Title: Jaywalking pedestrian hit by car (Nevada)

Question:
I was a pedestrian in Vegas and was crossing a street outside of a crosswalk. I was struck by a car. A bystander told the person that hit me that they could go since it was “obviously my fault” since I was out of the crosswalk. This was 4:00am

I was taken immediately from the scene by ambulance to the hospital. I had a BAC of .10.

Did the person legally have to stay at the scene since there was an injury? (The police said that they got a plate) I asked if they spoke to them or if they conducted a field sobriety test. The officer said “nah.” I find it odd that someone who “clearly was not at fault” wouldn’t stick around if they weren’t drunk.

I don’t have health insurance. I am looking into Medicaid in my home state (I am living in CA.)

I have full auto coverage as I have a car loan.

Should I try to get my medical bills covered by Medicaid? Should I try through my auto insurance?
Do I have a single leg to stand on if I go after the person that struck me?

I’m not trying to get an island in the Maldives out of this, I just don’t want an island of medical bills.

Thanks everyone!

Answer:
 Your car insurance won't cover this. You were not driving.

You do have share fault. When the police report is completed you can file a claim on the drivers insurance policy. I'm not sure how they will handle it as you were drunk and walking around in the street in Vegas.

Alternatively, apply for Medi-cal asap


Title: Brother in law threatening to call CPS on us because we won't loan him money. What can I expect? [MO]

Question:
The title pretty much says it all. My husband's sister is married to a real piece of shit. He asked to borrow money for some business he wants to start. My husband said no. Now BIL is saying that my son has a rash that looks really suspicious to him and he might just have to call CPS. (My son has exzema. We've taken him to the pediatrician and a dermatologist. Brother in law hasn't even seen him since Christmas and the rash has since cleared up.)

We're not going to give into this ass wipe, obviously. I don't know if he'll actually call CPS, but I wouldn't put it past him. A few years ago he was trying to get my mother in law's dog put down, and before that he was constantly calling the cops on a family friend.

What can we expect? I've always heard that they just show up and you'd better let them in our else it looks bad. Is that the case? Is it best to just cooperate or should we make them get a warrant? Can we do anything to shut down his horse shit?

We're in Missouri and he's in Pennsylvania if it makes any difference.

Edit: Thanks everyone for the advice and information. I'm now fairly certain that if CPS does come, it will be an annoyance, but not like they're going to take my kids.

Answer:
 >threatening to do thing if you don't do thing

report to police for extortion

???

laughAnswer #2: If CPS shows up, you let them in to conduct their inspection, anything else will go very badly for you.

In the meantime if you have any record of these threats to call CPS then make sure that you save it, in some states you might even be able to go after him for slander/libel in small claims court (just ask for a small amount, enough to get the point across that you're through with his shit).

Additionally, as others have pointed out, he's extorting you.


Title: Opening US business bank account for someone else's Chinese business to accept online payment

Question:
Hello - a friend of mine offered an interesting opportunity to me. He has a business in China and will be selling to US customers via a website, and to do so apparently he needs a US bank account. So he offered that if I open one, and send the income generated this way to his paypal account, I will get a cut. Sounds like a pretty good deal with minimal involvement on my part. Is this too good to be true? No, this is unlikely to be the "Nigerian Prince" scam, I've known this person for many years when he used to live in the US.

What do I have to watch out for : when I declare this when I do taxes, will I have to go in great detail as to how I earned this money? Is there anything questionable at all with this or is this a pretty common practice? Are there any steps I have to perform for this to be allowed? And if it is common practice, what sorts of things that may come up would NOT be advisable to do? Are there any limits to how involved with the business I can get? Do such things vary by state at all (I'm in Texas)? This is a blend of financial/legal question in a way, but I am just looking to not be walking into something that is illegal in any way because it's very hard to tell.

**EDIT: The products themselves are pretty commonplace, no legal issues there, this is just an expansion to the US market **

Thanks!

Answer: This is almost guaranteed to be a scam or a tax dodge, neither of which you want to be involved with. There are subs dedicated to the tax laws that you may want to seek out for your other questions, but a real business wouldn't need you to open an account in your name for them, or forward money that way.


Title: Divorce Lawyer Sent Me a Bill 4x Original Retainer

Question:
I just need some advice on how to handle this situation in Nevada.  I retained a divorce lawyer who stated my case should only cost in the $2500 -$5000 range.  I paid my retainer of $2500 and was told if there were significant extra costs they'd be willing to negotiate and would advise me of any thing before incurring them.

The divorce is finalized and they sent me a bill for $7500.  That's with the $2500 they already applied for a retainer!  I obviously didn't expect to find that my bill would be 2-4x the amount I was originally quoted.  I could see a little extra, but now they're tacking on preparation of lien fees and such because I haven't paid my bill yet.

Any advice on how to approach this with the firm?

Answer: I would start by calling your lawyer and telling him/her exactly what you said in the first paragraph.


Title: My wife is starting a business under a name and we already got a threatening call from a similar business with a similar name...questions inside [xpost /r/trademark]

Question:
So my wife is starting up a business under the name "Word1 Word2 Word3" where Word3 is describing what type of service she offers (i.e. "Doctors"...but it's not doctors). We launched her website today and a few hours later received a nastygram voicemail from another company in our area under the name "Word4 Word2 Word3", where Word4 is a completely different word. I looked up both names on the USPTO site, and it looks like there is no existing trademark for either of the two names (there is a similar one to my wife's name, but it's for a different industry in a different part of the country).
The person from the other company was threatening all kinds of legal crap, but I was wondering if she even has any ground to stand on if she doesn't even have a trademark filed? It will be no big deal for us to just change our name, but I'd hate to give the other company the satisfaction...

Edit: state of Colorado, Boulder County

Answer:
 There is such a thing as a 'common law' trademark, and registration is not required.  The question is whether someone looking for Company #2 would be confused about the association or identity of that company v. Company #1.

But even if you can win, getting into conflict is a huge time sink.  So if you can change the name easily, I recommend you do.Answer #2: So just to be clear, your wife's business is something like "Fantastic Blue Widgets," and the other person e-mailing you is something like "Amazing Blue Widgets"? Do you sell the same products (i.e., are you competitors)? Is the other person a major brand?

The lack of a trademark is not dispositive at all here. You can still have rights to the name under common law. Also using a different first word doesn't mean you're safe if a judge thinks you're trying to piggyback on their brand (for example, a fast food restaurant named McDavid's would hear from McDonald's lawyers very fast).

My advice would be to just change the name if you haven't invested any money in it. You're probably okay, but there's a bit of a gray area here depending on the specifics of the name, and even if you're in the clear the competitor can make your life a huge hassle with lawyers.


Title: Urgent - Domestic violence [FL]

Question:
This morning, my girlfriend and I were involved in a heated argument, and she [may have] attacked me with a weapon. I called 911, and when the police sorted everything out, they charged her with and arrested her for domestic violence. I didn't want to press charges, but the police said that the state was the one pressing charges against her. Her first court date is tomorrow, and I want to know what I can possibly do to get the charges dropped.

I apologize if the format of this post is inappropriate for this subreddit, but I am panicking and I feel unable to think straight.

Answer:
 Nothing you can do. Too late. Please look into counselling for victims of domestic violence and physical abuse, your response above is not normal. Answer #2: > I want to know what I can possibly do to get the charges dropped.

You can tell the prosecutor you're no longer interested in pressing charges and would prefer not to cooperate. The prosecutor can take this into account. However, victims of domestic violence recant so often that it means basically nothing: if your girlfriend broke the law, and it's already in the prosecutor's hands, there's nothing more you can do for her.

Seek counselling for yourself, and decide how you want your relationship to continue.


Title: Sexual Harassment?

Question: If you walk up to a stranger on the street and say "hey, do you want to help me bust a nut?" - is that sexual harassment? Does it break any law?

Answer:
 Sexual harassment is a workplace discrimination claim.  So no, this is not sexual harassment.

It also isn't funny when you follow-up by holding out a handful of actual nuts on whatever Youtube prank this is destined for.Answer #2: This seems like a good time to remind people that just because something isn't illegal doesn't make it a good idea.Answer #3: You could be charged with disorderly conduct, solicitation or other things depending on your location and who you say it to. You could be charged with sexual harassment if its someone you work with.


Title: Are Air Guns Legal In Sweden?

Question: Are air guns legal in Sweden if you are 18 years old or over?  I am going to Sweden in a few days and I need a reliable method of self-defense.

Answer: You don’t need a self defense method in Sweden lol


Title: Firearms in University Owned Housing (New York State)

Question:
Background:
I recently graduated with my Ph.D. from a school in the southwest and got a job teaching at a school in upstate New York.

As part of the employment package, the school offers new faculty reduced rate housing for a year in a building they own, but which is not on the campus itself. I've already looked through the faculty handbook and there is no mention at all about firearms or any kinds of weapons with respect to the faculty (obviously, the students are not permitted to have them).

My question is this: I know that having a handgun will be out of the question without a permit, but can I have a rifle (that's SAFE compliant) in housing which is owned by the university, but which is not on university property?

I apologize about being vague, but academia is notoriously against gun ownership and I don't want to cause conflict with my new colleagues. If any more information is needed that won't uniquely identify me, I'll be happy to provide it.

UPDATE: I was supposed to have the rental agreement yesterday, but apparently it's delayed because someone is on vacation. Now I will apparently have it next week.

UPDATE 2: I have received the rental agreement and it has no provision against firearm ownership or weapons more generally. HOWEVER, it does state that the apartment is on-campus. How does this change things? Is owning a gun in the apartment not feasible now?

Answer:
 I would read over your tenant agreement very carefully. It's probably going to depend on that. Answer #2: Is there a reason you can't ask the university housing office directly?

Regardless of local laws, the university might very well have it's own policy prohibiting firearms.


Title: What papers do I need to be independent?

Question:
I'm 24 living withy parents and going to college. I still have 2 more years to go but I'm not sure if I'll make it. There's a lot of things happening in my household and I may need to prepare an exit plan if things go South.

If say tomorrow I were to leave my home to start my own life what (legally) do I need?

I know I need to take my legal papers such as birth certificate and social security number.

What about health care? I'm currently in my parents plan, would they simply take me off it? And if so how do I go about getting health care? (I know I'm stupid)

Also yea I know how to do taxes and hire professionals.

However do I need to inform the government that I'm independent now? Or do I just do that in my taxes?

Thankfully I don't share a bank account so that's taken care of.
Also this might not be important but how do I make my own legal will? I want to make sure my sister gets my stuff if I die. I say this because I assume my parents keep everything if I die living with them.

Thanks, I know this is a little weird but I need to start thinking about this stuff.

Answer:
 There is no set process here. You just move out, start filing your own taxes and inform your parents they can no longer claim you as a dependent.

The fact that you no longer live in your parents home generally has no bearing on your ability to stay on their health insurance.  Most Americans receive health insurance through their employers. You may need to purchase your own insurance through a state or national exchange of your employer doesn't offer it to you.


Title: US - Am I legally able to sell physical pieces of my body? Is someone else legally able to purchase them? Does this change if I'm dead?

Question: No real life application here, just wondering.

Answer: One of the first cases we learned in property class said no. It was a terrific case where they explained why you can't. That said I am drunk and have a poor memory so can't tell you what case. But its no.


Title: Trouble at public charter school

Question:
My daughter is in the 5th grade, she attends a public charter school in North Carolina. The school is only 3 years old, but we have been having problems that today have really made me start thinking about legal action.

My daughter came home and said her teacher "grabbed her arm and yanked" when telling her to hurry up and put her things away. We took a picture of her upper arm where there is a bruise.

She is also struggling in math, and when my daughter asked for help, the teacher told her to go sit down, she didn't have time to help her because she has other students to worry about. This is a reoccurring theme here.

I've heard my daughter talk about other teachers crying at work, kids making fun of the teachers as well. It sounds completely out of control. Last year my daughter had 4 teachers in one year because they kept firing teachers and moving the kids around.

Obviously we need to look at a different school, but all the school in that county are bad, like 1-3 out of 10 rating on greatschools.org. Its a bad area for education, a military town. No base schooling.

What do you guys think my options are?

Answer: UPDATE! Got an email back from the Principle. He fired the teacher, for this and multiple complaints. As of today. Seems my email was the final straw. The principal is also looking into the math issue I brought to his attention.


Title: [NC] What can I do about vague written threat from estranged husband?

Question:
I have just submitted a police report online but would like to know what might happen and if there are any further actions I can take.

My estranged husband sent me a threatening email.

The email in its entirety: "You will pay the full price of whatever you have done to me. Very soon."

He previously assaulted me in February. I made a police report and they issued a court summons. He was never served because he left the state.

In the police report, I said that ideally I would be able to get a protection order and perhaps have a police officer contact him to warn him not to come near me.  He is still in another state as far as I know so I am guessing that might complicate matters.

What consequences might he face for a written threat?

Edit: the police said they can't do anything because it is not an explicit threat.

Answer:
 It is extremely difficult to predict what will happen next.

In non-legal advice, threats work on the three Cs - Clarity, Capability, and Credibility. Your husband has the last two down pat and I don't think there's really anything vague about the e-mail. He has demonstrated the ability and willingness to harm you in the past and has just sent you notice that he intends to do so in the near future.

You need to consider taking proactive steps to protect yourself because if you consider this threat credible a legal order will not do much to arrest him until *after* he has harmed you. You *must*:

1. Document every interaction he has with you, and back this documentation up appropriately.
2. Inform your local police department and possibly others (e.g. your employer, neighbours, colleagues and family, if you trust them) that you are being threatened and want them to be on their guard about disbursing information about you to your husband that they might otherwise give out freely.
3. Inform your local police department of every unwanted interaction you have with him. Establish the pattern for them.

You *should consider* upgrading your personal security. This could take the form of a better burglar alarm, window locks, self-defence classes, modifying your routine to reduce risk, or even (after appropriate training and licensing) arming yourself. There are likely resources for battered women available locally. If you are not availing yourself of them, you may wish to do so.


Title: My Minor Girlfriend got caught shoplifting over the federal State Limit with a device, help

Question:
My 17 year old (minor in America) girlfriend in Florida got caught shoplifting $533 dollars with a magnet in her bag from Macy’s. It was her first time but she got the cops called on her still. She has a court hearing and has two potential felonies, grand theft and shoplifting with a device. What can she do? Her mom doesn’t want to get a lawyer, and I can’t afford one for her. Can she do anything? She also isn’t a citizen, but has a green card if that makes a difference. Please help
Topic:
Criminal Law

Answer:
 >It was her first time but she got the cops called on her still.

Just FYI, it's likely the courts won't buy this.  It is known that most shoplifters are not caught, and that when shoplifters ARE caught, it's rarely the first time they've tried lifting...just the first time they were CAUGHT lifting.  Also, first timers don't generally start by going for $533 worth of stuff or with a device.  This was very clearly the work of an experienced and somewhat sophisticated lifter, and the court will likely react accordingly.

>Can she do anything?

She can sell everything she owns to afford representation.  She can inquire if she is eligible for a PD.  She can beg her mother because she is at risk for deportation if convicted.  She can see if anyone will offer her a loan.

And, while this should go without saying, it doesn't always: she needs to keep her nose ABSOLUTELY clean from here on out.  That means she should not even ATTEND parties where there might be underage drinking or drug use.  If she so much as smells marijuana she should remove herself from that location immediately.   She needs to live the most boring and most square high school life ever from this point on until this matter is resolved.  And NO MORE SHOPLIFTING.  At all.  Period.  Answer #2: It is really important that she retain an attorney, because being convicted of felonies when a crime involves moral turpitude (as theft potentially does) can result in her being deported. It is not likely that it would actually happen, but it is theoretically on the table.


Title: What happen to student loans if moved abroad?

Question:
My friend was telling me about this person he met abroad that that had like 10k of student loans and just decided to move out of the country to avoid paying because he was planning on living there. I figure there should at least be some repercussions.

Like what happens to the student loans if that person just left the country and never come back? Like can the government go after the family if he has any behind?

What happens if that person do decide to come back to America later on?

Will their citizenship be revoked?

Also is this a civil or criminal crime and couldn't that person be extradited?

And can the US do anything to that person abroad? Like ask that country to jail him or something.

Answer:
 1.  This isn't criminal.

2.  Your citizenship cant' be revoked.

3.  The US can't ask them to be jailed or anything.

You owe a debt, it's as simple as that.  They can try to track you down and seize your assets and such but realitically that is very difficult to do.  When I was living overseas I knew tons of people who had just walked away from all sorts of debt and never new anybody they actually chased after.


Title: Brother stole my prescription meds and is hiding them so I can't take them

Question:
Sorry that this is my 3rd post here, but if I get the police involved will they get my pills back for me? I am 18 and he can't be in possession of my pills right?

california

Answer: Assuming that they're prescribed, sure. You won't be able to get an emergency re-issue of the medication without a copy of a police report/case number. Immediately call the police.


Title: Can I use student loans to buy a medical marijuana card?

Question: Currently the student loans I received are my only income. I already use marijuana and have medical reasons for doing so, but I don’t have a card. I want to comply with the law because I don’t want to be arrested and was wondering if there would be legal ramifications for using my loans buy a medical card. I live in California if that changes anything.

Answer: If you have it as cash on hand, then it's hard to prove what you used that cash for.


Title: Would I be implicated if my housemate gets caught selling edibles (in LA county)?

Answer: Yes. There is pot in your house, so you would have a hard time convincing a judge you weren't in possession.


Title: I got a subrogation letter form my insurance's law department about my daughter who slipped and busted her lip... i'm confused about all of this.

Question:
So my daughter slipped in a little water play area in a park next to a school and she hit her face on the standing round things that squirt water. She busted her lip was bleeding a lot but the cut wasn't huge but we kinda freaked out and thought she needed a stitch or something. We took her to a nearby er and they said that you dont really put a stitch on lips, but if it was on skin then yeah she would've had one, he cleaned her up and that was it.

[Here's a link to the letter](http://imgur.com/a/v4Eb0)

question #10 has me confused, Our insurance, they one the hospital asks for when we went, do they want that information?

11  our insurance information again?

 *sigh*
All this seems like a big deal. I'm an anxious person so I'm scared right now because I'm not sure what to do or what this letter even means.
I'm not looking to sue or anything, she just slipped and busted her lip. I've had a a couple of falls where I needed 8+ stitches each myself as an adventurous kid, things happen.

* Can someone explain to me what this letter's intentions are?
* Do I HAVE to fill this out, as this happened at a park?

Thank you for taking the time to read

Edit: Residing in Texas

Edit: Thank you all for your help! I just have one more question. Do i have to answer # 11? it wasn't a car accident so can I leave it blank? (last picture in link, sorry for potato-quality)

Answer:
 They are trying to see if there is another insurance policy or party they can go after to recoup some of what they paid out for your daughters care. This is entirely normal and not anything you need to be worried about. Your daughter's care will be covered no matter what. Just answer everything truthfully.  You agreed to provide this information when you accepted the terms of the coverage.Answer #2: They're wanting to know if her injury was caused by another party to determine who is liable for charges. If not, simply answer no and mail it back. Basically, you insurance does not want to pay for claims that someone else's insurance should cover.

Insurance companies send out subrogation forms when they see claims with certain diagnosis codes. I got one when I had an MRI on my neck. As neck pain is commonly the result of injuries, I got a letter to confirm that I was not in an accident at work or in my car.


Title: Is it Illegal to ask for age verification for a BDSM chat?

Question:
Hello Reddit, I have an inquiry for you today. So, I admin in a chat that is meant for people in the BDSM lifestyle. Most BDSM chats have a photo verification system that's meant to limit catfishing and it's only sent to ONE person. We also often ask people who are questionable to verify their age Via their I.D. And we  specify that everything except for the birth date and photo is to be covered for their safety. It's custom in BDSM that minors aren't allowed to participate in the lifestyle for legal reasons, so knowing age is very important for the safety of ALL parties. Today, we had a Young woman join and she looked under-aged, so we asked her if she could verify her age at all using the previous methods. She couldn't provide the necessary information so one of the other admins removed her. After a few minutes, My admin got a message from the account of the girl we removed, supposedly it was her boyfriend. He sent a very lengthy message about how what we were doing was illegal. I am not well versed in law and often find this to be common practice among BDSM groups when there's uncertainty of an individual's self-proclaimed age.  I just wanted to know if asking for age verification is, in fact, illegal and what we can do to change our methods while still abiding the laws. Open to Suggestions to make the community a safer place.

Edit: We Are mostly from the United States

Answer: No. It's perfectly fine to refuse entry to anyone unwilling to verify their age.


Title: Burglary charge, the house robbed was in the neighborhood of the Judge! Is that a conflict of interest?

Question:
So I have a friend who's currently in prison for a variety of burglary charges (he had multiple indictments for 1st degree burglary with other charges attached to each indictment). One of the houses he burglarized was in the neighborhood of the Judge who handled his entire case and convicted him. Would it be considered a conflict of interest being that the house was in the neighborhood of the Judge? Is there anything legally that could be done to help him? Should the Judge have even been able to be assigned to the case? Is there any legal recourse at all in regards to this?

Edit: This happened in Maryland.
Topic:
Criminal Law

Answer:
 Unless his house was the one that was victimized by your friend I don't see how this is a conflict of interest.

Was his punishment harsher than what he was expecting? Answer #2: I'm pretty sure your friend needed to raise this before or at the start of the trial and not afterwards. Anyway, under rule 2.11 of the [maryland code of judical conduct,](http://mdcourts.gov/rules/reports/codeofjudicialconduct2010.pdf)  a judge can be disqualified in any case in which the judge's impartiality might reasonably be questioned. Personally I don't think that having a judge live in the same neighborhood is one of those situations. Under your logic, for example,  all the judges in a small town might have to recuse themselves.


Title: Lost a shipment ($500). While its website promises $300 insurance, the company only payed $11. What can we do?

Question:
First of all, the shipping is via a company called International Parcel Services (https://www.ipsparcel.com/). My understanding is that the company has deals with major shipping companies, and it is selling its deals to individuals at a lower price. So this makes things a lot more complicated. This incident happened to my girlfriend. Besides hoping to help her, I really want to learn about possible options so that we can deal with similar situations in the future.

**The story**: My girlfriend wanted to ship 2 packages because of moving. She signed up on the IPS website and got shipping labels. The plan was that 2 packages would be shipped via Fedex ground to Florida, and then via certain Air Cargo service to abroad, all arranged by IPS. But 1 package was lost by Fedex on the way to Florida.

**The lost package**: It is a digital piano that was originally bought for $850. When filling the form on the IPS website, she declared the value of this item to be $500. A commercial invoice was generated for the custom and sticked to the packages. The $500 declaration is explicitly written there.

**After the incident**: After communications with both Fedex and IPS, she was asked by IPS to fill in Fedex' claim form and sent it to IPS. The sender and claimant were both her name and the declared value was also $500. A couple months later, IPS contacted her, saying they are only going to pay her $10.71.

**IPS' policy**: On its website (https://www.ipsparcel.com/), the left column contains the following sentence under the "Why us" section:
"Each export shipment carries $300.00 of insurance free of charge."

**IPS' reason for only paying $10**: Her two shipments contain 28 items (the second package contains a lot of small items like books). IPS' maximum insurance is $300 as is written on the website. Therefore each item is insured for at most 300/28=10.71.

**Our thoughts and questions**:

* 1 Although the claim is filed from my girlfriend to Fedex, IPS is perhaps the customer of Fedex here and Fedex will only pay the compensation to IPS. We looked up online and there are indeed other people saying Fedex refused to pay the sender directly. It perhaps makes sense. But is there really no way to directly deal with Fedex?
* 2 We never thought IPS' sentence about $300 insurance could have such ambiguity until now. Were we just being careless or is there something wrong here?
* 3 After all, is there anything she might still try?

**Personal remarks**:
I think the company just used this opportunity to get the money from Fedex and twisted their policy for profits. My girlfriend is really really upset after all the chaos. I can feel the frustration and wanted to vent as well. In addition, it feels really scary if a company has such freedom to interpret their policies. Anyway, I had been enjoying reading reddit anonymously and this is my first post. Hope this is the right place to ask and the questions are clear.

*Edit*: By the way, all the payment were made by Chase’s credit card. I heard stories about credit card company being a badass in helping consumer complaints. Not sure if it is something to think about in this case.

Answer: Refuse their offer and threaten to take them to court if they don't pay the full price. It will cost them far more to take the issue to court than it would to simply pay out.


Title: False reports against me to the police and CPS.

Question:
California. Joint legal custody, but not physical. He pays child support. I posted a few days ago.

Oh, lord. Things are getting crazier. I've been in contact with my lawyer, but she doesn't take calls on Sundays, so here I am.

On Friday, after threatening to take me to court for- I honestly don't even know, he sends me a text saying to take full custody and that he doesn't want to raise her. I went ahead and talked to my lawyer and she said, with his admission, I can go ahead and file the motion. We're starting that on Monday.

Friday was also a court ordered visitation. He did a no- call, no-show, even though I reached out to see if he was doing visitation. I filed a non-compliance report with the local police so I'd have an incident number if he tried to claim I was with holding our child.

Saturday was uneventful.

Today, Sunday. I wake up to two officers at my door. *We're here to confirm a child transfer today?*

I explained the situation, that he did a no call, no show, and even told me to take full custody of our child. And that he hadn't even reached out to me today (Sunday) at all, I hadn't received a call or text before they showed up.

He told them I was keeping him from his daughter.

This happened around 10 am, his visitation isn't until 4pm, and, as I said, I heard from the police about his desire to visit our child before I even heard from him.

Fast forward to 2pm, we're at my grandma's house for a visit. Our daughter is jumping on the bed, and falls. She bonked her head on a night stand. I was advised, when we first set up a custody agreement and visitation schedule, that both parents should report injuries the child receives to the other parent. So I did. I sent a picture of the small bruise and bump and explained that she was being a monkey, and fell.

He's called CPS on me and reported negligence.

I'm seriously at my wits end with this. I'm not sure how to deal with him, how to deal with the false reporting to both police and CPS.

I'm beyond confident that, if there is an investigation, it'll show that I'm actually a pretty good parent, so that's not  concerning. What bothers me, and what I need help with, is how can I protect myself from this? He'll just *keep doing it*, keep wasting resources and time. Is there anyway I can make this stop, or... Literally anything. Can I use this behavior to get full custody? A NCO? Anything to stop him from stressing me the hell out.

Thanks, guys. I just.. Hnnngg.

As for her bump, it's a little bruise that kind of looks like a marker swipe by her eyebrow. Not even a bump. She *grazed* the corner of the night stand.

Answer:
 You can't stop him from reporting his concerns to CPS.

If you could, then actual abusers could just use that method to stop legitimate concerns from being reported.


Title: Is it illegal to make a facebook profile pretending to be a person who is deceased?

Question: Some piece of shit just sent me a friend request masquerading as a friend who passed away recently, when I got the request I sent a message asking if they were family, perhaps making a memorial page but my response was a block, cant even see the profile to report it. Can I call this in? Is this illegal? In the U.S.

Answer: Not illegal, but likely a violation of Facebook's TOS.  Answer #2: Report it to Facebook.


Title: Father passed away and i inherited his house. I cannot afford the mortgage. What are my options?

Question: Ill be as brief as possible. My father passed away last year, and left me his home. He has a mortgage on the home, and all i wanted to do was sell it as i have my own home. It is in great shape, and i am asking below home value but in 7 months nobody has been seriously interested. My question is if i allow the mortgage company to take back the house. Will i owe any money, after they take possession of it? I thought about renting it out, but with my med school bills, personal bills, and knowing how renters treat houses. I would like to steer clear of this. Any help is much appreciated i live in Illinois, and the mortgage is through a company called gateway mortgage. Thank you for your time.

Answer: Is it in your name yet? Or, is it still legally owned by the estate? (With you as the beneficial owner.)


Title: What could Donald Trump do to make libel laws more punitive and what will ithe impact be on the United States and elsewhere?

Question:
 Donald Trump has said before that as President he would make sure that?

"We're going to open up libel laws, and we're going to have people sue you like you've never got sued before."

I thought that in order to prove libel you needed to prove that someone was 1) Untrue, 2) Was not an opinion 3) Damaged your reputation and lead to a loss of learnings (does anyone know whether this is standard throughout Western nations? What are the United Kingdom's libel laws like is the bar higher or lower than in the United States?).

Now Trump might sue Buzzfeed and they did mess up because they reported "facts" not opinions.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-has-grounds-for-a-libel-lawsuit-against-buzzfeed/article/2611606

However, isn't the problem with attempting to make libel laws more punitive the subjective nature of many libel lawsuits? If two people have an opinion then surely it is a stalemate?

If libel laws are stiffened then would more media report on the United States from outside the United States? After all if you want to sue someone from another country, then don't you most of the time have to sue them in their country.

Isn't more widely it a bit worrying to make the libel laws more punitive? I mean it could lead to severe censorship could it not.

I put this under advice as I am poorly versed in libel law and would consider an answer helpful advice.

Answer:
 Trump would have literally no standing as president to influence libel laws. That's the legislature's job. Secondly, there are no federal libel laws. Those matters are usually left to the states.

You can sue anyone for anything. This doesn't mean they will win. I'm pretty sure Buzzfeed will be successful in their defense since they reported a fact (John McCain had submitted a report for consideration) about a public interest figure (Donald Trump) and Donald Trump referenced those facts and said they were not true. The onus will be on Donald Trump to prove they were false statements made in malice and that it has harmed his reputation. Good luck with that Donald!


Title: In a bit of a pickle here, need advice.

Question:
Like seriously idk what I should do here. Story time.

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Been going through a rough time, my girlfriend broke up with me two weeks ago. Since then I've gone back to dating sites/apps. I met this girl on POF, we exchanged numbers etc. About 2 days later, on Friday to be specific, we started exchanging nudes. She's 17, and the legal age of consent where I live is 17, I made sure of that before we did it. We were supposed to meet up last night. While I was at work after my lunch break, I get a call from her, so I called back and her dad picks up, demanding I explain what the relationship is with me and his daughter. My anxiety spiked at this point so I hung up and blocked the number.

Well, I decided that may have been a bad idea so I messaged him back and told him I was never trying to harm his daughter, I apologized, and told him everything was consensual. So he wanted to discuss it with me further over the phone. I called him on my break and explained how we met and everything, and how we hadn't yet met in person. He said he and his wife were out, and his wife came back home to pick something up that she had forgotten. She walked in on her daughter using her laptop to take a nude video for me, then her daughter smashed the laptop in a panic and ran away. Her mom needs the laptop for work and also suffers from PTSD due to rape, so she wasn't being very rational about the whole situation. So her dad is taking 1k out of the $2000 cost for the laptop from her savings, and he wants me to come up with the other $1000. He wants me to pay him $100 on payday, then he'll take $900 out of his savings and tell his wife I paid the whole grand, as long as I reimburse him. Basically he's saying if I don't cooperate, he'll report me to the authorities, since he has the girl's phone now, and copies of all of our interactions. He even said he was gonna keep the papers in his office, and recorded our phone call "just in case I was a sexual predator".

He also told me that while the age of consent IS 17 over here, it's still considered illegal to exchange nudes with a 17 year old. But the thing is, she turns 18 tomorrow, and we did the exchanges on Friday. My friend tells me her baby daddy's mom works in the law business and that he legitimately has no case against me since it was done a mere four days before she turned 18. But I do not know if that's 100% true or not. If it is, I can just block him and get on with  my life, but if it isn't, he could easily turn everything over to the police if I don't cooperate. But he is also doing something highly illegal by blackmailing me, so it's a sticky situation overall.

What do I do? I have a perfectly clean record and all things considered, my life really is going well right now, apart from the breakup stuff. I can't afford to have something like this on my record right now, and/or go to jail for however long. Also, I have no guarantees at all that he won't just snap at some point and report me anyway, even if I do cooperate.

Answer:
 100% scam

There is no girl, only zuul.Answer #2: > She's 17, and the legal age of consent where I live is 17, I made sure of that before we did it

That has nothing to do with exchanging nudes. Pornographic images of a minor are still illegal.

Aside from that, this is a very common scam. There was never any girl.


Title: Customer burned from hot tea is now suing

Question:
Georgia - A kid ordered a hot tea at my wife's place of business and spilled his drink. The spill occurred outside of the place of business.  He was burned and now his parents are suing. The cups are clearly labeled "caution hot" and served with a sleeve. The employee serving the kid reminded him the drink was hot. The temperature of the teas range from 150 - 170 degrees.

What steps should my wife take to protect her business?

Is there even a valid case in this situation?

Answer:
 If the business has been served, then your wife needs to  file her defence or the plaintiffs can get default judgment in her absence. She should do that ASAP, and it is highly recommended she hire a lawyer to do so.

If she has business insurance she should contact her insurer. It may be they can subrogate and hire a lawyer really quickly. Don't wait for one to be hired if it means going longer than the time she has to defend, though.

From what you say, it sounds like her business was not negligent, but it's really hard to make that call over an internet forum. There may be a lot at play here we (and you) do not know.


Title: I am 12 and my uncle keeps molesting me. My parents aren't helping. What should I do?

Question:
My uncle is 25. I am 12. He keeps grabbing me, forcibly hugging me, forcibly kissing me, playing with my breasts, playing with me like a doll, and rubbing my crotch to give me an orgasm.

He also keeps asking me inappropriate questions. He keeps asking me if I've had my first period (even though me knows the answer). He then asks me if I prefer tampods or pads. I also like a boy, Jason. He keeps asking me if I'd let Jason insert his penis in my pussy. He asks me if I like any other boys. He asks if I masturbate.

My parents are ignoring the problem. What should I do?

Answer:
 If this is real and for any other children who search this sub for help: You should call CPS and the police.  He's sexually assaulting you and harassing you, and none of that is okay!  I'm sorry that this is happening and that your parents aren't helping you.Answer #2: Call the police, call CPS, or talk to a trusted teacher or counselor at school.Answer #3: You need to tell a teacher at school. If you're in the US (and I believe Canada), all of your teachers are mandated reporters. That means they have a legal obligation to report abuse to the police and child services. If you feel comfortable telling us your city, I'd be happy to look up the number for CPS in your area.

Also, you're very brave for speaking out about this. What your uncle's doing is absolutely not okay, and your parents should be keeping him as far away from you as possible!


Title: MIL picked up children from school, refuses to return them

Question:
My MIL has repeatedly throughout the past month claimed that I am an unfit mother and that she would be looking to obtain custody of my children after my daughter killed herself.

We've had it worked out that my eldest daughter's girlfriend was to drive her and my middle child home. We completely forgot to tell school not to let MIL pick up our children. Girlfriend however goes to different school because of zoning (even though she lives 3 minutes down the road) and MIL went to school and picked up both children stating I had sent her.

Now MIL is refusing to release my children to me.

How do I proceed? Is there a way to stop MIL from being allowed on the campus in the future?
Topic:
Custody Divorce and Family

Answer:
 Call the police when people kidnap your children. Then talk to the school and change your info on who can pick up your children
Answer #2: You describe a kidnapping. If someone kidnaps your children, you call the police.

Is there anything that you have not revealed that would make this not be kidnapping?Answer #3: On top of echoing the other's replies to notify authorities immediately, I also just wanted to say that I'm so sorry you are dealing with this amidst the death of your daughter. Really hoping this works out for you OP. I can't fathom...Answer #4: Where is your husband in all of this? Your previous JNMIL post mentioned him. Will she listen to him? Answer #5: You can also look to a protection order if you feel MIL is out to harm your children even emotionally. I would say that taking them without permission and holding them against the familys permission is a harm.


Title: My property management company has added a "billing fee" every month which I now pay when I pay rent. Is this a breach of contract?

Question: I did not sign anything in my lease about fees. I pay my rent, pet rent, and utilities through them. It's only 7 bucks a month, but they have hundreds of tenants paying this fee every month as well.

Answer: Yes, inform them that this was not the price you agreed upon and you will not be paying this billing fee. If you're paying through cash or check, for sure they can't charge you a billing fee. Credit card is more iffy.


Title: registered to vote. a volunteer sent a private text asking for a vote asking for a vote for their candidate

Question:
location bot, i'm in ca.

so our election is tuesday. someone sent me a private text message saying they are a volunteer of a candidate and want me to vote for them.

i did not accept anything text, i did not say i wanted to be contacted by phone.

i don't want damages, just removed in the future from being contacted.

Answer: Text back and tell em to remove you.


Title: MD Ex-Husband won't remove me from mortgage, not sure what to do.

Question:
I went easy on my ex and just filed for a divorce and we verbally worked everything out. It's been a year since we separated and the divorce was final 9 months ago. We did not have the judge settle everything because well it was amicable. He's been dragging his feet to remove me, because he thinks he has to refinance to get me off and he doesn't think he'll be approved. I explained to him to request a modification to remove me. But he hasn't even called to get that started. We are still on friendly terms, I can be a bit of a push-over.

What recourse do I have? Who should I talk to about this?

Thank you!

Answer:
 > because he thinks he has to  refinance to get me off and he doesn't think he'll be approved.

He *will* have to refinance to get you off the mortgage.


Title: Was I wrongfully terminated at my work?

Question:
I live in California and March 7th I was hired at IHOP as a busser and my first day was March 8th (pancake day). When I was called into the interview on the 7th my boss didn't mention that I was temporary, in fact he was confirming wether or not school was going to interfere with with work. So about a month in he even hires two new bussers I'll call them Carl and Ken. Carl was hired first and Ken a little afterwards. So I come in to work on time everyday some times even 30 minutes early (but I don't clock in unless they need my help) the only two times I haven't are when I called in to go to the doctors (I had a note) and another time I was just late getting to work. So this Saturday I go in on my day off to check my schedule and it isn't up. So on Sunday I call 3 times throughout the day to check if I had work Monday and I didn't get an answer. And today I got up a little before the store opened to see if I worked today and I still got no answer. So I went back to bed. I get a phone call a little after that and it's my boss saying I've been taken off the schedule along with Ken because the busser I was covering is back because his leg is better. I then ask him what this means and he says he will keep me in mind and call if he ever needs me,  he then says he has a check for me I can pick up and to drop off my hat and work shirt. I then ask if I did anything wrong and he says no.  This leads me to believe I was fired because one of the main cooks in the back doesn't like me,  he always yells at me for things I didn't even do and even the waitresses comment on it that he yells at me too much for no reason. He also told one of the bussers and Carl that he didn't think I was good for this job, yet no one but him ever complains about me. Not to mention Ken and I are fired and not Carl even though carl is newer then me.  So the phone  call happened about 30 minutes ago and I decided to seek help here to see if this would count as wrongful termination. Sorry If this post was all over the place I'm tired and frustrated over this.

TL;DR Boss says I'm fired because the person I was covering was better,  yet never told me I was temporary. Still keeps the guy that's newer then me.

Answer:
 Unless you are in a union or have an employement contract (which I doubt) you are an at will employee and can be fired for almost any reason or no reason at all.

So no this doesn't sound like wrongful temination to me.


Title: Colorado - got a raise, minimum wage changed, back to minimum wage

Question:
I'm 18 and work at a family fun center. I worked for a year this past October, and didn't get me yearly evaluation until January. Took so long because our company is in the process of being bought out. I don't know if this is a legitimate excuse they can use, but they did. My yearly gave me about 40 cent raise. Minimum wage at the time I was supposed to get my yearly was about $7.83 and I went up to $8.20. Then in January minimum wage changed from $7.83 to $8.23, I have been looking at my pay stubs and they only say $8.23. My manager says because my yearly was in October and it was below the new minimum wage I only go up to the new minimum wage. But since it wasn't filed until January I never saw any extra money.  That I should have gotten between October until January. Can I do anything about this or is it just bad timing? Also should my raise have been added on to the new minimum wage? Sorry for any errors, I'm on mobile.
Topic:
Labor Law

Answer: Bad timing I suppose. There is no legal reason why you should get a raise at all, so long as you are at or above minimum wage, so whether or not your raise "should" have been added to the minimum wage is a question of their business practices/preferences and not of the law.


Title: New Zealand - Flat I'm about to move into has a broken electricity meter, and does not charge for power. How vulnerable am I if I do not report it?

Question:
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Topic:
Landlord Tenant Housing

Answer: If NZ is similar to the US your power utility could charge you an average cost of the time it has been broken. You know you're supposed to be paying for the power you're using, so you don't have any defense when they come looking for the money you owe.


Title: (MI) My dad got in an accident. Our insurance paid for the damage, but the other party says he wants more than they gave him and intends to take us to small claims court.

Question: (Michigan) I don't have a lot of details on this situation, but if you guys have questions I'll try to answer them. Can anyone tell me what our options are? What are the odds of my Dad having to pay more? I assume he *can* take us to court over the matter but I don't know what the chances of success are.

Answer: Start with notifying your insurance company of the newest development.  See what they have to say.


Title: We need to write a will- Is Legalzoom okay, should we DIY or should we pony up?

Question:
Hey ya'll,

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Some deets!:

* About to have a baby, married 2 years (Together 7), decided now is a good time to get a will together.
* No huge sticking points, we maintain mostly separate finances except for a joint account that we contribute to for bills and expenses
   * When I say separate, there is some money that's clearly in one name or another.
* Custody of the child, in case of both our untimely deaths, is settled with family members

Point being, there nothing too complex. I figured we could do LegalZoom or DIY it, but there are, of course, 9000 websites saying "dear god dont ever legalzoom anything". Should we retain an attorney for this purpose? Or is that just spending money for the sake of it?

Answer:
 Imagine you're about to go skydiving.

I'm offering you a choice of 2 parachutes. One costs less because it's made by my buddy Frank who saw how to do this on the internet and fixed up some old WW2 paratrooper chutes. Frank's done this before. It's probably fine.

One costs what a real parachute costs. Because it's a real parachute.

Which do you think you'd be more comfortable with?


Title: Does tenant have to legally honor "cash for keys" agreement?

Question: I'm a landlord in MA. If a tenant and I signed a "cash for keys" agreement, do they have to legally move out by the end date specified on the agreement? What happens if they don't?

Answer: If they don't, you don't give them the cash.


Title: Garage Door to apartment parking broke causing me to have to take a taxi to and from work. Can I deduct from my rent?

Question:
The parking garage door broke to the parking garage where my parking space is for my apartment. I couldn’t get my car out so I had to take an Uber to and from work. My question is can I dedeuct the cost of the Uber from my rent because their properiety malfunctioned causing my car to be trapped and forced me to take an Uber I only had to take because of that. By the way I live in New Jersey if that matters. If this is in the wrong forum I apologize but mainly my question is can I legally deduct from my rent because of this?

Thanks in advanced!

Answer:
 You cannot withhold rent for this.
Withholding rent is a tactic Tennant's can use in very specific  situations and a process has to be followed. Every state is different but without even looking at NJ statues I can tell you that this is not one of those situations.

You can ask them to reimburse you. But eithholding rent for this is most certainly a lease violation.


Title: A question about elderly abuse in Pennsylvania

Question:
My father suffered a stroke about 7 or 8 years ago. On Christmas Eve he was admitted to the hospital for having suffered two more. At that time we found out that my father gave a 'pastor' $160000 at some point over the past year.

The 'pastor' is an associate from Alcoholics Anonymous, and said he was using the money to build several new halfway houses. The 'pastor' also set my father up with a caretaker--a recovering addict/alcoholic, whom received a $16000 car from my father.

I will try to get power of attorney and understand I need his consent. These people have a lot of influence and I'm not sure there's anything I can do. I don't believe my father is competent, and understand that having somebody declared medically incompetent is very difficult.

Honestly, I'm not even sure a crime has been committed, which makes this all moot. But I hope I'm wrong. I'd love some advice on how to proceed.

Many, many thanks.

Answer:
 If he's mentally competent, he's free to spend his money however he sees fit.

If you believe he's incompetent, seek out an attorney specializing in elder law. Many will offer discounted initial consultations, some will not. Demonstrating mental incompetence is a deliberately challenging process because you're seeking to strip away another adult's rights. You're essentially removing their free will, which should never be an easy thing.Answer #2: With his strokes, he likely has medical bills and caregiving expenses that he needs to pay for.  I wouldn't assume he's competent, or that he wasn't defrauded out of the money, and for that amount, I think you should definitely have a consultation with an elder law attorney or two.


Title: [USA] Is it possible/useful to notarize unchangeable Facebook chat logs as a defense against any possible future accusations?

Question:
Facebook chat logs, taken directly from Facebook servers, cannot be modified or fully deleted except by senior Facebook employees. I would imagine that this would lend them much more credibility than SMS logs, screenshots of Facebook messages, etc. However, Facebook may go out of business one day, allow complete message deletion, etc.

I have a situation where I have reason to believe that someone, who I have had a long and enthusiastically consenting relationship with, backed up by extensive Facebook chat logs, may years in the future attempt to publicly accuse me of abuse due to a personal vendetta. Predicting this, would it be prudent to:

Hire a notary, have them log into my Facebook account from a random computer they control, and certify that they viewed the genuine message history as it is on that date, so as to establish the message history as irrefutable evidence?

By prudent I mean, can this be done, and would it meet a standard of evidence. Has anything like this been down in the past?

Thanks so much for any answers or advice!

Answer: No notary will do thay.


Title: (NY) I'm 17 and my mother is trying to steal $80,000, my entire educational fund - please help [Details Inside - TRIGGER WARNING]

Question:
Some details in this are quite depressing and it's not for the very faint hearted to read. Thanks in advance to those who do extend their assistance. You'd be extremely, extremely appreciated. :)

Without reddit, in this past month I might've attempted suicide. My life has been at its lowest point and I've been making posts on this alternate throwaway account for a few weeks now, with much support from many different subreddits here.

For a specific rundown on my family backstory for vital information, click here:

https://np.reddit.com/r/Anxiety/comments/4e8fen/this_is_a_glimpse_into_my_horrible_life_i/

For more detailed information on me, my severe anxiety, and a small lead-up as to why this legal incident is happening, click here:

https://np.reddit.com/r/Anxiety/comments/4f25af/my_therapist_called_me_an_unspecial_fag_and_said/

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Alright, with all that out of the way, let me jump straight into the situation:

I am 17 (11th grade) and I have severe social anxiety which has gotten worse and worse this year. The past few weeks I've been out of school accumulating absences and have ultimately failed the 3rd quarter, and on track to fail the 11th grade. I've tried getting a note from my therapist for home instruction, but because he called me "an unspecial fag" and was very much against my favor, I had to give up on that hope. Given that a note at this point in time would be too long of a process to obtain before the year ends, I'm forced to either go to school and likely fail or drop out. Also, I'm not too interested in college. I can explain why if you'd like a full answer to that. This is the crucial lead-up to why this is even a legal problem.

**LEGAL ASPECT:** To sum things up quick and easy, my grandmother left her house under my name in her will years ago, however she became mentally incapable at her old age and was fooled by my mother to change the house over to my moms name. My grandmother died in the middle of this process and a legal battle began. A $400,000 house was then battled out with lawyers, ending in me getting $80,000, my mother $90,000, and the lawyers, brokers, etc the rest. My mother used the claim in court that "she was doing all this because she feels that she, being my mother, should be the holder of the money which will be then passed on to me later on." That $90,000 is not planned on being passed down to me at all, and she avoids talking about it. I was ultimately scammed by my mother out of $90,000 (actually $320,000).

My $80,000 was placed into an educational fund which cannot be touched by nor me or any of my parents. The interest in this account is 0.02% a year - I've gotten back about $2 interest after all these years. Being that I'm smarter than my younger self and am interested in finance, the account itself makes me cringe in disgust everytime I see it.

**(TL;DR) MAIN: My mother is making the claim that because I am missing school and showing that I'm not on the path to get a higher education, that my educational account should be frozen and that she should take hold of the money - leaving me with nothing.**

She says she is contacting a lawyer (she lives outside of NY) and is going to proceed with intense legal fighting for this to go her way. She claimed that "she will spend every dime to make sure the account is frozen."

From a faraway viewpoint, this would be the reasonable thing for a mother to do if I was a dead beat loser avoiding school to smoke pot and had no future. Fortunately, I am interested in business and have promised myself that I'd make my grandmother's money go to good use by using it only for things which would be crucial to elevating whatever business I create to new heights. This money, in my eyes, is seed money which I'm keeping to the side - only to use when it's directly needed, and the actual business should be financed by whatever shit job I'm working to pay normal bills. This $80,000 sum isn't for rent, cars, food, or anything like that. To me, it's to ensure I have a future doing what I love.

This $80,000 is all the money I have in my life, and my mother is trying to interrupt this with her manipulative ways just 12 months before I finally have freedom to explore life independently.

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Any legal or personal advice would be very much appreciated. I realize this is a lot of information, and I left out a lot, so if you have any questions, I will be sure to answer right away. Thank you so much for reading. It truly means a lot to me. :) Thank you!

Answer:
 If your anxiety is so crippling that you can't even go to school, how are you ever going to succeed in business?

Answer #2: You're into finance. So tell us exactly how the fund is structured. Irrevocable trust? UTMA account with a court appointed guardian? 529 account with court appointed custodian?

Presumably you're living with Dad and not mom. Why isn't he assisting you in this matter?

Honestly, you sound like you're ambitious and have big dreams. That's good. It also sounds like you're unable to follow through on things, and a tendency to find excuses for things. That's bad. Focus on improving your weaknesses first before striking out and starting a business, or you'll quickly see all of that money gone. And LPT: trigger warnings are both a symptom of, and cater exclusively to, those of a weak mind. They're neither cute, funny, nor socially required. And even if they were, nothing in your post approaches that level. Get some perspective.


Title: County Assistance office demanding gifts and money be returned to grandma to pay for her nursing home stay (PA)

Question:
My grandma was diagnosed with terminal cancer in April and was given an expected 2-4 months. In late May, her late brother's estate closed and my grandma was the sole beneficiary, inheriting around $30,000.   At this point, she was still living on her own as she was able to care for herself. She used the inheritance to pay off her debts (car and credit cards), prepay for her funeral arrangements and burial, and made several trips to the casino with her sisters.  She also gifted all grandchildren and great grandchildren cash, presents, and purchased school clothes for the school aged children.

During this spending period, and still now, she is of clear mind. She has no diagnoses of dementia or Alzheimer's. My aunt is her POA, which was arranged shortly after her diagnosis so that it was done while she was still in her right mind.

Grandma stopped all medical appts, agreeing only to visiting hospice nurses.  She was fine until mid October, when she fell at home and broke her hip.  She was then placed into an assisted living center and, given the advanced cancer, will not be returning to her home.  Considering she had lived several months beyond what was expected, she didn't hold onto the money she had; she wanted to enjoy her last few months.

She has spent all but around $5,000 of her inheritance.  She also receives SSI, a pension from my grandfather's military service, and a pension from the company he worked for.  The nursing home now receives that money to cover her care.

When the POA filed for financial assistance to cover her stay, they needed 5 years of bank statements.  This showed the inheritance and the several large withdrawals.  The caseworker at the county assistance office is demanding the POA get a hold of whomever received gifts or money and have them repay all cash and/or values of gifts to cover her stay.  The caseworker said that "you aren't allowed to give cash gifts."

Is this legal? Does the POA have to collect all the money and gifts my grandma has given and hand the money over to the assistance office?

Answer:
 It sounds like they tried to sign her up for Medicaid.  If so, there is a five year "look back" period (Google it) where they can force large transfers of cash, real-estate, etc. to be returned to pay for costs of her care.  This is to keep the burden of caring for her in her final months off the taxpayers.

Some gifts are ok, some or not.  You will have to do research to see which are which.Answer #2: My mother died without a penny to her name a few years ago, in PA, and I was terrified of her creditors coming after me because our lawyer told us PA is one of the few states where children can be held responsible for their parents debts.

You have a right to be concerned, sorry I can’t offer more info but good luck to you.


Title: Got a ticket for outdated registration on a car I was getting serviced. Should I contest it?

Question:
I have an old '75 Chevy Vega that I decided to get fixed up over spring break. I had done most of the work myself but needed something with the transmission checked by a professional before I could call the job finished. I drove the car out to my uncle's house which is about a mile from where I live, and he looked it over.

On the way back I was pulled over for outdated registration and given a 120 dollar ticket. Can I contest this since I was moving the car for maintenance? The car is also old enough for historic plates, which I've read don't expire. I doubt that will help since it's not registered for them, but It's worth mentioning.

edit: I live in South Dakota by the way, if that helps anything.

Answer: You had an unregistered car on the road. That is against the law. There's is no "but" in the law that allows you to drive it unregistered.


Title: Neighbour blocking road access to seasonal property

Question: Hi, this property is in Thunder Bay Ontario Canada, if that makes a difference. We have a seasonal cottage, the very last property on a dead end road. In the 1960's my grandfather spoke with the adjacent land owner and they agreed my grandfather could build a road over the property to access the cottage that attached to a new township road. Fast forward till 2003 when the adjacent owner died and the property was sold. The new owners were told by the township that they had to keep providing access but they have slowly impeded it to the point where it has become such an issue we have had to seek legal help. They offered to buy our property (and I think this is the real motive because they said they want it for their son). They created "alternate access" by getting these other owners behind their property to give us year to year access to be determined by them and it would cost a fee. That access gets us to the back of our lot and we would need to build a 100 m driveway through forest in order to access our place. Quite cost prohibitive to us. Our lawyer said we had a prescriptive easement and then their lawyer said we didn't because we aren't out at the cottage enough since 2003. We use to go almost every week in the summer and now we go a few days a year. The only reason we are not there more is because they built a lawn over our road and yell at us when we go their and we can't have any friends or anyone do maintenance because they blockade the access. This has caused us issues with staying there to say the least. What should we do? Our lawyer says maybe litigation but I am worried we can't afford it. I haven't contacted the person who was the estate manager but he was aware of the road and longstanding use at the time of sale. In fact he indicated the purchaser was aware as well. We weren't given a copy of the purchase agreement.

Answer:
 No one here knows your situation better than your lawyer. If your lawyer thinks litigation is your best option he is probably right.Answer #2: Not a Canadian lawyer, but I discussed a very similar issue with one a couple of years ago in Nova Scotia.  In that case, my client wanted to buy a property that had a small adjacent piece with unclear ownership.  The sellers of the main plot agreed to take the small piece by adverse possession and include it in the sale, since they would go there once a year for a picnic.  That was sufficient for the courts to grant adverse possession.

It was my understanding that regular use, even if it's infrequent, is the key.  My client was charged maybe $500 for the entire transaction.

But you need a Canadian lawyer, and you need to file with the court to take the easement and have it placed on the title to their property. Answer #3: MS Paint map?


Title: [OR, US] Recently renewed my lease. Just got my rent bill, and it's $230 higher than it should be?!

Question:
So in March, my fiancé and I renewed our lease for $1,394/month, with the new lease starting in July.

I just got the bill today, and it's stating I owe $1,623.90. This is our first apartment and so we have very little experience with this kind of thing. I was going to write them an email basically saying "what the heck, guys?!" but my fiancé suggested I seek advice here first.

(Property is owned/managed by a large real estate group.)

What should I do? We live in Oregon, just outside of Portland.

Answer:
 To begin ,talk with your apartment LL/management. Show them your lease, it might just be a mistake on their end. If they say it's not and you owe, come back here and we can continue from there.

Most things can be resolved by a simple talk. After that doesn't work, then you get the lawyers involved.Answer #2: Did you sign a new lease specifically stating that the rent was $1,394?


Title: I walked into another man's house because my girlfriend was there and lied about where she was.

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 Please don't tell me you don't actually think what you did is ok. Yes he could report the trespassing and breaking and entering to the police. (and before you say it, yes this is breaking any entering even though you didn't "break" anything). You're pretty lucky the guy didn't have a gun and kill you as that would probably be justified.Answer #2: You need to stop walking into people's homes uninvited, and stop issuing threats.  Unless you hear from the police, that's it for now.

And prepare for a paternity test when the child is born.


Title: Planet Fitness scammed me

Question:
So during the black friday weekend, Planet Fitness had a promotional price for 3 months for anyone who subscribed.

I was playing with the idea but eventually caved in when the lady assured me that it was a great deal.

What she didn't mention was that this was going to be for a minimum 24 month subscription period.

Some background. I'm American and currently overseas. This gym is located in South Africa. To sign up, you need a local bank account. SA is waaaay more sketchy with legal issuea so they somehow allowed me to use my local buddy's bank account and sign up for an account on my name and passport number.

When I finally come to know of the devilish details, I'm also informed that I'm liable for a $400 cancellation fee. Screw that noise.

I call corporate and tell them I'm not paying squat. I'm cancelled whether they accept it or not. I tell them they can't force me to pay when I leave the country.

Lady doesn't seem to register this. She says you're still liable blah blah you signed the page.

So I'm 100% sure they won't get a penny from me, but what about my buddy? I didn't give any details of his card etc. Just bank account number and name. Can they screw him or me in any way or can we just laugh at them in their frustration?

Answer:
 They didn't scam you. You signed a membership contract and broke it.

You can refuse to pay. They'll send the debt to collections and it'll negatively impact your credit score.

Answer #2: You owe this money, you signed the contract. If you did not read the contract fully, that is a "you" problem. This is a life lesson (and $400 is a pretty cheap one compared to others who don't read their contracts). Answer #3: I'm pretty sure binding contracts are a thing in South Africa. You screwed yourself by not reading what you were agreeing to.  They will send this to collections if you don't pay.


Title: Bought laptop for ex, but he never paid for it. Report as stolen?

Question:
I’ve gone through a civil case and won already. He’s trying to claim the laptop is. Gift, which there is text message proof it wasn’t. He refused to return it or pay me back any of the money he owes me. Can I report the item as stolen? It still belongs to me as far as I’m concerned.

Also, I’m trying to collect on the judgement. I want to levy his bank account, but I know it won’t cover the full $5k. Will it continue to deduct funds after the initial collection? I also don’t know his current place of employment (he makes money from events and gigs, so no one employee to garnish wages from). Also, wii the lien on the bank account, so I have to serve him a notice or will the bank?

I’m so distraught over all of this. It’s been so long fighting him over the money and the fact that he destroyed my car.

Answer: No, it's not stolen. Answer #2: So you already sued him for the debt. So he owes you the money. You cannot get the money and the laptop. So unless the court order requires him to return it, the police have nothing to do with it. It isn't stolen. You already have gone through the legal system to get made whole


Title: Moved out of apartment with 12 month lease early

Question:
Sorry if this is a little all over the place, I am still very upset by this news. So I just moved out of a college town apartment (3 bedrooms with attached bath, shared common area) for $550 a month in NC. Each time I have signed the lease it has been a 6 month lease, just to cover the semester. However, this last lease I signed was suddenly a 12 month lease and I didn't realize it. Looked back at the fine print and sure enough, I'm financially responsible until July. I know I was very very stupid not to double check, don't worry I'm beating myself up about it plenty. However, the apartment business is causing some problems too. I had called them multiple times to ask when the lease was up, but they never answer their phones. I left voicemails as well. The apartment manager told me I was good to move out just turn in my keys (in an email which I kept). I turned in my keys, and a move out inspection was not performed which I thought was odd. Later I was informed that the manager never got the keys that I turned in to the front office. They recommend that I sublet, however I can not take pictures of the apartment because they lost my keys. What are my options here? What will happen if I don't pay? They recommend subletting but that's a 250$ subletting fee, and the spring semester is almost starting so most everyone has housing. Advice is very much appreciated!

Edit: I have already settled in a new house with a 1-year lease

Answer:
 when you turned in your keys you gave up possession of the property and broke the terms of your lease.  Losing the keys and failing to do an inspection is not your problem. Just make sure you get your deposit back in accordance with NC laws.

Since you broke the lease the management company can sue for damages i.e. the rent for the remainder of the lease.  HOWEVER in NC the management company has a duty to mitigate damages which means they must try to re-rent your unit. In this case you will only be on the hook for the time the unit is rented again. They cannot double dip.

The subletting thing and the “oops I lost the keys” bullshit is just them trying to make it seem like you still have possession of the property. If you have possession they can keep collecting rent and are under no obligation to find a new renter.

My advice would be a succinct letter or email that says “I gave up possession on x date and expect my deposit back in accordance with NC law” and take it from there. They will likely change tactics and try to shake you down for the remaining rent. At that point you need to remind them of their duty to mitigate damages.  You may also be able to negotiate a settlement amount at this point. I.e I pay x dollars now for breaking the lease and we all walk away happy.


Title: Is it legal for your job to withhold part of your last paycheck if you don’t give four weeks notice?

Question: The less notice you give, the less of your last paycheck you get.

Answer:
 No, they have to pay you for all the time you worked. Period. Anything else is wage theft. Here is how you file a complaint, which I strongly encourage you to do, because until someone stop them, they're going to do it to everyone who comes after you, forever:

https://labor.ny.gov/workerprotection/laborstandards/ls_ContactUs.shtm

Employment contracts sometimes have things like the ability of the employer to go after you for liquidated damages (in the last school district I worked in, you would have to pay them $1,000 if you quit before the last day of school), but they *still* have to pay you for all the time you worked.

Any liquidated damages would have to be handled separately, and I imagine you would have agreed to this in writing. They can't just go deduct what they imagine you owe them from your last check.

In NY, they have to pay you everything they owe you by the time of the next, regularly scheduled payday.Answer #2: Did you sign a contract to that effect?

Beyond that, no. Answer #3: Some of the top-level comments here are wrong. You cannot contract around payment of accrued wages under New York or federal law if you are an at-will employee. Answer #4: There's a reason that there are about a million warnings to ***INCLUDE YOUR LOCATION***


Title: [VA] Trespassing, threats, and thieves.

Question:
Every. Single. Day. There are waves of (asshole) kids that walk through my yard to get to their school. They've walked through my yard so much that there is a path.

There are half a dozen 'private property' signs around the property, in plain view.

We have installed security cameras which catches every movement. We've caught the same people that walk through our yard to get to their school - breaking into our cars. My childrens bikes were stolen by a couple of boys. I'm fed up.

I've involved police. I've involved the school. I have sent them countless videos, pictures of the students, etc. Police say they can't do any thing until they're caught in the act. School says they won't do any thing because they're not on school grounds.

This morning, when confronted, they screamed "FUCK YOU, I'LL KILL YOU AND YOUR KIDS", and called me multiple names. Involved the police - AGAIN - and they said 'build a fence'.

Is there any thing that I can do legally (aside from build a fence)? This is outrageous and I do not feel comfortable going home or taking my kids home.

Answer: Depending on how aggressive you're inclined to be about this, you can sue children for intentional torts just like adults. Name the kids and their parents in their capacity as the kid's parents as defendants and sue for trespass in small claims court. If you can prove by a preponderance who took the bikes, sue them and their parents too.


Title: Part-Time Job as a student, boss claims tip money "belongs to store" and needs to be used to replace other money

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 No, the employer [cannot do that](https://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/es/pubs/gl_tips.php). The employer is allowed to create a tip-out policy, and can include themselves in the tip-out if they also do the work that is tipped, but the employer cannot deduct from tips to cover losses.

> **When can an employer withhold or make deductions from employees’ tips?**

> Employers are allowed to withhold or make deductions from their employees’ tips and other gratuities if they are:

> * required by law or court order,
> * administering a tip pool (a collection of employees’ tips that is redistributed amongst some or all of the employer’s employees. This includes tip outs.)

> NOTE: Deductions from tips and other gratuities to cover things like spillage, breakage, losses or damage, etc. are not allowed.


Title: I signed a contract when I adopted a chinchilla. I have to break it. What is the recourse?

Question: When I adopted my chinchillas from a rescue I agreed that if for any reason I couldn't take care of them, I would give back to the rescue, no where else.  Well, it has come to pass that I cannot keep the critters, but don't feel comfortable returning them to the rescue.  The rescue was in a woman's apartment and the conditions were filthy.  She seemed overwhelmed.  Now I am hesitant to list the chins on petfinder or the craigslist as I don't want her to call me out for not keeping the contract.  What recourse does she have?

Answer: First and foremost you are breaking a contract. If you break the contract, the woman has every right to sue you for breaching the contract. You can file a claim with your state's department of animal services if you feel that the woman is not running a safe operation.


Title: (PA) Girl (minor) had a house party wants money for damages

Question:
A few friends and I went to a girl's house party. We are all minors and alcohol was being served. Later during the party her house started getting damaged holes were in the wall small kitchen appliances were broken. The house party was small and she thinks it was my friend group which she is right but not all of us did damage. Also there is no evidence of us doing anything to her house other than intoxicated minors. The girl only thinks I encouraged the destruction which I am fine with but my one "friend" is ratting out everyone to the girl he does not think I did anything. His one other friend thinks I did some damage, but the "friend" supplied the alcohol.
After a few days her brother (19) threatens one of my friends and also says that if we do not man up to him he will tell are school. I am pretty sure that is extortion and he threatened a minor. He ended up just saying we have to apologize to the mother over email, which I did and said I did not damage your house but I laughed when others did. I go to a private prep school by the way.
Today the mother emails all of us back asking for $20 each and taking all of us into account that is $160. Her daughter claims we stole $80 from the house which I can assure you I did not do. People are going to try to blame the holes on me and the mother got a professional painter to repair them. I looked it up a patch kit only costs $8 at home depot. She went over the top on the repairs. My friends broke a blender, toaster, plates, and threw all of her food outside. Again there is no evidence of any of us doing anything. The only way of us being linked to us is through snitching and confessing. Also there was alcohol being served to minors and she made one of my friends drive home drunk. I did not get in the car.
Should I tell my parents what is going on? Should I get a lawyer? I really do not want to pay money for this girl being stupid.
Topic:
Alcohol Related Other than DUI

Answer:
 Everyone who caused damage to the house owes money to help repair it.

You can pay the $20 (a ridiculously low amount based on your description of the damage) or risk your parents getting sued for a much larger amount, action from the school, etc.

>  I looked it up a patch kit only costs $8 at home depot.

Plus paint to match what was there, labor to have someone do it, etc.

> Should I tell my parents what is going on?

Yes.

Should I get a lawyer?

If you are sued, yes.

>  I really do not want to pay money for ~~this girl~~ me and my friends being stupid.

FTFY.

You are going to be very disappointed if you think that you're going to get a bunch of sympathy here.  Pay the money.Answer #2: >blender, toaster, plates, and threw all of her food outside

I hope you realize how exceptionally big douchebags "your friends" are. A hole in the wall can be a drunken accident, but breaking household items and ruining food is just senseless stupidity. It's very likely that the only reason this mom is not pursuing an honor code violation is because her daughter would be disciplined too.

Time for some new friends.


Title: Neighbor's dog on our property, harming our animals [CO, USA]

Question:
Throw away account. TL;DR at end followed by question

We live in a rural area in Northeast Colorado at one corner of the county. We moved in to this house almost a year ago. The nearest town is about 10 minutes away but the police department does not serve our house because we are not technically part of that town and the sheriff's department can take 30-45 minutes to get to our house if there was an emergency. We live on several acres as do all of our neighbors, so our house is fairly far apart from neighbors on either side. We have 4 dogs, a flock of chickens, and plan to get more livestock in the coming years (sheep, goats, alpacas). Our dogs consists of my dad's geriatric golden retriever who is half blind and barely leaves the patio, my service dog (he's a black lab) who is Velcro-ed to my side unless retrieving something, and my husband's two hunting dogs (a beagle and a coonhound). Our dogs are never outside unattended and are all under physical or verbal control at all times. We do not allow our dogs to go onto our neighbors' properties.
We get on well with the neighbors to the south. They own the field behind us, our kids are friends and attend school together, my husband trained their puppy, we invite each other to bonfires, and they have given us permission to use their back field for recreational purposes like ATVing, etc. Where we are having problems is with the neighbors to the north of us. They are an older couple that moved to CO a few years ago when they retired. They have horses and several dogs. Two of their dogs are larger (shepherd mixes of some sort?) and are frequently out unattended. They come on to our property constantly and have caused 2 incidents within the past couple months:
1 - We ran in to town and were gone for about an hour. When we came back, there were chicken feathers in our yard next to the coop and the chicken run was broken (it's a mesh electrified fence specifically made for poultry and other small animals). We followed the trail of feathers and found several half eaten dead chickens in our northern neighbor's driveway. We attempted to speak with the neighbor but they refused to answer the door, avoided us for weeks following , wouldn't make eye contact or wave while driving by, etc. We fixed the fence and fortified it, and we have been warry since then.
2 - My husband was running training exercises with his two dogs on the back part of our property (I was at work). Northern neighbor's 2 larger dogs come over and start trying to interact with our doggos who were maintaining "stay" command per my husband and were ignoring neighbor's dogs. One of the neighbor's shepherds became aggressive and bit our beagle above her tail. My husband picked up our two dogs and literally carried them back into the house. Beagle required a vet visit, stitches, antibiotics, and painkillers. Northern neighbor offered to reimburse for vet cost when husband spoke to them following incident. We have given him a copy of the vet bill but they have yet to give us any money.

Both my husband and I have since requested verbally to both the man and the woman on separate occasions to please keep their dogs off our property and under their control at all times. We have seen their dogs outside since without any apparent control and they have wandered onto our lawn and near our chickens as recently as this morning. We film using cell phone when we observe this happening and yell at the dogs, which sometimes scares them back to their yard. We are keeping a shotgun loaded with birdshot near our back door just in case (locked and secured from small hands). We have avoided going outside with our dogs if we see the neighbor's dogs outside at all, which has caused a lot of stress and schedule gymnastics. I'm also worried that my very complacent service dog will be attacked while I am outside doing yard work or feeding the chickens or just living my life.

**TL;DR: Neighbor's dog has killed our chickens and attacked our dog on our property.**

I am going to install security cameras in the front and back of our house, which would show the chicken run and all/part of our yard behind our house. After we put in our new barn this spring, we will be installing a fence around the back of our yard but we cannot afford it right now and do not see the point in installing something just to dismantle it and reinstall in a few months. I know legally we can shoot a dog if it is 'worrying' our livestock, but what other steps should we take to avoid it coming to that? While I am angry about the situation, I do not want to harm any animals. Also what to do about their dogs harming our dogs since they are not livestock?

Thanks!

Answer: You can shoot em if they are "worrying" your livestock.


Title: Moved into apartment, received lots of important mail for previous resident

Question:
I moved into a new apartment recently (but long enough ago that it's clear this guy isn't going to come back) , and have been receiving an overwhelming amount of mail for the previous tenant, including demands for child support from more than 5 counties, financial documents, etc. I don't know what to do with it all and I feel like it shouldn't just be thrown away. Writing "return to sender, wrong address" on all of it is my best guess, but if I have another option that's less severely tedious that would be great.
Thanks!

Answer: Just return to sender. That's it


Title: Worked contractor job tonight and customer fired gunshot through drive-thru window

Question: [deleted]

Answer: What do you want? The client has no control nor duty to protect you from crazy. You agreed to do a job for monetary compensation. Unless your client signed a contract clause agreeing to pay you 12 gajillion dollars if some crazy bastard shoots a gun near you, all you get is a memory of a wild night at work.


Title: Can you file for bankruptsy every semester and go to college for free?

Question: [deleted]

Answer: No. That's not how bankruptcy works.


Title: [TX] Fining an entire dormitory floor for something

Question: My college dorm says that if someone sneaks in an animal and it shits in the hallway, and they can't figure out who, then the whole floor will pay the associated fine. Is this legal? If it is legal I'm not asking if they *can* do this, as that would depend on my contract.

Answer:
 >Is this legal?

I am not sure what you mean.

Is it legal for people to enter into a contract where they agree to pay fines if an animal defecates in a shared space? Yes, barring any odd local/municipal rules.

Is it legal to hold people to agreements to do so? Yes, barring any odd local/municipal rules.

I doubt Texas has any state wide law on contracts where people agree to assume responsibility for animal poop in shared spaces, but I suppose it is possible that state law makes them unenforceable.

If the contract does not allow for it, then they are unlikely to be able to hold everyone responsible as implied in your post.


Title: Can I be sued if I outed my husband's mistress to *her* husband?

Question: I live in the state of Washington.  My husband had an online emotional affair with a woman living in another country.  I exposed them both on Facebook, and I also sent the incriminating evidence (screen shots of Messenger conversations) to her husband.  Does she have any legal recourse against me?  Absolutely nothing I said to her or about her was false.  And everything I sent to her husband was absolutely true.  Am I safe here?

Answer:
 This is complex, and thats a good thing..

Yes you can be sued.

Will you though? Given international jursidictional issues, lack of a case (imo), you'll probably never see a lawsuitAnswer #2: Sure she could sue, but probably won't, it'd be pretty hard for her to make anything stick anyway.


Title: Fraudulent Wire For Closing on Home

Question:
My wife and I were about to close on a home in Texas.  We had original wire instructions, however, the day before the wire another set of instructions were sent through to my agent.  He did not check where they came from and it had the same email address as the Title company (however, with an s on the end and was fraudulent).

He forwarded it to us.  We thought it look very strange (weird address, etc).  He confirmed it was fine and we sent the wire.  Go to find out it was fraudulent and we are working with our bank to hopefully get the money back.

I'm worried for the worst case scenario here.  We won't get our money back.  Do we have any kind of suit against our realtor?  If so, would it be a real estate lawyer?

Update - Talked to someone at the FBI.  They just told me to fill out the online form (which I had already done).  At this point, my bank is trying their hardest to help.  In the meantime, I'll continue to try and speak with as many lawyers as I can.   Just checked our emails.  We told our realtor to inform the Title company we would be bringing a cashier's check.  He then proceeded to email the fraudulent account who obviously responded with no cashier checks.  I'd be shocked if my realtor wasn't found to be negligent this point.

Answer:
 Sounds like you should get the police involved as well.  Someone able to insert themselves in the middle of a real estate transaction is obviously an insider; you were defrauded by someone with intimate knowledge of the transaction, which limits it to a few people in the world.  In the U.S., this would be both a state and a Federal crime.  It should be relatively easy to solve.

You probably need to contact the local police and if the money isn't forthcoming from the bank quite quickly, you'll need a lawyer to recover from the real estate agent.  Who, frankly, has about a 50-50 chance of being the person who is on the receiving end of that fraudulent wire transfer in the first place, so...
Answer #2: This type of scam is called a Business e-mail compromise (BEC).  Here is an Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) report on the [subject](https://www.ic3.gov/media/2015/150122.aspx) and you can google 'wire transfer fraud in real estate transactions' for a ton of other references. You should call your [local FBI office](https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field) and also file a complaint on the [IC3](http://www.ic3.gov) web site.
You probably do not have an actionable claim against your realtor, since they were also a victim. You should make sure the realtor knows they were compromised because other clients could be impacted and lost money.


Title: Bought a used 2018 F-150 Two weeks ago, discovered Monday it has frame damage and was in an accident. Neither were disclosed to me. Options? In PA

Question:
Bought a 2018 F150 with 6k miles for $29,500 on it two weeks from a non-ford dealer. Financed the truck and all had a little buyers remorse since I traded in a 16' Mustang GT towards and the truck has a base v6. Went to trade the truck in this past Monday, dealer found the frame has a visible crack, had suspension parts replaced, still has masking tape under the hood from where someone was painting. Dealer never disclosed any of this and when I called him, he said that the auto auction did disclose the vehicle had damage. Whoever fixed this truck did a damn good job I will give them that. But now I'm only getting offers of $25,000 for the truck. I'm the first person to own and register this truck in PA. He said it was to late to go back on the deal, any thoughts?

Thanks
Topic:
Contracts

Answer:
 Did you inspect the vehicle before you bought it?

Did you take it to a mechanic to have him inspect it?

Did you pull the CarFax report on the truck?

What does your contract with the dealer say about the condition of the vehicle?Answer #2: This was 4 grand mistake, unfortunately. That they are giving you as much as they are, is amazing, since that much damage would usually ding a car much more.

There really is no recourse in this situation though, since it was bought as is, and not certified and is well beyond the period of time you have to nullify the contract you initially had based on the non-disclosure of the damage.