Title: Mom rented out an extra room in her house with a 1 year contract which expires in a few weeks. Turns out it is not legal in her area. Now tenant is threatening to report her & wants to stay for free.

Question:
My mom lives in a single family house. She had some extra rooms and decided to rent one of them out. It has its own separate entrance in the back yard and its own bathroom. She did not add these, they were there when she bought the house. She illegally rented out a room to someone for 1 year with the agreement that he would pay the rent the 28th of the prior month (his contract ends at the end of this month). Although he has a deposit, he hasn't paid for this month yet (over 2 weeks overdue) and has recently been very rude to her and even made threats. He's been threatening to report her to the town hall since it is illegal, and has pretty much been harassing her and making other ridiculous threats for the past month (claiming we tampered with his mail, as an example). I've been holding my tongue because she begged me not to confront him because she's afraid I will make things worse.

After these threats began my mom went to a lawyer who looked up his record and found out that he has a prior history and basically sues/gets sued by everyone he comes across. The lawyer told her that since he is technically our tenant our only option is to evict him which would take it to court and take anywhere from 2-6 months!

OK. So we are both aware that her renting out a room in a single family house in her area is illegal. It sucks that she will probably have to pay a fine, but whatever. What I cannot stand though, is the idea of this guy living there under her room for free while he's being rude to her, threatening her, and pretty much harassing her at this point.

Any advice? I'm going to the lawyer who told her this tomorrow. I did speak to my friend who is a recent law graduate and she told me (she doesn't have much experience in this matter but she did a little research) that since the contract we made was illegal, we may not be considered "landlords" and just "landowners". In which case, after the end of the month, he would technically be trespassing and we can take his stuff and put it on the sidewalk or just call the police if he refuses to leave. However I'm not sure about this and I'm hoping to get some answers from this other lawyer tomorrow.

This has all been extremely frustrating and stressful for my mom and myself. Any help would be greatly appreciated! If you have any questions or need any additional information let us know. Again, it sucks that she will have to pay a fine/penalty, but that she can live with. Having this guy in her house who is extremely rude to her is what we are worried about. How do we get this guy out? What options do we have?

Edit: the location where she lives is Great Neck, NY in the village of Thomaston, in a R-9 zone.

Answer:
 It's a civil violation at worst.  She pays the city a fine somewhere down the line.  Have your mom do formal written notice that she will not renew lease.  You are de facto landlords and must abide by the eviction rules in your state.  Sure, he has rights, but so does your mom.

Once the deadline to move out (include a 5p time) has passed, your mom will post the eviction notice on his bedroom door and Mail him a copy of same then follow the eviction steps.  Frustrating, but straight forward.
Actually, he's already late with rent. No need to wait.  Post the notice to quit now because all that does is start the legal clock. Answer #2: Get lawyer to start eviction process ASAP


Title: How do I argue no front license plate in court?

Question:
There are a number of specifics around this:
1) I live in Minnesota, where this was not a law as recently as 3-5 years ago. In fact, I drove the car for a year with no front license plate, and had no issues.
2) I got the same exact ticket a month before. Actually, my brother did, and didn't tell me, but it appears as 2 tickets for the same infraction on my vehicle, 35 days apart.
Can I argue ignorance on this? As I was ignorant? And/or is there a law regarding the same ticket being issued so close together?
Also, can the judge see that I have that second previous ticket if I were to go and argue it on my court date?
I don't feel like bringing it to his attention if it does not benefit my case at all.

Answer:
 Ignorance (especially after several years) is not going to be a successful defense.Answer #2: > Can I argue ignorance on this? As I was ignorant? And/or is there a law regarding the same ticket being issued so close together?

The phrase here is "ignorance of the law is no excuse."

You are *responsible* for knowing what the laws are.  No one can really prove what you do or don't know.  So, if they allowed "I didn't know it was illegal" to be a defense, then everyone would just say that and be found not guilty.

And there is no law at all about the length of time between tickets.  If you get a ticket for no front plate, and then are driving the vehicle again later that same day (still with no front plate) then you can get a ticket then too.

Put the plate on your car, take a picture to prove you corrected the violation, and go to court.  Perhaps correcting the problem and proving it will earn you a break from the judge or prosecutor.

But the only really valid defense to this charge would be "I *did* have a front plate on my car."


Title: [Crosspost /r/ Protect & Serve] Self Defense Situation

Question:
Hi /r/leagaladvice, its your neighborhood friendly hose-dragger friend Starbursty2122! Today I've come to you with a question regarding my response to an assault that took place against me after a rather ridiculous encounter. I am not gonna give out specific details as to not incriminate myself even though it appears I didn't do anything wrong, but here's the gist. This past weekend my friends and I were having snowball fights with people on different balconys of my apartment building. Long story short, we saw who we thought were our friends pull in and park, so we threw snowballs at their car. As it turned out these people were not our friends, and instead got out enraged we had threw snow at their car. Realizing our mistake and intending no mallace, we apologized and assured them the snow was the first of the season and power throughout, we didn't throw iceballs. Dicks throw iceballs, and we ain't dicks, just good ol' north county boys trynna have some fun. We continued to apologize as they kept screaming to come down and fight. It finally became apparent they were impaired and just looking for an excuse to fight. We offered them a final apology an retreated back inside my apartment to break contact as we'd done no damage to their vehicle (car had snow on its roof and we threw more snow on its roof).

Not five minutes had gone by when someone is suddenly trying to kick my door down while screaming I'm going beat the shit outta you, kill you, you're pussys, etc. We immediately made sure the door was locked and stood in positions to slam it shut if it was breached. After about 5 minutes of this routine the noise stops, and we hear the exit door open and shut a few times. We check the peep hole, and decide to wait a few minutes before venturing out to make sure the coast is clear. In the meantime I prepared to call my building manager to see how she would like to proceed. Having a few minutes gone by and no action outside the door I slowly opened it. As it turned out, the attacker had stood in the exit door waiting to see if we would emerge to check the damage. Before I could even get the door halfway open the guy was on me. He passed the doors threshold, grabbed me by the hair, began punching me in the face, and narrowly missed kneeing me in the face. As he began to pull me out of my apartment, and legitimately fearing for my life, I deployed a 2in pocket knife to defend myself. He then pulled me by my hair out my apartment and put my head through the Sheetrock wall. From this point me pulls me by my hair 15-20 feet down the hallway as I frantically jam the knife in his direction. Suddenly he lets go, as I stumble to right myself he begans yelling to square up, only then realizing as I put my hands up saying 'stop I don't want to hurt you' that I had a knife. I then retreated to my apartment when I realized the knife had broken and severely cut my index finger to the bone and almost into the joint capsule. We told him to leave and immediately closed the door, called the cops, and armed ourselves further now knowing we would possibly be attacked again.

So my question /r/legaladvice is if I responded appropriately & depending on that what are the consequences? I did instigate this in a sense, but never meant to engage him physically at any point or cause a confrontation. I'm shook guys, I've never been so damn scared in my skivvies, like damn that was intense. I should also mention this is all on camera and there were multiple witnesses. What threw me off the most was the fact the officers didn't arrest me at all that night, nor have they yet. They didn't think I had cut him but as it turned out a few hours later he turned up to the ER with a stab wound. His friends then gave false reports to the officers at the hospital (they have no idea my building has cameras) and he wasn't very cooperative supposedly. A very nice detective came and interviewed me and basically said while early in the case it seemed to be pretty apparent self defense. I guess you could say I'm paranoid. I am in New Hampshire for reference.

Answer:
 Well, you just found out why a knife is a terrible self defense weapon. Answer #2: Holy crap you’re an idiot in so many ways. I’m going to address one: stop talking to that “nice” detective at once. He shows up again you say these seven words and only these words: “I’m not saying anything without my lawyer.” No matter what he says just say that.

Of course he’s nice! Of course he’s going to say it looks like you’re in the right! Because that gets you to keep talking and build his case for him. Answer #3: You contributed to the event, but not enough to justify a physical assault.

You should have called the police and reported it immediately. If you haven't already done so, you should file a complaint against him for assault.

In every state you have a right to use like force to defend yourself. Someone punching you and dragging you out of your apartment is about as severe of an escalation as you can get. You were right to assume your life and welfare was in danger.


Title: Medical Machine gave incorrect results. Who pays?

Question:
Been seeing my doctor because of a medical issue.  Was advised by my doctor to get some tests done.  I'm fine with that and do the blood and urine tests.

Talk to my doctor a few days later about the results who tells me the test results are bad and that I need to go to the hospital ASAP to get checked out.

I drop everything and go.  I get the blood and urine rechecked and rechecked again and everything is fine.  Turns out that the machine that interpreted the initial results messed up / the machine spit out the wrong numbers.  Was told by the hospital it happens sometimes.

I don't fault my doctor because they're advising me of the results, but now I'm stuck with a hospital bill due to getting rechecked when it wasn't needed due to a mistake.  Plus, it was an emergency check so I'm sure the costs will be higher.

Who pays?

Answer: You pay (or your insurance does).  Test results are known to generate false positives, that's exactly why your Doctor told you to get rechecked.  This is correct medicine, not malpractice.


Title: [TX] my employees always have flat tires when parking near neighbor store

Question: There is a boost mobile next to my daycare and whenever my employees park in the parking spot between the daycare and boost mobile they have flat tires when going home. It's happened to 2 of my teachers multiple times. One time one of my teachers had 2 flat tires. I have talked to the owner of boost mobile, but he said he doesn't know anything about it. What are my options?

Answer:
 Report the vandalism to the police.

Without evidence of someone's direct involvement, though there may be circumstantial evidence pointing to the store if there are only spaces near the store affected, you really have no further recourse.


Title: Re-formatted. University is punishing me for drinking off campus. Is there anything I can do?

Question:
Kansas
Several weeks ago I went out to a party at a fraternity off campus. I had a little too much to drink, and was drunk. I decided to stay the night at the fraternity, and slept on the couch. The next day I returned to my dorm looking as sick as ever. An RA had asked me if I was okay, and I told him I was just hungover.

A week later I received a conduct warning for essentially being drunk. I told them that I had not been drinking on campus, and was not even on campus when I was drunk. They did not care, and have stated that you are able to be punished for being drunk wether or not you are on campus. Are they allowed to do this? I'll admit I am a minor (20), but I feel as if this really isn't there business.

I have been struggling with alcohol, as well as depression the past few weeks, but I have finally started to stop drinking, and I've been feeing amazing these last few days. Things are starting to turn around.
Topic:
Alcohol Related Other than DUI

Answer: Yes they can. It's their discipline policy. Whatever punishment you receive should help you remember not to drink so much. (or at all, until you are 21)Answer #2: You admitted to breaking the law to a university employee. Breaking the law is probably against your university's code of conduct.  If there is an appeal process, that is what you would have use to fight it.


Title: [US - ANY] What are the legal do/don'ts regarding being detained or denied access by a protest group during a protest?

Question:
Saw this video, got me wondering...what rights do you have when it comes to protest groups physically preventing you from traveling to a destination?

When are they have considered to have committed assault?  When are you considered to have committed assault?

What happens if the group surrounds you so that you can't leave and yells at you, but otherwise doesn't physically attack you?

Is the only legal response to being detained/blocked by a protest group to surrender yourself and either go home or wait them out?  Are they breaking any laws by detaining/blockading?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_ln8_SaNmc

Answer:
 There have been quite a few posts on this topic this week.  You can scroll back through new or try a custom google search.

Generally -- stay put, call the police and wait.  The fact that someone else is breaking the law doesn't justify you doing so too.  Self-defense is very state and fact specific, and in any event, it's a *defense.*  It doesn't stop you from being arrested or charged.


Title: [Chicago/Illinois] (Tenant laws) Company ripped out my phone line without notice and refuses to reinstall

Question:
Hi Reddit,

I live in a condo unit in Chicago IL. It was recently sold to a business who is converting it into rental units and with that renovating it so it's crazy expensive. They inherited my lease from the previous owner and I have 4 months remaining on it.

I have a telephone line in my apartment that I use for DSL as well as reassurance if something goes wrong and I need to contact 911. I live in a high rise so I don't expect to always have signal on my cell. I don't use it as a phone day to day but knowing that I have it just in case gives me peace of mind in the event of a fire or something.

This company (without notifying me) even though they claim they did. Removed my phone line from my apartment by cutting the connection from the unit they are renovating below me. I assumed this was a mistake and paid ATT to to repair the line and they ended up cutting it again.

I went to one of their open houses to see if I wanted to stay in the building until they told me the new price and I walked out saying it was ridiculously expensive. A few weeks later is when my phone line was cut. They are telling me they are removing them from all the units.

I have informed them that they cannot just rip out my phone line connection from another apartment without notice and they're basically telling me too bad. I rely on that line for DSL as well as to work from home when needed. I just got off the phone with them and they're telling me they aren't going to do anything about it and if I want to move out, I can with 30 days notice.

I have a very good deal on the apartment because it was a carry over lease and I suspect they may be doing this to force me to move early so they can begin renovating my apartment.

They have also done a number of illegal things like have contractors work on the building as early as 7am and 8am on Sundays (I have video proof of both of these). When I confronted the contractors they packed up and left.

Does this action constitute as a violation? What legal ground do I have here? Can I move with no notice?

Thanks in advance,

Answer:
 INAL but it sounds like constructive eviction.

Also, they are tampering with a utility. I'm not sure if the following applies to them if they technically own the line inside the building. Maybe someone more legally knowledgeable can chime in if this would be a criminal matter.

http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/fulltext.asp?DocName=072000050K16-18Answer #2: Contact AT&T I'm sure they would love to hear a building manager is cutting phone lines from tenants, especially once they're outside the units since anything past the demarcation in your unit is owned by AT&T and its a crime to maliciously destruct phone company equipment. Do you have it in writing that they're getting rid of the lines, if so that'll only make the case for AT&T stronger, and their legal department will make sure this stops.


Title: Can an un-damaged parked vehicle be held liable for an accident between two moving vehicles? (MS Paint Diagram Included)

Question:
This just happened recently, and I'm still very frustrated with the world right now and frustrated with myself. I got in my first car accident and I'm wondering if I'm screwed here or not.

I was stopped at a stop sign at an intersection, and I did come to a full stop. When I stopped, there was a parked vehicle that blocked my vision of the other road. I should mention it was dark out (in an area with several street lights) and the parked vehicle was a small/mid-sized SUV.

I couldn't see if any cars were coming due to the lighting and the blocked vision, so I kept inching forward to see if anyone was coming. Well, as it turns out, someone was coming. They ran right into my front bumper. He had the right-of-way, not me, and he didn't do anything wrong. I had a stop sign and didn't yield to him, so I'm probably screwed here.

While we were stopped and out of our vehicles, I noticed that the car at that intersection had a parking ticket on the windshield. I walked over and actually saw a No Parking sign that said he wasn't allowed to park there, probably because of this exact situation.

[I know you guys like paint diagrams, so here you go.](http://i.imgur.com/sNpgrqm.png)

I called the cops, and they said they weren't coming and to exchange insurance information. We both have the same insurance company, so I don't know how that's going to work. I gave my statement and described this to them and gave the plate number of that car, and they said they would investigate. I should also mention that I only have liability coverage, so I'm assuming I'll be on my own with fighting this, since the guy I hit was clearly not at fault. And that car wasn't involved in the wreck or damaged at all, so I don't know how that's going to work either.

But in all honesty, my biggest frustration here is with the city. One of the neighbors that lives here came out when she heard the noise and made sure we were okay. While we were talking, she mentioned that the illegally parked vehicle had been there "since the weekend".

The city banned parking right next to that intersection, because it's a safety hazard. The city meter maids saw this safety hazard and acknowledged it was illegal by writing a ticket. But they did not tow the vehicle and remove the actual safety hazard. They left the safety hazard there for days, and just decided to fine the guy some money instead. Makes no sense to me. [This sign](http://i.imgur.com/mroRqWo.jpg) was posted there (with an arrow pointing towards the intersection), so it's towing enforced, but they didn't tow it for some reason. Does that sign mean the city *can* tow cars from there, or do they *have* to tow cars from there?

Overall, do I have a claim against that parked car for the damage here? If so, how would I get their insurance information from only their license plate, if my insurance company won't defend me? Was the city negligent in ticketing, but not towing, the illegally parked vehicle? Should I fight this? Do I have a defense here or no?

Thanks for reading.

Answer:
 I am not a lawyer, however, I had a similar accident, in MA, about two years ago.

I was in your position, couldn't see around the illegally parked car. I was initially declared at fault. I challenged it, and was found not at fault because the police report said that my view was obscured.Answer #2: did you take photos?Answer #3: What state are you in?


Title: False CPS charge. What's next? Restraining order?

Question: Long story short, a friend's 4 year old said my 6 year old touched his butthole. It didn't happen because I was present the entire time he was over (roughly 3 hours). Instead of calling me to talk to me about it, the family called cps. We have already talked with a detective and cps worker who (we think) are writing this whole story off as unsubstantiated after some subtle remarks that indicated as much. We have another sit down with the cps worker and our kids in a few days. So, my question is this... when all is said and done, what kind of recourse do we have against the other family for putting our family in such a compromising position? Restraining order to keep these crazies away from our family? They have spent the last week going about with their lives while ours have been on complete hold. It has felt like we were hit by a truck and a family member died all rolled together. The problem is that we are in the same moms group together and attend many get togethers. We clearly never want to interact with this family ever again, but don't want to be the ones to bow out. We already have the dilemma of a friend's birthday party this weekend where both kids are invited and she has not shown any signs of declining tkcome. It just seems so unfair that we are the ones who have to back down and protect ourselves when our family did not do a single thing wrong. Also, shouldn't CPS be grilling their son more since he is the one talking about his butthole? My kid isn't the one saying weird shit like that. Theirs is! So many questions and emotions are running high. Also, how do I even navigate the subject with our friends. I want to warn them about how easily she is willing to jump to calling CPS on another mom and to avoid her like the plague. But when and how do I do that, as well...ugh....What do we do??

Answer: Reporting to CPS is not grounds for a restraining order, even if the report is wrong.  If you want to remove these people from you life, you'll need to be the one to step away.Answer #2: Further reading: https://np.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/5o54yk/watched_4_yr_old_son_of_a_couple_on_friday_my/dcgopxu/?context=3


Title: Roommate signs vacancy lease with 20 days notice to me, then never moves out

Question: I have had a DISASTER of a roommate, reddit. She was a great person and there were no red flags at first. Then, she got a dog without my consent, and refused to pay dog rent or even just keep it in a crate so it destroyed the property, as well as some damages she did herself. Every time I expressed a concern to her,, she would shrug it off and say "oh, that will never happen, it's fine". Then, she ends our lease without my personal consent to do so. Apparently this is common practice, but notice from one is notice from all. She convinced the leasing office to make the move out date less than 20 days from the time she told me about it. She eventually told me after the 6th time of losing her keys that I was supposed to leave the door unlocked for her instead of her getting a new key, which I expressed concerns with. When I locked the door one night, she banged on the door and when I opened it she threatened my stuff and said she didn't care if I got raped, the door should be open. This is when I moved the fuck out, that very day. What takes the cake, though, is that when time came to move out, she never did. I got a call the day after move out date  that she never returned her keys and had deadbolted the apartment from the inside. I have no idea what to do. I feel too threatened to talk to her to see what's up, and I'm scared that I will be charged/ have an eviction notice in an apartment I do not even occupy.

Answer:
 Talk to the landlord.  Let them know the situation.  Unfortunately, that's about the best you can do at the moment.

Joint and several liability means they can sue you for her damages, but it doesn't require them to do so.  They're free to hold just her accountable if you can get them on board.

If they won't play ball (in writing) your fears are founded.  You can sue her for damages, doesn't sound like she has much to go after, though.


Title: [UT] Recently evicted due to being unable to make payments to landlord's attorneys, landlord holding possessions until I pay $3000. Can they do this?

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 did you go to court?  did you get a marshals notice or just a notice from LL before you were locked out?

sounds like an illegal eviction. Answer #2: Not a Lawyer

If you were legally evicted yes (but it depends)

http://www.utahlegalservices.org/public/self-help-uploads/abandonment-getting-your-personal-property-back

>What if the landlord won’t give me back my personal property?
A: If you were evicted by court order and the landlord won’t give you your property back or demands too
much money, ask for a court hearing within 15 days of your eviction. A hearing request form should have been
attached to the Order of Restitution (the court order evicting you). You can also get such a form from the court
clerk. A hearing will be scheduled. The landlord may work with you rather than go back to court. But if not,
you can talk to the judge about the landlord’s refusal. After abandonment, there is no court case so you
cannot ask for a hearing. If the landlord posts and mails to the tenant (at “last known address”) a notice
regarding the abandoned property, the tenant has 15 calendar days to claim the property but must pay all
costs of inventory, moving, and storage first – except as noted in the paragraph above. Once the 15 days has
passed, the landlord may have the right to sell or dispose of the remaining property. If notice was posted and
mailed but you don’t claim your property or can’t pay the charges, you cannot sue in small claims court for the
value of the possessions.

WHEN YOU GET SUMMONS ALWAYS GO.
I always get reminded of the dog when I see people ignoring summons.


Title: Can we ban someone from attending any of our future events.

Question:
I asked in /r/sororities and was told to double check here.

I am in Canada, we are a sorority. We would like to ban an individual from attending any of our future events because of comments he made about a member at an event last month. However, the guy has told one of our members that if we do ban him, that he will sue us and our organization for deformation.

On an unrelated note there is a member of our chapter who already refuses to attend any events he is at because he made inappropriate advances. He says that if we ban him for the inappropriate comments he will sue our other member for deformation.

Answer:
 >sue us and our organization for deformation

Why? Are you planning on breaking his kneecaps?

Joking aside, how can he sue you for defamation? If he's an asshat and you kick him out because he is an asshat, that doesn't constitute defamation. Furthermore, Canada is pretty strict as to what is and isn't libel, defamation, slander, etc.

Answer #2: You have no obligation to allow non-members to attend events. You don't even have to explain why someone's unwelcome: "you're no longer welcome at our events, leave immediately and do not return" is more than sufficient.

If he sticks around to argue, don't engage, call the local PD and report him as a trespasser. (Check with the campus administration on whether campus security can remove him, for events hosted on campus property.) If he shows up at the next event, remind him he's no longer welcome, then call the police if he keeps showing up anyways.

There are no concerns about defamation. He's blowing hot air. If he somehow convinces a lawyer to file an actual lawsuit on that basis, then and only then get a lawyer of your own and respond; until then, stop talking to this jagoff and start having him escorted out of sorority events.Answer #3: I think you mean defamation?

If this is a private event, run completely by your sorority, you have every right to choose who cannot be there. A public event is different, but I think even then you can have someone removed.


Title: Car keeps getting broken into at my apartment

Question:
I (F20) rent with a major rental company in Canada, not an individual landlord and my car has been broken into 3 times in less than a year. Twice when I was parking above ground and once since moving to underground parking. The most recent once was also attempted car theft and police were involved.

I of course signed a contract for the parking that stated something about them not being liable but COME ON. I have paid about ~$1000 in glass repairs alone because of a lack of security guards and cameras (yup. no cameras at all in this building) and now I may have a damaged ignition.

I keep being told upper management won’t pay for cameras and that the security guards are to check the parkade every hour but it’s obviously not enough. Cars are broken into weekly and recently someone actually successfully stole a car from the parkade.

Is there ANYTHING I can do?? My renewal discussion is coming up and I’m definitely looking at a rent increase which would not be ideal so I could maybe use this as leverage but still, it’s getting incredibly upsetting. Moving out seems obvious but other than the break-ins, it’s pretty much perfect for my boyfriend and I and our two cats. Its conveniently located for both of us, beautiful view from balcony, and of course pet friendly. Moving is also a bitch as everyone knows.

Note: We currently pay about $1200 a month for a 1 bdrm that includes heat and water (heat is radial though so isn’t actually very warm)

EDIT: I’m very new to actually having a reddit account, still learning about subreddits and lingo so please be nice 😅
Topic:
Landlord Tenant Housing

Answer: Your landlord isn't liable for other people breaking into your car. Before you renew you'll have to decide if you want to stay in this environment or if you'd rather move, you don't have any real leverage against to negotiate with


Title: Bar charged a tip a didn’t write on all of my receipts

Question: So i have three charges for a bar, all charges are an even dollar amount 15, 16 etc. They charged a tip on top after me writing out the total and signing. Can I file any sort of lawsuit against this? They’ve probably been doing it to thousands of people..

Answer:
 If the bar is charging tips other than the amount you authorized, contact your card issuer, let them know, and ask to do a chargeback. If this is a chronic problem for the restaurant, they may lose their payment card processor over it or have their fees raised to offset some of the increased chargebacks.

If your credit card issuer doesn't make you whole, you can take the bar to small claims to get the excess money back, if you want. It may not be worth your time over a few bucks.


Title: Would laws prevent me from having my ashes put into fireworks and shot into the sky at my funeral?

Question: I know that laws regarding fireworks vary from state to state, but I'm wondering more about what's allowed with bodily remains. Assuming fireworks were allowed and we had permits to set them off, would human ashes being in them complicate things legally?

Answer:
 FD here.
The only thing slowing you down would be local laws on shooting off fireworks. Answer #2: There's a good nolo page for this:

https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/burial-cremation-laws-pennsylvania.htmlAnswer #3: Hunter S Thompson's ashes were blasted out of a cannon hoisted to the top of a 150ft tower.  You might actually be able to look into this to see if there were any legal issues?

https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/21/world/americas/ashes-of-hunter-s-thompson-blown-into-sky.html


Title: Getting in trouble at school for messing around with friends results in me talking to police. I need help with this?

Question:
Before I start I want to point out that I live in Indiana and I'm only 15 years of age just in case any one is wondering what my laws are like here.

It was a simple game of getting a hand full of shaving cream and smacking it in someones face as a joke. I was the first victim. I was in class and since the teacher went to go outside of class to make some paper copies one of my friends went up from behind me and got a hand full of shaving cream and smacked it into my face. I laughed it off and decided to get him back.

The next day I got a hand full of shaving cream and went up to him and got him back the same way he did to me, another one of our friends joined in and it ended up becoming prank war. The cycle went back and forth until a fight broke out in class. Both of my friends went too far as of getting a full water bottle and spilling it at one of my other friends, then someone threw a punch and caused a fight to start. Both kids got kicked out of class and I was just standing there watching the whole thing escalate (I was not part of the fight so I did not get in any trouble in class).

The next day one of the kids is kicked out of school and the other is in detention all day. At this point the messing around stopped and everything went back to normal, until I get called down to the office. The thing that scares me is that there is a police officer sitting in the office next to the principal. They say that I caused a fight to break out in class despite not even starting this whole conflict. My school principal is pissed and yells at me for a good 5 minutes (I also got into a fight at school 3 weeks prior to this). The principal brings up a fight I was in long ago and says he gave me enough warnings. The school cop says that he got yelled at by his boss for trying to help me out in this situation and says that he can't help me at all.

At this point I'm freaking out and I start thinking about going to court and ending up in jail or probation. And honestly I never intended to get in trouble but sometimes people make me do stupid things like pranking my friends. The cop also says that the school can't help me out at all and that this is going to get me involved with the law.

I've never really been arrested before and this might be my first time and I really don't want to be arrested at 15 years old but all I know at the moment  that my mom is going to be pissed once she hears about this and I will probably need to go to court. I'm really paranoid at the moment and I've never been in this deep trouble with the school/law, so does any one have any tips on how to prevent getting into bigger trouble than I might already be. And if I go to court how should I act?

Answer:
 Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

Smacking someone in the face is a crime.  Pouring water on someone is a crime.  Throwing punches is most definitely a crime.

>  So does any one have any tips on how to prevent getting into bigger trouble than I might already be?

Don't hit other people, smack them in the face, or pour water on them.  You should stop "pranking" people until you learn the difference between a joke and a crime.

> And if I go to court how should I act?

Dress well, be respectful, and show that you've learned from the experience what you've done wrong.


Title: [IL] Do I need to be truthful when someone asks if I am concealed carrying?

Question:
I have a CCW licence. I carry in a place always concealed by my clothes.

A couple months ago, I was at a store which I am at frequently. There is zero signage prohibiting firearms on the premises.

The owner asked me if I was carrying. I replied that I was. He asked me to leave, citing that firearms are not allowed on the property. I complied and went home.

This was the first time I had heard that he does not allow firearms. I have been back several times since and he has not added any signage communicating this rule. He's also never mentioned or asked me about it again since.

I understand that he can ask me to leave for practically any reason at all. I am not arguing that I have some god-given right to carry a weapon wherever I want.

If I were to CC in his store again, would I be trespassing, since he has asked me to leave for that reason before? If he asks if I'm carrying again, do I have to tell him truthfully whether I am or not?

Answer:
 > If I were to CC in his store again, would I be trespassing

Yes.

> do I have to tell him truthfully

Either answer honestly or refuse to answer.  Anything else runs the risk of getting you in trouble.

Answer #2: I can't think of any law you would violate by lying. He can still kick you out either way. If he tells you to leave and you don't then you would be trespassing.Answer #3: From what I'm reading, IL law says he needs to post signs at the entrance of the store, but I can't picture a way to bring this up that isn't confrontational/passive aggressive. I'll leave that up to you. He may not know that he needs signs.

But you know he doesn't want firearms in his property, so if you bring one in and he calls the police to have you escorted out you'd be in the wrong. He can claim "I didn't know I needed to post signs," and the police will probably hand him a window sticker and still escort you out of the property. There's no law against lying, but no defense when you get caught telling one.

Do you have a secure place to put the firearm in your car? He's not banning you (yet), but the firearm.


Title: [New York] Parking ticket at the beach for not having a day-pass permit - but no one was at the ticketing station selling permits.

Question:
A few weeks ago some friends and I did a last hurrah to the beach on a chilly Friday at 3pm. It was out on Long Island, we checked a few parking lots but they all required permits.

[We found a parking lot online where you can buy a $25 day pass](https://ehamptonny.gov/Facilities/Facility/Details/Atlantic-Avenue-Beach-45) and decided to go there. Arrived at 3:30pm (permit hours are 9am-5pm) and we were literally the only car in the parking lot (I took pictures to prove it). Also, the ticketing kiosk that sells permits was vacant (took pictures to prove that as well).

Still, I got a $150 (!!!) parking ticket as the only car in the parking lot at 4:08pm. There was literally no way to purchase a permit to avoid this.

Now I understand the town does this because they know New Yorkers will drive out to the beach, get a hefty fine, then pay it off instead of drive all the way back out to the town that issued it. It's an obviously terrible system by design. But that's why I want to fight it.

My question is: Is there any case I can make here to not pay this ticket? I also have several witnesses who saw the ticketing kiosk was abandoned and therefore there was literally no way we could have paid for a permit in this completely empty parking lot.

Answer:
 It doesn’t sound like there’s any case to make here.

Your right to park in the lot is established by your payment.  Without payment you don’t have the right to park in the lot.  And were righteously ticketed.


Title: Taking someone who might be dangerous to small claims court- is this a good idea?

Question:
Hey everyone so I need some help. Last week I met someone on craigslist in the casual encounters section who was offering hundreds of dollars just to cuddle. I know that this is sketchy and, in hindsight, too good to be true, but I needed the money so I decided to try it.

So I go meet up with this guy (who lives pretty far away from me) and once we start cuddling he pressures me into having sex, and says he won't pay me unless I do it. I'm already all the way out there, and I need the money, so I have sex with him. Then he leaves without giving me the money (now I am pissed).

Now I KNOW that I fucked up in a ton of different ways but this sucks so I would appreciate only helpful comments of what I can do now. This guy is an idiot and I found his identity by googling his phone number, and then I found out everything else about him (address, family, etc) via google. Turns out he's a sex offender, who's been charged with a few felonies.

So I message him and I say "hey, *hisname*, you should pay me," and insinuate that I might tell his wife if he doesn't, because he was worried about her finding out.

So he says he will pay me via a money transfer service, but he's very insistent on using this service instead of something easier and anonymous, like bitcoin, so I figure he's lying. But, I research this service anyway and find out the info they will need (basically just name) and am fine with telling him this much, so I decide to give him the benefit of the doubt because at this point, why not. So the day comes that he's supposed to pay me through this service (it was closed for christmas), and in addition to my name he asks for my address, which he insists this money service uses. I called the money service, and they tell me they don't need an address to send to, just the state. So, he's clearly lying in an attempt to get my full name and where I live, which is scary since he has been charged with multiple violent felonies. I call him on this lie, and tell him that he doesn't need my address, and to send me the money via bitcoin, or else I would sue him. He replies that I shouldn't threaten him, or else he'd send his brother and friends to the police with my information (which he says he will get from the hotel we went to that took down both of our infos).

So now I'm wondering what my next move should be. From my understanding of small claims court, I have enough evidence to sue him and win. I have emails and text messages from him confirming payment amount, confirming that we met, and then a text from him afterwards apologizing for not paying. I have two main concerns with going this route, though.

My first concern is that he is a violent criminal, and I don't want him to know enough about me to track me down and hurt me. If I sue him in small claims court, what would he be able to find out? My full name? My address?

My second concern is that this could look like prostitution. The ad and all the emails and texts leading up to our meeting made it very clear that we were just going to cuddle, but when I got there I did have sex with him, but only because he pressured me into it. So, I think overall I have a case that this was not prostitution since there was no way I could have known what he was planning, but I'm worried that the fact that I did have sex with him is enough to "prove" the contrary. But he did pressure me into it, and he has been charged before with rape, so idk.

So can I sue this person in small claims court for the money he owes me? Can I sue for an additional amount for emotional distress? Are there any ways I can protect my safety while I do this? I have heard that the first step to suing someone in small claims court is to send them a letter via certified mail demanding payment, but this would tell him my full name and address and I don't know if that is safe. Should I skip this step? I don't know how to proceed now, but I don't want to just leave it because if I do he will just do this again to someone else. What are my next steps?

tl;dr- want to sue someone for not paying me for an agreed upon service, but am worried he will hurt me or I will be charged with prostitution. Can I sue him in small claims court? And if so, how do I do that? (This is in NY btw)

Answer: You can't sue for something that was illegal to begin with (the prostitution payment). You will be laughed out of court at a minimum.


Title: (FL) Hospital in lock down due to approaching hurricane. Wife (RN) was told she cannot leave

Question:
I have a question regarding hospital lock downs during a hurricane.
My wife is a nurse for a rehab service in Florida. She called to say that she was just informed that the hospital is going on lock down for the approaching hurricane, that is suppose to hit late Friday/early Saturday morning. She was informed that no one can leave until Saturday. Can she legally leave after her shift, or is she bound to hospital rules? The Rehab service is not owned or ran by the hospital, the company just leases a floor. If they do not allow her to leave, would this be considered some sort of civil rights violation or being held against her will? I have ZERO knowledge when it comes to this aspect of the law. She wasnt informed by the staff until she arrived for her scheduled shift. With this storm approaching, we had made plans to go to my hometown for a few days until this storm passed by.

Answer: They can't legally force her to stay there against her will. She is free to leave whenever she wants.


Title: Do I legally have to do an interview for my friend’s security clearance?

Question: I got called for an interview by an investigator for my friend’s security clearance. He’s called and left a message 3 times, but I don’t want to do the interview. Am I allowed to not respond or politely decline the interview?

Answer:
 Did your friend ask you if they could list you? If so, did you object then?Answer #2: Your “friend” may not have listed you on their clearance paperwork. The investigators I have worked with always asked me if I knew anyone else who could provide information about the applicant., so it is perfectly possible another mutual friend gave your contact information. That being said, please speak to the investigator. Do you really want a person who is unethical and lies to others to get a clearance?Answer #3: You can decline, you're under no legal obligation. Seems pretty stupid of your friend to list you for an interview without asking first.

If you decline your friend may not get his security clearance, or the job. So I guess consider how much you like this friend.

If you do the interview defo don't lie because that's illegal.


Title: Being evicted from an apartment I haven't lived for months.

Question:
Hello,
I am a 27 year old man that has been recently divorced. I signed a lease with my ex wife and a roommate last June that ended in February. We split up in September, and she kicked me out of the apartment, so I couch surfed for a month and finally signed another lease with my brother. I called the leasing office and told them the situation, and they said they'd make note of it, but they can't do anything until February. So March comes, and I'm getting emails about late rent. I followed up, and they are still there. I assumed they resigned, but now I'm finding they went month to month. I explained to the landlord that I was no longer on the lease, but never got a straight answer. Now today I get a text saying if Mays rent isn't paid today, we're all 3 getting evicted. When I told the landlord I've been off the lease, he said they decided to go month to month and my name is still associated. I've had 2 apartments since then, and haven't lived there for almost a year. My ex wife and I aren't on the best of terms so I'm not sure what to do right now. Can he legally evict me if I only signed until February? I'm trying to find the lease to see if there is a clause I overlooked, but any help is appreciated. Thanks!

Answer: Is there a clause in the lease about giving a 30 day (or whatever) written notice at the end of the lease if you intend to vacate? It should be formally outlined in the lease. If you didn’t follow those procedures, your name was probably not formally removed from the lease. Answer #2: If you didn't properly terminate your tenancy, and your wife and the landlord didn't both agree and sign anything removing you from your obligation, you are likely still on the hook.


Title: [Canada] Is it legal for my aunt (not heir) to have thrown away all of my deceased uncle's stuff?

Question:
My uncle died a couple weeks ago without a will. He was found dead in his apartment and an autopsy was requested because of his relatively young age. His girlfriend and my aunt met with the police and my aunt was given the keys to his apartment. She spoke with my dad the same day, he told her that my uncle had an estranged son, and that he was probably the heir and they'd need his permission for everything. The next day, my aunt went to his apartment and threw everything away. She then told my dad that my uncle had "nothing of value" and it was all trash. Some questioning made her admit that she took his TV and computer to keep them "safe". My aunt organized a religious ceremony the week after,  even though the autopsy results aren't available yet (with an empty funeral urn). The apartment is now 100% empty and the keys were given back to the landlord. We also found out from two of my uncle's friends at the funeral that my uncle had recently acquired a brand new guitar. When confronted, my aunt said that she had given it to my other uncle.

A bit of background: My aunt is known in the family to insist to be the one taking care of that kind of things, so no one really objected or thought something really bad was about to happen. We know she's greedy and sneaky, that she would (of course) have pocketed any money found on a desk; people in my family just don't care anymore. When my grandma died, even though there wasn't much, she made sure to keep everything for herself. Outrageous inappropriate acts from her are business as usual. My parents think that if they make a "scene", third parties will just believe they're overreacting because they hate my aunt.

4 days after the death, my dad managed to get in contact with the son, who simultaneously learned that he had lost his father and that every trace of him is now gone from the face of the earth. I heard that he is terribly upset by this, but no action was taken yet. He doesn't know if he has any right in this situation. I know that in Quebec, without a will, no spouse and a child, the child inherits of 100%. Other than that, I'm at a complete loss.

Was this a criminal act? What should we do?

If there's any more information I can provide, let me know. Thank you for reading this.

Answer: Which province are you in? Inheritance laws vary by province.


Title: Cna you present (Hollywood) movies as evidence to put them in the public domain?

Question:
Cryptome claims they can legally distribute CITIZENFOUR because it is used as evidence in a case. Is that correct, and would that be a loophole to make big Hollywood movies legally available for free?

Edit: Location is US here, international would probably be the same here.

Answer: No. The courts have ruled that copyright is not invalidated because something is to introduced as evidence in a civil or criminal case. This was reaffirmed back in the Scientology vs the Internet days.


Title: Employer refusing to acknowledge legal name change

Question:
To start off I work on a reservation in New Mexico and I know they have to follow different rules. I legally changed my full name in court last month and I took my paperwork to my HR and Responsible Gaming offices. They told me I couldn't update my security clearance badge until I got my SS card and driver's license. Okay, cool. I asked if I could change my name tag on my uniform, I work with customers.

They said no. I was a little peeved. Now I'm full blown upset. My supervisor told me
"Your name is (old name) until you get your driver's license and no one's gonna call you (new name) . If you're gonna have an attitude about it, then call in"

Is there anything I can do? My name change is absolutely 100% legal. I'm just waiting ridiculous amount of time it's taking my documents to be mailed to me.

Answer: Have you given them your Social Security card with your new name on it? The name in payroll should match the name on file with the SSA. No exceptions, ever.  The name on your badge is not a legal issue. They could make you wear a name badge that said Kermit if they wanted to.


Title: [CA][Federal, USA] Customs & Border Patrol and Disability

Question:
I could never find a lawyer who would touch the following, as no one seemed to ‘practice this type of law’. I hope to be thorough in my story please but feel free to ask questions as well. Please do not give advice on how to function with disability unless it is germane to the question.

My wife and I visited San Diego in July 2014 for our ten year wedding anniversary. We originally met in San Diego at the airport on our way to building homes in Tijuana. So for our anniversary we wanted to relive memories by visiting Tijuana as well.

For anyone who has ever walked across the border through Customs you will note the very long lines and a mass amount of people. I am unilaterally deaf and in very crowded rooms, especially with low ceilings like the building we were in; it is incredibly hard to hear. So as our turns approached I asked my wife to go before me in the processing. After she was processed she was sent up the hallway as this is normal procedure. The Agent then signaled me forward.

As I approached the desk I handed my identification (which was already out) to the Agent and requested he speak clearly and loudly as I have a hearing disability. Instead, I received what many individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing experience daily – his mouth moving up and down without any audible noise coming out. Believe me; it is unbelievably simple to know the difference between this and someone you simply cannot hear. I told him he didn’t have to be a jerk about it and he then processed me after muttering something.

I was angry, I was upset, I was hurt. I wanted to get back into my country and vacation. I was still processing all this as I left. I wanted to yell at him but come on… this is border crossing Post 9-11, it wouldn’t work. My wife, by the very nature of how they process people could only see my interaction with the agent but could not hear anything as she was up the walkway waiting. Upon my arrival home back in the Seattle area, having loss sleep already I wrote a written complaint.

A few things that resulted from the complaint:

-“Why didn’t you ask for a Supervisor when it happened?” –because you don’t have to. Please note that it is my hearing loss that prevented me from ever being in the Military or Law Enforcement (something I wanted to do as a child, hence the juxtaposition/hubris that caused me to lose sleep. I even started a criminal justice degree because no one ever told you’d have a hard time getting a job in those fields.

-No CBP Supervisor would touch the matter with honesty. They kept thinking I wanted to know how he was going to being punished. They ‘talked’ to the agent and ‘he assured them this did not occur’. He has also ‘volunteered with disabled people in the past so he would not do something like this’.

-I requested the video/audio of the interaction with the Agent from the CBP from the outset, and made a request through FOIA. Nothing every came about and was denied all around. I do have transcripts of emails back and forth however. I have kept all paperwork I could. I called lawyers in Seattle, DC, San Diego, but no one ‘touches’ this type of situation. Immigration didn’t, Disability lawyers told me they only touch workplace disability, etc.

Fun fact, in this building the CBP has on their walls every 20 feet how they pledge to respect to those with disabilities. “We pledge to provide reasonable assistance due to delay or disability.”

So…what could I have done?

Answer:
 No lawyer will touch this because you don't have any monetary damages.  You weren't delayed, you weren't illegally searched.  You were disrespected.  There is no legal remedy for that.  I'm sure if you offered a lawyer a $10k cash retainer, you could have found someone to write some letters for you.  If you were looking for someone to take it on a contingent fee basis, I'm not surprised you had no success as there is, to put it bluntly, no monetary recovery here.

The administrative side is going through CBP's administration, whomever is in charge of dealing with disability services.  You could have also contacted your congressperson and/or senator.  And I still would have asked for a supervisor on site to immediately document the situation.

I also wonder why you and your wife went through the checkpoint separately.  I have never seen CBP require this at any border crossing or airport.  Usually they want families to approach together.


Title: Injured by "booby trap" while passing through someone's front yard. Went to emergency room for a CT scan. What are my options?

Question:
A house behind mine has two trees where the owner set a "trip wire". It's a length of rope tied between two trees. It is a corner house so they probably did it to keep people from rounding the corner on their lawn. I might understand if it were reflective or had a flashing light on it, but it is invisible at night and hangs about 12 inches off the ground in the middle. I believe they do this so people who do cross through their yard trip on it. Well, exactly this happened to me and I landed face first on the side walk (they positioned this trap just on the border between the side walk and their property).

I didn't call the police yet or report it, but 24 hours later I started getting this bad pain in my neck and ended up going to the emergency room for a CT scan. I was diagnosed with neck injury and infected cuts to my face that will likely leave a scar.

On top of all this, I now have a very expensive emergency room bill coming to me and I am uninsured.

Do I have any options to sue the property owner or the city or have criminal charges filed against someone? The fall occurred on both private and public property, or possibly just one depending on where the property line is drawn.

All advice welcome. No one wakes up wanting to get injured and sue for damages, but this seemed like a deliberate trap to hurt someone and it will probably happen again.

Answer: Tell the police. Booby traps are illegal. Consult with a personal injury attorney. Work out a payment plan with the hospital. Get health insurance.  Stop trespassing. Answer #2: If im understanding this correctly this is corner street lot and the rope is always there and you knew it was there?


Title: Father-in-law passed away, had an account with a notable sum from workmans comp, who does it go to?

Question:
Recently my father-in-law has passed away. Years ago he was in a terrible car accident(work related) that left him virtually chair bound. Workmans comp has been footing the bill on all medical expenses up until about 6-7 months ago.

At that point they gave him a pay out that went into an account that was specifically for medical expenses. Recently after he passed, my MIL decided to withdraw a large amount so that she could pay for a cruise. Their attorney I assume saw a bank statement then to sum it up, said, "Why did you withdraw this money, its not yours, you need to put it back." My wife didn't even know she had done this nor that she even had access to the account to withdraw money.

So my question is, who does this money go to? Does it go to the sibling, spouse, back to workmans comp? The reason I ask is my MIL and BIL are very underhanded people. Last time they came into a large sum, MIL settlement money, they(MIL and BIL only) blew through almost 200k in about 5 months on 4 cruises while we stayed back to take care of her father. Any help, suggestions, or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.

Location: Louisiana

Answer:
 >my MIL decided to withdraw a large amount so that she could pay for a cruise

That certainly sounds like fraud/conversion/theft/stealing (depending on your jurisdiction) to me.

If the compensation agency are nice, they'll send a polite demand letter and give her the opportunity to not get sued or arrested or both. If she's ever had a thought in her head, she'll find a legal way to pay back what she owes them before that happens.


Title: School paper being incredibly specific about rape case (PA)

Question: Last semester one of my friends was raped. This semester the school paper gave an update to the case with rather specific details, like "victim was close friends with rapist" and "incident happened on X street". It is a pretty small school and a lot of people know each other, to the point where people can easily figure out who the victim is based off of the information given by the paper.  My friend (A.K.A the victim) is distraught by this. We wrote a letter to the editor and we were essentially told to fuck off. Are there any steps that I can take against this? Thank you in advance!

Answer: Has she asked the university’s Title IX person? They are more familiar with the university's Individual policies and connection to local law enforcement than anyone here would be, since you didn’t say (and probably shouldn’t say) which university it was. It is likely there is internal university policy (either Title IX, or just general student honor code) being violated, but not any actual laws broken.


Title: 34MPH over the speed limit in IL, what can I do?

Question:
In the state of IL, going 26-34mph over the speed limit is a class B misdemeanor. I was over passing a semi-truck that was going 45mph and when we hit a straight away, I shot gunned passed the semi, only to find a cop sitting behind some bushes. I pulled over immediately knowing that I was in deep shit. I was asked why I was in a hurry, I was tempted to bullshit, but I kept honest. She said she got me at 88mph in a 55mph zone. It was a backroad by the way. When I received my ticket, she had written 89 in a 55 zone which really concerned me. (I didn't study the ticket till I got home.)

So my question is, what charges am I possibly facing? Will having a lawyer benefit me in anyway? I'm a 22 year old male with one mark on my driving record from 3 years ago for an improper turn that I wasn't smart enough to fight, but with that all being said. What can I do? Should I get a lawyer? Any advice to lower my possible charges/conviction? I don't want to have my future destroyed because I was attempting to pass a semi-truck and unfortunately got caught at the wrong time.

Thank you.

EDIT1: Happened in DeKalb County.

EDIT2: From what I'm reading online. A class B misdemeanor in IL can bar you from any financial help including auto loans, mortgages, financial aid, future employment and I don't want be denied these options because I was speeding.

EDIT3: I know that my excuse or reason for speeding isn't justified, so I'm definitely getting an attorney. Does anybody have experience with attorneys and traffic? How much time do you actually spend with them? I know the pricing varies on experience of the attorney, but I'm just curious on how long I'll be spending with them. Also what are the chances of them dropping my misdemeanor to an infraction?

Answer:
 I would advise getting an attorney who is local to the area and probably has a good history with the judge/prosecutor.

Objectively, I find your story a little hard to believe. I think if you contest it the judge/prosecutor will also find it hard to believe, probably for the same reason I do: I don't think anyone would need to go 34 MPH over the speed limit to pass a truck going 10 MPH under the speed limit. That's a differential of 44 MPH. I find it more plausible that you were already speeding by a significant margin, saw a truck coming up in front that was going very slowly, sped up more and passed it, and then got caught.

You are quite literally saying you were going TWICE as fast as the truck. Considering the logistics of what is required to pass a truck, it is not plausible that you needed to go 45 MPH faster than it, nor that you could have accelerated from your theoretical 55 MPH starting position to 89 MPH within the time frame needed to pass a truck and then re-enter the lane.


Title: Nieghbor has racist sign in his yard

Question: I live out in the county and my neighbor who has a perpetual yard sale in his front yard has a large "WHITES ONLY" sign out front. is there any legal ramifications to this? can i report this to someone? the sheriff office said it was his property so nothing could be done.

Answer: The sheriff is right. There is no law against being openly racist.Answer #2: Yes they have the right to free speech in America. The only time it is illegal is if a business does it.Answer #3: Right to freedom of speech also means the right to use that speech poorly. You also have your rights to free speech though. You could put something contradictory on your property to speak against him. But yeah, as long as he's not harming or harassing anyone, he's in his rights.


Title: Child abandonment

Question:
US Virginia man

If I encourage my GF to get an abortion after knocking her up and she refuses, am I legally obliged to care for the kid? Can I abandon them without fear of legal recourse?

Answer:
 Yes. Your sperm, your baby. You support it. Period.

You are legally required to financially support your child. Period.

You do not have to have a relationship with the childAnswer #2: Just in case you're not a troll, I refer you to the many posts just like this one that have been posted here. To answer your questions: No and yes. You cannot force her to terminate the pregnancy. You're obligated to support your child in every state. And you're kind of a scumbag.


Title: Gender discrimination, HS guy in Mississippi??

Question:
Hi all -this should be quick. My High School Is In Mississippi, I can't say more without giving it away. We are not allowed to carry bookbags or backpacks to our classes. We must carry all of our books and belongings from class to class. Lower classmen do not have lockers. I have to carry at least 5 text books everyday, and sometimes my gross gym clothes if it is a wash day. To every class.  I also have my lunch ( until I eat it at 5th period ) and advair to carry, because I have exercise induced asthma. Nobody can carry bookbags or backpacks, but girls can carry purses.

Purses that are at least as big as the average bookbag, that they put all of their text books in.

I am not gay (no offense), but I was complaining one day to a friend and said 'I should get a purse' jokingly, but that night I realized that was a great idea. I was at the store with my mom and she actually brought me a large purse. It is smaller than some of the purses the girls carry but I can fit all my supplies -pens, pencils and a couple of text books, and between it and my trapper keeper, it worked out well.

Until my history teacher told me I can't carry it. When I asked why not he told me it was because I'm a male student. That was his only explanation. I tried not to make a big deal about it, but I'm going to the principal first thing  Monday morning. I have read the student regulations on  my school's website, and this rule does not exist. Without quoting the exact wording for privacy reasons, it essentially says we cannot carry any bags at all, which should include purses for girls, too.

 I plan to present my research and opinion in a calm and respectful manner, and I want to know whether or not I can claim that I am being illegally discriminated against because of my gender and what the consequences could be if I try to 'go the legal route' with all this. If I can't go the legal route, I am thinking I should try to go to the local news with it. I really appreciate your time and would like your advice.

Tldr -my high school which doesn't provide lockers to underclassmen because of 2 decades of construction in the places where lockers can be, also doesn't allow students to carry "bags." That's the actual term the student handbook uses. However, girls carry purses. I chose to carry a purse, I'm a dude, I was told I could not carry it because I'm male. Is that legal? Whatever if we cannot carry "bags", but then the girls shouldn't be allowed to carry purses. Am I dealing with illegal discrimination? What can I do about it?

Answer:
 Schools may (generally speaking) have gender-specific dress codes.  There are some areas I'm interested to see evolve, particularly with regards to students who identify as trans.  This is a good discussion to be having with you principal, as you seem to be doing. Answer #2: It's a dumb rule (the no bags) but my guess is that by you making a fuss it's just going to make them more restrictive on the purse size the girls can carry. The purses are somewhat necessary if there aren't lockers because pads and tampons need to be carried around and aren't likely to fit in pockets. That said, I can't imagine having no locker or spot for books and calculators. Answer #3: Not legal advice but high school advice.

Your principal's reaction could simply be to ban purses which is unlikely, or to simply limit their size, which is more likely.

And you will be the person who would have been the reason for this change. Which means that the female population of the school could not like you for an extended period of time.

I'm not saying that this should affect that conversation with the principal. but it might be something to think about. Answer #4: deletedAnswer #5: Is there a reason stated as to why you can't have bags at all?


Title: My ex illegally linked me to his student loans either unknowingly or forged. My forgery complaints fall on deaf ears, thought it went away and now it's back because he is again delinquent. Please advise.

Question:
I was married at a very young age to a man who ended up being an abusive jerk. I literally left him because I thought he was going to kill me at one point. Being married we had credit cards, joint finances and decided he should go back to school. During that time he either had me sign something unknowing what it was (I was 19 and had never had a loan or debt when married) or forged my signature to co-sign on one of his many student loans.

I was unaware of this until I received a call many years ago and a couple years after the divorce. They said I had co-signed and he was delinquent, I said I wanted to talk to the fraud department immediately. I had a lengthy conversation with them at that time and explained everything. They looked into it, said I may not be liable but still appeared to be...and I never heard from them again or received more calls. Being still young, I thought it was remedied after this call and moved on with my life.

Fast forward another 5 or so years. I'm happily remarried and out of the blue now getting calls again. They are again accusing me of being a co-signer and linked to this delinquent loan. I again explained everything and frankly am absolutely PISSED off at this point as I want nothing to do with this severed piece of waste who is my ex.

What is my next step? I don't know how to get through to the student loan company and am wondering if I have to go a legal route now and am upset because so much time has passed and it seems more unlikely to be able to be remedied at this point. The abuse and possible forgery falls on deaf ears. If he pays this off will it go away? Should I contact him or his family  to get him to pay or go a legal route? I just want it and him to be out of my life forever. All advice and experience is welcomed.

Answer:
 Ask the loan company to send to you an image of the signed documents.  Say you do not recall signing them.

Check if it is your signature and come back here...


Title: [PA] Parents let handicap child play on the road, generally unsupervised

Question:
I'd just like to say that I live in a rural area. The road I'm speaking of is off the main road, it is more narrow and unmarked. There is a sharp turn with a lot of trees and grown up weeds, so you can't see anything until you're going around that turn.

My neighbors have a few kids, none of them high school age. Middle school at most, probably. Amongst those kids is a handicap child. Not sure how old he is, just that he is in a motorized wheelchair. The parents let their kids go for walks to their friends house, so sometimes the handicap kid is supervised by them. However there have been multiple times where I've gone around that turn and had to slam on my breaks to miss the kid in a wheelchair and he was alone. I drive pretty safely but that is such a blindspot and I'm terrified of hitting him.

I was going to make a post about this awhile back and if it'd be calling CPS worthy, but it had stopped for a long time. I assumed someone had talked to them.... Until now..

Tonight, DARK OUTSIDE, on the turn there was the dad pulling a trailer with a riding lawn mower with no lights on, and the kid in a wheelchair was riding in front of him (also no lights, obviously.) Only thing that prevented an accident was a car that came from the other direction flicking their lights to signal to slow down before the turn.

I don't know the law, I don't know things that should be called in to CPS, or things that are perfectly fine.

Answer: Definitely talk to the parents first. They might not realize the road is that much of a problem. CPS seems excessive as a first stop. If you call any agency, start with the county department of transportation or your city's department. Tell them that curve has sight impediments because of trees and overgrown grasses, and you would like to request it be mowed down. If it's not a private road this shouldn't be much of a problem. Anything restricting sight is a threat to pedestrians and drivers. You can go through your city councilor/rep - this is the sort of stuff they like to advocate.


Title: California towing law; can they hold my car if i don't pay?

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 I see no laws requiring them to release a vehicle without you paying for it.

[Link](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=VEH&sectionNum=22658)


Title: [Florida/Georgia] Old boss is using an audio surveillance recording of me to try to damage reputation in industry.

Question:
Hey there! Made a throwaway as it's pretty easy to figure out who I am from my main. I now live in southern Georgia, but the events laid out here happened in Florida.

**tl;dr - Old boss audio recorded me without my knowledge, now using an out of context statement to try to harm my reputation. Need advice on how to make him stop.**

Quite near the end of my time in a small startup (3 employees, 1 intern), my old boss installed a new surveillance camera. We were not initially told it captured audio, and were told that it only live streamed, there was no recording going on, and was there mostly because of all of the expensive equipment.

What had instead happened was that my boss was using it to spy on us while he worked from home. He didn't reveal for two weeks that everything that was being said in the coworking space we shared with several other companies was overheard by him. Someone said something that hurt his feelings (he was never working, and someone said so). We then had a big meeting about "positivity" where he told us he was listening in. He also said that he would now be listening in nearly constantly.

I quit my job there this summer, moved states, and have since taken an amazing job in the same field in a completely different industry. I still have friends in that city and industry, and lots of professional contacts that I do keep in regular contact with.

Last night, one of those professional contacts sent me a message. He said that my former boss had played him an audio clip of me saying negative things about the industry. I remember the conversation, and it was while I was working with a freelance copywriter on a blog post and the pros and cons of working in that industry. Not only were these things taken out of context, they were said in what we both thought was a private conversation after having been awake for 30 hours working non-stop.

I learned that my former boss has been playing this clip to people to try to discredit me. He has said, "You don't know the real truth about throwawayrecording1, let me show you." and "Do you remember our former [title]? Let me show you why I fired them." before playing the clip. In all of these instances, he has never sent the clip electronically, and none of it is in writing.

I was able to reach out to over a dozen folks, many of whom did not know each other, to confirm that this was happening. They all gave the same account, and said that he frequently did this at industry gatherings where people would know me across the country.

I understand that Florida is a two party consent state. I knew I was near a video camera but was not made aware for weeks that I was being audio recorded. I don't want this to become a drama fest, but I also want him to stop showing off this out of context recording.

What's the best next step?

Answer:
 F.S. 934.03 makes FL a two party consent state, you're right, but I don't know if what you had (nor will I research) constitutes a reasonable expectation of privacy in the workplace.

You need to send your boss a certified letter stating that the recording he was using is not authorized under FL statute, that you at no time gave consent to be recorded, and that he should cease and desist using the contents of an illegal recording to defame (not saying this constitutes defamation in ANY way) you. In the mean time, you could try calling the FL police and letting them know about the illegal recording and that your boss still has it, and you'd like him to stop using it.Answer #2: The one party/two party state issue is irrelevant since the boss was not part of the conversation at all.  If he was listening to you remotely, it is [wiretapping](http://communications-media.lawyers.com/privacy-law/wiretapping.html) and a federal offense.


Title: I have a stalker in Sweden, how do I get him stop terrorizing me and my family?

Question:
I used to post nudes on GoneWild, this guy added me on Skype and for a month or two I treated him as a friend until he got too close, so I had to push him away.

He didn’t take that lightly, so he ended up hacking my Reddit account and holding it over my head hostage while he interrogated me, posting my full name under my nude picture for everyone to see, contacting my ex and threatening to call the police on him, contacting my ex’s girlfriend and almost making them break up, contacting my sister relentlessly, contacted my brother and told him about everything, and contacting one of my close friends asking if they know me.

Made a fake account on Skype using my full name, my email address, and my photo and contacted me on there. Sent me 3 emails to different emails of mine, sent me one email saying he loved me and I hurt him, sent me another email the next day saying he didn’t love me and that he uses a program that tracks whenever I open his emails,

Added me on 3 different Instagram accounts of his, makes anonymous Instagram accounts to try to follow me, got his ex-girlfriend to try to follow me on Instagram, made 3 different Skype accounts and tried to contact me on there,

And he’s harassing me and typing in my last name on social media and contacting anyone that’s remotely related to me and ruining everything I have and telling them all my personal details

I called the Swedish police but they were useless and said it isn’t a crime to harass me for my photos, should I call them again and report him for stalking? Or would they not be able to do anything.
I live in USA so it’s really hard to get him to stop stalking me

Should I contact the US police and get them to track down his IP address so that they can forward that to the Swedish authorities to find a way to handle him?

I’m so scared he’s been terrorizing my life for over two months since I’ve blocked him, the most recent of his stalking being yesterday.

Help
I wouldn’t wish this on my worst enemy
Topic:
Non-US

Answer:
 Stalking is a crime in Sweden so probably what he is doing can be prosecuted there.

Accessing your account without authorization is a crime, so if you have proof of that you might try to prosecute him for that instead.

As I side note: I bet 1 grand that he did not "hack" your account. Either you choose a bad password, or he social-engineered you into giving him your credentials. Hacking means to actually break the Reddit servers to gain access to your information... But then he would have hacked the whole Reddit not just your account.

Never give your credentials to anyone. Those who operate the server do not need them to access your account nor to prove your identity.

Learn to choose good passwords and even better use a password manager.

Never share the same password for multiple accounts.

Use throw away emails to register to"shady" sites like the ones you mentioned.


Title: Am I liable for a high water bill caused by a running toilet?

Question:
Hi r/legaladvice. My landlord just emailed me to tell me that me and my 3 roommates are liable for paying $400 of a $900 dollar water bill. Apparently, we had a running toilet, which one of the landlord's maintenance guys fixed for us a few weeks ago. Our landlord wrote in the email that since we did not alert them about the running toilet issue in a timely manner, we would be liable for paying $400 of the water bill ($150 dollars was paid by the landlord and the remainder was paid by the city we get the water from).

 I wanted to know whether me and my roommates are responsible for paying the $400 dollars even though none of us were living in the apartment during the time period where the toilet was running, since we were all on winter break from college for two months. There was no way for any of us to notice a running toilet because none of us were living here. I double checked our lease, and all it says regarding utilities is that the landlord won't pay more than $15 a month on our water bill. Does that mean that we do have to pay the $400, or do we have legal grounds to oppose paying the bill?

Thanks for your help!

Answer: You have a duty to maintain the premises. Leaving your housing unattended for 2 months is an unreasonable amount of time.Answer #2: Yeah you're most likely liable because you didn't report it for too long. What you were doing in that time is insignificant as you had the duty to check the premises.Answer #3: In the future, consider letting the landlord know you’ll be away for a month so they can check on the unit in your absence, or have a friend check on it for you. IMO two months wouldn’t normally be an issue at all, but you never know when things will go wrong like this.


Title: [TX] Turning Myself in Out Of Guilt

Question: Hey, throwaway acct here for obvious reasons. In a hypothetical situation, let’s say I solicited prostitution on 5 occasions. Out of guilt I would like to go to the police and face the time. In tx soliciting more than 3 times is a state jail felony. Could a lawyer help me avoid that? Thx

Answer:
 > Out of guilt I would like to go to the police and face the time.

Remember, the criminal justice system exists to punish and discourage crimes, not to determine right and wrong. If you feel that you have done _wrong_, the police can't help you.

I strongly recommend you speak to a therapist rather than turning yourself in. If you're of a religious bent, speaking to your pastor, imam, or guru may help you achieve some closure around this, as well.

If you absolutely insist on making work for the justice system to no good end, then have an attorney help you with this.


Title: In the United states, if a child is born, what rights do the father have?

Question:
This is assuming the father is not a rapist or abuser. Does the biological father have the ability to visit the child even if the mother doesn't want him to? Does the biological father have a right to see the child? What if the mother wants to move to another state or country? Would he have to follow? How does this work?

By the way we are assuming that the couple are not together. They either broke up or they were never in a relationship. Maybe they were just in a sexual relationship but not a romantic one.

Answer:
 Unless a court intervenes and orders otherwise, both parents share equal rights over their children.

In a situation where a custodial parent wishes to move with a child, they generally can unless the other parent goes to court and has a different custody arrangement or visitation ordered.


Title: Contractor is trying to scam me out of some money. I feel helpless

Question:
I recently hired a contractor in Tulsa, Oklahoma to remodel my bathroom where I paid him 2/3 up front and the rest would be paid upon completion. They were almost complete when he called me asking for the rest of the payment so he could pay his guys.  Since I was in the process of moving and he had been trustworthy so far I sent him the payment ($3000) through my bank with an estimated delivery of 3-5 days. This is where things get weird.

He continued to bother me saying he needed the money immediately.  I tried to cancel the check through my bank and wire the money but my bank said it had already been processed.  I then had the contractor put a stop payment on that amount at his bank.  He sent me a copy of the stop payment and I even spoke with the bank manager; I agreed to wire the funds. At this point I was uneasy and downloaded an app to record our conversations. About a week goes by and the original check I sent had been cashed even with the stop payment. I called his bank and they just claimed they must have missed it. About a month has gone by and I've been trying to get him to send me the money.  He claims he has but I have not received the check.  For this kind of amount is it worth it to get a lawyer involved? Would I even have a case? Ultimately the bathroom was completed but I'm out that extra $3000 and live about 500 miles away now. Any advice would be great.

Answer: I would think you do have a case: you overpaid him and would like a refund, to which he already agreed, but has failed to make good on.  This can be handled in small claims court.  I am not familiar with OK laws, however, so you might want to look at the state's court website to see what your remedies might be.  Answer #2: I'd start by sending a certified letter demanding refund of the funds in excess of the invoiced final total. Give a deadline for refund in hand (usually 2 weeks but check your state remedies for their time table). If they don't send it to you, use the proof of certified letter demanding the payment along with all the other documentation that you have requested it and they have failed to provide it into a case.


Title: [PA] Won big prizes from a national arcade chain that is now trying to force me to fill out a W-9 to claim them.

Question:
Ok, so here is the situation, and I have some questions to follow up at the end.

I won a $300 walmart gift card, and an iPad from a game that is known to have a "fixed payout", meaning that the game becomes 100% skill AFTER so much money is pumped into the machine.  This was on separate plays, and not won together, but because I turned them in at the same time, they're seen as being redeemed at the same time. I had to mail a package to them with the prize boxes, and claim forms in the prize boxes with their verification and authentic codes on them to redeem the prizes. They claim that anytime anyone wins "something" over $600, they have to file this, OR "any combined total wins for one year over $600". This company is based in Texas, and I am in Pennsylvania, where they operate at least one arcade of a chain.

Can they do this?  I have redeemed iPad's, PS4's, Xbox 1's, and more at several other arcades through several years without ever having to fill out any forms for their redemption.  The only thing some arcades do, is track WHO is redeeming big prizes, and how often. Using this info, most will put a limit on large items per individual to redeem per month.

Follow up questions:

Can I force the company to change their games to full 100% skill to make it "fair" if they are going to be forcing forms like this to be filled out? The games themselves have a full on payout rate that must be met before you can actually win. These are considered "games of chance" and are a form of gambling, no?

Should I get an investigative reporter on this?

How can I offset my wins here with proof of arcade play if I don't have receipts from the purchases?  Can I have the company pull my card records to show that I spent more playing their games than the taxes will take (or the prizes are even worth)? (win to loss ratio)

Can I have them reimburse me the shipping costs of having to send them the prize boxes for redemption? or is this just something I have to consider part of the "claim process"?

Answer:
 Yes. They can do that. In fact, they are required to do that. You will be paying taxes on your winnings. Gratz! Answer #2: You owe taxes on your winnings. Fill out the w-9. Answer #3: Yes. In fact, you have been committing tax fraud all these years by *not* claiming these prizes on your tax return.

But here's the flipside, all of the money you *spent* on these games can probably be deducted against your winnings, effectively meaning you probably don't have to pay any tax since you haven't really won any money!Answer #4: Investigative reporter, lol

You have to report this as income whether it was through 100% skill or 100% chance.  Any income you earn, you have to report.

Now, money you spent in order to earn that income, you usually get to deduct from the earnings you report.  If you gamble or skill-win $10,000 but can document that you spent $9,000 to do so, then you'll report $10,000 of income and claim a $9,000 deduction.
Answer #5: Unless they have a gun to your head, they're not forcing you to fill out a W9.

You can refuse. Subsequently they can refuse to issue you the prize.

No you cannot force the company to change their business practices.

Investigate reporter?? "this just in, breaking news! Company requires a w9 filled out to claim prizes like 90% of promotions do!" Answer #6: The actual issue here is the past incidents where you did not fill out a tax form. Any payouts over $600 the company is required to keep a w-9. You are required to pay taxes on all payouts you receive. The government requires they fill out w-9s to ensure people like you are paying their fair share of taxes.


Title: I am brain injured with language issues. Can an opposing attorney meet with me, without my attorney, and attempt to get me to reverse my attorney's position?

Question: [deleted]

Answer: It's pretty fuckin gross of opposing counsel to do that and I'd ask your own attorney if he thinks reporting an ethical violation would be prudent. That being said, it's not illegal in any sense. You had every right to say "I am not continuing this meeting, good day gentlemen." That is exactly what you should say if you find yourself in a similar predicament in the future. Answer #2: You should contact your attorney.  It sounds like what the other side did (discussing a case with a represented party without that party's attorney present) is probably a breach of rules of professional responsibility.


Title: Neighbor threatened to tow my car if I continue to park in an unassigned spot

Question:
I live in an apartment building with twelve parking spots-one for each unit and recently somebody moved out. Typically, if I can't find street parking I will tandem park because there's two of us in the apartment-a few other residents do this as well so it's not just me.

Going back to my problem, the person who parks next to me moved out and left us a note saying we could use their spot for a bit since they would no longer need it. This was a few weeks ago and I haven't seen anybody move in (it's possible I could have missed it but unlikely) and nobody else had parked in this spot so I was under the assumption the apartment hadn't been rented out. Since the note was left, I've parked in the spot three times (again, this is over the course of at least 3 weeks) and today I found a note saying, "this is not your parking spot. If you continue to park here your car will be towed at owners expense" now the tenants in my building have always been rude regarding laundry and parking so I think it's just another resident and not the landlord or somebody who just moved in. Regardless I planned on writing a note back saying something along the lines of "The previous tenants who had this spot left a note saying I could park here until somebody moved in. If you're the new resident I'm so sorry for taking your spot-I didn't realize anybody had moved in! Let me know and Ill immediately stop" ill also add my phone number so I can be reached.

My question is, if it is in fact just another resident and not a tenant who is assigned to this spot, can they tow me at my expense? And if they did could I get them to be responsible for the payment? I obviously wasn't trying to abuse the empty spot I figured with the permission of the last tenant and the fact that I wasn't tandem parking it would be okay.

Thank you so much in advance for any advice!

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Answer: It doesn't really matter who left the note. If the prior tenant moved out, he has no authority to grant use of the space. If you park there without authorization, you could be towed.


Title: Lost phone - using fake reward to get it back - Acceptable or Douchey?

Answer:
 Unfortunately, I'm not sure if the same holds true down under, but here in the US, the other individual could very well be entitled to that $100. Now, admittedly you only offered the reward to a single person, but I don't think that affects any of the following.

http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/reward

Posting a reward ($100 for the return of lost property) is considered making an offer. By bringing you the phone back, the other person accepts the offer and a contract is formed. You get the phone, they get the $100, that would be consideration.

So essentially, it was shitty and a potential breach of contract.


Title: Is it illegal to walk ontop of a police car?

Question: If someone didn't cause any damage, could they dance on the hood of a police car without persecution .

Answer:
 SighAnswer #2: This is along the lines of, "Can I legally walk up to a cop with my fingers an inch away from his face and say '*I'm not touching you, I'm not touching you*' as long as I don't actually touch him?"Answer #3: >without persecution

Persecution? Sure. Prosecution…good luck.

Would you be okay if some drunk (I'm assuming) stranger danced on your hood? Probably not.Answer #4: Can't answer without more facts -- such as a video or pictures of you dancing on the hood of a cop car.

Answer #5: It is 5:20AM, and I am already positive this is the dumbest idea I will hear all day. If you are seriously considering this, you are in for a world of hurt.Answer #6: No.


Title: Parents are keeping me from my little sisters for my religious beliefs.

Question:
I (19y/o in Tulsa OK) noticed the problems when I got my first serious girlfriend. My parents were getting apprehensive of her and I assumed it was because she was not a part of our particular church. The doctrine is very strict and dictates if somebody is not baptized in the church then they are unequally yoked.

After a couple months things drastically snowballed out of control and I was not allowed to bring my girlfriend around my parents, brother, and two little sisters. I am out of the house now, going to another church, living with my grandparents (who are much much nicer, thankfully) but I was recently told that they don't want me at their home or around my sisters anymore. My sisters, 5 and 3 years old, don't know any better and I'm being excommunicated from their lives. is there anything I can do legally to be able to see my sisters again? there is more information I can give if needed. Thanks!

Answer: Legally, it's very unlikely.  You can consult a local attorney if you wish, but don't get your hopes up.  Parents generally have the right to raise their children as they see fit.Answer #2: Go to the pastor or the elders of their church, discuss the situation with them, and ask them to intervene on your behalf if they think your parents have gone overboard.


Title: [Alberta, Canada] Do I tell my husband (who does not want to vaccinate) before I take my son for vaccinations or after?

Question: I am asking this question because I want to get my son vaccinated and my husband doesn't. I know that my choice of having my son vaccinated will likely cause my marriage to end. Do I tell my husband before I do it, or after?

Answer:
 Uh... **C.** don't tell him at all?

And take the kid to... whatever ice cream place is popular up there and tell him to shush.


Title: [Ontario] Speeding ticket (10 over) cost me my job. With radars now in question, do I have any recourse?

Question:
Title is pretty self explanatory. Is there anyway to possibly get this ticket removed from my record so that I may return to work?

Will try to provide more details if anyone has any potentially helpful info.

Thanks.

Answer: You're not going to overturn this.  You'd have to prove that the officer isn't calibrating the device according to the manufacturer.  And if you lost your job for 10km (6 miles for our US friends) over the limit, either your employer is a real anti-speed crusader, or more likely, you didn't pay the ticket, because 10km over is a no-demerit point fine in Ontario, or you're fudging the actual speed.  2 points kicks in at 16-29.