Title: LIABILITY

Question: My landlord  whom retired from being an Allstate insurance agent just put an automatic garage door opener on the garage. I was backing out of the garage last week and my hand accidently hit the remote without my knowledge. the door cam down and hit the top of my car. Door has a little ding on  bottom lip not even noticeable unless your looking at it. looks and works properly. he sent me a text saying I have to cover the damage, $432.00 worth. I have owned a few homes in my past that had automatic garage door opener on them. My landlord did put up the sensors but they are  high on a beam near the roof of the garage, I investigated that there was a law passed saying any auto garage door opener have  reverse sensors placed on the frame of the door near bottom so no harm or injuries occur, 50 some children have been killed and that's why its mandated by the safety commission that there are sensors. My car has 1342.00 worth of damage who assumes the liability for the repairs.

Answer:
 You closed it on your own car. That is on you. The sensor likely would not have helped you since it would have been under your chassis.

You can ask him to put the sensor in the correct place but IMO you are liable here.

In the end it would be up to a judge to decide.


Title: HOA trying to force me to remove part of my house

Question:
I purchased my home two years ago in Spanish Fork, Utah. My wife and I are getting a divorce and selling the house. The previous owners converted half of the two car garage into a salon with City Approval (have paperwork) and supposedly HOA approval.

In our sell, the HOA is now saying the salon breaks HOA rules, which is correct, and we will have to remove it. They are stating that it was never approved by the HOA by the previous owners. They also say that they knew about the salon being built, and took pity on the previous owners financial situation and let it slide.

My question is can they now force us to remove the salon? It doesn't seem right to let the previous owners slide through HOA rules, and now try to enforce it on us. If they do have the right to force us to remove it, should we be the ones to pay for it or should the HOA have to pay since they let it slide for so long beforehand and did not take action against the previous owners when they knew?

EDIT: Thanks everyone for the advice and insight. My real estate agent is checking with his attorney and should know by tomorrow how we're going to proceed. I also have a meeting with the board on Tuesday. It seems like we will win, we may just have to go through the legal system to get them to back off. They just don't have ground to stand on since they knowingly let it slide with previous owners. Here are a couple pictures inside and out showing the addition. http://imgur.com/a/IcLj8

Answer:
 IANAL. I believe that the combination of it being permitted from the city AND the precedent they set by allowing the sale to you with the structure attached means they can go pound sand.

That said, it still might get messy if they don't back down. The lawyer/real estate agent helping you with the sale should be able to assist more.Answer #2: "They also say that they knew about the salon being built, and took pity on the previous owners financial situation and let it slide. "

This documented/recorded so you can use it in court so you can win.

Someone who can build a salon in their house is not having money problems, so their story is a lie.  The HOA is very, very wrong here.  Answer #3: IANAL - mortgage specialist, you might want to remove it anyways and make sure that the city/county recognize it as a SFH and not mixed used commercial, because you might have issues finding a buyer and worse the buyer might have issues finding a mortgage company to lend to them.

I would chat with a real estate agent regarding it along with the county to determine what obstacles this "salon" might cause you.


Title: [VA] Mother and father have been using my name for income and taking my tax returns

Question:
Hello, I am in a difficult situation to explain, but I will try my best. I am 21 years old, I live in VA with my boyfriend and my parents have been filing my income at their privately owned business, but have not paid me and I have stopped working there for years (3years+) and are using that income on taxes to get a tax return and other benefits.

That's only one issue, the second being is they have cause me emotional distress over the years, forced me to work in their business as a child (around 12-17 years old, abusing me physically, emotionally, mentally), kicked me out of my home, and I am not sure what they have even done with my name. It goes further into detail, but I can't remember everything off the top of my head. They have used my name in the past years. It's on Cars, businesses and they are pressuring me to sign an apartment lease on Saturday, which I really don't want to sign because I don't think my mother is financially responsible and I don't want to put myself down the hole further. Even though I feel pretty screwed at this point for allowing all this to happen.

If I don't sign however, my mother will not have a place to live since she's going through a divorce with my father and she has a 12 year old daughter as well. I'm worried I might be arrested/fined for what they've done with my name. I am going to speak to an attorney later this evening, but I really don't know what I should do or what the best course of action is.

Tl;dr Parents are using my name illegally to get tax returns on their private business and other things I'm probably unaware of. Speaking to an attorney later possibly, but would like to hear advice from others.

Answer:
 You're doing the right thing by speaking with a lawyer. It might take some time, but eventually you should be able to undo the damage they've caused. I wouldn't be too concerned about fines / jail, just follow your lawyer's advice.

If you don't feel comfortable co-signing a lease for your mother, she might be able to get assistance in a women's shelter.  Also, she legally is allowed to stay in the family home until the divorce in final.

Edit:  As part of this process you should get a copy of your credit report. You need to find out the extent of their fraud.   https://www.annualcreditreport.com/index.action  <--- should be entirely free as Federal law says each of the three companies has to provide a free credit report every 12 months.Answer #2: They kicked you out, why care whether she has somewhere to live or not. Let her figure it out


Title: NYC - Landlord refusing emotional support animal; no reasonable accommodation even considered

Question:
**TL;DR:**

We rescued a dog in a pet-friendly building despite a "no pets" clause in lease. Dog barked and neighbor complained before he got "approved." Landlord sent letters from lawyer (notice to cure) and demanded we get rid of dog. Wife gets emotional support letter after having breakdowns about losing him. Landlord ignored and powered through. Dog is no longer living with us.

**More detailed version:**

We rescued a dog in February after spending months discussing this action with our management company ("AH" for "AssHoles"). Despite our "no pets" clause in the lease, AH said it would be fine to have a dog as long as he's below a certain size (which ours is). Our building is very “pet-friendly”—I've seen dozens of dogs in the building. We sent Dusty for “approval”  the next business day after rescuing him. In the intervening days, we learned that he barked when we left (a dog trainer later told us he has isolation anxiety). A neighbor complained and AH said, through a notice to cure, that we had to get rid of Dusty by the end of March.

Faced with the prospect of losing her new companion, my wife, who now works from home five days a week and two half days a week, started having major setbacks from her years of intensive therapy, including five years where she was going to a psychologist twice a week before parting ways due to an insurance change. She spoke with her more recent long-term therapist about having Dusty registered as an emotional support animal. Her therapist indicated that she has never written such a letter, so my wife was referred to a different therapist, who performed intake on her, reviewed her history and ultimately wrote a prescription letter without hesitation. After that, my wife's long-term therapist wrote a letter in which she diagnosed my wife with “DSM 5” and noted that she “endorse\[s\] the recommendation of \[other therapist\], that it is therapeutic for \[wife\] to have an emotional support dog.”  I delivered these letters to AH with certain attachments, at AH’s request. The attachments AH requested included copies of checks to my wife’s long-term therapists as well as Instagram posts from my wife where she discusses the importance of therapy in her life.

Nonetheless, after repeated threats from AH to move forward with a lawsuit and despite the building manager “stipulating” to me in an email that Dusty received no complaints for more than a month, we felt we had no option but to move Dusty to a family member’s house until we sorted this out.  AH never once addressed our request for a reasonable accommodation. In fact, on multiple phone calls with them, AH denigrated my wife’s psychological history by asking me to validate that she actually had a mental disability, and verbally demeaned my crying wife, including by saying things such as, “Just face it--we won!”

We already sent a lawyer's letter to ask that they sign a surrender agreement.  Based on the fact that they are imposing completely unreasonable obstacles on us to rent the apartment to someone else (i.e., asking the new tenant to pay a much higher rent), we don't expect success.

Does anyone have any experience filing a claim with the NYC Commission on Human Rights? HUD? If so, any tips or pointers? I want this to get escalated and see the building have to pay for their discriminatory actions. Anything else we can do?   Our lawyer has been helpful but gathering as much information as possible.  PS: I'm a lawyer but don't practice landlord/tenant issues. Thank you for your time and for any advice you can share.

Answer:
 So the dog was declared an ESA *after* your landlord told you to get rid of it?Answer #2: The DSM is like an encyclopedia of psychological issues, with DSM 5 being the 5th edition.

So if your landlord got a letter saying your wife was diagnosed with DSM5 I’m not surprised he doesn’t believe you.


Title: [CA] Former employer told my friend if she contacts them again. They’ll put a restraining order and sue on her.

Question:
A friend of mine left this particular place of employment a little over a year ago. They were a family run business and very shady / unprofessional. There was a co worker there who would snap photos of peoples personal info (like SSN, credit card numbers etc). So when she left. She asked the owners to delete all her info, or at the very least lock it away from the crazy co worker who steals info. This crazy co worker has access to all that info.

Anyways. Fast forward to today. She for whatever reason emails the boss telling them if they deleted her info. Boss replies with “if you keep messaging us (keep in mind this was the first time since quitting), we’ll have our lawyer sue you and put a restraining order on you”.  Now my friend is scared. Can they really do this? In the email she wrote. She was very nice and professional about having her personal info taken cared and not by the crazy employee.
Topic:
Other Civil Matters

Answer:
 Not how life works. They’re are a number of reasons that won’t delete her employment records. Tell her to stop harassing them. Problem solved.Answer #2: They will need to keep employment records (these will have her ss#) and forms signed when she joined the company for a number of years even after termination. They are kept for tax purposes and in the event of an audit.

I don’t know if they can really sue her for that, but I don’t see a need for her to contact them again anyway.Answer #3: >if they (employer) deleted all her personal info from their records.

They don't have to delete her personal info, and for various reasons likely *cannot* delete her employment records.

>Can they really do this?

Yes.  How successful they'd be in that effort is unclear.  If your friend makes a request to the employer that they have some legitimate obligation to hear or respond to they likely should receive and process that request.  But they generally have the right to ask your friend to stop pestering them for something they're unwilling to do.  And now that she's been advised to stop, continuing might be ill advised.


Title: Moved out of ex's apartment almost a year ago and didn't take myself off of lease. He emailed me today stating he's going to take me to small claims court for the rent I didn't pay while not living with him.

Question: [deleted]

Answer: Counter offer. He has a decent case against you  unless he kicked you out or was abusive. You chose to leave. You had every right to keep living there.  Considering you continued to visit him it will be hard to argue he was abusive.Answer #2: What is your legal question? I'd take the deal. You absolutely owe that money, and if you're sued he will almost certainly win.


Title: Girlfriend was raped NYE and I need some help

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 > I just can’t understand how anyone thinks this was ok and the police didn’t take it more seriously.

The police didn't take further action because she told them that there was no issue.  Both of the people in that room claim that everything was fine.  The only person who thinks it wasn't is you, and you weren't there to say that it wasn't fine.

Without *someone* claiming that there's an assault, the police won't be able to proceed.  None of the people actually involved in the sex incident claim that it was rape.


Title: [OH] Caught using fake ID at bar, worker assaults me. What can I do?

Question: I went to the bar the other night and a worker was waiting for me outside the bathroom and asked for my ID, so I show him and he asks for it to be taken out and I say no then he grabs my hands and tries to take my whole wallet out of my hands. In this process he drops all my debit cards, school IDs, etc and I go to grab them but then he moves in front of me to block me to grabbing them. What can I do about this besides go and fight him?

Answer:
 > What can I do about this besides go and fight him?

What? How is fighting him going to solve your problem? Then you'd be committing even more crimes than you've already committed.

Answer #2: You could file a police report, but you'd pretty much be admitting to a crime in the process - either possession of fake ID or being a minor in possession of alcohol, if not both. That may not be an attractive idea, and it's definitely a risk you should weigh carefully.

If you're not willing to go to the police, go through the lost card replacement process for anything that's missing, immediately. That will stop him from using any stolen debit or credit cards. You don't need to explain how your cards got lost, but in some cases - drivers' licenses, school ID, and so on - you will likely need to pay a replacement fee.Answer #3: You can stop committing identity fraud.Answer #4: Cooperate with his requests


Title: (South Carolina) Is it possible for landlord to evict only one tenant off of a lease and let the rest of the tenants stay?

Question:
Hello, I'm posting on behalf of my friend who's in a difficult situation because of a crappy and irresponsible roommate. There's him, two other guys, and one girl who we will call Lacey. For the first month's rent, all of the roommates paid one of the guys who then wrote one big check to the landlord. Lacey was late on rent so the guy who paid was out over a thousand dollars for almost a week I believe. Since they didn't want the same situation to occur the next month, they decided to each write their own checks and send it all in one envelope to the landlord.

My friend just told me that Lacey's check bounced for October, and obviously November rent is due tomorrow, so she owes over $2k to the landlord. Besides all this, she's been a terrible roommate so the guys are hoping that she leaves and that they can stay because it's an amazing location and they totally lucked out on finding it.

Can the landlord legally evict just Lacey even though they're all on the same lease? My friend was thinking of asking Lacey to voluntarily move out and point out that an eviction would be on her record and affect her credit if she doesn't. He's worried that she'll resist and then they'll all be evicted.

One detail he provided is that there's a fifth person living in the house in a separate unit and separate lease who just notified the landlord that he is moving out next month. If the landlord evicted all four tenants from the one unit and then has the other guy moving out, that'd be a lot of lost rental income all at once. My friend is hoping that will sway him to want to keep the three guys and just kick out Lacey.

Please let me know if you have any questions and I can do my best to clarify anything. Thanks for your help!

Answer:
 > so she owes over $2k to the landlord.

You mean everybody on the lease owes 2k to the landlord.

The roommates are all legally one entity. They would all have an eviction on their record.


Title: I was promised a raise 9 months ago, then again five more times. Help?

Question:
The title says it all, really.

Coming from Seattle,

December 2014 was the first opener of a promotion and raise.
"I want to make you and ******* the team leaders, it will be more money for the both of you"

2nd. End of January...
then March, April, June, and 2 weeks ago I had a discussion about this with another manager. Well, it's been 2 weeks.

I was even told a number amount for a raise about 2 months ago. In our handy dandy company rule book it states, we are supposed to have reviews which in return would mean raises or the talk of them every 6 months. So in December I figured that was when, so I waited through February (6th month mark). And nothing. Then March came and the boss mentioned that I will be doing more work and be looking at more money , so more fuel to keep me going and I did.

April comes and I go off on a coworker for throwing out product that is not to be thrown out. I mentioned to the boss in a brief laydown of the incident, why I was so tense and it being the fact that I have almost no funds to destress, as In do "me" go buy new clothes or get a haircut on a regular basis stuff.

He said that he wanted me to 'improve' for 2 weeks and it will come back up when a walk through comes in just to take a look at how everything looks and make sure we are operating properly.

Well I overheard that the walkthrough the following day was actually a month or more down the road at that time point. (So walkthrough would be anywhere from May-June, not end of April or beg. of May as he so made it to seem).

June comes and I am being a little standoff on communicating with other people. Just big middle fingers in the depths of my eyes to anyone I would interact with. Then I get taken aside and told that .50 cents will be coming my way in a couple of weeks. So I think awesome, at least something? Not what I expected, more along $3-4 but I can negotiate after the payroll gets changed. Nope. God damn nothing.

I like working at this place since it is fun and exciting. However, I need something for all the stuff I have done.

I already plan on using their printer for my resumes. I think I am justified in some financial restitution over this but do not know how to move forward on this safely.

What should I do?

Topic:
Labor Law

Answer:
 The only time they are required to increase your pay is either if there is a contract in place or the minimum wage goes up and your pay rate is under it. It sounds like they know you can be strung along with false promises.Answer #2: Okay, so you were told in December that they "wanted" to give you a promotion and a raise. Did they give you a promotion? If they didn't, why would they have given you a raise? You were told a number amount, but were you actually promoted to the position that would pay that much?

Does your rule book state that raises come with reviews, or does it just say how often reviews are supposed to happen and you're assuming raises come with them? That's not always the case, and I would be surprised if a company put in their handbook that you would get a raise at each review.

In March your boss told you that you *will* be doing more work and making more money, but are you doing more work?

So, basically, your issue is that you were told you would get a raise and a promotion, but due to your poor attitude and going off on coworkers, you're not being given more money and a promotion?

There is nothing illegal here, and you aren't entitled to "restitution" because you were told that you'd get a raise in the near future and then you messed that up with bad behavior. Answer #3: Companies that string people along with promises of this or that, coming real soon now, are quite common.  There's no effective legal remedy.  Just find a better job and then quit this one.


Title: (New York) Girlfriend is pregnant. I want the baby, she wants to give up for adoption. What does the law say?

Question:
My girlfriend is 5 months pregnant and we can't seem to be able to agree on what to do with the baby. I absolutely want this child and want to be a father however she wants to give up the child for adoption to a couple that she has found.

We talk about it all the time, and she always ends up saying "it's ultimately my decision, not yours" and I don't know to what extent that is true.

Some background: I'm 20 and have a job. She is 22 and student. We have been together for 2 years. We live in Buffalo, New York.

Is she right that it is her decision and not mine? And if not, how can I ensure that she can't give up the child for adoption behind my back?

Answer:
 Talk to her about it and don't deceive her or withhold information that would be relevant for any decisions she is considering making. Part of this thread seems to be suggesting that you keep her in the dark about information that could lead to her seeking an abortion, then letting her believe that after nine months of pregnancy for a baby she does not want, that she will be able to give it away to a couple that wants children. Like seriously, some of you are using the word "strategy" to describe stringing a woman along through a pregnancy that she might terminate if she had accurate information about the situation. If you care about her, give her accurate information to make an informed decision about her own body and academic future. Go have a baby with a woman who wants to have a child if things don't work out.

Alternatively, I guess she could pay child support and you could reciprocate to help her with her education if child support payments impede her ability to continue. (I do have sympathy for you OP, so don't think this is an attack on you. Human reproduction is just asymmetric, and not informing her of this information seems just shy of coerced birth.)


Title: Car dealer made mistake - Forcing me to pay

Question: Hello, recently I returned my leased Honda Accord, which i got in a Honda dealer, to a Kia dealer 3 months prior to its final payment. They agreed to pay off the rest of the months and keep the car and we should not worry about returning it to the Honda dealer. Kia dealer payed off the debts as should and everything maintained gracefully. But then few weeks ago, I received a call about the Honda Accord never returned to the Honda dealer and reactively called Kia to warn them about the issue. After calling them several times, they finally respond and tell me that they have the vehicle. (Around 2 months after the date they should've returned it). Honda tells us we need to return the vehicle which we don't have because Kia said they would take care of it. After finally locating the vehicle and contacting honda once again, we were informed we had a fee of 450 dollars because of keeping the car after the final date. The problem was that Kia was responsible for such tasks as they said they would take care of it. When we told Kia about the charges, they provided such evidence: they apparently called me to tell me thay i must be present to return thr Honda, but don't give specific details just "he called you and you didn't respond" which was probably a lie; he also told me that no one in the dealer knew since the individuals in task of that car had switched jobs  (both manager and clerk), and on top of that they claimed we were needed to be present for them to return the vehicle. The same day we return the vehicle and ask the lady in charge of lease returns if it was necessary that the owner be present to return the vehicle which she declined and said such is a lie. Dealer isn't willing to pay the fee for their mistake, what should I do? Anything that defends me in such situation? I live in Florida, thank you for any advice.

Answer: Pay the Honda dealer.  Tell the Kia dealer that it's not your problem if people leave, it's theirs & they need to pay you back that $450 fee, since it was their screwup.  If they refuse, take them to small claims court.


Title: I'm an international student in Canada. I passed out drunk in a party, everyone left. Landlord called the Cops. Don't know if I was drugged or charged.

Question:
I'm an international student here in Canada. I was invited to play beer pong randomly while walking across a street. Later on I was invited to a party at the same residence that night.

I was in a shitty mood because of an argument with my parents so when I was offered vodka I almost emptied 2 bottles later that night. I threw up and slept on the washroom. The students who were in the party simply left me alone. When new tenants came in they called the landlord who in turn called the cops and the paramedic.

I reaffirmed continuously that I never did drugs but I was making jokes about my dead girlfriend and other problems I faced. They checked my ID, vitals, took my blood and signature. I didn't get any acknowledgement of being charged or anything but was dropped back home instead.

The landlord later mentioned to me to avoid the group in general as he suspects one of the kid was into drugs and that I will most likely not be charged. He said that cocaine and other hardcore drugs were found at the residence. Apparently the other kids who I met in the party claimed they don't know me and that I was the one who brought the drugs. He later on send me off advising me not to take drinks from strangers.

My fear is whether it will affect my background checks for jobs and more importantly for my future permanent residency. How do I know the status in background check/criminal record ? I've spent all my savings getting here in debt and if I go back it would be a financial disaster.

I was desperate to make friends because I was lonely and disagreements with my parents along with low grades made me extremely nervous - when I got the opportunity to make friends come at me from tens of people at once I thought what could go wrong ? As it was my first time drinking vodka, I kept drinking without realizing that the effect is going to hit me only some time later.

From what I understand, they are going to test my blood for drugs and if they don't they let me off without a charge. However I'm not sure if they mixed anything in the drink. The landlord was saying that the police would be letting me off and I don't need to be scared. I'm not sure how to proceed.

Edit: Thank you for your replies. I was talking to counselor about it today and I'm considering whether it's necessary to approach a lawyer. Since I'm not notified anything, I'm to not worry about progress of any investigation.

Topic:
Drug Possession

Answer:
 If you drank 2 bottles of vodka, you weren't drugged.  You blacked out drunk.  Also, if you had been drugged on top of all that liquor, you'd have died or come close to it and spent the night in the ER

If you weren't arrested, you have no criminal record or any other permanent record of the incident.  Count yourself lucky and learn to make better choices around alcoholAnswer #2: If you weren't charge you won't have a criminal record.

To be fair, two bottles of vodka is way too much alcohol for a single person.

You're lucky you didn't do anything worse than just pass out.Answer #3: >I thought what could go wrong ?

Famous last words.

There are vastly better ways to make friends. Your school most certainly has various social clubs and activities. That would be a better way to find your new friends.


Title: Car Accident, nearing statute of limitations and attorney is slow to close the case... Should I be legitimately concerned?

Question:
Thanks in advance for the help, facts below:

* Car Accident in California in February 2015
* T-boned by a woman who ran a red light. BF who drove had broken ribs and hand, I have urinary incontinence problems now.
* I have an attorney through my legal insurance, but they have been slow to go through the settlement process.  We stopped treating at least 3 months ago and there is no movement.  They are saying it is taking long for them to get doctor records.

Question:

* Should I be worried that my attorney is not moving more quickly?
* I had heard that end of the year is an opportune time to settle cases, because insurance companies want to close these before the fiscal year. is that true?
* We are starting to approach the 2 year statute of limitations and I worry they will delay things to make me feel more rushed to accept an offer to stay within the statute of limitations.  Is this a rationale fear?
* Are there questions i should be asking of my attorney at this point?

Answer:
 Has the case been filed?  If so, the statute of limitations is not an issue. If not, ask why not, ask what the strategy is, and ask what they need from you to move the case forward.

Blowing a case based on the statute of limitations is classic legal malpractice, chances are your lawyer wants none of that and is on top of the SoL, but an email putting your concerns in writing, wouldn't be the worst idea.Answer #2: Do you know if the case has gone into suit? If so then don't worry about the statute right now. If you are coming up on the statute and the lawyer does rush it, if what the insurance offers isn't enough they'll probably put it into suit right then and there.


Title: Former landlord is not responding to calls, texts, or emails regarding our security deposit.

Question:
I recently moved to Indiana, but I was living in Minnesota— from what I can gather, state law there gives landlords 3 weeks to either give you your security deposit back, or tell you what they're making deductions for.  Keys were turned over on August 30th, it's now October 8th.

When my roommate and I contacted our landlord about our security deposit, he said that he wasn't sure if he'd be making deductions, or if so, how many.  He said that the apartment looked great, but that there was some wearing on the wooden floors that he was going to have to decide whether or not he wanted to replace.   "Ok, fine," we said, and asked him to let us know.

We asked him more about the security deposit, 5 times in total, and he continues to avoid saying whether or not we'll get it back, or if we do, if he's making any deductions, and for what.  The new tenants moved in on September 1st, so if he's planning on doing floor repairs, he would have to move them out before starting that.

I totally understand that tenants are responsible for paying for damage to the unit, and if he says the floors are damaged, OK.  But he's gone totally off the grid in terms of communicating with us about our security deposit, has not told us whether or not we'll get it back, and only vaguely implied that there may or may not be some damage that he may or may not be repairing.

Is he legally entitled to keep stringing us along like this, or is he just hoping we'll give up and leave our $650 with him without asking for specifics on deductions?

Thanks all for your help!

Topic:
Landlord Tenant Housing

Answer: He might respond to a small claims summons..


Title: Company announced a mandatory leave during holidays

Question:
California :
Company I am employed at is making the employees take time off for the holidays without pay. You have to use your PTO & if you don't have any then you wont get paid for those days.
What are my options? No Savings - Cant afford to loose those days - Not traveling during the holiday

X-posted to personal finance

Answer: Not illegal. Answer #2: If an exempt employee works during the week and has absences due to a workplace shutdown they much be paid their full weekly salary. The employer can take away hours from their leave bank, but they still must be paid their full weekly salary.


Title: Landlord is in the process of suing the property management company and has told us not to pay next months rent.

Question: [VA] - Our landlord called and said that the PM company has not paid them since January, so they have started legal action. They have requested that we not pay the PM company next months rent. Could this come back to bite me in the ass? I've signed a contract with the PM company which is still valid. What consequences could I face for withholding rent? Are there steps I need to take to protect myself?

Answer:
 I work for a Property Management company.   I have never seen this happen before, but anything is possible.  The contract/lease is as you said with the property management company.  They will be the ones posting late notices (when legal again) and late fees, evictions etc.   Normally an “owner” gets a monthly draw, which is sometimes held back (with the owner’s permission) if needed for emergency repairs or agreed capital improvement projects.   Normally an owner has a clause to fire the management company with agreed notice and either take over the management or hire a replacement company.

If you pay, you have proof of payment and you have met the terms of your lease.

Are you sure it’s the owner and not a scam or a backdoor rent strike?  It seems a bit odd.


Title: My grandparents are in their 70’s and I in my early 20’s are looking after my niece who is nearly 8 months old with no help or money form her mother

Question:
My sister 16 nearly 17, Fell pregnant and decided to keep the baby, The father of the baby is unknown. I moved in with my grandparents at the start of the year to help out with raising the baby because they were not coping very well and my grandmother had upcoming hip surgery. Now that the surgery has been gone and done everything is a bit more easier but, we don’t get any money for my niece, she isn’t in daycare and she doesn’t have a birth certificate.
My sister has been claiming Centrelink for as long as my niece has been born and from what she has told us she was getting $900/$1000 a fortnight and we never ever see any of it. Every time she gets paid she had a different hair colour and new clothes and new makeup but within a week she comes running to my grandparents who are pensioners, for money because she has no money for food. She rarely comes to visit and never makes the effort to be with her daughter until recently but we just can’t trust her.

My sister has a history of mental illness but it doesn’t matter where she goes for help or who she goes to she ends up shutting them out and avoiding them. She was diagnosed with bipolar and the schizophrenia and then they decided she didn’t have that and now she has a personality disorder. Every medication she has been on has resulted badly. She would always go down hill and try to kill herself, self harm or try to hurt other people. She is a very very good liar. She lies so well that she could believe that her lies are the truth. She is a manipulator and she steals. Recently she stole nearly $2000 from my grandparents and brought a $1200 iPhone and other transactions were online purchases. she was meant to be paying them back but she never did and they were to scared to keep on asking incase she would lash out.

Recently she has been in a bit of trouble with the police, she threatened to stab out father and the police took an AVO out against her on my fathers behalf, and then only a few weeks ago she threatened to kill her self, attacked her partner and hid on train tracks while the police looked for her. The police took her to the police station put an avo out against her on her partners behalf. She broke the avo not long after leaving the police station (we live in a small rural town, she lives in the same street as the police station) because she went to her house and he was there and he called the police again. The police then decided to take her to juvi because she resisted arrest and assault a police officer and now she has court next month.
Since then her partner has been coming to our house complaining about her harassing him and then next minute they’re back together while the avo is in place. He was saying things about how he was going to fight my sister for legal rights for my niece, even when he has 2 kids of his own that he has nothing to do with.
My sister has been saying lately that she is going to take my niece, she knows we have no legal rights over her but we have been looking after her since she was born. we want her to take her but we just can’t trust her because we can’t predict what she will be like or what she will do.

What can we do? We have tried reaching out to a solicitor about getting a birth certificate and we have been waiting for months, I don’t mind paying and buying things for my niece but I’ve nearly chewed through my savings and my whole life is on hold while my sister is out doing whatever she wants while living off the government.

Answer: I think you should probably post in /r/auslegal.


Title: Is it legal for my school to confiscate clothes students forget to bring home and force students to pay to get it back?

Question:
Note: I’m from Vietnam where laws might be radically different
So my school just announced a new rule where if you forget a jacket or coat or something of that kind, they’ll confiscate it and you’ll have to pay an equivalent of about $5 to get it back. Is this legal?

Answer:
 In the US it wouldn’t be. Not sure about Vietnam. Best of luck to you. Answer #2: I would ask r/Vietnam and see if anyone there knows.!Answer #3: In the US, this would be theft by conversion.  No clue how this works in Vietnam, though.Answer #4: Here (not Vietnam either) this would actually not be illegal... It could be considered a «finders fee» kinda thing. Or a charge to keep your item stored for you.

We have a different rule, once per month all forgotten clothing gets donated to a charity. Forget your stuff the day before pickup, tough luck,..


Title: I quit my job and now my employer is threading to call cops on me

Question:
Hi, nyc here

I work inside a private home for very wealthy individuals. I gave them notice and they have threatened to call the police and say I have brought drugs and alcohol into their home and around their children unless I stay with them for an extended period. None of it is true but I’m afraid that won’t matter...

Seriously what the fuck do I do here?

Answer:
 Of course it will matter. Get out of these ASAP and don't look back.Answer #2: > I gave them notice and they have threatened to call the police and say I have brought drugs and alcohol into their home and around their children unless I stay with them for an extended period.

Inform them that you hereby quit on the spot since you don't work for people who make false claims like that in an attempt to blackmail you.Answer #3: Change your notice to immediate. Leave. Document any threats of a false police report they make to you.Answer #4: Record anything and everything that is said between you and them, also record any calls you make to the police. It is legal NY is a *ONE* party recording state.

OH and GTFO of there NOW!!!


Title: Wife wanting to sign up as a LuLaRoe clothing sales consultant, some stuff in the contract was a little weird to me.

Question:
[ Location: Tennessee ] A couple of paragraphs in the agreement just seemed a little odd to me or overstepping. I might just not understand the legal jargon  but if someone could help me understand it that would be great! Thanks a ton in advance, the paragraphs below are what I don't understand.

"The obligations of Consultant under this Agreement are unique in that the same constitute personal services. If Consultant should default in its obligations under the terms of this Agreement, the parties each acknowledge that it would be extremely impracticable to measure the resulting damages; accordingly, LuLaRoe, in addition to any other available rights or remedies, may sue in equity for specific performance, without the necessity of posting bond or other security, and Consultant expressly waives the defense that a remedy in damages will be adequate and the requirement of a bond or other security."

"The term of this Agreement is one year from the Effective Date or the date of its acceptance by LuLaRoe, whichever shall occur last. This Agreement shallthereafter automatically renew for successive one-year terms unless terminated by Consultant or LuLaRoe upon no less than thirty (30) calendar days’ written notice. If this Agreement is terminated for any reason, Consultant shall not be eligible to purchase Products from LuLaRoe at wholesale prices or make sales on behalf of LuLaRoe or use any intellectual property, including, without limitation, trademarks, styles, or names of LuLaRoe (“Intellectual Property”) or any Confidential Information of LuLaRoe. In the event of termination or non-renewal of this Agreement, all rights of Consultant, if any, to any bonuses, commissions, or other compensation, whether or not related the productivity or sales activities of any other consultant, or otherwise, shall terminate. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement, LuLaRoe reserves the right to immediately terminate this. Agreement without notice in the event that Consultant misrepresents Products or LuLaRoe, or the acts of Consultant cause a negative impact on the business or reputation of LuLaRoe."

If anyone would like to see the whole document I can post it.

Answer:
 a) This is an MLM.  The overwhelming odds are that your wife won't make money doing this, and will in fact lose quite a bit.

b) The first clause is unenforceable.  It basically says that they can sue for an injunction against her for "specific performance".  The only thing she's performing is sales, and they cannot force her to be a salesperson (slavery has been illegal for quite some time).  There are edge cases where that sort of clause can be enforceable, but this isn't one.  But it's probably something they try to use as leverage to keep people buying stuff, which makes this lean towards being on the scummier end of MLMs (an already scummy industry)

c) They're saying she'll forfeit commissions that haven't been paid if she quits.  That is definitely illegal.  The bit about bonuses and downstream revenue can be enforced, but they can't legally withhold commissions if she's met every other requirement for it being earned, but quits.

d) Seriously, this is the legal version of a pyramid scheme.  Don't do it.


Title: The ex-owner wants my dog back?

Question:
I'm located in NJ. Recently, I "bought" a dog Bailey from a distant friend in NY. I say "bought" because we technically never paid anything for the dog. I did tell my friend at the time that if they wanted the dog back to just talk to me. A month after having the dog, my friend said he wanted it back. Now I know what I promised him when I first got Bailey, but that was just because I felt bad since he looked really upset to see his dog go and it just came out of my mouth. I'd already grew really attached to the dog and told him no, I've decided not to give it back. Partly because I really loved the dog, and partly because I felt he already gave up on his dog by selling it to me whereas I would never even consider it. At first he was really mad but then he said he thought about it and he understood, and just asked that I send him pictures and videos and let him visit from time to time. All seemed well there, but then my parents stepped in. They said that they don't understand why the ex-owner still wants to be a part of my dog's life like having Bailey go over there for visits since he already gave it up, and told me it was best for the previous owner and for Bailey if we just ceased contact. Another two months passed and yesterday, I got a text from the ex-owner that he's really mad I've been ignoring him and rejecting his wishes to stay updated with Bailey's life, and now he's going to sue for ownership.

I'm really distressed now and worried that he'll really sue. I wish I didn't listen to my parents, but the ex-owner says I'm untrustworthy and cruel to not even send a picture or let him visit once in a while since he gave me Bailey for free, so he doesn't trust me and won't budge. The thing is, if he really sues, will he win? I heard that possession is 9/10 the battle, I have all of Bailey's vaccination records, and the ex-owner did give Bailey to me. However, his ex-owner did pay for Bailey while I didn't buy Bailey from him with money, all the vaccination records were paid for by the ex-owner, and he had him for longer (I've taken care of Bailey for 3 months and the ex-owner had him for 6 months). We never signed a physical contract, all of our communications were via text. The promise I made him of letting him have the dog if he ever asked was only verbal, so he can't exactly prove I said it.

With all that being said, who has a bigger chance of winning ownership? Can the ex-owner even sue for the dog back, or can he only sue for money?

Answer:
 Well you went back on your word twice to the guy, which doesn't make you sound great. Try to be more mature in your decision making, and don't ignore people.Answer #2: I mean, he's right, you are untrustworthy, since you straight up broke your word twice.

Your untrustworthiness aside, you're going to likely need some evidence that the original owner agreed to transfer ownership. If they have evidence that they purchased the property (dog), and you have no evidence that they agreed to transfer ownership to you, then they will get their property back. Answer #3: Small claims court HATES dog custody cases.  Lawyers hate them too.

If he does sue, bring all the vet bills and stuff.  He might win the cost of the dog, but you should be able to offset it with the expenses.  Take him to vet to make sure everything is up to date and to show you are a responsible owner.  Keep food/toy/grooming bills too.


Title: Can I get sued by a brand for re-selling a used item from their brand in my online store?

Question: I own a vintage/re-purposed online denim store. I hunt for old denim and make any necessary modifications such as hemming, tapering, waxing, patching, etc. Then I re-sell online. Is it possible to get in legal trouble from the original seller (example: Levi's)?Photos on my website include items we sell which might have a logo in view. My business is based in Oregon but I only sell online.

Answer: You are free to buy and sell as you see fit so long as you're not somehow trying to confuse consumers that you're store is affiliated with, sponsored by, owned by, or otherwise related to the denim manufacturer(s).


Title: Everyone kicked out of business during Tornado Warning. Is that legal?

Question: So last night we had a tornado warning in the OKC area. A tornado in nearby El Reno even resulted in a few fatalities. When the Tornado warning went off in OKC, I was in a bar with some others. When the alerts for the tornado warning went off, the bartenders kicked us out. they said "everybody out now, we're closed for the weather". I presume they made this decision so that they could seek shelter without anything being stolen. We (drunk people) were kicked out into heavy rain and wind during a tornado warning. Is this illegal or just very irresponsible?

Answer:
 > I presume they made this decision so that they could seek shelter

Which is what everyone should have done.

> without anything being stolen

Or, you know, so that nobody would be decapitated by panes of flying glass.

Is the bar ICC-500 compliant? Does it even have a basement? And isn't there glass everywhere? Yes, kicking people out is [controversial](https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/04/16/tornado-was-bearing-down-bar-packed-with-college-students-its-owner-explains-why-they-were-kicked-out/) but there doesn't seem to be a law against it, nor would it be smart to ride out a tornado in a bar (absent a basement). I'm not even sure it's irresponsible, wouldn't it be best to find safe shelter?

I may be totally off-base here but I'm not sure what a better option was. Can you expand on what you think they ought to have done?Answer #2: As far as I can tell any determination of liability would be dependent on whether or not the bar had any ability to safely shelter patrons during the storm.

If the bar has a basement shelter that could fit 30 and booted out everyone so that the owner could spread out? Maybe an argument for some sort of civil liability.

If it was just a bar with no shelter but the main room? Getting everyone out of a potential blender of broken glass and combustibles is a pretty good idea for all parties involved.Answer #3:  [https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/04/16/tornado-was-bearing-down-bar-packed-with-college-students-its-owner-explains-why-they-were-kicked-out/?noredirect=on&utm\_term=.93eb5e8e2f90](https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/04/16/tornado-was-bearing-down-bar-packed-with-college-students-its-owner-explains-why-they-were-kicked-out/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.93eb5e8e2f90)   this article explains the reasoning for this bar's decision to kick people out.Answer #4: As far as I can tell its not illegal nor is it necessarily irresponsible. I'm pretty sure that being a bar, theres glass everywhere. There may have been more risks allowing you guys to stay rather than making you all leave. How many windows did this bar have?


Title: Subpoena from dating site

Question:
So about three weeks ago, I received an email from a smaller dating website (not a big one like tinder or bumble) Stating that my account was banned and that my account information was headed to authorities due to a subpoena. The email stated that “several women are bringing sexual-harassment charges” towards me.

Backstory, this has something to do with my ex-girlfriend who I ended up cheating on. She’s a lawyer, so I’m assuming she had some ties or a connection to attempting some kind of revenge. My dating profile or anything I have said to anybody on that website is totally normal and I don’t have anything to worry about in terms of sexual harassment. Other than not being faithful, I was never sexually abusive in any way to anyone involved.  to be honest I’m surprised my account was terminated to begin with.

Is this something I need to worry about or take action against or precaution in any way?

Answer: Get an attorney and don't answer any questions without one.


Title: Pro se traffic court defendant wins case, makes astute observations about prosecutorial intimidation

Answer:
 As someone who has had some limited experience with the court system as a defendant, I think prosecutors trying to intimidate defendants into waiving their right to a trial is the single largest problem with it.

The statistics say that 95% of federal prosecutions end in a plea bargain, and I can only assume the proportion is similar for state/local prosecutions. How can that situation not be deemed unjust on its face? The Supreme Court seems [less concerned about the issue than it ought to be](https://lbradleylaw.wordpress.com/2015/04/25/chief-justice-roberts-unexpected-interest-in-prosecutorial-intimidation/). Even then, the example given in that article is a high-stakes one: I would argue that the lower-stakes intimidation that occurs in places like traffic court dozens of times a day (per courtroom) does even more aggregate harm.


Title: Father got laid off after 21 years, only got 1 month severance

Question:
My dad has worked for a fortune 100 company for 21 years. They've been slowly outsourcing his department for the past 10 and he was one of the last few americans. My dad has always got great reviews and even got one 3 weeks before being told he is laid off. He got 3 month notice but only 1 month severance.
He is in his late 50s so its likely to take him a really long time to find a new job. Does he have any legal recourse? Minnesota is the state

Answer: Assuming you're in the US, absent a contractual agreement, no, severance isn't required. He should file for unemployment immediately.Answer #2: He has no right to severance at all, unless it's in his original employment contract.


Title: [OH] What grounds does a university have to collect tuition?

Question:
I will try to keep this short.

My company has a very good tuition reimbursement program. They will give you 50% in advance and once you complete the semester, reimburse you the remaining 50%.

I received authorization to attend this university and started my two courses. Three days into the semester, my company informed me that they were not willing to pay approximately $3000 worth of fees per semester because the university could not justify what they were for.

Because of this, I withdrew from the university just over ten days in. The university informed me that I was still responsible for $3000 worth of tuition and fees for the remaining semester as the drop deadline passed when the semester began for this class.

I filed an appeal with the university and they have agreed to release me of my obligation of 80% of this amount. The university wants me to pay the remaining 20%. I, however, feel that this 20% serves no other purpose than being a money grab by the university as it was an online program and I am essentially paying for services I did not receive.

What grounds do they have to obtain this money? If I ignore it, what could the repercussions be?

Thank you

Edit: update - weighed pros and cons based on advice given here and just  paid the effing bill. Sometimes it is hard to set pride aside but worth it in the end. Thank you all for your advice

Answer:
 When you agreed to go the school you made a contract with the school that you'd pay tuition in exchange for an education. They already gave you more than they probably had to considering the agreement but defaulted to common law contracts and sounds like they prorated the amount of time you actually conferred a benefit of the contract.

They could sue you and try to collect the money. Will they? Who knows. They usually just hold off on giving a person their transcripts or degree until they pay, but since you aren't getting one, they might be more aggressive.


Title: [Arizona] If someone just got back from a state which they legally consumed marijuana and then was asked for a random drug test, how does that work? Is it a company's discretion even if lawfully consumed?

Answer:
 A company can fire you for eating a Twinkie, which are somehow still legal in all 50 states, so yes, it can fire you for having consumed marijuana in a state that allows it.Answer #2: Marijuana can't lawfully be consumed. It's still a Schedule 1 drug at the federal level.

Not sure how people don't grok this. Marijuana decriminalization is basically a states' rights vs. federal issue for the 21st century. As it stands, though, an employer can fire you if you piss hot or a hair test comes back positive.

EDIT: I'm always amused to get downvoted for stating facts.


Title: (TX) intent attempted aggravated sexual assault of child

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 He is megafucked, and not in the way he wants.

Also, he is a bad guy, and this is not a mistake. Please do not try to downplay his intention to assault an *eight year old girl*. His excuses are bullshit.Answer #2: That is absolutely disgusting. Jesus christ.

He needs a lawyer, and his life is going to be forever changed. He's looking at 2-20 years in prison and a maximum fine of $10,000, plus being a registered sex offender for the rest of his life.


Title: [KS] Anybody here use MoviePass, if so what are my options?

Question:
Hey everyone, so MoviePass is obviously in trouble financially, even though they tell us they aren’t. They still exist and my account is active. I prepaid for a full year in April and now the service doesn’t even work. For the past 3 days (and counting) all the movie theaters listed on my MoviePass app have either only listed 3 am showings (that don’t exist) or don’t list any showtimes at all.

There are over 20 theater in my area and MoviePass is blocking out every single showing obviously. Many people over at r/moviepassclub are experiencing the same problems as me. They won’t return my emails and chat support logs, and nobody is answering the customer service phone line.

Is anyone here familiar with consumer law or the TOS laws they have to obey? Their service is legit broken right now and no communication is happening from the company. Is a class action suit the answer? Any help would be nice.
Topic:
Consumer Law

Answer:
 MoviePass is likely going bankrupt, if not already.  If the company has no money left, a class action will go nowhere since they have no money left to pay you any damages.

Legally, if the company promised you something and failed to deliver, you'd be owed back a portion of what you paid them equal to what they didn't deliver.Answer #2: Many people have been getting full refunds (between $80 and $120) by either initiating a credit card charge back, or complaining to Costco.  Financial institutions know about Movie Pass's failure to provide service.Answer #3: The law is on your side, in theory, that if they don't provide the service then you can get your money back.  What isn't on your side is reality which says that if the company owes a bajillion dollars of refunds but only has 20 bucks to its name, you're not getting a refund.  Take /u/CyberTractor's advice and call your credit card company to initiate a charge back if you bought the service recently enough.  If you bought it too long ago to initiate a charge back, your CC company will tell you, then you'd have to sue them to get a refund.  Of course, if they don't have any money then the court telling them to give you a refund will do about as much good as having an extra hole in your face.  At some point they'll go bankrupt and you can submit a claim to the bankruptcy court which would entitle you to some share of whatever assets they have remaining.


Title: Legal Citizen, Delivery man, paid in Cash, never filled out any employment papers W-4, now laid off, does he have grounds to sue?

Question:
Had the proper employment filings been made, this man would be eligible to unemployment.

Grounds for a lawsuit?

Answer:
 He can file for unemployment anyway. The unemployment agency will go after the employer to report the wages and pay the tax. He just needs to have some record of what he was paid. Also his hands are just as dirty here. Did he report that income on his taxes?Answer #2: In my personal opinion, people who are willing to work under-the-table should not expect over-the-table benefits. Also keep in mind that by being paid in cash with no withholding he is likely to have been engaging in tax evasion. I doubt he's going to take that cash he got and write down the amount as "other income" on his taxes (or that he did for 2013 if he worked there in 2013 as well.)

He could possibly contact his state department of labor and get the employer in quite a bit of trouble.

I am not a lawyer.


Title: [Pennsylvania] Grounds for discrimination/ harassment?

Question:
Not sure if this is the right place to post. My cousin is an international student attending a university here for her undergraduate degree. This was supposed to be her last semester here but she ended up breaking her leg which is when things went downhill. It was a struggle to get her professors to accommodate her but after a while, they did…or so we thought. She handed in a rough draft for one of her classes and the professor found that she took an image from online without citation and said that she would fail the paper as a result. My cousin was not aware of this rule and felt she deserved another chance. She asked other students about their images and they were not punished for not citing. Because she wasn’t allowed to submit a final draft, she got a zero for the paper. The professor said that she would be expelled if the issue of plagiarism was brought up to the dean. Obviously not wanting that to happen, she went to her advisor and he said that she should be able to take the course over the summer if she fails.
My cousin recently took her final and went to the professor to ask for the grade. She isn’t passing the course so she went to the advisor to register for the summer course but he says she would have only been able to take the online summer course from her country if she got above a C (?). Now they are making her come in for the fall semester, to complete not only the one course needed to obtain her degree but an additional 9 credits as she is an international student. I feel like the university has been bullying her and is trying to make her attend the university for another semester to extort another $50k out of her. Is this grounds for discrimination/ harassment?

Answer: You've provided no information that would indicate either discrimination or harassment.


Title: Abortion clinic with my under aged girlfriend?

Question:
Ok, some background on the subject. I'm not some kind of disgusting creep, I'm only 5 months older than my girlfriend. I live in California, and I'm 18 (Bday april 26, hers November 3rd) I am going to the Navy in December. I can't have a kid right now, not this stage of my life, when so much is on the line. I used a condom, and she was on BC, which she neglected to tell me expired a week before we had sex when the baby was conceived. We both agreed abortion is the best option.

My question is this. It is a misdemeanor for me if I get caught, which would completely ruin my life plans? If I went to the clinic to be there for her, because she needs me to be there, would they report me for statutory rape?

-edit question marks

Answer:
 The clinic isn't going to ask her about the father's identity, age, or even if you are the father. They may ask her if she was assaulted or molested, but at age 17, rhe most likely won't bat an eye. The only thing they might care about if is she is sedated for the procedure, they are required to make sure someone is there to drive her home. They won't look at your driver license or copy the information. They'll just ask if you're her driver.

Abortion clinics are required to report if the patient claims they were sexually abused, but just being pregnant isn't enough to create that presumption. They take privacy and confidentiality very seriously and have no interest in making people afraid to come in for services. They won't dig for information at all or try to make anyone uncomfortable.

Just be there with and for her, and don't worry about anything coming of it. It won't. Answer #2: You're fine. Go with her, support her, stop worrying.


Title: Could I be cut hours due to my disability?

Question:
Disability is anxiety/depression. I agreed to take a full time position that requires me to work 1st, 2nd, and 3rd shift, upon my employers needs. I told them when I first took the position that I am okay with helping them out on whatever they need as long as I don’t have to work all 3 shifts in one week.

So far they have done this twice, and after the first time I let it slide and explained to my manager how it affected me. I ended up having migraines all week because of my screwed up sleep schedule. I asked to not be scheduled that way again and they did it again.

I said something after the schedule was posted and was ignored by both managers with no response. I am going to my doctor’s office tomorrow or on Tuesday (depending on if I can get in) to request an updated FMLA for my workplace with restrictions on it to help my condition.

When I told my managers about this weeks schedule I mentioned my depression and anxiety was getting worse. I have had thoughts of Suicide with intentions as well, but I know it’s because I can’t sleep right.

I’m afraid they are going to take away my 40 week hours because of this. I cannot live off of 28 hours or less a week.

Answer: Do you have a note from your doctor saying you need your schedule to be like that? That could be a reasonable accommodation depending on the needs of the business.


Title: Help with Threatening Phone Call

Question:
Last night at 10:56 pm I got a call from a “No called ID” and I answered and they said they were the person who “fucked up my house” (my house was paintballed 2 weeks ago, don’t know who did it). They also said they’re going to do it again at some point and while my house has security cameras now, I still rather avoid the damage. What can I do since I can’t call them back and can’t find the number, any help is appreciated

Edit: I’m in Wisconsin btw

Answer: Report it to the police.


Title: Mother Hospitalized - What to do about rent? (MA)

Question:
Hi r/legaladvice. I made a post in r/offmychest with more details but basically:

I am a 20 year old female student and I waitress. Two weeks ago my mother became suddenly very mentally ill. One week ago she was admitted into a hospital and the doctors are saying she will be there for months or perhaps some form of assisted living forever.

I normally give my mother all the money I make as a waitress and we basically split the cost of rent and bills. I gave her the rent money plus extra for this month before she lost her job / went crazy and I have now learned that she has not paid rent or any bills.

I am not sure what to do next. Is it possible for my landlord to just come into my house and evict me? Can he enter? I'm not on the lease, only my mother is. I'm not sure if I should look up tenant rights or squatter rights. I have full intentions of getting a roommate and paying next month but I definitely need more time to pay for this missed month. Should I call my landlord and explain (he is NOT generally a nice/understanding guy) what is happening? Should I pay partial payments, just send him money orders after every shift I work? Can the landlord have the police come and kick me out?

I am most concerned about rent, however, I also have never paid a bill before. Am I able to open the bills addressed to my mother? I don't have any of her account information so I don't know how to do it online. I'm a waitress so I don't have a bank account, I normally get cash tips and cash my check at Walmart every few weeks. How long until everything gets shut off? I am disabled but work what I can, I recall hearing something about how they can't shut off water to disabled, is that true? If I am late with payments until I get a roommate will I be summoned to court? I'm in Massachusetts.
Topic:
Landlord Tenant Housing

Answer:
 You landlord can evict you for not paying rent but you will not just be forced out one day. You landlord must go through a formal eviction process which he will have to do to your mother because you are not on the lease and that process can take months to complete. This is good because you will not have an eviction on your record (which you *really* do not want). He is going to find out you need longer to pay rent anyway when rent isn't paid so I suggest explaining the situation to him. He may be sympathetic.

You can and should have a bank account even if you are a waitress. You can deposit your cash tips and checks there.

Call up the various companies and explain that you will need to take over paying the bills in your mother's absence. They really just care about being paid and will help you do that.

r/personalfinance can help you budget your money and learn how to pay bills.


Title: Rx Medication / Housing discrimination?

Question:
Hi all - my landlords in Colorado are working to get their farm organically certified, and have issued a new lease that severely restricts what kinds of products we can put in our septic as the septic field drains into a pasture for livestock.

This is not an issue for me, but the other renter who is an older lady uses progesterone cream and estrogen patches. Landlords are saying these are not allowed as the hormones wash off into the septic when she showers and washes her clothes and contaminate the property.

Is this legal? To tell a renter that she has to change her prescription medication to a different brand and administration method (that she has a negative physical reaction to) or leave?

Really like my neighbor (and my landlords!) but feel that this situation is a little extreme. Thank you for any insight you can provide!

Answer: How do they know the hormones are in water? Are they testing it on a regular basis?


Title: [Missouri] Grandpa passed away, but left no will. His girlfriend locked the doors and claims everything is hers since it's in her house. Help?

Question:
My grandpa passed away a little while ago. He had a long-term girlfriend, but they never married for financial reasons. His girlfriend owns the house that they lived in before he passed, and from what his girlfriend says, he did not have a will.

The girlfriend was friendly and cooperative while he was still alive, but as soon as he died she locked her doors and cut off contact with our family, stating that everything in the house was hers. She went as far as to tell her neighbors to "call the cops if you see anyone at the house who isn't hispanic", explaining that we were trying to steal from her. All of my grandpa's worldly possessions (minus his truck, which was titled and registered in only his name) are trapped inside her house.

I'm afraid that she will sell off all of his possessions or distribute them among her family. There are many items that have sentimental value to us that we would like to keep in the family.

Is there any legal action I could take to get back, if nothing more, a couple of things that we have memories of?

Answer:
 With no will everything goes to his children .

Get a probate lawyer. Keep track of bank accounts, IRA, truck, etc. Answer #2: Yes, you can hire a probate attorney to help you collect his property via the court system.  Absent a will, everything passes by intestate succession.  If he's not married, it all goes to his children in equal shares.  Answer #3: The fact that you're saying he passed away "a little while ago" and not "yesterday" tells me that your grandfather's things are long gone. You should have dealt with this with a lawyer the second she locked the doors, now it may be impossible to track any items that were in the house.

Bank account-wise you may still have a slim chance of recovery, but again, not immediately getting a lawyer may have screwed you on that front depending on how and where his funds are.

Good luck. Answer #4: Legal advice is all well and good, but here's some practical advice - accept the fact that any tangible possessions inside her home are gone. You will likely never see them, and if you do, it will only be stuff she doesn't care about. I have been in your shoes. I had an entire team of attorneys. It doesn't matter. Come to terms now with the physical property being gone, and you will be all the more grateful for anything you do end up getting.Answer #5: Get a probate lawyer right now. You'll need one in order to figure out how to secure his possessions and accounts.


Title: Child Support in Texas (x-post form r/daddit)

Question: Let me(26m) start by saying I already have a son who is 2 years old. I currently pay 20 percent for my son from my net income. I am now expecting another child around late July. I got off the phone with the child support office who tells me I will have to modify my first case to go down to 17.5 percent and the second mother will automatically get 17.5 percent as well. I just got off the phone with my first and shes quiet upset and says she wont agree (can she do that? also can she seek more?) and I fear the second will not agree to 17.5 either. Thing is If they're both at 40 percent together I don't think I can survive financially at least until I can further advance in my career. Any one else in my shoes? or any advice would be great, thank you.

Answer:
 You petition the court for a modification, not the mother directly.  They'll have the ability to contest the amount if they have good cause to, but it's a statutory amount in TX, so it has to be something more than "I would prefer more".  Get a lawyer and have them file on your behalf.

Also, start using condoms


Title: Can my job legally force me to change from working weekdays to working weekends without me agreeing?

Question:
I currently work Monday to Friday 8am-5pm. Recently the person working Friday-Monday 8am-5pm (not full time) quit. A friend of mine who sat in on the supervisor meeting told me that the administration had a meeting and said that whether I like it or not, they will make me work weekends. They said since I'm in my initial 6 month probationary period, they can make me do whatever they want.

I'm sure they would find a way to make it full time, but I refuse to work weekends. I never agreed to it. I don't have any real obstacles like childcare or anything, I simply don't want to do it and never agreed to it. Can they legally go against the job description for the weekday position I accepted? I will refuse to do it regardless, but I wanted to know if they had any legal grounds to do this.

Answer: Absent an employment contract to the contrary, or a state law that says otherwise(which doesn't exist in any state I'm aware of, and you didn't mention which state) you work when your employers tell you to work.  If you don't, they can terminate you and you'd have no recourse.


Title: kicking ex out

Question: I kicked my ex out of the house and they said that they would leave by today. Now they have decided that they no longer want to leave even though we agreed they would leave today. I know I need an eviction notice to legally kick them out but does this still apply here? I live in Indiana. Ex's name is not on the lease at all.

Answer: If ex has been living there, you cannot just kick them out. You must follow legal eviction procedures.


Title: I think my son's mom wants to change his last name and/or have her husband adopt him. What can I do?

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 You contest in court and demand a paternity test, keep all receipts of money.

If it established you are the bio father, adoptions cant go ahead without your consent.Answer #2: Are you on the birth certificate? If not you're going to want to step on it and get a paternity test so you can be established as the father.

It might be worth getting a formal parenting order afterwards, even if you don't get a formal child support application. Bring up the idea of getting a parenting order (say you want to have a formal plan in place for when he starts school or something).


Title: I'm a 16 year old looking to get emancipated.

Question:
I lied. I'm 15 right now, but I hope to get emancipated in the autumn, and by that time I will be 16 years old. I am a Canadian citizen living in Calgary, Alberta. Here's my situation:

My family life is fine. I'm living with my mother and stepfather in Calgary, my father and stepmother live in British Columbia. I'll be graduating this summer and I want to move out this autumn to a city in British Columbia (not the one my father lives in) to pursue post-secondary education and live independently.

The reason I want an emancipation is because the city I'll be moving to is home to neither of my parents, so I'll want full legal rights to be capable of such things as signing leases and handling my own household finances. Basically being reliant on my parents while living independently would be more of a hassle than I welcome.

In case you're wondering why I don't just enroll in university in my home town while living under my mother's roof, it's because I'm eventually going to be attending the University of British Columbia's Vancouver campus for dental studies. The dentistry course as UBCVC has some post-secondary prerequisites that are also offered through their campus in the Okanagan, which is where I'll be living and taking these courses.

The reason for this post is I'd love to know the exact steps I'll need to take to be emancipated, what kind of resources this process will require, and whether or not emancipation will be made easier by my current guardians consenting to it. Help of any kind would be greatly appreciated. Cheers!
Topic:
Other Civil Matters

Answer:
 > I'm a 16 year old

> I lied. I'm 15 right now

Well, we're off to a great start.  I'm not familar with Canadian law.  So I'll wait for someone who is to chime in.  But nothing you have described sounds like grounds for any type of emancipation that I am familiar with.


Title: Why are people given sentences that are longer than they could live? Why not just sentence them to life in prison?

Question: I was looking through the ADX Florence inmate list, specifically the foreign terrorist section, and there are people who have multiple life sentences plus several decades. There is even one guy who had his sentence reduced from 240 years to 180 years.

Answer:
 Those folks have **multiple** sentences for their various crimes that are set to be served consecutively. This is done so that if the convictions of one of those crimes is overturned, he still has to spend the rest of his life in prison before his sentence is completed, exactly like what happened in your example.Answer #2: In federal civilian courts, convicts are sentenced for each crime they were convicted of. /u/Random-Red-Shirt is right that it could theoretically make things easier if one of their convictions is later overturned, but the more fundamental reason this happens is the idea that someone who committed multiple crimes should be punished for each of those crimes. (In practice, courts often will resentence someone if one conviction is overturned.) A judge can decide whether multiple sentences should run concurrently or consecutively, and when it doesn’t really matter (like if they’re all life sentences) they’ll sometimes pick consecutive to make a point.

When someone is convicted of 6 crimes that are each punishable by up to 30 years in prison, the judge *can’t* sentence them to life. The judge has to set a sentence length for each of the six crimes, and no individual crime can have “life” as the sentence. However, the judge can approximate a life sentence by sentencing them to 30 years on each count and making them consecutive for a total of 180 years.


Title: [California] My neighbor is 'reclaiming' his property line, wants me to pay half of new fence

Question:
I bought my home a little more than 3 years ago. Due to my smaller lot size (my house was the former carriage house to another neighbor's house) and my position in the block, my backyard adjoins four other properties.

One of my neighbors had two very old derelict structures abutting my backyard (a former garage and what I can only assume was a moonshine shack) that looked like they'd fall over in a stiff breeze. To my delight he decided to finally tear them down, but to my disappointment he is not only asking me to pay half of the new fence but he is also 'reclaiming' the original property line, which comes about a foot or two into my backyard from where the buildings previously sat. I actually don't think he's trying to pull a fast one here, as the 'new' property line is actually a straight line from the other neighbors' and makes total sense (I do plan on asking for a parcel map or a surveyor's report to confirm this before the fence goes up). However, let it be said/known that this property had been conceded to me/previous homeowners for several years- both the verrry old buildings and the fact that I have a tree in my backyard that grows directly over the 'new' property line attest to the fact that he 'gave up' this property to my lot at least 10-20 years ago.

I want a new fence, I need a new fence (I have dogs and I don't like that you can now look/walk up the neighbor's driveway and directly into my backyard), and in theory I have no problem making a *modest* contribution towards a shared fence. My questions are as follows:

1. Is there a statute of limitations on 'reclaiming' land that has, for all intents and purposes, been 'given' to a neighbor in the manner described above? My friends in Portland, OR say this is a thing there.

2. Do I have a legal obligation to pay for half of the new fence? As mentioned, it's a shared fence that I want and need, and I will contribute a bit. But I cannot afford to contribute half, and I did not get the choice to time this expense when most convenient for me. And let me tell you, this is a *very* inconvenient time.

I tried asking my city, my county assessor's office, and my home insurance agent, and they all tell me to hire an attorney. But I have no money- if I had the money to hire an attorney, I'd have the money for the fence! Plus I don't know if I have a legal "issue" yet, I just have these two questions. I definitely appreciate the importance of getting professional legal advice, as I work in a law office (criminal defense, I'm a secretary/IANAL) myself. But I just can't afford it! Any help would be appreciated.

Apologies if any of this is unclear!

**UPDATE**: So he called today (about 3-4 days after my original post) and I spoke with him. Right off the top I got an email address from him because I'd rather keep things in writing going forward, first of all because that's just smart and second of all because I have social anxiety and really hate talking on the phone when I'm not in "professional roleplay mode" at the office. Also it's my birthday and my best friend from HS who lives 2,000 miles away was almost on my doorstep and I was just *not in the mood*, you know?

I confirmed the quote with him and told him I was okay to pay half, but that I couldn't pay anything until at least next year. I also asked him if he had a plot map or surveyor's report to confirm the property line. He sounded really put off by both of those things and grumbled something about having to check with his brother about "fronting the full cost" (I neglected to mention, they are joint owners and landlords, so this fence repair is a business expense for them). I let that one slide but it really annoyed me that he would grumble about someone not being able to come up with hundreds of dollars at the drop of a hat, especially given that he's meant to give me 30 days' written notice with a construction quote, which he did not (thanks to u/Lawsnpaws for that Cal Civ Code link!) The point being not that I care about that, but I hope to demonstrate that if I can be flexible and waive that particular restriction in the interest of neighborliness, surely he can return the favor and be flexible about allowing me time to collect the money when I only got the quote, via text, a week ago.

I do plan on writing out an informal letter for both of us to sign agreeing to the cost, the revised/reclaimed property line the 50/50 split, and the date by which I will repay, which I will have quickly reviewed by an attorney at work. But I do hope that we can proceed on friendly and casual terms, with the paperwork as a basic CYA that anybody with assets to protect would do as a matter of common sense!

Thanks all for your help!

Answer:
 Is the current fence in disrepair? Because border fences are a joint responsibility in CA.

Also, you need to find out how long the current fence has been there and depending how long, prior to that what the boundary was considered to be.

Try the building department to see if there are permit records and try Google maps/earth


Title: Wife moved out of state three months ago

Question: [deleted]

Answer: You should take the lead here and file for divorce.  This gives you the advantage of choosing the location instead of dealing with a lawsuit wherever she is.  A divorce will also take care of your financial disputes.  You'll have to pay your own attorney fees, though.


Title: The first quote in this article makes it sound like Comcast is suing California over the net neutrality law on the basis of lost contract opportunities and lower revenue. Is that really a legal basis for a lawsuit? Can you sue the government because their regulations will ban lucrative practices?

Answer:
 Yes, this is required to establish standing.

If Comcast had claimed that they wouldn't suffer any damages because of California's law then they probably wouldn't have standing to challenge the regulation.  You can't just challenge a law because you disagree with it.Answer #2: Yes. So to even get to a law suit you have to show venue/forum (proper court), jurisdiction (proper law), and standing (injury of some form or statutory allowance). This is what they are claiming as injury.


Title: Parking outside in front of a house on the street in Vegas legal?

Question:
I went to visit my boyfriend in Vegas and I arrived but he was taking longer than expected to get ready. So I drove up the street to find shade and stopped and idled and browsed my phone for about 20 minutes. The 2 way road is kind of narrow so I pulled off into the gravel strip on the side of the road that goes down along the street on both sides, then past the gravel are the homes fences, and walls to let people know that's their yards/property. I idled in the gravel and 20 minutes later a guy and woman pull up beside me in the street and ask if I'm looking for an address. I said no and I'm just waiting for my boyfriend down the street and he said well go down there and I said there's no shade down there and I'll just stay here. He said my state is back that way from reading my plates then more similar argument went on and he got out of his car saying to leave then asked if I was ever punched before. Saying he doesn't want anyone in front of his house. I said he won't do anything because I know his address and yadda yadda yadda. I decided to leave since I'd rather see my boyfriend sooner than get in a fight over something stupid and have black eyes lol.

Come to find out, after a little big of googling, he is an Air Force Captain. Is it okay for me to park under a tree in front of his house or a relatives house like that under a tree near the road? It wasn't on his property I don't think. He didn't threaten or hit me but if he attacks me or threatens me or damages my car and drives off what can I do? Call the police I take it but since he's so high rank will they even bother to do anything with a nobody like me that's out of state? He was looking down my cracked window like he wanted to grab something to get me to get out of the car or something which was weird. Can I pepper spray him if I ever see him walk up to my car next time? Probably won't do anything to him since he'd be used to it lol. I'll be recording with my phone next time and have my dash cam on. What can I do in this type of situation? I play on seeing my boyfriend again and if he takes forever I plan on going back to that only spot on the street with shade and wait. I was simply just idling there with my A/C on, on my phone browsing Reddit, waiting. Here is a picture of a different street that has a tree with shade in a similar spot I was in.  [https://imgur.com/a/B9N3igE](https://imgur.com/a/B9N3igE)

Answer: The police don’t care about military rank, and most military members don’t regularly get doused with pepper spray. This isn’t TV. Unless local ordinances say otherwise, you can probably idle on the street. Next time decline to engage and contact police if the situation escalated. Or just move your car.


Title: Just found out my wife has an 8 year old, $40k credit card debt that has gone to collections. Can this be taken care of myself, or should I hire an attorney?

Question:
Title says it all. Ironically the credit card issuer (Citi) just approved a high-end credit card for her so clearly this debt is completely off of their books. I don't know how long this has been bumping around collections, but the guy I spoke too insinuated that they're going to attempt to recover this debt via a legal action.

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I'm a big DIYer and since this appears to be outside of the statute of limitations here in NC (3 years) I'm hoping to take care of this myself if that's possible. I guess what I'm looking for is a structured way to bring this to closure. Any help would be appreciated.

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**Original Debt (Citi Card)**

**Opened:** Oct. 2002

**Last payment:** Feb. 19th 2010

**Original amount:** 17,945.08

**Last amount:** $41,944.02

Answer:
 Do not acknowledge the debt or make any payments until you figure out what you want to do. Any form of payment will renew the statute of limitations.Answer #2: The debt is past the statue of limitations. They can no longer take legal means to collect it if they haven't done so already.

If you talked to a debt collector they were most likely a junk debt buyer who is trying to get you to pay by lying because they know they cant legally collect. Those companies are very shady and know exactly what to say to skirt the law.

 Do not pay anything unless you are sued through a proper legal process. If that happens (highly unlikely) then verify they have the legal right to do so then figure out a payment plan with them.Answer #3: Whatever you do, don't send some kind of goodwill payment, because that debt is over 7 years old from the last payment, and a new payment will restart the clock

Presume everything the collections agent tells you is a lie. Talk to a lawyer about this to verify it's a debt you can ignore, or for actual steps to take


Title: Landlord made unauthorized changes to lease

Question:
My landlord is attempting to charge my ex-roommate and I for two full months of rent (May and June) for a lease that expired on the last day of April, which was when we moved out. The original lease did not have any stipulations for what we owe past the end of the lease--it only had rules for fines if we chose to end the lease early. She sent a HAND MODIFIED copy of the lease along with the bill for two months (plus late fees). The modification states that we must give 60 days notice even after the lease ends. My roommate only gave 30 days notice. Both my roommate and I have our original signed copies that do not include the new hand-written information about us owing her 60 days notice.

Did she commit fraud by modifying the lease and trying to pretend that we signed up to pay her past the end of the lease? Should we contact a lawyer?

Reddit says I should include a location... we are in Georgia.

Answer:
 No, its not fraud, but it is not enforceable either.  You aren't obligated to do anything that isn't in the copy of the lease you signed.  If she tries to come after you for the additional money, and submits her copy of the lease as evidence then she could be guilty of perjury.

I don't think a lawyer can do much for you right now.  Unless she tries to sue you for the money, there isn't much that needs to be done.


Title: Help my boy avoid a fine

Question: [IA] So my buddy was smoking in his frat house with girl 1. Girl 1 walked into the hall and girl 2 realized she was smoking in the room. No one ever say my buddy in the room or saw him smoking in the house. Girl 1 admitted in writing that she was smoking in the room with my buddy but that is the only proof. The house is trying to fine him. Can my boy get out of this mess.

Answer: The way you type makes me cringe. You actually talk like that on an everyday basis as well, don't you?


Title: Haven't seen my son in over a year. Where do you even start? (Tampa, Florida)

Question:
My child's mother has kept him from me on and off since he was born. She would just leave for days at a time. Always to her mom's so I never worried. We would get into an argument and she would take off, sometimes not even, I would drop her off and not hear from her for a day or two. It started to escalate to a few days to a week, then it would be a week or two to a month. Sometimes we'd talk on the phone other times it was radio silence. This was the pattern for years.

Well it got longer and longer with each incident. The thing is she's not a bad mom and I never had a reason to fear for their safety, so I'd just give her space. Plus I was young and really not ready, she told me she couldn't get pregnant when we met so I was an idiot and didn't use protection then we initially agreed to put him up for adoption but as time went on we decided we wanted to keep him and be better parents then we ever had. I grew up in foster care and her home was broken. Her dad committed suicide and her mom was an alcoholic.

 Well fast forward and it's been a year since she left last, about six months since we've spoke because she changed her number and deactivated her Facebook. Well I made a fake Facebook and thru some snooping found out she's moved and now lives some where in St. Petersburg but that's all I know.

What do I do from here? I tried to put myself on child support before but that's not a thing and she refuses to because I'd have visitation rights and access. I don't wanna put my son thru some kinda fiasco but I miss him so much. I just wanna be in his life.

Answer: You go to court and you get a custody order in place. That's all you can do. She has every right to currently refuse. Answer #2: Are you on the birth certificate or otherwise declared to be the baby’s legal father?  If not, you’ll have to first file a paternity suit.  It’s better to have an attorney but it’s pretty straightforward if you absolutely can’t get one.


Title: Best Way To Report Suspected Cockfighting Ring? [KY]

Question: I've stumbled across some pictures posted by people I went to high school (as well as several of their associates I suspect also involved) with which lead me to strongly believe they are engaging in cockfighting. What is the best way to report this so that something is actually done?

Answer: Call the police. Call animal control.


Title: What repercussions I might face for reporting a business owner for Tax Evasion to IRS? (USA)

Question:
This person, let's say, BEN, is the owner of 6 restaurants across the country USA. (AZ, OH, WI, IL)

I worked for him for 6 months from nov 2014 to april 2015. My salary was 4000. but for whatever reason, he always paid me in half cash and half check and that's what he does to all managers at his restaurants and to a few people who work for him in the kitchen.

Earlier this year when I received my W2 for 2014. I realized that my earning was waaaaay less than what I actually made. I realized that the amount reported to the government was the amount of all the checks I received. The amount of the cash was never reported.

He closed down this particular restaurant that I worked at but the other 5 restaurants are still up and running. I was able to save a few documents to proof this before I left but I'm sure if IRS look into this, they can easily find it.

My questions

1. Will I get into legal troubles for reporting this person to IRS? Eg. if IRS accuses me of being the participant?
2. Will it matter since the business has officially closed down?
3. If the do launch an investigation into this, what will happen to my tax report? Will I have to backpay what was supposed to be reported to the government?

Answer:
 You could get a substantial IRS whistleblower award.

http://www.irs.gov/uac/Whistleblower-Informant-Award


Title: [PA] - Driving at night (11pm) a kid riding a bicycle with no light ran into my car

Question:
I was turning left when a kid on a bike, with no light, ran into my car and jacked it up pretty good.  He seemed to be OK and the bike seemed to be OK and a cop was there and saw the whole thing.  I decided that a report didn't need to be made since the kid was fine and I didn't want this to be a thing that he had to deal with (he's a college student) and we exchanged information after he said he would pay damages to my car.

Now he said that he had some legal advice, doesn't think it is his fault, and only wants to pay a small portion of the damage and I'm not sure what to do, if I should look into making a civil case tog et him t pay damages, or, maybe I'm crazy and it is somehow my fault even though there is no way I could have seen him (and it seems the cop agreed at the time that I wasn't at fault).

 I just am a bit concerned that if I try to get damages this could somehow backfire against me and I appreciate any time you all spent looking at this for me, thank you!

Answer:
 Cop here, did you happen to get the officer's information?
How long ago did this happen?

If possible I would try to get a police report made by the officer that witnessed the accident.


Title: What do I do? Need help urgently

Question: [deleted]

Answer: Tell your teacher, principal, or guidance counselor. Or move on and do nothing


Title: Pregnant at a new job

Question: I recently started a new job and I'm 25 weeks pregnant. I didn't disclose I was pregnant in the interview but I did as soon as I filled out all of my paper work and my background check came back. I was sent to another center to train and they were willing to work with my doctors appointments. I am now at my home center and I told her when my next one was 2 weeks before my schedule was made. Last week she told me I couldn't have that day off because the center would be closed on the 4th and that would give me 3 unpaid days off for that week. I made it clear that I understand that but this is an important appointment ( due to baby's position they couldn't see everything they needed to see of his heart). Now due to my schedule I can't go to the doctor for another 4 weeks. Now I am worried about what happens after I have baby? I know I do not qual6for FMLA and they can not fire me for having a baby, however am I going to have to come straight back to work after having him?

Answer:
 > and they can not fire me for having a baby

They can certainly let you go for missing work before and after delivery.Answer #2: Correct.  They can fire you for missing too much work after having the baby, or before having the babyAnswer #3: If you fail to report to work as scheduled they can fire you for cause regardless of the fact that you are pregnant now or will have just had a kid.  If you do not qualify for FMLA there is no requirement that you be given any special time off or other accommodation when you have a child.