Title: Father of stepson won't stop calling stepson and my wife. Threatens to call police constantly.

Question:
So I live with my wife and her son. The son's father lives about 90 miles away. We are in California.

The son has his own cell phone, which he always has with him and we pay for. The father calls the son like 30 times a day, even when he's in school. If the son doesn't answer (which is because he doesn't want to, and he tells us that) then he starts calling my wife like 20 times a day and eventually starts threatening to call the police. This happens almost every day. The court order says exactly this "the parents may have phone communication with the child on a reasonable basis". We have told the father we will ask the child to call him at 7pm every day. Sometimes the kid says he just doesn't want to. He sees his dad calling and ignores it. He is 10 years old. We have never discouraged him from talking to his dad and actually encourage him to answer the phone at least around 7pm every day.

The threats to call the police are becoming irritating and the constant ringing of the child's phone and my wife's phone is super annoying.

1. Is there anything legally we can do to make him stop calling us so much? Is it harassment?

2. If the kid says he doesn't want to answer the phone, do we have to make him?

The child sees the father every other weekend. We provide all transportation. We pay for everything. Father pays for nothing and provides nothing.

Thanks in advance.
Topic:
Custody Divorce and Family

Answer:
 > We provide all transportation. We pay for everything. Father pays for nothing and provides nothing.

Is this what the court order(s) say, or just a shitty deal you've fallen into?

Dad ought to be writing checks every month if his custodial time is 4 out of 30 days.

Repetitive, harassing contact is not OK. You can ask for a restraining order as part of the divorce/child custody/support action. If you don't have one, your wife should file one to get Mr. Phonecalls to start paying his fair share of the kid's expenses.

At 10 years old, you probably need to help facilitate contact. What if you call dad on your cell phone (block your #) and put it on speakerphone, and say "OK, Kid and Dad, here's your chance to talk" - let Kid tell Dad he doesn't want to talk. Answer #2: > Father pays for nothing and provides nothing.

Does he pay child support?

> The father calls the son like 30 times a day, even when he's in school.

Is it 30 attempts to talk to him once, or does he want to talk to
him 30 times?  Is he aware that he's in school and shouldn't be interrupted for non-urgent matters?  Or is he just calling without thinking where he might be at the time?
Answer #3: 1. You'd need to get a modification of the order because blocking his phone number would likely be construed as reneging on the custody agreement and could get you into hot water.
2. You'll have to speak with a family attorney on how the court defines reasonable, but yes, sometimes you will have to make him answer.


Title: [MA] Character and Fitness Issue

Question:
I'm applying to the Massachusetts bar and think that I might need a character and fitness attorney, but don't know how to find one.

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To sum up the issue:

In 2012, I was in college and had a party. I got drunk and got into a fight with another student. A few days later, the cops came by and asked me to come in to give a statement. I did, and they let me go. No charges were ever filed, no arrests were ever made.

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After that, I decided to work on myself, so I transferred to a school closer to my parents, moved in with them, got clean, and went into therapy. Haven't had an issue since (aside from a speeding ticket in 2014).

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Now, I'm applying for the bar and have passed the bar exam but my application is under review. The board of examiners wanted me to provide a police report, so I reached out to the police department to get one. They called me a few weeks after I filed an application, saying that they didn't have any records with my name or the other student's name on them. I told this to the board and they asked me to submit a written statement. I submitted one about 2 months ago.

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They've now gotten back to me saying that I passed the bar exam but they're not recommending me for admission because my application is still under review. I'm supposed to get a letter sometime in the next 2 weeks with more information on what they've done so far and what they'd like me to do. Now I'm worried that I should get a character and fitness attorney to help resolve this quickly. But I can't find any attorneys who specialize in these matters in my state.

Answer: Have you tried the referral services at either the BBA (if you're in Boston) or the MBA?


Title: [LA] I'm a victim in a criminal case, and I have some questions.

Question:
Hi.
In April 2017, I was raped by a stranger when I was walking home and inebriated.
I pressed charges. I made a taped statement, and picked him out of a photo lineup.
He also made a taped statement, and he was charged with third degree rape and arrested.
The defense filed a motion for a speedy trial, and we are set to go to court the week after thanksgiving.

His public defender called me Tuesday and left me a voicemail stating that he wanted to speak to me and ask some questions. I didn't return his call.

The public defender's investigator showed up at my house at 6am to talk to me. My husband answered the door and told her I was sleeping and she gave him her card. I met with the ADA today, but he couldn't advise me because he's technically not my lawyer, he represents the state.

The public defender's investigator showed up again today around 4. She asked to talk to me, I went outside so my 8 year old didn't hear. I said "I don't think it's a good idea to speak with you since you're representing my rapist".

She said "we just wanted you to watch a piece of the defendants taped statement and confirm it is him because you said you weren't 100% sure when you did the photo lineup". I told her that the ADA could show me the footage and I'll confirm the identity with him. And that I didn't think speaking with them was in my best interest. She cornered me at the door and was smiling the whole time. When I went inside, my daughter handed me yet another card that had a note written to me on the back. She said she found it either Tuesday or Monday.

What I find strange is that he he identifies me in his statement, and puts me there with him that night. Our statements match up except the assault.

Why would they need me to identify him through his taped statement when we've identified each other? Are there any limitations on what times of day they can call/come by, or how many times in a day? Will my rapist find out my address or phone number through his attorney?

TL;DR - victim in a sexual assault. Trial is soon. Defense attorney has been extremely persistent in trying to talk to me. What are my rights?

Answer: Anything the defence needs badly enough, they can get a subpoena for. You have no obligation to speak to the defence attorney, or to watch a video at their request.


Title: (Oregon) What can you even do about persistent ding-dong-ditchers?

Question:
I'm not expecting that there's anything we can actually do about it, so I'm mostly asking this out of sheer curiosity.

My parents have been rather persistently bothered two or three times a week for the last two months by kids ringing the house doorbell. If they don't answer, the kids keep ringing until they do. This usually occurs around 9pm to 11pm, whereas my parents go to bed around 7, so it's getting to be quite the pain in the ass.

They've installed a camera over the front door (mostly for looking for legitimate visitors and packages), and my mom seems to think they could also catch the kids on camera. Personally though, I'm not sure how this information would serve them any use. They certainly couldn't identify the kid, and I don't see how one would get the police interested unless there was evidence they were engaged in doing worse.

So, knowing probably our only real recourse is to disconnect the doorbell, I'm asking out of curiosity. Is there literally anything else one could do about this? Even if one could locate and identify the kids, is being a pain in the ass at nearly midnight even a crime? I mean, beyond potentially being out past curfew dependent on their age.

Answer: If you want to get fancy, put a switch on the transformer that powers the bell. Then they can flip it off at night when they go to bed.


Title: From torture to tiny bruises, 7 years of CPS investigations and case management. AMA

Question:
Today, we are hosting an AMA with /u/Napalmenator, a starred user and moderator of the LegalAdvice network.

She has worked in CPS for 7 years and will be answering your questions from 8 to 11 CDT. She will answer anything that does not in some way identify a client.

Here is to a great AMA!

EDIT 11:02 AM CDT: Thanks for the great AMA everyone. I know /u/Napalmenator had a great time. If you have more questions, feel free to post them, and she will get to them if she has the chance! I'm going to leave this stickied for a bit longer to see if we get anymore questions.

EDIT 2: 3:12 PM, unstickied. We've slowed down so I am taking this off the top.

Answer:
 Throwaway for obvious reasons.

I struggle with what I'll call pre-hoarding tendencies. This is something I'm working on, but right now my house is a wreck. My daughter, while occasionally commenting on the mess and saying we need to clean it up so she can have friends over, is an otherwise happy and thriving child. One source of anxiety for me is the idea that if anyone else saw the state of the house, they'd be justified in calling it an unfit environment for her despite her needs in general being met.

I guess my question is, how bad does a house have to be before it is the sole reason for a removal?Answer #2: God, having a kid has completely blown away my tolerance for reading things about children getting hurt. Some of this is hard to read through, and it's not even graphic.Answer #3: I'm super scared of the goodbye visits. They seem heartbreaking. But that's what my agency does. I only started June 1 and only have 18 cases right now (down from 20, we dismissed on two recently) and none are anywhere near .26 at the moment. :/ but it's definitely in the back of my mind.


Title: Registered sex offender may get custody of his two year old. He is a rapist.

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 >The judge will probably return the child back to this man next month.

How do you know this?

>I am beside myself. I can't sleep. I keep crying. I am a social worker

As a social worker, you need to get professional and not let your emotions get the better of you, especially if this is your case.

If this is not your case......


Title: MA Parking ticket

Question: If the officer didn't fill out his badge number and got my color wrong (wrote gray, car blue) and got the time at least 15min off. Is the ticket still valid?

Answer: Yes.


Title: Longboard hit car, who's at fault?

Question:
Recently, I was longboarding down a steep hill. I reached speeds of nearly 25 miles per hour, and was required to go through a stop sign because I could not stop. However, a car was passing through the intersection in front of me and considering my speed, I wasn't able to stop and impacted the side of the vehicle. I caused 1600 dollars of damage, and the driver of the car did not have insurance. She is trying to make me pay for all of the fees. What are my rights here? Do I have to pay all of these fees myself? Is she liable at all due to her not having insurance? Please help.

Note: she did not blow the intersection,  and she had the right-of-way.
Additional note: I was released from the hospital with no serious injuries.
EDIT: I live in the northern u.s.

Answer:
 You are 100% liable.  Answer #2: You were fortunate not to be injured, but you are responsible for the damage to the vehicle. Answer #3: > I reached speeds of nearly 25 miles per hour, and was required to go through a stop sign because I could not stop.

You were not "required" to do anything. Certainly not reach speeds of 25 miles per hour, and certainly not to run a stop sign.

You are 100% liable for the damages and you're lucky you did not get a ticket or, even worse, end up dead or injured.


Title: (Virginia) Lease says I can give 2 months notice to move out, land lady says it doesn't. Please help.

Question:
I moved into a house converted into apartments last year.  The owner/land lord was great.  Then she sold the house and it was bought by a new lady, who is terrible and has no experience having tenants.  In February, my lease was about to expire, I renewed using the same lease from before, except we just changed the dates and names.  I have found a new place to live and gave my 2 months written notice April 1st.  Now my land lady is saying the 2 months notice only applies after the year is up.  This is what the lease says:

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"The initial period of the lease shall start on the 1st day of February in the year 2016.  The lease shall be for the duration of one year ending 31st day [sic] of January in the year 2017.  Upon completion of the lease, the lease will be automatically renewed on a month to month basis under the same conditions.  This property rental agreement may be cancelled by either the Landlord by giving one month written notice or by the tenant by giving two month [sic] written notice."

I have always interpreted this as I can give 2 months notice whenever I want and leave.  She's pissed Im leaving and is trying to tell me the 2 months notice only applies after the year is up.  Everyone Ive asked says my interpretation is correct, including the previous land lady who wrote the lease, and I should just move and she can try and sue me if she wants but it won't matter because Im following the lease.  What do you think I need to do?  Also, Im assuming she's going to be difficult about my rental deposit as well, even though the apartment is in perfect condition.  How can  I get my rental deposit back?  I plan on taking copious amounts of pictures before I move out.

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I'm a little nervous about this because Ive never had a bad renting experience before and Im supposed to be signing the lease for the new place next week.

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EDIT: [Here](http://imgur.com/OgZaol5) is an image of what I quoted above.

Answer: It's unreasonable to assume that you can just cancel a fixed term lease like that. It's more reasonable to assume it's referring to the month to month lease that it automatically converts to upon expiration.


Title: Dog Bite

Question:
Hello,

I am looking for some advice and clarification on a suit I am planning to file. I was on a public beach (California) with my 13 yo dog who was leashed and sitting next to me and my girlfriend. We had the beach to ourselves pretty much all day and were getting ready to leave soon. This couple walks down the cliff with their two dogs on leashes. I don't really pay much attention to it.  Out of nowhere these two loose dogs are running full speed towards us as I sit up. The dogs seem young, a pitbull and another mixed breed. I look at my dog and she just kinda looks over too. She's a highly trained service dog and unless I react or there seems to be harm she is always really calm. I put my hand out for the dogs to sniff and the pit bull bypasses me and immediately clamps onto my dogs neck. My girlfriend and I started screaming and punching the dog as hard  as we could and yelling 'whose dog is this, get or dog off it's killing my dog' for about what seemed an eternity. Owners are nowhere In sight. The dog would not let go of my dogs neck and she is bleeding. I am kicking punching and trying to unlatch the dogs mouth. I can feel it trying to hold on harder and at that point I feel a gush of my own blood come out. Finally the owners come up to us and yes, my girlfriend and I are doing all we can to unlatch the dog from mine. My dog is old, 13 years old and all she can do is whimper. By this point I'm absolutely hysterical. The woman is yelling at her dog to get off and after a few minutes finally pulls away. I immediately crouch over my dog as body protection and try to evaluate how hurt she is.  I'm screaming at them that their dog attacked us. Their reactions are nonchalant like ' we didn't do anything wrong our dogs never had a problem before' and walked away' i am bleeding, my dog is bleeding and all I can think of is to call 911. The couple immediately gathers their stuff and walks away. My dog seems to be alert and awake but is still whimpering. I leave her with my girlfriend to hold the injury that is bleeding and follow  the couple to the parking lot to prevent them from leaving. Luckily the ambulance and cops arrives before they leave. They took a police report. My dog is taken to the emergency. vet due to a huge gash in her neck and I went to the ER due to large gashes in my thigh and in my ring finger from the dogs teeth that required stitches in my finger. I have sought the advice of several lawyers in my area. All of them want me to retain them and sign a form to get any further advise on this and a few have told me I have no chance of a case if the owners do not have some kind of insurance, renters insurance, etc. is his true? Do I have to retain a lawyer just to even get advice on this matter? They say that if I don't win I don't have to pay, is this true? Reading over the forms it sounds like a lot of legal mumbo jumbo that I would have to hire another lawyer just to read and I can't afford to pay a lawyer thousands of dollars for his when I am already out so much. I want to sue these people to recoup my losses- not to mention they were completely negligent and on top of that had no remorse for what they were responsible for. Didn't even apologize or ask if we were ok. I had vet bills, hospital bills, and had to take a significant amount of time off of a job that I had just gotten. Even writing this now chokes me up because of how much my dog had to suffer because of this. Can I file
A case without a lawyer?What are my options? Also this happened last August and I know there is a statue of limitations but I don't think it has passed yet. When I obtained the police report it only stated that it was a dog on dog bite incident. No mention of me getting bit even though he took pictures of my injuries. I tried to locate the cop at least 5 times to amend the report and the front desk person always says she will forward the request. No return calls in over 9 months. I have proof of my own though. Thank you so much for reading.
Topic:
Small Claims Procedure

Answer:
 1) Call the department back and ask to speak to the police officer's supervisor, or someone else in that department who can look up your case.   Don't take no for an answer.  Ask for direct numbers instead of leaving messages on your behalf (or be direct transferred to the voicemail)

2) You can personally sue the people without insurance, it would be a civil case in which case you generally don't bring a lawyer anyway.   You would sue for your medical bills plus the vet bills for the dog.

3) Call animal control in the area of the beach and see if a report was ever filed with them regarding the attack.  A.C. should have, at the very least, fined them.  If they have not gotten the report, give it to them!  Mention that the current version doesn't have all the facts as it doesn't include your injuries (I hope you have pictures, copies of the hospital bill etc).


Title: Scared of a crazy ex-friend, is this harassment ?

Question:
I had an old friend who I grew away from due to his heavy drug use and dealings, and the fact that I do not drugs at all. We will call him John. We started to become friends again, but then out of no where John ghosted me. Whatever that shit happens, but then I started getting messages. First, a friend tells me that John is saying that we hooked up while I was drunk and he was on drugs (not true). Then I got a message from someone that said John is telling me people that he was my side man and that I was now looking for a new one. Tonight, I received a message from someone that had been told my John I wanted to go on a date with him. I have asked John to leave me alone, blocked him on all social media, and had friends tell John to leave me alone. It sounds like petty drama, however this all came out of no where so I’m scared that John may continue doing crazy things or even escalate to trying to physically hurt me. Is there a legal way for me to get him to stop? Is this harassment? Please help, I appreciate it all in advance

Edit : I’m in Florida

Answer:
 Easiest solution would be to get a new phone number. He can't distribute your number if he doesn't know it.

IANAL, but I don't think any accusations of harassment would stick right now - John isn't the one actually messaging you, and it sounds like none of the people he's distributing your number to has repeatedly contacted you.

Having said that though, I would recommend keeping records of the random messages just in case John does something directly, especially ones that specifically state John was the one who gave out the number.


Title: (Woodstock, GA) I got a "following too closely" citation after an accident even though I wasn't, how can I get out of it?

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 If you rear ended someone then you were following to closeAnswer #2: More details would be nice.

But generally, if you rear ended someone (regardless of the circumstances), you were following to closely according to the letter of the law.Answer #3: I live in Kennesaw! Small world.

Anyway, you're more than likely not going to be able to get out of it. What exactly happened in the accident?


Title: Can a spouse bar relatives from a loved one's hospital room?

Question: I have an uncle in critical condition in a Florida hospital.  His spouse of about two or three years is at odds with my grandparents for unclarified reasons.  She strong armed him into moving across the country to minimize contact and is very domineering.  When my uncle went into critical condition,  my grandparents flew to Florida to try to visit.  I'm not clear on why there's conflict between my grandparents and my uncle's wife,  but she told the hospital that they were not to be allowed to visit.  Is this legal? She has also told my grandparents that we will never see him again,  he is not going to visit our state ever again. He is facing very serious medical issues and has been told if he drinks again,  he will die.  His wife is one of his biggest enablers, which is another cause for concern.  Is there any legal action my grandparents can take against her? Sorry this post is a bit of a mess,  any advice would be appreciated

Answer: This would be a matter of hospital policy. There is no law which says an adult of sound mind cannot drink themselves to death.


Title: Who is at fault?

Question:
I (F, 23) got into a car accident yesterday. It was a three way intersection. My lane and the one to the right had a stop sign  I had thought the other way also had a stop sign. I was turning left and was hit on my driver side rear door.

Was it my fault or his (M, 27)?

I told him I would pay for his damages but if he did not have a license and there is no police report.. is there a way to get out of paying?

Background: we did not call the cops, I believe he was speeding, I believe he did not have a license (I.e. police report from 6 months ago stating he was operating a vehicle without a license)

Answer: If he didn't have a stop sign it's your fault and you'll need to pay. You can try to take him to court if you're sure of him not having a license but I doubt it would save you much money.Answer #2: Doesn't matter if he doesn't have a license, you saying you had thought he was supposed to stop doesn't mean he's at fault.Answer #3: Why would you presume he was still without a license?Answer #4: You said you had thought the other way had a stop sign.  Did it?


Title: Erm... can I be charged just for tagging someone in a post???

Question:
So.. I worked at a restaurant up until a few weeks ago where, as a server, I had to tip out 20% to the kitchen. Well, the kitchen staff never received those tips. My boss pocketed it. This is fact.

Today, on the town's Facebook page, someone shared a link to a news article titled "B.C. employers now prohibited by law from keeping workers tips" and I tagged my boss in this post. No message, just a tag.

She texted me 2 minutes later saying "You can remove my name off Facebook or my lawyer will be charging you with slander"

Is this even possible? She has the power and the money to actually try and make it happen, and a lawyer who will, presumably, make a case out of anything.

I'm almost certain theres no case here at all, but I dont want to have to hire a lawyer or end up in small claims court over this, lol...

Answer: she can try to sue you for anything. but if all you did was tag her, then you made no claims or statements that would constitute slander. if you hear from an actual lawyer on her behalf, then don't ignore it. bit for now I would say you're fine


Title: Friend's estranged father is a shithead and is in need of expensive medical care. She lives in Pennsylvania.

Question:
So I want to know how fucked are her sisters and her, and what would be the best way for them to protect themselves (as much as humanly possible).

I should probably add that the guy has pursued legal action against family in the past, and wouldn't hesitate to go against his daughters if need be.

Answer: As much as any of us can tell you from what you've given us: http://www.hh-law.com/pennsylvania-filial-support-law/


Title: Was fired after being reported as a threat with pocket knife. Wasn't threatening anyone. They broke several of their own policies by firing me. Do I have a case?

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 So, you casually pulled out something that can be used as a weapon during a meeting and was fired from a job that specifically has a policy that states you cannot have that something because it can be used as weapon?Answer #2: no it's not a toy, it's a tool, kinda like you.

they were right to fire you here, and there's nothing you can do against it.


Title: Prosecutor Tampered with Evidence in my case [MN]

Question:
Short version:

I refused a DUI breathalyzer test at the station because the arresting officer repeatedly denied me from contacting an attorney.  I was charged with gross misdemeanor test refusal.

The prosecutor refused to drop the charge for test refusal down to a misdemeanor dui as I expected.  He sent me the audio recording from the station and guess what?  All of my requests to contact an attorney are not on the recording.

I am absolutely certain the audio is altered, though no one seems to believe me:

* I remember the conversation vividly.
* There are bursts of white noise at every point in the discussion where I request to speak to an attorney.
* The file that was transmitted as a WAV file, though initially it was a DSS file (can see this in the file metadata).
* There are a few things that look odd to me in the audio spectrograph at the points where the recording deviates from my recollection.  But I am not an audio engineer so maybe I am just seeing what I want to see.
* The prosecutor has a recording studio at home and mixes music for serious hobby/side-job.  He would certainly have the tools and know-how.
* Possible the arresting officer was involved.  He was a huge a-hole and I have read and heard him make numerous untrue statements.

I don't know why they would go to such lengths for a relatively minor offense, but I am certain of what was done.   I do know the prosecutor somewhat (his wife and my wife are frenemies; his wife is also a prosecutor).    But I don't have any reason to think he has a personal agenda against me.

I am going to send the audio file to an audio forensic expert (at great expense), but that will take time and I doubt they will conclusively be able to say much of anything because the real word is not CSI.   What I really want is the original DSS audio file from the jailhouse.   But I don't trust anyone involved with my case.   Perhaps it too has been altered, or maybe destroyed, but I have to believe that would be difficult to do without a trace.

Any advice?

Answer:
 The prosecutor doesn't give two shits about you; he wouldn't jeopardize his career to alter the audio.

Also, I can't say for MN, but in many places you don't have the right to consult an attorney before you decide whether or not to take a breathalyzer


Title: [New Jersey] - Came back from traveling to find my apartment flooded. Need advice on what to do and say.

Question: I have been traveling for a little while, and when I returned to my apartment I found it had been flooded. While I was away I ensured that I left the heat on to avoid my pipes freezing, however, it happened anyway. The pipe that broke was attached to my dishwasher and was still leaking when I came home. This pipe is on an outside wall, which is why I believe leaving my heat on did not help. I immediately called my landlord who got in touch with the maintenance department. After about 6 hours (They are closed on the weekends), he got back to me and told me how to shut off the water valve to the dishwasher. The maintenance, and presumably my landlord will be coming this morning, and I was hoping to get some advice on things to say to make sure he understands he is responsible for repairs. I understand he is not responsible for my personnel property, luckily I have renter's insurance for those damages.

Answer:
 What temperature did you leave your heat on, and are you positive it was on the entire time you were away? Very, very glad to hear you have renter's insurance! If your landlord says you're responsible for damages, contact your insurance and let them sort it out.

You didn't mention if your personal items were damaged, but if they were, you'll need to go through your insurance for reimbursement regardless of responsibility. Depending on your policy, if it's determined you are responsible for the damages, you may not be covered. Good luck!Answer #2: As a fellow landlord, this is something we take very seriously. Our insurance would probably cover this also. This could be a legitimate reason to lose a good tenant. And I would have to have it fixed anyway. I like my income and referrals. I wouldn't worry friend about your place. I'd worry about the renters insurance dragging with the check. Suggest to your landlord to use Pex next time and try to run it inside. Answer #3: What makes you think the landlord wouldn't take responsibility? What does the lease say? In any event, renter's insurance should help if you have to pay for the pipe's damages.

By the way, could you have turned the water off in your apartment? If not, leaving the water running slightly usually helps. I say usually because my pipes froze right where it comes into the house (least insulated part) on the worst of the cold days last month with a faucet dripping.


Title: Hey so I'm in I'm 15 years old. When can I legally have sex in Texas. I know the age of consent is 17, but I've heard about "The Romeo and Juliet" laws. Can someone explain this to me so me and my girlfriend don't get convicted of child rape.

Question: Thanks for all the feedback. I showed her this page and she read through. We will hence force stop doing it. We don't want to have to deal with all that legal shit

Answer:
 Texas does not have a Romeo and Juliet statute (Edit: That exempts you from criminal charges). It's 17. Be 17 or potentially be charged with sexual assault.

Regardless of this, can you handle having a child next year if a condom fails? Know how to minimize STD risk?

You can wait.Answer #2: Here is some actual information besides don't do it. From this website: https://www.ageofconsent.net/states/texas

"Because there is no such "Romeo and Juliet law" in Texas, it is possible for two individuals both under the age of 17 who willingly engage in intercourse to both be prosecuted for statutory rape, although this is rare. Similarly, no protections are reserved for sexual relations in which one participant is a 16 year old and the second is a 17 or 18 year old."

Yes, I'm sorry but it is illegal. If one of your parents find out and get mad, they can make both your lives incredibly difficult if they were to go to the police. Keep that in mind.


Title: Can I be arrested for buying alcohol underage if I don’t use a fake ID?

Question:
LA off topic advised me to post here instead:

I know supplying to minors is illegal and that fake IDs are fraud but what if I just walk in and attempt to buy alcohol? I look older than I am so I doubt they’d ask. I’m in NC if that matters.

Answer:
 Yes. Just because the place was dumb enough to sell it to you, doesn’t make it any less illegal for you to purchase itAnswer #2: >what if I just walk in and attempt to buy alcohol?

They won't sell it to you without an ID.

If they do, the clerk, the store AND you will receive tickets/fines.


Title: Refusing to give water to someone in Arizona is illegal?

Question:
So I keep hearing this is a law, but about half of the google results say it is illegal while the other half say it was tossed out with the other irrelevant and outdated laws.

I ask because I work at a convenience store and we have lots of homeless people coming in getting their free water. I have no beef with this.

However, there is one particular homeless man who I have told to leave the store and NEVER return because I caught him doing drugs in our bathroom (the syringe was hanging out of his pocket and he could barely walk). However, it has come to my attention that it is illegal to refuse him water even though he knows he is banned from the store and there are literally hundreds of other places he could ask for water.

Can somebody tell me if the law is still valid and if I am required to abide it if it involves someone who is trespassing.

Answer:
 You can ban him from the store and trespass him if he refuses. Him asking for water wouldn't overrule or nullify that.Answer #2: This rumor was probably started by homeless people who wanted more places to get water. It has no basis in reality. By this logic, anyone could just go anywhere and hang out and drink water. "Oh, elite private country club? Free water please!" It doesn't work like that. Someone cannot loiter/trespass at a business for the sake of getting water.

Even if there were some duty to render aid that were applicable, a person who walks into a convenience store because they're thirsty would not qualify. And if they did, you would call 911 and get them an ambulance.

I probably would not shop at a place that was full of homeless people looking for free shit. If I were running that store I'd put a big ass sign on the door that says NO FREE WATER and tell them all to go pound sand.


Title: [NJ] My pregnant wife is being discriminated at work

Question:
My wife works for a classic "Old Boys Club" company. She's a little over 6 months pregnant. The company is run like an entire shit show where she works in any of 3 departments per day depending on what they tell her she needs to do. They are rude to her, dismissive of her and make snide comments all the time.

More recently it's come to her attention that behind closed doors in their meetings they've been saying things like "Well she's gonna be gone soon anyway so we should take advantage of her while we can" and "She can't handle being pregnant" and "So is she being hormonal today or is she in a good mood?" This was all reported from the guy she works under who is involved in these closed door meetings of department heads.

She's begun communicating almost entirely through email. Today she found out today that the man she works under in purchasing is accepting a new job offer and will be putting in his resignation and will be done next Friday. Between the baby and the added stress of now doing HIS job in addition to HER job in addition to 2 other people's jobs in a day if need be, she's afraid it's just going to be too much stress on her so she's going to try to have a talk with the higher-ups and plea her case. I told her to record the conversation she has in case they have the stones to use the same rude, dismissive and insulting words regarding her being pregnant.

From what I understand New Jersey is a "one-party consent" state. Meaning "if you operate in New Jersey, **you may record a conversation or phone call if you are a party to the conversation or you get permission from one party to the conversation in advance."** Since she's obviously the one having a conversation, even if nothing comes of it, I just want to make sure that it is within her legal right to record the conversation without notifying the person.

Any other advice is welcome

Answer:
 First: none of what you've said is actionable.  They can be as rude and dismissive as they want and there's nothing she can do about it.  Shitty managing isn't illegal.  If they actually **do** something that's improper, and they do it because of her disability, you may have luck there.

New Jersey is a one-party consent law.  That means your wife can record any conversation she's a part of.  She cannot record other conversations, hide recorders, or anything like that.

She can, however, be disciplined or fired for doing so.


Title: My job is asking me to sign the Domino's Arbitration Agreement, which was deemed unlawful in 2014. Can I bring this to someone's attention without losing my job?

Question:
Mobile disclaimer, sorry if the formatting is odd, I'm not yet home from work.

I work for Domino's. Last September, (9-17-18) forms were brought in by our general manager. They were arbitration agreements. (See first imgur link)

My manager is Pakistani, and his English isn't always great, so he asked me to look over them because he didn't know what they were. So I did. I didn't like a lot of the phrasing, and the whole thing came off super shady, so I googled it. "Domino's arbitration agreement." I figured it would be a really general search, maybe I would come up with some info on arbitration agreements. Instead I found articles on the Domino's case, deeming this EXACT agreement illegal. (See second imgur link.)

I looked further and found the actual PDF file on the court case. (Next three links, pages are numbered, 9 pages total)

So the part that made it illegal was the section that read, "the team member and the company expressly waive any right to arbitrate as a class representative, as a class member, in a collective action, or in our pursuant to a private attorney general capacity, and they shall be no joinder or consolidation of parties."

That is the exact section that made the entirety of the Arbitration Agreement illegal, and it was in the forms brought in for us to sign. (The section I highlighted in the image in first link.)

I told my manager it was illegal, it must have been a mistake, no one should sign it. I texted him the images of the short article and all 9 pages from the PDF. He said ok, no problem. Didn't hear anything about it after that.

Until tonight.

Today he brought in single pages. Not forms, just single pages. (Last imgur link). He said he was asked to get us all to sign a page. The page, as you can see, has 7 on the bottom of it. As in, it's the seventh page of a form that we don't have the rest of. However, I still have pictures of the original forms they brought in in September, and it matches exactly.

Clearly they're still trying to get us to sign the illegal arbitration agreements. I refused to sign again, called him on the bullshit, and he said it was fine don't worry about it, he isn't forcing anyone to sign. It's coming from up top. How far up, I don't know. I'm a lowly assistant manager, I don't know how many levels up it goes that this is coming from.

My question is this: I work in an at-will state. I can get fired for nothing, for anything. How much noise should I make about this, and to whom should I bring it? It is an illegal form. They shouldn't be asking any of us to sign it. I thought it was dealt with last September, but it's back again. And I'm on file as refusing to sign. It does give the clause that you can rescind your signature, but I don't trust them after all this to honor that.

How should I go about trying to stop this form from circulating?

Imgur links:

Pictures of September 17, 2018 Arbitration Agreement.
http://imgur.com/a/SlMcXIB

Short article on court case
http://imgur.com/a/ldrXZgo

Board Agreement (3 parts)
http://imgur.com/a/fgMQ7aF (part 1)
http://imgur.com/a/T0xswFg (part 2)
http://imgur.com/a/7JSqlaO (part 3)

The page, not form, PAGE they brought in today.
http://imgur.com/a/xj3g4Kj

Answer:
 It's likely that this is just ignorance and haphazard management. Is this a franchise or is it owned directly by Dominoes? And to play devil's advocate...

> I'm a lowly assistant manager

Are you by chance a salaried exempt employee making at least $455/wk? Do you "customarily and regularly direct the work of at least two or more other full-time employees or their equivalent"? Do you "have the authority to hire or fire other employees, or the employee’s suggestions and recommendations as to the hiring, firing, advancement, promotion or any other change of status of other employees"?Answer #2: Don’t sign it, class action waivers are enforceable and don’t violate the NLRA

https://www.huntonlaborblog.com/2018/05/articles/supreme-court-cases/scotus-holds-class-action-waivers-not-violate-nlra/Answer #3: https://www.workplacefairness.org/forced-arbitration-agreements#9


Title: Got arrested, my first drug charge(s), need advice TODAY

Question: [removed]

Answer:
 > I was never read my Miranda rights

Sounds like you're off Scott free!

Cops *hate* this one weird trick!Answer #2: You need a lawyer. Distribution in PA is a Felony. Stop messing around. Use Google or the Bar association to find drug lawyers, call the office to see if they'll offer a free consultation.

Stop listening to your friends. Start listening to lawyers. Nobody around here will tell you to smoke or not to smoke. So that one is on you.Answer #3: That is the stupidest fucking logic I've ever heard re: going to court testing positive.  It'll be much better to go to court and explain that you took the gravity of the situation seriously by ceasing to use marijuana.


Title: If a minor/kid spits on an adult(purposely)is that adult allowed to defend himself or would that be considered assault towards the kid if you threw a punch back?

Question: Please don’t bash me on this but I was just thinking of this scenarios because I believe that kids and adults are treated differently punishments wise and how if kids/minors know right from wrong kind of defense or deal like that.

Answer:
 "Self Defense" is a thing that you can use when an attack is ongoing.

If someone spits on you and stops, it's not "self defense" to hit them in retaliation.Answer #2: Is anyone else creeped out by the number of posts in this sub asking when it’s okay to hit people?


Title: My relative's email address was taken from her without notice by her ISP.

Question:
(edit: Location = North Carolina) A few days ago, a relative received an email from her ISP addressed to an individual with the same first initial and last name as hers. It was welcoming this individual as if they had recently opened an account with the company.

A day or so after the receipt of this email, she stopped receiving email altogether. This is her only email account. She could no longer send nor receive emails. She called the ISP technical support hotline, and after a lengthy conversation, was unable to get a straight answer on what had occurred and was told she would receive a call back later. She still had no official communication from the ISP on this. She did not get a call back the following day.

Two days later, she tried again, requesting the CSR she had spoken with previously, but instead was put on the line with another individual. That individual revealed that her email address had been reassigned to a different customer of the ISP in a "different region," and that she would have to change her email address. They tried to create a new account for this purpose, but she was unable to log into it. She currently still cannot access her new ISP email address or her account login on the ISP site.

When she asked about the obvious potential breach of privacy involved with suddenly changing the ownership of one person to another, she was told that this person would not receive their emails. She told me that an explanation had been provided as to why this was so, but wasn't able to clearly relate it to me.

From my understanding of email addresses, there would be no way to prevent the person now in control of the email from receiving personal emails from the prior user (my relative) whom, until an abrupt change, previously used the address. Obviously, she used this (her only) address for various personal accounts on social media, Netflix, etc.

My solution was to have her open and use a Gmail account. But she's now having to change all her emails on her personal accounts, while informing people of her new address. And of course, email forwarding is impossible.

Would we have any legal recourse if we were to try to sue to have her email address returned to her? I know it probably wouldn't be worth the trouble, but it angers me that they would so flippantly inconvenience a loyal customer for a new acquisition without even the courtesy of a warning, or assistance with the transition to a new email address.

Edit: Their services agreement states the following regarding email use (ISP name = x):
"x reserves the right to place additional limitations on Customer’s e-mails on the x network, including without limitation, maximum message size, maximum number of recipients per message, and maximum number of messages per server connection. x reserves the right to reclaim any and all inactive e-mail addresses and accounts from Customer at x's sole discretion and without notice, whether such are inactive as a result of the termination or cancellation of High Speed Internet Service regardless of the reason for such cancellation or termination, or inactive as a result of a lack of access by Customer to the account and/or e-mail address for a period of twelve months or greater."

Answer:
 The ISP should be very concerned about this. Y'all should definitely escalate this beyond the first level CSR - talk to the executive customer support line or call the CEO's office if you have to. Stay on the line until you get someone who will send you an email that they'll get your address back. Corporate needs to know if they're giving away current account holders' email addresses.

>When she asked about the obvious potential breach of privacy involved with suddenly changing the ownership of one person to another, she was told that this person would not receive their emails. She told me that an explanation had been provided as to why this was so, but wasn't able to clearly relate it to me.

Yeah, the CSR is making this up. The email goes where it's addressed, not unlike a paper letter.

>Would we have any legal recourse if we were to try to sue to have her email address returned to her?

Maybe. A court could order specific performance and have her email returned to her, but I don't know under what circumstances that would happen. To sue for monetary damages, you'd have to prove, well, damages, and it sounds like nothing has happened yet.


Title: [CA] Years in default on student loans. One collection agency gave up on me, and was apparently recently handed off to another. Living overseas and never plan on going back to the USA.

Question:
Before I get into details, I would like to just make a few things clear.

1.) When I mean I never plan on going back to the USA, I really never plan on going back to the USA. Assume I will never step foot in the country again. I hate it there.

2.) I live in Japan.

3.) Yes, I am years in default on student loans. I do not want to make excuses, but assume I had a passable reason for not acting on this situation.

4.) Assume making proper payments would put me into financial hardship. I am asking about how to not pay the loans--not how to pay the loans at my own pace.

I have lived in Japan for 11 years. I have permanent residency here. For a very long time, despite being highly qualified in my field, I was underpaid so severely that I was making half as much as the Japanese staff with two years less education than me. Because of my high anxiety and crushingly low self confidence, I did little about it.

I am doing better now. I am set to make about twice as much money this year as I was last. I am with a better company.

Unfortunately due to my negligence, my student loans have increased substantially as well. I owe about $40,000. I initially owed about $20,000. One of the reasons why I did not contact them sooner was because after my sister went into default on hers, the collection agencies were incredibly aggressive and would have their representatives literally yell at whoever answered the phone. I do not know the legality of this.

Now, here are where things get a bit unclear to me. I've read warning articles from Vice and other outlets that say something like "they will get your money!" but I can't find any credible information as to how. Paying these loans off would still put me into financial hardship. If there is no way for them to actually collect, I do not intend to pay. If I had Japanese citizenship, I would likely just rescind my American citizenship.

From what I can tell, the following is true:

1.) They cannot garnish my foreign-earned wages because they are from a foreign entity and they would have to sue me in a local court.

2.) They cannot put me in prison, as debtors' prison does not exist.

3.) The likelihood of them aggressively pursuing these loans when I am overseas is low, seeing as they have little access to me, and cannot serve me with a court order readily.

4.) The US government cannot refuse to renew my passport over unpaid student loans. If I received a government loan for returning to the US, they could. But there is nothing about student loans on the website.

5.) If I do not have any money owed to me by the IRS in my tax return, they cannot take that from me. Because obviously. I am still filing my tax returns.

6.) If I do not have social security money owed to me, they cannot take that from me. Again, duh. I never worked full time in the USA.

Is there any significant detail I'm missing here? I know my credit is ruined in the USA, but I own a house in Japan and the bank loan went through no problem here because of the lack of a credit system. Unless the law changes, are they just helpless?

Answer: We're not here to help people shirk their legal obligations.


Title: [Northern NY] How to keep child away from "abuser?"

Question:
First off, lets establish is this is really abuse or neglect worthy of keeping the person away from the kid: my friend's son has asthma that needs daily medication to prevent life-threatening asthma attacks. Parents are divorced. Mom gives the medication daily. Father's girlfriend "tells son he doesn't need it and won't give it to him" leading to the son needing to use his emergency inhaler when coming home from being at dad's house for the weekend. Does withholding medication from a child count as abuse? Neglect?

Second question: is there any way to get a restraining order or something so that when the kids go to stay with their dad the girlfriend can't be there? She is the one who is withholding the medication from the child.

Sorry if this is a bit vague. I'm coming at this from a medical point of view and don't know 100% of the details. A friend asked me if its ok for her son to not be getting this needed medicine when at his dad's house. I think she needs to urgently make sure this stops happening, because the kid has a history of almost dying from severe asthma attacks. Now she is asking me about a "medical restraining order" and I don't know where to direct her for more info or resources.

Thank you for your help!

Answer: Have you called child protective services?


Title: How do I [M/23] get an anxiety dog and can I live in my dorm with it?

Question:
Where would I go to get an anxiety dog certified and can I live in a dorm with it? The dorm is in Georgia. Also could they make me live in a different dorm?
Topic:
Landlord Tenant Housing

Answer: You do not get the dog certified. You need to talk to your psychiatrist (or other treating professional) about the possibility of an ESA. If they approve it then you can make the request to have a pet.


Title: Just found a phone with kiddie porn on the SD card. Put it in my phone to check what was on it. Am I fucked.

Question: Whoever the owner was has about 1400 images on the 64gb sd card most of them of young child kiddie porn. Really young kids. I am fucking sick right now with this shit. Obviously I am turning it in but am I fucked over because I put it in my phone to see what was in it? God this is fucking disgusting.

Answer:
 I suggest you destroy it and throw the pieces in different places. Cops are rarely understanding from my experiences. Answer #2: You have to be daft to walk into a police station with a memory card full of CP.
Either send it in annomously I mean travel like 2 towns away and post it.Answer #3: There's probably an organization in your area specializing in protecting exploited children. Perhaps you should consider contacting them (anonymously at first if it'd make you feel better), explaining the situation and your concerns, and asking for guidance. They likely have attorneys on staff who could help smooth things over with the authorities. Also be aware that destroying the SD card would itself be a crime. Answer #4: Just understand that you're not gonna waltz in there like you're returning a lost wallet or something.


Title: I didn’t stand for the national anthem at my schools pep rally and I’m being threatened with detention and suspension if I fight the detentions. Help?

Question: I was at my schools pep rally for some dance going on or whatever. It was outside and I had a boot on my foot (still do) due to some torn ligaments in my ankle. Although walking and standing doesn’t hurt, it gets tiring as it throws my hip off. I decided I didn’t want to stand for the national anthem because of my hip and ankle hurting me (not political reasons), and this teacher turned around and told me to stand up. I lifted my leg up and said “what if I have this boot on?” And she proceeds to go “you walked up here, didn’t you? Stand up.” I proceeded to continue sitting because my well being is more important than standing up for the national anthem, and she didn’t like that. I went home for the end of the day, and when I get back the next day of school, (happened on Friday, school started back again Tuesday) I was called to the guidance for whatever reason. Apparently the lady who wanted me to stand is a guidance counselor and did not appreciate me sitting. I was told I have detentions next week (not sure why it’s next week), and that if I don’t attend or try to dispute this, I will have 2 days of in school suspension. I’m really confused about the in school suspension part. Is there any way to deal with this at all? I’d prefer not to get lawyers involved as I have some trust issues with them, but if I need to I can get them involved. What should I do?

Answer:
 Have you gotten your parents involved? That should be your first step.Answer #2: Tell your parents and have them go and have a chat with the principal.

I particularly like the "if you try to dispute this, we'll suspend you".Answer #3: Not a lawyer. West Virginia State Board of Education v Barnette is incredibly clear on the matter that students can't be forced to stand for the pledge, and has been upheld time and again. Answer #4: Public or private school?


Title: What happens if an undercover cop talks to a predator online but it turns the predator is under age?

Question:
Say the "prey" is someone pretending to be underaged and the predator is a 15 year old kid pretending to be an adult. They agree to meet to have sex.

Is the cop/vigilante/Chris Hansen now in trouble since they had a sexually illicit conversation with a minor?

Answer:
 No, the police are not in trouble.

Just like they aren't in trouble for possessing drugs after they arrest a drug dealer and seize all the drugs.


Title: (PA)Are Landlord's family members allowed to park in our apartment building's private lot?

Question: Our apartment building's private parking lot happens to be in close proximity to a lot of public events. Naturally, random people try to park in it to save $5 on public parking, so we've had the LL install a "tenant parking" sign and allow us to call a towing company on request. Tonight, I confronted one random person's vehicle as they were leaving (I was annoyed because they parked so close to one of our neighbors that they blocked them in and probably door'd their car.) Anyway, the random person got nasty with me instantly and claimed they "owned" this property. I asked what their last name was(because I've never seen them before) and they told me the same last name as the landlord. So assuming that they are related to the landlord, are they in the right to park in the lot we all pay for, simply because they are approved to by the owner?

Answer:
 Assuming they have permission from the owner, and they're not parking in an otherwise reserved spot, they're fine.

Call your landlord, give him a description of the car, that they blocked in a tenant, and tell him that the person claimed to be his family. Odds are that shit will get nipped in the bud quickly.


Title: [USA, NC] Breaking lease early due to job change

Question:
Asking for a friend who is having difficulties with a landlord.  A week after signing a year lease, the friend received a job offer that required moving 3 hours away.  In spite of a 2 month notice and attempts to amicably break the lease, the landlord is being oppositional.  The termination clause in the signed lease literally states "to be determined".

My understanding is that under NC law, the lease must be honored for the full term, but the landlord is required to make a reasonable effort to rent the house.  I have not found any mention of what constitutes "reasonable effort".  The landlord has made unreasonable claims against returning the deposit, such as the water heater being broken in spite of it working when the friend moved out.  The landlord is also making threats to take the friend to small claims court in spite of no missed payments (about one year ago, a single payment was 5 days late due to family emergency).  Based on previous interactions, it is believed that the landlord will act vindictively whenever possible.

Regarding a reasonable effort to rent the house, the landlord showed the house once between when the notice was given and when the friend moved out.  Attempts to find the rental online (craigslist, zillow, trulia, and general internet searches) have not brought up the rental.  Search terms were based on combinations of street address, specifications (bedroom count, bath count, square footage, etc).  When proposing a subleaser, the landlord declined this as an option, claiming to be picky about which tenants they choose.  We are not aware of any other showings of the house after the friend moved out (could go either way).

We are seeking advice on a few things.  First and foremost, how can we minimize total costs?  What constitutes a reasonable effort by the landlord to rent the property?  Who bears the burden of proof that reasonable effort was made?

Answer:
 > In spite of a 2 month notice and attempts to amicably break the lease, the landlord is being oppositional.

Well no shit he is. He just signed a year long lease.

>  I have not found any mention of what constitutes "reasonable effort".

"Reasonable effort" means the same things he did when the unit was vacant.


Title: Realtor mistook option period, stuck buying house.

Question: Long story short- my mom is a realtor in Houston & we moved to Austin. She offered to help us out & give her commission back to us upon closing so we decided to use her rather than a local realtor & not have MLS access to the Austin market. We made an offer on a house (verbally) on a Monday- were told we were too low & there was another offer. Thursday rolls around & he tells us to put it in writing- Friday calls us & they have accepted! We go into option pending assuming the option period started Friday & ended 10 days from then. Turns out the accepted written offer was dated Thursday & the option period actually ended TODAY & we were notified at 7pm (ended at 5pm).  We had a structural engineer check out the house with foundation concerns on Friday & he let us know there were, in fact, issues & we would not receive the report until Monday- hence waiting until then to negotiate. HELP. Now we CANNOT negotiate & are stuck with a house with foundation issues WE are responsible for! How do we get out of this????? The earnest money was around 7k & I’m trying to find a way out of this without throwing that money in the trash.

Answer: You will not get a mortgage with a bad foundation, so your financing contingency should save you.  I sure hope you have a financing contingency.


Title: Step father wants to kick me out. Mother doesn't. What can he legally do?

Question:
I am 24 in N.C with Aspergers. my mother is my payee. Without going into too much detail my home got destroyed a year ago. My mother let me move in. The city I am in has possibly the lowest availability for housing. I applied for apartments for a year. Only one was ready to let me move in recently but it would cost $1500 for me to move in. Rent, deposit, lights, light deposit, water deposit. I don't have that.  And since I moved in here my food stamps went down to $15 a month so my first month even if I could afford the cost of moving in I'd go hungry. I get $770 a month. I've been helping my mom and also paying my way this entire time.

My step father doesn't communicate with me. He may say one or two words to me a week like "hello" or "you received some mail". That's it. He never says anything else to me and ignores my presence 99% of the time. That is until today when he sent me an email saying that if I am still living here on July 20th 9am then he will take legal action.

I'm not sure what to do now. The apartment I had available which is legitimately the only thing here available that I could afford has likely already been given away as I've been stalling the landlord so that I could get pro-rated rent in order to be able to move at all or to have any chance at moving.

What can happen to me? What can he do? My mother said she is 'on the deed' and won't let him kick me out but idk about that. I have essentially $400 right now left as it's the middle of the month. I'm pretty much screwed I think.

Answer: Confirm all the names on the house title/deed.  You can do this by asking your mom.  Or in worse case scenario, go to your local country recorder's office to review the deed to your house.  If your step-dad's name is not on the deed, then he likely has no authority to kick you out.


Title: fired after relationship with boss was over, in california

Question: I live in los angeles, my boss and I started a relationship when my boss's marriage started to fail. Everything was going well for about 4 months, and then they tried fixing their marriage and my boss and i broke up. Shortly after that my boss blocked me from all work communications, I tried to solve it on my own but to no avail, and when I complained about it to the owner I was fired less than a week later. Can anyone please help me understand the legalities of this?

Answer: Reason #318 why it's a bad idea to dip your pen in the company ink.


Title: My cousin's daughter was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Surgery found no tumor. Hospital admitted the mix up but says no mistakes were made.

Question:
My cousin's 12 year old daughter was complaining of headaches and medication didn't help so she was sent for an MRI. The MRI showed a brain tumor and she was booked for surgery immediately and had it days later. But they weren't able to find the tumor. While trying to figure out why they realized the results has been mixed up with someone else and my niece never had a tumor. Just this week my cousin received a letter from the hospital stating that an internal investigation revealed that there was no wrongdoing and the mix up was just an "unfortunate error" so no further action will be taken and the case is considered closed. His daughter had her head shaved, part of her skull removed and replaced with something artificial and a had huge incision with staples. Even if there was no tumor she still suffered trauma from this not to mention that whoever actually did have the tumor was delayed in getting treatment. Now the hospital has closed the investigation and says nothing more will be done. My question is, does my cousin have cause to go after the hospital? Not even to get money, just to get their huge bill for the surgery erased and to make whoever made the mistake pay so this doesn't happen again? I know medical practice is hard to prove. This happened in New York.

(Happy 4th of July! Excuse any formatting/typos as I wrote this on my mobile phone)

Answer:
 You need to speak to a lawyer.

The hospital can say whatever it wants, but a jury is likely to see it very differently.Answer #2: Medical malpractice is highly fact specific. Consult with a local attorney who specializes in medmal and determine whether or not you have a case; this SOUNDS promising, and definitely worth taking the time for a free consultation.Answer #3: If they took an MRI and saw what looks like a tumor and you have surgery and realize that they're wrong then that's one thing. Thank god you don't have a tumor and the hospital didn't actually do anything wrong. Either the machine or your own head did. But this is them causing your cousin's daughter a costly, invasive, and traumatic surgery that will affect her entire life due to simple negligence because someone didn't want to verify that they had the right results for the right person. This is definitely malpractice and you should have seen a lawyer yesterday.

Also! "Internal investigations" means "our organization is hurt less if we tell you this" NEVER trust the results of an internal investigationAnswer #4: That's like saying the guy who read ended you says it's not his fault. Talk to a lawyer now. Answer #5: Dude lawyer up. Any malpractice lawyer would be all over this.


Title: Infidelity Clause (or something like it)?

Question:
For reference, we live in Ohio.

tl;dr Version: Can I insert an infidelity clause into a dissolution agreement?

Full Version:

My wife and I have been married for 12 years; we have one seven-year-old son.

My wife has been the primary breadwinner for most of the marriage; I gave up my career so that she could follow hers when we moved to Ohio in 2007. When our son was born in 2008, I became his primary caregiver and took jobs that primarily allowed me to work from home.

The income disparity between us has always been a problem for her; it wasn’t for me at first, as I recognized the equal value of my contributions, but I have slowly internalized her attitude toward me and have developed a lot of self-esteem issues. But that’s off topic . . . .

Our relationship began to turn sour in 2010, and she began to cheat on me. Although she promised me it had stopped, I have significant reason to believe that it has continued and is currently still happening. Needless to say, it has been emotionally and psychologically devastating to me.

A couple of years ago we started casually discussing divorce or separation, and about three months ago we decided to go ahead and split. Rather than having a messy divorce, we are attempting to terminate the marriage through a dissolution agreement, and we are using a mediator to help put the agreement together.

I’m not asking her for much—I know that I would “get” a lot more if I actually sued her for divorce (or whatever the terminology is), but I’m not interested in that; I’m trying to be fair and reasonable even though I feel that she is not.

Here’s the sticking point. She promised me about a year ago that she hadn’t been cheating on me and that she wouldn’t cheat on me as long as we were married. However, as I indicated above, I have significant reason to believe that she has been.

My issue is that I am much less willing to make concessions in the dissolution agreement if she has been continually lying to me and cheating on me. I would like a provision that will activate in the event that she has cheated and will somehow increase her obligation to me.

Thoughts?

Answer: She won't agree to that.  No sane person would.  You should settle for what you feel is fair, and if not, go to court.  Don't try to play cute games, especially when you are doing this without a lawyer (bad idea in the first place).Answer #2: Just divorce like any other sane couple would.


Title: How often do people REALLY lose their homes due to a lawsuit?

Question:
I could understand if you were caught driving drunk, smashed into a car which caused 4 passengers to suffer serious damage and huge hospital bills, as well as driving into a building and causing massive property damage.

How often is it that someone driving in the rain brakes a little too late, smashes into the car in front of them, the victim unfortunately suffered some serious trauma and medical bills, and when taken to court the judge says "Sorry but you gotta lose your house now". Wouldnt the judge work out some kind of payment plan to be paid back to the hospital for the left over money the insurance did not cover?

Yes I am aware of having good coverage, but even hospitals can charge insane prices for their procedures. I have 100k/300k liability insurance and sometimes I don't think thats even enough

Answer:
 As I recall, generally primary residences are exempt from judgments up to a certain value (varies by state).  So in order to lose your home it would have to fit one of a few criteria:

 - It's not your primary residence.  If you own two homes they can force the sale of one.
 - The equity you have in it exceeds the state limit.
 - The judgment specifically involves the property in question (such as a foreclosure).

There's generally a few other exemptions as well.  A primary vehicle up to a certain amount is common.  Other common ones are necessary medical equipment and personally owned property necessary to conduct your trade, along with welfare payments and a general personal property exemption up to a certain amount.  Garnishment orders also usually have legal limits as to how much income can be garnished.

Again, exactly what's protected varies by state.  But there's legal protections so a judgment can't just take everything and turn you out on the street with the clothes on your back.  Generally the state limits are designed to leave you housed, fed, and able to perform such work as you normally perform.


Title: I was involved in a Hit & Run and have a clean slate, what can be done to not have a permanent record?

Question:
Here's some context:

I was involved in a hit & run few years ago. I panicked and ran away. I always have panic attacks but I've never been to the hospital to get diagnosed. I cooperated with the college investigator and told him it was me in the car as well as how I panicked away (he recorded our conversation). We were able to exchange insurance information and the other driver got their car fixed. Apparently, they sent the court summons to the wrong address (odd thing is my family never received it. The address the car is registered with is different than where I reside) and was recently told there's an warrant for my arrest. So I went to my local court to setup a pre-trial. I decided to go with a public attorney since I couldn't afford a private one, i'm still a college student.

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I've had 3 pre-trials so far. The first one was just chatting with my public attorney, they told me that the prosecutors will send a letter to the driver. Second pre-trial, I was told by my public attorney that the prosecutors didn't send the letter to driver. Third pre-trial, I was told they haven't heard from the other driver. I told my public attorney that I will plead not guilty to two charges she presented me with today: Careless driving & Failure to stop.

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These permanent convictions will affect my future, and I feel like my public attorney is not on my side. She's close with the prosectors. I'm still looking for a job and I don't want this to affect me in anyway. What should I do to get this off my record? Should I get a private attorney instead? Something about this process doesn't seem right... all the delays and what I have been told so far by my attorney doesn't seem like its in my best interest. I'm in MN.

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Answer:
 > She's close with the prosectors.

She's not working in the prosecutor's best interest, if that's what you're insinuating.  Public defenders know and interact with prosecutors all the time by virtual of the fact that they're around them literally all the time.  This does not mean that your public defender does not have your best interests in mind, and it doesn't mean that your public defender has joined the prosecution in order to work against you.

If the prosecution cannot get a hold of the other driver, then it's difficult to move forward.  That sounds like what the delays are all about.


Title: TX - I was locked out of my own apartment because of roommates eff up. Was able to legally enter the apartment to illegally remove everything.

Question:
So this one is a complicated one. I work for a rent to own company much like aarons and rent a center. Except we are not a chain, we are a single store.

My roommate was the one responsible for paying the rent. I paid him. My roommate, as it turns out, had not paid 2 months worth of rent and used the money for drugs. I had no clue this was going on and would have moved out if I knew.

Somehow he convinced the manager to give him an extra month and told the manager he would have 3 months payment. I do not know why or how he convinced the manager of this or why the manager believed him. But one day my roommate moves everything out and I find out, too late, that the manager gave us the 3 day notice 4 days ago.

I come home to a locked apartment and I am told that all of my stuff is forfeit to pay for the 2 months of back rent.

So my roommate used my rent money for drugs, moves his stuff out and my stuff is going to be used to pay for his mistake. Thankfully none of this is on my credit as my name was not on the lease. The contract allowed for roommates so thankfully none of this is in my name.

Well here is where the tricky part comes in. I want to say that about half of my stuff is owned by the rent to own store. The apartment could not legally sell it. I get sweet deals on stuff there. Its cost +20 percent and 15 percent off of weekly payments from what most people pay. So I got a ton of stuff through them for ridiculous prices.

I tell my boss what happened and he asks for the apartment complex number. I gave it to him and he basically tells the apartment manager that some of the items belonged to the rent to own store and he would provide an itemized list for him. So after a few days, and me having to move back home, my boss is able to threaten, reason, and cajole his way to the apartment manager telling him that the apartment would be unlocked between x time and date and to come get the stuff.

Well... When we went to grab the rent to own stuff, I called a good group of my friends. And we didn't just grab the rent to own stuff. We grabbed EVERYTHING out of the apartment. Got some of my red neck friends to grab their trucks and we moved everything out. The stuff that was owned by the rent to own store was moved into he repo truck and my stuff was moved to storage or my parents house depending on what it was. (I should note we are using my sister's storage locker and not mine)

I got all of the rent to own stuff back as well after submitted my new address so in all honesty all I lost was 2 months worth of rent I paid to my former roommate. I received an angry voicemail from the old apartment manager and have since blocked his number.

So did I screw up badly here? Basically I know that I could have probably won this in civil court, but did not want to go through the hassle of it all. What kind of trouble am I looking at here?

Answer:
 You don't owe anything to the apartment if you aren't on the lease. The person on the lease could sue you, but you could counter sue for what you gave him in rent that he never paid. So yes I think you got away. Answer #2: > so in all honesty all I lost was 2 months worth of rent I paid to my former roommate.

You didn't even lose that because you lived there for the two months the rent went unpaid...the only loser here is the landlord.


Title: Please tell me if this consider "money laundering"?

Question:
[California]
Let say I have a property in China. I plan to sell it to buy a house is the US. There is many service in China that will promise will transfer my money to the US as cash.

I received the cash, and I havent deposited or used for anything. Is that considered " money laundering" considering I am not selling drug or anything.

Answer: It sounds like you may be bypassing US laws regarding bringing money from foreign countries. And possibly China's laws also. So no, it is not laundering but could be other illegal activities.


Title: PA- Can one receive a felony possession charge after the fact, in the mail?

Question:
A friend was caught with a rather large amount of a controlled substance, after a drunk passenger in their car was "fidgety" during a late night traffic stop. Long story short, they (sober driver, drunk owner of the car and drunk passenger) were all read their rights but not cuffed. & then the officer told them he "doesn't feel like dealing with this tonight" and allowed the driver with a suspended licence drive the vehicle back to their home up the road. The drugs were confiscated and they were told they would get their felony charges in the mail.

This is where I'm confused. I know people that were caught with 1/100th of what my friend had, and were thrown in jail for months; Several thousand dollars street value. The driver had a bench warrant for unpaid court costs and a suspended license. The owner has 4 warrants and the back passenger was out on an unsecured bond for possession charges. Licenses and identification were not taken, the police recorded none of their information.. Am I seeing corruption? Should my friend expect a felony warrant to be issued as well as charges to come in the mail as the officer stated?

I cannot understand the officer's reasoning at all..

Answer:
 > I cannot understand the officer's reasoning at all.

Your friend got lucky and ran into a cop who was either a nice guy, or who was about to go off shift and didn't want to deal with booking paperwork before he went home.

Or he ran into a cop who wanted to lift the drugs and he'll never hear from the cop again.  Unlikely, but possible.

Either way, your friend is in better shape than if he'd been taken in there and then.Answer #2: The statute of limitations for that crime is measured in years.

So, yes, charges could be issued after the fact.

Yes, the suspect could be notified by mail of the charges.


Title: Sold an Instagram account, and it was hacked and now I’m getting threatened with a lawsuit (FL)

Question:
Simply put, sold an Instagram account/page. 3 months later the Instagram account was “hacked” or claimed to be revoked from Instagram by someone claiming to be the original owner of the account and “returned to them” in their words.

The purchaser wants a full refund due to breach of contract under the section where “I agreed I was the sole authorized user on the account” and that was false because the Instagram account was hacked therefore I wasn’t the only authorized user.

He was given the password and email associated with the account during the time of ownership and he changed it all and secured it. Now he wants his money back and is threatening to sue for breach of contract and FL Statue for deceptive trade act.

Any advice? Can he legally try to sue over an Instagram account?  He can’t prove how it was taken, therefor hacking can’t possibly be qualified as breach of contract..

Any help please!

Edit: Lawyer sent a demand letter last night via email for the amount of the purchase and gives 7 days to send $ before they file

Answer:
 >Can he legally try to sue over an Instagram account?

Yes. Will he win? That is a different story.

Lots of people threaten to sue. Very few actually go through with it. Say nothing to this person, and if you're served with a court summons, then you'll have to show up to defend yourself.Answer #2: >Can he legally try to sue over an Instagram account?

Yes he can, but he probably won't.

>He can’t prove how it was taken

Probably not, but he can still sue you.

>Any advice?

It's probably a violation of Instagram's ToS to sell your account with them to someone else.  So you probably shouldn't do things like that.  Other than that, you should just ignore the guy.Answer #3: In would not call someone who illegally hacked the account an authorized user any more than I would call someone who broke into a house the owner of that house.

Also, if this occurred after this person took ownership of the account, I fail to see how this concerns you. Answer #4: Give him a dictionary with the definition of “authorized”. Answer #5: So since it's against Instagram's TOS to sell the account, doesn't that negate the sale itself? Would that be a basis for the buyer to demand their money back?Answer #6: If hackers were authorized users, nobody would ever et convicted of cybercrime.


Title: My college is increasing tuition, and I want to know for what reason

Question:
I go to a small private college in northeast Iowa, and just today, they announced a raise in the comprehensive fee to $51,750 for the next school year.

I've been told that for us (students), that we aren't allowed to know what the quarterly financial report is, and that if a professor gives us this information, that it's grounds for termination. I also know that at one point in the history of this college, the student senate sat in on the financial meetings, but that was stopped my freshman year. This doesn't feel right, and at most I think it's somehow illegal.

Is there some course of action I can take to know these reports? If I arrange a petition or protest to the administration to be more transparent, would I be able to contact the aclu or something if I get expelled for taking these actions? It feels like they are taking advantage of the students, and I want to help all future students that come in after I graduate by stopping this infuriating practice.

Edit: going to another school is impractical as I'll be a senior next fall. I just want the price gouging to stop

Answer:
 > private college

They can set their prices any way they like. If you don't like the price on offer, buy from someone else. You don't have a legal right to know how they determine the price of their services.Answer #2: You have no legal standing here. Feel free to ask whatever you want, but your private college has no obligation to provide you with any info. Answer #3: A private university is generally free to charge whatever they want. They can then take that money and use it to but gold plated bricks for the dean's office if they like.

If you think the university is too expensive you're free to go elsewhere.


Title: [Slovenia, Europe] Soon 18 year old sister trying to kick entire family out of the house.

Question:
Hi.

Back in 2004 when my great-grandfather by my mother's side passed away, he put the house we live in to her, when she is 18. We lived in a diffrent house back then, and we were kicked out of that house about 10 years ago by my uncle, we had nowhere to go, my parents had to take loans from banks, we've had a hard 10 years since the costs of building this house were really high based on our finnancial situation. ( It was basically 4 walls and a roof, requiring electricity , water, all that, roughly 40k€ invested ). She has lived with us here untill January this year, when she met a 31 year old drug addict and she now lives with him, makes up lies about our family and is trying to kick Me(21), my mother(49), stepfather(49),  halfbrother(10). We have no place to go , so shelters and such are our only option....we've invested the last 10 years into this place just so we could get by.

What can we do to fight being kicked out of this place?

Answer: A look at tenants laws in Slovenia shows that you don't have many rights and she can kick you out. Why did your family invest so much money in a home that didn't belong to them?


Title: Met someone online, they shoplifted switching tags and I got charged along with them.

Question:
I'm a 23 year old male in the NC/Wilmington area. I work nights and don't get out much. Decided to go online and meet some new friends since my two best friends moved away at the beginning of the year. I met someone and they seemed nice and we agreed to meet up and drive to a local park for a jog. I arrived at her house and me, her and her sister piled into their car and went to the park. Afterwards, they said they needed to go to walmart to get a few things. Since they were my ride back to my car I had to wait for them to finish shopping. I was in the store with them, I briefly went my own way to look at electronics like I usually do, but met back up with them and was with them most of the time. Now I had always thought of shoplifting in the sense where people are stuffing things in their bags or pants and walking out with it. Apparently they were switching tags on items and I never caught on. We went to the self checkout because it was only a few items, mostly womens clothing and candles/scents etc. They paid for their stuff and we began walking towards the door. We were approached by someone who wasn't in uniform and was escorted to a holding office. He had them empty their bags and checked the receipts. Two officers arrived and never said a word to any of us. We were all charged with misdemeanor larceny by switching tags. I never touched the merchandise or paid for any of it because none of it was for me, it was all ladies stuff. The person I met agreed to defend me in court and corroborate my story that we had just met and I was unaware of what was going on, but I'm still panicking because I can't afford a lawyer especially after finding out what "retainer fee" meant and I don't trust the idea of having a public defender, I've heard bad things about them. What are my options and what are my chances at defending myself if I'm not on video tampering or tinkering with any of it and the one defends my statements? I also recently found out that the oldest one involved has moved out of state and has no intention of going to court and also got her other sister in trouble for the exact same thing literally days after this incident occurred.

tl;dr

Was lonely, met up with a stranger I met online who turned out to be a kleptomaniac and now I have to go to court and can't afford a lawyer. What do?

EDIT: I have no prior history of legal issues or charges barring an improper equipment ticket. Not that it really matters, but I was class valedictorian and have a degree in poly sci, was a delegate in the last election, I'm just not the type of person to go and steal things the day before I get paid.
Topic:
Criminal Law

Answer: Public defenders are better than self representation in all cases pretty much. Get one.


Title: (Dallas, TX) Off-campus fraternity house throws huge parties. Gf and I haven't let the noise bother us, but this morning I walked out to my truck covered in dried coors light and a crushed beer can on the ground. Planning on talking to them today, any advice?

Question:
Hey everyone, longtime lurker here. I should preface this by saying that my girlfriend and I graduated a few years ago from another university, so we both get that parties are a part of college life. It isn't our goal to be those angry old neighbors that want to shut down every social event.

My girlfriend and I live in a townhouse across the street from some SMU frat guys. We've for the most part allowed their parties to continue without any hassling, however it's become fairly common to have drunk kids yelling down the street in the middle of the night. We've had to call the police (anonymously) once earlier this year because our whole street was locked up with Uber drivers at 2am honking at each other and no one in our little townhome community could get in or out.

Last night was another party. We had the typical group of guys and girls in their driveway in the middle of the night yelling and cheering at the top of their lungs. We had some ass parked out front laying on his horn after that. Whatever, we choose to ignore. However, this morning when I walked out to my truck (it's too big for the garage, so the street it must stay) I found a crushed beer can on the ground and my front end covered in beer. I don't think the can hit my truck, fortunately, but I'm still pretty pissed about it.

So my question is: How should I approach this issue in a civilized way and how should I defend myself if they decide to overreact. I'm not trying to recreate the movie Neighbors and create enemies, but I know I'm not alone in thinking that this is not OK. Who should I talk to at the school and should the police be involved if things start to get out of hand?

I think step one is just collecting evidence. Any ideas on that would be appreciated as well.

Answer:
 Side note: pretty sure I used to live very close to you from the description.

You should just have a daytime, non-confrontational conversation with the kids, first. Unless they're total ass-hats, they should at least be slightly apologetic and try to keep it down for the next party or two. Just don't go in guns blazing.

The best way to collect evidence is to keep a dated journal, if you will, of all of the incidents. Take and keep pictures, when appropriate (like this morning with your truck).

/u/I_work_in_HIED is right, talk to the Greek Life office on campus. If you can, make sure you know which fraternity it is before you approach the school officials, and give them the address of the house. They aren't really obligated to do anything if it's an off-campus noise complaint, so just asking them to investigate and suggest to the fraternity council that they get it together is about all you can do there.

If this is in University Park, there are some pretty strict noise ordinance that will be your friend here, and the UP Police are used to this stuff (trust me). You can also call campus police if you're close to the campus and they'll come over first, if you don't want to get "real" police involved. But you should absolutely not feel bad about getting the police involved. Answer #2: Greek Life (sometimes Fraternity and Sorority Life) is the office to talk with on campus.  It may be worth looking up local noise ordinances as well.


Title: [CT] IRS placed lien on my car for unpaid taxes but agreed to release it if I get on a plan. Could I just agree to the plan, sell the car, then bail again or would that be illegal?

Answer: Are you planning to then never get a tax refund or own property again?Answer #2: Obviously entering into a contract with the federal government and then failing to follow through will not end well for you regardless of wether it’s criminal court or civil court.


Title: Step son's father is possibly agreeing to give up right and I want to adopt

Question: I am trying to get some information and pointed in the right direction.  My step son's father is possibly agreeing to give up his rights and allow me to adopt.  I just need to know what the process is and who I need to contact and what it could end up costing in the end.

Answer: You and your wife should contact a family law attorney, your first shot is often your best shot so spending a couple of bucks on an attorney is worth it. Said attorney will also know the answers to said questions in your mistery jurisdiction.


Title: I was pulled over for running a red light but light was yellow when passing. Should I fight this?

Question:
Two weeks ago, I'm driving about to make a left turn into a street where a mall is. Before I make the left turn, the light is yellow, so I gun it and get past the line. The light was yellow when I passed, but turned red while I was under it. A cop on the opposite of the street (the side that was waiting for cars to turn) stopped me. He said he stopped me for a couple of reasons.

One, because I had a taillight that was out, and a headlight that was out. This is true. I was having some electrical issues with the car and needed to take it to a shop.

Two, he said because while I was turning, the light on his side turned green, so that makes him think I ran a red light.

I know better to argue with a cop, so I hoped he'd just let me off with a warning. He didn't. He gave me a ticket for $225.

My father thinks I got the ticket because of the perception of someone who has a headlight out and a taillight out. The cop judged me as the type of person to run a red light because of this. My dad had been telling me to get the lights fixed on this car for weeks so of course he had to get his point across.

I talked to a friend who said that as long as I'm over the line while light is yellow, I shouldn't have been ticketed. After doing a few Google searches, I think he might be right. My court date is in August. Should I get a lawyer to fight this or would I be wasting my money?

Answer: Because you didn't say where you lived, I'm going to assume you're in the province of ontario, where the penalties for running a yellow and running a red are exactly the same.


Title: [MN] I need advice on if I should sue someone for assault

Question:
A few months ago, I was assaulted at work. I am a loss prevention officer, so I am no stranger to a wrestling match or a punch to the face, but this is over to top.

I witnessed an individual steal a knife. Once outside, with the assistance of the General Manager of the store and witnessed by fellow employees of the company (of which I am not an employee, but a third party contractor), I stop the suspect. I state multiple times that I am in-store security, I am putting him under citizens arrest for theft, and that he needed to come inside with me. He starts arguing and trying to walk away until I get in front of him to block his path. His hand instantly goes into his front right pocket where I know he has two knives concealed. At that time I pull his hand out and say "hands in the air for my safety". He digs in his pocket again. This time I grab his arm and yell to the G.M. "Grab my handcuffs".

The meth head then punches me in the side of the head. At this point I need to tackle him for my safety. On the ground the suspect then punches me in the eye, twice more in the right side of my head, and stomps on my chest a half dozen times to free his leg. His shoe falls off and then he flees. The police end up catching him through a positive I.D. from an employee (it was his step-son (weird right?)). The man comes back to the store for his shoe where he is arrested by police that were waiting for him.

My injuries included a black eye, injuries to the right side of my face and head, and cracked ribs. I am not someone who is looking to sue, but I am struggling with headaches and anxiety due to this. Until this point, I have never been assaulted like this and it was only over $24 knife which wouldn't have even involved police. It has gotten in the way of my job performance due to the anxiety.

The thing is, I'm sure the asshole doesn't have anything to his name since he was stealing, but I am not certain about it.

Any advice would help!

P.S. Don't do meth, and if you do, don't be a dick and fight people over your dumb actions.

Answer:
 I'm curious what your employer's policies are on engaging in physical fights with suspected shoplifters. I used to work LP and my employer (a major retail chain) had a strict policy of "hands can only be placed on a suspect to break contact and get away if the suspect attacks you, and only the minimum amount of force necessary to do so is authorized." Specifically to avoid outcomes like what you've illustrated here most likely - a $24 knife is not worth your injuries or possible injuries to the suspect.

I'm not a personal injury attorney, but I think if your employer expects you as part of your job to physically detain people by force and foreseeably risk assault in doing so, they bear some of the burden of any injuries you incur. And yeah, you're never going to get a dime from that methhead.


Title: Can my employer force me to advertise for them on my personal social media?

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 > Is there a legal way to tell my company that i will not be doing this?

Yes, you can quit. Answer #2: If what you're looking for is some reason why it's *illegal* for them to ask you to do this, I think you aren't going to find it.  They can tell you that from now on your job is to clean windows if they want, and they can fire you for any reason, or no reason.

You don't have to do it, and your company would be foolish to go firing lots of employees over not becoming their paid spokespeople for no additional money... but they have the right to be stupid if that's what they want.