Title: [SC] I have epilepsy and had a seizure at work due to inability to access my meds when needed. Any legal advice or steps I could take would be greatly appreciated

Question:
I live in South Carolina and I work in the restaurant industry and my bosses are well aware that I have epilepsy and that I need to take my anti-seizure medication at very specific times in the day.  Recently, they decided to start locking all out belongings in a closest and without a manager to unlock it I am unable to reach it. There is one particular manager who I usually work with who doesn't seem to understand how serious this can be. She always seems irritated when I ask and takes her time to finally allow me access to it.

So, after days of taking my medication hours after I needed it I finally had a seizure at work. I was wondering if this is worth talking to an attorney or if there is anything at all I could do about this. I told them locking up my medication could potentially lead to this if I wasn't able to access it. I haven't had a seizure in about 5-6 months since adjusting to my medication until all this happened. I've watched her take smoke breaks, scroll on her phone, etc. Just not sure how to handle this situation.

Answer:
 Can you not put your medicine bottle in your pocket?   Not trying to be rude (and do not know the full situation here) but this seems simple to slip the medicine in your pocket or the whole bottle or a few pills you need to take later in your shift.

Did they try and tell you that you can not have your medicine on your person at any time?   Something seems off here..Answer #2: I don't know what form your medicine comes in but I have a small keychain where I keep my pill for the day. Have you considered carrying what you need with you? that might be a good stopgap until you've straightened this out and the manager is trained on the importance of allowing you access.


Title: (California)Me [17/M] and my gf [15/F] have had consensual sex more than once and her father is threatening charges. Can he actually do anything?

Question: (California)Me [17/M] and my gf [15/F] have had consensual sex more than once and her father is threatening charges. Can he actually do anything?

Answer:
 It's a misdemeanor to have sex with anyone under 18. You can both be charged for it. He's not full of it but he's playing with fire.Answer #2: He can report you to the police, at which point you could face serious legal consequences like an unlawful sexual intercourse charge. Granted you could both potentially be charged, so it's not a simple case.

For what it's worth, in California, minors cannot consent to sex under any circumstances.


Title: My roomate's girlfriend blocked my neighbor from getting to work

Question:
I am renting a two bedroom condo. I am the only person on the lease. I have a roommate who brought his girlfriend over for the night, and she parked in front of someone's garage instead of using the guest parking.

In the morning, my neighbor knocked on the door, and was extremely upset. I apologized profusely, the car was moved, and she left for work. The next day I recieved this [note](https://i.imgur.com/kkIZTk2.jpg) on my door. Legally, do I owe her any compensation? Should I ask to see a pay stub? The housing is cheap enough that I'm puzzled that someone who makes $260,000 a year is living here.

Besides that, I would have preferred she towed the car as it wasn't mine, and would have cost me nothing. Instead, she refrained from towing it only to ask for compensation.

Edit: I am in California. u/LocationBot have mercy!
Topic:
Landlord Tenant Housing

Answer:
 No, you legally don't owe her anything. And if if she was owed something, it wouldn't be from you - it's not your car and you didn't park it there. Ignore her.Answer #2: Legally, you don't owe her anything, because the courts haven't ordered you to pay her.

Your smart move would be to give her the name of the person who parked and let them hash it out.Answer #3: Asking to move the car made her 2 hours late for work? I'm guessing that it maybe made her leave 15 minutes late which might have made traffic worse adding a generous 30 minutes more on a long commute. Where did she get 2 hours?Answer #4: When, and only when, a court tells you you owe it (by awarding her a small claims judgment).


Title: Notice To Cease Harassment of /u/ling_dja Immeditaly

Question:
This is a letter by an individaul associated with the user /u/ling_dja whole will be referred to in the body of the post as John Doe.

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To: All Individual associated with /r/legaladvice and /r/bestoflegaladvice

John Doe who is currently in therapy due to numerous psychological conditions caused by the end of her 20-year long marriage became enraged after reading a defamatory post on her, that fabricated accusations of numerous felonies that have never been prosecuted in court. She made the regrettable choice of posting a letter of notice and attempting to file a lawsuit against the subreddit after reading the positive reception her husband had gained including praise for being heroic in taking away all her children. Since then John Doe has managed to gain a favourable custody settlement with her ex-husband and is currently receiving help and therapy in an attempt to recover from her illness.

Members of the community have attempted to prevent her full recovery by waging a harassment campaign on social media including spreading fabrication her being a religious litigant which has cost her many job offers, today a google alert has notified me that you are attempting to secure the thread in a vile attempt to mock a hurt and vulnerable person.

Ordinarily, She would let bygones be bygones and not wage any legal action against you but the revival has granted us an actionable claim of conspiracy to harras and Tortious interference which she will not hesitate to use unless she gains a formal apology along with a token settlement offer either to her directly or to a charity of her choice.

If you wish to avoid a lengthy legal battle that will take thousands of dollars and you will Ultimately loose, then please delete all  posts related to her and permanently ban any member that engaged in her bullying so that we may negotiate a final settlement in good faith

Answer:
 So if Jane Doe is divorced from John Doe is she keeping his surname or what? Or can we start referring to Jane Doe as Jane Durp at last? I don't want there to be any confusion, that's all.

Also can you sue me too please? I feel left out.Answer #2: *lose

And you dropped a period on your last sentence.

Take me to court daddyAnswer #3: I love this sub so much.

The fact that know one knows if this is a troll or not speaks to the wild variety of posters here.

The crazies really help to break the tension of the truly tragic stories from  people that really need help.

Edit: Also /u/grasshoppa1 by another name.Answer #4: > which has cost her many job offers

I'm confused.  Did you *tell* prospective employers about your earlier post?

If so, why? If not, how did they find out?Answer #5: I have watch every season of Suits try me b\*tch. ~~/s~~Answer #6: This has to be a troll.

But go ahead and sue me my dudette hahaha. I'll just end up recovering court fees and place liens on your property. Answer #7: So are you gonna sue the half a million subscribers individually or as a group?Answer #8: Can someone please explain to me who is going to be paying this person if we lose?


Title: Question about renting apartment/drug testing? [Maryland]

Question: [deleted]

Answer: This is adorable.


Title: How on earth does the Canadian prostitution law work this way?

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 Sex workers as a population are subject to very high rates of violence, rape and robbery. And since they are sex workers they often avoid cops because of fear of arrest. By shifting the bulk of the punishment from the supplier to the buyer the hope is that sex workers will engage with police when violence against them occurs and in the long run leave them safer.

In general sex workers are also drawn largely from vulnerable populations and some governments think they deserve more protection and help than they get by treating them as pure criminals.


Question:
Hi folks,
    I was directed here from r/mortgages and r/personalfinance. When I  was in my early twenties, I took out a 30-year fixed 4.0% mortgage to help my family buy our house.  The mortgage is entirely in my name but the deed has both my name and my mom's name. For the past 10 years, I've been paying half of the monthly mortgage payment and my mom pays the other half. This is a verbal agreement we've had and she has been depositing her half of the monthly mortgage payments in my checking account for the last 10 years.

I was told by my accountant that I'm 100% entitled to the tax deduction from mortgage interest because the legal responsibility of the mortgage is entirely in my name.

My question is this: What if my mom stops paying her half of the mortgage? I could pay the monthly mortgage payment by myself for a while but I would be struggling if that happened.

What are my options? Can I sell the house if she doesn't pay her half? Can I sue her to get her half of the mortgage?

Am I just outright screwed?

TLDR: My mom may withhold her half of the monthly mortgage payments from me. The mortgage is in my name but the house is in both of our names. We live in the house with my 2 younger brothers. Do I have recourse to take ownership of the house from her? What do I do?

Thank you, kind folks of Reddit!

Answer:
 You cannot easily sell with her name on the deed without her permission; your have to go to court to force a partition sale. You would both get an equal stake in the proceeds.

You may be able to recover the money she does not pay you if you can prove that agreement existed, but not before it crashs your credit.


Title: I bought a car, then started having problems with the audio system working with my phone. find out my phone isn't supported and no one bothered to tell me. what can I do? (USA, HI)

Question:
Just a few days ago I bought a new car and put half the cost as a down payment.

the next day I tried setting up my phone (a nexus 6P) to pair with the car and started having problems getting it to see my phone. I took it back to the dealer and they managed to get it paired to stream music but I was still having problems with other aspects of the hands free function. (like if I used the voice button to call a number, it would only dial the area code then declare it wasn't a valid number. I also wasn't getting any notification when a new message came in and Google Now also stopped working).

I contacted Honda tech support and they told me that my phone wasn't on their compatibility list (I didn't even know that there was such a list) and that not all android phones worked with their audio system. they tell me this is an issue I have to take up with the dealership.

so I go back to the honda dealer and tell them what I was told, I get passed around different sales people and end up with the assistant manager, who after playing around with my phone settings trying to get it to work says that this is something he will look into and he will get be to me the next day. (which is today)

my question is, is this a disclosure issue? shouldn't they have made me aware that there might be problems if I use android? and what can I do now?

Answer: Instead of trying to return a car, just get a new phone...


Title: Is it possible to DDOS someone with lawsuits?

Question:
Can a group of people bog someone down with tens or hundreds of individually filed lawsuits? Would it matter if you could prove that these individuals are coordinating?

In general, are there protections limiting how many active lawsuits can be carried about against a person at a given time? If someone is fighting it out with ten separate people in court, can they tell everyone else to wait in line?


Title: What if my signature is literally "I decline"?

Question:
1. What if my signature is the sentence "I decline to the terms above" or something similar, can this hold up in court?

2. Can I use the signature field of a contract to perform 'legal injection'? something along the lines of: "I accept the terms above only if <some condition>"

Answer:
 What you have to understand is that contract law, despite what it looks like, is not arcane magic. You can't force a court to apply a contract in obviously stupid ways just by saying the right things. So:

> What if my signature is the sentence "I decline to the terms above" or something similar, can this hold up in court?

Not unless you can convince the judge that you honestly intended to decline the contract.

> Can I use the signature field of a contract to perform 'legal injection'? something along the lines of: "I accept the terms above only if <some condition>"

Not unless you can convince the judge that the other party accepted your modification.Answer #2: Are you asking if you can accept the part of the contract that benefits you (for example, the right to use software that has an EULA) and unilaterally decline the parts you don't like? No, you can't do that. You can decline the contract altogether, but you don't get to then keep the benefits of it.


Title: Reporting Green Card Marriage

Question:
So this is a tricky situation and I'm honestly being slightly petty. My dad is currently having an affair with a young girl he met on Facebook who lives in Korea. She initiated the relationship even though his Facebook cover photo is a picture of the family. This is pretty common for older generation men (40 and older) finding younger girls online and leaving their family. These younger girls are only looking for a money and a way to get to the states.

The young girl that my dad is still in Korea but I know that my dad will bring her to Florida eventually. My parents are not married, so I assume my dad will marry this girl. Is it possible to report this as a green card marriage?

Answer:
 >Is it possible to report this as a green card marriage?

AFTER the marriage happens, yes.

But understand that what you consider a sham marriage may be a real marriage, so while an investigation may happen, there is **no** guarantee that you will get either your father or his wife in trouble.

You may want to reconsider your thoughts on this matter - I can guarantee that if you keep going in the same direction, sooner or later you will regret your choices.

But legally, you are free to report this once the marriage happens and the wife joins your father in the USA.

EDIT: Added missing word in bold.Answer #2: Not until there's actually a marriage.


Title: Will I have to pay $9000 in fines if I can't afford my ticket?

Question:
   Background: I'm currently a sophomore at college and barely have the funds to support myself, let alone pay tickets. I have been convicted of underage drinking 3 separate time in my freshman year of college, and have had my driving license revoked because of it. ( I live in lillinois, in our state if you are underage and caught drinking it doesn't matter if you we were behind a vehicle your license will be revoked either way). I switched colleges after freshman year, because I wasn''t focused on my education and career. Ever since I have sobered up, stayed away from jail, and been less of a drunk

   The incident: Me and my friends wanted to see the town from a very tall hill that is in a park. We went there after hours, at midnight. I had a little bit of weed, on me. Alot less than half a gram. I was an idiot for carrying it on me while we were "tresspassing". Well soon enough, four squad cars roll up at the bottom of the hill and turn their lights on. They ask if we have anything on us, and I hand the officer the little sack I had, they searched all 4 of us top to bottom.

   The ticket: The officer then gives me a $250 fine for possession of cannabis, however it is written on a traffic violation citation. I was not operating any vehicle at the time. I have no funds to pay this, and currently do not have a job. I make my means through freelancing liquidation. I also do not want to borrow money from my parents, since they will know I smoke weed and would not be supportive of my career and schooling.

   The officer told me if I didn't pay the fine in 10 days, it would mess my driving record even more and I would have to end up paying 9 grands in fine, if I ever wished to see my license again.

   What are my options and what can i do?
I live in Illinois, within 10 mils of Chicago. Weed is decriminalized here.
Keep in mind, I was caught after hours in a park, i have been convicted for underage drinking and have my license suspended (not a dui)
 I was planning to not pay the fine, and wait until my hearing to ask the judge if  can pay in installments, but on the citation it says the fine will increase in 10 days and It will be on my driving record

 Thank you for your assistance, and sorry for the sloppy editing

Answer:
 > Background: I'm currently a sophomore at college and barely have the funds to support myself, let alone pay tickets.

**THEN MAYBE YOU NEED TO QUIT BREAKING THE GODDAMNED LAW!**

Now that we got that out of the way, the "traffic ticket" summons is usually a uniform ticket that can be used for any violation.  So that won't help you at all.

It doesn't sound like you have any real defense to the charge at all, really.  Your choices are to pay the fine, or contest the charge in court.  You probably want to talk to a lawyer.  A drug conviction will [FUBAR your financial aid for college](https://studentaid.ed.gov/eligibility/criminal-convictions#drug-convictions).Answer #2: So you're so insanely poor that you can't afford a fine, but you were caught with weed. Perhaps you need to reprioritize and do some budgeting.

Advice, ask for a payment plan, stop doing illegal shit, the first three times should have taught you this.


Title: Legal Medical Marijuana Patient dealing with possible CPS involvement

Question:
My family is currently going through a rather stressful ordeal, wherein my bother's ex-wife has absconded to IL from Phoenix, AZ with his two older children. He also has a second wife with whom he shares a little girl in a loving and supportive home. He struggles with chronic pain and has a valid medical marijuana license in AZ.

His concern is that, being in a custody battle for his two oldest daughters, his ex may bring up his legitimate cannabis use and attempt to involve CPS in regards to his youngest girl (of whom he still has custody and is married to her mother.) He has already disclosed his legitimate prescription to the court but they (and she, "the ex") seem to be making a bigger deal of it than is warranted.

Obviously, he complies with all state laws regarding medical marijuana. He does not consume cannabis around his little one, he does not drive on it or share it with anyone, he keeps it locked in a safe, etc.

Our question is whether this fear of CPS swooping in to intervene based on a legal prescription is valid or not? This card was issued to him, based on the recommendation of a doctor, by the AZ Department of Public Health. He has already taken a hair follicle test and tested negative for anything except THC. The man has a life, a job, a family, and he happens to toke a little too. Please tell us the truth regarding CPS involvment with MMJ patients who are also parents. We would like to be prepared if this should become an issue.

Thank you, fellow redditors :)

Answer:
 > Our question is whether this fear of CPS swooping in to intervene based on a legal prescription is valid or not?

We can't guess that.  For one, having a prescription doesn't mean that your brother is using it responsibly, or that the use doesn't impair him.  Plenty of people on legally prescribed drugs are incapable of taking care of children.

If it happens, your brother will need to provide his defense.  A legal prescription helps, but isn't a stopper.


Title: My employers are changing my job description (with my feedback) but the changes make me uncomfortable and I don't want to agree to them. They said too bad, it's happening, and I don't have to sign for them to apply to me. MT

Question:
I am an artist working as an art teacher for a non profit. I live in a small community, and sometimes am asked to do things on the side, like paint faces for the 4th, or do art classes in the park for the city, and as long as I am not doing the same projects I came up with for my non-profit, I don't see this as an issue. The same people take just about any class I give, and I advertise for the non-profit both while selling my own artwork and doing the classes. I do receive monetary benefit for these side projects, but not very much, and I am not paid a living wage here or given health insurance from my full-time position, so these extra classes really help me. I am also using all of my own supplies and tools in addition to all of my own skills that I brought into the job.

My executive board president and interim director have drafted a non-compete clause that they're adding to my job description. It includes a "right of first refusal" clause wherein whatever class ideas I have, I have to give them the option to do them or not to do them at the museum first before I do them on my own. I feel as though I should have the right to my intellectual property, 100% of which I got from my degree and previous job experience, and 0% of which I received from them, in training or otherwise. It also says I must ask permission from them before I do anything "relating to" my job with them, including selling my artwork on etsy, outside of the museum, etc. When I refused to sign the new contract as it was currently worded, they said pretty much, "too bad, it's changing, so find another job if you don't like that," but that isn't legal, is it? I signed a different job description than the one they're currently writing.

Answer:
 Not a lawyer.

As Montana is apparently the only state that doesn't do "at will" employment and requires cause for firing outside the probation period you might have a chance.

Also, it doesn't sound like they are changing your job description (but that might be what they call it in Montana) but are instead wanting you to sign an additional IP restriction contract. Normally such a contract would require additional consideration (payment) to be valid since you are already employed.

Sounds like it would be worthwhile consulting with a Montana employment attorney.


Title: Wrongfully denied a flight that ended up costing us $2500USD + other fees (international)

Question:
Boyfriend and I are US citizens

Long story short - we flew a low budget airline in South East Asia and were denied a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Australia (final destination Auckland). We did not require a visa per the Australian Government website and was stopped at the gate in KUL and told we were unable to board because we didn't have the proper visas. After showing them the AUS govt site stating we did not need them, they still didn't let us on. We ended up rebooking direct flights to Auckland, costing us $2500, plus the loss of the other legs of the trip, reservations, bookings, etc.

The airline's website links to the Australian Border page where it states that we do not need a visa.

This low budget airline seems to care little to nil about customer service. So we're wondering a) is it worth it to get a lawyer involved b) any advice in handling the CSRs for the time being.

The exact same visa issue has happened to other people as well, per posted complaints. Any insights would be very helpful.

Thanks guys :)

Answer: Out of curiosity was your flight via the Gold Coast? If it's the flight I'm thinking of you actually did need a visa because you get funneled out of the transit lounge. You aren't the first person to get stung by this. You can try complaining but actual legal action is going to cost a lot more than it's worth.


Title: Job suddenly needs documentation proof of mental illnesses (Austin, tx)

Question:
[deleted]
Topic:
Employment Law

Answer:
 It's not illegal to ask you for proof of illness to not fire you for walking away from your shift. Really, they could fire you anyway. You abandoned your shift.

If you need time away, you can apply for ADA accommodations that could be excused days off or if you need to leave now for an extended amount of time, you could apply for FMLA if you qualify.


Title: Illegal unpaid internship - what can I do?

Question:
Not really sure if this is the right place to post this but..

In mid June, i began an internship a small jewelry company in Katy, Texas (just outside of Houston). I got this internship through my uncle who is friends with the jewelry company’s main designer’s daughter. I initially accepted because my mom wanted me to have something to do throughout the summer, but also because since my uncle (as well as most of my family - except for my siblings and me) knows who runs the company very well.
The family of the main designer are well-known in the area and are very wealthy as they own many companies. Many of my aunts and uncles work for one of the companies. My cousin who is one year younger than me also has a job with the main designer’s father which she gets paid for doing things like filing.
Okay so I went to an interview, got offered the internship - never did they specify whether this was paid or not and I was stupid and forgot to ask. The basically told me that I was going to become the head of marketing for the company and that another marketing student would also be interning and since I’m a year older, I would be in charge of her too. They also asked me if I could model some sunglasses for them and I agreed and came in a few days early for a photoshoot.There was nothing signed when I took on the internship.
Now the actual internship. Initially, I was asked to come in three days a week, but after the first week they changed it to four days a week from 10am to 5pm. The people in charge are always talking about how they have no budget for marketing or advertising. I found out I wasn't being paid a couple of weeks ago. I am also not getting school credit.
my daily tasks include:  •creating marketing campaigns  •copywriting •creating a lookbook template •design and send out newsletters •fixing and updating the website  •writing press releases •graphic design •help with social media •bring in our friends to model for free •update the email list •I had to write an ‘About’ page for the brand with  •SEO
Two weeks ago the brand took part in a yearly local designers market and I was asked to help come up with the booth design + the graphics to go along with it.
My dad seems to be the only adult who notices how weird the circumstances are in this internship. My mom keeps telling me that I’m gaining experience - all of which I’m teaching myself. And she thinks that this will make me more hirable in the long run. My friends and cousins tell me that I should quit and find something else however I feel that it is too late as summer is coming close to an end. They tell me that I’m being taken advantage of and that I’m not good enough friends with the main designer or her family to be giving my time and work for free.
I don’t really know what to do. I feel like I’m being taken advantage of. I’m scared that if I say or do something it will ruin my family’s relationship with this family.

Answer: Yeah no they are illegally employing you. It's up to you if you want to "ruin a good relationship" with their family, but these people are scumbags if they expect you to work 28 hours a week for free. If you've been working for around a month you are owed at least ~$812. Figure out what you want to do but I'd go running to the TX Department of Labor.


Title: Being sued for avoiding an accident.

Question:
Accident occurred in Utah.

I was parked at a red light at the bottom of a highway exit ramp (single lane) when in my mirror I saw a car exit the highway onto the ramp and continue towards my vehicle at an extremely high rate of speed. They didn't show any signs of slowing down. To avoid being rear-ended by this vehicle I quickly pulled onto the shoulder, to my right side.

As expected, the exiting vehicle continued straight through the (red light) intersection, and hit a woman crossing the street on the other side (during a no-walk signal), before hitting a building and stopping.

The pedestrian was killed, as was the driver of the exiting vehicle. Myself and my vehicle were not hit in anyway. I'm a currently licensed paramedic (off-duty, I work in Colorado) and I immediately called in the accident and began treatment with the trauma kit I keep in my car. The woman was already dead (I didn't ever declare this, obviously, but I focused on the driver of the vehicle because the pedestrian was already gone). Police reports show that both the pedestrian and driver were very drunk. That night after giving statements to police and medical staff, I continued on with my life.

I haven't heard anything in months but I recently recieved a letter from a lawyer (yes, I verified the letter as authentic) representing the family of the pedestrian that is asking me to settle or be sued for the death of their daughter, on the basis that because I was driving a large SUV with a fully loaded trailer that if I hadn't moved and the other vehicle had hit me instead, its unlikely that the pedestrian would have also been hit and killed.

Obviously lawyer up is the first step here, but I have no idea exactly what kind of lawyer I should be looking for for this. Also, what kind of potential legal liabilities do I actually have here?

Answer: Can someone explain to me why this is even a case? I don’t understand why someone should be liable in the event of  self-preservation.


Title: [IN] Filed small claims against landlord this morning then received what I feel was a threatening phone call

Question: [Indiana] Good morning, I wanted to post a follow-up to what I had written concerning our rental situation. We've spent the weekend working out a place to move and this morning I went first thing and filed a small claims to recoup what we've paid them. Upon finding out we had filed the landlord called being very aggressive and even I feel threatening. She let us know that the property owner has a legal team that will come down on us like a ton of bricks and we should just forget the whole thing. She also stated they would be countersuing for the remainder of the rent to the tune of $6750. Last but not least she intimated about authorities becoming involved should our child remain in this house under these unsafe conditions. We have already taken measures to remove her from this home ASAP and I will follow behind her and my fiance once the court case is done. I'm curious as to whether she is allowed to harass us and if not what would be my recourse?

Answer:
 1) Threatening legal action, legal

2) Threatening countersuit, legal

3) Intimations, probably not actionable.

How about let their calls go to voice mail?


Title: Got a parking ticket even though I believe I was parked legally.

Question:
I've parked in the same spot all the way against the curb for five years and never gotten a ticket.  It's a quiet street next to my work at the airport.  The curb is plane concrete and the only posted sign states no parking from 2am to 5am to prevent overnight parking.  I marked in red where I was parked.  The ticket is $83 and states I was parked in a "hazardous manner"       Can anyone see a law that I broke?
https://imgur.com/a/1dw9ULi

Answer:
 Umm...You parked in the road? The parking line looks like it stops 10 yards to the left or behind you.Answer #2: >airport

>plane concrete

Good one.


Title: (IA) Had a slightly physical altercation with a minor child

Question:
Wednesday afternoon my kids (9 YO boy and 7 YO girl) went to the playground a block away from our house. It's a small town, and my daughter had a cell phone with her, so I felt mostly ok sending them by themselves. They came home a few hours later and she told me a 13 year old boy had picked up her phone and thrown it on the ground, cracking the screen. I asked my son about it, and he told me that he did see this kid throw a phone on the ground.

I went with my daughter to the playground to ask this kid about it. I confronted him, he denied it and started mouthing off. I told him to go home, he said no and continued spouting off. I got angry and put my hand on his upper chest and began to walk him back a few steps. I didn't think of it as pushing him, I wasn't violent, I didn't threaten him, only walked him back a few steps while telling him to go home. I then took my hand off of him and told him that I would be speaking to the police.

I went to the local PD and spoke to an officer about what happened, since I figured I'd be speaking to them one way or another, and admitted (without being asked) to putting a hand on him. As I was finishing up with the officer, the boy's mother pulled up to speak with the officer. She was told that they'd meet her at the playground, then we all went our separate ways.

The officer called me later to tell me that all the kids at the playground said that my daughter broke her own phone, but since all the other kids were friends with or related to the one boy I can see them telling the same story.  The officer said they couldn't do anything about the phone, and that the mother told them she wasn't sure if she was pressing charges, and that she'd be speaking to a lawyer tomorrow, and I'd get a call back when they knew something.

I know I was in the wrong by putting a hand on the kid, but it wasn't my first encounter with him and I was tired of his shit.

Would the mother have a civil case against me since there was no injury involved? I see no other reason why she'd have to speak to a lawyer, and it seems to me that the cost of the lawyer would outweigh any monetary award she got. Also, if they did decide to pursue criminal charges, would the age of the boy affect the severity of the charge?

Answer:
 >I know I was in the wrong by putting a hand on the kid, but it wasn't my first encounter with him and I was tired of his shit.

You are the grown up. Act like one, or you'll end up getting arrested.

If you are arrested, don't answer questions without an attorney present.


Title: Wrong SS on my W2

Question: My tax returns were rejected because I have the wrong SS on my W2 - what do I do from here? [MICHIGAN]

Answer: Have your employer re-issue them correctly, then re-file.


Title: DUI - Ignition Interlock Device (IID) Exemption question!

Question:
Hello All- I am in Milwaukee WI

I need to have a vehicle exempted from the IID, I wrote the judge asking for the exemption on my 2010 ford focus because it is inoperable after being in an accident over 3 years ago and has been sitting at my grandparents for that time and is still there to this day. I was UNINSURED at the time and haven't driven since due to my license being revoked.

The time has now come again where I can get my license back but that inoperable focus is holding me back because technically it needs an IID before I can have another vehicle in my name.

Before granting me the exemption, the judge/secratary wants a Notarized document saying that the car is inoperable.

My question is where can I get a document like that since it has been so long and it was uninsured at that time and obviously still is? Can I just go to a body shop pay them to look at it and write something up?

Or since it will be Notorized can I just ceate a document myself?

The biggest thing holding me back is the I obviously can't even drive it to go and get an IID in it even if I had NO intentions of driving it.

TL;DR: Need to Know how to go about getting a Nototrised document claiming a vehicle is inoperable even though it is not covered by insurance so I can have the judge exempt this vehicle.
Topic:
DUI

Answer: Pay a mechanic to go inspect the vehicle at your grandparents and then have them provide a notarized statement of the vehicle's status. Answer #2: Can I just ask: you're intending to get another vehicle and have an IID put on that? Because while I'm not familiar with WI, in most states as soon as you have a driveable vehicle in your name and a license to go with that, the IID clock will start ticking again.


Title: [US] A friends partner was hospitalized for a suicide attempt. He was released 24 hours later. The day after he was released he attempted to murder her. Does she have a case against the hospital?

Question:
So my friends(Becky) former partner(Bill) made a suicide attempt. He was hospitalized under a mental hygiene hold in New York State. He was evaluated and released 24 hours later. The day after his release she received 79 calls, multiple text messages, and he came to her home. Thankfully she wasn't there. The next day he came to her house kicked down her down and proceeded to stab her in the next several times.

Their children where in the home. The teenage girls were able to tackle their father off of her. She fled, he gave chase and stabbed her again. After this last assault he fled from her home to his and attempted another suicide which was aborted by the police.

Becky survived the assault, is experiencing limited mobility in her neck and upper body, with some pain. The children were not physically hurt, but everyone in the home is suffering to say the least.

At present Bill is being held in a locked psyche ward, and there have been several arraignments. The criminal case is proceeding.

What we are trying to find out is if the hospital is responsible for what happened and if so what should she do to bring a case against them?

Topic:
Personal Injury

Answer:
 >What we are trying to find out is if the hospital is responsible for what happened and if so what should she do to bring a case against them?

Psychiatry is as much art as science.  Unless he literally told someone "when I get out, I'm going to attack my ex with a knife," I doubt there is any case against the hospital.


Title: Legal rights for my baby's daddy joining the military

Question:
So my son's father and I were never married but when we broke up,  we maintained a healthy relationship for our son.  He lives with his amazing girlfriend and wants nothing more than to join the army.  We have never been to court but we both share joint custody of our son. I don't want him to have to give up his rights to our son when he tries to enlist. Now I don't know how to navigate this situation to the Army because I would honestly prefer our son to grow up on base as both my son's father and I did. Does he have to get married to his new girlfriend or can we simply feel that we have shared joint custody with the army and let him have full legal custody and the custodial sense? Would he be able to have that custody until he's deployed and then have my son come live with me during his deployments or would our son have to solely live with me?

We moved to Texas

Answer: Since you two are on great terms, why not just have a lawyer draw up a custody agreement. If you and he are the parents, and you're both in agreement, then you can make any arrangement you both want.


Title: Mom breaking iPod

Question:
Long story short, my mom is a meth head and bipolar and has a tendency to steal our things. My dad left her, but he waited until New Years because he wanted my little sister to have one last Christmas as a family (she's 12). My husband and I are both financially stable, and we both love her so much that we decided to splurge and by her a brand new iPod touch because she was the only kid in her friend group without one. My husband and I made sure we purchased apple care, and registered it in our names so we could tell if she had stolen it. My sister has been having a really hard time, and she wanted one so bad, it was great because we could FaceTime when things weren't good. Or she could talk to our dad if it wasn't going good.

When my Dad left my Mom it started getting violent, my dad left and came to our house unfortunately he can't get my sister out of the situation until they go to courts. However, scared my mom is going to hurt her my sister told a friend, said friend called the police. They showed up, and left, and my sister watched her try to take away the iPod, tried to take it apart and smashed it. She was heart broken.

My question is: since it was in my name and my husbands, wouldn't that legally make it our? Can we get a lawyer to draft a letter threatening legal action if she does not repair/replace?

The $400 dollars wasn't a big loss, but that isn't the point. I am so angry she would do that to my little sister.

Answer:
 in my experience getting money out of a meth head (let alone one who is also bipolar) is usually an exercise in futility.

If things are that bad your fathers (and your) priority should be in getting her out of that situation and into somewhere more stable rather than splitting hairs over $400 that won't change the past and you will likely never see anyway.

Focus on what is important instead of trying to inflame an already toxic situation


Title: Boss gets family evicted, withholding pay.

Question:
I live and work in California. I am a manager at a small family owned pharmacy and manage all of the entry level staff. I am a W9 contractor as are my staff. I have a set schedule and am responsible for some functions that could negate my status as a W9 contractor.

About 3 weeks ago, we had a theft at my workplace with a retail value of approximately $3,400.00. Wholesale value of the stolen goods was about $1,700.00. I was the manager on duty, and have been in disagreement with my employer ever since the incident as to who is responsible for the loss. I know it was the result of negligence from one of my staff members and have requested permission to terminate this person on multiple occasions since (not the first time, certainly not the last) and have been denied permission to discipline her in any fashion.

Here's the part that I need advice on...

My employer has been having financial troubles for some time. Until about a month ago, payroll has been spotty but somewhat consistent. 3 weeks ago my payroll and that of most of my staff trickled to nothing. She owes us thousands in back payroll. She owes me $1,263.00. I recently stopped showing up and explained I'll continue my contract when my back pay is close to $0.00. Because of the late pay I was evicted from my home for failure to pay rent. My employer knows this.

She just sent me an email last night in which she admitted that she is intentionally withholding my pay as punishment for the theft (that wasn't even my fault, and I wasn't allowed to discipline the person who was responsible!!!) and that I can come back at a reduced hourly rate equivalent to minimum wage, or if I agree to void my back payroll she'll call it even.

My question is do I go straight to the labor commission, do I confront her and continue to negotiate with her, do I burn her business to the ground? I'm so angry at her I can't even see straight. She has ruined me financially and I now have to move my family 200 miles away to live with my mom and start completely from scratch. I have $50.00 to my name and a toddler. What do I do?

Answer:
 Go straight to the labor commission.Answer #2: Your boss is in the wrong and you've gotten legal advice here, which is great. But I wanted to point out that your title is misleading. Your boss did not get you evicted. There's always a possibility you could lose your job and you're saying you could not even cover $1263 of lost pay. That's not your boss's fault that you didn't have an emergency fund. I can't understand how your landlord got you out in 3 weeks anyway. Evictions in California generally take a lot longer than that. Maybe you were late on your rent even before any of this happened at work. Anyway not to excuse your boss at all for her actions, but you need to take personal responsibility for your own actions too. Piling on to things that aren't your boss's responsibility only takes away emphasis from the true things she did wrong.

But  you've got it in writing that she was breaking the law, so good job with that. Hopefully things will work out for you.


Title: I'm underage [17] and a hopeful writer. I got accepted to an anthology, but the release form I have to sign requests that I be 18 or older despite no age restrictions stated on the open call. What can I do?

Question: [deleted]

Answer: It is likely because minors can walk away from a contract before 18. The publishing company can refuse you since you are 17. Your only option is to continue to call and try to work with them.


Title: suspended and possibly expelled for selling kratom to my buddy

Question:
so if you don't know what kratom is, wikipedia says "Mitragyna speciosa is a tropical deciduous and evergreen tree in the coffee family native to Southeast Asia in the Indochina and Malaysia floristic regions. Its leaves are used for medicinal properties". today I brought a little to school, I use it every now and then to help me focus. my Friend asked me what it was, and i gave him a description the best I could. He said he'd give me a few dollars if I gave him a bit. So I did.
I continued throughout my day, the last hour of the day, a administrator escorts me down to the office. When I sat down there was a gentleman, he asked me if I knew about the kratom, I Knew my rights and denied everything because they didn't have any evidence. I had the kratom in a potch under my backpack that was very discreet, but the opened it and saw a small bag of kratom. They told me I was going to be suspended for 10 days and possibly expelled for distribution. The guy told my mother he gave me a chance to confess which was very vague. Now the guy is voting to have me expelled. What also was a terrible coincident is that I had 260$ on me! This money didn't have any correlation to the kratom, but there insisting it is a revalent detail. If they do choose to expell me, I can appeal it. If this does occur I would love to hear anyones ideas. I'm really upset and disappointed this happened.

Also: I find it contradictory that the school can sell caffeine to the students and me selling kratom(which has same legal status) gets me possibly expelled.

Answer:
 damn your "friend' dimed you out immediatelyAnswer #2: Where are you? A few states have banned it.

What does your school handbook say? Some districts can expel you for giving out an aspirin.


Title: I am an at will employee fired for false reasons after working in a hostile environment.

Question:
On mobile so please excuse any formatting issues.

I was a salaried manager fired in my first 90 days of at will employment in Florida. However, I believe my firing was a set up, after working in an unprofessional environment that began to feel budget constraints.

 I was harassed by my coworkers, training managers, and even my direct supervisors. For example, in a previous time in my life I did some basic swimsuit modeling. They would Google these pictures of me, post them in work group chats or share them with my staff (people that I supervised) and openly laugh about it calling me gay etc. I've documented all proof of this behavior.

One time a manager snuck up behind me and blew in my ear while I was doing office work. Same manager told me that my photos have to come down off the internet because the sight of my nipples were turning him on and he couldn't handle it. He said this in front of our boss who just laughed.(the only proof I have of this incident would be my boss as the witness, second hand accounts of people I told, and the managers group chat where I mentioned it happened. After I mentioned it in the group chat, that manager sent the exact photo he was referring to and called me "ggaaaaaayyyyyyy", laughing emoji and then told me to cry about it. Whenever he did things like this I'd try laughing it off or respond, "man I really should report you to HR." It was laughed off in a "boys will be boys" kind of manner. This is just one example of the almost daily inappropriate behavior towards me.

They also had a culture where if business was slow, the incoming manager on that shift would relieve the current shift manager of his duties and send him/her home early while he/she takes over. (this will be relevant to reasons for termination)

I was never trained appropriately for the job based on the company's new hire training policies and I have proof of HR warning my supervisors that my training and onboarding documentation are incomplete or missing. I've asked my supervisors on at least three separate occasions if we can go through my onboarding packets so it can be submitted to HR and I can learn the parts of the job I was still unclear about. I even went to the extent of reprinting the onboarding packet to start it over with my supervisors as I felt my training was being neglected. That sheet is sitting in the office folder with my name on it still not filled out.

I have no progressive discipline paper trail for any of the "mistakes" I've made on the job, and no coaching follow ups to show I was properly trained not to make the same "mistakes". Other managers have been written up for more egregious errors but not terminated like I have. I have proof of this.

Here are the reasons listed why I was fired. I don't have my termination documentation but I am reciting from memory.

1. "Left early from work." (I was relieved of my duties from an on duty manager and I have documented proof of him admitting he did so in our managers group chat )

2. "Showed up early to work / reading the schedule wrong." (my boss had a habit of changing the schedule, an excel sheet, without notice after I had already printed the original document. They didn't allow us to check our emails on our phone so the only way I'd be able to see the changes is by logging in to the computer once I was at work. Regardless, I showed up early to work that day to help a coworker with a payroll issue relating to one of my employees. Payroll was due early that morning and my boss instructed us to get it sorted out before the deadline so this employee will have a paycheck on time. I have documented proof of this.)

Me showing up early does not affect the company since I am on salary. Coming early or staying later than scheduled to get jobs done was accepted and sometimes expected by the company.

3. "Showed up late to work/reading the schedule wrong" (this was the first time it happened to me and how I actually learned the boss likes to make sneaky schedule changes without warning. This has also happened to other coworkers who were not disciplined nor fired for it. I remember one manager showed up 6 hours late one time and another showed up 2 hours early. I have proof of this.)

4. "Comped a large breakfast." (I work in food and beverage and we have authority to comp meals or drinks for guests or employees. This meal in particular, I asked my training manager how it should be comped and he told me to comp it to "good will". I have proof of this. The large breakfast in question was the meal for myself and three other managers on the same tab. Apparently it should have been comped to "managers meal" instead. This allows the GM to keep record of where comps are used. It's not a huge deal as my training manager also told me that they "don't mind if we treat ourselves as managers every once in a while because at the end of the day, a comp is a comp". He then went on to tell me he comps his breakfast every Monday after doing pay roll.  I have witnessed another manager comp every breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack and whatever he feels like buying his staff that day. Also seen my boss and supervisors do the same for friends, family and staff. Managers would text and email "hey my friend so and so is coming, please comp a bottle of wine".

5. The only legitimate reason they might have for firing me. My duties require me to sometimes do a lot of hard labor in the hot sun. I took a second to sit down for a water break (water breaks are highly recommended for this part of the job since we've had employees pass out on the job before). During that 5 minute break, unfortunately I dozed off. One of my staff thought it would be funny to take a picture of me and post it on social media (I'm not sure where exactly but someone sent the photo to my boss). After he saw the photo, he sat me down and had a talk with me about it. An actual coaching. I was not written up or anything, just a verbal sit down man to man. That mistake never happened again. However, it was still used against me a month later after the incident occurred.

In my termination meeting with my boss and HR rep, after refuting each point listed above that each accusation was me operating under the authority of my training managers, my boss pointed to the photo of me sleeping and said "honestly, that should have been the moment there". So if it was supposed to be the moment, why wasn't I fired then or even written up for it? Since the incident, I've caught three other managers plus the general manager sleeping on the job. Witnesses and security cameras would back my claim here. They were not fired.

I know I live in an at will employment state and I was fired within my first 90 days. But do I have any case here? I am part of a protected class as well.

TL:DR my boss fired me for doing things they told me to do. I worked in a hostile environment of questionable sexual harassment and improper training.

Answer:
 In Florida sexual orientation is not a protected class but some counties have enacted their own protections.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Florida

A HWE requires harassment based on a protected class. "former swimsuit model" is also not a protected class.

Firing you for falling asleep at work is perfectly legal.

> I am part of a protected class as well.

There is no such thing as a "protected class" except for age discrimination. Everybody has a race, gender, etc.

Go talk to an attorney if you want to but I wouldn't get your hopes up. It sounds like you didn't fit in what the culture and frankly other employees didn't like you. Also of course file for unemployment if you haven't done so already.Answer #2: You were certainly sexually harassed. You also showed up to work late and fell asleep on the job.

I think you'll find this this will be a long messy battle to fight with wrongs on both sides.Answer #3: > I am part of a protected class as well.

Everyone is part of multiple protected classes. Being a white Christian male is three protected classes right there. Ditto for being an Asian Muslim female, three protected classes.


Title: Ticket for driving without a license...with a license (Pennsylvania)

Question:
On a family day out I was pulled over for a damaged license plate, some of the reflective covering was peeling off the bottom (has since been fixed). I handed the officer necessary papers and my license, which is valid, but out of state (from our previous residence in FL).  It has been a couple years since we moved to PA and I don't have any specific reason/excuse why I never updated my license. We made it a point to update my wife's license since she attended school and now has a career here. I work from home as well as take care of our children, and simply never took the time to get a new license. I always understood the importance of doing so, I just never took the time to get it done.

The officer asked why I never updated my license and I more or less told him what I said above. He came back and asked a few more questions about our current residence, told us to get the plate fixed, and sent us on our way.

A couple weeks later I received a ticket in the mail for 'Driving without a license'. I called the magistrate and asked about why I would get a ticket for driving without a license when I had one and was told I would have to call the cop and ask them. I spent a couple days trying to get a hold of the officer, left a couple messages, and even drove to their bureau building which seems to be closed all the time. When I called the magistrate again and told them the situation I was told they would get in contact with him and tell him to call me.

I have since read that you have 60 days after becoming a resident to get a PA license but have not found any information about what happens after the 60 days. Is my FL license no longer valid? I would have assumed the officer would have told me this instead of just sending us on our way.

~~Should I be making a plea of not guilty? If I do, how should I approach this in court?~~

**edit** I was asking the wrong question. I understand I was ignorant to the 60 days. I should instead be asking if this is a correctable offense, if I update my license?

Answer:
 You're clearly guilty of the ticket. Being a PA resident, you're required to have a PA license, and you don't, so you're guilty.  stop trying to call the cop, he doesn't want to talk to you. if you want to fight it go to court but don't get your hopes up.

> but have not found any information about what happens after the 60 days.

You're not allowed to drive anymore. Does that really need to be spelled out?

> I would have assumed the officer would have told me this instead of just sending us on our way.

Why would you assume that? He caught you breaking the law, and issued the appropriate ticket.  That's what police do. Why would he trust you would do the right thing? You've been ignoring the law because you couldn't be bothered to deal with it for years.

> Is my FL license no longer valid?

Maybe in FL still, but not in PA.

edit: typoAnswer #2: When moving to PA, you are required to update your drivers license within 60 days. After that time period your out of state license becomes invalid. Telling the officer you've been here for awhile pretty much incriminated yourself. I don't know why he didn't mention it to you though.

Definitely update your license asap!


Title: Accidental Stalking

Question:
I share a name with a somewhat famous female comedian and one of her fans somehow got hold of my address and believes I am her.  For the last 6 months I have received from him basically one letter a month, full of creepy comments like marriage proposals and comments about my (her?) virginity.  Nothing in them has been overtly threatening, but it is all very unsettling.  I found him on facebook and told him that he had the wrong address and was to stop sending me things immediately.  Last month I didn't receive anything, so I thought it had worked, but today I received a package from him.  I haven't opened it, and don't know what to do.  Should I bring it all to the police?  Get a lawyer?

The good news is, I live in a large apartment building and while he has the building address, he does not have my apartment number.

I am in NYC.

Thank you for any advice.

Answer:
 With all due respect, this isn't accidental stalking. This person isn't stalking you by accident they are stalking the wrong person but it is with deliberate intent to be a stalker. Please don't treat this lightly. Go to the police.Answer #2: If you feel threatened, call the police. Though unless he's been making threats, there might not be much they can do.

As to the package, either take it to the police, or better yet just write "RETURN TO SENDER" on it and give it back to your postman.Answer #3: I think it would also be a good idea to inform the comedian. It wouldn't hurt to give her and her management a heads up about this guy. Stalkers can be dangerous.


Title: Received a "no contact directive" from dean of students

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 > My question is who gives the dean of student to send me such an email?

The fact that they run the campus and have disciplinary authority over their students.

Take the hint.  Don't have contact with her.


Title: Did my wife obligate us to employ our nanny? (USA, Colorado)

Question:
Hi. First post. My wife and I are in the process of hiring a nanny. One candidate has been serving as a fill-in for us for a few weeks, and she thinks she's going to get the full-time job. I do not. My wife is ambivalent, but she hasn't told this person this person was hired. This morning this person, who doesn't have a car, asked my wife to sign a paper saying that we plan to employ this person for a certain period of time at a certain number of hours for a certain amount per hour. This was not notarized--it was just a piece of paper that the nanny had printed herself, to show the bank to help secure a loan for a car. My wife says it can't be noratized without one of us present, and that as long as it isn't notarized it's not binding, and that basically the bank will look at this and file it away and forget about it, and we have no obligations. Is this true? We live in Colorado if that makes any difference. I have no intention of employing this person in anyway that she described in this paper. My wife hasn't promised her anything before this piece of paper. I feel kind of bad for her if she really thinks we are going to hire her, and I also feel kind of bad for the bank. But mostly I want to make sure we aren't going to be legally obligated to her in any way.

Thanks in advance.

Answer:
 Wow, before I started on this sub, I never realized how many people completely misunderstood notarization.

Notarization has no magical powers.  It's simply a way of authenticating a signature without someone who witnessed the signature having to testify in court.  It does not make a document binding, nor does the lack of it render a document non-binding.  It's just a simple way of proving the signature is that of the person of whom it purports to be.

So if your wife signed this document, it both gives the nanny and the lender the impression she's going to be working there.  It may not be a contract with the nanny, but it's certainly a lousy and unfair thing to do if that isn't her intent.  She's not only helping the nanny obligate herself to a loan she may not be able to afford, she could be complicit in defrauding the lender too.Answer #2: It sounds like your wife signed an employment contract with the nanny. Answer #3: Don't sign it. You would be knowingly participating in fraud.


Title: resident trespassed and stole his own Amazon package

Question:
throw away because I don't want any problems if anyone finds this. long story short I'm an assistant manager at a university student apartment building. besides having personal mailboxes, we have a seperate room for storing large packages that wouldn't fit in the boxes. the avaliable times to get them are sent via email and on a poster on the door. (9am to 10pm). (we don't allow the overnight security to hand out packages because we've had problems before of people claiming they were never given a package, but when checking the cameras, they did) last night at around 12pm a resident ran into the room (which has been accidentally left unlocked by security) and grabbed his own package. security confronted him and he refused to return the package and ran off. after looking at the security cameras and corroborating with the security guards on duty, we know exactly who the person is.
would we be allowed to press any charges? trespassing to a private room? I dont think we can do anything for theft since it's his own Amazon package but I want to discourage this behavior.

Answer: It's just a dumb kid. Just give him a warning. Not every sitiuation needs the authorities. jeez.Answer #2: Don’t leave the door open🤷🏻♀


Title: My (ex) girlfriend, without consent, logged into my email (guess she knew the password) and emailed my landlord back saying I didn't want to renew our lease. Live in Washington, DC.

Question:
Is that violating the law in some way? Is there anything I can do about it? Thanks.
Topic:
Computer and Internet

Answer:
 Tell you landlord you do want to renew your lease and your ex-gf is psycho. Change your passwords to something she can't guess. 2 numbers, some kind of symbol, at least 2 uppercase and 2 lower case letters helps.

2015TheYearIDumpedHer! Could be a good start.


Title: Psychiatrist exposed my email to over 400 patients

Question: Today I received an email from my psychiatrists office indicating he would be out of the office for a week. This email was sent to over 400 patients. I know this because the email was sent with all of the patients emails in the “To” field of the email instead of the “BCC” field. Now over 400 people know that I am seeing a psychiatrist, including an old coworker of mine. If anyone decided to do a search with my email on a background check website they could also obtain my address, phone number, social website profiles, and much more. My email could also now be used by any of them of phishing or spam, or impersonate the offices email in an attempt to get more personal information from me. Is this a violation of any privacy laws? Is there anything I can do about this?

Answer:
 IANAL.  You can file a HIPAA complaint, but right now you don’t have any damages. If the psychiatrists error leads to a loss of income, or emotional damages so egregious that you need to seek help you can retain a lawyer then and sue. Answer #2: NAL

No, all they know is you are on the Dr.'s contact list.  You could be a friend, colleague, family member, employee, vendor, etc.  It doesn't appear any private medical information was exposed.

You'd have to prove damages if you're looking for a payday.

You could file a complaint, which could result in him being fined if you really wanted to.  Gut says they wouldn't pursue this though.

Best to just drop him a note letting him know about the nifty BCC field.Answer #3: Should edit the title IMO.  Slightly misleading.

The only people who are going to see your email address on this list are others who are on it.  I doubt anyone would approach you about a subject that’s personal for everyone involved. Answer #4: How does an email with 400 people in the “TO” line not get stopped by every spam filter out there? Answer #5: HIPAA Officer here.

This is unlikely a violation of HIPAA, but depends on a few technicalities.  Impossible to tell without the content of the email, but if it is just an "I'm out of the office for a week" email, then it is not a violation based on the four-factor risk analysis that HIPAA requires.


Title: Public defender when no lawyer wants to represent you?

Question: I saw recently that the former president's attornies quit on him. I know that public defenders are typically granted in cases where someone can't afford a lawyer, but what about when lawyers simply won't take you on as a client?

Answer: If you are defending criminal charges you are entitled to legal representation, so the court will appoint an attorney if you can’t find one. If it’s a civil suit, like being impeached by Congress, there is no such entitlement.


Title: [NV] Ex had lawyer send a counterclaim for our divorce, dated 2 days after the final decree. Do I need a lawyer?

Question:
Nevada-

Hello, so I am confused and trying to figure out my next steps right now.

I filed for divorce against my husband a few months ago, had him served, waited the 21 days, and then filed the additional paperwork. The final decree of divorce is July 9th 2019.

My ex did not respond, and did not request a hearing....

Until July 11th, 2019. I just recieved in the mail a form thus dated from his attorney, as a response to a complaint for divorce and counterclaim answer.

But according to the final decree of divorce, signed by the judge, we were already divorced and I was awarded full custody and child support.

The reason I saught divorce and full custody was the fact that my ex began using methamphetamine.

As soon as I found out I removed myself and my infant from the home and tried to get my ex into treatment/ any rehab option. He has continued using to my knowledge, including drug tests that have come back positive for meth and amphetamines (not admissible in court I know) until even last week, since February 20th.

He is now trying to demand joint custody. However he passes out and is completely dead to the world, is paranoid manic, and and ultimately NOT SAFE for our daughter to be left alone with.

My first question is, given this information, do I need to get a lawyer to respond to his lawyer?

The second question also needs some background.

My ex has been in multiple accidents since the discovery of his use, and has totalled a car. He has no call no showed to work and is hanging on to his job by a thread.

Our house may be in both our names (trying to sell it right now) but I am the one who pays all the utilities, the mortgage, and his car insurance.

Due to the divorce going through I have removed him from the insurance and will be moving out of the house since I cant get him to leave.

We cannot live with him in that house.
He has also stated he will pay me back the money he owes for Bill's and our daughters care, and has said so inwriting, yet then blows me off and has used the money he "saved" by not paying his Bill's and having me do so instead, to hire his lawyer.

If I do get a lawyer, can I back sue him for this money?

Thank you, I am in a very stressed out place right now and getting that letter has made.me very uncertain about what I am supposed to do legally moving forward.

Answer:
 Your very first step is to set up a consult with a divorce attorney, there's a lot going on here. If he is on the house title, you absolutely cannot sell the house without his signature, but you can file a partition to have the house sold and the equity divided.Answer #2: You should consult an attorney to see whether or not he can contest the divorce at this point.  If he can, you should retain the attorney to help you get through this.  You have great reasons not to allow him unsupervised visitation but you need someone qualified to make sure those reasons are given weight in the courtroom.

I think you should regard the unpaid bills as lost money.  The child support, however, you can get enforced through your state & county division of child support enforcement.  You don't need an attorney for this - google "your county" child support enforcement and go from there.Answer #3: Can you move?  If he is a meth user seeking your child, do you really want to wait and see what happens?

If you win a lawsuit against him, do you really expect to be paid?


Title: [North Carolina] I just found out my roommate is a glorified scam artist and I've been on the lease for 2 weeks. Anything I can do?

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 Consider obtaining:
- extra locks for your room
- a safe
- a shredder (for anything of yours containing your PII)
- your own internet access with a secure password
- a webcam that is motion activated and saves to a cloud. Set it up so you'll be notified if he enters your room.

Don't leave anything valuable in the common area. This includes gaming systems.


Title: Legality of selling official company logos (Apple, Google, BMW etc.) on t-shirts & other apparel?

Question:
Is it okay to sell other company's logos on sites like RedBubble, Zazzle, Cafepress etc. where you get a small commission for everything sold?

I would have thought not, but if you go to RedBubble for example and search for 'logo', you can buy t-shirts, posters, etc. with these logos all over them.  Is this legal?

Examples:
[RedBubble](http://www.redbubble.com/shop/logo), [Zazzle](http://www.zazzle.com/marvel+gifts)

Thanks!
Topic:
Intellectual Property

Answer: If it's not your logo, you can't sell it without permission.


Title: I'm concerned for my niece (NE)

Question:
My niece is 6 years old, and I'm very worried about her well being.

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Her father treats her incredibly poorly - my niece is essentially his servant.  Some of the things that I or our family have seen him do include:

* Barking orders at her with the expectation she will follow through immediately.
* Shaking her awake no matter how tired she is if he feels that it's not the right time for her to be asleep. (The specific incident I'm thinking of is when the family was out to a late dinner, around 7pm, and my niece fell asleep at the table because she had a long day.)
* Putting on incredibly age inappropriate movies and tv shows that have given her nightmares.
* Taking no consideration for her own wants and needs - we suspect that unless her mother feeds her dinner, she doesn't get anything to eat at night. We have no proof beyond anecdotal evidence based on what my niece has told us. He also will come home and turn off whatever it is she was watching so that he can put on his shows, without talking to her.
* Aggressively scolding her over small issues.  She doesn't like spicy food, and at one point she made a comment that the pizza she was eating was too spicy and politely asked for something else.  Her father became incredibly agitated at this and she begged us not to let her get in trouble.
* Allowing her and my (now pregnant) sister to go without health insurance and medical care.  My sister has a low paying job that she keeps due to its flexibility. She can't afford health insurance on her own.  My brother in law makes good money as a car salesman, but keeps switching jobs just as he becomes eligible for health insurance.  This has put some hard choices on my sister about when to go to the doctor, as they can only afford so much.
* He cannot manage his finances.  He spends almost every cent her earns on himself and refuses to make smart financial decisions.  He has bought, on the spur of the moment, a $10,000 boat, multiple rare fish and large fish tanks, new cars, etc.  My niece received an inheritance that was intended to go to her college fund, but her father took it and spent it on himself.

Over the years, my niece has become very withdrawn when it comes to her father.  She won't interact with him of her own volition.  If he's in the room, she becomes uncharacteristically quiet and will only speak in whispers.  She tends to be desperate for attention whenever the family gets together, which makes me wonder if she doesn't get much attention at home.  She has even stated that she doesn't like her father at all, which is really concerning for me.

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I love my sister dearly, and we've tried over the years to get her to leave her husband.  It's at the point that if we try any more, she will cut us off.  Unfortunately, she made her choice to be with this man, but my niece did not ask for any of this.  I'm not sure if any of this constitutes abuse, but I do know that whatever is going on is having adverse affects on this poor girl.  I don't know what steps can be taken to help her, so I'd like some advice.

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Is this child abuse?

If yes - Can our family take legal steps to get my niece out of this situation?  What kind of documentation would be needed for a call to CPS? (I don't want to call them without having an overwhelming amount of proof, because that could cause my sister to isolate herself and my niece from the family.)

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If no - At what point would it be considered child abuse?  My brother in law would never hit his daughter, but that doesn't mean he can't abuse her in other ways. Do you have any advice on how to proceed from here until he does cross the legal line?

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Thank you so much for taking the time to answer and try to help me out with this.

Answer: This doesn't sound like a situation CPS would remove a child over. But you can contact them.


Title: A hospital released me for not being in enough of a crisis

Question:
This is a weird post. I don't even know what I'm doing here, exactly. I just realized that what happened last year was so fucked up that it completely changed my life, and I'm just now starting to realize how big of a deal that is.

[Link 1](https://www.reddit.com/r/depression/comments/6esfo8/a_blank_state/)
[Link 2](https://www.reddit.com/r/dpdr/comments/6fzbcu/how_i_pulled_out_of_an_acute_depersonalized/)

The short of it is, a year ago, I went to a hospital because I had reached the point where I was going to kill myself. What happened was I was made to feel insignificant by a nurse that told me I used too many words that most people don't know and to stop reading wikipedia, and they dismissed me with some phone numbers because I wasn't exhibiting typical crisis behavior, as I had "broken" at that point. The psychotic break of that event preceded a year of homelessness and numerous psychiatric sessions and medications, all documented following that visit. I went in for depression, but that experience itself broke something in me so badly that it became a worse problem than what I went in for.

I... Do I have any legal power here? Against who? I don't care much about the money, but I did lose a lot in that year while living on the road, and someone lesser than me in the same situation might have done something way worse.

Fuck.

Answer:
 In your second link you mention that a doctor gave you a choice between being restrained and transferred to surgery facility, and being discharged, and that you took the discharge option. If you were taking the malpractice route (which this sub can't give substantial advice on), the hospital would say "we said 'you can wait to see transferred or you can go' and you chose to leave," and they'd be telling the truth according to your own story.

you could file a complaint with the hospital potentially but if it's been a while and you don't know their names that will limit things.


Title: Accidentally spilled coffee on a customer years ago; that customer has filed suit. Advice?

Question:
Hi guys, I’m posting on here as I’m in a bit of a situation. I work for a coffee company and about two and a half years ago when I first started with this company, I was involved in an incident where I accidentally spilled a cup of coffee on a customer as I was handing it to him. I profusely apologized, offered a refund, gift card, and offered to call the paramedics. The man insisted he was uninjured and was just upset that his shirt was  ruined. His wife was with him, and she just asked for a receipt for proof of purchase of the cup of coffee and for my managers information. I gave them the store business card and gave them my name. I again asked if they were sure there wasn’t anything I can do for them or call 911, and again they said they were fine. They hung out in the cafe for another 30 minutes and then left. The next day, I go in to tell my manager what had happened the night before and the manager informed me that they had already called to complain. She told me that these types of things happen and to just not let it happen again and that the couple just wanted to tell my manager to coach her baristas to be more careful when handling coffee. No corrective action or retaliation from the company was given to me and did not hear anything about it again until this year .Anyway, fast track to this year. I have transferred to a completely different store since then and get a call earlier in the year from the company’s risk management department asking for a recall of the incident and for my statement as the couple had filed a lawsuit against the company. I gave the investigator my statement and that was the last I had heard of it for the time being. Well last night I got a call from my current manager saying that the lawsuit has now gone to small claims court and the company’s legal team will be contacting me again.

My question is this: me spilling coffee on this customer was a TOTAL accident; however, can they still go after me personally? My second question is can my company fire me for something that’s happened over two and a half years ago? I am really nervous that I’m going to be personally implicated over something that was a complete accident and the couple insisted they were fine. Thank you in advance for any advice or counsel!

Answer:
 If a lawsuit hasn't already been filed naming you personally for something that happened over 2 years ago, it's probably too late.

Yes, you can be fired.


Title: I got attacked by my sister but i got arrested for domestic violence (Ohio)

Question: Last night my sister age 18 attacked me after a verbal dispute, she pinned me against a fridge and I pushed her off, then when she swung at me I hit her twice and immediately left. I have severe PTSD and she went out of her way to cause an attack in me. I got arrested as the primary aggressor because of my size (I'm a 22 year old trans woman) and got bailed today, charged with a 1st degree misdemeanor. Now, I'm thinking about pleading nolo but calling several witnesses to the stand who saw the fight to bolster my self defense. What are my options in this situation?

Answer:
 > I got arrested as the primary aggressor because of my size

No, you got arrested because you assaulted her.  She, at best, shoved you - you struck her twice.  You can argue self defense, if you'd like, but this isn't an "arrest because of size" - it's an arrest because of action.

> Now, I'm thinking about pleading nolo but calling several witnesses to the stand who saw the fight to bolster my self defense.

You can't do that.  If you plead *nolo contendre* you don't then offer a defense.  *nolo* ends the proceedings.  If you want to provide a defense, provide a defense.  If you don't, don't.  You can't do both.

You may be able to provide some of these witnesses at sentencing - however, again, pleading *nolo* means that you're only arguing severity, not innocence.  The court won't allow you to argue you didn't actually do it at sentencing.Answer #2: This is not something you want on your record for the rest of your life. Get an attorney.Answer #3: If you plead no contest (nolo contendre) you will not be able to call any witnesses or present a defense of self defense.  No contest is the functional equivalent of a guilty plea.

You should either hire a criminal defense attorney or apply for the public defender if you cannot afford one.


Title: No hot water or gas for five days - rent stabilized, private building in NYC

Question:
My building has lost hot water and gas (cooking) since Tuesday.

We only found out after the cooker didn't work and we were only notified by the Landlord a day later.

Since then we've had close to no word, but were told the gas supplier (National Grid) would repair the gas, but nothing has been addressed

We received further communication from the management company yesterday (12/23) that the repair would be carried out today (12/24)

What legal recourse do we have if 1) they do repair things and the outage lasts five days or 2) they don't hold true to their word again and we don't have gas through Christmas, and food continues to go to waste because we can't cook?

We have family coming for the holidays and possibly no means to cook/clean...

Answer: Have you reported the outage to 311?  Confirmed with NatGrid that the really is a repair slated to start?


Title: FMLA Lawsuit

Question:
Hi all. I've been battling my ex-employer in a lawsuit since last December in regards to FMLA abuse from the employer's side. To make a long story short, I was being mistreated for using FMLA, and honestly I would use it twice a month for chronic migraines that I was diagnosed for 7 years ago and suffer from until this very day. My attorney advised me in December to do a involuntary resignation as my employer placed me on leave and told me to come back to a lower paying job in a position that they are not sure of yet as there weren't any positions open at the moment. My attorney wants to settle for a lower amount that I am requesting by almost $20K and I feel that he is not a very confident attorney. I bring things up to his attention that I feel he missed and I get the usual response of "oh yeah I didn't think about that." What rights do I have here in California?

Caveat - I am going to mediation soon. I cannot go to court as I had sign a arbitration agreement 14 years ago when I had started.

Answer: FMLA cases can be complicated and nuanced, especially ones involving periodic FMLA. No one knows your case better than your attorney. If you don't like the way your attorney is handling your case, you can get another attorney.


Title: IT Professional working at a local government IT position told to chose between job and side business due to conflict of interest.

Question:
I've been moonlighting my business longer than this job and really the only reason that I do this is because of the extra spending money and I routinely am asked to look at coworkers home PCs. I do not advertise at work nor do I do any work during working hours. I was fine up until I decided to get a formal business license.

So my immediate supervisor was force to give me the ultimatum and was told by his supervisor that they want me to drop the business so that the city isn't sued in the event of my negligence. They claim conflict of interest. Obviously I'm not happy about this, thoughts?

EDIT: Nevada

Answer: Looks like you have to figure out which is more important to you.


Title: I am a law student, doing a fellowship (payment from school, no school credit) and just got called to do jury duty in my home state. Should I try to defer or just skip it?

Question:
So I go to law school on the east coast, and am domiciled in Texas. I haven't been back to live there for almost 7 years but my mom still lives there and I technically still live there since I'm still a student. I got a jury summons for Texas in the mail a couple weeks ago and tried to exempt myself out of it. But since I am not getting school credit for my Fellowship I cannot claim this exemption.

Basically my question is this: if I don't go to jury duty, what will be the potential consequences? It will be around 400-500 dollars for me to make it back to Texas in time for my jury duty date. If the fine for skipping is only 100 dollars, I'd much rather take the hit and pay that. However, I don't want this to screw me over for my bar application later on.

Can anyone help me out with this decision?
Thanks

Answer:
 >if I don't go to jury duty, what will be the potential consequences?

A bench warrant is the worst potential consequence of ignoring a jury summons.

>tried to exempt myself out of it

Did the clerk deny your request for an exemption?  Or did you work through the form and realize there was no box applicable to check?  It is generally unlikely that the clerk wouldn't at least continue your service when you're legitimately away from the state.


Title: Laughable Attempt of Legal Threat (Email Spam)

Question:
So after checking my email and going through the spam messages (who can truly say they aren't fun to read?) I came across this one;

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI)
FBI ANTI-TERRORIST AND MONITORY CRIMES DIVISION.
ADDRESS: EDGAR HOOVER BUILDING 935 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535-0001, USA.

Attention Dear,

We have this morning discovered that you have been making foreign illegal
transactions with Western Unions, Money Grams, Diplomatic Agents and Banks
with West African Countries (Benin, Nigeria, Ghana etc.). We went further
with the investigations and found out that you don't have Money Laundering
Clearance Certificate which is a major Federal Offense. You have violated
the Federal Law, which constituted against smuggling of large amount of
money and trafficking of drug e.t.c, without having Money Laundering
Clearance Certificate before you commenced the transaction. You want to
receive such huge amount of money from Western Union, which is a foreign
transaction. Meanwhile we have stopped the payment, not only the $5,000 US
Dollars was stopped but the total Sum of $2.5m you are Expecting.

FBI rules and regulations, you are to obtain the document from the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in West Africa Countries
which is the origin of the fund in question. Also Note that you are to
take care of the document to be issued to you right away,because due to
the contents of the document and how importance and secured the document
is, you are to take care of the document by sending the sum of $170.00 US
Dollars only to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Agent.

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, will issue you the document,
because they are going to issue you the Authentic and Original copy of the
documents. Note that your rights are limited, anything you SAY or DO will
be used as evidence against you in the court of Law. You have the full
rights to remain silent and obey the Law. Don't think we don't know you or
your address.  We will get you arrested if you fail to provide the
document or pay for it to be obtained from The Origin of your fund. The
Arrest Warrant can only be withdrawn once the document is obtained. There
are charges against you which will eventually lead you to 3-year
imprisonment. You Should Send the Money direct through Money Gram to the
Benin Republic.

Receivers Name: Paul Odim
Address: Cotonou, Benin Republic
Amount .. $170.00
Sender's Name:
Sender Address:
MTCN:

WARNING: Failure to pay for this document is an evidence that you wanted
to smuggle the funds in the sum of $2.5 million. It is a federal offense
and a gross violation of the Patriot Act and legal action will be taken
immediately by arresting and detaining you and if found guilty, you will
be jailed. As terrorism, drug trafficking and money laundering is a
serious problem in our community today. The F.B.I will not stop at any
length in tracing down and prosecuting any criminal who indulge in this
criminal act.

Terrorist WASHINGTON Dc-anti-Terrorist and Monetary Crimes Division
FBI Headquarters In Washington, D.C. Federal Bureau Of Investigation
Fishier: US-FBI-Shaded Seal.svg

Your Faithfully,

Mr. James Comey,
Director of Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI.
FBI WEB SITE Supreme Court of the United States.
U. S. Courts of Appeals
U. S. District Courts
U. S. Circuit Courts
Courts of Special Jurisdiction:
Bankruptcy Courts
Court of Claims, 1855 - 1982
U. S. Court of Federal Claims, 1982 -
Customs Court, 1890 – 1980

Now I am not an idiot to actually believe any of this (especially since I am in Canada and therefore do not fall under US jurisdiction), but I am quite curious about the claims of this message. For example: If I was an American citizen and was supposedly laundering or otherwise sending money to another nation and fell under scrutiny, would the FBI actually send you an email?

I posted this mainly to laugh at and to see it dissected, and also because they put in the Miranda Rights had me chuckling to myself.

What do you guys think?
*Edit: Minor grammar fix

Answer:
 You would find out that they were investigating you when they showed up at your house/work with a warrant for your arrest.

As an aside, where can I get a Money Laundering Clearance Certificate? I have a few business ideas...Answer #2: "Money laundering clearance certificate" haAnswer #3: No, they wouldn't send you an email.


Title: Father refuses to pay child support, government is no help

Question:
So I am 17 and I live in Arizona with my mom and my stepdad and my 15 year old brother, and my dad lives in California. We have lived here for about 3 years. My mom and dad have been divorced for several years.

My dad does not pay child support, and my mom has tried to get him to through the government but they have been no help. That was about 2 years ago.

My dad claims he gave us $20,000 last summer which is completely false, and when we asked for proof that he paid this, he had none.

I don't really know what else to write but we are having a really tough time financially and he is living a life of leisure with no regard for me or my brother. Is there anything we can do to get him to pay child support?
Topic:
Other Civil Matters

Answer: Your mom can hire a private attorney. The attorney can get a judgment and go after your dad's assets. This will not be free and will not be quick. Answer #2: If you know where he is working, you can report it to your state child support authority.


Title: Apartment I never lived in sent a bill to a collection company.

Question:
I applied for an apartment in Gresham Oregon.  They emailed me a lease. After reading the lease I decided not to sign it. They sent me a bill for 1600 dollars.
Topic:
Landlord Tenant Housing

Answer:
 First step is to contact the apartment complex and ask what's up.  They may have just crossed wires somewhere.

If that fails, send a debt validation letter to the collections company.  You can find several samples of how to do this online, but it's basically a letter asking the company to send you whatever proof they have that you actually owe this debt.Answer #2: In addition to what people have suggested, I would gather whatever evidence you have that you were living elsewhere during the time period they are trying to charge you for.  It's not conclusive proof, but it will help with your argument that you did not actually sign a rental agreement with them.


Title: Dog got killed by neighbor’s pitbull on their property

Question:
This happened to a friend of mine. He doesn’t have a fence and his dogs run freely. The neighbor does have a fence and they keep their 4 pitbulls inside the wired fence.
One of my friend’s dogs got too close to their fence and one of the pitbulls got half his body out and bit one of the little dogs. The little dog didn’t die but after a few hours, he did. The neighbors are old and they made a deposit for the surgery (when nobody knew the dog was going to die). It was around $2000.

The pitbull also bit the other dog, but he’s fine. And my friend also got bit when trying to save the other dog.

Since everything happened on their property, they don’t think they can do anything about the neighbor’s pitbulls. The problem is they also have young children and it can happen again. I don’t think anybody but my friend and the neighbors saw what happened.

Is there anything they can do?
I think they’re planning on using the money (given for the surgery) to get a fence. And nothing else.
Topic:
Personal Injury

Answer: Your friend could stop breaking the law by allowing his dog to run unrestrained.Answer #2: If you live in the US, and in a state that has leash laws your friends are likely out of luck. You’re supposed to have your dog on a leash in most states.


Title: Vet over-worked cat against our specific directions

Question:
California - briefly: yesterday our one dog got a hold of my mother-in-law’s outdoor cat and she had a puncture wound so we took her to the 24/hr vet that we’ve taken our dogs too before. I knew that they over charge but what were we going to do at 5pm on a Sunday? The vet takes a look at her and says there’s actually two puncture wounds (the dog’s tooth went in one side and out the other, just under the skin) and starts to draw up the treatment plan but is adding all this crap that seemed super unnecessary so we rejected everything other than: sedate and shave her areas with wounds, clean wounds, stitch up, put a cone on and give us antibiotics and pain meds for her. The vet pushed hard for us to get a drainage tube and X-rays but we said no - she’s not used to being handled, does NOT like being confined (which is what would have to be done with the drainage tube) so we wanted to try the minimum first to keep her stress down.  We sign an itemized care plan including what to do if CPR becomes necessary etc and put our card down (the itemization included approximate costs) and our phone number for them to call with questions and when she’s ready to be picked up.

My husband picks her up and the vet put the f***ing tube in. We already paid $700 so far and I’m NOT paying to take that tube out.

What can I do? I called the office and the receptionist was like yeah I guess I’ll leave a message for the medical director...so I intend to call that person when they get in Wednesday...

Answer: It may be medically necessary. Cats have very loose skin and with wounds like this they are prone to getting huge abscesses with large volumes of pus building up under the skin. The vet may have concluded that suturing the wound completely would just result in a large abscess and a septic cat. That said, they should have contacted you when they made that determination because unlike with humans you have the option of euthanizing animals if the treatment is going to be too expensive. Answer #2: I believe vets have similar obligations like doctors do when treating patients. Your vet just cant let the cat die so if the tube was medically necessary to save the cat, you may not have a case. Its like blowing up your hand on the 4th of july.  If you tell the surgeon to by no means cut off the hand but then they get into surgery and they determine the only way to save you and prevent infection that can kill you is to remove the hand...they are going to do it.


Title: I need legal advice

Question:
Is it possible if I get found guilty of severe child abuse and neglect that the state can step in and take any child I have in the future? Even if I have been clean an sober for over a year? I live in chattanooga tn.
Topic:
Juvenile and Youth Law

Answer: Absolutely.


Title: [CA] Mom is starting business with step-father. They plan on giving stock to each child equally. My mom has 4 children (myself included) and step-father has 2. How can I stop step-siblings from benefitting from the company?

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 You can't. You don't get to decide what they do with their business. They do. Your mom and her husband decide how to handle their business. Answer #2: What 'benefits' from the business are you talking about? If you expect money to just plunk into your respective laps from your parents it won't be a successful business and will be a moot point soon enough.

I would expect you to get paid a commiserate wage for the work you will be doing. If you get paid 40 hours a week for the work you do, enjoy those 'benefits'. Of the step siblings also get paid a 'wage' for doing nothing... It's a bad business and you should get out ASAP as it will fail quickly with all the dead weight it is carrying. Many businesses fail in the first year, and that will speed it's death.

If you are talking inheritance as the benefit- you have absolutely no say in how your stepdad wants to distribute his inheritance. Full stop. It is not your money. Let me say it again...it is NOT your money. He could have a big cash bonfire in the yard and the only thing you could do is roast some marshmallows. When you actually have a stake in the company as an investor/stakeholder you can have input as to how the business operates. Until then you are just an employee of your mom and stepdad. You have as much say in how they spend their funds as a random Joe off the street.