Title: Got a note on my door and am pretty nervous.

Question:
[CO, USA] Got this note on my door today.

http://imgur.com/a/dxwuy

Called the number and left a voicemail saying my name and number. I have no idea what it could be about though. I'm 22 years old, student, unmarried, and nothing on my criminal record.
What should I do?

Answer: Is that comic sans?Answer #2: Its an interesting scenario. Process servers are the people who give out legal documents and its their job to hand them to you directly.  They do not leave notes, this might be a decent way of acquiring some ones information to hack them or steal an identity. Their is nothing wrong with a sheriff coming out to hand you documents, I would say not to deal with this person at all. This person is using the threat of a sheriff to scare you and cloud your judgement. Something is fishy. Call the sheriffs and find out whats happening.  Answer #3: Most likely you're being sued. Probably best to bite the bullet and get the papers.. delaying it will only delay things. You could check your local county court's website to see if you can search for cases under your name, if you want to find out sooner.


Title: Nightmare neighbors keeping me from selling my home.

Question: When I bought my home, these parasites were not my neighbors. On one side I have a demolition derby driver with over a dozen spray painted junkyard cars (obviously loud as shit). On the other side I have a terrible hoarder. My two story deck gives me a view of all this, which makes it hard to sell my place when I have home showings. I've talked to both neighbors and neither one gives a crap about anyone but themselves. I have no HOA, a mistake I will never make again. They drive my property value down over 20k and I've had every possible home buyer say no just because of my neighbors.

Answer:
 Ok. Did you have a question?Answer #2: >I have no HOA, a mistake I will never make again.

HOA's are typically pretty ridiculous. We've heard some horror stories around here.

That said, you can address your issue with your local representatives. They usually have local ordinance to cover your issue.


Title: WHAT DO I DO, FUCK SALESMEN WHO FLIRT WITH YOU

Question: In December I got finessed by two salesmen at my school and signed up for a month at a gym for $1. I asked if it was going to charge me automatically when the month ended and they told me not if I called and confirmed I did not want to carry it over into the next month. Before the month ended I called and the woman at the desk said I was not in the system for the membership to be carried over and i should be fine. I woke up this morning to a $100 charge. When I called their customer service line I was told that I was signed up for a year long membership, each month being $100, and it would cost $300 to cancel. What are my options?

Answer: You sign a contract?


Title: [Illinois] I bought my girlfriend a laptop. She pawned it for drugs. I got it out of hock and all her social media accounts were still signed in. I have evidence of her involvement in past crimes.

Question:
She was recently arrested on a heroin possession charge and I bailed her out. I've come to regret this decision quite immediately, and I'm willing to forfeit my bail money to put her back in.

She knows I have access to her accounts, and can do nothing to lock me out of them because her phone (the only thing she has to access her social media accounts with) is in her car. By the same token however she has not used any of her accounts to plan any crimes, so everything I have would be evidence for crimes that have already taken place.

At the same time, I was in her house two days ago and have photographic evidence that she has drugs there, and video evidence of her nodding off, with a timestamp.

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(A) Is this enough to get her bail revoked?

(B) Am I committing a crime by accessing her social media accounts, even though they were already open on my property?

Answer:
 Dude, you're playing with fire. You are not the police. Stop "gathering evidence." You can be charged with crimes too. Saw drugs in her house and took pictures? Genius, you just took pictures showing *you* had constructive possession of drugs. Stop trying to get revenge on your ex. Answer #2: Don’t let her poor choices drag you down. Cut off all contact and move on with your life.Answer #3: I want to echo u/Internet_Ghost here - you are in serious danger of a.) unauthorized computer access and b.) constructive possession of drugs. Constructive possession gets people put in prison quite often.

If you still want to pursue this path, you get a lawyer to protect your interests. That lawyer will very likely tell you the same thing.

If she's taken drugs since her bail, the easiest way to get it revoked is tell the DA you caught her using, and they may drug test her.Answer #4: The laptop isn't your property. You said you gave it to her ("I bought my girlfriend a laptop" is in the title). Your proposed conduct likely violates [720 ILCS 5/17-51](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs4.asp?DocName=072000050HArt.+17%2C+Subdiv.+30&ActID=1876&ChapterID=53&SeqStart=58900000&SeqEnd=59600000), the state's computer tampering law. The interesting thing about the statute is that you can still violate it even if you're the owner of the computer. It's a moderately serious crime.

I don't know that the photo of her nodding off is really all that relevant. She was arrested for a drug crime and it's a given that she was using drugs. It's neither here nor there when discussing whether she'll appear to answer the charges that were filed against her.

b) Addressed above.


Title: [SC] Employer didn't have enough money in the bank to cash my payroll checks. Could not cash for 1 month and I have around $800 in "dud" checks.

Question:
Hey legal advice,

I work for a night club in SC and the club owes me ~800 in checks that were not able to be cashed. I had trouble cashing checks from the club for about the first 6 months working there. The majority if ny money comes from tips, so the checks arent that big of a deal. My manager would hold my checks and cash them when there was money in the bank for them.

For the month of December I could not cash checks. A new manager came in and they switched banks and checks.

 As I understand it,  the owner of the corporation sued his CFO (chief financial officer) for shady financial practices/lying to him about money. I was told to scan my checks that could not be cashed and bring the papers in and that they would take care of it.

This was last December(12/2014) and I still haven't heard anything. I still have the checks and the stubs in my office.

Is there anything I can do?

*Edit for additional info below:

- Employer is doing fine money wise, they just have shitty management and hope that saying "we'll get around to it eventually" will passify their employees.

-I don't want to do anything in the near future about this because the tip money is awesome there. Paycheck is probably 1/6 of my weekly take home, I'm not hurting for the money right now and I don't want to be fired.

Answer:
 Time to go to the DOL and make a wage claim.

You have the checks, you have evidence they could not be cashed, now they need to prove that they didn't actually pay you.

http://www.workplacefairness.org/wage-hour-claim-SCAnswer #2: 1) Wage claim

2) find a new job if your employer can't afford to pay you


Title: How to get existing custody order removed (Tx)

Question:
My wife and I have a 10 yr old child together biologically, she put child support on me when our child was 3 when we weren't together. We have since reconciled and been married almost 5 years now. My question is how do i get the custody order (custodial/non-custodial) removed. I've recently gotten the financial portion cleared through the attorney general's office.

The main reason for wanting to get this changed or removed is I have been contemplating separating, and I would want to take my child with me if i did leave, but i believe the way it is set now that would be considered kidnapping, and I definitely do not want that.

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Answer:
 You have to go back to family court. Get a lawyer to advise you and handle it.Answer #2: Barring special circumstances, you’re unlikely to get full custody of a child the two of you have together. But getting something official through the court is the next step you’re looking for.Answer #3: I don't think you understand - the previous custodial order is not the only thing just grabbing your kid and being like "I called dibs" and peacing out. If you want majority custody legally, you have to demonstrate to a court why you deserve it. Kidnapping your child is a poor way to demonstrate your strength and character as a parent.

Do you have reason to believe that they are unfit as a parent?


Title: Employee of small company took all his documents and also deleted his files

Question:
Hi,

I recently began working for a company with about 50 people in total, however, we only had a handful of employees until early 2018 apparently. At the time, one of the top level employees stole a lot of company data before he left, and also took his employee files with him. He also deleted a lot of data. We don't have his data agreement contract or his non compete agreement (stolen). I'm afraid we don't have a way to legally protect ourselves because we don't have those files. Now that the company is larger, we divided up job roles and have stricter access rights, when this ex employee was around, the company only had 5-7 employees.

Do we have any grounds to pursue this in court? What can we do?

Answer:
 There are engineers who can recover this data and also provide really good evidence that this person was the one who absconded with it.

I would recommend that your company hire one of these.


Title: I found a pedophile stream on rabb.it. What do I do?

Question:
This is probably the wrong place for this but I'm a bit churned up so bear with me.

So...I started using rabb.it a few days ago and since the site is pretty unorganized I get random stream recommendations on my main page, usually some movies or music videos. I was clicking through them today and found a stream of a youtube video with two girls doing gymnastics.

I was confused at first and then I suspected that there was something off so I clicked out of morbid curiosity. It was only a youtube video after all(which still exists) so nothing illegal. I was wrong. They...actually posted a lot of CP in the chatbox which I didn't think was possible and of course, some very creepy comments about the girls in the video.

The video is still up on youtube with 3 comments, only one of them being a little creepy. I figure the parents of the girls don't have a clue. Any advice on what to do in that situation? I made a screenshot too but it's not showing much since I didn't want to see more of that stuff. Is there something I can or should do?
I don't live in the US btw.

Answer:
 https://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx

....don't screenshot child porn...


Title: (CA) No heat in apartment, landlord knows and isn't fixing it, what can we do?

Question:
This past November my boyfriend and I finally tried to turn the furnace on in our apartment because it was finally cold enough at night to justify the use. We hadn't used it since the previous winter (January or February, maybe). The furnace wouldn't turn on, so I called my landlord. He told me we need to call the gas company (PG&E). The soonest appointment I could get with the gas company was January 4th. So the rest of November, and all of December, no heat.

PG&E finally arrives on the 4th, they take one look at our furnace and say that it is some new set up and they can't do it (this was kind of odd news; when we had moved in the previous September, the gas company was able to turn our furnace on, but it only heated up the hallway, and would set off our fire detector. Nothing had changed with the furnace since then. But according to the PG&E guy, it wasn't connecting to the thermostat box where we set the temperature anymore, and the setup wasn't something they could fix). He wrote the details of what needs to be fixed, gave it to us and said to give it to our landlord and his maintenance guy will know what to do. We dropped that off in the box outside out landlord's apartment on the 5th, and I texted him that we had dropped it off and asked him for an estimated time of getting it fixed; no response. I called the landlord on the 7th and he said that he had emailed the management company to get the maintenance guy out to fix our furnace, and was just waiting on their response.

It is now the 13th, we have not heard from our landlord, nor has anyone shown up.

I have read that heat legally has to be provided in the state of CA or we can withhold rent/not have to pay for the days without heat (I would consider this starting the 5th, when we informed our landlord of the issue; I can't hold him or the property manager accountable for it being out since November, since PG&E took so long). My questions are: is it true we can withhold rent/not pay for days without heat? What steps do we need to take? Could there be repercussions to us taking that route (getting evicted, etc.)? I know that there are at least 2 other tenants in my complex who are also without heat, and have told our landlord, and not had it fixed yet; one of them told me she's spoken to several other tenants (at least 3) who also have the same issue (one apparently has been waiting 8 months)... should we all band together to try to get the landlord/property management company to fix our heat, or handle it individually? I suppose we can opt to fix it ourselves and present the bill, but my concern is that will be very expensive since we have to pay that money upfront, and what if they never reimburse us?

Thank you for any and all advice, I really do appreciate it. If there is any additional information I need to provide, please let me know and I will gladly do so.
Topic:
Landlord Tenant Housing

Answer:
 Important note:  if you do wind up withholding rent, notify the landlord in writing vis certified mail *before* withholding it.

Open a new bank account into which you will place all withheld money, and no other money: don't commingle funds.

If this winds up in front of a judge, proof of those two things will help to protect you against claims that you were just looking for a windfall.

You can also call city/county code enforcement for an inspection, but that will generally make you and LL enemies.


Title: Friend won in Small Claims against UPS but doesn't know how she can get payment

Question: I'm writing this post for a friend. She lives in NYC and went to Small Claims against UPS and the judgement was in her favor. How does she obtain payment from a company as big as UPS?

Answer:
 Send a copy of the judgment and an invoice to their corporate headquarters?  [Link.](http://www.ups.com/content/us/en/contact/corporate.html)
Answer #2: Did your friend actually win on the merits, or was UPS a no-show default?


Title: This bummed me out, is it even legal to do this?

Question:
Here is the chatlog betweeen me and the customer support:

http://i.imgur.com/NofpfaW.png
. http://i.imgur.com/EsjRXwt.png

Norway

Answer: I don't see any reason why this would not be legal.  You paid money.  You're receiving a service.  They are being reasonable in accommodating a request, which to be honest, they don't really have to do.  If they tricked you into purchasing more than you intended through fraud or deceit, you may have a case, but that's not what it sounds like.  My suggestion is to take them up on their offer.


Title: Abusive Father Threatens to Kill My Pet

Question:
This is a throwaway account since people know my real one.

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Im 19 years old and live at home in Sydney Australia, i don't have a source of stable income so I'm suck with my absuive father and a mother who is an enabler. While not official i have no doubt in my mind he has severe untreated mental illness, anger issues, etc. Any mentioning of such would set him off and would never get tested for anything, he lives in a world where he is constantly right.

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While there are many issues i deal with other than the point of this post, this is my main one, i can deal with threats of violence to myself because i can defend myself, though he is constantly talking about killing my pets, throwing them in the river, running them over etc. This worries me because my pets are everything to me, and they obviously wouldn't be able to defend themselves from him during a fit of rage.

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In this particular situation my cat ran outside, and we don't like him going outside because he once got lost and came back injured, so we were searching for him. One second he was completely calm, and after an admitedly snide remark made by me, he is set off in a fit of rage, going from worrying about my cat who ran outside, to talking about killing him. While yes i did make a remark, it absolutely didn't intel the response by him. While people could pass this off as a threat merely to scare me, i have no doubt in my mind, he would cause harm if he saw my cat while making these claims and it terrifies me. This happens on multiple occasions, this is just one that happened right now.

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I love my cat more than anything and best case scenario, i wouldn't have to give him away, he enjoys our home (despite what this post would suggest) and i put him before anything else. Though i would like to know if there is anything i can do to defuse this situation, i wouldn't even be opposed to my dad being taken out of the home (if thats even possible, i have no idea, which is why I'm asking for help) though that would cause more issues than we already have about money without him providing for us.

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Again, i live in Sydney Australia, so I'm not sure how well advice from other legal systems would apply to me but absolutely any advice to point me in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.

Answer:
 You need to ask in /auslegal and maybe /relationships

But probably (IANAL) you need to get a steady income and move out with the animals. I appreciate how hard that is.Answer #2: Not a lawyer but i do volunteer at an animal shelter in the US. I dont know of it is the same in Australia but in the US some shelters have "harbor" programs for victims of domestic abuse where they will take care of your pets (and keep them safe) for you until you get into a safer situation.Answer #3: Talk with your guild and student union. They will be able to get legal resources for you and help you possibly get out of this situation. I’m a uni student as well (just not in Sydney) and I know that the guild has some resources to help people being abused.

Edit: not law student I study genetics...


Title: Canadians: The Crown attorney denied me the right to face my sexually abusive father in court. What now? (crosspost from r/Toronto)

Question:
I reported my sexually abusive father to the police, and after almost a full year of waiting I have been notified that the Crown attorney denied the Toronto police the right to go to the province he now lives in and arrest him. I am crushed. Had we gone through trial and a jury decided that he was not guilty, I would have understood, but we cant even have a trial. And it's not like my father's record is clear either.

When the Detective Constable on the case told me the news, he told me that the Crown attorney wanted to give me their direct office number if I had any questions. When I called, I was told that they are out of town until the New Year. So before I talk to them, I want to know what to watch out for and what my rights are. Do I have the right to appeal this decision? What could be their possible reasons for denying us a trial?

Answer:
 IANAL.

The Crown will only prosecute a case if they believe they have a reasonable likelihood of securing a conviction and that the prosecution is in the public interest. Presumably, they determined that the evidence was not strong enough.

The decision to prosecute a person is up to the Attorney General of Ontario and the Crown Attorney's Office, and their discretion is absolute.


Title: [MN] Company is offering the same maternity/paternity leave options, but pays for 10 weeks for maternity and 2 weeks for paternity. Is this legal?

Question:
My company offers full pay for 10 weeks for anyone who gives birth as maternity leave (their words) and 2 weeks paid for the spouse or significant other.  Is this legal to make rules based on gender?  It does state that the first eight weeks will be concurrent with short term disability and 2 weeks after that will be for bonding.

EDIT: Thank you to everyone who answered my question.  It was pointed out that the wording does say who gave birth but not the gender.  I appreciate all the help!

Answer:
 I found this online, which might point you in the right direction.

"The United States is one of the few countries in the world that doesn't require companies to provide paid maternity leave to its employees. Many American employers, however, voluntarily offer their full-time female employees a few weeks of paid maternity leave following the birth of a baby. This leave is generally classified as medical leave, stemming from pregnancy-related disabilities. Companies that offer medical-related maternity leave do not have to offer paid paternity leave to new fathers.

However, if an employer offers paid maternity leave that is not classified as a medical disability resulting from pregnancy, it must offer that same leave to fathers or face employment-discrimination liability under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Similarly, employers that offer paid leave following the adoption of a child must provide the same leave opportunities to both fathers and mothers."Answer #2: Are you sure it is full pay? Usually it is part of short-term disability which is a portion of the take home pay.


Title: Employer wants drug test after car wreck ASAP

Question: Yes i understand why. I probably wont fail i took a puff of weed some time a while back. The thing I am wondering, say that I fail, could he use that to try to sue me for the vehicle costs? My problem with it is that its not an impairment test. So would that also invalidate his potential accusation of "he crashed my car while smoking the reefer". I just dont trust the dude and think he may be trying to find a way to screw me.

Answer: Testing positive for drugs doesn’t make you liable for the vehicle. It almost certainly gets you fired. And complicates workers comp.


Title: (GA) If my wife leaves without a word and hasn’t spoken to me in a month and I have no idea where she is, can I file for abandonment?

Question:
She took off with her things and hasn’t spoken to me directly in about a month and has blocked me from all social media and forms of contact. I’ve tried talking to her parents, but that just made matters worse. She wants a divorce but is now in CA somewhere starting a new life with no inclination of ever coming back.  Online it says the conditions for desertion have to apply for a year before I can file. Would this be an exception to that rule? I know she would have to wait 6 months before filing from CA, but if she does, I’m going to be in more financial jeopardy than if I filed here. Any help on this would be nice. Thank you.
Topic:
Custody Divorce and Family

Answer: You should talk to a lawyer right away and get things started.  You don't have to allege desertion, you can just file for a no fault divorce.  Answer #2: Hey man I can't offer any help, but I just wanted to say I'm sorry that this happened to you.


Title: Fired for being forced to leave for health reasons. Is this legal?

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 You weren't just fired for being sick, you were fired for missing work too often. 10 instances in 3 months tends to lead to termination almost everywhere.

It sounds like you're in a union, so you really need to bring this up with your union rep. However, the company doesn't *owe* you a job.


Title: [Maryland] Is it legal for someone who is underage to attend a party with underage drinking provided they do not drink?

Question:
Maryland USA if it is relevant.

So I (18 years old) am interested in going to a party with other people (who are all 18 years old) where there will be alcohol, but im not planning on drinking. If it does get busted, could I get in trouble for that?

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Answer: Yes.  It's called [constructive possession.](http://www.criminallawyer.com/learn/possession-alcohol-minor)


Title: My minor son has committed a crime that costed over $50,000 in damages. If I disown/emancipate him, will me and my family be responsible for paying?

Question:
This is my first post, so please don't hate.
I loved my son, and still do very much. He's been hanging out with the wrong crowd recently, so I've been trying to get him back on track. Obviously, I failed drastically. I'm absolutely heart broken. My son has basically ruined his life, and I keep on wondering if I could have done anything better. Unfortunately, his fuck up could not have come at a worse time. My family has never been well off, but I got laid off a couple months ago and am still looking for work. We absolutely cannot afford paying. I have 2 other children, and I'm worried that I won't be able to keep my house and put food on the table. I dearly love my son, but if emancipating him will save the rest of my family, I guess I have to do it. Will it?
Thanks!

Answer:
 That's... Not how this works.

Bad troll, bad.


Title: My girlfriend is a PSW (soon to be RN) she is being asked to do work on the side (we live in Ontario)

Question:
My girlfriend is currently working as a PSW for a home care service. One of her well known clients is going away on vacation and asked her to watch their Mother who has dementia. The client is reassuring my girlfriend that she can do this as a "friend" and not an official PSW to avoid any liability.

My question is, what would be her liabilities if any? Is she taking too big of a risk? What if we were to get it in writing that the client relinquishes all right to sue (she has already agreed that she would), would my girlfriend still be liable should anything go wrong?

Answer:
 Your girlfriend has too much to risk being this close to finishing an RN degree. Those letters hard to get and easy to lose. This is not a criticism and 100&#37; just practical advice \- She needs to begin to hold herself to a higher standard and not even entertain requests like this. This is a HUGE risk, and I don't believe you can "relinquish rights to sue". Documents like that can be tossed out easily in court. It would be easy to claim they "signed under duress". Your girlfriend would arguably be MORE liable than a regular home care worker because she has undergone training for her RN.

PLUS this is not just "a friend", this is a current client, and they are taking advantage by going "under the table". This is like a mechanic that meets someone through work, and the customer wants them to rebuild their engine "at home".  Why can't they go through the agency to have the mother watched?


Title: Sears Canada appliance delivery temporarily suspended - how screwed are we?

Question:
We ordered and paid for all the appliances for our house and they were supposed to be delivered yesterday. We're being told by the local company that is contracted to deliver all of Sears' appliances that all appliance delivery had been suspended while Sears figures out a pay-as-you go delivery system. Sears customer service however is telling us that the contractor is having truck issues and that we will receive delivery on Tuesday, June 27th.

Right now, because of Sears filing for bankruptcy, we're trying to decide if we wait it out for Tuesday or cancel our order.

The main reason we'd want to wait it out is because last week Sears told us all the original appliances we'd ordered were unavailable and then upgraded us to better ones. So, we're getting a good deal. That being said, we know we can get our money back now and we've already got quotes from other companies with our original appliances for the same price we ordered them for.

Any guidance on what our consumer protection rights are or advice on what to do would be greatly appreciated.

I should add, the customer service from the store we bought the appliances through has been phenomenonal - they've really gone above and beyond.

Note 1: We're in Ontario, Canada

Note 2: The third option we're looking at is picking the appliances up ourselves, that's just going to take a bit of work.

Edit: I've confirmed our appliances are in a distribution centre in Montreal which is several hours away.

Update: Thanks for all the advice everyone. I ended up cancelling our order with Sears and got a full refund. We then spent the afternoon getting our original appliance prices matched - we bought at Boxing Day so had some great deals - and everything will be delivered in the next couple days. While I'd love to hold out for the upgraded appliances we were offered, I just don't trust Sears will be able to get us anything in the next few weeks, if ever. The first option would leave us applianceless, which is a big challenge. The second option would leave potentially out thousands.

Please take this with a grain of salt, but I also learned today that apparently, Sears owes so much to the delivery company here that the company is considering not working with them anymore. This made me even more concerned that we wouldn't see out stuff for weeks as that gets sorted out. Further, that the company is, again allegedly, holding appliances "hostage" for payment. This doesn't bode well for how the company's next month or so looks. Anyways, thanks again for all the suggestions.

Answer: Call the store first and see about getting the appliances yourself. You can go so far as to rent a U-haul van or the Home Depot truck if you have to. I'd follow the third option you're pursuing even if it's annoying. It's easier to schedule a contractor to do an installation. Answer #2: Even if you bought them from one of the stores that's closing, they're not closing all of them, and certainly not before Tuesday.  I'd wait and see if they come on Tuesday.  If they don't, then you can consider cancelling the order.  I wouldn't worry too much about losing the money you've spent if you have to cancel the order, as they'll have to refund it to you.


Title: Crazy thing happened yesterday in regards to my electric car and car charger

Question:
So  I have an electric car and an electric car parking spot in my gated parking garage that has a 240 volt outlet. In  order to use it you need to plug in a portable 240v charger. Everyone who  has one of these spots leaves the charger plugged in and locked to the wall (we have little covers).

Yesterday I came home and not only was someone parked in my spot  but they had plugged my charger into their car. Incensed I called the tow company and while I waited went to remove my charger from their vehicle. Only to be stymied by the fact that electric cars, as an anti-theft measure, lock the chargers into the car if the doors are locked.

So to clarify, a mysterious person had parked in my spot and locked _my_ property into _their_ car.

So when the tow truck got there he was unable to tow the car because he could not release the charger and did not want to take the responsibility of getting it back to me (or getting it back from the offending party). Or riskingit damaging the offending car in transit.

I eventually called the police non-emergency number (thanks reddit!) and they  sent an officer out who looked absolutely perplexed on what to do. He somehow got ahold of the owner of the vehicle who came back and released the charger and left.(with other drama  I can share if you are all interested)

My question is what should I have done had the police officer not been able to get a hold of the driver? Or if the driver managed  to take my charger with them or damaged it in some way?

I consider the matter closed so I'm not looking for somesort of revenge or anything (the police officer berating the offender was revenge enough) but its something that nobody (my property management, the tow company,or the police  officer) really seemed to know how to handle.

To conflict things further the police officer said he was unable to tow the car because it was on private property whereas my property management was unable to tow the car because of the charger being locked in.

Thoughts?

Answer:
 >	other drama

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Edit: this means "please elaborate!". Apologies to the hard-of-emoji downvoters who didn't get it ;-)Answer #2: > (with other drama I can share if you are all interested)

You must be new here.  Of course we're interested.Answer #3: Interesting post.

I have no idea how to handle this particular scenario but perhaps a lockbox for the car end of the charger wouldn't be a bad idea, to prevent people from using your charger in the future.Answer #4: I'd find a lock box for your charger or the outlet, or just keep the charger in your trunk (or frunk if applicable.)

Edit: frunk not drunkAnswer #5: You should make sure to check some of the various charging point tracking apps like Plugshare and Open Charge Map to make sure your parking spot (or one of your neighbors) isn't listed as a public charging location.Answer #6: Please share the other drama!Answer #7: Is it legal to boot the car?Answer #8: Your only reasonable option is to call the police and have them write up a report.  Then you can sue the person for damages.
Answer #9: Where's the drama?


Title: Applying to college: confidentiality of essay?

Question:
Hi everyone, I'm a rising senior in high school working through the college admissions process (USA). I am using a throwaway account for this post. One of the essay questions for the Common App is the following:

>Describe a problem you've solved or a problem you'd like to solve. It can be an intellectual challenge, a research query, an ethical dilemma-anything that is of personal importance, no matter the scale. Explain its significance to you and what steps you took or could be taken to identify a solution.

I am interested in starting my own business and have an idea for a technology company that I believe could be very valuable. I want to go to college to get training in computer programming and get a cofounder to help me build this dream into reality. Naturally, I decided to write about this business idea for my essay. However, I am worried that the idea could be stolen. I am writing the essay purposefully to convince the admissions officers that it is a good idea, and that I therefore would be a good choice for their school; so if I do that job well, what is to stop them from taking the idea and doing it themselves?

I don't know what to do. On one hand, I think my essay is very good. On the other, I do not want my idea to be stolen. What should I do? Below is the privacy policy for the Common App: I could not find anything in it that might relate to my issue, but I also don't read legalese. Thank you for your advice. :)

[The Common App privacy policy](https://appsupport.commonapp.org/link/portal/33011/33013/Article/2055/Common-App-Privacy-Policy)

Answer: If you have a general idea, and you write about it in an essay, there is a 0.0005% chance that an admissions officer will read it and decide to steal your idea. There is nothing you can do about that, as general ideas can not really be copyrighted or protected. If you submit a detailed technical drawing or many lines of code that you have created in lieu of an essay, that would be a different story. I would assume that you won't have enough room in this essay response to write in great detail about your idea anyway, so you should be fine.


Title: My father has terminal cancer and dispute over his estate is brewing. NJ

Question:
There's an issue brewing surrounding my dad's home which he currently resides in with his wife (my stepmother) and their children(eldest is a step child from new wife's prices relationship, remaining 2 are theirs)
My dad has 3 children including me from a previous marriage. We are all adults living on our own.

The property is originally under my dad and mom's name.
After my mother passed, he became the sole owner.

Until now he is the only name on the mortgage.
I believe there about 100,000 left on the mortgage.
There is equity in the home.

Just curious, if my dad passes without resolving any of this, what happens to the property?

I know my dad is stressed out over having to choose sides.

I've been told that my stepmother wants to be named the sole owner of the property and that she has a lawyer.
This is all hearing from he said she said.

Thanks in advance.

Answer:
 If he has a will that addresses this, then it likely governs.

Otherwise, it'll pass following your state's intestate succession rules. [Nolo has a good table breaking it down](https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/intestate-succession-new-jersey.html).

Your dad can do as he sees with is property for the most part, and it is _extremely_ uncouth for your family to be arguing with him over this in his remaining days. Your stepmother can assert a spousal share even if your father disinherits her, but that doesn't necessarily mean she gets the property entirely.

Your father should sit down with an estate planning attorney and discuss _his_ goals, in context of what's possible in New Jersey.


Title: Girl who is illegally sharing a parking spot with me is suing me because there were scratches on her car.

Question: Her claim is that since we had a spare key to move her car if need be (which we only had for a short period of time), it is our fault these scratches appeared. Does she has any legal grounds for suing? there's some more to it, but that's the most expensive aspect of this. located in Southern California

Answer:
 Unless she has proof that it was you, her small claims case wouldn't go far. You having a key does not come close enough to prove that you had anything to do with it.Answer #2: /u/WelfareHero is correct.

If she does file a lawsuit in small claims court, you must go to the court hearing or risk automatically losing and be forced to pay for damages.


Title: An outsourcing platform (upwork - USA) erroneously over charged my card and are refusing to refund the amount. Not sure what to do. Customer service is hopeless.

Question:
Mountain View, California, USA

Was talking with help desk about paying a monthly bill and how i wanted to split the charges over two different cards, followed the persons steps and then they just charged the full amount, apologised and explained that they cant reverse it.

I have chat transcripts of everything, i'm just not sure how to get the attention of the right people there to fix it, their help desk just keep giving me the runaround "we're so sorry and understand your frustration but our systems don't allow us to reverse the charge etc."

They contacted all my freelancers asking them to refund me instead of resolving it themselves.

Answer: If I were you I would call your credit card company tell them what happened and ask then to charge back the unapproved charge


Title: Am I old enough to stay home alone?

Question:
Location: California
Age: 15 years
Time of stay: 1-3 days

Answer:
 If you're asking, then the answer is probably no.

Also, don't smoke.  It's very bad for you.Answer #2: Ask your momAnswer #3: No.  I have a 15 year old and I wouldn't let her stay home alone for that long.  Based on your other posts, you're not mature enough.

Answer #4: OP's post history is simply magnificent.Answer #5: OP is 15 btw


Title: Is a bet between friends legal?

Question: If I bet my friend that a certain team was going to win a game or that I could beat them in a race, would I be violating any laws? If so, are there parameters?

Answer: According to my father (he makes casino games for a living, meaning that he is quite familiar with the laws) that under Canadian law, a bet outside of a licensed casino is completely unenforceable, meaning no one has any obligation to pay anyone in this kind of bet.Answer #2: Like a Mortimer and Randolph Duke kind of bet?


Title: SPCA took my cat

Question:
So this happened about an hour ago and I'm devastated. My family and I have been housing a cat for about a month. She was most likely our neighbor's cat but abandoned when they moved away, and since it is cold outside and she is friendly we let her stay in our house. We know that she was previous owned because she is trained to use the litter box and only eats canned cat food. We had intentions to keep her, but since we didn't completely know where she came from we were convinced by a friend to take her to the local SPCA to see if she was microchipped & officially adopt her. When we got there we found out she was not microchipped and they took her away to a separate room. Although we had explained to them that we intended to take her home, they said she needed to be quarantined for 10 days and they will publically announce her availability on the tenth day with a 70 dollar fee to microchip and spay her. I am very upset and just want my cat back. Is there anything I can do in this situation?

TLDR SPCA quarantined my cat and wont give her back
Topic:
Other Civil Matters

Answer:
 No, I’m sorry, you have to wait out the quarantine period and adopt the cat through them now.

I called an animal shelter when I found a dog and they told me the same thing- if I bring the dog there to check for a chip, they will take the dog. So I was going to have the dog checked at a vet but I ended up finding the dog’s owners.


Title: Someone sent me child pornography through Reddit. Could I get in trouble for receiving it?

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 The mental state necessary is KNOWING possession.

You're not going to get charged or convicted of a single unsolicited image sent to you without your consent.

But I'd make a NCMEC cybertip just in case, and report it to the admins.


Title: Simple custody question: I'd like to flip my current arrangement from secondary to primary custodian of my kids. What points should I focus on to build my case?

Question:
My ex-wife and I got divorced in Florida about 5 years ago. At the time I was gearing up for a US Marine Corps deployment, with more in the future, so I agreed to give her primary custody of our 2 kids in our joint agreement. At the time it seemed like my only option, but over time it's become overwhelmingly clear that the children would be better off in virtually every way if they lived primarily with me (you'll just have to take my word for that). The kids are dirty, have holes in their clothes, eat fast food everyday, barely go outside the house, never get taken out for play or activities, watch Netflix all day, and live in a house that is borderline hoarders material.

I understand that without any extreme harmful behavior like abuse or drug use on her part, it would be an uphill battle to fight for full custody. At this point I simply would like to do a 180 degree flip of our current agreement, so they would stay with me full-time and she would be able to pick them up on a loose schedule. I don't even need or want child support from her, I just want to look over the kids and make sure they are well fed, well clothed, active and healthy and supported in their education.

My main question is this: What things should I be focusing on to build my case? Assuming that nothing she's done breaks a legal threshold of abuse, will I be able to even make a case like this? And if so, how do I prove that I'm the better parent to be primary custodian?

Thank you for any help on this.

Answer: They key point you should focus on is hiring an attorney.  Changing custody requires a showing of a material change in circumstances to revisit the agreement at all and then a showing that it would be in the kids best interest to have the arraignment you are seeking.  You need an attorney to do this.


Title: I got a ticket for going 85kph in 50kph zone

Question:
Hello, I was taking my usual route this morning but I was stopped by an officer for speeding. However, the location of the offence on the ticket is the intersection right after the speed limit change. Is this enough to get the ticket dismissed? In addition, he was parked in a driveway right after the intersection in the ticket behind a snow bank.

If I fight this, what should I do to prepare myself?
Topic:
Canada

Answer:
 You are supposed to hit 50kph *before* the speed limit switches.Answer #2: Are you serious? You know that the moment you passed the posting you were speeding

It’s not going to get tossed and it shouldn’t

Sounds like you hit a speed trap, watch for postings next time


Title: Is this illegal in any way?

Question: [deleted]

Answer: 99% legal. I can't see how this is illegal as you posted it to the public; just because your profile is private or etc. wouldn't count.


Title: Denied Short-term disability, need information on filing an appeal

Question:
So, I was denied my short-term disability in December.  I have been out of work since October due to problems with chronic migraines.

The company, Cigna, stated the reason for denial was that I've had migraines since I was 7 (more on this below) and that there was a lack of symptoms recorded in my claim.

My doctors have sent copies of migraine diaries that I keep consistently. I've been keeping them since November. I've had 3 trips to the ER for migraines since October.

I saw a specialist in December. They asked me to fill out an 8-page form about my migraines. One of the questions was "when did you have your first migraine?" So I answered that I had my first migraine at approx. 7 years old, with scattered recurrence through my teens and twenties. However, I was officially diagnosed at 28.

Cigna offers an appeal process, where they send my case to a third party to review. As of yet, I have not requested an appeal because I don't know how much additional info on my symptoms they need outside of my migraine diary, and why would the fact that I was 7 when I first had a migraine be a factor in my denial.

Every person I have spoken to at Cigna downplays my diagnosis as "headaches," when in reality migraines are much more than headaches.

Would it be recommended that I file the appeal without the assistance of an attorney? Or should I contact an attorney to assist me with the appeal?

Also, when looking for an attorney, what field of practice should I look for?

Edit: I'm in new hampshire

Thank you for your time!

Answer:
 The problem you have is that you have is that under most disability definitions you need to be disabled from your occupation. I have some familiarity with this as my second wife suffered migraines and I have a half a dozen employees in our organization who are migraine sufferers. I have spoken extensively to doctors about this so we can accommodate them. None of these people are disabled. They suffer from a chronic intermittent disability. They have the headaches, the nausea, the vomiting, and the weirdness with the imitrex or percocet. My experience has been that when they experience a migraine they need to be off work from 1-3 days. Sometimes at worst maybe a week. And then they come back. And that is our accommodation with them. And they can go from one day to years before they suffer another migraine.  My wife and these employees never were off for more than a few days. I don’t know what you are experiencing to be off for several months because that is not typical for migraine sufferers.
You need to be able to explain in an appeal why you meet the definition of disability under the policy. My experience with migraines and employees tells me you are not disabled from work for several months from migraines. If my experience is the same as the insurance then they are telling you that you need to provide more information about why your experience is atypical of every other migraine sufferer.  If you don’t have a medical reason why you cannot work than most polices are not going to pay.


Title: [California] 18 Years Old, Car Title

Question:
Last night I was coming home from work around 1, and my father informed me that because I came home so late he was taking my car keys. I am 18 years old, the car registration is both in my name and his. I have car insurance that he is paying for.

What legal choices do I have, if any, to get back my car? This is affecting my mental health, as well as my work and college.

Answer:
 It is not effecting your mental health. Don't be so dramatic.

If you are both on the title then he can take the keys but you can refuse to give them to him. That will likely lead to you needing to find a new place to live and some way to support yourself.

Or you can follow the rules of the home you live in and the people who are supporting you.


Title: UPDATE: I was hurt at work and the insurance company of the place I worked at won't stop calling me and sending me settlement letters even though I told them to stop and leave me alone.

Question:
NY. This was my original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/4b21d8/i_was_hurt_at_work_and_the_insurance_company_of/

I know I didn't get that many replies but I got a ton of private messages and there was way too many for me to reply to individually. Some of them (but not all) were supportive so I wanted to post my update.

I got letters from two different therapists, both the one the company I used to work for sent me to and another independent one that I saw after I was injured. The letters stated that I was of sound mind and had full capacity to understand things and am not mentally ill. I offered to see a therapist of the insurance company's choice to verify this if I wished. I also swore a notarized statement that I have no desire to sue them or receive a settlement now or in the future and that I understand what this means. I put this in a letter as well. I also hired a lawyer, not to represent me to get a settlement, but to also write a letter saying that he explained my options re: a settlement or a lawsuit so I would have all the facts for my decision, while making it clear that he wasn't my lawyer for an action against the insurance company. His office delivered this information to the insurance company on my behalf. It has been a week and I haven't been contacted by the insurance company since and neither has the law office. It's exactly the outcome I wanted and I feel better. So thanks to everyone who sent me a supportive message about my situation without being judgemental.

Answer:
 I won't lie, the idea of refusing to accept just compensation for an injury you shouldn't have sustained baffles me, but if you say things are now are the way you want them to be, then it's all good.

Thanks for the update!Answer #2: I think you've been very shortsighted in not accepting any settlement from them, even if you think it's blood money, you could have put it towards helping out your family in some way.

Or in 10 years when you're a different person, you'll regret turning down free money.

Answer #3: Can't say I completely understand your reasons for doing so, but I do get the aversion to 'blood money' aspect. Thanks for the update and all the best for the future. Answer #4: Why do you not want the settlement?  This baffles me.  You sustained a life altering injury from a company that could have prevented it had they not tried to be cheap and actually had proper safety protocols in place.   You're life will never be the same.  Why would you not want the money they legally owe you that can help you and make life easier because of their negligence?


Title: My uncle is saying he needs my social security number for making changes in my dad's will. Is this correct? (PA)

Question: I've read online that they shouldn't need my social for anything like that other than insurance.

Answer: Nope. Never heard that one before.


Title: [NY] Twitter is refusing to take down a tweet that is directed towards someone with my name which includes ethnic hate

Question:
I tried to contact them and ask to take it down as it pops up on number 1 when I look up my name + school.

This tweet was from few years ago and my name is pretty common.

What should I do?

Answer:
 This is not a legal issue.

Twitter has no duty to take down the tweet.


Title: Landlord/Starbucks demanding revenue payment - MA

Question: I moved into a new apartment a few weeks ago, and I live above a Starbucks. I have had problems with the bathroom sink since day 1, and have had numerous correspondence with the landlord regarding this. The sink doesn't drain, and was initially leaking a bit. A plumber came and fixed it, and it seemed fine for a few days, but then it almost completely stopped draining again. I'd probably left the sink barely running for about 5-10 minutes one morning, and it overflowed a bit. It wasn't anything crazy. I had a rug in the bathroom that got pretty soaked but I cleaned up the rest with a single towel. Anyways, the coffee shop below me claimed that it leaked down, and they had to close for multiple days. As such, the landlord is demanding I pay for the cost of the plumber, the cost of replacing drywall, as well as lost revenue for 2-3 days for that Starbucks. I'm not sure what the legal ground is, but this seems a little absurd to me. Can anyone shed any light into this situation? MA

Answer: You left running water in a sink for *5-10 minutes* and it overflowed "a little bit"? Be honest, what kind of damage did this really cause?Answer #2: Do you have renters insurance? If you left the sink unattended and it flooded you could be responsible for that damage.  Was the coffee shop closed as far as you know for multiple days?Answer #3: Is there a possibility that there been a small continuous leak going on since the plumber "fixed" it?


Title: Could use clarification on Texas Laws regarding tenant rights, looking to possibly end lease in apartment.

Question:
Hey Reddit,

My wife and I have been living in our apartment complex for a little over 2 and a half years now and have enjoyed our stay for the most part until earlier this year. During our time here the complex has changed owners 3 times. Earlier this year there were 3 reported home break-ins around the complex and multiple thefts more recently. My wife's car got broken into the other week, for which we filed a police report. Since the beginning of the year the gate door locks have been broken and non-functional and even after informing the leasing office, has still not been fixed. Also, the new owners who took over two weeks ago replaced all the office staff and the website for the apartment complex no longer exists (so can't make online payments or submit maintenance requests). We do not feel safe here anymore and are considering leaving early (our lease ends April 2017). My question is if we were to break our lease, how could we do so legally and what would we need to present to the office?

Thanks for any help you can offer.

Answer:
 > My question is if we were to break our lease, how could we do so legally

You cannot.

Breakins are not the responsibility of the complex, unless you can prove that they were somehow complicit or grossly negligent.  You don't have that.  Unless your lease promised you online payments, you have no right to them.  Unless there's no other method for submitting maintenance requests, shutting down the website is no issue.

If you want to try to take a stand on the gate locks(which likely aren't required under your lease) then you first need to serve them with **written** notice to repair and to give them reasonable time to repair.  Only then can you think about lease termination.


Title: Swindled by fake Uber driver - bank says I have no dispute rights?

Question:
Throwaway account.

I recently went on a trip to NYC for two weeks of work. I landed at JFK airport in the evening, but didn't feel like dealing with the suitcase in the air train. My place to stay was located in Brooklyn, which isn't too far from JFK. Even though I had never taken an Uber before (I have my own car back at home,) I thought I'd give it a shot and see what it's like to arrive somewhere in under 45 minutes for a change.

I went for UberPool in the interest of saving money. Waited for about 10 minutes and was honestly a little confused because there are a ton of Uber cars there and the whole place is a chaotic mess of screaming and honking. I was looking for the license and similar facial features, but the right guy never seemed to actually show up in front of me. At this point I had been at the airport for over an hour trying to line everything up perfectly. I was tired and stupid. Some guy pulled up with an Uber sign on his window and asked if I was waiting for an Uber driver. I said yes. I asked him if he was an Uber. He said yes.

He offered a car ride because uberPool would "take too long." I didn't know any better. I obliged because the minute he said he'd cancel the order, my order got canceled. It all seemed to make sense at the time in my stressed and overwhelmed head.

He seemed perfectly nice, but spent the entire time talking about how no one should take uberPool because it takes too long. Very transparent. He told me JFK was further away from my destination and that I should land at LGA (complete lies.) He was over-explaining a lot of things about Uber and knew that I was oblivious, because like a moron I had told him I'd never taken an Uber before. I felt icky about my situation when I saw an Uber car parked close to us at an intersection and the Uber sign on their car looked way more official.

It seemed even stranger when I got to my destination and he asked for $180 for a 25 minute ride. I was aghast and panicking. I put it on my credit card because if I never saw the money again, I didn't want it to be on my checking account. He had me sign a paper which didnt seem right at all. I felt like something was incredibly wrong, but I had heard stories about people being locked in cars until the payment was received. I just wanted to get inside my place and unpack, and sleep.

I walked into my place to stay for 2 weeks (an Airbnb apartment shared with 7 others) and dished about what had happened. Two girls staying there said they split an Uber from LGA, and it cost them $22 TOTAL. LGA is further away from our place than JFK is. Everyone informed me that Uber doesn't even take credit cards. My roommates for the next two weeks helped me out and got on me about calling Chase so I could dispute the charge. After talking to 3 different representatives that night, all seemed to think my story held up fine for dispute rights.

Chase said they'd send me a form in the mail, and when I got back in 15 days, I should fill it out and send it in for dispute. They also said that I needed to call the company that charged me. I didn't do this because I saw it as counterproductive and alienating (more for me than for the company.) I knew the company wouldn't do anything about it.

I'm home now. I got my letter but I went ahead and called Chase yesterday. The representative right away, without asking if it was okay, connected me to the company that charged me. Uncomfortable. The company employee that answered the phone told me that they weren't Uber so they wouldn't have Uber prices. I argued that I understood that, but the problem was that I was victim to false advertising and fraud. She still repeated the same thing over and over. This employee told me (while on the line with Chase) that she'd contact the driver and have me talk to him tonight or tomorrow. It is now tomorrow and she has done no such thing, even though I won't answer anyway because it does no good. She only did that to get Chase off her back.

Even after explaining my story to both the representative and the company employee-the Chase representative said word for word "well, ma'am..was your service rendered?" I said yes. She said that because I was charged and because the services were rendered..I have no dispute rights. I told her that that's exactly the reason why I DO have dispute rights. This man took advantage of my lack of knowledge, claimed to be an Uber while working for a small luxury car transportation company, and deliberately overcharged and scammed me.

I came here to ask what next? I want to file a police report and attempt to get my money back and get this guy and this company on the radar. How do I approach this? I've considered calling the company today and listing what has occurred, and telling them that I will be filing a police report for those reasons.

Any better ideas? I want to be as smart about my approach as possible. I know I have reason to open up a case against them. If Chase won't do it for me, I have to do it myself. I know I made a stupid decision, but I was taken advantage of and even more than the money I lost, I feel sick to my stomach about being swindled. It's not a good feeling.

If there's anything I can do, please let me know. Also, actual terminology for what took place could be helpful. Fraud and scam are accurate, but I'm curious if I'm overlooking something.

Thank you for any help you can provide!

Answer:
 > Two girls staying there said they split an Uber from LGA, and it cost them $22 TOTAL.

Just FYI uber's price varies depending on a bunch of stuff,  you can't really tell anything useful based on what someone else paid.   That doesn't really have anything to do with your current situation it's just information for the future.

Have you contacted Uber and told them what happened? Maybe they'll have some ideas about what you can do about someone using their name.


Title: Georgia... My wife is under the impression that we "abducted" a child today?

Question: We were on a local bike trail that runs next to an apartment complex. There was a six year old kid riding without a helmet. After talking to him we discovered that he goes to school with our kid. He kept following us so I told him to take his ass home and get a helmet. He said he didn't have one because he couldn't afford one. 50 yards away from the apartments is a bike shop. He followed us in that direction anyway so I said fuck it and told him to come with my wife and me into the bike shop (which is directly attached to the trail) to pick out a helmet. They didn't have any his size so we biked the kid back to his apartments and told him to tell his folks to get him a helmet. And then I told him not to talk to strangers because dear God his mom/dad/uncle obviously didn't teach him that lesson. My wife seems to think that taking him into the shop could be construed as an act of abduction. My biggest concern is that the kids guardians were letting him cycle with no helmet on a pathway that intersects two major roads within a quarter mile of where he lives. Anyway... And this is the must fucked up question I've ever had to ask... Did we abduct a child? I feel like this is a dumb question but whatever she would like to know.

Answer:
 To offer a more legalistic answer: the Code of Georgia states that "A person commits the offense of kidnapping when such person abducts or steals away another person without lawful authority or warrant and holds such other person against his or her will." OCGA 16-5-40. You did not "abduct" or "steal away" the child or hold him "against his will," so this is not kidnapping.

There are related offenses, like interference with custody or enticing a child for indecent purposes, but related elements of those crimes are missing. It's not illegal to for strangers to speak to children and go to stores with them, as much concern as it may instill in the parents.Answer #2: no, you did not kidnapp the child.

you should call child protection on the absent parents tho for letting their kid ride around completely unsupervised.

Answer #3: Perhaps you could talk to the children's teacher and ask if they can arrange to have a police officer come in as a guest speaker to talk about bike safety. Not naming any kids "I've seen some of son's classmates out riding bikes without a helmet and I'm concerned for them" kind of vibe.

It was a thing when I was a kid to have a police officer talk about bike safety etc coming into our school. Fire fighters did it too and got you to go home and give your parents a hard time about the safety lessons regarding escaping during a house fire.Answer #4: No.


Title: [Nevada] Divorce with a minor, trial coming up. I wanna make a decent case for relocation. Is an audio recording of the other party being unreasonable admissable?

Question:
When my STBXH decided he wanted a divorce, I had just had our daughter(she was planned). He told me I had to leave his house but he wouldn't permit me to go back home(New York) with family to help with our baby. I had no job, no money, and no car(which you definitely need in this state).

It seemed suspect that he'd resort to divorce out of the blue, so I began recording conversations.

He mentioned how he didn't care how I would be able to live, and after the divorce he'd legally would be absolved of the matter(probably because military). Before, he said he'd help me to get on my feet but then took it back because I didn't agree to all his terms.

I suspect this is all to save on child support as my reasons for disagreement depended on the welfare of our child.

I couldn't afford a lawyer so I applied for a pro bono. I was denied, twice. I've been getting by on consultations, and filing on my own.

I've been awarded primary custody and child support. I'm about to file a motion to relocate and just wanna know if the recordings would be allowed and if so, do I just upload to a site like DropBox and add the link to the form or what?

Sorry if this was much. I tried to keep it short.
If you have any questions that could help you assist me, I'll do my best to answer.

If you have other suggestions, I'm open to them.

Answer:
 It's illegal to record conversations in NV without permission of all parties pursuant to a NV supreme court decision.

Further, the other party "being unreasonable" is not part of the standard for whether a move is permitted.

And you would never expect a judge to listen to a unedited audio conversation -- that IS unreasonable.  You would have it transcribed by a certified reporter and attach it to the motion you're filing.


Title: Employer refusing work

Question: Hello, I’m 5 months pregnant and I work as a bartender. I usually work from 10:30-11:30 every Friday and Saturday and have been for the past year. My employer recently changed my schedule and switched me to only 10:30-4... I confronted them and asked for my normal schedule back and was told that they didn’t want “double to be too much for me.” I told them that they weren’t, and my obgyn said that I could continue work as normal. I tried to pick up an evening shift and was denied. I was also told that they didn’t want me to get “emotional for no reason.” Is this illegal? I am livid. I have never once complained about working a double bar shift.

Answer: Sexism at its finest. Depending on where you live though this is most likely not illegal unless your boss were to fire you for being pregnant. I would try talking with him again with a note from your OB saying you are fully capable of working the other shift.


Title: My psychiatrist has shared my personal information with another client.

Question:
First, off I should say that I live with the woman my psychiatrist shared my information with. When I moved in I needed a psychiatrist, she suggested her doctor and according to her son (my friend) he only took me as a patient as a favor to my friend's mother.

He has shared not only my diagnosis... (she told me herself that he typed my diagnosis in on his computer and looked away so she could take a look at his computer screen to see what my diagnosis was)

He also has assisted her in how to handle me, living with me and what have you.

Most recently I accidentally missed an appointment with him. He refuses to see me as a patient now and he prescribed me Xanax for my anxiety issues. He refused to give me another refill until I could find another psychiatrist and I have started to go into withdrawals from the medication.

As I understand it, it is the therapist's job to safely wean a patient off of a benzodiazepine. I also understand that it is a conflict of interest to share another patient's information with another patient. And as for him taking me on as a favor to her... I'm sure thats probably considered unethical as well...

Please, anyone, give me some advice on whether I have a case or not. Also, what should I do to handle the matter?

EDIT: I told MY lawyer about this and she didn't seem concerned. She told me I would need proof that this has happened, which I have none because I wasn't there when any of this was happening.

Answer: You can complain to the medical board about the breach of confidentiality and find a new psychiatrist


Title: Is it a HIPAA violation to report animal welfare conditions of a patient's residence?

Question:
I took a client home and found the residence in deplorable condition including signs of hoarding as well as an obvious roach, cricket, and other insect infestation. Roaches, crickets, and other insects were crawling over every surface and did not scatter when the light was turned on. I took a peek into their kitchen, attached to the living room, and saw a stack of sealed canned cat food, a dirty cat scratching post with roaches crawling on it, and two open cans with flies on and around the food, as well as what looked like long, white worms in one of the cans. I do not know if they were maggots or something else, I did not get a good enough look.

I did not see any cats while I was there. Besides the client, there was at least one other individual in the residence.

Seeing this and being a cat owner, I know I can't live with myself if I didn't report these conditions, but am hesitant to due HIPAA. Would I have any repercussions in reporting this to the local animal welfare authorities?

Answer: Not a violation--there's no divulging protected patient information here (unless you start going into what they're being treated for).  A welfare check with the police may be more effective because they would follow through with animal control and may be able to get them some counselling.  You can choose not to give your name and info when you call them.


Title: [USA, CA] Me (18) and my now ex-girlfriend (17) sent non-nude lewd images of ourselves to each other when we were dating. Could she be able to pursue legal action against me?

Question:
Hello /r/legaladvice,

I broke with my 17 year old girlfriend recently and I am concerned whether she can open up a case on me based on some exchanging of non-nude lewd images in the past.

For the images in question, all she sent me were pics of herself in underwear, showing off her bottom and just her in panties.

As for myself, I sent her a picture of myself in boxer shorts, some pics with a noticeable bulge and one pic where the bulge is more prominent and with my hand on top of it.

Nothing nude was ever sent, but I am still concerned since this is a recent breakup. I live in California by the way.

Thanks.

Answer:
 If anything happens get a lawyer.

And dont send your bulge to underage girls anymore


Title: Church time in a Public school?

Question:
I am a closeted atheist because I live in a small Indiana town.   I found out today that our public school offers  "Religious Enrichment" one hour per week.    They bus the children over to a church and learn about religion (only Christianity, of course).   I know that my child can skip it, but talking to the teacher, it sounds like MOST of the students go.  "We try to make it enjoyable for the children that stay, but often the churches give candy and prizes to the students that attend."  "We don't want to make the students that don't go feel left out, but we don't want to reward students for not going either."

First off, how is this a thing?!?    I don't really want to be "that guy", but what the hell?!?

Answer: Definitely not kosher (as it were...). [Fill this in, and submit. ](https://ffrf.org/legal/report/)


Title: Do I have legal basis to sue if I don’t tell employer the behaviours causing my firing are rooted in a diagnosed mental illness?

Question: I was diagnosed with extreme social phobia, and it causes me to be extremely avoidant of work social events and social situations, but my job doesn’t require that and doesn’t hurt my ability to perform my tasks. I’ve gotten word that I’m being fired for not integrating into the team well enough, and I know that if I tell them it’s because of my phobia, they will probably just fire me for some other bs reason as a cover. If I don’t tell them, though, will I have any basis for getting compensated?

Answer: If you don’t tell them, you can’t sue for their discrimination because they don’t know there’s a disability driving your actions. Answer #2: You say your job doesn’t require socialization and yet you say a coworker warned you that you’ll be fired because you’re not integrating. Which is it? And as others have said, you cannot sue if you have not disclosed your mental disorder because you can’t prove you’re being discriminated against (because you’re not). Answer #3: I'd check with a lawyer first. But I'd imagine that since you didn't report your mental disability during the hiring process then you won't be able to use it as grounds to sue.  But I'm not a lawyer so talk to a lawyer or honestly hit up the company HR person. If you explain your situation to the HR guy maybe they'll give you another chance.


Title: Can my school legally keep my confiscated phone after hours?

Question:
Before you sigh at another teenager asking for ridiculous advice, I am guilty and I accept full responsibility for what I did. I recognize that I made a mistake using my phone in class and do deserve punishment for it.

While watching a video in health class, I was solving calculus problems for my upcoming quiz. Integrals are hard and towards the end of the video I pulled out my phone to look something up. Within the 20 seconds, I had my phone up (At this point, the video being shown has ended) my phone was taken up. I realize I should have waited a little while longer but I did not and I accept that my phone was taken away. I apologized to the teacher.

The problem is that I run my business through my phone. My clients, who have been offered late night customer support, expect me to answer my phone because their business relies on it. I was under the impression that my phone would be returned to me after school was over but they said I needed to wait until Friday.

I looked up Texas laws and my school's hand book and saw no mention of how long they're allowed to have my phone and whether or not they can keep it after hours. I risk losing some money here but more importantly I do not want to dissapoint a client that trusted me and my business.

I will get a new sim for until Friday and somehow borrow a phone if Reddit says I have no merit here. I just want to be informed on my rights and make sure no one is making a doofus out of me.

Thanks r/Legaladvice :D

*EDIT: Words are hard too.

Answer:
 Yes, they can keep the phone from you. They can't keep it from your parents, if your parents choose to intervene.

You can probably forward your calls to Google Voice or somewhere else so you don't miss client calls.


Title: [MD] Parents have been legally separated for almost 20 years & mother fears she will be homeless if father files for final divorce

Question:
This legal separation (or "limited divorce") is in Maryland. This is probably going to end up being a novel.

The reason I (their daughter) am posting for advice is because this situation is effecting my life negatively and I cannot take it anymore. I want to become more knowledgeable on the subject and hoping to get some advice as to what to expect if my father does file for a final divorce and how I can make it so my mother doesn't become homeless (if that even could happen).

My mother is 60+ years old. She is unemployed and has been for years. She is part of a housing program, has medical problems that would prevent her from comfortably working (but has not filed for disability because she claims it would not provide her with enough money to pay rent, etc), she has no extended family to help her financially, etc., she has no friends, and she has no hobbies. The only income she receives on a monthly basis is from my father - alimony and child support (which he no longer legally has to provide since I am over the age of 18 & no longer reside with her). She pays pills and gets groceries from the money he gives her.

My father is also 60+ years old and has retired early due to health issues. He left my mother ~19 years ago and they filed for a limited divorce. My father has been living with his girlfriend ever since.  However, he sneaks behind his girlfriend's back to call my mother every single evening for the past ten years at least. He even has her number in his phone under my name. He used to visit me every other weekend which his girlfriend was aware of but didn't know he was also visiting my mother and that my mother was there for every single visit. He continues to tell her he visits me but it is to visit my mother and give her money and do whatever else. When he does visit me at my home on days that aren't the "other weekend," he has to sneak around. He had to sneak and lie to his girlfriend when he came to my wedding even. His girlfriend knows of me and wants to be involved in my life but does not know that I have moved out of my mother's house, that I am married, or any other similar life event.

This constant sneaking around is because my mother claims that if his girlfriend knows that I am out of her house, etc., that she will force my father to file the final divorce (which sure, makes sense I guess) and thus, forcing my dad to stop his monthly payments, and then leaving her homeless. She will guilt trip my dad and I so we will continue all the lies, etc. My father has no independence and as much as he can't stand my mother, he is still letting her manipulate him for some reason.

I don't know what exactly happens after a final divorce, but wouldn't my mother still get alimony at least? And would she obtain anything from his retirement or no? I don't see how after so many years this would be such a huge issue and I can't see her being completely penniless with all these government programs such as the housing one she's already under.

This whole situation is a confusing cluster of nonsense so apologies if I wasn't clear on some things. I am hoping if this final divorce goes through soon (which is likely) that I don't have to worry about my mother being homeless because there's no way she's moving in with my husband and I.

Any legal advice would be greatly appreciated!

Answer:
 > but wouldn't my mother still get alimony at least? And would she obtain anything from his retirement or no?

Maybe.  Distribution of assets is a complex question, and we can't guess which way what will go.

Your parent's long separation works *against* your mother, as she's had plenty of time to secure employment in that 20 years.Answer #2: I am not sure how the separation plays into it, but generally speaking if a couple has been married for 16+ years (not sure the exact number but at least 16 yrs), and then divorce, either one is entitled to claim Social Security (once of legal claim age) from their spouse, so long as the claimant hasn't remarried.

For example, my parents were married for 17 years. They are divorced for 20 or so years now but my mom never remarried. Now that she is old enough to get SS, she getts it based on my dad's contributions, not hers. (She could get based on hers, but his is significantly higher because she was a stay at home mom, then employed only part time, for many years while me & my brother were little.) *This does not in anyway reduce or effect my father's SS payments.*

The reasoning is, my mother's financial contributions were lower because she was investing sweat equity into the family based on the presumption at the time that the family unit would remain intact.

Again not sure how the separation would play into things, but your mom might be entitled to SS based on your dad's earnings based on the 20 year marriage.


Title: [Texas] Need help changing my custody agreement to keep my son in the state

Question:
We didn't have lawyers and went the mediator route, everything was pretty standard and even got a little more than most. I pay 20% for child support, I get him all summer, every weekend and Thursdays, most holidays, rotate Christmas break etc.

We live in Central Texas and she is in school. When we were deciding where she could take him the options were this and surrounding counties or 'without regard for geographic location'. I didn't want to rule out Dallas and Austin since those are her best bets for work, that was the discussion we had and that was the understanding when I signed it - certainly no word about moving out of state. Now, however, she's threatening to move to Connecticut and laughing at me for being stupid and signing it - which....she isn't wrong. I was trying to think about her finding a good job so my son would have a decent place to live. Now it seems "I've made a huge mistake".

We only have the custody and child support agreement at this point and neither of us have filed for divorce (she needed an operation and my insurance so we waited for that to be over with).

What are my options in getting that one part changed in the custody agreement? Is that something that will be revisited when we get to the actual divorce? I'm retired military so I don't have a whole lot of money for a lawyer but if it's my only option is there anything I can ask for specifically to cut down some of the costs?

Answer:
 >We only have the custody and child support agreement at this point and neither of us have filed for divorce

THIS MATTERS A LOT.  This is called contractual separation.  You need a lawyer on Monday, buddy.  You will need to file for divorce and get actual court orders.


Title: My dog has contracted MRSA due to staff negligence at my work, where do i even begin so i can be compensated for his medical costs.

Question: I am a treatment technician at an animal hospital and over the past about 6 months we have had a MRSA patient requiring a leg amputation in our "isolation" room. My fellow co-workers have chronicly violated our quarintine protocol. I have on numerous occasions brought this to the attention of my managers that have since done nothing to prevent the spread of the MRSA throughout the clinic.  Their refusal to correct this has resulted in my dog contracting the same strain on MRSA after his knee surgery. He is now painful several months after surgery and showing neurological deficits. He now my require life long pain management and possibly amputation if the MRSA is not quickly controlled.  What steps do i take from here? I do not believe i should be financially responsible for their negligence. What can i do?

Answer:
 While it may be difficult to prove, it does sound like they were negligent, and it does sound like the negligence caused the injury to your dog, and it does sound like there will be monetary damages.

So, bring a lawsuit? I think it's at least worth talking to some attorneys who do personal injury. I don't know how much in the way of damages you'll be able to prove, and that might ordinarily prevent attorneys from being interested in the case.

HOWEVER, there are some attorneys who like novel cases, and there are attorneys who are animal lovers, so maybe you can find an attorney who would take this case.


Title: Advice? Courtroom attire for a female?

Question:
Hi! I've never appeared in court before, and need to find an affordable outfit. I am fighting a traffic ticket, and this appearance is for the jury trial. (I was in a wreck and found at fault in the accident report. However, I wasn't at fault. And I need to win this to pursue the personal injury case. And it's just not right.)

 I don't think I can afford a whole business-casual suit. I am wondering if a conservative yet patterned dress paired with a cardigan could be appropriate? Or do I have to wear a blazer? Thank you so much for your input.

Answer:
 If you're just appearing in traffic court the dress code isn't really that strict.  Wear some dress pants and a button-up blouse and you should be fine.

I really wouldn't suggest going out and buying a new outfit just for one court appearance.Answer #2: Closed toe shoes, conservative shirt, slacks.Answer #3: Body-skimming clothing is ok, but not skin tight. Skirts should come to your knee. I'd avoid platform heels and stick with heels 2.5 inches or lower. Spaghetti straps, no. Sleeveless is ok, but bring a jacket or a cardigan. If you can see any part of your cleavage, it's too low cut.

Pick something that's in good repair, no pilling, tears or stains. A knee length dress or pants/skirt + blouse with a sweater or blazer I'd probably your best bet.Answer #4: Good advice so far in the thread.  To add to it:

* Don't wear any shirts or jackets with writing/phrases on it.
* Higher collars are much, much better than low-cut shirts.  Don't show cleavage.
* Neutral colors like blue, black, tan, or grey are best.
* Solid colors are usually better than patterned.
* Minimal or no jewelry is best.  A small pendant necklace if any, no bracelets or just one watch, don't wear excessive rings.  For earrings, stud earrings or small hoops, not dangly.

What you wear does matter, but not a ton.  Basically don't dress like you're about to go clubbing, and don't dress like a slob.


Title: I left my job today and management told me I will not be paid for my call in days last week.

Question:
This situation is based in Kentucky, USA

I've worked for this company for 6 years recently they switched from vac./sick/PTO time to all PTO to be used whenever we want.  When you give two weeks notice they will walk you out that day to prevent you from using the PTO time that doesn't have to be paid out after leaving.

to the story,  Friday two weeks ago I had an interview for a new job so I missed work for that.   Then Monday rolled around and my car wouldn't start as well as my 7 month old was sick so I had to call in again.   The baby wound up having the flu so he could not go to daycare for a week causing me to have to call in for the rest of the week to care for him.  I found out Wednesday that I got the new job, but couldn't tell work as I was not there.    When I went back to my old job today I told them of my intentions, and they (as expected) did my voluntary termination interview and walked me out.   In the process I am informed that I will not be paid for last week because they "know" I was calling in to extend to last day.

What if anything can I do about this,  I'm thinking I will call corporate HR to discuss it with them because as far as I am concerned that is withholding pay.

Answer:
 What are the terms of your vacation time/how much was left. Depending on how it works pto may be available all at once but only technically earned at so many per month worked in a year and its given up front in good faith you are staying with them.

If you haven't earned all the pto you used recently then you may in fact owe them some paid days


Title: My wife's employer does not have a written drug policy and is threatening random drug testing because of recent attendance issues. Is this legal? [WI]

Answer:
 They can require a test. They can fire you for not taking it. They can fire you for failing it. Heck, they could fire you for passing it.

Being a drug user is not a protected class.

Fired employees may be eligible for unemployment. Less likely if they fail the drug test, but there’s an argument to be made if they simply refuse to take the test.


Title: City wants me to pay for a stop sign

Question: I recently got a DUI when a cop car found my vehicle parked in a neighborhood.  I went to court and everything has been taken care of.  Until today I got a notice from my city asking for $203 to pay for a stop sign that police said I had hit.  They never saw me hit the sign but they are blaming me for it?  I also thought that the city paid for any property damage under $1,000 but I'm baffled by all of this.  Any suggestions???

Answer: Sooooo...... did you hit a stop sign?


Title: [Northern Ireland, United Kingdom] Can a security guard at an event such as the Open permanently confiscate a camera?

Question:
Basically exactly as the title suggests, I was at the open recently and without realising it had my DSLR still in my bag from the Pro-Am day, so thinking it was no big issue when I realised I went on up to the security gate and was told I couldn't bring it in with me, which was fine with me since not allowing cameras in was apparently the official policy for the rest of the competition. But one thing the security guard said to me got me thinking. He said that if I brought my camera with me the next day (even accidentally) it would be confiscated and not returned, my question is, can they legally do that?

Edit: Grammar changes

Answer:
 Sounds an awful lot like they are telling you they intent to steal your property but I don't know enough about UK laws to know if theft in such a way is legal there.

As thebluefish92 said, try /r/LegalAdviceUK.


Title: [Very Pleasing Update] - HOA threatening to sue if I do not water my lawn, bitter HOA President. Property Management Company involved and helping me out.

Question:
(Previous thread)[http://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/39xesx/orange_county_southern_california_very/ ]

I called my contact over at the outsourced Property Management Company yesterday afternoon that helps run our HOA and spoke with her about the mean spirited letter from the HOA.  She had no idea what I was talking about.

All “HOA” letters come from the company as they have the ability to retain digital copies of all letters of violation.

My contact looked into their system and could not find a letter, she went on to say what I was discussing was not policy of the HOA or the company.  She asked that I email a scanned copy of the letter to her so she could do some investigating.

“CrayCrayHOA, you used to run the damn show over there, you know the rules inside and out, plus there is more or less a water ban…we have not sent a single letter to any homeowner in your HOA or others about suing them/fining them for brown yards…we are in a drought…plus I am fairly sure the Governor made it illegal for HOA's to fine a homeowner for brown grass during a drought”

You see where this is going…

After a couple of hours, I got a call back from her and her boss.  They claimed that they did not send this letter and the only logical conclusion is that the HOA President sent this on his own with their letterhead.  This then turned into about a 15 minute bitch session about the current sitting HOA President, how he bothers the company a few times a week with attempting to site homeowners with even the most minor infractions, how he has become increasingly mean to them, how he is a thorn int their ass, and that they wished I would come back as HOA President.  “Angry little Napoleon idiot” was the nicest thing that THEY had to say about him.  I gotta tell you, the candid conversation was pleasing.  The other board members have also make comments over the past few months here and there to the company that they are not too pleased with this asshat.

I was told to save, but ignore the letter, and to PLEASE attend the next HOA meeting (which happens to be next week) so I can issue a formal harassment claim against the HOA President.  According to the company, they consider this a gross abuse of the position and will be making an issue of this during the next HOA meeting.  They will formally ask him to step down, and if he does not, the HOA Board can choose whether or not to remove him from his position, AND bar him from holding any position on the board ever again.   They seemed pretty confident that a case could be made to remove this guy.

So that’s it.

I really do not want to run for the HOA President position again, I am not too interested.

I will update again after the meeting next week.

EDIT: For Location Bot - Southern California

Answer:
 Are you sure it's the HOA President who did it, though? Could be an asshole neighbor impersonating the HOA.Answer #2: I'm quivering with justice here.

Please update after the meeting so I can get my release. Answer #3: Anytime I hear power being taken from an HOA I get unreasonably excited.Answer #4: congrats!

I live in NYC so no HOA, but I'm a co-op board prez and man does this guy embody everything that's bad about little local power-mongers.

If you're not going to run for president, find someone you like whom you can nominate.Answer #5: Ha!  Thanks for the update!  Please keep us updated next week!  Best of luck!


Title: Ex won’t pay her half of the medical bill

Question: Long story short is ex won’t pay her half of my sons medical bill. Our divorce decree says she is to pay 50%. I have now paid it in full to keep it from going into collections and hurting my credit. I know I need to file a motion to force her to pay her half but my main question is can I force her to pay my legal fees as well?

Answer:
 Do you have a lawyer from your divorce you could shoot a quick question off to? That would be the most accurate way to get an answer.

Otherwise, I see two ways that could possibly help. Utah has a small claims court limit of $11,000. If your bill is less than that you can take her to small claims. You don't need a lawyer to go to small claims court and with your divorce decree it seems incredibly likely that the judge would order her to pay her half.

The other way, and this is where your lawyer's advice/help would probably be necessary, would be to get back in front of the judge who presided over your divorce. It may be possible that he would find her in contempt and order her to pay. I'm not sure this is possible or how to do it, which is why I asked about the lawyer.


Title: Department of Justice texting me?

Question:
**[US, TX]**
So today I got a text message from a man named "David Cooper" claiming to be an officer from the united state department of justice.
Here is the exact text I was sent, "This is Officer David Cooper from the United State Department of Justice .The reason we are trying to reach you because We have received a federal complaint against your name and the Case is going to be filled against your name. So, Kindly give us a call back on the number :- +1-(518)-772-2917 and notify your self before something goes wrong with you.
Your Sincerely,
David Cooper
Us.DoJ."

Now I am a college student with barely 5k in student loans. This is the first year I filed as independent on my taxes but any other reason someone from the department of justice would text me I have no clue. If anyone can help me figure out if this is fake or if i should actually call back and need to be concerned, you never know these days.

Answer:
 > Now I am a college student with barely 5k in student loans.

Get your money back. They aren't teaching you good enough.

> notify your self before something goes wrong with you.

You honestly think this came from an investigator from the DOJ? How stupid do you think your gov't is?
Answer #2: > notify your self before something goes wrong with you

That's a scam or DOJ hiring standards have dropped DRAMATICALLY.

Government agencies don't text you about complaints. They call, mail, or serve notice.

Or, you know, make arrests. Answer #3: A quick Google says that number is heavily reported for scams.

As far as I know, the DOJ tries to refrain from texting people.


Title: Profiled for my American flag!!

Question:
 I was at my local High School voting Tuesday. I am an entertainer/artist and was wearing my flag outfit. I was friendly to everyone voted and left. At least 10 people talked with me  and wanted a picture with me.After that I left. I went home and got a tripod camera and drove up on my bike to take some pics and make a little video of me as a reporter. I did all of this packed up my equipment and left. Before I could get out of the parking lot 5 Henrico county police circled me and one with lights and siren. I pulled over no problem. I make it a point to know all of the police in my area so they recognized me and  were very cool about it checked me out and let me go. Didn't hassle me about my open carry pistol which was cool.
  I asked them what it was all about and they said that vecause of the big flag they were afraid I was a terrorist and was going to do something crazy. Yep that's it. Even the police thought it was ridiculous.
   I have asked for the report # and I plan to get the 911 tape too'. I am in Richmond Va  and according to state law I can get those items through FOIA . This one clerk told me no problem and she would send out the forms to fill out .I called back today
and the clerk had no knowledge of that and said she didn't know if I could get the 911 call because my name wasn't in it so she put the request on her supervisors desk I asked to speak to her supervisor and she informed me that she was off until tomorrow. I want to know today but she couldn't give me an answer so I am asking you guys.
    Should ther or could there be a problem with me obtaining what I want?
   Thanx

Answer: This has got to be a troll.