Title: Neighbors cut down tree on our land.

Question: Live in Georgia. My neighbor behind me uses an easement through our property to get to theirs. Where the easement meets the street used to be a tree that my neighbors cut down, because they said they couldn't see their son get off the school bus. Is this legal?

Answer:
 IANAL, but I think the easement would give them the right to travel through your property to get to theirs.  I don't think it gives them the right to cut down any trees unless the tree was directly blocking them from driving along the road on the easement.  They don't have an easement on a view to the main road.Answer #2: Not legal. If you *really* wanted to, you could get a tree assessor to give you a valuation of the tree (in writing) and sue the neighbors for that amount. Depends how much you liked that tree.Answer #3: An easement allows them to access their property via yours. It does not allow them to make material changes to your property without your consent. If you want to make a case of it, you can file suit for destruction of property.Answer #4: Sue.  Seriously, they violated your property rights.  They'll absolutely, 100%, do it again if it would be convenient for them.  They already broke the good neighbor rule, they're gonna keep at it.

Sue.


Title: Quick question, if I post a quote that I made, online, how do I actually prove I said it?

Question:
I'M GONNA BE TUMBLR FAMOUS GUYS.

^^^It's ^^^probably ^^^the ^^^worst ^^^place ^^^to ^^^be ^^^famous...

Answer:
 > I'M GONNA BE TUMBLR FAMOUS GUYS.

-Citicop.


Title: Update to neighbor saying I'm running a motorcycle repair business [California]

Question:
Original: https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/3ksq8y/california_neighbors_told_the_county_im_operating/

So since that time I've had a sheriff come because the neighbor complained about me taping a small stripped screw with a hammer and punch. He very much so sided with me and wrote a detailed report saying that the neighbor is basically nuts. Ended with a citizens citation for noise and the officer said this is the best thing since once we go to court that should shut her up for good. Well we haven't gone to court yet and now she has sent a letter to my landlord threatening to sue her. She has provided "evidence" that I am running a business in that I have a resale license with my address (got it for the parts I've sold on ebay to be "more legit"), screenshots of my Facebook with pictures of a couple bikes I sold on Craigslist, and probably the worst is I have a fictitious business name (again, I got one to be"more legit" on ebay).

I'm still sure I'm not doing anything wrong here. The noise I make is pretty minimal, rarely even anything powered. I sell some parts online, and occasionally (maybe 2 a year?) Sell a bike on Craigslist.

So because of everything she sent my landlord she now says everything has to go from the garage. No bikes except the daily. No parts, Nothing or we get evicted. I can accept my landlord doesn't want to be involved, I get that. But it sounds to me like this is harassment by the neighbor, if not stalking. Is there anything I can do?

Answer:
 So to clarify, the "only" evidence she has of you running a business is a (business) resale license, and a business name?  And you sell the parts for profit on eBay? How exactly aren't you running a business?Answer #2: Are you in violation of your lease? If not, fight the eviction. Landlord can't just evict you because landlord doesn't want to deal with potential frivolous litigation from that stereotypical ultra-sensitive and possibly mentally unbalanced neighbor everyone has.

> Ended with a citizens citation for noise

What does this mean? Please clarify. Were you written a citation? If so, what was it precisely?

I think your neighbor might be related to this OP's neighbor: https://np.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/3w5y0k/downstairs_neighbors_are_complaining_about_me/Answer #3: If it ended with a noise citation, the officer wasn't siding with you. He is saying you are breaking bylaw by being too loud. even if you are only working your compressors, grinders on the weekends, its a (presumably) residential area, and no one wants to hear that weekend after weekend. That's why there are bylaws regarding noise, and that's why you were cited.


Title: I got accused of tress passing. Can someone please explain how and why?

Question:
So, accidentally took a right on a main road and it went into a long one way road into what I thought was some sort of corporate building. I reach closer and I see cop security (4-5) surrounding and I assumed I signaled saying I'm just turning around to go back to the main road. I had not passed their badge check or anything. There was a u turn before that.

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The cop stops me. She starts interrogating me like anything! She's like where you headed? I said I need to go to WaWa and I made a wrong turn so I need to turn around. She's like you realize you're trespassing right now right?

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Me: Um... no... but I just need to get to wawa so I'm leaving.

She: Wait. How did you take a right? You can only take a left.

Me: um... pretty sure I took a right (at this point i'm starting to question myself, which I later realize i was actually correct. I did take a right!)

She: But WaWa has a huge sign. How come you didnt' see it?

Me: I really didn't. I use GPS everywhere I go so I was trying to make sure I was going the right direction....(cuts me off)

She: But how come you didn't see it?

Me: I really didn't cos I got stuck in the wrong lane and I didn't know what this place was... (cuts me off)

She: okay you realize if you argue, that can work against you right? You're tress passing right now.

Me: Umm.. I'm not arguing I'm just explaining...

She: You are arguing. How did you miss it?

Me: I just told you. I don't know. I just missed it. I don't know what else you want me to say?

She: where do you live?

Me: In the area (mention the area close by about 20 mins)

She: oh, so how come you didn't know where the wawa was?

Me: Um. cos i don't know where everything is just cos i live in the area.

She: How long have you lived here

Me: 2 years

She: and you don't know where the WaWa is? let me see your licence.. you're technically tresspassing right now.

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This is part of the 45 mins that I was stuck there but WTF. Seriously. Is this normal?

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There was another cop and we got talking briefly and I asked what's the whole deal with this place. What is it?

He got all guarded and shit and was like "why do you need to know? This is a federal agency. Why do you need to know?"

I said i'm just curious. He's like NO. but WHY do you need this information? I'm like okay, I don't need it.

 Long story short- she let me go with a "warning". I can write you a tress passing citation but I'm letting you go. You  need to keep your head above and look around you while driving.

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Found out. It was CIA University.

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I would like to know- there were no signs, nothing. IT wasn't until I had already turned in that it said "Prohibited" and at that point I didn't know how to turn around since it was one way and I had to go all the way down to take the uturn where the cops were.

What exactly did I do wrong???? I was trying to leave and she wasn't letting me go!

Answer:
 You drove past a prohibited entry area and were detained until your identity could be verified. You got a warning, just move on.Answer #2: My dad had something like this happen to him when he was a teenager. He was a camp counselor at a boys’ camp, and he and his friends wanted to check out the girls’ camp down the road. They accidentally ended up in [Camp David](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_David) instead. Got a verbal warning and were let go.

If all you got was a verbal or written warning, just move on and don’t worry about it, and if you see a “Prohibited” sign right as you turn onto a street in the future, immediately back out or take a U-ey even if it’s one-way. Answer #3: NAL: Because you drove up on a secure government building. It would be the same thing if you tried to go through and turn around at a gate at a military base. It's something that likely seldom happens, and given the nature of what they may or may not do there, they have to be a little abrasive with people who end up back there who do not belong. Its literally as simple as being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Chock it up to a bad experience and move on, especially if you aren't being brought up on any criminal charges. Also, it helps to look at your directions on your GPS before taking off. I'm a commercial driver and doing that has saved me more than once.


Title: California. I used an agency to find a surrogate. We welcomed a baby 6 months ago. I want the surrogate to carry again for me but I can't because of the contract I signed

Question:
We paid an agency $20k+ to match us with a surrogate. She was great, wonderful woman! We still text often.

We are thinking of having another baby and want to ask if she will carry for us again. She has expressed interest in doing so.

However the contract we signed with the agency stipulated that if we were to do a "sibling journey" with the same surrogate, we would be required to hire the agency to manage the surrogacy.  When we signed this, surrogacy was brand new to us. We never thought we would be able to be successful on our own. After going through the process once, we feel comfortable without an agency.  In fact, because of issues with the agency, we learned so much about surrogacy.

Is the clause enforceable?

Answer: This is interesting, because it's almost like a non-compete clause in your contract and in the surrogate's contract. I really can't tell you whether it would be valid or not (I'm honestly 50/50 on this one), but I would recommend you go see an attorney in your area to see whether it's enforceable.Answer #2: This is unrelated to your question, and just my own curiosity. You don't think that going through an agency provides you a safety net that is essential to the process of surrogacy? You know, like if the surrogate changes her mind, or there is a complication with the pregnancy, or there is something "wrong" with the child? I would think a surrogacy agency has special provisions and insurance for such occurrences. How do you even go about having someone else carry your fertilized egg w/o the agency? Can you just go to any doctor like, "here's what I want to do..."? Answer #3: From a practical standpoint how would they ever know? Even if they knew the surrogate was pregnant they certainly have no right to any medical records. She could just be pregnant the old fashioned way.Answer #4: How much extra does it cost to use the agency?


Title: Landlord from hell

Question:
Okay, so I’ve got a bit of a conundrum. My fiancé and I needed a short term place to live in New Jersey(3 months) so we found a place that was in our budget but just barely. We handed her a deposit and then rent (1250 total) which is incredibly expensive for just renting a single room in a shitty town not even close to anything.

I forgot to mention that she didn't want to sign a contract. So we don't have a lease. Then the nightmares started to begin. Come to find out the place is in the process of foreclosure. She hasn’t told anyone about it. Not even the other roommate who has been here since December. I only know because I ran into the process server who was kind enough to let me know all he could. This was just the beginning. She refused to sign a lease considering it was only going to be a short time. It was my fiancé dealing with all this because I was living in another state.

Okay, well the other day I was reading in the living room and dozed off. Apparently now we’re not allowed in the living room. She refused to talk to me and instead talked to my fiancé. I guess I’m chopped liver. She told us we couldn’t receive mail here either. Wtf? We keep to ourselves and clean up the nasty messes she and her girlfriend leave. I even got a bunch of pots and pans and plates and the like because there were literally none here. She’s incredibly rude to me and accused my fiancé of eating her cereal last night because we had just bought a gallon of milk. Um, no. We have our own cereal. That’s not to mention the fact that the area around her room CONSTANTLY smells like pot and she’s admitted she smokes pot.

Here is my question, we have receipts for rent paid as well as mail with our name on it. She can’t kick us out after we’ve paid her a ton of money? I just don’t understand why she is being such a bitch. We spend 90% of our time quietly in our room. We don’t steal, in fact we have brought things in to help. What so we do here?

Yes, I know there were a lot of mistakes here, but I was still out of state while this was all going on.

Answer: No, she cannot evict you without going through the standard eviction process. As you've already been doing, make sure to keep records of all payments made.


Title: Airbag didnt deploy in almost fatal crash

Question:
I recently was involved in an almost fatal car accident. My car hydroplaned on the freeway going around a curve, I lost control and slid head on into a guard rail and then spun again off a cliff into a 30 foot ravine tumbling about 6 times until I ultimately landed upside down at a wall. My passenger airbag deployed, but my driver side airbag did not. I was driving alone and I suffered a neck fracture in my C2-C6 and a spine fracture in my T1. I am currently laying in a hospital bed with a halo brace on that I am to wear for the next 12 weeks. Do I have a case against Honda for my airbag not deploying?
Topic:
Personal Injury

Answer:
 This is not a simple legal question. There's hundreds of hours of research that would need to be done to find out if Honda was negligent in any way. Impossible to assess your case.

If you want to pursue, many personal injury attorney's offer free short consults to assess your case. Check your states bar association.Answer #2: You need to speak to an attorney. An expert would need to determine whether the airbag should have deployed in this specific case which is detail oriented and cannot be answered here.


Title: [NJ] My lease is until the next May, but landlord wants to sell now and have me move out this October.

Question:
Hi, I've signed a lease which expires May 31'st 2019 (started Jun 1'st 2018, so very recently moved in). In the lease it says at that point (after the lease) he will be selling the property, and I can't renew the lease.

It is a condo (not co-op) in NJ, the building is all condo's, and has approximately 20 or 30 of them, my landlord owns one to my knowledge.

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Today I got a text message in Russian from my landlord (that is how he normally communicates) that due to his divorce he'll be selling the condo this September (2018), and if someone buys it, he needs me to move out approximately in October (2018), unless it's for investment.

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He said he'll return the fee i paid to the realtor and the deposit as well.

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What rights do I have, and what questions should i ask?

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Some issues:

1. It's hard to find an apartment in the area
2. I want to ask how much he's selling the apartment for, but I don't think it'll be cheap enough for me to buy, so not sure if there's a point
3. should I ask if this means he's willing to break the lease, even if it's for investment, if I find a new apartment?

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Answer:
 Nobody can force you to move out since your lease is valid until May 31, 2019.

Of course, if the building sells, you will likely have to move when the lease expires since it will not be renewed.

Until then, you may be offered $$$ to move out early, which you may or may not accept.

Essentially, the landlord is trying to get you to go away for cheap instead of letting you finish your lease or properly compensating you for leaving your lease early.


Title: Dog Bite, Friend's House, Arkansas - Proceeding with Attorney

Question:
Original:
I was at my boyfriend's house, and his dog bit me on my face. It destroyed the top right half of my lip, and I had nineteen stitches. My health insurance covered the ER visit, but I also needed plastic and laser surgery. Up until three days ago, I was under the assumption insurance was covering the surgery, but the company ended up ruling it a cosmetic procedure.

Moving forward, I contacted the homeowner's insurance, and again, I AM ONLY NINETEEN. So, I don't know anything about this really. Should I get an attorney? If I do get an attorney, how much of the settlement will he take (guesstimate), and how long does the process last? This happened in late October, and the insurance called me in December - and I would like to speed things along. How does it affect my boyfriend's family? How much will their insurance go up?

Answer:
 > Should I get an attorney? Yes

> If I do get an attorney, how much of the settlement will he take (guesstimate), and how long does the process last? Usually about 1/3. There's no way to tell, they could settle tomorrow, a few months, or you could have to sue (could be longer than months).

>This happened in late October, and the insurance called me in December - and I would like to speed things along. How does it affect my boyfriend's family? How much will their insurance go up? We can't answer these without much more information, if we could answer these at all. Most likely you won't know until after it's all settled.

On a personal note, given you're 19 I'd get an attorney and work to become whole. Don't forego your remedy on account of stressing the relationship with your bf/his family.
Answer #2: Go talk to a personal injury attorney. The timeline of events depends on a number of factors. But I'm pretty sure it will take longer than you think.


Title: Refused to let stranger into my apartment at 2 am, landlord subsequently charging 7k. (TN)

Question:
I am a woman in my late 20s, living alone in an apartment on the top floor of a small complex. My unit is rather isolated, with only Neighbor A's door on my landing.

About two weeks ago, I was woken up by a man pounding on my front door and screaming, "emergency, let me in! This is an emergency!" I looked out my peephole and saw a man about my age, wearing plainclothes and *not carrying tools*. I yelled at him to fuck off and that I was armed. He started rattling my doorknob and yelling that he was maintenance and there was a flood in the building and he had to check out my apartment ASAP.

I asked him if he could identify himself in any way. (Company A has always managed the property in the two years I've been here, and their workers have always identified themselves ASAP and been nothing but super professional.) This just pissed him off. He yelled that he was working for Company B, and that I had a "legal obligation" to let him in. I replied that I wouldn't let him in without ID, that I was calling the police to let them sort it out, and that I was still armed.

 By the time the police arrived, he was gone, and they agreed with me that it was probably a relatively poorly attempted burglary. I made a report with them and thought that was that.

A few days later, I got a call from Company B, who, it turns out, had bought the property (I would have thought they'd have to notify tenants of this sort of thing, but apparently no). Moron Burglar apparently WAS their maintenance man, whom they'd sent out to fix a real flood in the building. Apparently they knew it was coming from the upstairs, but not from whose unit, mine or Neighbor A. They told me that because I refused to let their staff mitigate the situation, I was on the hook for the bulk of the repair costs, to the tine of 7k.

In the two weeks we've been going back and forth about this, I've maintained that their staff did not identify himself, or do anything to lead me to believe he was anything other than a loud attempted burglar/rapist. They are refusing to acknowledge that and insisting that my lease says nothing about staff identifying themselves, only me letting in workers for emergency maintenance.

I mentioned this situation in passing to Neighbor A, whose faulty plumbing was the source of the leak, and who was out of town during the incident. They were confused, because they are currently paying down 100% of the repair costs from the flood.

Company B is giving me the option of paying it off in a lump or prorating the 7k among the six months left on my lease.

This whole situation is obviously bullshit and honestly seems like some kind of scam. What is going on here? I understand that I have a duty to let workers access my unit in an emergency, but does that really mean I'm required to admit any unidentified stranger at any time, simply taking their word for it that they won't rob/rape/murder me? Can I really be held liable for an emergency that did not emanate from my unit? After Burglar Man left, another maintenance crew came back and broke down Neighbor A's door and eventually stopped the leak (hours later, for some reason). Yes, I could see how my failure to admit Burglar Man momentarily hindered their realization that it was Neighbor A's unit leaking, but it isn't my fault that it took them hours to find another crew to come out once Burglar Man left in a rage. And I'm *especially* confused at them trying to stick me with the same bill they're charging the actual tenant at fault.

I've brought up all these points with them, and the response has always just been "fuck you, pay us". They are also telling me how "lucky" I am that Burglar Man isn't "charging" me with menacing, making terroristic threats, and having an unlicensed firearm. (I am fairly positive that saying "I am armed" to someone attempting to access your home at 2 am is not a crime, and I am 100% positive that my gun is legal.)

How do I untangle this issue without facing an eviction? If I pay them off in installments (the only option financially), I'm assuming that this will be recognizing the debt as valid and I won't be able to sue to get it back later. Same, I guess, with the lump sum. If I continue to pay my rent as normal, won't they come after me for non-payment of (what they see as full) rent, and then slap me with an eviction case?

Is this the point at which I just suck it up and get a lawyer? If so, any ideas on what I should expect?

Tl;dr: Unidentified man demands access to my home at 2 am and is declined. Property management company now charging me 7k to pay for damages from a flood that came from another unit, who is also paying 7k for the actual construction. What do?

Answer:
 IANAL but I work in property management albeit in a different state.

I think if you get a lawyer, they can sort this is out so quickly it won’t even be funny.

Yes, they should’ve notified you when they bought the property. Your lease agreement is not with the property, it’s with the previous owners. There would need to be an amendment.

If your apartment wasn’t the cause of the leak, then they have nothing against you at all.

They should’ve had keys to both yours and your neighbors apartments to fix the leak either way, but they typically never *need* keys cause all he’s gonna do is look for the leak and shut the valve off. He could’ve cut a larger hole to find the leak and shut the water off to the building, like they used to do back in the day before they put valves everywhere to save time.

The gun/terroristic stuff is where you should’ve ended the conversation. That’s just nonsensical crap. Get a lawyer and your police report and you’ll be fine I’m sure.


Title: Will I still be able to talk to my ex if he's on probation for hitting me once?

Question: [deleted]

Answer: I'll save my full speech, but anyone in their right mind should want to keep distance between themselves and someone that commits domestic violence against them. I mean, there was enough force to create a bruise on you. Why would you want to continue calling and texting them "as friends?"


Title: Stupid despair

Question:
My adopted father died rather suddenly in November. I was living with him, and his family pretty much tossed me out on my ear.

I moved into a duplex with my biological sister. We had just gotten back on speaking terms after many years of silence. I was deeply depressed, and things were ok for a couple months.

In January she seemed to change. She started becoming verbally abusive, started staying out late, and spending large amounts of money. Things escalated until spring break when I finally admitted to her that I saw nothing of value in my life. She began calling me defective and diseased.

Things continued to escalate, and she started to taunt me to kill myself. Things continued until one night, she told me she wanted to watch me kill myself. I went to my room, grabbed my gun, and intended to do just that, until the gun was at my head and I realized I did want to be alive.

She called the police, and I went peacefully out to them. I followed instructions to the letter, but the guy giving them to me wanted me to walk into a tree, so I told him I couldn't move that way. He ran up and shoved the assault rifle in my face, and had me fall to my face in the grass. He said that if I tried to brace my fall, he'd shoot. I was handcuffed and walked a quarter mile through the street barefoot. I was very cooperative, let them search me, and told the cops what happened.

The told me I was being taken to a local mental hospital for evaluation, but that the hospital required that I stay 48 hours.

When I saw the shrink the next morning, he told me that he would be stopping all of my meds (I have a damaged nerve in my back and severe gerd). When I asked him why, he told me that I needed to realize that he was the only one that mattered and he would do what he felt like. I spoke to the patient advocate who said that he could do whatever he wanted, and the hospital was taking me to court to keep me there longer (turns out that it was a state statute about me staying there 48 hours).

During this time, I've mostly stopped eating because my stomach was so acid that I couldn't keep anything down. I was then told I was being placed under protective watch because I was trying to starve myself (I wasn't). During this, I was given scrubs to wear, where my clothes disappeared fire a day.

The next day, I was told that I would start in a limited number of meds. I was also told the shrink has spoken with my primary physician and shrink (psychiatrist), who recommended I be held longer. I was also told that my mother advocated for my continued stay. I was encouraged to "find my triggers", but when I identified my sister, was told that I was just victim blaming. At this point, I resented everything that had happened, and hated that I was in a prison, yet was told that my sister was the real victim.

When I finally heard from my court appointed attorney, I was told that I had zero shot of getting out. He did request that an independent doctor evaluate me, but the hospital declined. I told the judge exactly what happened and was remanded back to the facility where I was released the next day.

I saw my shrink the day after that and found that she had no idea what happened. She told me I was lucky I didn't die from along the meds cold turkey. I moved out of the duplex two days later, and have broken off contact with my sister, much to my mother's dissatisfaction (despite the fact my psychologist advocated for that).

Here's the fallout. The police confiscated my guns. I don't care about one, but one was the only thing my grandmother left me in her will, and ditto for my Dad. So three guns, two I inherited. I received a letter stating that federal law said I could never own guns again, and was forced to sign over ownership to my mother.

Is there anyway to get this reversed? I've tried getting my records, but the police refuse to speak to me about it. I can't currently afford a lawyer, and feel so lousy and lost and hopeless.

I live in Texas, and never even had a traffic ticket before.

Please and thank you for taking the time to read.

Answer: TL;dr -- OP is depressed, comes close to suicide, gets put on involuntary psych hold for 48 hours.  Wants to know if he can get his gun rights back.  Texas.


Title: Got T-boned by an Uber driver

Question:
Location: Portland, OR

I was driving home last Monday when an Uber driver ran a red light and T-boned me in the middle of an intersection. I was going the speed limit and entered the intersection after the light had been green for several seconds. Both cars weren't drivable afterwards and required towing.

I bounced around the car and got banged up but didn't lose consciousness or break anything. He was similarly relatively uninjured. We exchanged contact information and insurance and reported it, the cops showed up but didn't do anything besides ask if we needed them to call us a tow. I thought that was unusual because the guy had run a red light and even said so to the officer.

I had been talking to his personal insurance company since the day after the accident, it sounded like they were going to handle everything for the first couple days but then they called and told me there was a coverage dispute between them and the Uber insurance company. They said it was not clear if he was to be considered a taxi at the time of the accident or not, even though he wasn't actively looking for riders/using the Uber driver app.

Today I received a call from the personal insurance company saying that neither they nor the Uber insurance company would be claiming responsibility for coverage.

So my question is this: is one of them required by law to claim coverage? Like will they have to suss it out but in the end one of them has to claim responsibility? Or is it possible that I will just be left with nothing? What options do I have for repairing/replacing my car besides just shelling out my own money, which I am not able to afford right now?

Thanks in advance to anyone with any advice, I have an appointment with a lawyer on Wednesday but am just trying to wrap my head around this in the meantime.

Answer: Call your insurance company. Tell them of what’s transpired. They’ll figure it out for you. This is why you pay them. Worst case your insurance will cover your damages and sue whomever they have to to recover the money.


Title: Mechanic doesnt have my car wont tell me where it it

Question: A mechanic has my vehicle, he initially said the job would take a week. He was given a deposit and after 2 weeks of not having my vehicle i went to the shop. My truck was in the same exact spot. Said he is looking for part still, fast forward 2 more weeks i go to the shop and my truck is gone. I wasnt informed nor would he take me or gve an address to where my truck is. Notes are still being paid on this truck, im so discouraged idk how to go about this situation

Answer: Sound like your truck is considered stolen now, call police


Title: [Indiana] I (36/M) was told something by my brother (34/M) and he wants me to help him but I don't know how to, especially as it's a big revelation.

Question:
OK, so this is gonna be left-field for here but I'll mention it here anyway.

Backstory: I was Skype'ing my brother Jake last week (he lives in another state... I'm in the Rust Belt) and he told me he had some important news and he needed my help.

He told me he how he and his best friend had discovered that a popular Internet streamer (who lives near his new hometown) had been involved in manipulating Brexit (I know what that is, I've seen it enough on CNN amongst other stories like Kim jong-un, school shootings and trade talks),

He told me how his best friend had seen the woman, a popular "girl gamer" laughing and joking with two galpals about "how we'd managed to get those Limeys to vote out of the EU with loads of fake Twitter accounts, it's all good publicity. Fuck them, we owned those Limeys by getting them to vote leave using a load of twitter accounts using photos we stole from other sites... heh, we even managed to use Katy Perry's pic to convince people she was a Brexit fan!"

He recognized her, but didn't confront her (at the time he was in a restaurant with his fiancee) but was appalled.

Am I right, in a restaurant (even a small obscure one like the one my brother was in) you've no real expectation of privacy?? Any legal eagles here??

My brother told me over Skype that he wants to go to the media about this but needs my help and that he wanted me to fly out to meet him to discuss what to do next.

He told me that his motives for doing this were just to get something out that people need to know. He told me how he wants to remain anonymous and just be "Rick from South Dakota" (not his real name or state but he lives in one of the states around that way).

My brother's always wanted to be helpful, I've known that since I was a kid, but is he biting off more than he can chew? For him his motives aren't "Become megarich and expose scandal", it's more like "stay anonymous, expose scandal, pay the bills.".

He told me he's worried about his future if he exposes it; he worries he'll have to do talk-shows, CNN, everything, due to what he knows, he certainly isn't comfortable with public speaking. As it is, he's not a guy with a huge social network outside of his fiancee's friends (only eight people) and me, he's not a dork, but not really a social butterfly, and he certainly has no social media presence (I do have social media, but only because it's part of my job as a webmaster for two small businesses, I'm freelance, basically; for me, it's just a tool).

Could this affect my brother's job (he's a careworker for adults with Down's Syndrome, aside from fast food jobs in his early twenties, that's been mostly his main job... he's good like that with those sort of people).

To avoid doxxing, I've not named the streamer, but enough people would know who she was ("girl gamer" could be anyone).

Anyway... I don't know what the hell to do, he wants help, but I'm not sure how to help him, yet he's my little brother and I really care about him, and he said I'm the only one who can help him.

We've always got on, he considers me his best friend above all others, even his best friend isn't his true best friend he's said.

I'm confused and don't know what the hell to do. This is bugging the hell out of me and causing a lot of head-scratching.

TLDR; My younger brother 34/M has some big news which he worries about, and he feels he has to go to the media about due to the nature of the people involved, and he's got no confidence in it.

Answer:
 I think your brother needs a job or some hobbies. Answer #2: So you think that a female streamer has enough influence over a foreign superpower's population to substantially influence one of the most important votes of modern times and your brother stumbled across this person laughing about it in public on a different continent?

If your brother genuinely believes he has uncovered a legitimate conspiracy then he needs a mental health evaluation.  If you believe that this conspiracy is true and happened as he says it did then you can get in line right behind him.Answer #3: >  Any legal eagles here??

None. Legal Beagles only.

> He told me he's worried about his future if he exposes it

Its fine. We all know.

> I'm confused and don't know what the hell to do

Nothing. This isn't important.

Truly, this doesn't matter. Its a violation of Twitter TOS at best. Doesn't matter. Democracy means you can vote for stupid shit.

Answer #4: While I read this I would have assumed you are your brother were like 10/12..

He needs help and you need to just stop worrying about this none of it matters


Title: New Jersey: Girlfriend's boss is asking for a signature on a waiver stating that she voluntarily declined employer-provided health insurance, but the boss explicitly said there was no employer-provided health insurance when girlfriend was hired. Update!

Question:
[original](https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/3ysxa6/new_jersey_girlfriends_boss_is_asking_for_a/)

You guys were helpful as hell last time, so here I am again with an update and more questions

So it turns out /u/Username_Used had the right of it. Girlfriend's boss   was using the workplace group insurance for herself without giving anyone else the option. She got immediately very defensive when my girlfriend and her coworkers brought up qualms and refused to sign the waiver, and literally said she "fudged some things" last year so she could keep paying the group rate for herself

So that answers the mystery of why she was acting so sheisty about this. on to my next round of questions:

-Boss straight up said she'd just tell the insurance agent that the employees all waived, after they refused to sign the waivers. I assume that's not gonna be enough on the agent's end, but the worry is that she sneaks something through and it's a hassle to fix that could've been avoided by preventing this bullshit in the first place

-If she does sneak this through, what can Girlfriend do about it? We've still got the waiver Boss tried to get her to sign, would it be useful to call the insurance company to tell someone she categorically did not waive an offer of employer-provided health insurance?

-My understanding is that an employer can't force an employee to sign anything, but they can fire for refusing. If Girlfriend ends up getting fired over this, would there be anything she could do about it besides collecting unemployment?

-Potentially what would happen to Boss if Girlfriend ratted her out to the insurance company and/or the IRS? Putting her out of business would be kinda counterproductive on our end, but maybe a sternly-worded letter saying to cut that shit out would be helpful

Answer:
 Not necessarily legal advice but however this all turns out, your gf should probably look for a different job anyway.Answer #2: > would it be useful to call the insurance company to tell someone she categorically did not waive an offer of employer-provided health insurance?

I'm pretty damn certain the company would want to hear about this, but there's likely very little in it for your girlfriend. Of course, I am not a lawyer, so take what I say with a big spoon of salt.Answer #3: Well, Alex, I'll take Insurance Fraud for 800.Answer #4: Report the employer to NJDOBI (New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance). Insurance fraud is a serious crime, and a reason why insurance rates are so high in New Jersey. This is not "ratting," this is reporting a serious offense. This will most likely not put your girlfriend's employer out-of-business, but she will be investigated for insurance fraud.

From,

A Licensed NJ Insurance Producer and Law Student

EDIT: Although I think it is reasonably obvious, I am not a lawyer and not your lawyer. Answer #5: Wouldn't the fact that the "group" consists of only one person cause the insurance company to say "hey, wait a minute, that's not what a group is"?  I'd think you would need to have more than one person requesting coverage to qualify, but then again common sense sometimes eludes these sort of things. Answer #6: Is this insurance fraud or company fraud? I assume the Boss owns the company, and that the Boss wants the company to pay for insurance. But she doesn't want the company to pay insurance for the others. Which is why she needs the waivers. I would guess the insurance company doesn't care who pays for the policy.


Title: Drunk driver totaled our house. Beyond insurance, do we have options? (ND)

Question:
A drunk driver plowed into the front of our very old house a few months ago in North Dakota. There were no injuries to the people in the house and the driver was insured.

However, we've just found out now that insurance will cover the rebuilding costs (about $40,000), but possibly not the costs to bring the front porch foundation up to code to be able to rebuild on top of it (about $5,000--it was previously grand-fathered in). Not rebuilding the porch would severely decrease the value of the house and possibly compromise its structural integrity.

We're also likely going to be left in the wind for overtime payments to our property manager for dealing with the mess since we don't live locally.

The insurance company says from an insurance standpoint, those costs could end up being on us since we have an old house and are not living locally...though they are costs we wouldn't have had otherwise. I'd obviously like the driver to be held responsible for them.

The charges were only misdemeanor and did not include destruction of property. The DUI charge is in progress up to the Order to Show Cause hearing. If we have the option, I'll be filing a victim impact statement.

Beyond that, does this sound like good grounds for a civil suit to collect the damages not covered by insurance? Can we try to push for destruction of property charges to be filed and hope for restitution? Or does it sound like we might be out of luck?

[Edited for clarification of court progress and to note that this is a throwaway.]
Topic:
Douche

Answer:
 > Beyond that, does this sound like good grounds for a civil suit to collect the damages not covered by insurance?

Your insurance company will file a claim against his insurance company in order to recover what they pay you. It's possible that when that claim is settled, the driver will be released from further liability to you for the event. You need to talk to a lawyer and the adjuster on your claim and find out.

> Can we try to push for destruction of property charges to be filed and hope for restitution?

You can ask the DA, but if the DA doesn't want to prosecute for that, then it won't happen—and if the driver has a sufficiently good lawyer, that charge could end up being dropped anyway.

There isn't always compensation for every expense you incur because of somebody else's actions. It's shitty, but that's the way it is.Answer #2: When you refer to the insurance company, do you mean the driver's insurance company, or your homeowner's insurance company?


Title: Florida: Getting a lawsuit verdict overthrown by the WINNING side because the lawsuit was unjust in the first place

Question:
I imagine that I would need a lawyer for this but I want to know if this is even possible before I get started and figure out what I need to do first.

It wasn't me who filed the lawsuit. It was my asshole parents. My brother was killed by a drunk driver. For God knows whatever reason they sued his half sister. She was in foster care back then and she never stood a chance. My mother told me later on that she didn't even really have contact with her brother and likely never met him. I was younger back then but I don't even think she showed up in court ever.

Both my parents have since died but there is still a six figure large judgment against this woman from the lawsuit back then. I don't think that it's fair a 16 year old was sued for the actions of someone she probably never met. My parents didn't sue the driver either. I have tried searching for her but no one has track of her any more and it is likely she's homeless or transient. She isn't even 30 yet and this judgement could be part of what is ruining her life. I want the verdict overturned. Both of my parent's estates went to me but I don't want this judgement. Is there some way I can get it overthrown?

Answer:
 I'm not sure how they could have sued a minor in foster care. How was she even served in the first place?! No court appointed defendant for a minor? This just doesn't add up.

Taking away all of that, you may want to hire a PI if you haven't already. First step, location. Tell her the debt is forgiven because she never owed it. Let her know her slate in that matter is clean. Second, if she is transient, you may wanna help her get on her feet. Your parents may have caused the problem, but you can certainly do what you can do to help her. Give her a room/couch to sleep on. Help her get a job and learn to save money. In the meantime, see if you can locate the lawyer and judge who managed the case. And do whatever you can to make sure they know that what they did was WRONG, especially if she has no defense appointed. Something really doesn't add up there, but if you uncover something major done that is really not legal, it needs to be spotlighted.


Title: Dog beat Petco trainer on Petco grounds

Question:
EDIT:  Location: TEXAS

Hi all,

I registered my German Shepherd mix for classes at Petco to learn basic commands and work on behavioral training.  Today was his first lesson and the trainer did an unbelievable job.  Even though he did try to nip occasionally, she quickly 'commanded' it out of him and he was showing himself to be a quick learner.

That is, up until the last minute...when he lunged at her and split open her lip and busted a tooth or multiple.  She was bleeding on the floor, the towel was drenched and it was pouring badly out of her lip.

My dog has a history of trying to nip people and I made her very aware of his history, including the fact that I wasn't 100% comfortable with some of the 'closeness' they developed in today's training, but she insisted that things were under control.

The meeting was cut short, obviously, as she left to go to the ER.  Until my live-in GF mentioned it, I hadn't even thought about liability.  Considering he's cost me thousands already (apartment fees + damages on third day with us..., shots, neutering, food, toys, and leashes, etc), I won't be happy if he's fucked things up.

How liable am I?

Answer:
 Petco assumes some liability being in the business of training dogs. Being in close proximity with untrained dogs is a known risk they chose to engage in.

The employee will most likely be covered by workmans comp.

If anyone attempts to demand money or sue you forward it to your home owners insurance who will provide your defense.Answer #2: Stop saying your dog "nips". Your dog bites.

It's like when people call a lie a "fib".Answer #3: I will be honest, I totally thought you put the title backwards initially and were looking to sue. In this case Petco SHOULD cover this under whatever there employee health plan is as this is a workplace injury. Answer #4: Dog *hit/bit* (don't know which) Petco trainer on Petco grounds

^ That should be the title


Title: Is it a bad idea to contact the police officer who issued me a ticket?

Question: I got a speeding ticket going 13mph over the limit. This is a college town (ticked issued by a campus cop) and I've seen the officer around town and actually at my job almost every weekend. Would it be a bad idea to just call him and ask him if he will show up to court or if he will cancel it? Because if he doesn't show its an automatic dismissal in the state of NC.

Answer:
 > Would it be a bad idea to just call him and ask him if he will show up to court or if he will cancel it?

Calling a cop to probe his intent to show up to court is a terrible idea and will most likely ensure that he shows up just to blow your day up.


Title: Question About Writing About Illegal Events

Question:
I write part-time for a small website. Recently I was (most likely illegally) snuck into an event at a convention center in Texas. I'm looking at writing an article about the experience...what lead up to it and why I'll never do anything like that again, but I obviously don't want to incriminate myself. I know people have written about participating in illegal drug use and the like, so I wad hoping to get some advice about whether or not it is safe for me to write about details of the experience with my real name attached.

Thanks.

Answer: if incriminating wait until SOL has passed or be anonymous. Answer #2: We're going to need more details. What makes you think you were "(most likely illegally) snuck into an event?" Was this a public event? I'm having a hard time visualizing any situation where going to an event in a convention center would be criminally illegal. Was this WWE and you didn't pay the gate fee? More details please.


Title: [SC][Gift Law] Unable to gift money originally agreed too, my financial situation has changed.

Question:
 \[South Carolina\] A friend of mine needed an apartment, but unfortunately doesn't have a job. I agreed to sign a gift document saying I would give $X amount a month. My financial situation has changed and I am unable to fulfill this. Am I legally bound to give this money? Some personal matters have come up and I simply cannon fulfill this. I don't have a copy of the document with me.

I have already given at least $2,000 (3 months rent, etc.).

Answer:
 There is no consideration, meaning there was no exchange, and the contract is not binding. Secondly, an agreement to agree is not a binding contract.

However, promissory estoppel can be used to argue that the other person detrimentally relied on your promise of support and if it was reasonable to rely upon your statement as a promise and if you could reasonably predict that the other person would rely upon it. The other party would have to show, in court, that they relied to their detriment on your promise. If their circumstances did not change as a result, then you're in the clear. Lastly, promissory estoppel is an equitable remedy, meaning that the person would have to sue you and it appears that this person has no money.


Title: Girlfriend rescued a dog, sent it away to new home, possible owner is now trying to contact after shelter gave up her phone number

Question:
A couple of week ago my GF found a dog terrified and full of ticks/fleas hiding behind a shed. After *a lot* of coaxing, she was able to gain its trust and take it into her garage to get a look at it. There was no collar on this dog and it seemed like its ribs had been broken (caved in), although it didn't seem to be in pain when prodded. At first it wouldn't eat either which caused us to worry about parvo, but eventually GF poured the food from the dish she originally put it in and dumped it on the floor. The dog ate it up right away and later turned out a healthy looking turd.

This seems like an obviously abused dog, and it had no identifying collar, plus no one (at the time) had been looking for it. Earlier yesterday GF got a call from someone who sounded very angry. Apparently the shelter GF called (who didn't take the dog) gave up her number to this angry (possible) owner.

GF no longer has the dog because it's currently in a foster home. A local rescue took it in, offered to help with vet payments (we also learned it had worms) to get it all the shots it most likelly never had.

Is she required to tell this person where the dog currently is? How does this person prove the dog we took in is hers? No collar, no tag, no chip. It's been over a week since the rescue took this dog in, too.

Answer:
 She has no legal obligation.Answer #2: So all these people have is the shelter's word that your GF called them about a dog matching the description of their lost dog.

Don't communicate with these people.  At the most, tell them to stop calling her.  Then block their number.

If they sue, they would have to prove that your GF took *their dog*, which is going to be damn near impossible.  And even if they won a lawsuit, the judge would likely only reward the cost of the dog, which would be no more than... maybe $50.Answer #3: I’d contact the local rescue and maybe even the shelter to see if they have experience with situations like this. That said, I can’t think of any legal reason why your girlfriend would need to tell the dog’s current location since it was clearly abandoned.

In the event the dog was not abused by the original owner (if it was taken or ran away and was abused after it left the original owner’s care), she might want to be cooperative though. Maybe the local rescue could get more information from the original owner to see if that is the case.


Title: [Illinois] I am being served in subpoena for a auto accident I was not at fault in. Do I have to appear?

Question: Two months ago I was involved in a five car accident in which I was not at fault, recieved no ticket, and did not file a claim. I am being served a subpoena to appear in court as a witness in county five hours away in Illinois, where I live, but I will be at school in Iowa, and have school that day. Do I have to appear?

Answer: Yes unless you can get is quashed. It's an order not a request.Answer #2: I assume they just want you as a witness.  Get in touch with the judge's office and ask if they can somehow depose your testimony remotely.Answer #3: A subpoena is non-negotiable. It's a requirement to appear, not an optional request. If you cannot appear, you need to have it quashed.


Title: Broke up with my girlfriend need advice

Question: So I am from Texas, just broke up with my girlfriend of 3 years, I have some stuff that she has bought me for Christmas that she won't let me have that is worth money. Is there any way I can get this stuff back?

Answer:
  There's like a 99% chance that it's not worth the fight. That said if it was a gift, it's yours. Answer #2: If it was truly a gift, then it's your property.  There may be a debate over whether it's a gift, if it comes down to it.

You can sue her for it if she won't return it.  In most cases, you won't get the actual property, you'll get the **depreciated** value of it.  Unless you have a lot of really nice stuff, the outlay in time, money and hassle won't be worth it.


Title: My uncle illegally came to the U.S 16 years ago and was thrown in jail and then deported back. He then legally came to the us yesterday but they sent him back after the record came back up. What can he do?

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 Is he Italian or just lives in Italy? Did he try to use the visa waiver program to enter with just his passport?

If he applied for a visa and lied about his previous deportation there could be a lot of problems. It is possible to come legally even with a previous deportation with a waiver. It is impossible to say what your uncle needs without more details and you should definitely talk to an immigration attorney to assess the situation.


Title: Need advice for LGBT teen in custody case.

Question:
Hi, I posted on r/lgbt and r/ainbow earlier in my issue but things have progressed and I thought I might try my luck here!

We are in California.

My spouse (straight M) and I (out bisexual F) have a 15 year old son who has recently come out as bisexual to us and friends. We have 80% physical custody and 50% legal custody with his straight, extremely homophobic bio mom who he has not come out to. She has recently filed in court for full custody of him because he has disowned her and refuses visitation due to her homophobic behavior (and for hitting me with her car intentionally right in front of him which is now a case with the DA). She is claiming that we are trying to "turn him gay" because I am out and have him around my non straight friends and citing parental alienation on our part.

She is also trying to force the court to put him in reparative counseling with her and her religious counselor (to repair the parent-child relationship, but I suspect conversion therapy as well).

Does anyone have any experience, knowledge or advice on what his rights are as an lgbt teen in a custody dispute? He wants to come out to her and the court if it will cause her to leave him alone and for us to get full custody. We have a family law attorney handling this but she has no clue about lgbt law and minors.

Edit:
My apologies, I should have clarified: He has been out to me for awhile and has a boyfriend, and I have been protecting his privacy by not outing him to his bio mom; he only decided last night that he wants to be completely out to everyone. His dad is super supportive and adores him. So the LGBT issue for court is literally brand new since last night.

Answer:
 Don't call the mom the "bio mom."  She is the mom.  You are a step parent with no legal rights.Answer #2: >Does anyone have any experience, knowledge or advice on what his rights are as an lgbt teen in a custody dispute?

IANAL, to the best of my knowledge he has the same amount of rights, no less and no more, than a child who doesn't identify as LGBT. [At age 14 or older your child can choose which parent to live with.](http://farzadlaw.com/california-child-custody/childs-preference-custody-how-when-choose/) The court does not have to listen to your step-child's preference but most courts do. If he wishes to live with you and his father over his mother for 100% custody then the court will most likely allow him, precluding any suspected conditioning (but I haven't heard of that being a real discriminating factor). If you know of abuse, based on LGBT-related issues or otherwise, it is your responsibility to report it.


Title: A very large collection belonging to my deceased father which was housed at a relative's house was removed and sold by another family member. Advice is needed to see if there is any way to recuperate the loss and what kind of legal action can and should be taken.

Question:
Hello reddit.

So my father (step-father actually, but he was my "dad") passed away rather suddenly from an aggressive cancer this past December.  He had been a musician for all of his adult life, and had housed a VERY large collection of musical equipment at his aunt's house.

A little back story is needed concerning the relationship he had with his aunt.  She was "mom" to him for all intents and purposes.  His own parents passed away when he was a toddler, and this aunt raised him like a son.  She had never gotten married nor had any children of her own, so they were always very close, and she had been a grandmother to me.

She's quite old - 95 to be exact, and really should not have been living on her own for at least the past 15 years.  Aside from the cancer, he had debilitating heart condition that rendered him unable to work, and was forced to go on disability quite some time ago.  When he was forced to stop working, his aunt, who is a severe diabetic, and has been showing very strong signs of dementia for a decade, started requiring a large amount of help and care because she refused to leave her home.

At this time, my father basically became her caregiver, and they had an agreement that she would pay him a weekly sum for him to run her errands, take her to doctors appointments regularly, help with her finances, etc. I believe this agreement was agreed upon with their family lawyer, as she is somewhat wealthy and this was kind of a "prepaid" inheritance, with no conditions.

It is of note to say that she is also one of those "little old ladies" who has been swindled by criminal stock brokers.  My parents had to fight with her in court a couple years ago because a shady broker that a very known investment company had employed went to prison, and he kept a relationship with her and schmoozed like $100,000 from her, of which a large portion was recuperated because he had a known criminal history and that investment firm had hired him anyway.

It's also of note to say that she's an incredibly mean and hateful person, who has pinned family members against one another all her life just because she enjoys seeing the world burn.  Since my father's death, she's been in competition with my mother because she is jealous of the attention that my mother's been receiving all the attention being a grieving widow.  We've been having a feeling that she's been up to something, because we know how this woman works.  That's all beside the point, but it's important to know her history.

Sure enough, she wanted to get back at my mom - for what, I don't know - and hurt her.  Her and my mother had a verbal agreement that my mom was to liquidate the music collection, while continuing to store it at her house.  I know some professional musicians and have been working with them to take inventory and to find values of items and to help sell.  The room in the aunt's house was more of a studio, rather than things just sitting in storage. He had this "studio" at her house for at least the past 30 years, so a very very VERY large amount was there.  We're talking antique drum kits, at least a dozen or two entire PA sets, at least 50-60 sets of speakers, monitors, recording equipment, at lest 100 microphones and accessories.  Some of it was antique and quite valuable, some of it was new.

Well, we went to visit auntie dearest today to check up on her and brought her flowers and a picnic lunch, as her birthday was just a couple days ago.  And she had another guest over when we arrived - one of my father's cousins.

Well, he didn't waste any time cutting to the chase to let us know what he's been up to.  Without our knowledge, he had someone come into her house and just wiped everything out.  Every. Last. Thing. Even the locked studio space.  Every one of my father's possessions which was gained during their marriage, but stored there, is gone without my mother's knowledge.

When he walked us into the basement to show off what he did, my mother and I were just speechless.  I wanted to call the police and file a report right away, but my mother stood there and wanted to consult her attorney before we did anything.  I think we should have called the police, but I don't know.  This enraged the cousin, and this crooked son of a bitch started berating my mom saying that all the money that was given to my step-father (for being her caregiver - which apparently this cousin took issue with now that my father is no longer here) paid for every single piece of equipment that was stored in that room, and that as far as HE was concerned, every penny that he gets from liquidating those possessions do not belong to my mothers as his widow.

Reddit, do we have ANY chance at recuperating any of this?  We can probably come up with receipts for some of the newer items, but definitely not for things that were acquired 20-30 years ago.  I am just so heart-sick over it.  The monetary value of everything is the least of our worries, it's the sentimental value and disrespect to my father that we are just heartbroken over. There was equipment in that room that belonged to other people as well.  Is this theft?  Should we be aggressive about this?  I have no idea what to even do, and our family's attorney is out on the weekend.  Should we start with a police report?  Please help!!!

Topic:
Wills Trusts and Estates

Answer: Did he have a will, and who is handling the estate?


Title: [Alberta, Canada] Can someone on their deathbed give away their possessions (vehicles) to protect them from creditors of the estate after death?

Question: A friend has been given a few weeks to live and is considering doing this, but something about it seems too easy for my comfort. I'm concerned this will be seen as hiding assets and the estate/executor will be forced to deal with it.

Answer: Nope. There's no "one weird trick" to escape creditors.


Title: What do you do when your employer isn't doing things rightly, but not illegally either?

Question:
Hi Reddit,

I need advice about my current employment.

I work for a nonprofit in Canada and the longer that I am here, the more red flags come up that, as far as I can tell, aren’t illegal, but are not right either.

I began working in February, officially - as that is when I signed a contract. I was told I needed to volunteer some time as a probationary period before I was paid. So for two weeks in January, I volunteered my time. (Two weeks is six days - the office is open three days a week). To me, this isn’t a huge deal, because I really value the work this nonprofit does. Since then, however, there have been growing concerns, some of which include:

1. Mis-managing our petty cash (we have a system where anything bought for work, if using your own cash or card, you put in a receipt and take out the exact cash needed).
2. Confidentiality issues: We work with clients and ‘should’ have strict confidentiality policies in place, but there have been numerous suggestions (and some follow up) of donors meeting clients, which is a huge No.
3. Conflict of Interest: My direct boss is the Executive Director. We have a Board of Directors, but my boss is friends (as in they went to school together) with the Board of Directors.
4. No Policy and Procedures Manual: I am currently writing a complete manual, based off of an example from a similar work environment and researching the job regulations and laws that pertain to our area. But from a conversation with my boss, in the past five years, they have never had a proper Policy and Procedures Manual and the Board has never read what they have had (a manual from a different workplace that is not specific to us). Human Resources is not my area of expertise.
5. No renewed contract: My contract expired in April. I have been told/emailed that it is my job to draw a contract for myself with another probationary period included.

These are the biggest issues that I’ve found in the last few months - Number 4 and 5 are from the last two weeks...

I’m so frustrated because, like I said, I admire what our workplace does but I don’t admire my E.D. because of what is happening at work and because I have tried talking to my boss about some of these issues. My boss becomes easily defensive and does not listen to the concerns I have and tries blaming myself and my coworker.

I am currently applying for jobs, but I don’t know what to do, where to go for work a) because I started here only five months ago and b) it took me a year to get this job.

If you have any encouragement, please help!

Thanks Reddit!

Answer: If it's "not right" but "not illegal," then you work within your institution to enact suitable solutions or find employment elsewhere.


Title: Insurance Cancelled, Got Into Car Accident What Can I Do?

Question:
My effective date was 02/21/2019 for my insurance through State Farm.

I paid for 3 months in advance on a 6 month policy. In March I started to receive texts and emails stating that they needed some information for my policy and to contact them. I was in the middle of helping my mom move to Vegas from California, get her a house, find her a job, so I was dealing with personal issues and could not communicate on the phone. On March 25, 27, and April 5 I emailed the State Farm rep that emailed me, asking what I needed to do and never got a response. On April 15, 2019, I was involved in an accident  where I was veered off the road and hit a curb. I proceeded to file a claim with my insurance, and was then told today that my policy was cancelled on March 31, 2019.

Apparently, I was sent a letter in the mail, but because I did not have a primary address at the time, I never got it. I was in between houses while I was trying to take care of my mom. They also said they did not receive my emails from March 25, 27 but received the one from April 5th however they never responded to it. After talking to the agent on 4/16/2019, they decided to not reinstate my policy because I did not reach out to them by phone and said they will not be covering my accident. They said if I reached out to them by phone in the time given, they would have honored my policy. There was no lapse of insurance payment, as I am also getting mailed back a check with the excess payment they said. There was a witness who was there who is an agent of Progressive Insurance and is helped me file a complaint with the Nevada Division of Insurance in hopes of getting my insurance reinstated to cover the car damages.

At this point I am not sure if there is anything else I can do. I feel like filing the complaint may be my last chance of not having to eat the whole loss myself.

Answer: State Farm tried to notify you/fix the problem. You weren't available and allowed your policy to lapse. I'm not sure why you think this is not your fault.


Title: Met a girl on tinder who is 17. There is a corruption of minors statute in PA, Is it alright if I have sex with her or is it not worth the risk?

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 It's not remotely worth the risk.  I don't even need to analyze the law to know that.Answer #2: Well, she lied about her age to get on Tinder, so how much about her do you want to trust?

We can't tell you more about the actual sex without details (like your age, state, etc), but there is a better than average chance that you are in the middle of a scam.


Title: Should I try to sell home before Sheriff Sale?

Question:
This is difficult to even talk about, but I would appreciate any advice that may be provided.

I have an agent who wants me to list the house for sale through them to try and avoid the sheriff sale.  The plan would be to list at market value and go from there.  I'm not a math genius, but in my estimation there is not enough equity for me to walk away with any money.  AFAIK the agent gets their commission before I would see anything.

I will be filing for bankruptcy.  I have no choice, it's absolutely going to happen.  I'm going to sound like an absolute jerk here.  What benefit do I have by selling my home and not walking away with anything when I will be filling bankruptcy anyway?

Trying to sell the home worries me as I'll probably be pressured into dumping money into the home before selling.  I don't have any money to do so.

Ultimately I will be homeless soon.  My situation is my responsibility, but I don't see a benefit of adding more stress to my situation without a benefit.  Please understand my emotions are running high right now.  I'm sure I sound irresponsible, immature, selfish, etc...  I'm hoping people can be compasionate.

Thanks in advance for any guidance you can provide!

\(I'm in a recourse state\)
Topic:
Real Estate law

Answer:
 You should talk to an attorney specializing in bankruptcy as soon as possible.  By filing for bankruptcy you can delay the foreclosure of your home, which can give you a little breathing room to figure out the rest.

If your home is going to end up being sold it's for the benefit of the creditors.  The court will set the conditions of the sale and you shouldn't care much about it apart from how long you get to stay in the house.  What you should care about is getting as much debt discharged as possible so you can manage your finances after bankruptcy.
Answer #2: I'm pretty sure filing BK will put a stay on the Sheriff's Sale. Is there a downside to filing now?

Is this a property tax or judgment enforcement sale?


Title: Can I tell people touring my apartment not to live here? (IL)

Question: Title basically. My landlord scheduled a bunch of showing this weekend and I'll be home for most of them. If one of the potential renters asks me anything, can I get in any trouble for telling them how bad the place is? Or could I then be liable for them not being able to rent it out? Our property manager stole from us and there's been an insane pest problem.

Answer:
 Not a lawyer, blah blah blah. IL is tenant friendly. I’ve asked tenants when touring potential apartment complexes “do you like it here, are there issues”.

If someone asks, don’t lie or exaggerate. You can say “we have had problems with pests” and “there have been personal conflicts with management”.

Chicago has more complex tenant laws, but overall I would say you’re fine if someone asks. Maybe don’t sit at your door and tell every person coming in unless you’re really about this.


Title: [CA] Aggressive Property manager living next door.

Question:
I'm not sure if this is the right place to post these, so if it isn't please point me in the right direction.

I live in a multi-unit apartment complex that is managed through a management company in southern California. About a week ago I was given a letter stating that a new manager would be overseeing the property and that he would be living on site. A unit had opened up right next to me and I thought that would likely be the unit they would take. Quiet hours for the complex (which are in the lease) are 10 p.m-8 a.m. and is stated that no moving in or out can occur during that time.

On Wednesday night a family began moving into the unit next to mine at about 8:30 p.m, they were loud, screaming and banging around so a little after 10 p.m I asked if they could keep it down some because of the quiet hours and I work early. They ignored me and went on to bang, drill and move furniture in until well after one in the morning. I wrongly assumed that since it was a larger family it was likely not the new manager (as the letter had stated it would be just him and his fiancée). This trend has continued until last night (Saturday) when they were drilling and hammering with little to no stopping until midnight.

Last night at 11 I walked outside my door and saw that my neighbor was drilling the security door and asked if he could keep it down, or stop for the night. He got aggressive off the bat, and in a raised voice told me that he knew when quiet hours were, that he was not making noise, scolded me for coming out twice (in three days the last time I had spoken to him was Wednesday night) and that as he is the manager we can discuss it during business hours on Tuesday.

I don't really feel comfortable in my apartment right now and if it continues I'll likely have to sleep on my couch for the next five-ish months (lease is up in September). I can copy the quiet enjoyment clause of my lease in if that would help as well.

I guess my questions are these:

1) Because he's the manager would he be exempt from the quiet clause?

2) is this worth bringing to the management company's attention?

3) is there anything in general I can do or am I kind of just screwed?

Topic:
Landlord Tenant Housing

Answer:
 1)No
2)Yes, definitely
3)You can document the noise, call the police every time it happens and make noise complaints, and after sufficient written notices, you may be able to cite constructive eviction and move without penalty.

http://homeguides.sfgate.com/definition-constructive-eviction-8054.html

http://constructiveeviction.blogspot.com/


Title: Neighbors dogs are tearing up my yard

Question:
My neighbor let’s 3 of his 5 dogs just run loose.

Dog 1 likes to drag my stuff into his yard and tear it up. I catch him going through my trash almost every week.

Dog 2 likes to chew on my satsuma trees and has already destroyed a tree. She’s already started chewing off the low hanging oranges and spits them on the ground.

Dog 3 usually hangs with Dog 4 that is tied to the tree in the front yard. They bark non stop all day. They react to something as small as me turning a light in the kitchen. Since they’re in the front yard they bark at everything that moves.

Dog 5 is aggressive and is tied to a tree in his backyard. Once he got out and was trying bite my dogs through the fence and even nipped at me. He only went away when I threw some small fireworks in his direction.

When they’re not shitting, pissing, and chewing up my stuff they are in the street impeding traffic. The people who use to walk/bike around the neighborhood refuse to come this way because of the dogs. Their owner is extremely emotionally unstable so there’s no reasoning with him.

The owner built a pen that crosses through the power companies easement. But the pen looks like a five year old built it and can’t hold any of his dogs since the gate falls over in the slight breeze. So it sits unused and a huge eyesore.

There are no leash laws or HOA. The sheriffs department has been next to useless since there’s not much they say they can do.

What can I do? I don’t care about being compensated for the damage. I just want the dogs gone.
Topic:
Other Civil Matters

Answer: Contact animal control if you haven't already, roaming dogs entering your property likely violates local ordinances.  Other than that, your best bet is to secure your yard by building a fence on you property.


Title: Do my parents have a legal right to money I earned before 18 if I have possession of it still and am now 20? Live in Iowa

Question:
I babysat a ton for my aunt and uncle.  They had 3 kids and asked if I'd be interested in babysitting when I was 14. They were paying $10/hour for a daycare and I told them I'd do it for 8, so they jumped at the bargain.  I babysat for them all day during the summers, plus a couple nights a week in the summer. During the school year I babysat some evenings and weekends.  I know it sounds like a lot but I wasn't really allowed to have friends/hobbies/sports or anything, but I could babysit as much as I wanted and they needed a lot of babysitting done.

My parents were very controlling about money and used it to control my older brother. I didn't want that to happen to me, so I asked my aunt and uncle to give me some of the money, but put most of it away for me, which they did.  All the money I took home got confiscated but over the course of 4 years of babysitting I had about $24500 saved away from it.

I decided to move out of my parents' house and go to college this year.  I made a bank account for myself and my aunt and uncle put the money into it so it was mine free and clear.  I moved out of my parents' house (aunt/uncle helped) and moved to campus where I have been since then.

My parents tried to use my supposed lack of money to prevent me from leaving to go to college so they didn't understand how I was able to go.  Apparently in late August they got creative about it and told the school's office that they needed a copy of my tuition check for a financial matter and the school gave them a copy of the check I paid with. It had my bank name and account info on it.

Somehow from there they have figured out how much money is in the account and who the money came from (aunt and uncle).  They put two and two together and figured it was for babysitting.  They are angry because they thought I was making a couple bucks an hour when I was making much more.

They are arguing that they have a right to the money since it was earned before I turned 18.  But I have "possession" (well the bank does, but you get the idea) of it today at 20 years old.

What can I do to protect the money? Or is there nothing and they do have a right to it?

Answer:
 Check your credit and make sure they haven't taken any loans or credit cards out in your name as well. Answer #2: /r/raisedbynarcissistsAnswer #3: Two points I don't think anyone else mentioned:

1. Since you said you are 20 and received the money from your aunt and uncle this year, you did not earn it while living with your parents.  Your Aunt and Uncle set aside money on their own for you for when you are an adult, but it was not given to you as payment at that time - the money that was given to you then (and taken by your parents) is the only income.

2. Since you received the money this year from relatives, it will be considered a gift by the IRS and will have to be declared on your tax return, and you may have to pay taxes on it (probably not much if any, depending on if/how much income you have this year).


Title: A friend was suspended from University of Houston at Victoria for alleged cheating...

Question: ...and UHV has not followed their own established procedures. Is this kind of thing allowed in Texas? It's also worth noting that the "cheating" was nothing more than an impulsive click on the chrome icon on her testing computer. This may sound bad, but there's a little more to it. For starters, my friend has pretty severe ADD (the school is required to make special accommodations for her). One of the big symptoms of this disability is impulsiveness. If that's not enough, she was also put into an entirely separate room by herself. Apart from the rest of the test taking students. In my friend's room, the computer's weren't locked down at all. Every other student had a locked down computer, and couldn't have "cheated" in this way if they tried their hardest.

Answer:
 Yes, the school is allowed to enforce its own policies mostly as it sees fit. This isn't so much a legal issue as a procedural one.

If she's already been suspended, I assume the Honor Code Committee or equivalent got involved.


Title: Boss messed up my pay check and got me taxed an insane amount.

Question:
So basically my boss accidentally added a coworkers pay check onto my pay check. This meant my normal 600 dollar pay check turned into about 1600. The problem is because of this I was taxed about 400 dollars but my boss wants me to send the money back only leaving me with about 200 dollars instead of my normal 600 dollars.

I don’t know if they can legally do this and only leave me with 200 dollars saying it will be worked out in the future. Main problem is though, I’m in university and I live pay check to pay check, I will not have enough for rent this month because of their mistake. She is making me seem like I’m a thief is asking for my full pay check. My understanding is that on the date I am supposed to be payed I should be given my full amount with proper tax deducted and not this mess.

If it helps I live in Alberta, Canada. I also get payed Bi-weekly.
Topic:
Canada

Answer:
 Can you Have them reissue you a check in the correct amount and return the whole amount?Answer #2: This is the CRA's advice to employers on how to correct payroll errors (I've linked to the part of the page that discusses how to fix it when an employee is overpaid due to a clerical error):

[https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/businesses/topics/payroll/completing-filing-information-returns/t4-information-employers/correcting-reporting-errors-salary-overpayments.html#clrcl\_dmnstrtv\_rrrs](https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/businesses/topics/payroll/completing-filing-information-returns/t4-information-employers/correcting-reporting-errors-salary-overpayments.html#clrcl_dmnstrtv_rrrs)

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Assuming that the overpayment happened THIS YEAR:

>Your employee should repay you the **net** amount of the salary overpayment (gross pay, less source deductions) if all of the following apply:
>
>\* the employee repays you in the same year as the overpayment
>
>\* you reimburse your employee for the CPP, EI, and income tax deducted in error
>
>\* you can reduce the next payroll remittance you are sending to the CRA by the CPP, EI or income tax sent in error (including your share of CPP and EI) **before** you send your last remittance for the year to the CRA
>
>In these situations, do not include on the employee’s T4 slip the salary overpayment or any of the CPP, EI, and income tax withheld on the overpaid salary.

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But if not all of those conditions apply, you are supposed to repay the gross and have this worked out at tax time. You can ask for the repayment to be spread out over a few pay periods to make it easier on you.


Title: Can I Refuse To Go To My Dad's House As a 17 Year Old?

Question:
m a 17 year old male. My parents got divorced a few years back, and my mom is now engaged to a woman. I'm pretty conservative, but I honestly don't mind it. My mom and her new fiance are in Paris until January 1st. My mom's new partner is a very high up executive at a large technology company, so you could say my quality of life has taken a MASSIVE step up from how it was. I've always had some relationship issues with my dad, and I'd really prefer not to go over there until my mom comes back. I don't hate my dad, but I have money I can be making and other things I can be doing instead of going over there and getting stuck where I can't go out or hang with friends. My mom has explicitly told me that she is okay with me staying her house, and obviously, I'd much prefer staying at a 7 figure house where all of my stuff is, instead of going and getting stuck. I'm at my mom's house currently, and my dad is pressuring me to drive over to his house and stay. I have my own car, food, and everything I need here. Am I allowed to simply refuse to go over there? Thanks in advance!
Topic:
Custody Divorce and Family

Answer:
 If the custody agreement states you have to go to your fathers house then you have to go. Your mom can get into trouble if you don't go and your dad takes this to court. You can ask your mom to request a change to the agreement and at your age your opinions will be taken into account.

Considering you are 17 you might as well suck it up and stick out one more year. After that you live where you want.


Title: Told that the Bonus stated in my Contract ‘didn’t matter’ so it won’t be paid out - curious what you guys think!

Question:
Hi everyone. Throwaway account for this.

I have an employment contract inquiry I’d like to share. This is for a company in Toronto, Canada. So when I started this job, I was told that within my contract there was a bonus clause and that if we hit our “targets” then I would get paid out.

Knowing what I know now, there was clearly a lot of vagueness to that clause in the contract.

It says:

You will also be eligible to receive an annual discretionary bonus of up to $5000 as determined by the Company in its sole discretion.

The Bonus, if any, for a given year will be calculated in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Company’s bonus plan, as it may be modified in the Company’s sole discretion, will be paid following the completion of such year, and is not earned or accrued until the Bonus payout date.

You must be “Actively Performing Services” for the Company on the Bonus payout date in order to be eligible to receive the Bonus. Under no circumstances should any Bonus be considered part of your salary or other regular employment compensation.

Here are some additional details:

1. We did not have a Company bonus plan. Our CRO told me how I would receive this – that if the Company hits our “sales targets” I would receive the bonus on the Bonus payout date, which would be early next year.

2. CRO was let go, and a new team has come in as a replacement. We hit our sales targets for the year, but I was told that they don’t have to pay out my bonus because it didn’t mean anything even though I signed the contract.

Based on the extremely vague language in the contract (including that it’s discretionary, up to the company’s discretion etc.) I’m assuming I have no recourse, but am curious to as to what you all think. As well, want to learn for when I negotiate my next contract!

Also posting this instead of going to a lawyer directly because I don’t know if it’s even worth pursuing since it’s $5k. Never had to reach out to a lawyer before but know it could be potentially more expensive than what the bonus is worth.

Thanks in advance all

Answer:
 That bonus language has more holes than a Tim Hortons store.

A legal challenge will not be successful.

Answer #2: >You will also be eligible to receive an annual discretionary bonus

The word "discretionary" is probably all that matters here.Answer #3: Not trying to be snarky here but what part of "discretionary" and "in its sole discretion" is not clear?


Title: [New Jersey] Failed to register with Selective Service

Question:
I recently got an email from my guidance councilor:

> According to law, a man must register with Selective Service within 30 days of his 18th birthday.

> Failing to register or comply with the Military Selective Service Act is a felony punishable by a fine of up to $250,000 or a prison term of up to five years, or a combination of both. Also, a person who knowingly counsels, aids, or abets another to fail to comply with the Act is subject to the same penalties.

with a link to sign up. I'm more than 100 days past my 18th birthday and didn't know I was supposed to sign up. I'm really scared and am afraid if I sign up now they'll see how old I am and take me away. I worked really hard at school and don't want all my work to go to waste.

I'm thinking about turning myself in and hoping the judge will take pity on me, since I didn't know until earlier today. On the other hand, I hear the phrase "ignorance is not an excuse" come up a lot on here, but I don't know what my other options are.

Any help would be appropriated. I'm really scared and don't know what to do.

Answer: You're fine.  Go register late, it will be no big deal- you can register late until you turn 26.Answer #2: You're seriously overthinking this. I didn't register until I was 20. Just click [this link](https://www.sss.gov/Registration/Register-Now/Registration-Form) and register, and stop freaking out about it. You're technically breaking the law, but I've never heard of anyone actually go to jail for not signing up immediately.


Title: (AZ) Looking out for a close friend, trying to sue the company he is renting his car from. I appreciate all help!

Question:
Hello everyone and thank you for taking time to read this.

I have a friend that is renting a car from a small auto-dealer/renter. On his contract it states that the payments are monthly. He got a call saying that he was late on his payment and they said that he should be paying weekly payments. He argued with them for a little about it because it clearly states on his contract that it is monthly payments. He went down to the dealership and after reviewing the contract that the dealership had, it showed weekly payments BUT, and here is the kicker, where it was supposed to have his signature and initials, it was all forged by someone else, very clearly forged and nothing like his actual signature or initials. Is there anything he can do? Is taking the dealership to court a good or bad idea? My friend is considering taking them to court and I really don't want to see him waste him money on a lawyer only to lose the case, lose money and lose his car.

Thank you.

TL;DR - friend rented a car, signed up for monthly payments as it states on contract. Dealerships contract shows weekly payments with obvious forged signatures. now wut

Answer:
 Ugh. Buy-here, pay-here lots are SUCH a scam. John Oliver recently did a segment (search YouTube or the HBO site) on this subject. If he has a copy of the contract, with his signatures, that shows something different, IMMEDIATELY  contact with he Arizona Department of Financial Institutions http://www.azdfi.gov , and the State AG's consumer protection office https://www.azag.gov/consumer/home . That's fraud, which would probably nullify any forced arbitration clause in the contract.

Otherwise, if (unlikely) the sales contract he signed, and can deliver up in court, doesn't contain a forced arbitration clause, sue them in small claims, if it's under $3500. If it's more than $3500, but less than $10k, it will have to be filed in Justice Court, where you'd really want to have an attorney.

If I were in your friend's shoes, I'd think that the most bang for little cash outlay would be in the state licensing and consumer affairs regulators.


Title: [California] Cop confiscated my marijuana on a trip despite having a legal medical card, because I "had more than enough for the time I was staying"

Question:
Basically I am chilling at this campground smoking with my friends and a cop comes up asks to see my CA medical info, which I give him. He asks me what weed I have on me and a show him, about 7 grams of herb and 2 grams of wax (way under my prescription limit). The cop asks me if this is the medication I need for one night, and I say no, because that would be insane.

So he writes me a ticket for possession of marijuana, because I had more what was needed for my one night stay.

I'm pretty sure this is a bullshit ticket, but I need to know if I am in the right or wrong here.

Answer:
 Ok, first of all you do not have a *prescription* for marijuana. You have a *recommendation*. There's no such thing as a marijuana prescription.

Secondly, medical marijuana laws provide a defense to criminal charges. In other words, when this goes to court you can use your medical recommendation as a defense and hope you win the case.Answer #2: This wasn't a federal camp ground was it?


Title: (United States, Oregon) Local grocery chain wants my finger prints for the soon to be updated clocking in and out system.

Question:
I am a new employee at a grocery chain in Oregon's Willamette valley. I was informed by a corporate employee that the system to clock in and out of work will soon require you to scan your finger print. I do not want to give them my finger prints, I think it is a safety concern, authoritarian, and entirely inappropriate.

Unfortunately this grocery chain also utilizes "At Will Employment" and I am quite certain that I would be fired if I don't give them my finger prints for the new system. The old system involved swiping a magnetic strip card through a scanner, and I don't see any reason why that wouldn't be an acceptable method.

Are they legally able to compel me to give them my fingerprints or else be fired? What are my options?
Topic:
Employment Law

Answer:
 > Are they legally able to compel me to give them my fingerprints

Compel you? No.

> or else be fired? What are my options?

Fired? Absolutely. That's not compulsion.

Your options are give up your fingerprints, be fired, or beg for a change in policy. That's it.


Title: Guardian of Estate "gifting" money to her son - TX

Question:
[deleted]
Topic:
Wills Trusts and Estates

Answer:
 This question is complicated and depends upon the will (or lack thereof), presumably you mean that K's mom is guardian of the estate for grandma, which generally gives her broad authority to handle grandma's money and finances, and Z is guardian of the person for grandma, which allows her to handle day-to-day living affairs.

Generally, guardianship is a process monitored by a court, and the guardian is a fiduciary of the ward (person of whom they are guardian), meaning they must only act for the benefit of the ward, post a bond against the risk of mishandling property or finances, file annual reports accounting for their actions, and can face civil or criminal sanctions if they violate their responsibilities. Gifts are not allowed unless they were somehow established before the person became incapacitated, so perhaps grandpa's financial support before he died (presumably with grandma's cooperation) would qualify, especially if it was in writing or in a will, but my guess is that a guardian writing checks to her own child would in principal be viewed with extreme scrutiny by the court to which she is accountable. Answer #2: I am a guardian of estate for my mom (it's called a conservator in Michigan).  I donated some of her money to an arts organization at her request.  I had to get specific approval from the probate court (I did it after the fact because I didn't know).  If the court had not approved it, I would have been required to pay the money back to her out of my own pocket.


Title: Ceiling fell in an apartment I just leased, broke computer screen. What is the landlord responsible for?

Question:
I just signed a lease June 8th for apt in Brooklyn, NY and yesterday I walked into a room and a 6 foot circular section of sheet rock from the ceiling fell. There are other sections in the ceiling that are about to fall and I have contacted the landlord about the problems. He sent over a repair man to do an estimate and is going to begin doing work tomorrow. My question is, how can I be compensated for this huge inconvenience. I read the terms of the lease and it stated that the landlord is responsible for any damages due to his negligence. My computer screen was cracked from the falling sheet rock so im assuming that the landlord will have to replace that. My biggest concern is that the repair will take 3 days per room, and there are 3 rooms that needs work done. No where on the lease does it say that im entitled to a reduced rent due to the repairs or anything. Has this situation or a similar one happened to anyone before? and if so how was the matter handled.

Thanks for reading, im a little distressed to be paying full rent for an apartment that I cant comfortably live in for some 10 days or so.

Answer: Do you have renter's insurance?


Title: I'm 17 and pet control is threatening to take my dogs because of my neighbors.

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 You may not be legally required to put them on a leash when they go out, but you *are* supposed to control your dogs. If they're getting into trouble because you're letting them out unsupervised it's time to supervise them when you let them out.

Anything that happens off your property because you're not controlling your animals is on you, even if you're not legally required to. You're all being really irresponsible with your dogs. They don't get to have free run of the entire neighborhood with no consequences just because a leash law doesn't apply to you.


Title: No A/C in my apartment. It will be a long hot summer

Question:
I live in an apartment in Philadelphia, PA. It gets hot and very humid in the summers. My landlord just informed us that the central air conditioning is broken, and won't be repaired for months. Which means for the majority of the summer and the last couple months of my lease, I will not have air. My roommate and myself have been fed up for the majority of the time we've lived here due to delayed repairs.

I was wondering if there is anything within my legal right that I can do about the situation, such as withholding rent or anything.

I just want to know where I stand in this position.  Thanks to everyone in advance!

Answer: NAL was Central AC listed as an appliance/amenity on the lease? If so, you might have grounds to withhold rent until it is repaired. Just as if your stove, washer, or alarm system was broken. AC is not required for an apartment to be deemed habitable so your only grounds for withholding rent is if it was mentioned on the lease. Again, NAL, but I would look more into this. If it is grounds to withhold rent, I would bring this up with the landlord to see if they will fix it in a more timely manner or if they will release you from your contract.