerous times to reach out and reason with her, but she doesn't respond and as of now has him blocked on every platform out there. Someone suggested he fill out the puatative father form, but he doesn't know any of the information to fill out for the girl or the baby. Does that matter? Can he still file the form and it mean something if he doesn't have the parts that pertain to her and the unborn child completely filled out? I just want to help him because he feels so hopeless about this whole situation, so any and all advice would be so so so appreciated.

Answer:
 He should fill out the registry with all the information he has.

Right now she is a woman with the medical condition of pregnancy. Once the baby is born, he should hire an attorney to get a court ordered pregnancy test. She doesn't have the right to keep the baby completely out of his life if he is the father and not unfit.  Even if she never applies for child support, the government may come after him if she receives any public assistance.


Title: Subpoena Question (TX/MI)

Question: I was made aware that I may be asked to testify for a criminal case taking place in Michigan. I currently live in TX. I can't afford to travel all that way or miss that much work. Does anyone have any idea how this may be handled?

Answer:
 In most cases, the court will cover travel and will pay a witness fee.  If subpoenaed, talk to the court that issued it.  They probably have someone that does this full-time.

Unfortunately, if issued, you don't have much choice but to testify.  You can try to have the subpoena quashed, but that's unlikely to work.  Alternatively, you can contact the issuing party to see if there may be an alternative to your testifying in person.


Title: What do I do with my Lemon (xpost /r/cars)

Question:
I've need advice on how to advance with my Lemon.

I've had my 2015 Hyundai Veloster Turbo since September. In December, the car's engine light came on, accompanied with loss of power and rough idling.

I will now go into detail on each trip to the dealership:

1) December 13th, 2014. Brought it to the local dealership (Rick Case Hyundai at Duluth). Engine light was on. They returned the car to me saying the engine just had a misfire, and it wasn't an issue. They reset the error and sent me on my way.

Problem came back.

2) January 4-5th. This time, they upgraded the software in my ECU. Drove it 3 miles, and gave it back to me.

Problem came back.

3) January 9-13th. They told me the gas I was putting into the car was bad, and that I needed to use Premium fuel. Obviously bs, as the car is made to run on Regular. The premium fuel didn't fix the issue.

Problem came back.

4) January 14-22nd. Replaced all fuel injectors and O2 sensor. Dealership drove my car for 231 miles. Returned the car to me.

Problem came back, not even 2 miles away from the dealership (as I was leaving to go home). At this point, I ended up calling Hyundai Customer Care and explained the situation. They told me to bring the car back to the dealership, and I would be contacted by someone from Hyundai Regional.

5) January 26-present. Car has been at the dealership for 5 weeks. (Six weeks come March 2nd). They have replaced both fuel pumps, the regulator, and the ECU. They called me February 16th and told me they drove some ~300 miles and it was fine. Then, an hour later, they called me back and told me the issue arose again.

All of last week, I attempted to get a hold of Regional (you would not believe how impossible it is to get a phone call through to the lady I was told to contact). After finally reaching her, I told her that my car has been out of service for 30+ days regarding the same issue after multiple repair attempts. I asked about making a deal; I wanted them to either replace my car or repurchase my car; otherwise, I'd pursue the Lemon Law. I was told repurchasing the vehicle was easier for them. She told me she'd speak to her manager (the regional manager) and I'd hear back within the week.

On February 20th, she told me that her manager wouldn't offer to repurchase my car because repair attempts were still being made; based on her wording, she made it sound like the manager didn't understand GA's Lemon Law, because he was saying I needed to submit a "Final Repair Attempt Request"--which I didn't need to given my car has been out of service for 30+ days.

So, I mailed Hyundai my Lemon Law form on February 21st.

I tried contacting Hyundai through Facebook and was PM'd to keep working with Hyundai regional.

I shouldn't even have to go through Lemon Law; and if I may say so, I'm certain that I won't hear from Hyundai regarding my Lemon Law request. Per GA's Lemon Law, if they don't respond within 20 days, I have to go to state arbitration.

I'm a college student and I don't have time for this to be resolved. I haven't driven my car in six weeks, yet I've been making payments on it.

**I already contacted a lawyer, and he said he couldn't do much for me now, and to get a hold of him if/when Hyundai refuses my Lemon Law Repurchase Request.**

I want people to realize that this is how Hyundai treats customers at the corporate level. Dealerships suck--but one would expect that corporate would be more understanding and helpful. I'm defenseless, and I don't feel like they care.

Is there anything else I can do to out pressure on Hyundai? Obviously, this is the last time I buy one; but I feel helpless now.

I have contacted my local news crew (11alive's Bill List), but I'm not sure if anything will come to fruition because of it.

Answer: It sounds like you are doing everything correctly. I've gone through something similar with a VW, and at this point you just need to wait.


Title: Can I break an apartment lease if our building has bedbugs and the property owner/manager doesn’t treat it? (Montgomery, AL)

Question:
A neighbor who shares a wall with me told me he’s been waking up with bites all over and he told the property manager he thinks it might be bedbugs.

The property manager said they don’t do bedbug inspections but will have maintenance come out and spray. The neighbor is getting a private bedbug inspection done to see if that’s what it is.

If it turns out that the building has an infestation, and the property management company doesn’t pay for professional treatment, is that grounds to break the lease without penalty?

My lease has no provision for untreated pest infestations as ending a lease without penalty. It only has a provision for military orders.

Answer:
 Not sure if I'm allowed to post non-legal suggestions here, but if you move out, be VERY careful not to bring any to your new place. Even one that managed to get into your unit can haunt you. Even if you don't see any, heat treat everything. Including what you're wearing when you move.Answer #2: Our lease has a bedbug addendum in it. Every apt I've lived in has one here in Texas.Answer #3: Every lease, whether specified in writing on the lease or not, has an implied warrant of habitability- which is a guarantee that the property is in compliance with basic living and safety standards. It would therefore be their responsibility to remediate the bedbug issue. If they do not eradicate the bedbugs in a reasonable amount of time then you would have a legal right to break the lease.Answer #4: It may be. Not sure about Alabama landlord tenant law, but generally if you provide the landlord notice of the infestation and an adequate time for them to remedy the problem. If they fail to address the problem in a reasonable time frame you could break the lease and defend your leaving as a constructive eviction for violating the implied covenant of quiet enjoyment.  Chances are taking you to court for breaking the lease is more expensive than taking a loss and mitigating damages.

However, Alabama probably has some unique law. Contact legal aid. Or, your local law school may have a legal clinic that could help.
Good luck.


Title: (NY) Target store discriminatory hiring process

Question:
Target I work out currently discriminates against hiring minors.
(Currently 0 Minors employeed) I don't think it is right but I'm not sure who to report it to. I'm also afraid for my job if I report it.

We recently just had a hiring event and we were asked to pre screen by asking anyone who looked like a minor if they were over 18. If they said no we would automatically send them home without an interview. HR also screens regular applicants by age and will automatically turn them down in the system without a fair shot for an interview.

Answer:
 It is discrimination.

It is not illegal discrimination.Answer #2: It is not illegal to discriminate against hiring those under 18. No need to report it. No business is required to employ minors. Answer #3: There's nothing illegal about that.Answer #4: >HR also screens regular applicants by age and will automatically turn them down in the system without a fair shot for an interview.

That's not illegal discrimination. They don't want to hire people under 18 because they don't to deal with the employment restrictions in place when hiring minors.

There are restrictions on the number of hours per week they can work, what time they can work, what they can sell (alcohol and tobacco), and there may well be state and local restrictions.


Title: (OH) New wife was previously married. Ex husband had student loans that she cosigned. He filed Ch. 7 bankruptcy after they divorced, now the unpaid loans are on her credit.

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 > There is a divorce decree stating that she isn't responsible for the debt, but the lender doesn't seem to care.

They don't care and they don't need to care. The decree isn't binding on them. They can absolutely pursue your wife for payment. She in turn can sue her ex for anything she had to pay.

You should be prepared to bring the account out of default status before getting approved for a mortgage.


Title: I am a lupus sufferer looking to install a washer/dryer in my condo. Condo board says no, but it affects my quality of life with the disease. Please help!

Question:
Hello r/legaladvice. I've been a long time lurker, and a lot of what I read here has helped me immensely. I need your help right now. Here is the story. My husband and I live in a high rise building (Chicago)that is cat/dog friendly. I, a lupus sufferer, am also allergic to cat and dog hair. My husband owns the condo, and our building does not allow a washer/dryer to be installed in units. The building provides a laundry room, but all of the machines are littered with cat and dog hair. If I come in contact with cat and dog hair, I can have an allergic reaction, which can lead to a lupus flare disabling me for a week or two at a time.
 I've written my condo board requesting permission to install a cat and dog hair free washer/dryer in our unit, but the condo board denied our request. What are my rights in this case? Is this worth fighting for, or does the condo board hold all the cards? Is this a ADA type accommodation, and if so, how would I use ADA to appeal to the condo board?
Thanks in advance for your help!
Topic:
Disability Issues

Answer:
 Have they proposed alternatives to the common laundry room?

Keep in mind that being allowed to install a W/D in your condo isn't the only reasonable alternative. If their plumbing can't accommodate it, and there's no promise of laundry facilities in the lease, there's a good chance that your recourse is the local laundromat, or for you to cover the cost of installing a new hypoallergenic W/D in the laundry room.  Answer #2: I can't speak to the legal side of things but have you considered [something like this?](http://www.amazon.com/Panda-Compact-Portable-Washing-Capacity/dp/B00AW04ZMM)

It's a portable washer and dryer. You fill it from the sink or with a bucket/shower head/etc, and it holds decent size loads. The dryer is smaller and isn't perfect, but it gets things 90% dry and you can hang and air dry the rest of the way pretty easily. It doesn't need a full hookup and it's small and portable enough the condo board doesn't even have to know about it.

Just an option you might not have known about.Answer #3: I know in my parts, the plumbing code changed about 5 years ago.  The condo main-line has to be a certain size to accommodate in-suite washer/dryer installs.  Even if the condo-board wishes to install these, finding a qualified plumber to do so would be impossible.  I would check to see if it is feasible to do so first.  If so, then you have a shot..


Title: My mother just passed away yesterday morning. My step father and I are unable to find her life insurance policy and he doesn't know who she had it through. How am I able to find out this information?

Question:
I'm not too sure if this is the correct subreddit for this, however I'm not too sure where else I can exactly ask this question. I'm 22, my mother passed away at the young age of 51 very suddenly. She had breast cancer, had a double mastectomy and underwent chemotherapy about 7 years ago.  Unbeknownst to me, her cancer had returned and had spread to her bones, specifically her spine. This lead to her passing away as of yesterday.

I know for a fact that she had a life insurance policy, because she has told me a couple times before when the topic has come up that I am her sole beneficiary. However, what we don't know is who she had her life insurance policy through, or where she had a copy of it in her house. We've checked their safe and have gone through 3 boxes worth of papers so far and we have come up dry. And to complicate the matter even further she didn't have a will written, so there isn't an attorney that we can ask either.

I'm not sure if she had her policy through her work, I do know for a fact that she had dental and vision through work because I am on that policy, but I believe that she is on my step dad's health insurance. I don't know if her life insurance would be under the same policy as her policy for dental and vision through work, or if I called their human resources department that they would even be able to legally give me that information.

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TLDR; Mom died, we don't know anything about her life insurance policy other than that she has one, where can we begin to look to figure it out?
Topic:
Wills Trusts and Estates

Answer: Contact her HR. Many employers give life insurance through work. If she has old bank statements go through them and see if you see any checks to insurance companies. Also, check with her insurance agent


Title: Shared road law

Question:
My wife and I purchased property in northern California, Nevada County, State of Jefferson. The property is just outside the city limits and the roads to the parcels are privately maintained by an organization run and paid for by the homeowners. It’s not an HOA, but a road association. Since we are new to the neighborhood, the president of the association invited us over to tell us how things worked. We gave him a call and told him that we were going to walk to his place. He said it’d be ok, gave us directions and said he’d see us soon.

The road president lives at the end of the road. There is only one road to his house, and that road bisects another property. The moment we stepped onto that property, we were met by an angry aggressive homeowner and an angry aggressive dog who made it clear were weren’t welcome there.

Do we have a legal right to be on a shared road? Do we have to be in a car to use the road? Would there be legal ramifications if we were on the road and we were attacked by the homeowners dog?

To be clear, I’m never walking across this property again, and have no plans to interact with the angry homeowner, I’m just curious where the law stands on this. Thanks in advance.

Answer:
 > State of Jefferson

You know this isn't actually a thing, right?


Title: Involved in minor car accident. Got word that the first person in a pileup has legal representation.

Question: Hello /r/legaladvice. I'm kinda scared for my life right now. A couple of weeks ago, I was involved in a 3-car pileup in which I was in the middle car. The insurance agent asking me questions about the front driver's claim informed me that the driver in front of me has legal representation. I had state minimum liability coverage in my state (Georgia). At the scene of the accident, the guy in front of me reported "back pain" but was visibly fine and did not request an ambulance. Since he has a lawyer, it's reasonable to assume he's poised to sue. Lawyers of reddit, how do you see this obvious money grab going down?

Answer:
 Talk to your insurance company.  One of the things you pay them for is legal representation.  Even if you were determined to have partial fault, they may still provide a lawyer for you.

Also, don't make assumptions that this is just a random cash grab just because he wasn't hauled off in an ambulance and you didn't see him writhing on the ground in pain.  Injuries, especially from car accidents, often show up days or weeks afterwards - in fact, you should probably be making sure that you have not suffered any internal injuries as well.


Title: Husband is fired from hospital job despite having consistent documentation from hospital's own ER.

Question:
I'm hoping this makes sense.  I'm in West Virginia.

My husband worked for a hospital up until September.  He'd worked there for two years.  He had lots of accrued PTO plus he had almost the full two years worth of vacation days saved (they got so many hours towards both every pay period).  He seldom took off, unless it was something major like my surgery.  He did have a few "call-offs" but every single one was after an ER visit to the same hospital in which he worked, and he had a doctor's excuse saying he could not work the next day (or two).

In September, he decided to take a vacation the week before Labor Day.  He has an event he does every year, and he wanted that time off so that he wasn't rushed getting things ready, setting up, etc.  Every employee in that department only works one weekend a month unless something comes up, so originally, he was going to have off from 8/27 (his weekend to work) until 9/4 (weekend off), then 9/5 (Labor Day) was one of his paid holidays off.  When his higher-up was doing the scheduling at the beginning of August for the next month, she realized that she accidentally overlapped my husband's vacation with someone else's.  She told my husband (who had lower seniority than the other person) that he could still have his vacation, if he could work 8/27 & 8/28 (his original weekend to work), 8/30 and then an early shift on 9/1 so that he could be done in time for his event, which started that night.  Then because he was working that weekend, he also had the Friday (8/26) before his working weekend off.

That Friday, DH fell really ill.  He decided it was best to go to the ER, and they diagnosed him with an upper respiratory infection, giving him an excuse for Saturday.  He took it up before we left.  The next day, DH woke up to get ready for work and his co-worker had texted him to tell him not to come in because she didn't want it, and she already okay'ed it with the supervisor on duty.  I told him to call supervisor himself just to cover his ass.  She said, yes, that it was best he just stayed home so he didn't get patients and staff sick.   He worked his 8/30 shift with no issues, and then he went in on 9/1.  He was 3 hours into his shift when he was called into the head boss's office and was informed he was being let go due to going over their allotted call off hours, that him not coming in Sunday was what took him over.  He protested and showed them the texts from co-worker as well as where he called supervisor.  He also brought up that the few times he didn't come in due to illness they were covered by doctor's notes from their own ER, plus he has so much paid time built up that it should cover it.  They took about 2 hours to review it, and said that it didn't matter that he was told not to come in by a supervisor, nor that they accept doctor's notes or the paid time.  Call offs are call offs.

We also think that they thought he was "sick" on purpose to get extra time off in his vacation that they screwed up on, since they knew he had to prepare for the event coming up.

My questions are:  1) Does he have recourse to sue the hospital for wrongful termination?  I was doing some Google searching and this isn't the first time the hospital has done this to someone but the situation was a little different (person had chronic illness).  2) Is there a statute of limitations on such a thing?

Answer: Doctors notes are not get out of ~~jail~~ work free cards. Answer #2: 1- no. It is only illegal to fire someone for discrimination for being part of a protected class. Unless he had a contract (which it is unlikely he did) they can fire him for missing too much work, approved or not.


Title: Harassment at the workplace is being ignored by supervisors. Please help. 22F

Question:
I'm a 22 year old female college student, currently going to the University of Louisville. I work in a lab for Norton Healthcare. For almost a year I have been harassed by my coworkers both subtlety and very obviously. Recently the hostility has escalated in the workplace and I actually get sick from stress just thinking about going in to work.

The coworkers in the lab whom I consider the "harassers" are three older ladies, all over the age of 50. They are extremely irrational and very petty people. For example, recently one coworker went to lunch for an hour, and came back complaining that I was in "her seat" (there is no assigned seats in the lab, everyone moves around all night). She precedes to start raising her voice making this huge deal about me sitting in this seat, disrupting everyone else in the lab. She started saying that I sat there on purpose just to annoy her and demanded that I move (this requires moving patient blood and tests as well, a time consuming task). There were other perfectly fine seats available the whole time she is doing this.

Things like this happen a lot. The three ladies have looked at me and said there is a "problem in the lab that needs to be fixed". THey glare at me. They stop talking when I walk in the room. Other coworkers have heard them talk about purposefully watching me to try to see if I make mistakes so they can tell our supervisor.

I seriously have never done anything to these ladies. I'm just trying to do my job. They go to the supervisor complaining about things that I do that aren't true and he takes it as fact and punishes me. I feel so helpless and no one will help me. There have been many other instances of them yelling at me and undermining me, constantly criticizing me, holding back information about the job so I make a mistake, etc. Another coworker of mine who was also a subject of their harassment quit because she couldn't handle it anymore. One coworker has already had issues with HR because she cursed and screamed at another coworker (she called her a stupid, worthless, bitch).

Please help me out, I really need this job but the stress it is taking on me is getting to be too much.

Answer:
 Your version of "harassment" is not illegal. The law does not give you a legal right to a happy stress-free work environment free of yelling, conniving, backbiting assholes. It would be nice and it should be the goal of every  employer to meet these minimal standards but you cannot force that on the employer. I've been dealing with employee issues like this for much longer than you have been alive. i know that if I talked to these ladies they would have things to say about you that you would not believe but may still be accurate. Somewhere in between the truth lies.

You are a little older than my daughter. If my daughter told me this I would tell her to look for a new job. If you have already complained to supervisors and nothing has changed, its not going to change in time to help your mental health. Look for another job. Life is too short to live like this.

p.s. Take out the name of the employer.


Title: Superintendent and school board are going against the community and causing people to lose their job out of a personal vendetta

Question:
In January, our new superintendent made a proposal to the school board establishing an outline for an entire restructuring of the district's administration. The proposal stated that the principal position at the high school would be removed, as well as the Assistant Superintendent for Instruction. The principal is to be replaced with an ‘Executive Principal K-12’ who is in charge of all the other principals in the district, and the assistant superintendent will be replaced with ‘Administrator for Curriculum, Instruction, & Assessment.’ The high school would remain without an actual principal position.

The reasoning behind this has been widely debated. Our superintendent claims that the enrollment and attendance issue has gotten out of control, as well as an increased need in special support for some students. While this is true, she has refused to answer how establishing an executive principal would actually bring us closer to a solution to those problems. She is also refusing to answer any other questions or criticisms. Others have said that this is being done out of a personal vendetta against our principal from the board of education, using this as an excuse to remove him only two years before his retirement. The teachers say that the board has been attempting to get rid of him for years. The school board is said to hate him due to personal reasons involving their own children when they attended the school.

Hundreds of local community members, teachers and students have cried out, presenting facts to the school board, and saying this is not what we want. On April 4th, the board reached a 5-2 in favor of her plan. Our principal was then informed that he is ineligible to apply for any other position within the school district, and is not entitled to any from of the benefits he had as principal (i.e. life insurance, health insurance, severance). Personal opinions aside, this proposal will take away the one-on-one attention we students need, and will send this district farther into destruction.

A petition on [change.org](https://change.org) was created and over 1,800 people signed it in just the past few days. although the petition is just to save our principal from losing his job (he is one of the most heartfelt and amazing men I've ever met), and not stop the restructuring itself. Our entire community is furious. Can anything to be done to stop this proposal from happening? Can our principals job be saved? How would we go about starting a vote of no confidence for the superintendent and the board members?

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Side notes-

She also is forcing the principals daughter to attend the school in the district she lives in (next one over) even though the principal had an agreement about it with the previous superintendent

The principal has already filed a lawsuit for wrongful termination and violation of tenure

In New York

Answer: You can elect new board members when they come up for election.  You can call them and tell them that you intend to do so unless they take action. But a change.org petition means nothing legally and it’s rare for voters to have a method to remove someone from office prior to the end of the term just because they don’t like how the elected official is voting.


Title: My neighbor across the hall had the swat team called on him for holding his girlfriend hostage. Hes out on bail and back at his apartment. What can I do?

Question: Im in colorado. The title explains the situation quite well. Except for the fact that the swat team had to evacuate me and commandeer my apartment to place a breach charge on his door. This was very scary as the person barred in his apartment was laughing about guns and acting super crazy the whole time. The police told us he wouldnt be back, the apartment director promised me he wouldn't be back. But last night he just showed up! I freaked out and wrote the apartment director anemail and called the cops and left the building. They followed up asking for details but I never heard anything back. Today I approached my aparment manager and she said she had no control over him being there because his girlfriend who had the restraining order (I think itscalled something else) forefetted the Aparment and he's allowed back since he is on the lease. I don't feel safe having him live here and neither do the others on my floor. What are my options? They don't seem to have given him an eviction notice. However the Aparment manager has assured me they have the legal team on it (his door is still just freely opening as the breach charge destoried the lock and the swat team also blew open a window). This was all crazy and I just don't want to deal with him. Would getting a restraining order work?

Answer:
 You ignore it and move on with your life. Unless he's threatened or harmed you specifically, you have no reason to get a restraining order. Calm down. Answer #2: Seems like his problem was with his girlfriend, and that has been removed now.

You just go on with your life, he hasn’t threatened you or any other residents. If he does then worry about it.


Title: Contractor next door stole my tools. What can I do?

Question:
(Sorry for lack of info. This is in North Georgia, USA!)

So my neighbors are trying to sell their house after moving out of state.  They were great people who I still keep in touch with.  One day I come home to see an older gentleman working on their front porch who strikes up a conversation with me.

Long story short he tells me he is an old friend of the owners and is fixing up the house to sell. (the friend part turns out to be a lie, he was recommended by the seller agent)  He tells me a sob story about his ladder being stolen out of the back of his truck and being the helpful fool I am, I tell him to use mine for the day and to leave it by the garage when he is finished.  2 days later I go to get my ladder and it's not there. I call him up and he admits to taking it to help his father bla bla and tells me he will bring it back the following monday.

That was over a month ago.  Also, after looking around the house, I find that he also took a different ladder from the back yard.  He has been dodging my calls and texts ever since.  I was able to get him to answer my call two days ago and he agreed to bring it by yesterday and today I'm through waiting.  He still works on the neighbors house occasionally but it's always during the day when I'm at work so I can never confront him.  (wife see's his truck but I don't want her to get involved)

Can I call the cops here?  Can or will they do anything?  Is there anything I can do with his full name and address?  Do I need to get a recording of him admitting he has the ladders?

Any advice is greatly appreciated!

Answer: That's pretty much theft. You should contact the police. You should also get in contact with the Seller Agent that recommended the fellow. That person needs to be made aware that he's recommending someone that he shouldn't. Answer #2: Call the cops


Title: Pay cut without warning

Question:
Recently my work has cut my hourly pay from $14 to $10.50 without any forewarning. I only noticed this from my recent paycheck (12/15). My last paycheck (11/29) had 1 week with my original pay and 1 week with the new pay.

I have not been sent any new contract regarding this new pay rate.

Is there anything I can do for the lost wages?

Answer:
 Did you ask why your pay was cut/reduced? If you did and if the employer refused to correct the reduction, you should [file a wage complaint online for their refusal to pay your owed wages](https://www.nj.gov/labor/wagehour/complnt/filing_wage_claim.html). New Jersey prohibits [retroactive wage reductions, so the employer is likely subject to a penalty at this point](https://www.nj.gov/labor/wagehour/content/wage_and_hour_compliance_faqs.html#q4).Answer #2: They must notify you of a change of rate before you work the hour.  They can change your pay rate going forward.

If you quit over the pay cut, discuss with the unemployment office whether you might qualify.  Major changes to your pay or job can allow you to quit and still be eligible for benefits as if you'd been fired.  The standards for how much is too much vary, so investigate locally.


Title: [FL] Got into an accident, 6 months later the Lawyer we hired said they can only get us a small amount of money after they told us we'd get 100% of it.

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 You don't have to accept the settlement offer. Your attorney knows this case infinitely better than anyone here and are working on a contingency I am sure. They have zero motivation to lowball you because they get a cut of the settlement and want it to be as big as possible.

If you aren't happy with that offer, decline it and go find a new lawyer.


Title: Throwaway account. Starting to realize a family member may have taken naked pictures of my cousin and I when we were really young. What should I do?

Question: If i had to guess my cousin and I were about 3 years old. I remember because the pictures are still in a photo album in my house. However, my cousin and I are just standing side by side,naked  looking at the camera. It does not seem to me to be one of those cute naked baby pics of the baby in the bath or something like that. The vague memory i have of the event also didnt feel like the purpose of the picture was any other than me and my cousin being naked. The family member which took this picture is also distant enough for me to question the purpose of her setting up a picture like this. This family member is known to be a kind of sketchy, unstable person. I suspect maybe she took the photos so she could sell them for her own personal gain but gave the photos as innocent "family pictures" to my parents in case my cousin or me remembers the ordeal? What do you guys think I should do?

Answer: I don't think someone would put photos of naked children taken for sexual gratification in the family photo album next to the picture of granny at the beach.


Title: Got laid off but unemployment claim denied because boss said I quit

Question:
Originally posted on /r/personalfinance but people suggested I post this over here.

This is a throwaway because my ex-coworkers know my main account. I’m in California.

I worked full time remotely at a company for 5 years. My wife is a stay home mom and we have two kids (a 2 year old, and a 6 month old). In the final two months of my employment, I got fewer and fewer projects to work on. In April, my boss emailed and told me they were going to change my full time employment to part time, dropping me from 40 hours to 8 hours or less per week, and that I will also lose all of my benefits. He said they didn’t have have enough projects to keep me busy. I can't afford to lose my hours and medical benefits (it is what covers my family!), so I emailed my boss and pointed it out to him that cutting my hours from 40 hours to 8 hour or less is a lay off. That I would rather he just laid me off so I can start looking for a new job. He agreed and told me he is going to process my lay off per my request.

I applied for unemployment and during the phone interview for unemployment eligibility, the interviewer told me my boss told them that I quit my job because I was not satisfied with the work. I told them that was not true as I was laid off. The interviewer told me they were going to investigate. Today I called the EDD office to follow up, and they told me my claim was denied and that I would a denial letter within a week.

I have been applying for jobs and have couple interviews lined up. I also have enough emergency funds to cover for expenses while I’m looking. But I do need the unemployment money in case I can't find a job in time.

Do I have a case for an appeal? I have all of the emails copies. If so, should I hire a lawyer?

Answer:
 When you receive the denial, you would appeal it through the process that hopefully is mentioned in the denial letter and if not, should be online somewhere.

You would provide various emails and such in support of your appeal.  The employer reducing your hours to 8 per week is a constructive discharge, meaning he effectively fired you from your full time job.  It doesn't matter what the employer wants to call it.

It's common for employers to lie about unemployment claims. Answer #2: EDD will always do an initial denial when the employer says anything.  It's not their job to go back and forth.  That's what the appeal is for.  EDD just does the initial assessment to see if everyone's story adds up.  When it doesn't, you get the denial and then go before the ALJ where you get to actually tell your story and present evidence.

A lot of employers don't even show up to the appeal.

So absolutely you need to appeal as in right now.Answer #3: >Do I have a case for an appeal? I have all of the emails copies.

You generally should appeal almost any denial.  It seems that the facts give you a chance of prevailing in that appeal.

>If so, should I hire a lawyer?

It's never a wrong idea to hire a lawyer.  It seems in this instance you might be able to make the case for your appeal without spending money on an attorney.


Title: What to do if another driver, without insurance, hits you.

Question: I was hit by a lady who ran a stop sign this morning, and she doesn't have insurance. What normally happens?

Answer:
 Upgrade your insurance to cover uninsured motorist. This will help in the future.

You will have to sue her and hope she has money to pay.


Title: My dad is the water director of a College town and the new city manager is making him work both day and night shift to get him to quit

Question:
This is taking place in Texas.

As an example, today he is being forced to work from 8-5pm and then from 11-7am. The City manager told him in front of everyone today, "If you're feeling tired just come to me and ask to go home and I might let you." He does not get paid overtime for this as he is an exempt worker.

This is taking place after a year long struggle with city officials which involved the city police coming to my dads department to give him papers from the old city manager, the city spending money on game cameras that were placed in order to spy on my dad, and having his office repeatedly searched. He filed a grievance against the city manager and the CM was the one who appointed the council to investigate it, also had the city lawyer tell him that he was unable to go before the city council without approval

Just recently in the election they gave the assistant city manager job to the Chief of Police, who was involved heavily with the old city manager, and they hired a new 26 year old City Manager who is now doing this.

My dad is feeling pretty helpless right now and is trying to search for a new job. Is there anything that he would be able to do?
Topic:
Employment Law

Answer:
 If he gets fired for refusing to work 17-hour days, he will likely be eligible for unemployment.

Edit:  The schedule change was a substantial change to his conditions of employment.  Doubling expected work hours with no pay increase is similar to a 50% pay cut.  In the latter case, an employee would have a very good chance of getting unemployment benefits if he quit.

There's a fair chance this schedule change would be found to be outright constructive dismissal, as that work schedule is not possible to maintain for very long.Answer #2: I wish I had advice to give but small city politics scare me more than anything else in the US. There are no checks/balances/logic other than peoples egos. Tell your dad to cut his losses and leaveAnswer #3: Keep filing grievances, every single time there is bullshit, file a grievance.

He can also try going directly to the town council.


Title: MD- Tenant at will, rent owed, abandoned pet, & stole our possessions. How to pursue?

Question:
* No security deposit
* Did not pay utilities for 2 months
* Did not pay $800 in rent, owes
* Left the room filthy, old food, marked walls
* No receipts on our end, only hers
* Verbally permissed pet to our possession
* Asked her to leave or pay rent, moved out but stole

> 2 pairs of my heels, 3 bathroom carpets, ~$120 of makeup, 1 tall lamp, ~$30 of hygienic products, 4 towels, ~$90 dresser, ~$25 clothes hangers.

* Owed us money for advertising on Backpage for her
* Used drugs in our house
* Allowed boyfriend to move in without telling us

What can we do? We are fair and only want payment owed and for the property she stole. What can we do?

Answer:
 You left out a lot of relevant information:

* What's your relationship to her (are you the landlord or are you the primary tenant)?
* Did you live with her?
* Have you filed a police report?

You will [probably] need to send the former tenant a demand letter. Assuming she doesn't pay, you will need to take her to small claims.


Title: Pennsylvania - Escape after walking off from a halfway house

Question:
My friend was sentenced to ARD for a 1st offence DUI. She spent a year in the state prison and was later transferred to a halfway house. She had 3 months left and she walked away. They put a warrant out for Felony 3 Escape. She hasn't been caught yet. We're just wondering what kind of time she's looking at when she does get caught or turns herself in?

Note: I've already explained to her that she's absolutely an idiot for walking away with 3 months left. Sorry for any formatting issues, I'm on mobile.

Answer:
 According to google, a felony 3 carries up to 7 years. That is in addition to the sentence she walked away from (which we all know was for more than a simple DUI)Answer #2: Your post isn't clear on this. Do you currently have contact with her, or did you know she was thinking about escaping?

**Legal advice for you:** Either way, I'd not attempt to contact her at all, and keep your mouth firmly shut about this. The last thing you want is to be under scrutiny because someone thinks you might have a lead on her location, particularly if you've had ongoing contact with her after she ran away.

She served time in jail. It's unlikely that it's just a 'simple' DUI. Don't get involved.


Title: If a website has a copywrite from 1998 to 2015, and it is now 2016, is it free domain? United States

Question:
http://physics.info/drag/
It's at the bottom of the page.

Answer: no, they just haven't updated their page.Answer #2: No.


Title: Hotel not honoring written policy

Question:
Short version: Hotel did not follow policy, refused extension, manager knew of situation then lied to us, and forced family back into moldy home and involved police unnecessarily.

Staten of Georgia. Myself, pregnant wife, 2 young children 4 (f) 1 (m), were residing in a large hotel due to our rental home having a mold infestation. We had been there for a week and every 3 days were extending our stay for 3 more days due to uncertainty of when we could return home, and because of early reservation leave fees. A Manager who was well informed of our situation had moved us to another room (we are paying for the most expensive rooms they offer) so we would not have to worry about overbooking for the labor day weekend. Well the morning of 9/1 while at work, I call to extend our stay another few days after getting an update from inspector. The hotel says our room has been booked already and they have no more rooms. I work in industrial construction 7 days 12 hours at the moment and the site I'm on takes hours to leave outside of normal times. I informed the hotel that my wife is having major blood pressure complications with pregnancy and is incapable of packing and hauling all of our stuff to the car with the children safely. I also informed them that it would take me hours to make it back and was informing my bosses that I need to leave. With zero further contact to myself or my wife and one hour before I made it to the hotel, the manager mentioned earlier had called the police to escort my wife and children from the property. Their policy is to reaccomodate incoming guest reservations elsewhere if existing guests decide to extend reservation before check out time. We were forced to return to moldy home as no other hotels on such short notice could accommodate my large family. We did not refuse to leave, we had plenty of means to pay. What recourse do we have?

Answer:
 Policy is not law.  They did not owe you a room anymore after your reservation ended.

The only way that might change is if you had a signed agreement allowing you to extend your stay indefinitely and a direct promise to re-accommodate you if they couldn't.  You likely don't have that.


Title: Made a dumb decision and posted a friends number on craigslist.

Question: I've since deleted the post but can the cops track it somehow and find out I posted it? I didn't put anything bad in the post just that I was selling a car. (AZ)

Answer: More than likely the cops are not going to send the cyber crimes division to investigate a number in a craigslist post.


Title: Gym bought out and sold our contracts

Question:
So we signed a 12 month contract with a local gym about a month and a half ago. We were informed yesterday that the gym is closing today and our contracts have been sold to a much worse gym. According to corporate, we have no way out of our contracts.

The new gym is half the size, has no child care (the only reason we went with our current gym), has no group classes and is overall much worse quality. I have talked to 2 people from corporate and one manager. They are useless. According to our contract, "IF THE HEALTH SPA GOES OUT OF BUSINESS AND DOES NOT PROVIDE FACILITIES WITHIN 5 MILES OF
THE FACILITY IN WHICH YOU ARE ENROLLED, OR IF THE HEALTH SPA MOVES MORE THAN 5 MILES FROM
THE LOCATION IN WHICH YOU ARE ENROLLED, OR IF YOUR MEMBERSHIP IS TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER
GOLD’S OR COMPETING CLUB MORE THAN FIVE MILES FROM THE LOCATION IN WHICH YOU ARE ENROLLED,
OR IF THE HEALTH CLUB IS SOLD AND THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL ALTERATION OF THE QUALITY OF HEALTH
CLUB SERVICES, FACILITIES, OR NATURE OF YOUR BENEFITS SO AS THEY NO LONGER CONFORM WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF YOUR MEMBERSHIP AGREEMENT"

To me that says I should have a clear way out of the contract as the new facility has "a substantial alteration" in terms of size, no child care and overall worse quality. But they seem to not think so.

Another point to bring up is for my girlfriend and I, we are currently paying $62 a month in membership fees, the new gym has 2 membership options, one would be $40 a month for both of us, the other would be $20 a month for both of us, but they are making us honor the contract we signed at $62 a month. We will be out nearly $600 to pay off the remaining of our contract.

What are our options here?

Location: colorado, usa

Answer:
 I would stop all payments to them including changing account numbers if they autocharge.

Write a formal letter with confirmation signature required stating they are in breach of contract and it is now void.

They will probably still illegally turn you over to a collection agency, so you will have to dispute an negative hit on your credit report.  Answer #2: >IF THE HEALTH CLUB IS SOLD AND THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL ALTERATION OF THE QUALITY OF HEALTH CLUB SERVICES, FACILITIES, OR NATURE OF YOUR BENEFITS SO AS THEY NO LONGER CONFORM WITH THE PROVISIONS OF YOUR MEMBERSHIP AGREEMENT

You can send them a certified letter saying that you are dissatisfied with the attempted accommodation and tell them to stop charging you. You can also tell your bank to stop payment on the gym and if they keep charging you or take you to collections, take them to small claims court.

EDIT: Punctuation. Answer #3: Given that they have materially changed the terms of the contract and are not providing reasonably equivalent facilities I think you have a strong argument they are breached the contract first. Given the amount of money still outstanding on the contract it might be worth it to get half an hour of an attorney's time to write a letter.


Title: Employer wants to lower my salary due to slow season. I'm not ok with this!

Question:
I am an Executive Chef for a restaurant in a touristy town in [MN]. Winter is slower for obvious reasons (snow and cold).

 I was hired at a salaried rate working about 50 hours per week in the summer. I'm still working that amount of hours but labor costs have risen due to lack of business.  I've already layed off two cooks and reduced hours of everyone else in the kitchen.

I can't afford a pay cut. I can't afford to lose this job either.  No contracts were signed when I was hired and I know my employment is "at will" here in MN.

What do I do?

*edit: found an email chain that shows accepting the job and annual salary.

Answer:
 They can cut your pay for the same reason you can (and had to) reduce staffing levels of other kitchen staff, as long as those cuts are not retroactive.Answer #2: You can go work somewhere else. Answer #3: How would you resolve it if you were your employer?Answer #4: Failing a contract stating otherwise, your employer is free to change your wage, so long as you're making at least minimum wage, and the change is not retroactive (meaning it can be effective the minute your boss tells you you're getting a pay cut, but they can't apply it to any hours already worked).

You are, of course, free to seek employment elsewhere, if you don't feel that you're receiving a fair wage. But frankly, winter wage and/or hour cuts are common in industries heavily dependant on people wanting to go out and have a good time.


Title: I'm scared, but I can't stay quiet any longer.

Question:
I don't really want to do this, but I need help. I'll try and keep it as short as possible.

I grew up with religious parents (Jehovah's Witnesses) but it's more like a cult. My mother had many children and was sexist. She didn't take care of us properly. She loved her sons more than she loved her daughters (if you can call it love) my father just stood quiet, did as she said, and hit us a lot. I actually have been diagnosed with PTSD because of such a traumatic childhood. Anyway, I wasn't allowed any friends outside of the religion/cult and my mum chose friends for me who were Jehovah's Witnesses who were also horrible to me. My older brother is autistic, so he would have anything he wanted. My mum was actually okay with him talking to women online because she said "He doesn't know any better." I'm going to call him "D"

I was so desperate for friends and it actually hurts to put this into words as no child should go through this. Anyway, late at night when everyone else went to sleep, I would use D's laptop to make friends online. I hated being dishonest to my parents, but I needed this more than anything at the time.

D never had any sexual partners (not that I know of) so after a few months of using his laptop, he would expect sexual favours from me for letting me use his laptop. I was just 14 when this started. I was scared he would tell my parents, so I did what I had to do to keep up this secret life I had online. It happened for many months, I don't know how long exactly.

One day, I stole my younger brothers phone (let's call him "J') and used that to contact people online instead. The sexual abuse wasn't so often and eventually stopped.

When I was 18, I told my friends about it because I didn't know who else to turn to. I eventually told my mum when I was 18 or 19. When I told her, she said "Ohh... I had a feeling that something was going on." It broke my heart that she knew it was happening. Not only that, but two of my sisters suffered other sexual abuse from my other older brothers and my mum knew and stayed quiet.

Now I'm 24 and I still have nightmares. I found my neice recently for the first time and found that she had also suffered abuse from one of my brothers who abused my sisters.

I cannot let this happen to anyone else. I can't live with myself even though it hurts to talk about it. I want to go to the police, but I have always been let down by not enough evidence.

Any advise would help me. I'm at the brink of self destruction and need some advice. Please help me.

Answer:
 Go to the police and report this abusive mess.  Evidence or no they will investigate.Answer #2: The police will still investigate, even without hard evidence. Your testimony is enough, and even better if you can get your sisters and niece to add their stories.

I'm also a former JW, and honestly this type of thing happens way too often in the Org. You're always welcome over at /r/exjw if you ever need more advice or even just need to ventAnswer #3: There are rape crisis centers (definitely in the US and probably other countries too) that can help you. They can help you understand your options and direct you to the right resources.

Idk if it helps but you have at least one internet stranger cheering you on!


Title: (California) Specifying no families when renting out the second bedroom of a two-bedroom that I am, myself, renting -- legal?

Question:
So I'm unclear on whether I can reject applicants to co-rent an apartment that I already am in.

It's a two-bedroom, currently I live in one bedroom and the other is unused, even as storage. Had plans to rent out, never got around to it, etc.

So I posted my ad up a few days ago without specifying any conditions, because I figured -- gender, race, sexuality, religion, etc., whatever, I legitimately don't care.

But then I had a couple ask. And then a single mother with her child in tow ask.

So neither of them followed up (good, I think?), but I noticed that Craigslist (where I had the ad) yells

>Stating a discriminatory preference in a housing post is illegal, and prohibited on craigslist.

So what it boils down to, is, can I as a person who already entered the agreement with the landlord, in turn refuse to house people of X or Y situation? I mean, I have an 800 sqft place, and also really frankly don't like children. Am I wrong, legally speaking?

Answer: As a person seeking a roommate, specifying that you're looking for one other person to rent to is not illegal discrimination.  If you don't want to say it that clearly in an ad, you can use language like "perfect for a grad student or young professional."


Title: Paying down payment in an apartment I have already paid the down payment on.

Question: This isn’t for me but I have a friend who has been living in her apartment for two years and her landlord wants to renovate the apartment. She was asked to move into one of the other apartments that have already been renovated, but told she has to put down another down payment. Is this legal considering they already have a down payment for the same amount at the same apartment complex?

Answer:
 Unless they didn't pay enough or something, I'm not sure why they would need another.

You're most likely missing an important detail.


Title: [US-NJ] What is the legality of purchasing a virtual asset and using it as a wager when there is no house edge?

Question:
My partner and I are in the very initial stages of building a cryptocurrency-based wager game. We both live in NJ and the company will operate here.

The game is this --- We have built a large physical prize wheel. Once a week, players will be able to buy 1 virtual key to participate, with a hard cap of 500 keys (per week). The game has specific rules and various rounds, but the premise is that every week someone will be taking home 99.5% of the money wagered. The game will be live streamed online. It is totally a game of chance with no skill involved, but there is no house wager or house edge.

1) If our players buy a virtual asset first and then use that to place a bet is there any legal issue? For example, it costs 0.005 Ethereum to buy a key, and then one key = ability to be a part of the wheel game that week. They are technically wagering the virtual asset that they purchased, not the Ethereum.

2) If there is no house edge whatsoever, is it illegal to take a % (let's say 0.5%) as a service fee? If so, what is the legality without the fee?

Thank you in advance.
Topic:
Computer and Internet

Answer:
 >  They are technically wagering the virtual asset that they purchased, not the Ethereum.

This same logic is why pinball and other games got briefly outlawed in many locations.

There's no "one weird trick" to set up online gambling that makes it not gambling.


Title: Work forcing me to work on day off

Question: My job is forcing me to work on my day off tmmrw. I am full time . Can they force me to work in my day off and if so are they supposed to give me a different day off from the week ? I will be way over my 40 hrs this week anyway too since I did a whole bunch of OT the past couple days

Answer:
 As long as they pay you they can tell you to come in. You can refuse. They can fire youAnswer #2: They aren't forcing you.

Assuming USA, slavery was abolished.

You are free not to work.Answer #3: Barring a contract stating overwise, they can ask you to work, you can refuse to work, and they can fire you for it.  If you're non-exempt they'll have to pay you overtime for any hours over 40.


Title: Wife slipped on ice and broke her ankle in my mothers driveway, mothers homeowners insurance keeps changing their story and trying to deny the claim. [Pittsburgh, PA]

Question:
Bit of a long story but Ill try to keep it short and sweet.

My mother owns a duplex. She lives in the one side, and rents the other side to tenants. My wife and I currently rent the tenant side from her and live there.

A week or so before Christmas, it snowed, which then froze over and coated everything in ice. My wife slipped on the ice and broke her ankle in the driveway. We do not have insurance, so we decided to file a claim with my mothers homeowners insurance. (She is fully on board with this.)

First, her insurance said they couldnt find the rental property on the policy at all. I pointed out that it is all one property. Our address is 205 and hers is 207, but its all one building on one piece of land, so it would be impossible to insure one side and not the other.

Next, her insurance said they couldnt approve the claim because we cant prove fault. They said that, because it wasnt all that long after the snow that my wife slipped, we cant prove that my mother was at fault for not having shoveled/salted the driveway. We pointed out that my mother was voluntarily *admitting* fault.

At that point they said there was some kind of one-time no-fault voluntary thing they could do, but it had a limit of $5000 max. We were considering this but my concern is that the total cost may end up being more than $5000. The initial ER visit was over 2 grand, and shes had 3 follow up visits so that we havent gotten the bill for yet, and she will likely need physical therapy once the bone heals.

Now, the latest thing that the insurance has said is that no family members are allowed to make a claim on the policy. We pointed out that we are legally tenants, and so the fact that we are related shouldnt matter. She is our landlord, and we rent our home from her, so the fact that shes related to us is irrelevant. We pay rent just like any other tenant, and can file a claim like any other tenant. They say they are turning the case over to some "expert" who is going to supposedly look up case law and such, because they think that we cant file a claim because we're related, even though the fact that we're legally her tenants should obviously trump the fact that we're related. This expert has supposedly been out of the office all week and will be back in this coming week.

Can anyone advise me on how best to get this claim processed and approved? Based on how things have gone so far we know that this "expert" is just going to be trying to find BS reasons to deny the claim, so Id like to know whats what before we hear from them. Ideally, if anyone could point me to the relevant law or regulation that shows we can in fact make a claim despite being related, that would be greatly appreciated.

Answer:
 Read her policy. It is very possible that you and your wife are considered to be “insureds” under your mother’s policy by the “resident relative” definition. Insureds on the policy can not file liability claims. The fact you are related is extremely relevant.

5k is for medical payment claims regardless of fault. (Also, just because your mother says she’s fault does not necessarily mean she is legally liable). Insurance only pays out for legal liability (granted your wife isn’t considered an insured under the policy). You should take advantage of this if they offer it to your wife, it’s basically a “free” 5k towards medical bills. I would jump on that ASAP if they are still offering it.


Title: As a child of someone who received US citizenship through naturalization, if the parents who got the citizenship decide to renounce the US citizenship, am I, the child, going to lose it as well?

Question: Pretty straightforward, Father wants to renounce US citizenship, if he were to do so, would I lose it too since I got it through his naturalization process? I'm 25, live in Iowa and have been a US citizen for around 10 years, if that matters.

Answer:
 No. You are a grown ass adult. Your citizenship isn't going away just because some other grown ass adult renounces his and he happens to be related to you.

EDIT: [And he couldn't even do it if you were a minor dependent on him](https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal-considerations/us-citizenship-laws-policies/renunciation-of-citizenship.html)


Title: Obtaining U.S. citizenship whilst living in U.S. for entire life.

Question: Not me but a friend.  So this guy was born in Mexico but his parents illegally immigrated to the USA.  He's 20 years old and has been studying mathematics over in California.  I want to know how someone in his position can become a real citizen.  Can he do it?  What steps should he take to achieve this?

Answer:
 > So this guy was born in Mexico

So not "his whole life."

What you are describing is a situation for which the DREAM act was drafted (but not passed) and what the previous administration created as [DACA](https://www.uscis.gov/archive/consideration-deferred-action-childhood-arrivals-daca).


Title: [x-post from /r/professors] My university says I have to post my syllabi online. Do I have any right to keep my intellectual property from public consumption? Is it even my property?

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 > I'm a little worried about the risks of putting my intellectual property online for free download

You likely don't have intellectual property rights over data created on work time for your employer at your employer's direction.

Even if you do, what about your syllabus makes you think it has any real value?


Title: HOA & Landlord doubling down on requesting service dog "license" (3"x5" laminated card) after being directed to the ADA regulations. [CO]

Question:
Preface: I live in a HOA controlled community in a townhome that is being leased out to myself through a management company (landlord) by the owners. I have a service animal which was obtained through Service Dog Determination for myoclonic seizures 3 years ago. The dog was obtained locally and trained locally through a rather expensive organization, which I do have documentation of and have presented to the landlord and HOA.

The dog is a seizure alert dog, not seizure sensing dog - my condition does not result in me going unconscious, but a little over 3 years ago I had a spasm in my leg and fell and was unconscious for a day until a friend became worried and called the EMT's. No medical issues were present other than a mild concussion, and I was discharged from the hospital the next day after having my sleep monitored for a night.

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A few days ago I had an issue with my service dog, or rather a complaint coming from a neighbor about two dogs fighting in my basement. My basement has 5 adjacent apartments due to the units offsets, as do all other units with the exception of end units with 3-4 adjacent units. I only have one service animal, and I can count the times he barks per month on one hand - this is only when his vest is off and playing in a dog park, or rarely in the car going to walk or perform non-service dog duties since I don't expect him to be a working dog 24/7.

Today I received a complaint again, that it was two or three dogs that were barking and whining. At the advice of the previous post here I made a few recordings of a dog(s) barking lightly in the basement with my dog sitting beside me not making any sounds - as well as loud sexual intercourse from adjacent neighbors, loud music, loud movies, fighting, etc - anything after 9PM that I can hear over moderate volume videos/TV I start my camera and record. This has been deemed "acceptable" in terms of noise by the HOA.

I was told I have the only dogs in the entire community, but I've seen at least 5 different dogs with different owners walking around and going into units, so I know there are more than just mine here. While I cannot say for sure, these were not a typical service dog (I know any dog can be) but rather a large fluffy white chow, two small lapdogs, and two unknown breeds. I'm making the assumption they are not service dogs due to them barking at passerbyers and passing vehicles, pulling hard on leashes, and other behavior that a trained dog generally does not exhibit - but again I'm just making assumptions and not making any reports or complaints, and presenting it only to show my dog is not the only one in the community.

I only have 1 dog, the service animal, an no other pets. If I'm out of the house, so is he so this would have to occur when both myself and my dog is at home. Being a light sleeper I would undoubtedly have woken up if my dog was actually making these noises.

The landlord requested the medical information regarding the service dog, which I did send over through email (determination paperwork with my medical information attached along with state/county license and rabies tag, as well as vet records). The HOA was not satisfied and requested I send in a photo of the service dog license along with his license number (not county/state licensing).

The "license" requested is specifically a wallet/ID size laminated card measuring roughly 3" by 5". I posted a thread in this subreddit and received great information, sent an email directing the HOA to the ADA website FAQ, but received no response until this morning. They are again requesting the same information and did not clarify anything else regarding the license they are asking for.

They have stated my medical paperwork is not a suitable document that they accept, it must be a current license and I must have the service animal PRIOR (capitalized in the form) to moving in - not a problem or at least shouldn't be since I've had him for 3 years.

Since this information was requested and sent over in part AFTER I moved in they are claiming it does not count as a valid license, however I never sent a form over, just questions about what the license is supposed to be or come from. The secretary called and told me the website used was the "official service dog registry" located at USSERVICEDOGREGISTRY.COM, which on the homepage states the products sold are for ID only and do not make any animal a service dog - however this is not mentioned on the form itself but seems to be what it is based on as well.

Eviction is not an option for me at the time due to my financial situation, and the landlord is stating I do need to send the HOA the appropriate documents otherwise it can break my lease although they have declined to point out a clause that any of this is violating, nor can I find anything regarding a service dog "license" in the lease.

Here is the form with personal/company information removed - http://imgur.com/a/xqk1Y

I do have a county license, but this is a 1" by 1" metal diamond on his tag. The rabies information sent over was a hexagonal 1" metal tag. Neither of these were deemed acceptable. Neither was the medical determination paperwork.

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Sidenote: I have a suspicion this is caused by a single neighbor that previously complained in length multiple times about a vehicle he assumed was mine being parked in his assigned space (one space per household). He parked in a fire lane as a result despite us having plenty of unassigned spaces nearly always available (although often across the complex) and was towed, as was the offending vehicle. However the vehicle that was the basis of the complaint was not the color, make, model, or year of my vehicle, and while I offered to show him my vehicle he refused (it's a 15 foot walk, or since he is the end unit he could look out the window that faces out units parking spaces). My vehicle has never been towed since I have owned it.

From this day out, he generally comes outside whenever I leave as his offset townhome allows for a clear view of my front door, to the point of watching my dog go to the bathroom in the AM hours while peaking over his fence. I understand none of this is illegal, just odd in my opinion. I've also received photocopies of photos of the communities Anti-Dog policy and fine breakdown taped to my door, which neither the HOA nor landlord stated they put there. I have no proof the neighbor is the one that put it there, but this only started after he got upset about the parking issue.

I've tried my best to accommodate his requests, such as the dog ALWAYS wear his vest when going to use the bathroom although I was told by the trainers never to do this since he should never "empty" when working, and I am afraid this may start to confuse him but nonetheless continued to do so since the neighbor requested.

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EDIT: Few new things, actually only 1 new and a personal though.
First, for some reason the landlords are sending me emails regarding the house that should be sent to the owner, I've got quite a few emails over the last day regarding the owners new home search (it seems they are using the landlord to buy a new house, I guess they are both renters and Realtors). This isn't offensive or bad, just odd that I'm getting their emails now.

Second, if this does go to court for eviction for the dogs barking (even though I only have one), I'll have my service dog right next to me during court. I assume that him sitting there not making a sound will somewhat enforce that the dog is well behaved, trained, and functioning as a working service animal.

Answer:
 >I've tried my best to accommodate his requests, such as the dog ALWAYS wear his vest when going to use the bathroom although I was told by the trainers never to do this since he should never "empty" when working, and I am afraid this may start to confuse him but nonetheless continued to do so since the neighbor requested.

Not legal advice, but you should follow the advice of the trainers when it comes to this. If the HOA disagrees, politely tell them to go fuck themselves.


Title: Bought a car about a month ago with a clean title....Someone came today to repossess it.

Question:
So about a month ago I bought a car from a local guy. I don't know him well but seemed nice, picked up the car from his house, title was clean.

I went to register the car and there were no problems at all. Car is in my name and no liens.

Today at 3 am I woke up to people putting on a tow truck to repossess it. They had no paper work that they were willing to show me because according to them I was not the owner. So I don't let them leave and call the cops. Cops side with me that my title is good and they needed to leave without the car. Cops told the company that they needed to go through the courts to get payment. Cops told them they would be charged with theft if they came back.

What the tow guys were asserting was: they took out a title loan then sold me the car.

My question is am I in there clear? Is there anyway I would be liable for this title loan?

TL; DR: Someone may have sold me a car with a title loan on it and now they are trying repossess it. (Title says it is clean)

Edit: I am in South Texas, about 20 min from Mexico.

Answer:
 What we're all missing here is that OP successfully made a tow truck driver unhook his car from his truck, I'm pretty sure that's an achievement worth at least 50 gamerscore.Answer #2: To echo what u/landman411 said, and to put my response to another user in a place where OP is more likely to see it...

If the title loan wasn't recorded before OP recorded his purchase then the guys with the loan are likely out of luck as far as car ownership because in Texas you have to record your lien to give notice to a subsequent bona fide purchaser. If OP recorded his ownership before the creditor filed the title lien and took possession without notice of the lien then the lien holder is likely SOL.

OP get thee to a real Texas lawyer because their statutes are frigging confusing but [this](http://nadoa.wildapricot.org/Resources/Documents/2015%20Institute/Texas%20Title%20Examination%20Standards%20-%20Sibley.pdf) supports my reading of the [statute](http://static.legalsolutions.thomsonreuters.com/static/pdf/Texas/TXTitleExamStandards.pdf) which would mean that the lien holder fucked up by not recording their interest and consequently loses out to an innocent later purchaser.Answer #3: I am not a lawyer, but a contract is only enforceable on a third party if they have been given constructive notice, ie it has been recorded in the public record of the Clerk of Court's Office.

In no way should you be liable if the contract for purchase of the car was before the date of any filing of contract for title loan.

Note: 3 pertinent dates - execution, effective, and filing. Filing is where notice is given. Answer #4: The company that issued the title loan fucked up. Usually they take the title and issue a lien. Their fuckup not yours.


Title: Failure to maintain litter free property

Question:
Morgantown, WV

Me and my roommates were drinking last night by our fire pit outside our house. We left around 20 beer cans on the ground plus some empty red solo cups planning on picking them up the next day as it was very late. This is in our own yard so we obviously were not worried about it. This morning I wake up to a knock on the door. It is 3 police officers they start asking me questions about myself and then start saying how our yard has trash in it and we are violating city code. They tell me to go get my roommates and some trash bags. Each officer then wrote me and my roommates our own citations all with different court dates. So there was 3 officers each officer wrote one citation total for a different roommate.

Me and my roommates were talking and we believed they did this so we would have to pay the maximum amount in fines. Also so we would have a harder time fighting it as we all have different court dates. We personally thought we should only have been given one citation total as it is all for one yard. What is the best way to handle this situation?

One potential idea we came up with was to have one roommate plead guilty and the rest plead not guilty so this way we only will have one fine and then just split it. Instead of 3 separate fines for each citation.

Answer:
 >We personally thought we should only have been given one citation total

Why? You each broke the law. Your yard wasn't there one getting cited.

>rest plead not guilty so this way we only will have one fine

But what is your defense? It was everyone's property and everyone's mess


Title: Last summer my wife had a spinal fusion surgery and the hardware broke almost immediately.  After her second surgery we received the old hardware. Do we have any legal recourse here?

Question:
Last june my wife went in for surgery to have a spinal fusion performed.  She was in pain constantly, even after the surgery, and was in more pain than what she was in beforehand.  The doctors didn't believe her, thought she was just trying to get more painkillers until she eventually convinced them to do MRI's and X-Rays and lo and behold, the screws were broken.

This summer she had to pay for a second surgery, go through all the pain again and her insurance dropped her, saying it was a preexisting condition, even though they had approved it.  She lost her temporary disability insurance as a result.

She has a meeting with her employer on Wednesday where they are more than likely going to terminate her for going over the time of her medical leave.  We're sunk.  I just lost my job.  We're going to be homeless soon.  I don't know where to turn or what to do.  Or if there is anything that can be done with this.  We live in Iowa.  I have included a picture of the hardware used.

http://imgur.com/a/hj8lK

Answer: Immediately do a free consultation with a personal injury/medical malpractice attorney.


Title: My friend is fucking me over!

Question: I let my friend drive my car for a few weeks to look for a job. She was paying me for it weekly. She totaled it a couple weeks into the agreement. She says she can’t get a loan to pay me for the car because she has bad credit. I told her to pay me $180 a month until she figures something out. She’s paid late every time. She only pays when I bother her for days about it. She still hasn’t paid me for this month. I’m tired of this what should I do?

Answer:
 It's YOUR responsibility to carry insurance on YOUR vehicle AND to make sure only licensed drivers drive it (people who your policy will cover).  This is a hard lesson to learn.  It sounds like your "friend" is very irresponsible and you'll probably end up eating this.  Hopefully I'm wrong and she'll make it right.  Good luck!Answer #2: Do you not have insurance or was it that she wasn't licensed?Answer #3: I know it sounds like we’re hounding you on the insurance, but the ownership of the car is important to knowing your recourse and the statements you’ve made raise big questions about ownership.

I’m really confused about the insurance here— You owned this car before lending it to your friend, but it was not insured? Was it registered in your name? How did you register it without insurance? Were you driving it unregistered and uninsured before lending it to your friend? Whose name is on the title?

Edit: Also am I correct in guessing nobody had a lien on your car, it had already been paid for in full before the wreck?Answer #4: Don't you have insurance?


Title: Hey guys I have a quick question regarding sexual abuse.

Question:
I live in [WA] but the crime occured in [ID]. From around 2001 to 2004 or 2005 I was regularly sexually abused. It was by a camp counselor. I talked to him about how my parents had just divorced and my dad had left and was absent. He offered to stand in as a father figure, blah blah blah. He sexually abused me. I can go into details if anyone feels it's relevant or helpful.

I'm not interested in taking him to court. I'm am wondering if there is an agency or government institution that I can report it to. I am concerned that he still works with children. I have his new name and Facebook handle. Any tips? Should I just forget about it entirely? Im fairly comfortable with myself and have undergone lots of talk and behavioral therapy. It isn't anything irrational. It just occurred to me that I may be able to report it to a government institution that helps prevent that shit.

Also what are the statue of limitations for sexual assault? I am curious about that. Thanks in advance.

Edit: I say sexual assault because that's what I immediately think about. If I'm using the wrong terminology forgive me.

Edit: sorry I was drunk upon writing the OP. I know that I wouldn't be the one taking him to court and that it would be up to the prosecutors and such. I guess I meant is there any way to give an anonymous tip? I'm considering contacting the authorities but I'm worried it would really uproot my life and make it difficult. About to start a new year at university and this happened another state over.

Answer: The agency or government institution to report them to is the police. If reported, they will investigate and the prosecutor will decide whether or not to bring charges.


Title: If the court can make deals with criminals why should the victims even allow the court to uphold justice for them?

Question: Please explain to me about this. Location: USA.

Answer: To add to /u/georgetakeibung, the prosecution is acting in the best interest of the public, not necessarily the individual victim of a crime. It may be in the best interest of the public for a deal to be made for a number of reasons.


Title: [WI] Hidden damage, Dealer wants me to sign buyer's guide after the fact.

Question:
So last Tuesday I went into a dealership to buy a car. The car looked good on the surface and only had 7,000 miles. I was told "it's basically a new car" and that the owner traded it in because he wanted something that looked different. They did say that he had "hit a raccoon" but it didn't cause damage, there weren't any scratches or cracks so I took it as true. So I sign all the paperwork and take the car home. (it was financed if that changes anything). When I get home I notice that one of the headlights is missing aligned to the body. I open the hood and one of the plastic mounts on the headlight is cracked. And the other headlight has a crack in its mount. I take the car into the dealership the next day and they say its going to cost $1300 to replace one headlight as it can't be fixed. They're HID and come as a single assembly. The day after that I get a call from the dealership saying I need to sign a buyer's guide. I went through my documents and it looks like I never received it. I talked to the used car manager who said "the car was sold as is, this is your problem"(not verbatim.)

So, should I sign this buyer's guide? Am I really SOL on the headlight?

Answer: What incentive do you have to sign the buyer's guide?


Title: [IL] Can a cosigner take my car away?

Question:
Long story short my ex is pissed and she cosigned a car for me.

I've made every payment on time, and I'm actually a month ahead of schedule. Does she have the right to walk up to my house and take my car or is she just being threatening?

Answer: Being a co-signer means that her name is on the loan but doesn't mean anything when it comes to ownership of the car. You will need to look at the title to see if her name is on that also. If it is only your name then you are fine, she cannot legally do anything to/with your car.


Title: [Bestof] Someone stole my weed, but forgot his phone at my house. How can I legally make him give me my weed back?

Answer: The guy says it's medical marijuana and he legally possessed it. You seem to have conviniently left that bit out of your post.


Title: Is there any legal action I can take to sue my water company who is poisoning my family and may be the reason why my mom is dying?

Question:
Throw away for personal reasons. [You can read the full story here](http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/16/09/19/high-levels-of-erin-brokovich-chemical-in-many-nj-water-systems-study-says/)

Its like Flint round 2 out here. Basically they recently found that a lot NJ's drinking water systems are tainted with a toxic chemical called Chromium 6. Its proven to cause cancer even at low levels. It even isn't safe to bathe in it.

I read a list of all the towns effected in NJ and coincidentally enough, there was my little ass town right in the middle. The company is called NJ American Water Company. Those fucking assholes.

My family has always purchased water bottles so we never drink the water but we still bathe and wash our dishes in it. Now, I must tell you that there is a more serious situation going on here. My mom has been diagnosed with stomach cancer. Which is coincidentally one of the actual effects of Chromium 6 stated in the article. It sucks really bad but there's nothing we can do. She doesn't have any life insurance.

So is there any legal action we take to lawyer up and sue the bastards. Can they prove this in court that there's a link between the water and her disease? If anyone here could help me out and whether I should look into it or not, I would **GREATLY** appreciate it. Thanks.

Answer:
 You need to speak to a lawyer, not an internet site. Almost any lawyer who specializes in this will absolutely give you a consultation. This is way, way outside of the scope of this sub.Answer #2: Initial consultations are generally cheap, if not completely free. Set some up, you have nothing to lose.

That said, this seems like it may make the case harder:
> While many New Jersey utilities exceeded California’s recommended health limit, none topped California’s legal limit of 10 ppb, the data show.

Especially since the limits that would actually apply to NJ are even higher. But listen to the lawyer.


Title: [NJ] Individuals posting pictures of my friend's cuts on Instagram - What can I do, and is it appropriate to call the police?

Question: Alright, so, I have a friend who I only know online (she lives in New Jersey and I live in California), and she had a habit of harming herself, and she'd send pictures of her cuts to close friends. Thankfully, as far as I know, she's ceased that habit for the most part and is doing much better. Unfortunately, yesterday, an Instagram account by the name of 'elliotcolton' popped up that was posting pictures of my friend's cuts. The account went private, or was taken down, but earlier today another account appeared that did practically the same thing. As of now, it's currently down, but I only fear that another will be created and such. What can I do about it? I don't believe that I'll be able to convince my friend to call the authorities, unfortunately, should I? Thank you for reading, and thank you in advance for your help.

Answer: There's no authorities to call for something like this. Posting pics of someone's cuts is not a crime. Your friend, assuming she took the photos herself, can [file a DMCA takedown notice.](https://theartistsjd.com/dmca-takedown-notice/)


Title: Utah, US - Maternity leave and employment status

Question:
I'm the sole earner in my household. Because of circumstances, I scrambled to find new employment while still in my first trimester. I was hired on at a small tech company in a management/sales role. My pay is salary and commissions based. I have company benefits.

I disclosed my pregnancy after 30 days. Our employee handbook indicates no paid family medical leave (small employer, no requirements) but does not address maternity leave. Despite our many in-person meetings to prepare for my leave, my boss has still not confirmed what their maternity leave policy is or specifically how they will treat my leave in terms of pay.

I know that the past CEO was pregnant in the last three years and I suspect she was offered paid maternity leave. In my last meeting with my boss and then separately with my HR rep, I proposed I would take two weeks off post-partum and for a three-month period work remotely and reduced hours, gradually increasing hours (as able) until returning after three months.

My boss proposed that during that time I be paid/made an hourly employee. He did not offer a rate. He could not say how this would affect my benefits. He directed me to speak to HR to "work out the details."

I asked HR how/if this would affect my actual employment status (changed from salary to hourly), and whether that wouldn't affect my benefits, specifically my employer-made contributions to health-care and coverage in any way. HR went into, "First off, your employment status is that of an at-will employee. Would we have a hard time firing you while pregnant? Yes, but we can." HR then proceeded to resolve no details and said they would get back together with my boss to decide what they want to do. It's been weeks and I'm fast approaching delivery. In addition to no resolution, I've been tasked to train an employee from another department on part of my duties. (An aside, this training is greatly interfering with my ability to perform work that results in my commissions.)

My understanding is that hourly status will mean I no longer receive employer-paid contributions.

It is very difficult to find legal assistance in Utah on employment matters (even check this forum's linked resources), if impossible. I'd like to understand: If the past CEO was paid maternity leave, does this confirm a policy and mean that I too should receive paid maternity leave? (And is there an appropriate way to compel my employer to confirm whether she was given paid maternity leave?) Is there a way to temporarily structure my payment as hourly without changing my status as salary, and enforceably return my pay to its current structure post my three-month recovery/work period?

TL/DR: last paragraph, approximately.

Edit: Some words.
Another edit: Irrelevant info.
Topic:
Employment Law

Answer:
 >if the past CEO was paid maternity leave, does this confirm a policy and mean that I too should receive paid maternity leave?

Heck no.

>And is there a way to temporarily structure my payment as hourly without changing my status as salary, and enforceably return my pay to it's current structure post my three-month recovery/work period?

Your employer can do that if they want to, but your short time working there plus the small company size likely means that you aren't entitled to any kind of protected leave. Answer #2: You have multiple issues going on. Since you haven't worked there a year you don't qualify for FMLA protected leave so you can be fired for missing work.  If they allow you to work a reduced schedule then it would be correct to change you to an hourly employee.


Title: Motor vehicle Death while at work

Question:
Hello,

About three weeks ago, my brother was killed while working. He was doing a work related errand, where he was sent to drive about one hour away to deliver keys. It was around 4:30 A.M., and very icy out. About thirty minutes into his trip, the vehicle in front of him hit a patch of ice. While trying to avoid hitting the person in front of him, my brother hit the guardrail. After that, his vehicle bounced back into the lane of traffic, where he was ultimately hit by a tandem tractor trailer (one of the largest shipment company in the world), and died immediately. Workman's comp paid out $10,000 for the funeral. We are meeting with several law firms on Wednesday so we can retain a lawyer. The vehicle was towed to a tow-yard, and was covered and preserved as evidence. In the meantime, who is responsible for any tow and storage fees? His car insurance won't cover it because he was at work, and the shipment company has not been very responsive. This was in New Hampshire. Thank You.

Answer:
 I am so very sorry for your loss. This must be awful.

It's going to be a battle between his insurance company (and I understand that he might nor be covered as this was a work related incident) and the tractor trailer insurers, and possibly his own employers (if he was required to perform this task as part of his job). And there's the person who he (I'm assuming) swerved to avoid. If the person he swerved to avoid was the proximate cause of the accident it would be their responsibility, but that's a pretty hard thing to make stick. I'd be looking at his employer frankly (because if he hadn't been working and his insurance covered him, I would say: his insurance). It doesn't sound as the the tractor trailer could have avoided the accident so I don't think it would be their responsibility.


Title: [CO] Apartment complex charging all dog owners for pet waste

Question:
My property manager has been having a serious problem with certain dog owners in my apartment complex. Apparently, some ~~asshole~~ of the tenants refuse to clean up their pets' waste. Obviously, this is disgusting and unacceptable, and the landlords have sent multiple letters to that effect. They also installed pet waste bags and trash bins near where the 'problem areas' are. It seems as though all of this has gone unheeded.

The landlord has, on multiple occasions, hired a poop cleaning service to come out and clean up the waste that was left behind. In past letters, they have demanded that if the issue isn't addressed, all dog-owning tenants will have to split the charge for waste removal. Today we received a letter informing us that the issue still hasn't been addressed and that all dog-owning tenants will now be charged that fee.

My simple question: is this allowed? By my observation, the landlords have made no effort to determine which ~~asshole~~ tenant is the poop-leaver, they're just going to charge everyone and continue to charge everyone until the issue is resolved. I'm worried that the ~~asshole~~ tenant leaving pet waste behind might be OK with the occasional charge and continue to be an ~~asshole~~ irresponsible tenant, thus causing all other tenants to get charged for their laziness. If this is legal, is there anything at all I can do moving forward to prevent future charges?

Our lease states:

>Tenant agrees to...

>Remove and dispose of all pet excrement on a daily basis. Tenant further agrees to assume all responsibility for damage caused by pet actions.

As far as I'm aware, there is no clause in our lease indicating we are responsible for neighbors' pets' actions. Thank you for any help!

edit: fixed formatting

Answer: Depends on if your lease has a clause allowing for additional fee's or not.


Title: [NJ, camden county] baby mama back at it.

Question: posted previously, and some users have gotten back to me, thank you for htat.  a little background i am in middle of a divorce where my "ex' wife refuses to follow through with me.  we have a 3 year old and we have a legal "joint legal and joint physical custody" agreement.  in our agreement we are each entitled to up to two weeks vacation a year, given we provide 30days notice.  which she has.  well she leaves for vacation next week;  in this process her phone has been shutoff as she refused to pay off her part of the bill (which is in my name).  she has since gotten a new phone number, but refuses to give me her contact information.  she thinks i'm going to let her take my son for 9 days from philadelphia (in all of this time, she decided to move out of state to pa) to north carolina, and while she refuses to provide her contact information.  Being how we have a joint legal agreement, is she violating our agreement by refusing to respond to me or share her contact information?  She tells me i can just email her, which i've done 4 times this week and she refuses to respond.  I told her im not letting her take him on vacation without her sharing her contact info with me in case of emergency.  she says "well he'll be with me already so id like to see you try to stop me".  Is there anything I can do prior to this happening, or do I have to wait until she tries to leave, and then get authorities involved?

Answer: I assume you have an attorney who has helped with the custody agreement. You should contact them now.


Title: Guy owes me money, he agreed in a notarized document to pay and hasn't.

Question:
Happened in Hilo, HI

Guy totaled my car 3 years ago, he agreed to pay a monthly payment and signed a notarized document stating he had to pay a certain amount every month over 2 years to complete the total $3,000 he owed for totalling my car with a 10% late fee.
He hasn't payed even 1 dollar in the past 3 years and has taken himself completely off social media, changed his phone number and moved. How do I get this douche to pay what he owes me?
Do I go to a collections agency? Do I take it to court? How do I go about this without spending a bunch of money myself?
Any help is really appreciated!

Answer:
 Sue him in small claims court if that is available in your jurisdiction.  Answer #2: If you go to civil court and get a judgement - then take the judgement to the DMV and put an unsatisfied judgement on their license. This will suspend their license until they get a debt satisfaction letter or 10 years! If you take the time to renew it after 10 years you can suspend it for another 10 years! My brother is in this hell right now with his license suspended for the last 20 years - he had no idea why it was suspended because there isn't too much infomation about the debt or how to get this fixed- especially when the original creditor was a private individual with a PO box and no other contact information. We live in NYS. Once someone is suspended you can be pretty sure they will pay up pretty quickly. Unless you're my brother that is-
Edit- just saw this happened in HI - i live in NYS - check your civil laws in HI and see if its the same there


Title: [NJ] My employer fired me for having the stomach flu

Question: So, for context, I am a college student, who, until about an hour ago, was working for a supermarket pushing shopping carts as my summer job in New Jersey. This is not the first summer that I have done this job for this supermarket. On Wednesday 5/23 and Thursday 5/24, I called out sick because I have the stomach flu (complete with vomiting and diarrhea). Today, I was felling much better than the past two days, so I decided to go into work. About 5 hours into my 8 hour shift, I went to a manager because I was having A LOT of stomach pain, and I wasn't sure whether I was going to be  able to keep going for the day. Management explained to me that the week before Memorial Day is a "peak sales week" and that they normally don't allow ANYONE to take off anyway during the week, and they also explained to me that I was fired. Is there anything that I can do in this situation? I know someone in a different department who went through a similar situation this week, and as much as I want to be done with this whole ordeal, I just don't feel like it's fair that I got fired for getting sick.

Answer: It's not fair but it is legal. Answer #2: New Jersey's protected sick leave law doesn't take effect until October 29th.  So until that time, you can be fired for being sick.


Title: (Ontario) How to sue my university

Question: I was withdrawn from my university due to two professors unethically failing me and falsely accusing me of plagiarism. How can I sue the university for defamation? During meetings with the professors, I have answered their questions, showed them drafts, and so on, but yet they still do not believe I wrote my papers.

Answer:
 Wait, let me get this straight:

Not one, but TWO profs think you plagiarized (separate papers), and you went through an appeal process (yes I read your post history) and the finding was that you had committed academic misconduct and the university withdrew your standing.

You want to sue the university?  I could believe this was an unlucky situation with ONE prof.  Not with two.