Title: [CA]Can parents force children to pay for their upbringing, or obligate children to care for the parents when they are old?

Question: My friend's income mostly goes to her parents whom have instilled in her a duty to repay them for raising her. Since birth she has been taught to accept this life debt as a typical thing everyone does. She's rapidly sliding into poverty and I am very concerned about her well being. Is there any legal foundation for what her parents claim? Whose property is that money? Can she ever get that money back?

Answer:
 She definitely has zero obligation to give them anything. They decided to have children, they are responsible until she's 18 then that's it.  It doesn't go the other way.  She probably can't get it back as she willingly gifted them money. Answer #2: Your friend's parents cannot legally force your friend to pay take care of them in any way.  If your friend gave any money to her parents, then she can ask for the money back, but she has no legal way to force them to give it back to her.Answer #3: Out of interest, does your friend live with her parents? Not that this would justify her paying them most of what she earns, but paying for things like rent, food and utilities while living with them isn't unreasonable.

On the other hand, if she is completely financially independent from them (lives on her own, pays her own bills) then she owes them nothing and should stop paying them now.


Title: Underage girl sent me unsolicited NSFW photo (F-17 M-21) Washington/Oregon

Question:
I matched with a girl on OKCupid whose profile said she was 18, she messages me first on Monday.

Shes from Oregon, and I'm from Washington.

Things are going well, then she said the app was loading too slowly, and asked for my number.

She starting messaging me yesterday (November 7th) and we just chat for a while, she then tells me she is actually 17 years old, but that she would be turning 18 on the 22nd of this month.

I back off a bit and say well, okay, lets just get to know each other and be friends in my head. Im not saying anything dirty to her, we just talk about Aladdin and stuff.

I ask her what she wants to study and she talks about being a nurse, I tell her my Dad is a doctor. (This is important).

This is where things turn weird, and I'll just post verbatim what was said.

M: = Me

H: = Her

H: So what's a nickname only I can call you?

M: You can call me Chancho or mango.

H: Lol I kind of like chancho to be honest

M: You may call me chancho and you can borrow my sweats

H: Oh wow . hopefully one day I can be able to wear them lol.

H: But I have a question

M: What question do you have?

H: \[Explicit Nude Photo\]

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okay break, I notice what it is, and delete the photo within a few seconds. Im upset obviously, and I look up how much trouble i am in for her sending me a photo like that. I found that it was classified as Child Pornography, and immediately was relieved that I erased it when i did.

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continuing the conversation...

H: Do you think my boobs are small? My mother always call me \_\_\_\_ with the flatty.. I just need an opinion for a guy point of view.

M: No they are not. Although i did have to delete the photo. Since you are still 17, and I could be arrested for being in possession of child pornography. Just wait till your birthday okay?

H: Omg they are small.

M: I thought they were large

H: Youre just trying to be nice . thats why you dont want to see them, you dont have to lie to me. just be honest.

...

So she acts upset because i didnt like the photo. I continue telling her how she needs to be careful and that. I tell her shes fine but not to do it again. I said I was glad we had talked and i wished her good night.

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Now today, My phone went off at 8:49 from a random number. I was woken up by this and answered it, and this guy asks for me by name, and I tell him what  he wants, and he introduces himself as the father of \_\_\_\_. He said he wants an explanation for what I did with his daughter, and he is cussing on the phone and being super rude. I tell him nothing happened and then I hung up.

Then using his daughters phone he calls me at 8:58, I answer it then hang up within 6 seconds, then he calls again at 9:02 then again at 9:28. By then I blocked both of their numbers cause im tired and cant deal with all of this at the moment.

He also sent me a long message that i was too sleepy to read, but it was basically demanding money from me or tey will call the police, and he mentions his brother in law who is a lawyer and he will use a private investigator. I end up barely understanding any of it and end up deleting the message after blocking him.

I go back to sleep for a nap, and wake up to more messages.

My Dad (The Doctor) is messaging me;

D = Dad or Doctor.

D: \_\_\_\_\_, I just got a call from an angry father of a teenage girl in Oregon saying that you are sending sexually explicit things to her. He's asking me if police need to be involved.

M: Not true. Spam. Ignore him. I got the same call at like 8.

D: Just watch what you do online. keep your wits about you, Ace.

D: This guy keeps calling me at work

M: Yeah he's threatening to call the police unless I pay him $100 dollars. Just block his number.

M: If he continues, I'll call the non emergency police and just submit a complaint.

D: If he keeps calling my office I'll charge him with harassment and extortion. How did he get my number? Did you tell her that I'm a doctor?

M: Basically, I was talking yesterday with a girl or maybe was being catfished (guy pretending to be girl). She said she wanted to a nurse, I said that you were a doctor. That's it.

M: But someone or somehow the "Father" calls me, demanding I explain myself, and what i was doing with his daughter. He got super angry on the phone. So i hung up. He messaged my phone but I deleted his message, but it was basically demanding money for his silence.

M: He's trying to scam me or something, I dont send photos of my weiner. He could be confusing me with Mayor Anthony Wiener??

D: Tell him to back off right now or he'll be sued for extortion and harassment.

M: Sure.

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I unblock his number and give him a call at 11:21, This call lasts 23 minutes.

During the call, I ask for him, let him know calmly (considering the circumstances) that if he continues to call me he will be sued for extortion and harassment. I can't remember the entire conversation, but I tried to explain that His daughter sent me a photo, that I deleted it, and that was that. He continued to assert that  I am arrogant and pompous and a spoiled kid with tons and tons of money and no amount of lawyers can help me. He said his wife is mad at him because she wants me in jail. He kept demanding me to explain myself.

The entire conversation was on speaker ( Not recorded ) He told me I had to let him know If it was being recorded.

Every moment I tried to speak he would speak over me and interrupt, as I tried to communicate, I kept trying to ask him if he was pressing charges or what he wanted me to do. He continually swore at me, so I said if he swore one more time I would hang up and he just yells "BYE" and i hang up.

Also noted during the call, He was also calling my mom who is currently still out shopping, I tried to call her and ask her but she hasn't answered her phone.

\---

So now this guy was using a Private Investigator and he messaged me this

L = her father

L: This is your last chance to explain this sh\*\*

L: Or I'm calling your da\*\* parents

M: Call the police

L: 00/00/0000 (My birth-date) motherf\*\*\*er

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So, he is showing that he is accessing addresses and phone numbers and calling up my parents. I'm pretty ticked off.

I message my Dad back.

M: Unblocked and called him, I explained to him what happened. I let him know he was harassing you and me, he didn't seem to think he was. And yelled at me for a good 15 minutes cussing, so i told him I'm hanging up. I called the non emergency number for the police to at least put it on file. An officer is going to call me soon. The Guy was going on and on about me being pampered and how we were so rich and whatnot. Lol. Reblocked him. He told me he was using his brother-in-laws private investigator to find out information about us.

M: His private investigator texted me, telling me I have to talk to him or I'll have a criminal charge

...

He also called me and I blocked that number too.

"PI" = "Private Investigator"

12:28 Pm

His area code was (704) from North Carolina.

"PI": \_\_\_\_\_\_, this is investigator \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_, I'm contacting you on behalf of the family in reference to some inappropriate sexual communications with a young lady named \_\_\_\_\_\_ that you first made contact with on a dating app. Sir, im a private   investigator. I was hired by the family's attorney. I suggest you call me at your earliest convenience, I will make an attempt to contact your past employers and communicate with local law enforcement. Failure to make contact with you will result in criminal charges.

12:31 Pm

"PI": Sir, the \_\_\_\_\_\_ family is making an attempt to resolve the issue with you sir and unfortunately I'm not sure what stopped the progress. Sir, I've been designated as the neutral party to help mediate. Sir it is in your best interest. To contact.

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LOL, that sent red flags everywhere. This whole time Im becoming more and more confused.

While he was messaging me I received a phone call at 12:30 pm from Officer \_\_\_\_\_\_.

Officer \_\_\_\_\_ identified himself and that he was part of the \_\_\_\_\_ city police. He asked me what was going on.

I explain to him basically everything that happened. He said that it sounded like some syndicate scam and to delete my profile from the dating profile and stick to tinder. He warned me against predators that try and scam people. Basically said it was very smart of me to delete the photo right away, that if this family really meant business they wouldn't have investigators call or message me, they would go straight to the police.  He even asked for the PI number and called him while i was on the phone with him and it just went to the guys voicemail where he shared that he was a PI and to leave a message and he would get back to you. The Officer snorted and said "yeah right". I then asked him what I could do so the family would leave mine alone, and he said to block the numbers and not to give any more information out.

I messaged my dad after the call.

M: I talked with Officer \_\_\_\_\_\_, he said to block any of those numbers. Its a scam syndicate. From what i explained he said there was no way I was guilty of any crime. They are scamming us.

D: I cant block it because they are calling my work number.

M: I'm sorry, I didn't give them your number or name. they used a private investigator. They are calling mom too. Its really annoying. But I'm sure once they realize its useless, they'll give up.

So, that's where I'm at for the moment.

Did I break the law? How screwed am I?

Answer:
 Incredibly common scam. Block and move on. Sorry you had to type that novel for nothing.Answer #2: There is no girl, there is no father, there is no investigator.

This is a common scam.  Answer #3: For the future:

> she then tells me she is actually 17 years old, but that she would be turning 18 on the 22nd of this month.

> I back off a bit ...

That would have been a great time to end the conversation.

> you can borrow my sweats....

Probably a little too much innuendo for someone who has just claimed they were underage.

> M: What question do you have?

> H: [Explicit Nude Photo]

Deleting the photo was a smart move, but that would have been a great time to block her.

I am not trying to blame the victim here. No one deserves to be scammed and extorted. Just be careful out there. Answer #4: It's a scam.  Block and ignore and move on with your life.Answer #5: THis is a very common scam.  Don't communicate with these people any more.    They're using spoofing technologies to make it appear that calls are coming from places they aren't.  If they call you or your dad, the right thing to do is say "Look, I know this is a scam.  Go after somebody else, because you're not getting anything out of me."   Once they realize they're wasting their time, they'll go after the next mark.

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Title: Can my boss tell my coworkers that she's going to fire to fire me before she tells/fires me?

Question:
Long story short, I'm not a great match in my current position and another employee has been pressuring management to fire me (it's a personal issue). This employee is good friends with my direct supervisor as well as the owner of the business, so they have taken her constant advice. They have already hired my replacement and want me to train her. They have not informed me at all of my termination, but I have found some emails that confirm my suspicions, and a coworker told me I should "prepare myself" for termination,  and that she spoke to my supervisor directly.

My issue is: my other coworkers seem to know what's going on, and it sounds like my supervisor explicitly told them I would be terminated. However, I have recieved no notice whatsoever.  Is there any sort of confidentiality that should have been abided? I'm located in Wisconsin, US. Any input would be greatly appreciated.
Topic:
Labor Law

Answer: It may not be tactful, but it's not illegal.


Title: My dog almost killed another dog on the beach in Oregon.

Answer: Most places have leash laws or if off leash is allowed the dog must remain under voice control.  Criminally you haven't done anything wrong. Personally I wouldn't pay out a dime without a judgment in your situation


Title: [KS] Sold item through Craigslist type app, buyer messaged me 5 days later saying it won't register cause it's reported lost or stolen, I bought it new from someone else the same way I sold it to him. Is he entitled to refund from me?

Question:
I bought it a few weeks ago from the LetGo app.  Met the seller by my work, paid cash.  She said it was new, it looked unopened.  (Amazon Echo, to help with later details)

Then I decide to sell it to buy the Echo Dot, which is smaller, cheaper, and not much different in what it can do.

I sold the Echo through OfferUp, which is like LetGo.  Guy paid cash for it.

Tonight he messaged me saying it's registered as lost or stolen and wants a refund.  I say no.  He's threatening to come to my house tomorrow.  I already called non-emergency Police line and they said I just need to tell him to not contact me or show up to my home.  I said that to him.  He still says he's coming to my house tomorrow.

Is he owed a refund?  I have written proof of my transaction when I bought it, including conversation with the previous owner as to its condition.  I have taken pictures of the chat with the guy wanting a refund, too.

If I legally should refund him, I'll do that over the risk of him showing up with a gun and harming anyone over $120.  If I don't owe him a refund, should I give him the money to avoid the risks of harm?  Cops won't help until he starts trespassing.

He allegedly spoke with Amazon customer service to verify it was registered as lost or stolen.  I didn't report it as such, and I can't guarantee the previous owner will respond to my requests to see if they know why it's reported as such or if they're able to fix it or if they stole it and sold it to me that way.

Please help.  We're looking for a place to stay until this is resolved.  I have a wife and kids.  I did everything I could to offer help in resolving the registration issue and even telling him that home depot would replace it for him cause that's allegedly where the previous owner bought it before selling it to me.

When I met with the previous owner to buy it, I asked about the home depot receipt and she said they had a weird return policy cause they had a gift receipt for it or they'd only get in store credit or something about selling it would be easier for them then trying to return it.  I think that should have been a red flag for me right there.  But it was new, unopened, no seals appeared broken.  So I didn't think much of it at the time.

Let me know if you have any questions and I'm grateful for any help you can give me.

Answer: I'm afraid you were scammed. But you have to make the new purchaser whole.  That is: refund his money. And then look into getting a refund or trying to chase down the original "owner".


Title: [KY] Landlord changed locks. Said the property was abandoned when it was not.

Question:
Here is the situation. The landlord and the tenant have been in communication regarding the last month of the lease, May. The tenant previously informed the landlord that they would be getting another apartment in April and asked if they could alter the lease regarding the last month. The landlord said no and that rent was still owed for May. This was fine. The tenant then told the landlord that they would spend the last month cleaning the apartment to ensure the return of the security deposit. This was fine and acknowledged by the landlord.

The tenant went ahead and shut off the utilities for the month of May. Since it is spring it was assumed that this would not be an issue in regards to maintaining a temperature in the apartment. The tenant has been in and out of the apartment every of couple of days. The tenant paid the rent for May and the check cleared. A couple of days ago, the landlord changed the locks without any notification and is now refusing to allow the tenant back onto the property to retrieve their belongings still in the apartment.

The landlord stated that because the electric had been off for 14 days the property is considered abandoned. End of discussion.

Can the landlord do this without any notice? Does it matter that the tenant informed the landlord of the plan to clean during the last month? Is it legally considered abandoned with no electric for 14 days? Can the tenant sue for wrongful eviction?

There is no clause in the signed lease agreement stating that there is a cutoff time regarding lack of utilities. It only states that the tenant would be responsible for damages incurred due to them being off. (Such as pipes freezing in the winter.)

Answer:
 [Not legal](http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/illegal-eviction-procedures-kansas.html). Also, even if he could do this, he would have to at least prorate May's rent. I'm interested in what he'd say to that.  Also also, he seems like the type to keep your security deposit for failing to remove property he has effectively stolen, that will be a 'no.'

 Take pics of the property after you empty it, you're documenting it's condition so be thorough.Answer #2: Is this considered an illegal eviction where the police can help the tenant get access to the apartment? That way tenant can at least get their things back.


Title: I found out my landlords’ cameras in the house also have audio recording. They live here too. What can I do? (Ontario, Canada)

Question:
Okay, so my landlords live here. I rent a room in this house with 3 other people. I’m moving out next week but I found out the cameras they’ve had in the house (which none of us ever consented to) also has audio. I am not okay with that. Watching me cook in my underwear is one thing, but I don’t feel comfortable having what I say recorded. I talk to my mom about private stuff. I like to sing off pitch while making pancakes. And quite frankly, it’s none of their business what we do or say. The cameras are located in the kitchen, living room, and in the basement.

I know it’s considered boarding and therefore I’m not covered by the LTA (landlord-tenant act) but surely this violates some privacy laws. I don’t doubt there aren’t any recording devices in our room or even elsewhere.

I’m mainly looking out for my other housemates. Can i do anything about this?

Answer:
 If you rent a room, that is the only place you are entitled to privacy.  The rest of the house is a common space, and the owner does not require your consent to install cameras.

If the cameras don't point into your room, or record audio from it, you have no recourse.


Title: Tor + Little Sister = HELP!

Question: I recently downloaded Tor to my computer and haven't looked in it yet. I was downloading it to search on the deep web (but nothing illegal.) My sister and I share a computer. She's 11. One day I come home and see her on the computer VIEWING CP! I instantly tell her to get off and I close Tor. I'm SCARED TO DEATH that she went to more than just one link and I see some downloads that i've already trashed at this point. I'm also terrified that she may have gone to weapons or drug websites (which i've heard put you on a terrorist list for them to attack, idk.) I'm mind-blown by her intelligence at such a young age (being able to use tor and find stuff on it), but she's used it the wrong way. Will the FBI come to our house? What should we do? (also posting this in the /r/tor) {btw we live in california}

Answer: Your "sister" should stop getting on Tor.  Otherwise, don't worry about it.  ~~Your are~~  "Your sister" is, in all likelihood, fine.  If police come knocking, politely decline to speak with them and ask your parents to hire "your sister" an attorney.


Title: Underage

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 1. Yes.

2.  57%.


Title: [CA] My car was totaled from being rear ended on the freeway. The other driver does not have insurance. And I only have liability insurance. What can I do?

Answer: You can sue the driver, but people who don't have insurance are often judgement proof.


Title: Little brother charged with Petite Larceny after taking access code from college textbook.

Question: I’d appreciate any advice I could get on behalf of my little brother (20 yrs). He has been charged with petit larceny in Virginia. He removed a cardboard access code insert from the outside of a textbook in his college bookstore and was later identified by their security footage (just to clarify, he did not take the textbook itself, he took the login information to access online content which accompanies it, not that it makes much of a difference because it was theft either way). It is valued at $118 (luckily under the $200 mark for felony larceny in VA!) I’m wondering what his options are for “first time offender disposition/deferred adjudication/probation before judgement/ACD” (I couldn’t figure out which of these would apply to his situation but all seemed quite similar). This is his first offence but his public defender told him they don’t offer “pre-trial diversion programs” in VA unless the prosecutor makes some kind of a deal. Any help you could give me on how he should approach the situation with his PD would be very helpful, thank you.

Answer:
 I read it until this

> his public defender told him

Your brother should listen to his attorney. Absolutely no one here can give him better advice than a real attorney that has access to all of the information. In cases like this, personal history plays a huge role in what his penalties might eventually be.

Regardless, he has a lawyer that can advise him better than any of us. Let them deal with it. Answer #2: >Any help you could give me on how he should approach the situation with his PD would be very helpful

"Hey buddy. Thanks for representing me. What should we do to maximize the odds of the best outcome?"


Title: Can one fail to pay a freelancer if they do not use their work?

Question:
Company (LLC) is located in GA and I am in FL.

I'm a freelancer, they requested work from me, we negotiated pay, I completed and turned it in on time and in full, it was approved.

They failed to pay me on time and when I pushed my boss over it, she went full-meltdown and told me to "keep my work" that it would all be replaced and I would not be paid for it. This was my last deal with them after being fired for requesting timely payment after 5 months of receiving it late.

Can they do this? Is it possible for me to file a complaint with the DOL and still be compensated for the work?

Thanks in advance.

Answer: It’s not a DOL issue, as a contractor it’s a contact issue, not a wage and hour thing.  If you were contacted to provide work and did so they must pay, if they don’t you can sue, depending on the value you might be able to do it in small claims.


Title: New online job is incredibly suspicious, can't figure out what's off

Question:
Hi all, I'm based in Arizona but the company that hired me is based in Japan. I got a message on LinkedIn from a guy who works from the company (named E) looking to hire account managers for the company he works for. I was interested as my current job doesn't pay much and this new job was around 50k a year.

E sent me a form that had basic information such as name, age, address etc. and I filled it out and returned it. He reached back and said that they would hire me, sent me a form which I filled out and returned back.

The job description says I'm in charge of negligent accounts, meaning I have to email companies that still need to pay off their debts. I got my first account today, and emailed them the prompt that I was given by A. The part that makes me suspicious is that the business is supposed to mail me the check (worth thousands of USD) according to my boss. Is this suspicious or am I just being crazy?

Thank you.

Answer:
 This is a scam. Do not deposit the checks: they are bad, and will bounce.

The structure of this scam is this: you deposit the check, "take your cut," and send the rest onwards via Western Union, Moneygram, Bitcoin, or some other hard-to-reverse method. Your outbound payment works (and the money is transferred) because the bad check must (by law) be released on a specific schedule, even if the bank cannot fully verify it on that schedule.

Days or weeks later, the check will bounce, and the money will be removed from your account by your bank. You owe your bank for presenting a bad check, and it's your responsibility to get your money back from your "employer" (who will have vanished, and who is probably overseas anyways).


Title: Speeding Ticket Conundrum-Trial or Pay?

Question:
So I was pulled over for speeding  a few days ago. Caught doing 87 in a 65. When asked for my license and registration, I handed over my license per usual and opened my dash storage to give my registration. Now this is where the issue is. My girlfriend saw my registration and handed it to the officer but it turns out it was the registration for my old car that I recently sold and I guess I just stuffed it in there. When the officer came back with my citation, I just took it and drove off. A few hours later when I looked at it closer, the ticket reads "Red VW Rabbit, w/ plate #XXXXXX," for the citatation, but I was pulled over in a Red Toyota Corolla with a different plate number. I did not own the car or the plate number that the citation is written for.

Should I pay, which is an admission of guilt, or take it to court?

Tl;dr: Written for a speeding citation for a car and plate number I did not own at the time. Both the officers and my mistake. Should I pay or take to court?

Answer: A clerical mistake won't save you from the ticket.


Title: Got caught shop lifting, need help

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 Can we get a live thread going for this?  I'll go get some popcorn.Answer #2: Say nothing consent to nothing do nothing. The store has the right to hold you till the police get there. The cops cannot cut you a break the store cannot cut you a break only the prosecutor or judge can cut you a break and get it in writing. Answer no questions not even about whether you are at the store. Everything you say can b3 held against you as evidence. Answer #3: >I dont want my parents to find out what happened.

It's a little late for that. If they charge you, you will need a criminal attorney, which I doubt you can afford. An arrest like this can have serious implications for future employment and college loans and grants. You want a lawyer trying to minimize the impact of this for you, if charged. Answer #4: That wasn't very majestic of you.

Legal advice: stop doing stupid things, such as posting about your crime on the internet.


Title: [Ontario, Canada] I'm a bartender and one of my regular customers stole my $400 pen off the bar. I politely asked her if she mistakenly took it and she said no, then I mentioned it's on the security camera footage, and she still said no. What are my options?

Question:
The pen was a gift from my father and it has a lot of sentimental value, as well as monetary value. I'm upset about it being stolen, and more upset that it was stolen by a regular customer.

Anyway, I realize this is comparatively petty to most of the legal questions here, but I'm just a student trying to pay the bills and it kills me that this woman flat-out stole something of mine that means so much to me and is worth what I make in 4 shifts.

So my question is, what exactly are my options, if any? The managers have made me a copy of the footage as well as saving their own copy, and they're all pretty baffled as to why the woman wouldn't just act as if she accidentally took it and then give it back rather than going through the humiliation of us telling her we **know** it was her because it's on the security camera footage.

Edit: Damn this post blew up.

Answer:
 You can report the matter to the police

And/or

You can sue for either the return of the pen or it's value in the small claims court

From a practical standpoint (it sounds like you may have already done this) I would let your employer know what you are doing so your job isn't put at riskAnswer #2: Off topic but, what kind of pen cost $400?


Title: (CA) Hit and run?

Question:
So about two months ago I bumped into a girl and did a lil bit of damage to her rear bumper. She got my info down and filed a claim. Thing is, I'm an unlicensed driver (got the permit) and this all happened while I was alone, driving my dad's car. Everything is under his name, the car, the insurance, etc
My concern is I got a notice from the DMV a few days ago saying my license will be suspended if I don't give the insurance's info.

Here's the thing, my dad doesnt want to give me the insurance info because he's sure he'll get in trouble legally.

So if I don't turn in the insurance claim, am I prone to being sued? What will happen and how can I handle this? I need help or advice because I need this resolved I just dont know where to start or who to turn to

Answer:
 Well it clearly isn't a hit and run. Your dad is an idiot. He probably should get into trouble legally but that's not going to happen. It is entirely likely that insurance won't cover this, but that's not going to put you in a worse situation. You'll get sued, your father will get sued (because he permitted an unlicensed driver to drive his car so he's on the hook for this as well and I'm assuming you are a minor). Did you give her the insurance info at the time of the accident?

Honestly your father's best bet is to reach out to the girl and offer to pay out of pocket.


Title: How to establish state residency with dual addresses? (NY/NJ)

Question:
I have just moved in with my boyfriend. We were living in New York City, and have moved just outside of it, in Jersey City. The change of state residency from NY to NJ is messing up my insurance. I need to change my state of residency back to New York City. While keeping a presence with my boyfriend in the apartment we both signed a lease for (and where my name is on the electricity bill), what do I need to do to have a legal residency in New York, that can be my primary residency instead?

If I pay rent (even just $5 a month) for a room in Brooklyn, have a sublease written up, and have my bank statements sent to that New York address, would that suffice?

I still have a NYC benefit card and drivers license, as I'd not switched those over yet.

ETA: I do not work, and I am on Disability; both SSI and SSD. I want my residency to be a completely legal one, as i cannot mess with my benefits.

Answer: The only legal way to establish your residency for insurance purposes is to, you know, live in New York.  Answer #2: You're basically describing fraud. I've known people who have done the reverse situation to avoid NYC city income taxes, so I'm sure "the man" is somewhat aware of people trying this trick.


Title: Is it legal for an employer to not provide employees with schedules? [NY]

Question:
I work part time at a small family-owned hot dog stand in NY. My employer does not provide his employees with schedules and often tells us less than 12 hours in advance- if not when we get to work- if we are working or not.
I have repeatedly told my employer that I need a set schedule with less than 30 hours per week, as I need to take care of my bed ridden grandfather and my little brother when my mom is not home. Is this an illegal practice, or is there anything I can legally do to solve this? Thanks in advance

Answer:
 Very few places in the US have any sort of scheduling laws. As far as I know, the few that exist are in cities, none are statewide.

In 2017, New York State's DOL did propose regulations, but dropped the effort, stating:

>*At this time, due to the constraints of the regulatory process, the best course of action is to let this process expire and re-evaluate in the future, likely in concert with the Legislature, which would have a broader authority and better legal standing than Department of Labor regulations alone to balance the various needs of workers, businesses and industries.*

Bottom line is that employers set the schedule, and in most places whenever they are ready to set the schedule. You can *ask* for a set schedule, and you can have a damn good reason for wanting that schedule, but they are not legally required to assign you that schedule.


Title: Are articles that teach people how to buy illegal drugs from the "dark web" legal to *write/publish*? I've seen them on big publications.

Question:
e.g. like this

https://www.thrillist.com/vice/how-to-buy-illegal-drugs-online-with-the-darknet-tor-bitcoin-and-more-explained

Answer:
 In the US, it's not illegal to write a drug-buying how-to article. Laws that implement blanket bans on speech* based on content alone, without regard for context, would run up against the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. However, writing about criminal activities is a great way to get yourself onto law enforcement's radar.

In other parts of the world, things are more complex. However, prosecuting an American publication whose assets and accounts are all in the US would be a challenging proposition.

^(* For the purposes of this discussion, publishing an article is a speech action.)


Title: Help with an agency that is charging my friend 200€ after going to a career day thing at her uni.

Question:
My friend went to a uni career day event where she signed up for a program that would lead people to interviews. However, she didn’t know she would have to pay. They’re charging her 17€ a month plus the a late fee and another fee for collections.

All they have is her email and name and she doesn’t remember signing a contract. When we called, they refused to give any information unless she gave her date of birth, address, full name, and other info. When I asked if they could simply look her up with her name and email they refused. I also asked if they could send a copy of the contract to the email and they said that they couldn’t unless they had all the info.

They’re saying that if she doesn’t pay they will take her to court. However I have seen these tactics in the US from collection agencies but I’m not too sure about laws here in Germany.

We live in Munich  and are really confused about this. I think it’s a scam and she shouldn’t pay but she’s afraid it will get worse. All they have is her name and home address but when she signed up they could have easily just given fake email and name.

Any advice or suggestions?

Answer: It sounds like a scam. Do not give them any information. Is there a person in charge of the college job fair? Find out if there is a coordinator of some sort and file a complaint with them about this scam. Hopefully this will get them banned from the college.


Title: [Illinois] Getting married to my SO. She has 200k in medical school debt.

Question:
Currently Live in Illinois. Me and my SO are both late 20s.

This appears to be a common question and I found my initial concerns answered [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/1jm7zr/illinois_gonna_marry_someone_with_a_lot_of/).

I understand that it doesn't seem that I will incur any debt that she already has. But some questions I have are...

1) She will be finishing her last school of medical school after we get married. Does that mean I will incur only her last year of medical school debt, or her total medical school debt since she will have been continuing while we are married?

2) It seems that some states are different. If we move to another state, do the IL laws still apply since that is where she incurred the debt, or is it the law of what state we live in?

3) She has told me a while ago that she is completely fine with signing a pre-nup since I have a couple of properties as well as >200k in investments. Does that stay with me in any event, since it was earned before we got married? Or do I need to document it somehow?

Answer: You've got a nice investment socked away and you're marrying a future doctor. No offence, but you should hire actual professionals not ask questions on the internet. Quite apart from the debt issues, you may want to structure your assets so as to protect yourself from malpractice liability, because you can pretty much guarantee your SO will be sued, more than once, whether she is at fault or not.Answer #2: My husband and I dealt with something similar although the debt ($260k) was all mine. I accumulated it all before marriage the situation is a little different and I can't answer any specifics. Just something to keep in mind: if she refinances her student loan debt (and she should!) after marriage then you would be financially responsible in the event of her death. A simple term life insurance policy will make it a non-issue.Answer #3: Obtaining a prenuptial agreement where you both have your own lawyers will provide maximum protection for both of you. If you move to another State and establish residency then file for divorce the laws of that State will apply.


Title: [TX] Was never notified our house is being foreclosed, now supposedly have three weeks to move.

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 Generally, if a house is sold/foreclosed while a tenant lives there, the lease and tenants transfer to the new owners.

Since you are month to month, your new landlord will need to give your family the proper notice to vacate.  30 days notice is required and they do not need to give you a reason in general.

tl;dr- just because the house that is being leased is going to auction does not mean you have to leave on auction date.


Title: Just got a call from a debt collector for my recently deceased grandfather

Question:
So I really don’t have many details as I didn’t know my grandfather very well. But he passed away this past Sunday, and today I was sitting at home and we got a call. I let it ring out because I didn’t recognize the area code, and the message left was for my grandpa, and they stated that they were a debt collector.

Is this something to be concerned about? What should we do if they keep calling. Knowing the type of person my grandpa was I’m sure he had a bit of debt.

Answer:
 They can go after his estate for any outstanding debt, but they cannot come after you. I would let them know that the party to the debt is deceased and you are not obligated to cover it.Answer #2: When someone dies, their family does not have to pay their debt. But debt collectors hope you don't know this and will accidentally agree to pay it. Don't let them trick you into paying someone else's bill. If you agree to or send them any money, then they can force you to pay the rest.

Just tell them to go through the estate or just don't answer their calls.


Title: I need advice about how to proceed with an Ex-Friend of mine and her borderline if not felony behaviors.

Question:
I used to have a friend that I met online. We bonded over an Iron Giant joke in a discord server she owned that somebody else invited me too. Long story short I brought her to my discord servers and we bonded to the point that she became an admin in all of them.

From her position of "Power" as she described it to other friends, she would perform several actions that I can not condone, that I disavow, and that I find require legal action. But I am unsure how to get that action. For now, I'm just going to bring up one of the things. For the sake of privacy and the reader's time.

The Discord server was widely varied in its userbase. This woman began to hate a guy I'll call N. So she illegally obtained the dox of him and a 12-year-old little girl. She used this dox to... I would say extort... the girl under duress to send her nudes to a fake account that looked like N's. Then she screenshotted it, cropped it so you couldn't see anything, and tried to use those screenshots to label N a pedophile. She then, as she told me, attempted to get his GF to leave him, his university to suspend him, and the police to arrest him. Luckily she failed, but she still in my mind harmed a child and one of the people I saw as my best friend.

What do I even fucking do about this?

Answer:
 She obtained child pornography.

Turn her IP address and info over to the nearest [FBI field office](https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/violent-crime/cac) or [ICE](https://www.ice.gov/predator)Answer #2: >So she illegally obtained the dox of him

What do you mean by this? I know what doxxing is, but you're saying she "illegally obtained" the doxxing info. In what way was it illegal?

Anyway, I'd suggest just staying out of this.


Title: It is likely that I will get ticketed for this?

Question:
I am a teenager in California. Today I took a very long walk and long story short I was caught trespassing on someone's orchard land, the owner drove up. They said that it is very serious because I was trespassing and asked me if I had seen the signs. They began to take a video from their truck of me talking which worried me. They asked me how I had gotten on their land. I said I came from the hills around their land which are part of a national forest. At some point they stopped filming. They asked me where I lived (I said my town) and what my name is (I just said my first name). I had been trying to go home to end my walk and had ended up right where a gate was. I said I got lost wandering round the hills and got onto their land that way. I doubt they had signs or a fence around their hilly boundary with the national forest but I don't think they believed me that I wandered from there onto their land. In the end, the owner asked the street where I lived and told me how to get back there, opened the gate and let me go back through there. I said sorry and they said "don't do it again."

But there's the video of me and they asked my name and have my first name and the street I live on, they could find me and ticket me, right? I'm anxious about that but mostly depressed at the idea. The video part worries me the most.

The thing is that I'm a stereotypical "perfect" child who never does ANYTHING wrong. This is the worst thing I've ever done. I don't really know why I went on their land and walked around, I wasn't trying to sneak around and hide doing it, and I didn't even feel anything when I was caught.... But I just feel more depressed now because if I do get ticketed I'll be punished badly by my family. The fine won't show up on my criminal record if I get ticketed, but I'm worried about applying for colleges now, because I know infractions get put on other records. I'm also worried and depressed that people will hear about my trespassing because I live in a smallish town and this was nearby where I live.

Do you think they will ticket me? If I'm ticketed and I pay the fine and get punished, will it affect any applications for colleges etc?

Answer: It doesn't sound like these people are out to get you. They were understandably concerned about a trespasser but it sounds like they believed your story that you just got lost. 99.999% chance you're fine, just don't go on their land again.


Title: Illinois: Just bought a foreclosure, Utilities are still on

Question:
I bought a foreclosure last week and I'm aware that it's customary for the utilities to be on 2 days after closing. However when I went to my almost full mailbox I noticed a number of unpaid utility bills in the name of the previous owner.

Originally the deal was supposed to close in early November but had to be pushed back to December. I noticed that several of the bills were dated to the 15th of November, far after the original closing date. This makes me think that the real estate agents kept the utilities on the tab of the former foreclosure owner.

This makes me ask 2 questions.
Can I be held accountable for the former owner's utilities bills even if they haven't ended their account yet?
Is Illinois one of those states that refuses to allow utility companies to shut off utilities during the winter?

Answer:
 > Is Illinois one of those states that refuses to allow utility companies to shut off utilities during the winter?

Those rules don't apply to unoccupied residences. All your other questions depend on the utility. You'll have to talk to them. You might be liable for water but not electricity, etc.


Title: [Maryland] Wife was fired 2 weeks after returning from maternity leave.

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 > My theory is that he looked at his books, realized he could pay the lady that covered her while on maternity leave less and just eliminate the new position he made up for my wife.

Which is perfectly legal.

> He knows full well we used all of our savings

Legally not his problem.

> Christmas has literally been cancelled.

As a father, I can tell you a 10 week old baby won't notice.

Best of luck and try to enjoy the holidays.


Title: Can you marry the same person in two different states?

Question:
My fiance and I are planning to get married in September in Maine. However, for insurance reasons, we are planning to execute our marriage license in New York next week, where we are residents.  I am hoping to keep this secret from my family so as not to diminish any emotion from the wedding day itself \(which we view as our actual wedding day\).

My question is if we can execute a second license in Maine. NY's laws state that you can 'marry the same person as often as you want', but it's less clear about Maine.  The only reason to do this would be to keep up appearances and allow my family to participate in every step of the process.

Any insight would be much appreciated!

Answer:
 IANAL, but you still can get married in Maine without filling out a new license. It's like renewing your vows really. Just do the ceremony and the reception, they wouldn't know. Answer #2: Right, just go through the ceremony and everything like normal except the officiant does not submit any paperwork after the ceremony. No one but you and the officiant needs to know the difference. Then celebrate whatever anniversary you wish.

Cheers!


Title: [Flordia] Coworker sent money to man she's been dating online, turns out he's lied and she doesn't know what to do.

Question: My coworker has been flirting with a man for several months. He's claimed to be active duty in Europe right now, and he's claimed to be divorced and looking to date. She talks with him via email and Facebook daily, and this month she sent him $500 to pay for a fine that "he committed". It's all BS. He's not in service, he's married, and he's flirting/dating other women besides his wife and my coworker. When she mentioned the money I did some snooping and found all this out and told her. She sent the money via Western Union, and she's gonna confront him via email soon. Can she file legal action against him? We know his real name, place of employment, family member names, town, and phone number. I feel bad for my coworker and want this resolved legally. Thanks for reading this block of text.

Answer:
 Realistically, it's hard to see her getting her money back. Obtaining money under false pretenses is fraud, but this is the most tawdry, penny-ante fraud imaginable. She did, after all, send him the money as a gift - just not the gift he used it as.

If he's also in Florida, then she should file a police report: this is [fraud](http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0800-0899/0817/0817.html). If he's elsewhere in the US, she can talk to the FBI or the [IC3](https://www.ic3.gov/complaint/default.aspx). In either case, whether anything further comes of it depends on whether the law enforcement agency responsible deigns to investigate. If he's in another country, fuggedaboutit - she could report it to his local police department, but that's about it.

Civilly, she can sue him. Fraud is a tort as well as a crime. However, if he has no money or makes a point of thwarting collection efforts, a civil judgement will be of very little value. She'll be able to affect his credit rating, and maybe garnish his wages eventually, but that's about it.


Title: Old roommate stole my cat when I moved out of state a year ago and told me he sold him. I just found out he still has him.

Question:
I moved away from Texas last year after losing my job. In the process, I had to leave behind a lot of belongings, because I could not afford a U-Haul at the time. I only had enough money for a bus ticket, and cats aren't allowed on Greyhounds.

I have several messages where I asked this roommate to protect my cat, Darwin, with his life, and I would send a cat carrier service to pick him up and deliver him to me when I was back in NC. He said that was fine, and for several days there was no hint that he would betray that trust.

Then, about a week later, he demanded I send him $300 to cover some damages that were in the trailer we had lived at that was caused by Darwin while I was away. At that point, I only had $400 in the bank, and all the delivery services were going to charge $250 minimum for pickup and delivery of Darwin. He told me he would never let me see Darwin again if I didn't pay the money. I sent him the $300 because I would rather go hungry than risk never seeing my cat again. I told him it would be a week or so until I had the money for a delivery service at that point.

2 days later he sent me a message saying he would never give Darwin back to me, that I was an awful pet owner who didn't deserve to have a cat, etc. This tore my heart to pieces. I love that cat more than I love anything in the world. He was my dream cat. A ragdoll that loved me as much as I loved him. I had saved for months to be able to get him. I did everything in my power to make sure he was the happiest cat on the planet. And now I can never see him again.

He told me that if I sent someone to the trailer to pick him up they wouldn't be able to find Darwin because he was going to sell Darwin. I had no idea what to do, so I pleaded with him to please return my cat to me. He refused and blocked me on all services.

It's been a year since that happened, and I thought I would never see Darwin again. But I just saw a picture of Darwin, now grown up, with that roommate. Darwin was stolen from me when he was around 10 months old, but there is no denying that the cat in his picture is Darwin. I would recognize his face and slightly crossed eyes anywhere.

I need to know what I can do in this situation. I need my cat back. He was/is my emotional support, and I loved him like a mother loves her child.

Answer:
 >I need to know what I can do in this situation. I need my cat back. He was/is my emotional support, and I love him like a mother loves her child.

You need to sue your roommate for the return of your cat or the monetary value of him.


Title: My father was involved in a situation where he felt he had to pull out his gun at work. Need help understanding Florida gun laws and opinions on what he should have done.

Question:
My father is worried that the man he pulled his gun on yesterday might try to press charges.

My father has a concealed weapons permit and has never been in trouble with the law or was in a situation where he felt he had to pull out his gun on someone. He has owned hand guns for years and is very responsible with them. He has taught me from a young age how dangerous guns can be and how serious gun ownership is.

This happened in his work place. My father is a barber and had been working at this shop for about 3 years and always carried his gun on him. His boss and coworkers all knew he carried.

One day a middle aged white man comes into the shop and asks for a haircut from my dad. My father knew this guy from previous encounters. My dad said that they would talk at the gym or at the shop from time to time, but it had been at least a year since they last saw each other. My dad also said that this man was kind of weird and would talk about a lot of weird stuff. My dad didn’t really think too much about it and figured he was just a weird guy.

My dad didn’t like cutting this clients hair because he could never explain well enough to my father what he wanted done. My dad described him as really picky, indecisive, and would get upset easily. As my dad is cutting the mans hair they are just talking when the man starts complaining how my dad isn’t doing it right. My dad stops and tries to understand what this guy wants.

Then the man starts making some racist comments towards my dad saying how my dad doesn’t understand what he wants done because my father is Mexican, and that he’s never had problems with the Puerto Rican barbers. It wasn’t even a language barrier because my father speaks near perfect and fluent English, better than his puerto rican coworkers.

My dad, baffled at the mans racist comment, brings over his Puerto Rican coworker to talk to the man to see what he wants done. His coworker could only understand as much as my dad could. The man and my dad are going back and forth about the hair cut when the man, still sitting in the chair wearing a cape, suddenly pushes my fathers face away with his hand and quickly stands up. My father is a well muscled guy, but only stands at 5’5”. While this man was a burly 6’ something.

In a moment of instinct and reaction, my father pulls out his handgun from his holster but doesn’t aim it at the man. The shop is filled with 7 other barbers and about two other clients, one of who is friends with the man. Everyone stops and the mans friend tells my dad “hey man you can’t do that he doesn’t even have a gun.” My dad puts his gun away and his boss comes out. The man tries to say “hey man I’m not mad, I forgive you, I still love you man” and leaves the shop. My dads boss tells him to go home and later calls my dad to tell him he can’t work there anymore because of the scene he made...

I felt so bad that my dad lost his job and it especially pissed me off that someone could be so racist and put their hands on my father for something so stupid. But I really want to help my dad, because now he’s worried that he’ll get arrested or charged for brandishing a gun at work.

But was he justified? Can this be classified as self defense if the man wasn’t holding a weapon? For all we know he could have also had a concealed weapon. My dad said he didn’t want to just wait to see how much further the man would have escalated. Here in Florida a lot of crazy shit happen and the last thing I want is a call telling me my dad was assaulted and is in the hospital or worse. I just need some who is more familiar with the gun laws in Florida or who have personality experienced this sort of situation. I appreciate any feedback!

Answer: That doesn’t seem like a reason to pull a gun on someone. If the cops weren’t called yesterday I think he’ll be fine. It just seems like your dad pulled out his gun prematurely.  Yeah the white guy shouldn’t have put his hands on your dad. But your dad shouldn’t have pulled his gun out.


Title: Concerned my wife may try to go back to england with our son who was born here, do both parents have to sign for him (4yr old) to get a passport?

Question: Our relationship has been a bit stale lately and she has a friend she admitted offered to buy her and her two kids along with our biological son tickets back home so basically he'll pay if she wants to leave me. She laughed this off but has since been deleting all messages from him before i can snoop them (i only started doing this when shit got weird i'm not a control freak by any means) and the few i do catch are talking about me.  How hard would it be for her to get a passport for him without my permission? Can i call our closest international airport we always use and have his name red flagged by security if he comes through? Sorry for the stacked questions i couldnt get it all into a title. thank you

Answer:
 Where is “here?”Answer #2: [Passport for children under 16](https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/apply-renew-passport/under-16.html)

Both parents must appear in person with the child, unless

* You can prove you have sole custody
* One parent can’t appear and submits a notarized form
* You provide evidence that the other parent can’t be found

There is also a way to be alerted if one parent tries to get a passport for the child without the other parent’s approval.

>Parents may enroll their U.S. citizen children under the age of 18 in the [Children’s Passport Issuance Alert Program](https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/International-Parental-Child-Abduction/prevention/passport-issuance-alert-program.html) (CPIAP), one of the Department of State’s most important tools for preventing international parental child abduction.  If a passport application is submitted for a child who is enrolled in CPIAP, we attempt to alert the parent(s) to verify whether they approve passport issuance.


Title: Could I sue the US for not giving me an equal vote?

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 No. You still had as equal a vote as everyone else since everyone is in the EC.

You cannot sue because you don't like the system. You petition and work with the gov to change it.


Title: [LA] Mother is holding my money hostage

Question:
I received a part of a settlement a few weeks ago. It entered the account when I turned 18.

She claims that I have absolutely no chance of taking her name off the account without my permission. I haven't been able to get rides around town, pay for my healthcare, look for jobs, or anything else because she's not letting me have my bank card or any of my other documents (SS card, insurance, etc.). I managed to get my ID after basically stealing it. Then of course we argued for a good 20 minutes about it.

So, can she legally stay on the account and just keep bleeding me of my only money?

Bank is Mid South Bank

I'll update soon with how she's listed on the account.

Answer: Open a new bank account without her name on it. Take everything out of your current account. Put it in there. Make sure everything is put into your account and not the one that has her name on it.


Title: Did the cop from my childhood legally kick me out of town?

Question: [deleted]

Answer: He does not have the legal ability to force you to leave town. He does have the legal ability to arrest or cite you for trespassing for being in a closed park. He was being  niceAnswer #2: No. He just didn't want to deal with you anymore that day


Title: [SC, USA] Auto mechanic botched repair, took my vehicle to another repair shop without my consent; will potentially cost me thousands of dollars.

Question:
Hi everyone, this is a very long and convoluted story, but I will try to present it in the most clear and concise way.

I purchased a used vehicle 2 months ago. Before I bought it, however, there was an issue that needed to be fixed on it. This particular issue kept me from driving the vehicle, but it was otherwise a great car for the money. The used car dealership I bought it from let their mechanic next door (let's call them AutoShop for sake of anonymity) fix the issue and covered the costs.

It took a month to fix. Still, I thought the vehicle was sound (save for that one issue which had been fixed). I signed the paperwork and drove it off the lot. Soon thereafter, the dashboard lit up like a Christmas tree. The very next week, I took it to AutoShop for them to diagnose and fix the issue. Here is a short summary of the next few weeks, every time I called to check on my car.
 * Week one: Car sat without being looked at
 * Week two: Problem diagnosed; all signs point to one particular part failure. Should be a quick and easy fix.
 * Week three: Should be ready tomorrow. Fix is more involved than previously anticipated. Once part was installed, it was not functioning properly.

At this point, I began to call every day, multiple times a day. Considering I waited a month to get the vehicle and then another 3 weeks (all the while having to borrow a car to get back and forth to work), I was beginning to get very annoyed with the time it was taking to repair my car.
Finally, they told me that they had taken it from their shop to the official, certified dealership (for instance, a large Dodge dealer) for them to repair it. First of all, the dealership's service department charges much more per hour than AutoShop. Second of all, they did not get my consent to take it to the dealership, nor was it ever suggested or discussed.
According to the service tech at the dealership, AutoShop told him that I tried to install the part myself (wtf!?). Also, the part AutoShop installed needed a special calibration before it was installed, which they failed to do. It is also going to cost at least twice what AutoShop quoted me originally two weeks ago.

Even if I were to turn around and sell the vehicle myself, this issue would need to be fixed. The dealer tech quoted me over $2000 if they need to order a part, calibrate it, and install it (over 3X what I was originally quoted by AutoShop).

I really don't know what to do. This is costing me TONS of time and money I do not have. I don't know what to do now. I'm totally stuck. I'm not looking for advice as to what to do with the car; I'll be the judge of that. I just need to know how to handle covering the costs of this, even though I had no say in it. What kind of lawyer would I need, if one at all? Would I be wrong in saying that AutoShop needs to cover the costs of the dealership since 1) they took it there without letting me know whatsoever or consulting me, 2) the hourly rate there is much higher, and 3) it is their fault it has to be fixed there anyway, since they did not properly install the part.

This is an ongoing situation and if I learn anything new today, I will provide updates. I'm more than happy to answer any further questions or clarify certain things. I understand this is very complicated.

Any and all help is much appreciated! Thank you!

Answer:
 Did the shop say they would not cover the bill the dealer charged?

I had a shop do this for my very first car and repair. They paid the dealer and I paid the shop for their work only. Its also one of the reasons I became a tech myself as I have major trust issues with others touching my cars.

Most states require the owner to allow repairs before anything can be done. As long as you have not authorized anything above what they have done then you should not be liable. Did you sign anything or agree to anything?

What is the car and what has been done and needs to be done?


Title: Mercedes abandoned where I live and work. Requesting help to legally obtain this vehicle. (USA, Texas)

Question:
   So about a week ago a 1986 Mercedes\-Benz 330sdl Turbo showed up behind my home/art studio and it appeared abandoned, stolen, lived in... something.  We figured someone would get it, but it hasn't happened.  I started thinking "maybe there's a finder's\-keepers type law that might work to my benefit?" or some other legal method to take possession of this car.

[https://imgur.com/a/k8RHyY2](https://imgur.com/a/k8RHyY2)  \<\-\-\- the car

  I did some research and if certain criteria is met, then there are avenues for just that!  Called the police to see if it was stolen... turns out it is not a stolen vehicle.  They sent out like 10 officers from the auto\-theft unit and assured us it is not a stolen vehicle, just abandoned.  It has been hotwired, the window smashed, stereo stolen, and other indicators of some theft... but it's not reported anywhere as stolen.  There are no tags/stickers, and the police informed us the Texas license plate on it is fake.

"Gaining title to an abandoned vehicle in Texas involves time and effort, but it may be your only option if a car is abandoned on your property. You'll need go through the DMV to establish the vehicle's current ownership, then contact the current owner. If you can get title to the vehicle, it will allow you to keep the vehicle or dispose of it. You should not attempt to move or tow an abandoned vehicle on your own until you have title to the vehicle. "

[https://legalbeagle.com/6752927\-obtain\-possession\-abandoned\-vehicle\-texas.html](https://legalbeagle.com/6752927-obtain-possession-abandoned-vehicle-texas.html)

The car was registered to an owner in Arizona 8 years ago, so I have to call the AZ DMV to try and track down the owner.  Anyway, the car needs some work, but is in surprisingly good condition for an abandoned car in an alley!

This is my rough guide to get me started, I know to check actual .gov sites for further details, but it seems to be a good place to get me started.

I don't know what I am doing and would like some help!  I have never owned a car before \(I'm in my 30's, pathetic, I know\) but it would be nice to fix this one up and finally own a vehicle.  If I take possession of it, I will have to get a part time job so I can afford to fix it up, but it might be nice to have a car fixing hobby with a Mercedes waiting for me at the end of it!

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated!  I don't know what obstacles may be in the way nor do I know any little tricks and shortcuts to help me do this smoothly.

Thank you for reading, I hope you can help!

Answer:
 > but it may be your only option if a car is abandoned on your property.

Was the car actually abandoned **on** your property?


Title: USA. Would it be legal to install a CowCatcher on a vehicle?

Question: I have a bus and I think it would be pretty cool to install a CowCatcher on it. I'm wondering if it would still be street legal?

Answer:
 50 states, 50 answers.

But generally speaking, you likely can't install anything that protrudes forward of the front bumper if you want it to be street legal.


Title: A friend is asking me to sign a fake lease to get approved for a mortgage.

Question: [deleted]

Answer: It's not a gray area, it's fraud. No one here will advise you to break the law.


Title: I accidentally shot off a pistol in my apartment bedroom.

Question:
[deleted]
Topic:
Landlord Tenant Housing

Answer:
 Negligent discharge is a class A misdemeanor in Wisconsin.

> It was purely accidental due to a hard sneeze while moving it to a drawer.

That's not an accident. It's negligence. Your finger shouldn't have been on the trigger. There's simply no way to do what you did if you were following proper gun safety.


Title: Wasn't paid for overtime, then I was fired for requesting it.

Question:
I live in Wisconsin, and my employer didn't pay me for ~~overtime~~ time that I worked. More specifically, they implemented a policy on the last business day of 2016 that stripped me of my overtime pay.

I've been working there for almost two years, no write-ups or anything. But when I continually pushed against this, suddenly I'm fired. They refused to respond to my emails on the topic when I pressed them. I requested a meeting, so they brought me to a meeting and fired me on the spot. They said my quality of work had suffered and they didn't think there would be an improvement. Again, they'd never written that up before.

Looking for some assistance in what precisely to do. I haven't signed their severance pay option or their general release, but I'm concerned that if a lawyer takes my case I'll have to pay thousands to recoup something negligible; if anything at all.

Edit: Time, not overtime.

Answer:
 > they implemented a policy on the last business day of 2016 that stripped me of my overtime pay

I have a *very* difficult time believing that. That's not something within their power to do.

Can you please clarify on this point?

Also, were you documenting the hours you worked and are not being paid for?Answer #2: The first result on Google for "wisconsin do sick days count for overtime" -

https://dwd.wisconsin.gov/er/labor_standards_bureau/hours_of_work_and_overtime.htm

> Sick leave, vacation pay, holiday pay
> Hours paid for time not worked, such as sick leave, vacation pay or holiday pay, do NOT count as hours worked for purposes of computing overtime pay.

Your employer didn't implement a policy, it's a law in your state.  They were probably just clarifying it.

Before you continually push for something at your next job, try searching online first.


Title: Is it legal for a female or transwoman to go topless in this situation.

Question:
Ocean City, Maryland has an anti nudity ordinance that states that it is illegal for anyone to be out in public with their "specified anatomical areas" nude.

Part of their definition of "specified anatomical area" is...

"Less than completely and opaquely covered human genitals, pubic region, anal cleft, or a female breast below a point immediately above the top of the areola."

I just had a double mastectomy that was skin sparing but not nipple sparing. I have expanders in which are like temporary expandable implants and they have a breast shape but I have no nipples or areola.

Owing to the fact that they aren't actually breasts and I have no areola, would it be legal for me to go topless?

Also, being the ordinance specifically states that the prohibition on exposing the area in question applies to females only, and transwomen are biologically male, would a transwoman with developed or implanted breasts be violating the ordinance if she went topless?

Answer:
 Yes, walking around topless will have the police stop you, and likely either give you a ticket after forcing you to cover up, or arrest you.

At which point, then it's up to a judge.

Regardless of the loophole, cops are enforcement, not adjudicators, and while you might be able to get a lawyer to clear everything, it will end up being much more trouble than it's worth.


Title: can you buy a flamethrower in canada?

Question:
dont know if this is fit for the sub but just wondering
Topic:
Canada

Answer: To my knowledge, it is legal to possess a flamethrower in Canada.Answer #2: Do you mean the Vietnam War style that sprays burning fuel all over and starts brush fires all around you, or more like the propane torch at harbor freight that makes impressive fireballs but little danger


Title: Ex-employer refuses to give pay stubs. Also refused to provide pay stubs while I worked at company [PA]

Question:
If it is helpful to provide the city, I will! Just let me know and I will add it.

I requested pay stubs from my ex-employer via email and in person several times. When I sent emails, they were ignored and when I would ask in person my manager would say, "Yeah I got your email a week ago and I don't know how to do that but I can find out". She always said this.

We didn't have any online system where I could access this info and because of the company set up, she was the only higher up that we had access to. I needed this information for financial aid/scholarship reasons.

I found a job in a much better environment and so I no longer work under my old manager as of three weeks ago. I have emailed her several times asking for my pay stubs but she has continued to ignore them. I give her a reasonable amount of time to answer (three-four days). I have grown incredibly frustrated with her and I even called her and politely asked if there was any update on figuring out how to give me my paystubs. She said she'd look into it.

I really need this information.

I don't know if this matters, but I (and several of my co-workers believe that I was constructively terminated. I told my manager several months (with a reminder right before she did schedules) that I couldn't work on Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur but she scheduled me anyway. I told her that I couldn't work that day and she asked me why my "little events" were so important. I asked my rabbi for advice and he wrote a letter as verification that I was indeed observant of Jewish laws. He provided his contact information in the event that she needed it. She called him and when she was done, she looked very angry and told me that I didn't have to work those days.

Since then, my hours were dramatically reduced. One time my check was only for $70 when it used to be around $325. There was an assignment that everyone hated to do because you'd be pretty much isolated from everyone else for all of your shift and it was difficult. Before she gave me time off for the holidays, it would rotate in such a way that you would only get the shift once a week or once every other week. After that, I would always get it. Even if someone was assigned to it formally, she would send me to do it.

If she "accidentally" had too many people scheduled to work sometimes, I would be sent home after working for an hour max. It was always me and my coworkers thought it was strange.

It got to the point where I would receive a text from her as I was headed into work and she'd say not to come in because it didn't seem like she needed help that day.

When she accused me of having money missing from my till (although I always counted the amount several times and had the shift leader count after me), I started looking for a new job. I asked her if she could review the tapes because I was careful counting, she said no. She told me that such a large amount of money missing was a fireable offense. I talked to my shift leader who counted after me and she said that when she counted after me, nothing seemed out of place.

I ignored everything else that my manager did but I can't ignore the pay stub issue. Is there a legal way for me to have my pay stubs in a short amount of time?

Answer: Report this to your states department of labor enforcement.


Title: Advice for international student setting up business in the US (Florida)?

Question:
International student with student visa here, looking to set up an import/export business with American partner.

1. How much can I expect to pay to register the business?

2. How to register with the lowest tax burden?

3. Do I need OPT? Will I need it before or after I graduate?

4. Any general advice for my situation?

Thanks for any helpful replies.

Answer:
 Talk to an immigration attorney.  If you start doing work on a student visa you could have the visa revoked, be deported, and be barred from reentry.Answer #2: > International student with student visa here, looking to ~~set up an import/export business with American partner.~~ have the government revoke my visa and get deported.

FTFYAnswer #3: In the US on a student visa? Advice?

You don’t do this because if you do the US will revoke your visa and deport you. You are not permitted to be employed outside of specific education-related conditions. Answer #4: Do you understand what a student visa is for? Answer #5: You can't do this at all. You're not permitted to actively work for, or earn a salary from, a business you have an ownership interest in while on a student visa.


Title: Husband married me for a green card.. what can I do?

Question:
I found out my husband was cheating on me 1 month before our 2 year anniversary. The 2 year mark is important because if we divorce after the 2 year mark - the marriage is considered more "legitimate" in Immigration's eyes.

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He got caught and apologized and and then essentially started blaming me, accusing me of not being affectionate enough and that he made these mistakes in frustration. He said he need time apart to get himself together. He also revealed he was $30K in debt (which I had no idea about). Everyone ate this up and I was basically put at fault in front of the families. There were multiple girls he was trying to talk to but there was one in particular that basically was his girlfriend. He told everyone he stopped talking to her and it was a mistake. In digging for more information - I found out that he started stepping out of the marriage right after we had our Green Card interview.

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We spent 3-4 months apart. We'd still talk here and there. He said he needed time to get himself together. In hindsight he was just prolonging the time we were married to pass the 2 year mark and stretch it out as long as possible. He even took a trip oversees to his country and I told everyone he must be trying to see that girl but his family convinced me otherwise.

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After he took his "time" the families got back together and we decided to continue on in the marriage and start living together again. At this point he claimed he wasn't talking to anyone and wanted to be with me. Well lo and behold once a cheater, always a cheater.

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I found enough proof to suggest that he DID meet this girl oversees and is most likely engaged to her WHILE still married to me. He lied to prolong the marriage and secure his green card. And in hindsight, there were so many red flags but he kept making excuses.

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He proposed to me with a fake diamond ring, he never bought any property with me (looking back it's because he knew from the start he wasn't going to stay with me and wouldn't have to split it), his salary is $85K and has a second job where he makes mostly cash and somehow he's in so much debt, he ran away and I have debt collectors coming to MY parent's house bc that's where we stayed for most of the marriage. He invested $0.00 into the marriage, wedding and 2+ years later he's coming out with a green card and is most likely trying to throw his debt on me, even though I had no knowledge of it. And he's been sending money to his friends and parents so it makes me suspect he is hiding his money.

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I know I've been made a fool of. I thought the marriage was real. Looking back from day 1 all the little things he did and said are starting to become clear. The first day we met he said that he doesn't want me to think he's interested because he'll get a greencard. He was already here on an H1B (originally on a student visa) and said he worked this hard himself to get here and doesn't ever want anyone to think he's with me for a greencard. I am so stupid, all the red flags were there, he was feeding me this narrative from the start and I didn't realize I was being played.

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I've spoken to lawyers and I see there's not much I can do. He screwed me over. But still decided to come on here if anyone has any advice on legal action I can take against him.

Answer: For intent and purposes uscis will not see this as marriage fraud . This marriage is a bonafide marriage , it was consummated.  You lived together as husband and wife . You can try to file for divorce and claim separation before the 2 years .  But even then that does not make it fraud . Unfortunately he is a jerk and a cheater and a liar but uscis that's isnt grounds for fraud . I'm so sorry this happened to you . Trust in Karma and file for alimony.


Title: Selling hand loaded ammunition [MO]

Question: I’m 17, have a steady (for my age) income (ATF doesn’t like you using reloading as a means of living unless you have a FFL), and have enough reloading supplies for 1000 rounds of 5.45. I have an AK of my own but would like to profit on the bullets. I’m making them in my grandpas shop on OUR reloader and am interested in selling online. I have good QC (I don’t want my gun blowing up in my face). What are my options? Can I sell them alone or can I sell them through my grandpa since he has a FFL? What liability issues should I be wary of, I don’t think my ammo will be an issue but I don’t want to somehow mess up and get sued.

Answer:
 You need a Type 6 FFL and liability insurance. You won’t be able to get those until you are 21.

You can be sued for damage to a gun or injury associated with an ammo malfunction. The potential liability from an ammunition malfunction can be quite high (potentially millions). You also risk jail time for manufacturing without a license.


Title: Apartment insists I am rent responsible after fire

Question:
Hello Reddit, I'm currently in a difficult situation. I had originally signed a lease to end on 10/4 but had submitted a 30-day move out notice a month in advance (8/9) to be rent responsible until 9/9. Rent responsible would mean that I would be moved out by the above date and that the apartment company (Irvine Company) would be help find a new renter. Two weeks later (8/13) there was a fire patio that the fire department yellow tagged, meaning that no one can live in the apartment and that I could only be escorted into the apartment to retrieve my things. The cause of the fire did not point to the apartment company or myself (renter).

Luckily, due to my separate renters insurance (edit: nothing to do with Irvine Company apartment), they were able to house us in a hotel. This lasted for over a month due to construction not being started until 3 weeks later. I decided to just sign a new lease on 8/28 with the same apartment company in a town over. A bill came a week ago insisting I owe the rent from 9/9-10/4 as well. I believe that this is unfair due to the apartment being uninhabitable, meaning even if I had someone to move in no one would be able to live there.

I contacted the community manager and she said she talked to corporate office and that they are still holding me rent responsible (edit: for the rent after the 30 day notice of 9/9-10/4). She is taking multiple days to respond to email and the bill is due next week or I will get a late fee. What can I do from here? Is this something I could bring to a small claims court? Please help me out Reddit!

edit: This is in California!
Topic:
Contracts

Answer: Not only do you not owe them rent if they were unwilling or unable to house you after the fire, they owe you a rent refund for any rent you paid for the period after 8/13. You can sue them in small claims if they aren't willing to do so.Answer #2: To be clear, was it the apartment that was paying to keep you in a hotel?


Title: Advice?

Question: (CT) Hey guys, so this morning I went to the gym near my house for the first time in several months but I used my brother's pass to get in. I brought a friend and I was planning on getting a pass myself but my friend took ages to get signed up so I was mid-way through my workout when he finished and I completely forgot. This afternoon (around 30 minutes ago) I receive a call from the gym owner absolutely livid that I had used my brother's pass and he started ranting about the liability involved and how I was cheating the company plus "being 20 years old, you should know right from wrong." Then he mentioned investigating my prior use of my brothers pass and threw the words "Criminal trespassing" out there, which caught my attention. Today was my first time at the gym in several months because I have been away for personal reasons so I was surprised to hear from him now out of all the times. Over the winter, I was going to the gym multiple times a week using my brother's pass and bringing friends in with me so that's the concerning part about all of this to me but he would have to look back through months of video to find that. I completely understand the owner's side to the issue because he's losing revenue by me piggybacking off my brothers pass but I don't believe this is a matter worth blowing up out of proportion as I'm one of many that "cheat the system." I'm going in tomorrow morning to have a chat with the owner and I would appreciate any advice to keep in mind so as to try and end the conflict then before a mountain is made out of a molehill.

Answer:
 >I don't believe this is a matter worth blowing up out of proportion as I'm one of many that "cheat the system."

Says every person caught doing something wrong, ever.  "But everyone else is doing it" is not a defense.

What are you going to talk to him for?  Nothing will benefit you, and anything you say to him he'll probably pass along to the police if you don't acquiesce to whatever he wants.


Title: Got Into Some Shit.

Question:
So I had a warrant out for my arrest for Possession of stolen goods, paid $400 out of pocket for a lawyer and just had my court date. The situation was and is that the lady claimed that I had sold her a phone, a phone that was stolen from the school I attend. Now regardless of whether I did sell her the phone or not, today I had to plead guilty for a plea of me paying her $400 - for the price she paid for the phones as she gave it back to the original owner, and take a 6 week course for it to be clean off my record.

What were the chances that I could have gotten off this had I went to trial?

The options I had to take were to either:

(A):Plead guilty and pay her $400, take the course and have it taken off my record - or....

(B):Take it to trial and have the judge basically decide whether her word (that I sold her the phone) was more powerful than my word of that I didn't sell her the phone.

There was no evidence except for the fact that the phone was stolen from the school I attend, and that she claimed to recognize me in person when I entered the courtroom almost instantly.

Well, I went the $400 route and will be taking the course, my lawyer was being a lazy ass and decided that was the best route - I'm wondering what the chances that I would've gotten off clean were? No evidence but her word and the phone was stolen at my school. State is North Carolina.

Thank you

Answer:
 Your lawyer wasn't taking the easy route, he was taking the smart route.  You paid her back the $400 you got from her, plus another $400 to your lawyer who had you plea.  Then you took a course and it's not on your record.

So, at the end of all of this, what's your position?  You're out $800 and have no record.   At the end of the trial, had you been acquitted, you'd still be out a whole lot more than $800 and have no record, because going to trial will cost you in the thousands.  And that's assuming you were acquitted.  It's not hard to prove you sold her the phone.

Your lawyer went with the sure thing, and you ended up in the better position.  You trying to keep the persons's $400 would have cost you five times that, if not more. Your lawyer gave you good advice.  Your "lazy ass" lawyer saved you a ton of money and a criminal record.  Thank him or her.


Title: 17 years old and got assulted by parents

Question: [deleted]

Answer: You were assaulted.  Call the police.


Title: Am I gonna get sued if I show my neighbor footage of his wife cheating?

Question:
Y'all. I need help. So, for a bit of background, we got new downstairs neighbors about 3 months ago. The dude is super sweet, kind, stays to himself, always brings hubby & I food upstairs if he makes too much, invites us downstairs to grill, has even offered us free weed (we don't smoke tho). His wife on the other hand.. she's a trash ass person.

So this guy helped me install a dual dashcam in my car last week. It runs 24/7 because we've had a string of car burglaries in the past few weeks. It's tiny, & there's a camera that points into the car & one filming through the windshield. I was going through the recordings today on my computer, &.. I have a weeks worth of time-stamped footage of her cheating on him w MULTIPLE. MEN. Answering the door in skimpy clothes, or naked, full on making out w these dudes, & some more explicit stuff as well, during all hours of the day when he's gone. & they're not polyamorous. My question is, what do I do?

Can I legally show/tell him about this? I know I want & need to tell him bc he works his ass off in the oilfield & she stays at home all day & does nothing. She doesn't work & they don't have kids but he confided in me recently that they're gonna start trying & it's not my situation but I personally would wanna know if someone I was planning on having children with was cheating. I would like to show/give him the footage but what I have technically occurred in their private domicile, so I have no idea what my options are. Giving it to him anonymously isn't really an option bc a) he helped me install the camera & b) my assigned parking space is directly in front of their door, so he would know I gave it to him.

Answer:
 Depends on your state, but I think you are okay because 1. He helped you install it and knows about it, and 2. You didn’t set it up specifically to record the wife, it just happened to catch her in the same way a neighbor walking by could have.

Do not email or send via phone.

Tell him something along the lines of “hey man, I was cleaning out my dashcam’s memory to clear up space, and I found some stuff on there that involves your wife, and I need to know if you want to see it or if you want me to delete it. It appears to be of a sensitive nature and may affect you.” Invite him over to see it if he needs to see it, be prepared to make him a copy for a lawyer if he needs it, but make sure you don’t distribute it and don’t keep anything if he says to delete it.Answer #2: I would suggest telling him about the cheating and not telling him about the recordings.

Whether the recordings are legal or not depends significantly on your state.


Title: Alabama - What Will Happen to My Brother Now That I've Reported My Mom to APS?

Question:
I'm sorry if I have too many questions... I did Google but couldn't find the answers I was looking for.

I reported my mom to Adult Protective Services for abusing my adult, mentally disabled/challenged brother. I'm in California but they are in Alabama, I reported to AL APS of course. I'm currently no contact with my mom or any of her family or friends and my brother is forbidden to speak to me so I have no way of knowing if someone will check on him since I live far off.

The person I made the report to said it would take 7 business days for someone to follow up once the report was filed. She didn't say how long it would take to file the report. Their site says 7 calendar days which I took to mean weekend included? So what am I looking at as far as timeline? It's urgent to me because the last thing I heard was that my brother had begun harming himself and I'm afraid it will escalate before someone can go check on him.

They do 'surprise' visits right? What if my mom isn't home when they come? Can they still investigate with only my brother present in the home or does she have to be there since she's the abuser and also his legal guardian? If she isn't there will they go back later or what?

Does she have to let them in the home? Does it work like with the police and they have to a warrant if she refuses to let them in or what?

I know that assistance can be denied/declined. I don't understand how this works because part of the abuse my brother is suffering is coercion and he can be easily manipulated to say anything my mom wants him to. So if she didn't want APS involved she could tell him to say he doesn't want help and he'd say it. What happens then? If the caseworker can tell he's being coerced do they still have close the case or is there something else that can be done?

Last question. I remembered more information regarding the abuse (i was emotional during the report and i forgot this info) which I feel is very important to my brother's safety regarding a firearm which had belonged to my deceased father which my mom still owns. My brother has access to it and knows how to operate it... Should I call again and do another report to add this information? ~~As far as I know it's illegal for them to still have this weapon since neither of them have a license for it?~~ (nevermind, AL gun laws apparently say anyone can have it I guess?) I know it's not abuse but since my brother is mentally ill and has access, it could be dangerous right? What can I do about this?

TIA

Answer: Call APS and tell them that you need them to add something to the report. This is extremely important information. It's normal that you forgot some details while you were walking them through the situation.


Title: [MA, USA] Employer asking for personal financial holdings statements

Question:
Hello,

Throwaway because maybe I'm paranoid.  Giving as much detail as possible - I work for a financial services company.  I, of course, have access to sensitive investment information (what clients hold, buy, sell, etc).  My company recently sent me a request that to comply with their "Standard of Ethics/Conduct", I need to provide them with a listing of all my current investment holdings, and keep this information accurate monthly/quarterly.  The reasoning that I've deduced from internal documentation is that we're in "sensitive positions" and the company needs to ensure there are no conflicts of interest in employee holdings and transactions.  For what it's worth, I have access to plenty of sensitive information, but I'm rather low on the totem pole.  While this makes sense, I personally don't believe my specific position warrants this.  I could understand having board members/executive VPs with large holdings in other companies needing this because they could realistically have a conflict of interest.

So far, I haven't provided anything.  I also don't feel comfortable with providing them with this information.  My questions are:

-Is it legal for an employer to do this?
-Did I possibly sign my rights away in regards to this when I took the job?

I will gladly provide additional information as needed.  Thank you for your time/help.

Answer: Not only is it legal, I think it is required for financial service companies to collect this info.  If it is not required it is standard in the industry for employers to have this info


Title: Landlord is demanding money to fix damages despite already having a security deposit [LA]

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 Did your landlord provide evidence that your total damages were $1,250? It sounds like he didn't. You need to demand itemized charges.

Note, however, that your deposit isn't a "max" for damages. It's an incentive to not damage in the first place. And the landlord isn't required to fix anything during any particular time-frame -- he or she is only required to prove that you caused that amount of damages (it's easier to do when the damages are cured, using actual invoices, but you don't get to avoid $500 of damage to a carpet just because the landlord didn't fix the carpet right away).


Title: [WV] Grandmother has payday loans Wondering what she could do to get out

Question:
My grandmother lives in West Virginia and is wondering what she can do legally to get out of the loans. She is unable to pay the loans off and was wondering what legal action she has to take to try to get out of the loans.

In WV payday loans are illegal. She did go into Ohio and get them. What steps could she take to pay off the loans without repercussions?

Answer:
 So your grandmother took out payday loans and now can’t pay them back so she wants to find a way to get out of them?

Tell grandma to pay her loans and they will then go away.


Title: [Massachusetts] Are bouncers legally allowed to use physical force on someone if this person did not provoke it?

Question: [removed]

Answer: So she was told she cannot enter private property, tried to anyway, and then was stopped by someone acting on behalf of the owner? She needs to suck it up. Nothing is going to happen here other than you and your friends all being permanently being banned from that bar.


Title: [MI] Why do you lose power of attorney after the death of the person who you had power over?

Question:
(Michigan)

This didn't happen to me but someone I know. They took care of all the stuff for the past few years leading up to their death, but now that they have passed they need to go through it all again to take care of the rest of their problems.

Although I'm unsure what's left to take care of legally, it's possibly related to the selling of the deceased house which is happening soon.

Answer:
 You don't have power of attorney "over" someone else.

Power of attorney allows you to act on behalf of that person (you can do anything legally for them that they could do themselves), but they may still act for themselves as well.

Since a dead person can no longer act for themselves, the power of attorney ceases to have any meaning.