Title: In Sacramento, CA, need advice on removing a psycho ex girlfriend from my life.....

Question:
So I was with this girl on and off for close to six years and really did care about her, the problem was she was lazy, disrespectful and has many other traits that pushed me away from her. I've had to call the cops on her a number of times due to the fact that she's emotionally and physically abusive even though she's a whole 5'2 120lbs. Her anger issues have landed her ass in jail for a combined period of close to 6 months, she hit some dude over the head at a bar with a large beer mug. Even after that I stuck with her and tried to help her get through it but whatever I did was never enough and it got to the point where I was over the shit. I paid for everything for her which was not cheap, I let her use my car when she needed it which often left me at work without a car and half the time she was late picking me up because her needs superseded mine even though it was my car she was mobbing around in. I even stayed with her after she broke a tequila bottle over my head, however, she didn't get off easy for that and sat in jail for four days because of it.

Well close to a year ago after we had been apart for around 6 months she started calling and texting me again which I tried my damn hardest to ignore but one drunken evening I got a sentimental feeling after reading one of her texts and decided to respond back. Long story short I let her back in my life not knowing she picked up a new habit....meth. With that you'd think I'd have used my head and once again cut ties with her but I didn't, I thought I could help her. I ended up getting her mom involved who is also batshit crazy but at least she wasn't addicted to drugs and hopefully could help convince her daughter that treatment would be a good thing. Needless to say, it didn't work and only furthered her shitty attitude towards me which in turn caused me to kick her and what little amount of shit she had out of my apartment. Thankfully she wasn't on the lease because here in California it's a bitch to kick another person out if they've established residency and don't want to leave.

All in all, moneywise I have probably spent close to if not more than 20 grand on her between her smoking, drinking, eating and all around just living. I was the one footing the bill when she wanted to go out or go on vacations, not her and trust me...this girl liked doing shit. I personally am happy sitting home, having a few drinks and just relaxing as I work 40 hours a week and don't have the luxury of sitting on my ass doing nothing. She ended up borrowing over 250 in the short month long stint we were together the last time and claimed she'd pay me back. After she left she had the gall to tell me I owed her money, I laughed and told her to fuck off. She freaked out saying that I would regret saying that and I'd be the one getting fucked.

She kept her promise. Shortly after she left that day she posted an ad in the escorts section of craigslist with my phone number stating that I was looking for company. I easily got 200+ texts and calls for close to 3 hours, it eventually tapered off after a few days but was still very annoying. People were telling me to change my number but I've had this number for over 3 years and don't want to change it so I ignored that shit figuring that things would stop after I didn't feed into the bullshit. Act 2 played out that same night when I saw the security guard for my apartment complex lurking around my car with a flashlight. I went out to him and asked if there was a problem, he said that someone had called my car in as an abandoned vehicle and since at the time we didn't have parking passes here indicating it was a residents vehicle I had to produce the title of my car with my name and a valid id to keep from having it towed off of the grounds.

The next day I'm at work and she starts sending messages about how Bandito, my dog, got out of the apartment and she can't find him. She then sends pictures of the outside of my apartment showing that she had at least been in the area. It all turned out to be bullshit but nonetheless it was fucking with my head and while I was at work it was stressing me the fuck out and that was her plan. That same day I got home from work to find my apartment the way I left it which I was thankful for and kind of put my mind and ease but then there's a knock at the door. I look through the peephole and see some dude standing outside, I act like I'm not home and after about 5 minutes he leaves and I see him standing in front of my complex on the phone. I yell down to him, can I help you? He responds, yeah, is, I'll call her Brenda for all intents and purposes, home? I'm just like, uhhh, no, that's my ex and I kicked her out so if you're looking for her you might want try her moms house. Oh, and btw, you were just sent on a wild goose chase and are currently a tool being used by her to fuck with me. He was like, oh....well that sucks we were supposed to grab dinner. The guy actually seemed pretty nice so I felt kind of bad for him, explained that she's a wackadoo and that it's probably better he found out now than actually hooking up with her and finding out on his own. He thanked me and left without incident. She ended up sending another 3 guys to my house all looking for her.

A few days later I got a letter from the post office confirming my change of address which was bullshit because I didn't move so there was no reason to change my address. I called the post office and let them know that they needed to fix this because I don't want my mail going to another address which the dumb bitch changed to her previous apartment. They assured me my mail would not be sent there and would continue coming to my address....that was bullshit. I don't know if every postal worker is an incompetent twit but the fuckers at the one in my city are because it took over a month and three trips to the post office for these idiots to rectify the situation. However, this wasn't before she managed to cancel my power and gas bills, I got calls from my cell phone company about my account being altered and not to mention my cable got canceled as well. Plus I still wasn't getting ANY of my fucking mail. I filed a police report but those idiots are of no help. When she was threatening me I called them and they asked if I had gotten a restraining order, it was 8 fucking PM, no I didn't get a restraining order and even if I had I wasn't sure where she lived and it wouldn't have taken much for her to evade being served.

Lets rewind about a month when I let her come back and found out she was smoking meth. I let her use my car to get some of her shit from the last place she was at as I was helping her move it into storage but while I was at work she'd take the car and grab some things on her own. I get home from work which I had to walk home from, even though it's just over a mile away from my apartment it's still shitty having to walk. Shortly after arriving at my apartment I get a call, it's her, she's frantic saying her brother, who is also an addict, tried to attack her and he broke out the driver side window trying to get at her. Turns out the stupid bitch used my car as a barricade to keep her brother from leaving the apartment since he owed her meth and she was fiending. Who suffers? I do since she's broke as shit and can't afford to get my window fixed. I'm kind of lazy and since I live in California I haven't gotten my window fixed yet, which in retrospect is my own fault if anything happens to my car before I do....I accept that.

Fast forward back to a few weeks after getting her out of my apartment, it seemed like she had given up. I still wasn't getting mail but nothing new had happened to me at her hand. She had still been going to court for her incident at the bar and finally got convicted. I found out that she was given a whole 2 months in jail for assaulting the dude which actually kinda pissed me off as I was hoping for longer to ensure she'd be out of my life for a good period of time giving me time to find somewhere to move so she wouldn't know where I'm at....no such luck.

So I had peace finally and in mid October she was released from jail and it seemed like she had moved on. I was expecting something fucked up to happen soon after her release date but nope, nothing. Well....so I thought. Early last week I started getting texts from an unfamiliar number stating they were pregnant. I'm just like, ummm...ok, I really don't give a shit as it sure as fuck ain't my kid. I haven't had unprotected sex with anyone since the ex and the ex wasn't on birth control and I wasn't careful yet we never had any scares and actually tried for awhile but nothing. The texter refused to reveal their identity so I figured it was the ex, well, my suspicions were right. She started sending texts rubbing it in that I was most likely sterile, as if that's a bad thing. I'm 32, soon to be 33 and really have no desire at this point in my life to have any crib midgets running around. After realizing who it was texting I just figured fuck her, I'll ignore her and she'll go away. Wrong again....I woke up this morning and was running late to get to work. I went down to my car and as I approach it I see shit stuck on it....magnets, you know, ones like those breast cancer ribbons but these were stupid ass slogans. I go to pull them off, the bitch superglued them to my vehicle so now I have little chunks of magnet stuck to my car. As if that wasn't bad enough, remember the broken driver side window? Well, the bitch dumped like 5lbs of dog shit with condoms mixed in all over my fucking seat. So I'm already running late and I have a pile of dogshit on my seat.....as quickly as I could I grabbed a bag and removed the shit from my seat, got in my car and sped my ass to work. Thankfully the people I work with are the shit, no pun intended, and let me take the first half hour of work to clean out that mess. I still have magnet stuck to my car, I'm hoping alcohol with kill the glue and allow me to remove that shit.

So....needless to say I am getting the window fixed tomorrow, I took the day off just to do it. Then I'm going to go and try filing a restraining order, the only problem is that I am not sure where she's staying so how she'll get served is beyond me. However, besides that I am not sure what else I can do to kill this fucking drama...I am seriously ready to lose my shit. I am in no way, shape or form provoking such hostility towards me and only want to be left alone. I don't give a shit if some other dude knocks her up, which that story I'm almost positive is a lie, in fact that would be a good thing, let some other schmuck deal with her psychotic behavior. So, with that being said.....wtf can I do and has anyone else had to deal with a similar situation??

Answer: That is a massive, massive wall of text.  Let's make this short: what is your legal question?Answer #2: Restraining order is indeed your best course right now.


Title: Cop followed me home - TX

Question: 30 year old female driving brand new SUV. Was followed for 10 minutes all the way to my driveway. He parked in the cul-de-sac on my dead end street for 10 more minutes before driving off. Is this legal? Why would a police officer tail me all the way home, not say anything to me, and then park on my street for a while? It made me very uncomfortable as I was with my toddler son. Should I call the sheriffs dept?

Answer:
 > Is this legal?

Yes.

> Why would a police officer tail me all the way home, not say anything to me, and then park on my street for a while?

Maybe your vehicle fit the description of one that was stolen or used in a crime.


Title: My company is cutting salaried employees’ paychecks 50% for this pay period only, “promises” to reimburse by the end of the year. What should I do? Florida

Question:
I work for a private medical group comprised of several outpatient medical offices spread over three US states (my office is in Florida), a retail pharmacy, a research institute and a recently acquired inpatient hospital. I have worked for the company for about 1.5 years, I receive a direct deposit salary paycheck every other Friday for an 80 hour pay period. My checks are always the same regardless of the number of hours I work.
My supervisor called me tonight to warn me that she has been made aware (by her supervisor, the son of the company’s owner) that our company is planning to deduct 50% of the majority of salaried employees’ paychecks for this pay period only, they are apparently planning to reimburse these deductions by either (and I quote) “a bonus, a raise, or a check for the money owed” by January 01, 2018. Supposedly there is a physical list of salaried employees that will receive only half of their typical paycheck this Friday. I keep reiterating “salaried” because hourly employees and 1099 employees will not be affected by this. Also not all salaried employees will receive cuts, only the ones on the aforementioned list. My supervisor has not seen the list and is unable to confirm whether or not I am on this list, but it was explained to her that all employees on this list will be called this week to be advised of the cut. My supervisor states she will be receiving a cut and is furious.
Should I be/not be on this list, I obviously do not want to continue working for such an unstable company that clearly does not value their employees whatsoever so job hunting is first on my to-do list.
If I AM on this list, and I am due to receive a 50% cut for this pay period, what should I say when they call me to advise? Who should I follow up with after the cut? (Labor departments etc.) Should I just walk out or would there be negative repercussions? Is it discrimination to pick and choose which employees will and won’t receive an illegal deduction on their pay?

Any advice is greatly appreciated
Thank you, LA!

Answer:
 Start looking for a new job.

If you're notified by the end of the day today, the earliest your salary can legally be reduced is tomorrow. Your employer cannot retroactively reduce your pay. However, enforcing that in Florida means either suing your employer or filing a wage claim with the federal Department of Labor: Florida has no state-level wage claim system.

It's fairly likely the company will go broke before your wage claim is resolved.Answer #2: Start polishing your resume and jump ship. If they can't make payroll right now, they likely aren't going to be able to at the end of the year. And if they're hitting payroll now, either they're that desperate or they are incredibly stupid. Answer #3: So basically they can't meet payroll and are asking for "volunteers" to have their salary deferred till later.

Likely if you object they will pay you and when the layoffs come you'll be first in line. Of course anytime this happens the writing is on the wall.

If you need this job, take the cut and start looking for a job. Then after you get a new job, file a wage claim for the back difference.

There's a 99% chance this company is going under and you don't want to be on that boat.


Title: Is it illegal to show up to jury duty dressed like shit?

Question: I am traveling abroad in Europe and planned to for the next year. They tell me I have to come back for jury duty and will not postpone or let me out of it despite me being overseas. So because they're unreasonable scumbags, I plan to show up to court in gym shorts and a ratty tshirt then when they ask me questions inform them I know of jury nullification and do not agree with many of the laws in the county. Can I get in trouble for this?

Answer:
 Yes, if you openly show contempt for the court you can be held in contempt.

Judges have wide latitude in maintaining their courtrooms, and pissing them off is a stunningly bad idea.Answer #2: You are way way WAY better showing up smartly dressed and talk very eagerly about doing your civic duty. Ratty clothes? Egotistcal random blathering? Arrogant belief in the law? I WANT YOU ON MY JURY!!!Answer #3: I find it difficult to believe that you can't get a postponement when you are out of the country, unless you've had multiple previous postponements.  Politely ask to talk to a supervisor of jury services.  Be prepared with exactly what date you are returning and prepared to fulfill your obligation.

If you do appear and show contempt for the court, you'll be treated accordingly by the judge.  Nobody actually inside the courtroom made the decision not to grant you a postponement.

There's no guarantee you wind up in the box, anyway.Answer #4: Sounds like contempt of court to me.Answer #5: I mean, if you're an asshoole, the judge (yes, there is a judge in the courtroom) could find you in contempt of court. Answer #6: Have you been systematically dodging jury duty for years? Courts are typically pretty understanding about your unavailability, and being on a different continent should be a fairly reasonable excuse.

Answer #7: This is the guy that will bemoan how a jury reached a verdict sometime in the future.


Title: How to protect myself legally from now estranged parents?

Question:
(Reference is a post I made yesterday here; https://www.reddit.com/r/needadvice/comments/8pg3vc/considering_abandoning_my_parents_to_their_fate/)

So as of today, I would officially consider myself estranged from my parents; I no longer care about what they do, what happens to them or what becomes of them.

I want no part of their lives, nor do I want any of their debts or other obligations passed onto to me, nor do I want any attempted legal dancing in order to get me involved. Even if they were to leave me something when they die, I don't want to be a part of it or accept it, especially since it might come with issues.

I know my parents have significant medical debts, some credit card debt and that my mother at least still has debt from when she didn't finish college.

They live in **NC**, and I (28) live in **VT**.

What, legally, can I do to protect myself from any attempted revenge or responsibility passing on their part? Is there a way for me to formally have declared that I am no longer bound to them or required to cooperate with them or any party representing them or trying to collect on anything they owe?

In short, a legal *"Nope, don't care, not my problem"*?

Assume that they will **not** be cooperative and may even be uncooperative to the point of not appearing in court even if commanded to by the state.

Answer: You don't have to do anything. You're an adult now. Your parents have no say over your life. No, there's no way to "divorce" your parents. That would be a waste of the court's resources since you literally have control over your own life. The only ways your parents might be in your life in the future is maybe if you get sick and can't take care of yourself. Get a healthcare POA/advanced directives. Execute a will so they can't petition to be your PR. Generally just be an adult. I don't know why people think they're that tied to their parents.


Title: AAA claimed I committed insurance fraud for having an old address on file and paid me $0 for a car I totaled in an accident.

Question:
I just found this sub from another thread, and while this happened in 2013 I’ve never really made peace with this situation. I know I need to let it go or try to do something about it, but I’m not sure what to do.

Do you think I should just do my best to put it behind me? Should I take any action? This is my story.

In 2013 I had just graduated college, I’d been living with my mom up until graduation. I was 23 when I finished school and thirsting for my independence so I took the first job I could find that would afford me my own place, which was being a sous chef at a local restaurant. This job had nothing to do with my degree and made me completely miserable, but at the time 35k a year made me feel like I was rich. (I’m 31 now and make double that working in my field.)

Anyway, I’d always wanted a Mustang and decided if I had one I would be less miserable. We all know that’s not how happiness works, but I was in my early 20s and I arranged some loan I’d never been able to pay off but hey, I loved that car. Obviously I had to have full coverage insurance as their was a lien on the title, and I chose AAA as I’d been with them since I started driving my moms car as a teenager.

So one night, I was driving home from work in the rain. I had a girl with me, we were heading back to my place on the highway. I didn’t do anything crazy, but when we got on the highway I shifted into 4th as we were accelerating and the car completely fishtailed and I knew we were going to crash. I hit the concrete barrier wall and I remember smoke and glass going everywhere, I felt the car flipping, I was certain this was the end of my life. Eventually the car stopped rolling and I was dazed but very conscious. I looked over at my friend first and asked if she was ok. She said “I think I so... are you?”

No other cars were involved. The cops and ambulance showed up and they asked if I’d been drinking or anything.. I hadn’t. It was ruled both and accident and a miracle that neither of us were injured let alone dead. My life and hers were obviously the most important things in the story and I’ll be forever grateful for whatever was looking out for us that night.

Anyway, I owed around 20k on the car but it was worth more than that. AAA instantly ruled the car a total loss upon seeing it and an adjuster contacted me saying my payout check would be for 25k. I figured cool, I’ll pay this thing off and still have down payment for my next vehicle.

A few days later I received another call from AAA asking me to state my address, so I did. I was living in an apartment alone at the time.

A few days after that I got a letter in the mail stating the address I was living at did not match the address they had on file (my moms address) and would not pay me a dime. I had no experience dealing with the law and my mom knew so lawyer who I guess helped her out when she got arresting for canoeing drunk AF with her friends in college 40 years ago. This guy seemed useless to me but I went with it as my mom was paying for it and seemed confident. I had to go into this place and be recorded while I was asked questions by AAA. The lawyer essentially told me to argue I maintained residence in both places. This seemed dumb to me as I definitely didn’t live with my mom, I’d stop by for dinner once a week or so but that was about it. This strategy did nothing for me and I was ordered to pay 20k for a car I didn’t have.

I took the bus for 6 months and moved back in with my mom. Pretty much everything I earned I put towards paying off that damn loan. I got it down to around 12k and my grandparents who were relatively well off felt bad just paid the rest of it off for me.

I’ve had other cars since, other jobs... I actually live on the other side of the country now.

I just needed to put this out there. It wasn’t right. For anyone who is going to ask... yes I have all the correspondence from AAA and letters from the state etc tucked neatly away in a box.

Answer: Insurance rates often depend on your home address - some areas have more dangerous drivers around than others, and if you live in one of those areas, you'll pay more to cover that risk. By not updating your address, you may have been receiving coverage at a lower rate than you owed.Answer #2: That attorney should be disbarred for suggesting you commit insurance fraud, which is a felony when he told you to say you maintain a residence in both places. When you got your own policy by yourself when you bought the car you had to give your address. If you gave your mother's address instead of yours or didnt make sure your policy reflected the correct address then that's on youAnswer #3: You think an insurance company would let something like this slide on a $25k payment?  Sorry but you made the mistake you take the consequences. Sorry but it’s an expensive lesson to learn.


Title: PA, My landlord posts general notices in lobby but not directly to every apartment. Is this legal?

Question:
From time to time my landlord will post notices in the lobby of our complex about entering apartments.  They are usually, but not always, up 24 hours prior to them entering.  Is this legal?  Our lease states that proper notice will be given by landlord. But how can this be considered "proper"?  We don't always see these notices, especially on days when we don't even walk downstairs.

Through a quick google search I see there isn't much in my state about entering laws.  Any advice?

Answer: Not really legal advice but have you asked the landlord to contact you directly about entering your apartment? Answer #2: Do you have a written lease, and does it contain a clause about notices?


Title: [NY] What is my duty to report suspicious financial activity that could violate federal financial reporting regulations?

Question:
Hello, I currently am a college student, but during the summer I work as an intern at a investment bank. I recently witnessed some suspicious behavior by an old friend of mine. He is not in college, but works as a shift manager at a McDonald's, which adds to the suspicion somewhat.

Recently, he called me and told me that he needed some help with a financial related issue that he was having. He asked if someone needed to get over $10,000 outside of the country without being subjected to reporting requirements, how they could go about doing this? I was immediately suspicious for two reasons. (A) Accumulating over $10,000 for a McDonald's employee was an anomaly. (B) People engaging in legitimate behaviors typically don't need to circumvent financial reporting regulations.

I remembered how my professionalism, social responsibility, and ethics class taught us that when faced with suspicious activity, you need to seek clarification and investigate further, or else you may be held liable legally and ethically for knowingly avoiding information that may have been available otherwise.

I told him to I needed him email me, explaining why he needed this explained to him, before I could offer him assistance. He did so, saying that he was just going to be writing a blog article and was seeking my opinion. I was satisfied that this was a plausible explanation, and told him a few ways that someone could transfer over $10,000 outside of the country without being subjected to reporting requirements or alerting financial crime authorities. In case that I violated the law, I won't go into detail about what I told him.

If I was an employee at a retail bank, this would have undoubtedly prompted a swift and immediate filing of a suspicious activity report to the Treasury's financial crimes bureau under the Bank Secrecy Act. However, I witnessed this outside of the scope of my employment at a financial institution, which prompts me into thinking I don't have a duty to report.

Do I have any obligation to report this? Could this be construed as aiding and abetting, or misprision of a felony?

Answer:
 Aren't you the same guy that posted this the other day?  Other post was deleted, I don't know how to find it.

But I'm pretty sure you used the exact same post but substituted "my friend who is an employee at McDonald's writing a blog" for "this guy that I met at a volunteer event for indigent folks who told me he was writing a book and then gave me $200 cash for my advice."


Title: First time home buyers, near closing, seller suddenly wants to cancel.

Question:
Hi r/legaladvice! My girlfriend and I are first time home buyers, and are in escrow for a house that is set to close at the end of the month. We fulfilled all ends of the contract from the buyer's side; escrow has received all paperwork and mortgage has final approval.

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The seller has been difficult to deal with for the entire process, not willing to do any inspections or repairs, resisting requests for reports, demanding contingency removal before the date required, and various other hassles. We went ahead and dealt with this, as the sell price was good enough, even after the repairs we discovered that would be needed (huh, I wonder why the seller didn't want to do inspections or provide reports).

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Now the seller indicated that he wants to back out of the sale without giving a reason, and wants me to initiate arbitration proceedings, but we still want the house 100% (bit of a fixer upper, but everything we want after seeing 20+ houses).

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We are getting a lawyer to draft a letter of demand listing the potential damages to try to get the seller to follow through with the sale that he signed the contract for, but we are wondering what will happen if the letter is ignored by the seller and they do not transfer the property over on the set date of the 31st. The residential purchase agreement was a standard California one, without any added special provisions for the seller to back out. We guess maybe the seller got a higher offer and wants to hassle us enough in hopes we give up and cancel? (he's left the house for sale sign up this whole time without indicating it's in escrow)

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What we are looking for help on:

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1. Is arbitration something we should initiate if the seller has indicated he does not want to go through with the sale? Is there any disadvantage to starting it instead of waiting for closing?

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2. If the seller does not follow through by the closing date and we file for specific performance, how do the majority of these cases turn out? We would not want to expend money for the legal proceedings if there is a significant chance we would lose.

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3. The seller has apparently stopped communicating with his own listing agent, and the agent warned us that the seller may try to blame the agent for not including a provision to back out of the contract if he is unable to find housing, although the agent indicated he has evidence the seller agreed to waive this. Is this enough to be able delay/cancel the sale?

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We would really appreciate any advice on this! Let me emphasize that we REALLY want this place, so we will fight for it if needed.

Answer:
 Does your contract require arbitration, or is seller merely proposing it?

Ask your lawyer if you can file for specific performance, or any other action that would let you file a "lis pendens".  That will put any other buyer on notice that you have a claim on the property and will make it largely unsalable to any other buyer who needs a mortgage or title insurance.  There are pluses and minuses to this, which your lawyer can explain.

Ask your lawyer about the pros and cons of also writing a letter to the seller's listing agent, and that agent's agency putting them on notice that helping this guy find a new buyer would constitute "tortious interference" with your contract with the seller, and would subject them to liability for damages and with their California licensing agency.

Consider whether you really want to go through with this...there are a lot of houses in the world, and this guy could trash the place for spite.

If you *do* insist on buying this house, I suggest you hold the closing at the house, so you can be sure of its condition, and that you have a locksmith on hand to change/rekey the locks immediately.  This may cost a little extra, but the cost/benefit ratio looks pretty good to me.

Caveat:  I'm not a lawyer, and I'm not familiar with the specifics of California land law.


Title: [Hollywood, FL] The children that play in our shared parking lot are a continued nuisance.

Question:
Hi /r/legaladvice. I figured I've tried all of my avenues, and I simply don't know where to go from here.

I live in a small apartment/townhome building with about 8 units in it. It's built in a small square lot, with the only common area being a shared parking lot. Which means, as soon as you walk out the front door -- boom, parking lot.

The problem is, one of our neighbors decided that our parking lot is now their children's playground. They've erected a basketball hoop, leave all their toys around, scream at the very top of their lungs, and drive these horrible motorized scooters around, with zero regard to the cars attempting to drive around them, which make a horrible grinding noise, like a small train is going by my window.

All of these noises happen feet outside of my bedroom window. I've gotten the landlord to get them to stop doing this shit after dark, but my personal problem is that I work at night. So my sleeping hours are affected by this bullshit from the moment I get home, at around 8AM, and then intermittently all day until after dark. Some days are better than others, but at this point, I'm really annoyed that I accepted the much-too-high rent payment on this apartment when I can't go a single day without the constant pounding of basketballs and children who are screaming at the top of their lungs.

My solutions thusfar have been:

1. Talk to the neighbors. I spoke to the parents, and the solutions have been temporary at best. Most of the time I go out there, their door is just wide open. So I'll knock on the doorframe, and the mom comes down, says sorry, then halfheartedly tells the kids to quiet down. And then they don't. When I go back, she just closes the door and refuses the answer. The kids just stare at me and continue bouncing their basketball around my bedroom window. Nowadays, when she's outside smoking a cigarette, and I try to confront her, she'll quickly finish her cigarette, run inside, close the door, and then refuse to answer it.

2. So then I go to the landlord. He's been relatively cool about the entire thing, but a bit too passive about it. He agreed with me that they shouldn't be leaving their toys all over the parking lot, and they shouldn't have erected a basketball hoop in front of their house. He says it looks messy. He said he would be sending letters. Later that night, I recorded a video of them bouncing their basketball off of the wall of the building at 8:45PM. He said this was unacceptable, and that he would talk to them. After a week, there have been no results. He says he got with the property management people, and they said there's not much they can do about restricting the common space, but he's set a curfew that they can't be outside playing after dark.

I appreciate his efforts here, but I get the feeling that there's not much else he can do. The lease doesn't say anything about not being able to use the parking lot as a playground. Am I just shit out of luck here? Do I have to deal with simply not sleeping, or getting any kind of peace and enjoyment of my living space until my lease is up?

Also, as a non legal question here, am I being a completely unreasonable douche bag, screaming at kids to get off my lawn?

Answer:
 Living in a townhouse/apartment complex is cheaper than having your own house and yard and you are discovering exactly why. You have shared space. Most cities have noise ordinance laws, but I doubt they are exceeding the decibel level. You can try the non-emergency police line although I don't know if it's something they'd do anything about. Kids will be kids and the majority of the population understand that.

For the record, I don't think you are being a douche. I'm childfree myself but I rent a house so that I don't have to deal with these issues. Answer #2: Kids are going to play and make noise. There is nothing you can do to stop it during the day.

That's just a part of living next to children.


Title: [Alberta Canada] When a parking company or even a city charges you for a parking infraction and then increases the price dramatically if you don't pay by a certain time, does that not break interest laws?

Question:
I have a parking ticket.  If I pay now, it will be $40.  If I pay in two weeks, it will be $50.  If I pay in a month, it will be $75.  Does this not break interest laws in Canada?

Interest rate when none provided

3. Whenever any interest is payable by the agreement of parties or by law, and no rate is fixed by the agreement or by law, the rate of interest shall be five per cent per annum.
R.S., c. I-18, s. 3.
Marginal note:When per annum rate not stipulated

4. Except as to mortgages on real property or hypothecs on immovables, whenever any interest is, by the terms of any written or printed contract, whether under seal or not, made payable at a rate or percentage per day, week, month, or at any rate or percentage for any period less than a year, no interest exceeding the rate or percentage of five per cent per annum shall be chargeable, payable or recoverable on any part of the principal money unless the contract contains an express statement of the yearly rate or percentage of interest to which the other rate or percentage is equivalent.
R.S., 1985, c. I-15, s. 4; 2001, c. 4, s. 91.

Answer: Well, for one, that's not what interest is.


Title: [KY, US] roommate applied for SNAP they gave her basically all my information including SSN without any permission.

Question:
Edit (9 am est) - I won’t be replying for a while. Boss just arrived. I’ll reply to whoever I can when I can! Thank you for all the help to everyone who’s commented so far!

Sorry if this isn’t the correct sub, I literally cannot find anything online about this.

Okay firstly let me state she has ZERO proof of living at my address. There is also very little proof I live here outside of my utility bills, she moved in on the first of August and decided to go and apply for SNAP. We buy and prep our own food because I work out of state I’m home maybe a week of the month as is, and I make to much for SNAP therefore there is no reason they gave her any of my information. As she stated it they literally pulled my information from my mothers case when I lived with her without any permission from me. I’m extremely baffled and frankly pissed that not only did they access a case they had no right to open they gave her my SSN, work history, and whatever the fuck else they consider relevant. Oh and the best part is it’s on paper in PLAIN FUCKING TEXT haven’t contacted the office as I’m out of town but I plan to go into the office first thing when I get home, is there anything legally I can do about this?
Also I want to mention she did say that we aren’t together in any form, and that she buys and preps her own food on her minimum wage job. In no way does she have any access to my check or anything financially of mine.

TL;DR - Roommate applied for snap got all my PERSONAL information without any fucking proof or permission.

Answer:
 You should complain to them but that's about all you can do here.Answer #2: Well first of all do you KNOW this? Your roommate could've gotten this any number of ways and simply is moving the blame to the state aid department to cover herself.

For more information about SNAP, contact SNAP Call Services toll free at (855) 306-8959 or call the Ombudsman toll free at (800) 372-2973. TTY is available at (800) 627-4702.Answer #3: I would strongly recommend monitoring your credit if you aren't doing so already. Having personal information in the hands of people who obviously don't mind sharing with someone who has no business knowing it (roommate, state dept. employees, whoever) is a recipe for trouble.

I'm not saying your roommate or some clerk at the welfare office would open up credit cards or something like that, but there's a risk your information could to someone that would.


Title: Advice with declined homeowners insurance claim

Question:
If I'm posting to the wrong sub let me know.

Quick version of the story.  We live in Missouri BTW.  We had wind damage to our roof from a storm that came through. Lost a bunch of shingles and many were loosened. Our neighbor had the same shingles and the same amount on damage and they were approved for a whole new roof. Our neighbors have the same insurance as us and we had the same company come out and look at our damage. Our adjuster says ours only needs to be repaired and not replaced. The roof guy even confirmed that this will keep happening due to the type of shingles that we have. I will keep having to pay out $400 repairs over and over, if I don't get it replaced.
What steps can I take with the insurance company? Can I get a different adjuster to come out. Our neighbors had a different guy and had no troubles at all.

Answer:
 If the problems with both homes were truly the same and you got a less favorable result, you may have claim based on improper declination of coverage.

Gather up all evidence you have supporting this and try to obtain documents from your neighbor and the roofer if they are willing (they don't have to give them to you, so be polite as you'll be dealing with them in some fashion if the case goes forward.)

Write a detailed, but clear, summary of the events and contact the MO Dept. of Insurance, where you can file a consumer complaint.  http://insurance.mo.gov/consumers/complaints/

 Your insurance company will be required to provide a written response to your Complaint.  If you aren't happy with their response, you can talk to an attorney about suing your insurance company for improper denial.


Title: My job's tip ratio system seems awful and possibly illegal.

Question:
I live in san jose california. My job revolves around hosting birthday parties with jump houses for children, as well as serving food. All tips made from anyone are to be turned in to the managers to be added to the tip pool. And yes, the managers are part of the tip pool.

Every pay period, each employee has a "tip ratio." This ratio is supposed to be a 1.0 if the employee (who is not a manager) is working as desired and not slacking. Basically if you aren't doing your job right, they lower your tips. And in turn, everyone else ratio will be increased due to their current ratio being worth more.

Also, as an employee becomes promoted to a manager position, there starting tip ratio is raised from a 1.0 to a 1.5, so naturally higher than a party attendant (my current position). Now even if you are a manager, any hours you work, regardless if they were managing hours, cooking shift hours, cleaning shift hours, or even party attending hours, they receive a 1.5 ratio for all hours acquired. This also means whenever anyone is promoted, my tips are now lowered due to their ratio being higher than mine, simply because of the position change.

The main reason for this post is regarding this scenario. I recently had to call out of work due to back pain. Pay period is here and when i checked my paycheck, my tips seem a bit lower than normal. It's possible for this to happen simply because we did not bring in the average amount of tips as a staff. I decided to ask a manager anyway about my tip ratio.

I was then told my tip ratio had been lowered because of my last time calling out.

Is it legal to lower and employees tips because of calling out of work?

Also, is it legal to have managers(the same people who change employees tip ratios) included in on the same tip pool as everyone else?

Answer:
 You can file a complaint with the DLSE if you wish to do so.  What you describe does seem wrong in several respects.Answer #2: Managers can generally be a part of a tip pool if they're performing tipped duties. For example, if your manager is delivering food to tables and serving drinks he can cut himself in on the tip pool with everyone else doing that work. He cannot cut himself in if he's doing unrelated work (i.e., nights he's in the back doing the books).

I would also not expect you to be tipped for hours that you didn't work, but their process for doing so seems wrong.

As a general rule, everyone who works an event should be tipped out for working that event. Tips should not be collected by the company and then divided out among all employees. Similarly, performance should not be a factor in tipping; your performance already affects your tip in that customers will tip less. Your boss doesn't get to reduce your presence in the tip pool just because your performance is lacking.Answer #3: > And yes, the managers are part of the tip pool.

Stopped reading here.  Contact the DOL.


Title: If an employee promises me a refund does the company legally owe me one?

Question:
Me and my girlfriend received a text saying that our latenight FlixBus bus had been cancelled. Since we don't have very much money, we called FlixBus and the guy on the phone promised that we would be reimbursed for both the new ticket and a hotel. We made sure to take his name, and he said that the conversation had been recorded and promised that we would get money back.

A week later they sent us a message saying they would only reimburse is "**if you will continue the journey the day after with us and not booking another alternative transport. Therefore, since your ticket price has been refunded we regret that we cannot meet your request in this case for the Hotel costs."**

The problem is that the guy on the phone told us to book with Eurolines, not FlixBus, since FlixBus didn't have available space on any buses the next day!. He promised that we would get our money for both the hotel and the ticket regardless!

Is there anything we can do in this situation?

Answer: Where (nation/state/city) did this take place?


Title: Is this legal/even possible?

Question:
Hopefully I'm on the right sub for this - I definitely didn't think it fit in r/legaladvice at least.

Bit of context- friend got a DWI (in illinois if that matters for my question) a couple of years back. She was given the usual sentencing for a second offense; fines, probation, license revoked, the classes, therapy and community service hours.

The weird bit is, even though everything has been completed on her end, the judge is saying that she completed her community service hours too quickly and refuses to allow her to get her license reinstated based on that.

I've never heard of such a thing and it would seem like the judge is just making up excuses to screw with my friend. She didn't fake her hours or anything - she would just spend all of her free time working off her hours so she could get them done and over with. I know this for a fact as I was there and can verify she'd done them as she sould have.

Something is definitely fishy here but I dont know enough about the court system (never been arressted myself) to know if a judge can do something like this.

(Also; I'm not saying my friend isn't full of shit either, but I just dont know enough about law to call her out on it).

Answer:
 I would think it depends on how the agreement is stated.  If it says that her license will be reinstated automatically after her hours are done, then yes, that is odd and she should talk to her lawyer about it.

If, however, it says anything else--like that she is eligible for reinstatement after her hours are done--then it's up to the judge.  Eligible doesn't mean automatically approved and they may want to withhold her license for a specific minimum amount of time to feel she's been properly punished.Answer #2: This is r/legaladvice worthy, you should post thereAnswer #3: Can only speak for High School volunteer hours.  There was a per day as well as per week limit for my kids.  This was to keep from getting like 40 hrs in one weekend for doing a YMCA camp out.

Maybe there was something similar?Answer #4: Judges have lots of leeway, and talking one on for a second DUI is probably a poor idea.


Title: Polygraph Test (GA)

Question:
I'll try and make this as short and sweet as possible.

M/19

The establishment I work for part-time had a weeks worth of cash deposits disappear from the safe, totaling over $1500.

After returning from a weekend off, something I rarely received, I heard about it for the first time.

The next day, my boss pulled myself and a full time employee into the office to ask if we knew any thing about it. I remained calm, asked about a couple of details (who's deposits, what dates, check the security camera, etc), as I didn't really know much outside of what I was told the day before. My co-worker, in her 50s, became extremely stressed about a write-up being on file. I went on about my duties for the rest of the day.

The boss informed us that it would be a little while before the next meeting with the board of directors, but that we should try to find the money because she did not want to have to talk to her board of directors concerning it. Of course, the money didn't reappear and the meeting happened nearly a month after the money was taken.

At the beginning of this week, we were informed about the details of the meeting after it was finished. Basically, the board of directors decided they wanted to take legal action against it, and wanted polygraph testing done Tuesday (today).

I know I didn't do anything wrong, but I prefer to know my rights when it comes to polygraph testing in the workplace.

Thanks!

Edit: They found the missing money... at the bank. They hired 2 new people and are cutting my hours. I think it's time to look for new work.
Topic:
Employment Law

Answer:
 Regardless of the legalities surrounding polygraph testing, please know that the testing itself lacks scientific basis, and thus, the outcome of the test will not depend on the truth of any answers/statements made by you during the test. As such, your best bet is to decline taking the test on that basis, and its resulting high frequency of false positives/negatives.

If the testing cannot be avoided, please be aware that the "interviewer" will try to use the stressful nature of the situation to try to trick you into making incriminating statements. Quite often this happens after the actual polygraph test ends, when the subject relaxes, or while chatting before the subject is hooked up.

You should thus essentially think of the "test" as starting the moment you enter the building the test is performed in, and not ending until you hop into your car to drive away.Answer #2: [Department of Labor](https://www.dol.gov/whd/polygraph/) addresses this.

Edit to direct link to this [fact sheet](https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs36.pdf) (PDF warning)


Title: I'm 19 and in College. I've had $500 taken from me and do know what to do.

Question:
I'm a 19 year old in college and money isn't exactly abundant right now in my life since I can't really work due to school hours. On August 7th I let my friend borrow $500 to have enough money to put on a show and in return he was going to pay me back $600 that night. I thought it would be a fair return and agreed. This was made with 3 witnesses in the car while we were on the phone on speaker and there is text messages. It's been almost 2 months and he hasn't paid me and is "in Texas" with all his accounts "hacked". He's telling me to just sue him. I have bills and don't want to go in to debt and I really need them money. What can I do, I don't know where to go and I need help.
Topic:
Douche

Answer: Whelp. If he won't pay, you'll have to sue him. You can do this in small claims court. If you win (which seems likely) then you'll have to collect.


Title: (CA) Can a landlord raise my rent when there was nothing in rental agreement saying they could and we had agreed on a set amount?

Question:
I have been renting a room for over a year in a woman's house. There are 3 other tenants. For this entire time I have paid $825 a month, every month. Today, she told me that she would increase my rent to $900 and know from conversation that she is not increasing anybody else's rent. Nor did she give me a specific reason for the increase.

The rental agreement says that I would pay the $825 and doesn't say anything about rent increases.

I'm thinking she's just trying to get rid of me? Couldn't she just give me a 30 day notice of I refuse to pay. Should I just start looking for a new place?

Answer: If you had a 1-year lease and it expired, you are a month to month tenant and the landlord can increase rent with a 30 day notice. Some cities in CA have stricter rules though.


Title: Faulty transmission put in my auto repair shop may have totaled my car.

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 > I think my car ran out of oil because it couldn't shift up because the transmission was faulty so the oil just burned off.

That's not how cars work.


Title: Neighbor complaining about fence

Question:
Bought a new house, new construction.  It's in a large neighborhood with houses of all ages and my next door neighbor's house is over ten years old.  I had a fence put in per hoa regulations and city approval but my neighbor is pissed because it's five feet from his house and three of his bushes are inside my fence.  I used the survey provided to me by my builder to place the fence, but he's arguing it's on his property and violates the city's build restriction lines.

I told him to give me his survey and I will review the situation.  He never gave me one and the city doesn't have one since his house is over ten years old.  I confirmed that the build restriction line doesn't apply to fencing.

To move the fence would cost $200.  A staked survey would cost several hundred dollars.  If I moved the fence, it would have to be moved in three feet.

I don't want to get into a pissing match with the neighbor but I'm not sure what the best option is.  He can't or won't provide a survey, my survey says I'm good, if I built on his property I'll pay the $200 to move the fence but I'd have to pay to determine this.  If I'm right, I'm still out several hundred dollars and we're back at square one because then I'm not paying even more to appease him.  Legally, if I do nothing what can he do other than force me to move the fence?

Edit: Florida

Answer:
 Sounds like you did a good job of crossing your Ts and dotting your Is. Often there are iron pins driven into the soil at the corners of property lines to help identify such. My properties have always had them. Look at it this way, he's been using your land for his yard/shrubs and wants to continue to do so by having you move the fence. You have a right to your own property. Unless he can provide the documentation requested I'd tell him to pound sand. Answer #2: NAL

Assuming he is correct and your survey is wrong... He can provide a survey and have a lawyer write a strongly-worded letter saying you need to move the fence. If you refuse, he can then take you to court for you to move the fence. He may also be able to win the cost of the survey, but I have no way of knowing.

Assuming your survey is correct and he is wrong... You may or may not be constantly bitched at about your fence, but no lawyer is going to get involved.

I would wait until you hear from a lawyer or have a survey showing your fence is on his property.


Title: I was bitten by a dog at a shelter

Question:
I volunteer at a city run shelter and was bitten by one of the dogs there. I have signed a waiver against suing the city if I am injured and such. That's not an issue since it wasn't a serious bite. My question is about the dog being put down.

This dog (german shepherd mix) since it came then was evaluated as being unpredictable and had potential for  behavioral problems. Volunteers were told to not walk it if they didn't know what they were doing. Me being a "strong" walker (has experience with walking all types of dogs and can handle most issues with handling then) knew I could get the leash on the dog and walk it and put it back in its kennel without taking the leash off because it would agressivly growl and snap it's teeth at me.

The dog had been in the shelter for about 3 weeks with no sign of improvement. I few vollenteers said the dog trusted them but still would give the snapping behavior to the rest. On Friday I asked the lady that ran the shelter if he had improved since I was last there  (I only volunteer 2 days a week so a whole week had gone by) and she said yes. So I walked him and when I was putting him back trying to get the leash off he bit both of my hands and I had to get help putting him away since I was injured and in shock.

I filed a report with the city and got treated by the hospital. I'm fine and am healing well. Today on a Facebook post in a vollenteer only group it was mentioned that the dog will be put down if No one can find somewhere to get training possibly through a rescue maybe.

Edit: the shelter is in metro detroit michigan

My question is can I legally have the dog put down regardless if they find some other solution? I feel with handling the dog in the past and keeping up to date on its behavior problems , the dog is unadoptable. I don't want to risk anyone else getting bit and feel it's best the dog being put down. I feel I have no control if they decide to send the dog off to a rescue or whatever.

Answer: It's not up to you.


Title: Neighbors who accused me of catnapping now have a dog and it's not letting me sleep. Please help. (Houston, Texas)

Question:
About five months ago I posted about my neighbors accusing me of stealing their cat. Original post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/5r9an2/neighbor_accusing_me_of_catnapping_houston_texas/

Update post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/5rca4f/update_neighbor_accusing_me_of_catnapping_houston/

Many more things have happened since then. The other neighbors and I have been woken up many nights by the girlfriend screaming and crying for help. We have all called the police many times but the police claim that she refuses to cooperate. Many shenanigans have gone on, one morning while we were fixing my mom's car the boyfriend came by and yelled at us accusing us of calling the police (we hadn't that morning), it turned out a relative of his girlfriend had called. They mow their lawn at 11 pm. I have come home to the fire department, police, and ambulance in front of my house because of stuff they do.

I could have put up with all that but as luck would have it they acquired a pit bull puppy. Trust me, I have nothing against pit bulls (we had one when I was growing up) but they are a breed of dog that requires extra care. They chew a lot, have a lot of energy, and bark loud, not to mention if not socialized right they can be very aggressive. It's been two days and both nights they have left the dog outside. I don't know how they can't hear it barking and crying but unfortunately, I'm a very light sleeper and it's keeping me up. Talking to them is out of the question since I fear for my safety. Also, I live in an incorporated area of Harris County and supposedly there is no noise ordinance around here. Is there anything I can do to get peace, quiet, and a good night's sleep?

Answer:
 Even unincorporated areas tend to have noise ordinances and quiet hours. Texas state laws also dictate noise violations as disorderly conduct. Start here:

http://legalbeagle.com/8587888-loud-noise-laws-texas.html

http://www.tmcec.com/files/2913/8921/5833/Huffman_-_00_-_BINDER_-_Noise.pdf

Answer #2: Try light music to filter out the background noise.

If you have an HOA talk to them about the noise or dog policies.

Hopefully the dog will calm down now that the 4th is over.  I'm over in Cypress and there are a lot of lost dogs after all the fireworks.


Title: Accidentally brought knife to airport. Am I screwed?

Question: I'm a 20 y/o student of California with no criminal record what-so-ever, not even a speeding ticket. A couple weeks ago I went on a hike in which I put a sheathed blade (a pretty big one) in a backpack. Fast forward to today, It was found and confiscated in which I had completely forgot that it was there. The officers tried to let me off with a warning, but upon speaking with their supervising officer, they had no choice but to cite me with what appears to be a misdemeanor for possessing a weapon in a sterile area. Is there any way I might be able to have a judge expunge this? Or will I most likely face the consequences? It was truly an honest mistake and i'm fearing this will be on my record and possibly worse.

Answer: You need an attorney. This is serious. If you attempted to pass through a checkpoint you may also get a civil fine from the TSA.


Title: I broke my apartment lease early to move out of state for work, do I need to pay a fee?

Question:
Both of my parents and a handful of others have told me that because I had to break my lease early due to gaining a new job out of state, that I will not have to pay fees. When brought up to my apartment complex, they said they don’t go buy that and I need to pay 1 month worth of rent to end the lease. (This was months ago) I have not heard from them at all about paying.  This apartment complex is in the state of Mississippi and I moved to Alaska.

In my lease it states, “**Early Termination** 1)Give us at least 45 days written notice that you would like to terminate your lease early and 2) pay us an amount equal to 1 months rent as a fee to terminate your lease early (in addition  to all rent due through the required 45 days written notice to vacate) plus $100.00 as consideration for early termination, then we will agree to terminate your lease early. This fee must be paid in full by certified bank check or money order on or before your termination date. Early termination does not relieve you of your obligation to surrender the premises in the same condition as you received it, ordinary wear and tear excepted. All
Rights regarding your security deposit are reserved by us and resident. Furthermore, resident may not apply the security deposit or rent paid in advance to the termination fee. Owner will not prorate or refund any rent paid in advance of the termination.”

Answer: Your lease looks pretty clear to meAnswer #2: You are being given incorrect information. Your lease doesn't allow you to move out without a penalty, job change or not. Lease is still in effect until you satisfy the written terms.


Title: What are my rights, my fathers spouse (not my mother) was given everything after he passes away 22 years ago and now wants more.

Question:
I am in Australia

**For context:**
When i was born my father was married to a woman other than my mother. The woman had two children of her own and had been married to him for quite a few years.

My father passed approximately 22 years ago and i was a small child, i was given absolutely nothing despite my father claiming that he had put stuff in the will for me.

**The issue now:**

I found out my father was eligible for an award about 6 months ago (and has been for a good few years now).

 I contacted the relevant parties and they said that his widow (not my mother) would have claim over me, but said that i may be able to get my other siblings to sign saying i could claim it, but to await further instruction.

I waited and recently they informed me that his widow had contacted them to make a claim and that she presented them with a WILL stating her as the sole benefactor.

**Firstly,** the court records show no records of him having a will.

**Secondly,** obviously someone has contacted her without my permission to encourage her to claim the medal. They were well aware of my situation.

**My question is:**

What are my legal rights to his 'inheritance' as a child from another relationship? Are there any laws i could bring into the discussion with the awards giver?
I feel that surely a woman who is bitter about my existence should not get to dictate 100% of my fathers estate, especially so long after his passing.

Thank you for your time, i apologise if it is a bit messy as i am quite emotional at the present time.

Answer:
 /r/AusLegal This might be a better place to ask this.

However - as far the ADF (I assume this is what you are talking about?) medals go, his spouse is always going to be first in line for the medal, especially considering you mentioned he was married to this woman for an extended period.

Secondly, search for a probate with the Probate office. There has been measure in place since 1972 about issues exactly like this. Whether there was a will or not, they will have the answer.

> I feel that surely a woman who is bitter about my existence should not get to dictate 100% of my fathers estate

If they were married then they most likely had what is called Tenancy in Common on the house, assuming there was one. This means they both 100% owned the house. There are some good facts sheets around on Joint tenancy Vs Tenancy in common.

Regarding finances, if they had joint finances here is Aus then there would be no estate to distribute. If he did have independant finances or assets, refer again to the probate office.


Title: MN, child support went up $600, what do?

Question:
So just had a 3 year child support review.  I work a better paying job now than I did 3 years ago.  EX is now married and doesn't work.  I have joint child about 50-60% of the time and provide transportation 90% of the time.

I cannot afford this, and have a 3 year old with my GF.  The child support papers say I can request a hearing.  Should I do this and how would I prepare?  Or am I fucksville?

Answer: If you seriously question the increase, get an attorney to review the amounts. They will be able to represent your side if you have to challenge it in court. Be prepared to show your income and all expenses. As a note, $150/mo is a ludicrously low amount for child support. A lawyer will know realistic rates for your state. Answer #2: You should request a hearing. That sounds like what you just had if the support amount went up, however. Bring any useful documentation of expenses you pay to support the child with you.


Title: [Alabama] got pulled over with marijuana in the car and was let go

Question:
I was stupidly driving around my high friends in my car back home from a concert, on the way to the concert my friend was driving though and he was passed a roach which he put in a compartment near the drivers seat for after the concert, he forgot about it though and when i was dropping everybody off afterwards I made a left turn on a red light and got pulled over.

The officer clearly smelled the weed and searched the car, well he found the roach on the drivers side which i was in -_- and he said he found two small bags in a cigarrette box, but he never showed me that weed he just showed me the roach.

After some talking he let me go with two tickets, one for not having a license and one for passing a red light, but as he was giving me my ID he told me (and im paraphrasing here) "Imma tell you like I told your friend, I got you a warrant for a year, so be good and I dont wanna hear anymore from you guys"

So my questions are

1. If he did find some weed in the cigarette box, did he have to show me it? Because i never saw it and he never showed me it

2. What is a warrant for a year? Do you think he was just saying that if we get into more trouble, he's gonna put the actual warrant and was just giving us a warning?

3. Im gonna call the courthouse and ask about the warrant to see if I have one, this happened Saturday at 1:00 AM, if I call Tuesday, will the warrant have been processed if one was issued?

Thanks

Answer:
 >
If he did find some weed in the cigarette box, did he have to show me it? Because i never saw it and he never showed me it

No.

> What is a warrant for a year? Do you think he was just saying that if we get into more trouble, he's gonna put the actual warrant and was just giving us a warning?

He has a year to apply for and get charges issued against you.  It sounds like he is not going to do that if you stay out of trouble.

> Im gonna call the courthouse and ask about the warrant to see if I have one, this happened Saturday at 1:00 AM, if I call Tuesday, will the warrant have been processed if one was issued?

Probably not that fast.  But maybe.


Title: Examples of irretrievable breakdown

Question: We are in MA and our divorce paperwork says we need to provide why the marriage suffered an “irretrievable breakdown”. Can anyone give us examples of what they said there or if they know people who had to provide that what they said? Thanks in advance.

Answer: You've fallen out of love.   You don't have the same goals in life.  Basically, any generic statements which cover a wide range of your reason for divorce which doesn't assign fault to either party.Answer #2: You just don't love each other as a romantic couple anymore. You don't have to get specific for it. Answer #3: “Irreconcilable differences”


Title: I got a speeding ticket in Oklahoma, live in Chicago but was in Mexico for the court date on the ticket. Now there's soon to be a warrant for my arrest but I want to appeal. What should I do?

Question:
So I was driving from Chicago to Mexico with my dad in an old '96 Toyota Tacoma loaded with stuff in the trailer. We were on a long stretch of road in Savanna, Oklahoma where the speeding limits changed within a couple blocks of each other. In one area it was 50mph, the next it was 40mph and after that 50mph again all within the same mile if I recall correctly. So as I was driving along this ridiculous road, I passed an officer in his car, going maybe 55 at most. Given how old the truck was and all the luggage on it, getting past 55mph took quite a bit of stepping on the pedal, which I wasn't. Anyway, he proceeded to pull me over in the 50 mph zone, saying I was going 65mph. My father and I explained that was not possible, he had been keeping an eye on my speed the whole time cause he hates speeding, even knowing the truck isn't capable of doing so it's a habit he had. The officer went back and checked my plates, came back saying that my plates either were expired or didn't match my vehicle. Both were wrong, we had just bought the plates a week prior. He responded with a simple "oh, well ok then. Ill be back" and came back moments later with a $135 speeding ticket, saying he changed it to "11-14mph over limit instead of the 20 you were going" to help me out. Now they sent me a letter saying I owe $170 plus court fees to be paid by the 28th or else there will be a warrant for my arrest and my license will be suspended. I'd appreciate any help I can get, I can't afford $170+ right after the holidays, and it seemed more like he was just trying to find anybody to screw over with any ticket he could. Any advice is helpful :) Happy Holidays!

UPDATE: After multiple calls I was able to get through to somebody and asked the lady what my options were. I have until January 13th to pay the full amount which is $190.20 or I can appear the day of January 13th in court if I want to appeal the ticket. If I do nothing by that date a warrant will be issued for my arrest and my license will be suspended.

Sidenote: Was it really necessary to downvote all of my responses? I mean literally every response except for 2 was downvoted 4+ times. Came here for advice, instead got 40+ downvotes and not a single helpful response. Thanks guys!

Answer: You need to pay the $170+. The time to argue this was on your court date, which you missed.


Title: Daughters photo missing from birthday venue - NJ

Question:
Reposting after fixing errors

Forgive me if this is not the right sub or flair.

I organized my daughters birthday and it was decided between me and decorator that she would place a photo of my daughter on every table. I sent her 5 photos and she printed and framed them.

As the event ended, I forgot about them while leaving and only remembered them when I came home. At this point, I called my decorator and asked her if she had them. She said no. I called the venue and they got back to me next day, saying no. I tried asking my friends, but they weren't sure who took them.

Both the venue and the decorator have given me convincing arguments to prove that they are not the one to take those photos.

Decorator says we printed them for $2 at Walgreens and they are not useful to us anymore and if we had them we would give them to you (although she owns the frames in which the photos were put). I asked the decorator multiple times in various forms and offered to pay extra if she had to spend more than what i paid her. She denies it.

Venue says they host weddings of 500 people and our small party of 50 was the least chaotic event they ever did. They claim that they never throw away anything, and they claim to even have old shoes and balloons from one year ago, because this (forgetting stuff) happens frequently at Big weddings and they don't discard anything.

Ok. Coming to the legal issue. The venue manager told me they have CCTV cameras everywhere and they can see who took the photos.

So i have a couple of questions.
1. Is this even worth legally pursuing? May be i am overthinking. I mean those photos probably ended up in trash by now (event is 2 weeks old now). And who will have a use of those photos. And they can be printed for $10. But a part of me thinks that apart from emotional value, there is an obvious privacy concern and it just is a matter of principle, i dont like being lied to and frankly it's just creepy to think someone took my photos.

2. What are my legal options? The venue has been dodging me citing computer problems. I am sure they are just screwing me around. Who doesn't get computers fixed for 2 weeks. Do I need a lawyer or go to the police?

Thanks in advance. Sorry if this post is confusing but i wasnt sure if this is something worth pursuing.

Answer: You should just move on with your life. There is no major monetary loss here to pursue and somebody probably just threw them out thinking that it was garbage that had been left at the venue. Answer #2: Didn't you post this a few days ago?  Did anything new happen since then?


Title: Needing help with an incident that happened

Question:
On 11/14/16 I got into an altercation with Animal Control (AC) about my cat that had gotten out. The cat had been out for less than 5 minutes. I went to get the cat and I noticed that AC was there picking up stray cats from the neighborhood. I approached the AC and asked if she had seen my cat, that he had just gotten out. She told me yes, that she had captured him and told me I had to give her $20 (for shots) and I told her no, that the cat wasn't old enough for shots and I was just trying to get him home because he was mine. She kept yelling at me to get away (was standing about 4 feet from her) and I argued for the release of my cat. At this point, my girlfriend of 5 years, my mother-in-law, and my neighbors were outside. I got in my car and backed up and the AC started saying something, so I stopped the car and got out. She immediately came up to me in my face screaming to move my car. After hesitation on my part, she threw me up against my car and started choking me, screaming at me that she's "a motherfucking cop" and I just stood there pressed against my car asking to see her badge as I had not seen it. She started screaming at my neighbor to call 911 and as soon as I saw marked police cars, I laid on the ground and put my hands behind my back. I was later charged with Interfering w/ A Public Official and Resisting Arrest.

I filed a Freedom of Information Act request with my local city hall and asked for dash cam footage, body cam footage, police reports, the officers jacket (her police record, complaints etc), and the 911 calls. They gave me the police report, her account of what happened, and and the 911 call from my neighbor.

In her account she claims that I approached her "red in the face, clinched fists" and that when I had my car I had to tried to hit her at high speeds (2011 Nissan Versa with a rod knocking backing up about 10 ft.) She claims that I got out and walked to her with "a heavy step" and said that from the moment she arrived she said she was a police officer.

I'm trying to figure out what to do, because her report is horrifyingly inaccurate. Is there anything I can? I called the DAs and they haven't even "officially " charged me. Because of this, I lost my job at a retirement home because they thought I was a "threat to the residents" and my car was repoed. Is there anything I can do to get this over with? This was my first "offense" and in jail they offered me 9 months in county. I obviously pled not guilty.

What can I do?

This happened in Hunt County, TX

Edit for location

Answer: You say you have not been charged, but you pled not guilty? A plea is your answer to charges. Have you appeared before a judge yet? If not, request a Public Defender when you do so. In the meantime, do not answer questions by the police or anyone else.


Title: Ticketed for illegal car window tint VA (car purchased from dealership w/ tint). Is it worth appealing, and can I get dealership to re-tint? I am removing illegal tint regardless.

Question:
I know this is similar to [a post (not mine) from two months ago](http://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/2ejl8c/bought_car_with_window_tint_over_what_is_legally/), but I already plan on removing the tint, as was the advice in the previous thread. What I'm asking is two fold.

**(1)** Is it worth appealing to the judge after removing the tint, as I had very recently bought the car and had no idea it was illegally dark, or should I just pay the $30 fine + $67 court fee? In short, would I end up paying regardless?

**(2)**  Can I get the dealership to re-tint the car to legal levels, given that the dealership:

* Registered the car, which shouldn't have been possible given the tint-level;
* Used the tint as a selling feature; and
* Did not disclose that the tint was illegal, making the car not suitable for use on the road?

I live in Northern Virginia.
Topic:
Traffic and Parking

Answer:
 1)  Going to court and telling the judge you did not know it was illegal when you bought it will not fly.  A mistake of fact is not a valid excuse. Basically the law says you should have known.  You will likely end up paying (either the ticket or the time away from work to fight it).

2) Depends on the facts. There may be a fraudulent misrepresentation, but the amount of damages may not make it worth it to pursue.  You can ask them to re-tint it and explain the circumstances, but there is no guarantee they will comply.


Title: Violated a restraining order I wasn't aware I had, anyway I can get it put back into place and where should I look for help? (GA)

Question:
About a year ago, my dad assaulted my boyfriend and I while he was drunk. Although, this is a regular occurrence, police have been called in the past and he has forcibly been removed from the residence multiple times, this particular time was different because the police saw bad bruising on my face and on my boyfriend. They took pictures of us, took him to jail and gave us their card and said someone would be in contact (no one ever was). He was charged with something to do with family violence and placed on supervision (sorry I'm violated rule 7, but I am not aware of the specific charge).

In the same week my mom (me and my boyfriend live with my parents and help them pay bills, my dad doesn't have a job) gets a restraining order against him for a threatening her and it gets granted. He gets bailed out of jail and lives with his parents.

Fast forward 6 months (October 2017) and my mom moves him back in, violating her restraining order. My dad is continually drunk and violent and it finally gets bad enough that she kicked him out again 3 weeks ago. He broke into our house yesterday while I was home alone, I asked my mom to make a police report, but she refused because technically in Georgia she has no legal ground to kick him out and her restraining order no longer stands.

This is the main part:  she then informed me that I had a restraining order against him and it is valid until he goes to court for the family violence charge. I was under the impression he had already gone to court, I never heard from the officers or anyone about it again, and I never knew I had the restraining order or I wouldn't have violated it. Technically I did violate it because he was living in the same place as me, but I didn't know I had any control over it.

Now that he is breaking into our house, I am afraid and I want to get a restraining order but am afraid the judge won't grant it since I violated the previous one (and since I am not the legal owner of the house). I know little about the court system, who do I go to for help and to ask these questions? I don't know who to ask if basically because I have this charge and I was unaware of the restraining order, can it still be honored? I'm trying to pose my questions the right way but honestly I am panicked and desperate and uneducated when it comes to the legal system.

Any help is appreciated, sorry if I violated any rules, thanks in advance.

Answer:
 Deep breaths. You're okay here.

If you have a restraining order against someone that prevents them from coming into contact with you, *they're* the ones who violate it. You can't violate it by him breaking into the house.

Restraining orders aren't limited by housing like that (there are ways they are, but it doesn't matter in this instance). As long as the order is in force, he can't come near you, speak to you, etc. It doesn't matter (much) where you are. If you worked at Burger King, he wouldn't be allowed to visit that restaurant., for example.

You'll want to contact possibly the county sheriff (they're officers of the court, so they'll know this kind of stuff), or whatever court issued the restraining order. I'm not familiar with Georgia's court system, so I can't help you there. You should have a copy of it somewhere though.


Title: [Maryland] How to get out of Points on a Ticket

Question:
So I've gotten plenty of tickets in PA and NJ, but MD's system is kind of confusing.

So I got a speeding ticket because the officer "saw me speeding" so it doesn't have a speed written on it. The second ticket is for following to closely. I was definitely going quickly. I didn't admit it but I also was nice and didn't argue with the officer.

My question comes from the two options to fight the ticket. I've never seen two options before so maybe someone can help me out. One is a traditional hearing, and the other box is for a waiver hearing. Which one will get me out of points and maybe the fine? And will I be able to do a payment plan?

Answer:
 >So I've gotten plenty of tickets in PA and NJ, but MD's system is kind of confusing.

Start driving better. You can only get away with driving badly for a while, and you may be close to the end of that rope.

>Which one will get me out of points and maybe the fine? And will I be able to do a payment plan?

Given your extensive record of traffic violations, the only choice I would recommend is to hire a traffic attorney to represent you.


Title: Why don't police do anything about asian massage parlors?(AZ)

Question:
I've always been curious as to why police don't conduct daily raids on asian massage parlors? There are tons of ads for them on places like backpage/craigslist and it's pretty obvious they're offering more than massages(I would know, I've spent thousands on them).

But what I don't get is why don't police go in there and arrest the prostitutes and johns? I' went for years and have never had a run in with them.

Shouldn't online ads/reviews of these places be enough to get law enforcement to investigate? Theoretically it seems like it would be fish in a barrel for any District Attorney. Is there anything I'm missing?

Any and all feedback appreciated

Answer: sure they can go and investigate.  who says they don't.  but they need to be caught in the act.  and honestly, police agencies are mostly underfunded and generally don't have time to go around to investigate this kind of stuff.  however, usually they get involved if there are a lot of complaints from neighboring businesses/residents.


Title: Can my dad stop me from obtaining a car as a gift from my granddad?

Question: I'm currently in high school with no car to drive. My granddad recently bought me a car, but my dad doesn't want me to have it. Instead, he wants to be the one to buy me a car because of the control he wants to have over me. I know that I probably won't even have a car throughout my senior year because he and my mom are just all talk, no action. My dad takes every opportunity to make my life hell when he drives me anywhere, and I've never been allowed to go out anywhere besides school. First of all, he doesn't have a job, so essentially he would be using my mom's money to buy the car if he decided to put it in his name. My parents are the last people I trust to have control of a car that a drive as I go to college next year. I won't go into much detail about them, but they are controlling,manipulative, and overall abusive. I was excited that someone I trust bought me a car, so I wouldn't have to worry about anyone trying to take it back because I plan on moving out of state for college. My question is, would I have the right to take the car when I'm eighteen? And if I end up having to own a car with my parents' name on it, how can I change that?

Answer: They cannot control what your grandparents decide to do with a car they purchase. However if you are under 18 they can still decide what rules you are required to follow if you receive the car as a gift. They can ground you from it, or not allow you to drive it.


Title: Issue with Condo HOA and window replacement

Question:
I live in a condominium association of about 220 units.  It's about 30 years old and many owners have begun to replace the original aluminum frame windows.  There are four different floor plans in the development.  One of them in particular has a bedroom with a window that just barely meets egress building code.  This is the code that says bedroom windows must be able to be opened to a minimum width and height to be useful as an emergency exit.  Replacement windows are frame-in-frame and thus a little smaller than the original, so they don't open as large.  Unfortunately this one particular window cannot meet egress code when using a standard replacement.  It comes up about an inch short in the width dimension.  Close, but no city inspector will ever sign off on it.

The HOA agreed to approve a new construction style replacement for this one particular window, ie a nail fin type installation where the original aluminum window frame is removed and replaced altogether.  The installation is a little more complex as wood siding "plantons" have to be temporarily removed during the installation, but it allows the replacement to be just large enough to meet egress code.  Several window companies have quoted me and each said it's not a big deal.  Here's the problem:  The HOA wants me to sign a legal covenant that gets attached to the title of my home stating that I or any future owner will be responsible for any leaks.  On top of this, they want to bill me $500 for their attorney to write it up, plus filing fees with the county.

Does this  seem reasonable?  Unreasonable?  Has there ever been any sort of  precedent set for this?  Other owners in my complex are replacing these windows anyway without regard to meeting this building code.  There are probably several dozen other units in the development that have this problem and will face it eventually.  The HOA doesn't seem to care a whole lot so long as it's a cosmetic/architectural match for the original.

Answer:
 An indemnity agreement is normal. It’s basically so that you can make changes to common elements (i.e. walls and siding), but you’re responsible if those changes cause any damage to common elements.

But the HOA should be paying for drafting it. NAL, and not in your state, but in my HOA it’s a standard form that goes along with all change requests.

Also, your HOA should really be more concerned about legal compliance and liability than about cosmetic issues. Consider starting to attend board meetings and becoming a squeaky wheel if necessary.


Title: Failure to Sterilize and Failure to Vaccinate a sterilized and vaccinated cat (Tx)

Question:
Nearly two years ago I adopted a geriatric cat from a city shelter. During the adoption process I was given two vouchers to have him sterilized and vaccinated (required within 30 days from the adoption date). At the time, I asked the shelter worker about the sterilization, as I had been informed he was already neutered over the phone. She answered affirmatively that he was already sterilized - I specifically asked about this to ensure there would be no expectation of this being my responsibility. (As he was 15 years old and a standard pre-op blood panel would have revealed he had multiple serious health issues, he would have been exempt from the surgery regardless). His health/age would have also exempted him from vaccinations as well had we known, but we dutifully took him to be vaccinated on the way home immediately after leaving the shelter.

Over a year and a half later, a letter was sent to my former address stating I had 7 days to provide proof of sterilization and vaccination. This letter was received (at the wrong address) two days before Christmas Eve and I was not informed about it until more than a day later and was unable to go pick it up until Christmas Eve. The vet was then closed for the holidays and the weekend.

This gave me one day to go to the vet to obtain his vaccination records and take it to the shelter, which is in a city I do not live in. Since the vet had been closed they were swamped with a bunch of walk ins. Already irritated with the situation, pressed for time, and feeling it was not worth taking time away from the sick and injured animals in the office, I simply left and did not send in any proof.

I'm aware of the error in this, and if I had been charged right after this with a failure *to provide proof* (of vaccination, only) it would have been understandable. However, it is the upholding of the sterilization charge and what happened next that is the issue.

A month or so later another letter was sent to the same wrong address. By the time I was informed about it and went to go retrieve it, the residents had "lost" it. At that point, I called the shelter explaining and requesting another copy of the letter be sent to the correct address. The shelter worker said that I could instead email the proof to an address she provided (it was a legitimate address) to resolve the issue. I told her I had no proof of sterilization and explained the situation behind that  - she agreed sending in a vet invoice that described him as a neutered male would suffice. So that is exactly what I did.

Three weeks later yet another letter comes in the mail to the same wrong address stating something to the effect that I was being charged with Failure to Sterilize and Failure to Vaccinate and that if I did not enter my plea in 10 days, two warrants would be issued for my arrest (these warrants were on the database online already for some reason). This time I decided to drive all the way to the county to speak with someone in person and show them all of my proof I had emailed.

The woman I spoke to, who was very sympathetic, said she would submit everything to the prosecutor ASAP and said maybe she will "be nice" and drop the case. The next day I received a call from her saying the prosecutor decided to proceed with the charges and that my preliminary hearing would be in about a week and a half.

The only other thing I found like this online was asked in this sub (in Texas, as well) and it was said that once you provide proof, the case should be dismissed - I was very surprised the prosecutor decided to proceed (particularly with the Failure to Sterilize charge), so

- is there a chance the judge will drop it at the preliminary hearing?

More importantly, do I need representation by my preliminary hearing? This cat is terminal and requires a lot of home medical care and goes to a specialist an hour away frequently, plus I am now (self) fostering two other senior cats, and all of the other "life stuff" that goes on has left me little time to find representation within this short time frame. I am also trying to hire someone within the county that is charging me, which has been difficult to do long-distance. Point is, my hearing is Wednesday and I still haven't found adequate representation.

- Is there a way to delay the hearing until I do?
- Is there any department in particular I would contact about this?
- Is an attorney for two Class C misdemeanor's required (or strongly encouraged) for the prelim, or can it wait until the actual trial?

I want to be clear: I have every intention of fighting this and it is not about the money. I could have easily "made this go away" by simply paying the fines, so please keep my intent in mind.

The one attorney I spoke to thus far, upon asking him if there was an alternative to paying fines should I refuse regardless of the verdict should this make it to trail, said that I may be able to serve a few days in jail instead.

- Is this possible for a Class C misdemeanor?

Last question: If anyone cares to read the statues, I was initially thinking the issue was failure in providing proof. Upon combing through the letters I received and his initial adoption agreement, no mention was made regarding a failure (or requirement) to provide proof - just a failure to sterilize/vaccinate. And when I looked up the statues it does appear that proof is required for the sterilization, but I wasn't able to find such for the vaccination (upon adopting an animal from a city shelter). Am I missing or misinterpreting something?

http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/HS/htm/HS.828.htm
http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/HS/htm/HS.826.htm

I apologize for the length, and thank you in advance for any insight into the situation!

Answer:
 Given that this is your intent

>I want to be clear: I have every intention of fighting this and it is not about the money. I could have easily "made this go away" by simply paying the fines, so please keep my intent in mind.

I would suggest you find local animal welfare/rescue focused groups on facebook for suggestions.   This entire situation seems absolutely insane to me and the fact that it has gotten to this point makes me suspect you aren't the first person that this has happened to in your area.  If your part of Texas is anything like San Antonio the local animal rescue groups will have lots of advice re dealing with the city.

All that said I have absolutely no legal advice for you but I do hope it all works out.  Thank you for saving the old fellow.


Title: Is cutting hours from 34 to 2 constructive dismissal in Tennessee?

Question:
My boyfriend works/worked for a major company at a branch that began to tank. His hours were scheduled for 34.5/week but he generally averaged 40ish. Suddenly, everyone's hours were cut down to 2-3 per week. His manager told them explicitly, "we're NOT firing you guys, everyone is still getting hours! So don't try to bog down the unemployment system, they'll just tell you the same thing we are. Just go find a new job".

Most of his fellow employees are college students, so everyone took that at face value and went out and got new jobs. I'm wondering, though, if this was technically the kind of constructive dismissal he could have gotten unemployment for.

If so, would he still have the ability to claim back unemployment from the time his hours were cut to the time he got a new job? They warned everyone well in advance of the cut, encouraging them to find new jobs, so I suspect the answer is no, but I'm just curious.

Tl;dr: is cutting hours from 34 to 2 per week constructive dismissal in Tennessee? Can you claim unemployment over it?

Answer:
 Yes, this is totally claimable and management is not being honest.Answer #2: Yes absolutely 100% this is constructive dismissal. They are very obviously trying to avoid all their employees going on unemployment immediately.

Go file for unemployment and if it gets denied, appeal it. Very common for it to get denied the first go even if it seems like it's obvious you should get it.Answer #3: Pretty much any time someone says "don't file for unemployment" or "let's not get insurance involved" or just "don't call the authorities" in general, that's exactly when you need to do just that.Answer #4: The answer is that unemployment is probably available and if the company really said not to seek unemployment odds are they know it.  File, the worst that can happen is the claim is denied.Answer #5: Check out the Tennessee Unemployment FAQ at https://www.tn.gov/workforce/unemployment/apply-for-benefits-redirect-2/do-i-qualify.html which specifically states "You may file a claim for benefits the first day after becoming separated from employment or after your employer has significantly reduced your work hours."


Title: Is someone poking you with a sharp object with no intent to harm considered assault?

Question: Title. Was telling a friend about how when I was bussing tables a man with a knife poked me with the sharp end, as he claimed to get my attention. I have zero interest in "suing" him for assault, but if I were to how would that fall along legal parameters? I sustained no injury.

Answer:
 I am not a lawyer, but I'm pretty sure that would be considered misdemeanor assault. You'd have to testify since the burden of proof lies with the prosecution.
You don't necessarily have to injure someone to be charged with misdemeanor assault. If you wave a bat at someone in a threatening manner or follow someone in your car to a parking lot and get out holding a weapon, that's misdemeanor assault even if you don't injure the other person.
In your case, even if he didn't mean to threaten or hurt you, you felt threatened. So yeah. Hope this helps.

Edit: wordAnswer #2: In Australia and UK, this would be assault, yes. Definitely.


Title: [Arizona, USA] A 14 year old I know is being talked into an intimate and sexual relationship by a 20 year old. What can a bystander do?

Answer: tell the kid's parents and report it to the police.Answer #2: NAL. Age of consent in Arizona seems to be 18. Report this to the child's parent and to the police.


Title: Hospital won't stop calling to get me to fill out a new born eligibility form for my new baby. I already have insurance for my baby. Do I have to respond to them? (AZ)

Answer:
 Is the hospital seeking insurance information to bill the charges related to the child, or are they seeking to have you add the child to medicaid or some other government-related insurance?

Why when you tell them that the child is already insured is that not the end of the discussion?


Title: Renting a home, I went to turn in money orders as i have been for almost two years. This past payment the notified me that they will no longer accept money orders...

Question:
They will charge 38 dollars doing one payment a month, and if you give your route number, they will only charge 3% of what your rent is...My question is, can they does this even though the contract that was signed in the beginning says different>?
Topic:
Landlord Tenant Housing

Answer:
 What. Does. Your. Lease. Actually. Say?

Not what you were verbally told or what you've been doing, but what your lease actually says. You've responded three times without providing that.