Title: Husband's credit says he has an eviction, we never got evicted!!!

Question:
Okay, this isn't a case of someone stealing his identity or whatever. The fact was that we have been living (and still currently live) in apts in NC, for two years in march. However, there is a note on his credit saying that we got evicted from our current place.

We were late on rent by 5 days, and on the fifth we were served papers for a courtdate (for the 16) to FILE eviction. However we paid the rent and late fee on the 6th and we thought all was good.

My husband and i have been looking for places and realized we got turned down because the apts labeled an eviction on us, even though we're still living there.

Is there anything i can do? Is it legal that we get labeled with the eviction even though it never went to court?

Any help is appreciated.
Topic:
Landlord Tenant Housing

Answer: Does it say you were evicted or that a landlord submitted court paperwork for an eviction?


Title: Third speeding ticket within a year.....what happens next?

Question:
I live in Ohio and i’m 25. I just got my third speeding ticket within a years time, I was going 69 in a 55, wasn’t aware the speed was 55 it was on a rural road on my way home from work.
The other two: one was on another rural road not within the same area though, I was also in a rental car due to my car being in the shop. I was going 67 in a 55, also thought the speed limit was 60 I was traveling to a customer for work.
The last one was I was coming back from a onsite visit for work, I believe it was 40 something in a 35 going through a smaller rural city.

So I was told I now have to appear in court because it’s my third ticket within a years time. So just wondering what is going to happen now? How high of a chance it is that I get my license suspended? I travel a lot of work, I work in IT so I get sent out to different places when stuff isn’t working, so I’m going different places all the time.
Just hoping this doesn’t effect my job. I try to never go over 9 over the speed limit and I’m usually cautious of my speed. I did ask the officer if I was going to get my license suspended and  all he said was it was up to the judge which make sense. Just wanted to try and figure out what’s going to happen.

Answer:
 Sounds like you should hire a traffic attorney. It also sounds like you should take some responsibility and learn the rules of the road in your state, because you seem to suck at winging it. You should also stop speeding when you know the speed limit. And stop guessing at the speed limit and then exceeding that made up speed limit.

>I try to never go over 9 over the speed limit and I’m usually cautious of my speed.

That's cute. 1-9 mph over is speeding and ticketable. And clearly you're not cautious of your speed if you keep getting speeding tickets and often don't seem to know what the speed limit is anyway.

>I did ask the officer if I was going to get my license suspended and all he said was it was up to the judge which make sense.

A traffic attorney can help with that, because if you go in with this story you posted here the judge probably isn't going to have the same appraisal as you.


Title: Just got a letter saying that I was at fault in an accident I was never in.

Question:
Well my husband actually. We got a letter addressed to my husband from a well known insurance company stating that they have determined that the accident was our fault.

Now I know what happened because my husband's drivers license went missing soon after we moved to California and I'm pretty positive it was his brother who took it as he is in and out of jail and always has warrants, so why not say he was his brother when pulled over or in an accident so as not to go to jail. Now my mother in law told me this is probably the case, as he called her and told her he was in an accident, and he is driving her truck up in nor-cal, with her insurance, and she says she will take care of it and put it through her insurance, and my husband isn't interested in doing anything, and isn't even the least bit worried! But I'm flipping my shit here! What are the legal repercussions? What should we be doing? This was his old Kentucky license and he has since gotten a new California license. I have always hated my BIL but his mom and my husband want to protect him and say "family first" but to me family is someone that doesn't say they are you when they get in trouble. I'm scared as shit that my car insurance is going to go up (it has been on hold  since my last car broke down) that my husband is going to be tied to an even worse crime, but I feel like I'm going insane because my husband and MIL tell me not to worry. At this point I don't know what to think, I wish my BIL would just fall off the face of the earth.

Answer:
 You should file a police report.

Call *your* insurance and send them a copy of that report, and they'll direct you from there.


Title: My landlord passed away and my lease is up at the end of the month.

Question:
I live in California. My landlord passed away a few days ago. Reports are saying it was most likely a suicide. It is a very sad situation all around and my heart goes out to his family. I obviously don't want to pry during their time of grief.

However, my lease is up at the end of this month and I am not sure how to proceed. I was planning on renewing the lease for another year. He left behind two daughters, one who lives in town and another who lives a few hours away. I don't know if he left a will.

What is the best course of action for me to take?

Answer:
 You pay your rent as usual to the landlord's family/estate on September 1 and, if they accept, you become a month to month tenant until a new lease is signed. If they don't they need to give you proper notice to get out. If you're not sure where to send the check, ask them sometime next week where they would like the rent check to go.

Don't put the money in a separate account and not pay as that is NOT one of the legitimate reasons to withhold rent in Cal. Doing so will give the family cause to evict you.


Title: Government Immunity, Explained

Question:
The concept of government immunity has directly caused numerous atrocities - such as [the massacre of entire villages](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Island_massacre) \- throughout history.

It is a relatively young concept, relative to law in general, many legal principles dating back to the Code of Hammurabi from Ancient Babylon, and others dating back to Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.  Ancient India also had a complex and sophisticated legal system, and this is not intended to be a complete list.  13th Century medieval England also had a legal system, which is where the United States carried over many of the concepts used today from, including government immunity.

13th Century Medieval England was not a democracy, or a republic - it was a monarchy.  The original concept of government immunity - the very first cited historical legal precedence for government immunity - was for the King of England.  It was called "sovereign immunity" and literally defined as "the king can do no wrong".  But did the King actually have sovereign immunity, as it is defined today?

Today in the United States, we have three different types of immunity: (1) Qualified Immunity for the executive branch of the government (law enforcement, and prosecutors for the executive branch functions), (2) absolute immunity for the judicial and legislative branches of the government (including judges, legislators, the president of the country, and "court actors" - including prosecutors for their judicial actions, and anyone else acting in court, including parties of the court, and witnesses, for their actions in court), and (3) sovereign immunity, which is applied to the states, and the country, as legal entities.

Qualified immunity means they are immune to all laws, except the laws of the constitution.  Absolute immunity means they are not monetarily liable for their actions, but they can still be sued for injunctive relief, just not monetary awards.  The states and the federal government can also be sued under the "Monell" doctrine; that is, when their policies violate people's constitutional rights, but the courts have framed it as giving citizens their general permission to sue (rather than there being an exception to their sovereign immunity).

To answer the question of whether the kings of Medieval England had sovereign immunity  in today's terms, I don't know the answer, and I don't personally know of any historical examples where a king was successfully subjected to legal procedure for a violation of law.  But there are two pieces of evidence that suggest the answer was that the king was subject to the rule of law.

The first is clause 40 of the Magna Carta, first written in 1215, which is roughly equivalent to the United States' 14th Amendment.  Clause 39 should be included for context.  Clauses 39, and 40 of the Magna Carta read:

>“No free man shall be seized, imprisoned, dispossessed, outlawed, exiled or ruined in any way, nor in any way proceeded against, except by the lawful judgement of his peers and the law of the land.
>
>“To no one will we sell, to no one will we deny or delay right or justice.”

The Second is the writings of 13th Century jurist, Henry de Bracton.  He wrote, in what seems to me to be his official government capacity as what seems to me somewhat equivalent to the Supreme Court,  that even the King should be subject to the law.

Immunity is an important concept that allows the legal and justice system to function effectively, but it is misunderstood, and the misunderstanding frequently directly causes aggravated injustice.  It is not normally legal to fine people, arrest people, or put someone in jail.  Normally, those actions would be clearly criminal.  But if someone is on a murderous rampage, logic dictates that we make an exception to the normal rules.  Immunity should be governed by logical exceptions to normal rules.

The concept of immunity we use today does not come from the concepts of a democracy, or a republic.  Democracy and Rule of Law predate the legal precedence for government immunity by thousands of years, discussed by 500 B.C. ancient hindu texts, Herodotus in 500 B.C. ("The rule of the people has the fairest name of all - democracy, and it does none of the things a monarchy does.  The lot determines office, deliberation is conducted in public, and power is held accountable"), Cicero in Ancient Rome in 100 A.D, and code of Hammurabi in Ancient Babylon.  The United States is a representative democracy and a republic - a nation governed by law.

While the legal and justice system should be allowed to do their job with the degree of competence expected everywhere else in society (carpenters can be sued for negligence if a house falls down due to blatant mistakes), immunity should not be a blanket exception from normal societal principles of laws  and ethics applied to an entire class of people.  Few other countries in today's world apply immunity as broadly as the United States has historically, sharing such broad application only with such countries as Nazi Germany, and Socialist USSR and China.

See Village of Willowbrook v. Olech, 1990, Supreme Court: The government allowed Olech to sue under the Equal Protections Clause of the 14th Amendment because the government required a 30 foot easement where they only required a 10 foot easement from other people, because the government representatives didn't like Olech (arbitrarily, without legitimate government interest).

Answer:
 >Qualified immunity means they are immune to all laws, except the laws of the constitution.

That is not at all what qualified immunity means. See [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualified_immunity).


Title: [Washington] Why do some places (not specifically WA) ban carrying (concealed) knives but not guns?

Question:
The spirit behind the second amendment is the right to defend yourself. From a legal perspective, isn't the knife the closest you can get to a perfect defense weapon? You can't accidentally discharge it, there's -3% chance of hitting an innocent bystander, and it's a much more self-defense-ish of a tool than a gun because you really can't get in a standoff with a knife. And a gun is a tool specifically designed for killing. It's a weapon. There is no other use for a gun. You don't open boxes and shrink-wrapped scissor packages with a gun. Whereas a knife is a true tool, yeah it can wound and kill but unless it's a combat knife (like the Fairbairn-Sykes) it's not specifically designed for killing.

EDIT: Clarifying my background, I have none. My question is based on assumptions gathered from verbal and internet hearsay regarding concealed weapons and what I have gathered makes me assume that knives are more banned than guns. Let me know if I'm wrong on this most basic point.

Answer:
 A knife is horrendous self defense weapon. You generally can meet force with force, but only proportionally. If you're in a common fist fight and you pull a knife, you're going to be in some serious trouble. If someone pulls a gun and you pull a knife, you're going to be really hurting. Those are general rules, but the situations where you can claim self-defense when pulling a knife are fairly limited.

Similarly, for most untrained individuals, there's a serious chance that your own knife is used against you.


Title: Is there anything I can do with legal help?

Question:
Location: Sugarland Texas.

Breif back story... I escaped an abusive home two years ago as an adult. I've been wanting to see my mother who still lives in that home with the abuser...

I currently live states away and I'm going to be going home to Texas to visit friends and family, I really want to see my mother but my stepdad has said multiple times if I show up at the house he's going to call the police,, and has threatened other things to my mother telling her she has to do everything in her power to keep me away.

Is there anything legal wise to help me in this situation? I don't want to get arrested for trespassing or something like that but I also want to see my mother!!.... What should I do?

Answer:
 You don't have to see your mom at you stepfathers home. If your mom has the abillity to go out then you and her could meet elsewhere.

She might want to consider going to a women's shelter if she is ready to move away from that situation.


Title: TX Question regarding 30.06 and 30.07 signs.

Question:
Texas law states that these signs must be clearly visible and on the main entrance to the building. These signs were put up at our local theater.

http://i.imgur.com/ekWZAfF.jpg

These pictures are a bit misleading, sorry thats my bad, as these signs are not on the corners of the door next to each other. They are on the doors opposite of each other. Meaning one sign is on the bottom right hand corner of the right door and bottom left corner of the left door.

This is not clearly posted and it caused me and my sister to break the law. We did not get caught mind you, but we went to see a movie. When we were walking out I noticed those signs and pointed them out to my sister. Her eyes went wide but we kept on walking to our cars. We didn't say a word to anyone and simply said we will never be back there because of those signs. Yes I refuse to be a patron of any movie theater that thinks MY guns are the problem.

We were talking to each other on the way in and just straight missed them. Because these signs are in an inconspicuous place, would we have been convicted over that? It also should be noted that there are six doors at that entrance and these signs are on the middle 2.

Answer:
 IANAL (Just a CHL holder for a long time).

As far as I know, there have been no cases dealing with sign placements. But I would consider that conspicuous. If you're carrying you have to look out for them, you should know that. You're arguing they're not close to each other, but clearly you should have seen one and that should have lead to the search for the other.

I would not argue that at all, you probably broke the law, but you got away with it, just become more vigilant in looking for signs.

Also www.texas3006.com keeps track of a lot of signs.


Title: [Maryland] Boss didn't tell me we were closed for the day.

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 Does his phone number work only one way?

Answer #2: As you know (but maybe others don't) your state was hit by a record breaking blizzard that closed the city of Baltimore except for emergency traffic, shut off all transit, and is barely restored this morning.

Was it truly, completely his mistake?  You had no question in your mind that maybe you should consider contacting the boss because you and your neighbours are going to be shovelling snow for days?

Lastly, did you do any work?Answer #3: You are not entitled to any compensation for this legally.

But hey, tell your boss this story in a non-aggressive or accusatory manner and it should earn you some brownie points as a reliable employee.


Title: [NE] My daughter's (3yr) father is getting a roommate in his 2bdrm apt that he already shares with his gf. Is there anything I can do?

Question:
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My 3 year old daughter stays with her dad (age 26) every other weekend, as agreed to in our custody plan. He currently lives in a 2 bedroom apartment with his girlfriend (age 24 or 25), but for some reason, my daughter has never gotten her own room and sleeps on their living room couch. They have decided for financial reasons to get a roommate. They found a guy on Craigslist that is in his 50s. I asked for his name so I can at least google him, but they apparently can't remember his name. They also aren't sure when exactly he is moving in because he's struggling to come up with the initial rent. I told her dad that I am not comfortable with our daughter sleeping in the living room with this man there, and he told me she'd actually be sleeping in bed with him and his girlfriend. This doesn't make me any less uncomfortable.

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Answer: You can't control him having a roommate. If the child has no bed maybe you have a complaint but I don't see the child sleeping in their father's room a few nights a month as an issue a court really wants to hear about.


Title: Gf caught in check fraud ordeal

Question:
So my SO was selling her laptop on Craigslist when something odd started happening. This guy told her that he wanted to buy it but was on a military base in Florida and was going to send a check and have it mailed to her. Then he "accidentally" had the check made out for 1300 instead of 300. She was then to cash the check and mail it to him.

I told her that this and it's suspicious and that she needed to contact her father about it but she did not and her brother told her that it was fine. So she cashed the check and sent the money and like I also told her that he was sending another check for all the trouble that you put in her through. I am ashamed that I didn't see this as a giant red flag right away and couldn't stop her from doing something about it. But anyway she cashed the check at the bank and sent it in a few days later the bank contacted her and told her that the check was a fraud.

She went in to talk to someone at the bank today and they told her that it was entirely her fault because she was basically dumb enough to fall for it. And that she has to pay the 1300 dollars or it'll go on her record as an unpaid bill and ruin her credit.  It seems like there should be some sort of legality here I could protect her since the bank is the one that cashed the fraudulent check to begin with. And told her to contact the authorities and perhaps talk to a lawyer but I wanted to see if there was anything that any of you had to offer. Any advice or Insight would be greatly appreciated thank you.

Answer:
 Sorry, but her bank is right.

They had no duty to verify the funds existed before cashing the check. If they did that for all checks you would just be mad that it takes a week to cash every check you deposit.

Unless your girlfriend can find the guy who did it, which is virtually impossible, she's stuck with the bill.


Title: My dad wont give me my social security card

Question:
I'm sorry if this is a dumb question to ask, I havent lived in the US for several years now so I'm not sure how this works but I was born there and am a legal US citizen. I'm also on mobile, so I apologize for any mistakes.

My mum and dad divorced in 2012 and my mum was granted full custody of us, my dad was insistent that he have no part in our lives if we would not live near him (my mum at this point had taken me and moved to another continent). He didn't pay any child support, and he even took money out of my mums accounts. He wouldnt even sign off on my US passport renewal document. Thankfully I can just renew it myself now that I'm not a minor.

He sent over (almost) all our important documents shortly after the divorce was finalized. When I was sixteen, he cut off all contact with me and my mum. I turned eighteen this year and have graduated high school, and plan on going back to the US for college after a gap year. I was researching financial aid and saw that I would need to put in my social security number, so I went through the documents he sent and though he had written down my social security number on one of the papers, my actual social security card wasnt there. My mom said I do have one, and she thought he had included it, but he must still have it. I dont trust him with it but I dont have a mailing address in the US so I cant get a new one online.

I dont have any of his contact info, I tried messaging my aunt on his side to talk to him for me but she isnt replying. What can I do? Do I really need the card or is just having the number enough?
Topic:
Non-US

Answer: You probably don't need the card unless you become employed in the US, at which point you will probably have a US address and can get a duplicate card sent.


Title: Are physicians allowed to prescribe syringes to intravenous drug users for harm reduction? [USA]

Question:
This came up in a discussion among some of my colleagues (we're physicians, nurses, and physician assistants).  The discussion was spurred by having a seen a very bad case of endocarditis (an infection of the heart valves) in a young woman which lead to a disabling stroke; this can occur when a piece of the infection breaks off and goes to block a vessel in the brain.

The idea of prescribing needles for injection drug users in the ED came up.  In theory, this could keep an addict from having to reuse a dirty needle and therefore reduce the odds of developing severe infections like cellulitis, necrotizing faciitis, sepsis, endocarditis, and viral infections like HIV and hepatitis.

It's very difficult to convince an addict to stop injecting drugs, even in those who have suffered severe consequences from this behavior.  Comparatively, it would be much easier to convince an addict to spend a little money on clean needles and alcohol wipes.  In one way, it's not much different than prescribing syringes for any other chronic disease that requires injections such as diabetes, if we consider addiction to be a chronic disease (which is the case in the minds of many experts).  Alternatively, you could draw an analogy between condom use and risky sexual activities; you may not be able to convince a man to stop receiving anonymous anal intercourse with a dozen partners in a session, but you can recommend that his partners all use condoms during the act (his case was the first time I saw secondary syphilis outside a textbook).

In my opinion, prescribing needles to prevent infection is ethically sound, but I worry about the legality of the practice and the concern for malpractice liability.  I know it is illegal to prescribe opioid medication to treat addiction (with the exception of methadone, LAAM, and buprenorphine) but is it also illegal to prescribe equipment that enables a patient's drug use?

What about the concern that prescribing the equipment for injection could result in malpractice liability?  In the case of needle exchanges, there is no doctor-patient relationship and therefore no ability to commit malpractice as a breach of duty because there is no duty.  However, I worry that if a patient were to die of overdose after using the needles that I prescribed that the grief-stricken family may have a case that I contributed to the patient's death by giving her the means to use the drugs and giving tacit endorsement of her IV drug use.

To me it seems like this could potentially be an easy malpractice case to litigate.  There is a definite Physician-Patient relationship that is manifest in the prescription for needles which establishes duty, there are clear damages, there is straightforward causation (the patient used the prescribed needles to inject drugs), and you could argue breach of duty by pointing out that the harm reduction practice of prescribing clean needles is not standard of care.  To the facts of the case, add in grieving parents, perhaps some small children left behind, an attractive young widow, a long career of earning potential, and a sympathetic "tough on crime" jury and you're hosed!

In my mind, it really sucks that I have to worry about losing a malpractice suit, because it seems like we could prevent many pointless deaths and disabilities by just handing IV drug users clean needles.  It strikes me as unfair that I could be penalized because a someone overdosed using a clean needle I prescribed rather than using a dirty needle that was borrowed from a friend; IV drug users are going to use either way and it's better in my opinion to reduce the risks if you can't eliminate them.

To sum it up, I have two questions.  1) Is it even legal to write a prescription for needles to give to a IV drug user? and 2) Do I expose myself to malpractice liability if I were to prescribe clean needles to an IV drug user for the purpose of harm reduction?

Thanks for entertaining my questions!

*As a footnote, I am an emergency physician and not a primary care doctor.  Therefore, I am not going to be writing prescriptions for preventative drugs and devices anytime soon.  This is mostly a hypothetical question.

Answer:
 You work for a hospital that (hopefully) subsidizes your malpractice insurance, and also has a vested interest in not being sued themselves. They retain legal counsel. Ask them.

That being said, needle exchanges are illegal in many states. It's bad policy, but it's their policy. Which again, is a reason to consult an attorney.


Title: [Illinois] Is it robbery if you threaten to harm yourself rather than LP/others

Question: [removed]

Answer:
 No, just stealing.

And it all but guarantees you go to a mental hospital instead of or before jail in addition to your criminal charges.

#BAM- LOOPHOLED


Title: Hospital paying less than minimum wage for on-call and not paying for call time. Is this legal?

Question:
Throwaway of course. I work for a hospital in Oklahoma, and I'm having a hard time determining the laws for on-call.

Our current pay is $3.50 an hour while on-call. This is the type where you must drop everything and take a call. So no alcohol, going to a movie, or events that can't be interrupted. On-call shifts are Monday to Thursday or Friday to Sunday.

We only get paid for calls if we have had more than 2 hours of phone time, and only the time after the 2 hours. This is if we are working over the phone, but do not have to go to the hospital. It's rare to go over 2 hours.

If we get called in to the hospital we don't get paid for drive time, but we do get overtime for our time at the hospital.

So is this legal to be paid less than minimum wage for? And if so, what should my coworkers and I do about it?
Topic:
Employment Law

Answer:
 On-call wage laws are very fact specific with regards to: how often you’re called, how soon you need to be in, what radius you have to be in, and what you’re restricted from doing. It’s possible you would have a case but, this sounds relatively common place from what you see in the medical field and Judges often defer to signed agreements of which I’m assuming you signed.

However, can you go more into depth on the 2 hour phone call restriction? If you’re doing an hour of work on the phone as an hourly employee and only being compensated $3.50 that is 100% illegal and you are entitled to your full compensation.


Title: [Ontario, Canada] 4 y/o nephew keeps getting injured at school. The most recent one was almost a 2 inch cut on his head that bled profusely. School failed to inform parents.

Question:
Hi LA, first post on here - please be patient!

My sister/BIL are not looking to sue the school or school board, but only want to find a solution to this so that it stops happening/they get informed when it unfortunately does happen. My 4 year old nephew, who started JK this school year  is an injury-prone child, he falls and scrapes his knee or arms often and this has happened at school as well.

This past week, he was apparently hit in the head (by another child) with some sort of plastic toy during class. This gave him a pretty big cut under his hair that bled for quite a bit. My sister says even when she got home with him (after school had ended), it was still bleeding and took a while for it to stop. This isn't the first time where he's gotten injured at school and the school failed to let my sister/BIL know. No letter, no note, nothing.

How should I tell my sister to proceed? She's thinking to just write a letter to the principal or the school board and hopefully, things might change.

Thank you!

Answer: This isn't acceptable, and "writing a letter" is severely underreacting. She needs to make an IN-PERSON complaint to the principal directly, first and foremost. If the principal isn't willing to work with her, then she goes to the superintendent, then the school board.


Title: Employee lied about having a valid driver’s license and got a $1000 ticket. What to do?

Question:
I’m the manager for a small business in Massachusetts and during the interview process our employee, here out referred to as D, stated he had a driver’s license and reliable transportation. Usually I get a copy of the license, but D said he forgot it. Since he had all his other paperwork I let it slide for the time being, assuming he would get it to me. A handful of months have passed and I didn’t follow up about a copy of the license, which is on me, I know. D also has stated to both the general field manager and the site supervisor he had his license on more than one occasion.

Now D was pulled over in one of the work trucks and fined $1000 for not possessing a valid driver’s license. I’m at a loss here because I don’t feel we should be responsible for this fine. D was the one who misled the company after all. The citation report lists him as the driver but it’s made out to the company as the violator.

Is there some way to push the responsibility of paying it back onto him? What should be the consequence for him? I don’t want to do something that breaks employment laws, but slapping him on the wrist isn’t going to cut it. He put the other employees at risk, as well as put significant risk to our auto insurance. God forbid he was in an auto accident.
Topic:
Employment Law

Answer:
 You can (and probably should) terminate him. Don't let anyone else drive until you have proof of a valid driver license. It may be worth looking into services that run DMV history reports and not allowing employees to drive until you receive a satisfactory copy of their DMV history. For instance, do you want to take the risk of someone driving your vehicles that's on their 3rd DUI with a history of reckless driving charges?

You can try to contest it in court, but ultimately you allowed an unlicensed driver to operate your company vehicles, and never even got a copy of their DL. Be VERY glad the ticket was all you got, and he didn't cause a wreck and injure or kill someone.Answer #2: What section of law does the citation allege was violated?

I'd point out that the MA General Laws do make it an offense to [allow someone who you know does not have a license to drive](https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXIV/Chapter90/Section12). This is a separate offense from [actually driving without a license](https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXIV/Chapter90/Section10). If you were cited for permitting an unlicensed driver and didn't knowingly do this (because the person lied to you), fight it in court.Answer #3: So to be clear, you now know he has no license at all, rather than not having it in his possession?


Title: Actions one can take after being robbed (by a casual hook-up)? [IL, USA]

Question:
Hi reddit!

I'm in a bit of a pickle... A few days ago (Friday) after class I had someone who I meet up with here and there (a casual-hookup) over to my place while everyone was away, I live with family, I'm 20. He's someone who always claims to go outside to have a cigarette and then when he leaves, I think, "oh, well, I don't need to like this person to continue to see him" -- an alienated character flaw. I don't immediately think to be weary of him anymore since I've met him at his places a few times, too-- middle of the night, whatever. So Saturday as I'm getting ready to meet friends for dinner I notice I can't find my Bose speaker. I look everywhere I would possibly leave it, and it's nowhere to be found. Like I said I didn't think I would have been robbed of it, but then I remembered the only changed variable was having him over. He was wearing a pullover with a center pocket-- and I noticed he didn't hug me goodbye (of course, he said he was going for a smoke and that he'd be back though I wasn't expecting him to nor did I ask him to come back), I'm assuming if he grabbed it he put it into the center pocket. Or between his sweater, I messed up by leaving him in my room alone for a second while I poured him some water in a bottle.

If he indeed does have it, which I can't be sure without a use of tactics-- what are some legal procedures I can embark on?
Also afraid of even doing something like this as I don't want to be in danger, as he does no where I live now and is strong enough physically to do harm. I don't know what he's capable of apparently. I did send him a text, to potentially give him room to admit to it, but he's surely not going to text back. There's a few layers of crisis, I just am hoping from this to find a little direction, in terms of how to get my bluetooth speaker back. I don't know this person, really. But I do know his name-- address, number.. In meeting online we've been good at keeping discretion. Of course this is how things like this become a pickle. Maybe some of you can help? Thanks in advance, I appreciate you reading if you've made it this far. I can of course answer questions.

Answer: You invite complete strangers into your home for sex this is going to happen. So maybe you should reevaluate that. Other than that you can call the police.


Title: Girlfriend's Employer (Restaurant) is Making Her Pay for Walkouts (ON, Canada)

Question:
My girlfriend works at a restaurant, and yesterday had someone walk out on the bill without paying. Her employer (owners) are making her pay for the bill (the whole thing, not just covering costs), arguing that the walk out is the responsibility of the employee serving the customer/table.

Her employer has said that she should have taken a credit card when the customer sat down to prevent this (which seems weird to me - when was the last time you gave a server your card BEFORE finishing your meal?). She was also never trained or told to do this.

Also, her employer takes 1% off of tips for all employees - I would think this would go to covering the cost of walkouts, but apparently this isn't the case.

My understanding of Ontario law is that it is illegal to deduct wages from an employee without some sort of contract being signed, however I don't know if asking an employee to pay for something is considered a "wage deduction".

Does she have any legal ground to stand on here, or is this just a scumbag move? Are employers allowed to charge employees for lost revenue due to theft?

Answer:
 First off taking money from servers tips for dine and dash or walk outs, is illegal. It is considered a cost of doing business, restaurants and stores know going into things that they can be stolen from, by employees and third parties so some theft is to be expected.

As for the 1% that sounds to me like a tip out, what it is for is to balance the wages from the servers to the kitchen people. Its very very common and i not too sure but i also think its completely legal. I was a server myself and worked in the kitchen, i know first hand a terrible steak doesnt come out of the kitchen persons pay but it sure impacts the tip you recieve. A lot people can have the greatest service in the world but the food is shit and tip based off that. So by the servers tipping out its a way of showing appreciation for someone who very well can make sure you dont get tip.


Title: Husband is leaving the state for new job and we're not Divorced, his girlfriend is helping him set up his new home, what are my options? Of course there is more to the story but thats the concern right now.

Answer:
 What are your options for what?Answer #2: >what are my options?

You could go for a walk, or eat a cookie.

EDIT: Oh OK.  At a minimum you should separate your finances from him.  Close any joint bank accounts or credit cards, maybe even sell off any joint assets, like cars or houses.  Longer term, you have to decide if you want to remain married for personal or financial (tax) reasons or not.  If not, then find a divorce attorney.


Title: License revocation hearing next week.. Got flustured & lied about AA.. Do they fact check?

Question:
Hearing is in {IL}
Backstory:
1st DUI was a zero tolerance at the age of 16 in 2005.
2nd DUI was in 2007. Blew, booked, paid fines, got my license back a year later.
3rd DUI (I know..) in 2012. Blew, booked, paid fines w/ lawyer, did court and treatment requirements. License was revoked for at least a year.

I have been sober since 2013. My husband is deploying soon so I decided to finally hire a lawyer and apply to get my license back. While speaking with the lawyer he told me I need letters from my AA sponsor and 2 letters from AA members. I said Ok. He scheduled my hearing and we've been moving forward. Here is the problem : I only went to like, 3 AA meetings. It was so uncomfortable for me. I'm not religious and I just didn't like their system.
I don't know why I lied. I guess I just got nervous. I wish I hadn't, but now I'm a week from my hearing and have friends filling out a fake sponsor letter and fake AA member letters. Do they check with these people? Have I completely fucked myself even more?
I'm so nervous. I've spent thousands on this lawyer and now here we are. Any insight? Please and thank you!

UPDATE - I e-mailed my lawyer. I would still appreciate any insight on how these hearings go..

Answer:
 Talk to your lawyer, be honest, and have him help figure out a game plan. Forgery and perjury are very serious crimes, you don't want to do that.

edit: additional infoAnswer #2: Not only have you fucked yourself, you've dragged your friends in on it. Stop what you're doing and talk to your lawyer about it. Be honest.


Title: I'm 20 years and 10 months old.. Would I get in trouble for this...?

Question: If I went to a bar / Texas roadhouse with my 21 y.o friend, and we sat down (either at the bar or at the normal seats) and he/she ordered alcohol and shared it with me, would the bar tender come up to me and ask for my ID? what would they do if I showed it to them? what would they do if I didn't? would anyone (realistically) get in trouble if the staff found out the 21 y.o shared it with me? (i know it's illegal, but I'm wondering if anyone would even do anything)

Answer:
 Your friend could get in trouble for providing alcohol to a minor.

You could get arrested for being a minor in possession.

The bar could get fined for serving a minor.


Title: Caught a really bad case

Question:
So a couple of days ago, I threw a party. I'm a 18 year old. I had 5 guys and we were supposed to get a few girls over but they canceled on our way to get them. One of them, who we'll call C, was able to come. Me and my friend H went to pick her up, on our way back home, she was very flirtatious with both me and H. He asked her if she drove yet and she said "Yeah, I'm 16". We get back home and my other friends had gotten into my parents alchohol. She voluntarily started drinking on her own, as did I. She had maybe a few sips of rum while I was pretty buzzed. As the night went on, she asked me if I wanted to go back to my room. (Keep in mind, she had also spent the whole night taking pictures with my on snap, blowing kissy faces at me, and just being very physical with me.) I, being pretty buzzed, said sure.

I had 3 witnesses hear her ask me. As we were going back to my room, she was all over me, kissing me, and grabbing on my body. I closed the door and my friends stood outside to see if she was giving more consent. I asked her twice if she wanted to do this and she said yes. We had sex (She wasn't a Virgin by any means) and she was fully conscious. After we had sex, she laid in my bed and dosed off about 2 minutes later.

Here's where it gets pretty messed up. I walked out of my room, and the first thing I'm told is that she is 15 (One of my friends was on IG and saw her profile.) And that she has a 16 year old boy friend. My heart stopped. The next morning, she was perfectly fine, and was a lot more flirtatious with me, even asking me to come get her that Saturday. My friend B told her what happened, and she didn't seem to care, only response was "I guess I have to tell my boyfriend that I cheated". I messaged her and apologized for what happened last night, and this is where she went off the bars.

3 days later, I had the police knocking on my door at 12 at night and demanding evidence or they would get a search warrant. I was scarred and tired so I complied and let them have my bed sheets, pillow cases, and laptop (I have some pretty weird porn games on there, including rapelay which doesn't open). They never arrested me and made me come to the police station with them to file a witness report. I told them everything.

I'm probably going to be charged with statutory rape or rape, is their any advice guys? I'm terrified..

Answer: Lawyer like yesterday.Answer #2: Get an attorney immediately. Letting the police rifle through your belongings without the presence of an attorney or a search warrant was a big mistake. Stop posting about this crime and do not admit or discuss anything regarding it to anybody going for it except under the advice of an attorney.


Title: Fellow Coworker has constantly requested off, talked with supervisors, and changed his availability for the past two months to not work on Sundays for religious reasons, and has still not gotten those days off. What are his rights? Location is Colorado.

Question:
Fellow Coworker has constantly requested off, talked with supervisors, and changed his availability for the past two months to not work on Sundays for religious reasons, and has still not gotten those days off. What are his rights?

Recently he didn't show up for the shift he was scheduled for Yesterday for this reason (because he has literally talked to everyone about it) and now management is threatening suspension. What rights does he have and what can he do to protect himself?

EDIT: He works fast food.

Answer:
 His rights are the right to find a new job. Employer is under no obligation to specifically give Sundays (or any specific day) off and if he does not show up for a shift he can be fired for cause, though I'm not 100% sure that only missing one shift would be enough to disqualify you for unemployment benefits.

At-will employment is harsh like that.

Assuming he does not have a contract, in which case his rights are written neatly down and signed.Answer #2: Employers are generally required to provide reasonable accommodations for religious practices unless it causes undue hardship. This is kind of mushy, but requesting an entire weekend day off from a restaurant may not be reasonable and may be an undue hardship on the employer.

Do other employees regularly get Sundays off, or is everyone expected to work that day? Does he need the entire day off (I'm not questioning his faith, just exploring) or would he be willing to work in the afternoon/evening if he could go to services in the morning?


Title: Got pulled over for expired inspection and registration in PA, not sure if I will receive a ticket

Question: [deleted]

Answer: He let you off with a warning. A colorfully phrased warning, but a warning nonetheless.


Title: I stupidly trusted someone on Craigslist and got scammed $1k

Question:
I am moving to a new city about 4 hours away (TX) and needed a temporary place to stay, about two months before finding a more permanent residence. I found a room to rent on craigslist and agreed to a two month lease with the married couple living there. Since it's 4 hours away, I never physically saw the place or met these people before agreeing to the place and sending payment (I know, shame on me).

I have rented rooms on Craigslist before and could always tell if it was a scam which is why I'm so disappointed in myself this time. Anyway, I prepaid for the two months through Venmo because they wanted first and last month upfront. I texted them about 24 hours before I needed to move in to let them know I was going to arrive the next day and I got no response. It's been two days now with nothing and I have my first day of work on Monday. Yesterday, I drove up there anyway to the place and knocked on their door and called numerous times- no response.

I have the Venmo transaction and our texts with the agreements. Do I have grounds to win a small claims suit? I just want my money back. Thanks in advance for any advice.

Edit: I know their address, names, and one phone number. The Venmo transaction linked to a bank account with the same name.

Answer:
 They may not live there.  Or exist. Answer #2: Well you broke Craigslist number one rule to to deal locally face to face, then you broke Venmo number one rule to only send money to people you trust. These people don’t own that property and those are not their real names.  In all reality that money is gone. You will never be able to serve them for any small claims suit, and if you do you will never collect on a judgment. Answer #3: Look up the address for recent foreclosures. Chances are, someone stole the previous occupants ID, opened an account in their name, and is scamming people left and right as fast as possible. The account venmo paid into may be closed already, or open for a year, it won't matter the balance will always be $0.

You can, of course, TRY to recover... but be prepared for nothing. Answer #4: Just as an FYI, if you report this to Venmo, they will not assist you and *will* close your account.  By using Venmo for a commercial transaction with non-trusted parties you violated the terms of your agreement with Venmo.  This service is designed *only* for use between friends and family, and as such doesn't have protections built it.

As to your question, yes you can sue them in small claims.  No, you will not likely be able to collect barring superhuman efforts on your part.


Title: Landlord sold house underneath us

Question:
So we moved in to a new apartment four months ago. About a month ago we were informed that the owner was selling, and when we asked what happens if the buyer wants to owner occupy, they brushed it off saying that doesn't ever happen.

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Obviously the buyer wants to owner occupy and we got served a 30 days notice to vacate. Our contract doesn't expire until July. If we were to try and move out early, we would be held accountable for the contract. What I wanted to know is what rights do we have in this situation.

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We called our property manager and basically got a middle finger from them. Is the owner of the house really not held liable to a contract that they are party in? This wouldn't be a big issue, but they haven't prorated our may rent and we are almost for sure going to have to pay double rent for a period, not to mention the moving costs we were not planning on.

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SO my TLDR is: The owner of our apartment sold it out from underneath us, what are our rights, especially in relation to the costs this move will impose on us.

Answer:
 They bought it subject to whatever rental agreement is in place.  If that agreement was a month-to-month tenancy, they are likely well within their rights to give you a 30 day notice to vacate and then evict you thereafter if you fail to leave.  If you do have a lease that is valid until the end of July and you continue to abide by it with regards to paying rent and any other responsibilities it outlines, they can basically pound sand.

This is a good cash for keys situation.  Assuming you do have a lease to July it seems like the 30 days notice is basically just a tester to see if you will comply.  You can come back, say you bought this subject to our lease, our lease does not end until July, if you want possession prior to that pay us for it.


Title: Not guilty of possessing firearm but still facing attempted murder

Question:
Several tears ago my friend got into an altercation with his girlfriend's ex because she said he was harassing her. He had confronted the guy at the girls work and after arguing left. The guy ended up following him, pulled up next to him at an intersection and was in his window with a gun. They struggled and the guy got shot.
My friend was found not guilty of possessing the gun that shot the guy. Yet he's still facing the attempted murder charge. I don't understand how that works? He's been through a couple lawyers and has now decided to represent himself. Is this even a good idea? And he was aressted last week when he showed up to court for a traffic violation because he missed the jury selection which he was never notified of. His final court date was supposed to be this month now they're saying it won't be till fall and no bail. What can be done.

Answer:
 >I don't understand how that works?

He shot a guy. The prosecutor felt he had probable cause that your friend attempted to murder the other guy, and sought an arrest warrant.

> He's been through a couple lawyers and has now decided to represent himself. Is this even a good idea?

No, it's not.


Title: An interviewer just asked me if I was a Christian. When I said no, she said I wouldn't be hired. Is this legal?

Question:
The organization was a faith-based non-profit helping homeless and lower income individuals. I would be working as a marketer and event planner. As far as I understand, they aren't associated with a church - they were just started by a Christian person.

The HR manager called for the first time to tell me more about the organization, then the first question she asked was, "Tell me about your religious practices." I know I should have said that I wasn't comfortable answering this, but I told her I'm not a Christian but I have a lot of respect for Christianity and I really support what they do in the community.

She said "that is a requirement, so unfortunately we won't be taking this any further."

I actually currently work for a Catholic organization and was never once asked about my religion. Actually I was told "you don't need to be Catholic to work here" in the interview.

She was very kind but that doesn't make it legal. So... Was this legal? What if I was Jewish or another religion besides Christianity? (I'm in Pennsylvania if this helps.)

Answer: It depends on how they are classified. Certain faith based organizations can require it.


Title: Update: Does my friend have a case

Question:
https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/3he2ub/does_my_friend_have_a_case/

My friend found a lawyer, his lawyer believes based upon the evidence he's been shown so far its highly likely he'll be able to suppress the evidence due to the fact that the police department violated the 4th amendment. The lawyer also believes that due to the amount of Marijuana (according to my friend) he believes a Judge will be quick to dismiss the case entirely. The lawyer also agreed to take the case pro bono which is good!

His rights where violated, for a very minor bust (its a possession charge)

Once everything is settled I'll show you guys the video, not sure how long this is going take.
Topic:
Drug Possession

Answer:
 If the officer smelled marijuana in the car, then your friend's rights were not violated, both stops and the search will be valid, the evidence could well be admissible, and a conviction is very possible.Answer #2: I remember reading your original post and wondering why your friend didn't toss his pot out of his car after the cop let him drive off (assuming that the cop wasn't following him for the 3 miles that he drove after the initial traffic stop).

Anyway, thanks for the update.  Let us know how it all turns out in the end.


Title: Las Vegas promoter threatening to sue for withholding tickets that we tried to give back for a show we dropped that had no contract.

Question: Does he have a case? I have been dealing with this guy's unprofessional business practice for months. We had a guitarist that left the band so we had to drop a show with a promoter that we made no legal agreement to perform at. He told us to give the tickets to the band replacing us, so we contacted that band, and they said that the promoter was getting new tickets so we wouldn't need to worry about. Today I wake up to a message on facebook threatening legal action for not returning the tickets.

Answer:
 Good gravy... that's a lot to shove into a title....

Is there a way you can explain this with

A - Promoter

B - your band

C - the other band

and give us a play by play?

My rattled mind just gets..... [THIS](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KS6f1MKpLGM) out of your story....

You have no agreement but people are telling you what do do and you're listening but then facebook told you something? You've been dealing with this guy but he's unprofessional.... so that means????

Your guitarist quit so you cancelled a gig but you didn't have a gig because it wasn't a contract but you sent it to another band and gave them the tickets (that I'm guessing you needed to sell X number of) and today you got a facebook message from someone saying they're gonna sue you?

*My brain hurts*


Title: CT - large company gave me study materials for an internship program. I never made any written or verbal agreements to work for them, much less cover costs of study materials. now they are threatening to send a debt collector on me, which would damage my credit. tell me I'm not crazy

Question:
So like everything on this sub, this is kind of a long story over something that honestly seems completely pointless to me. I'll try to keep it as short as possible.

I'm a college student and this summer I was looking to get an internship. Nothing really came up except for this one 'opportunity' with a very large, well known life insurance company. I went in for an interview, checked it out a little bit, and they seemed pretty persistent on getting me in the door and working for them as an intern. At no point did I make a written or verbal agreement to work for them.

They gave me, without me asking for them, or again, agreeing to work for them, study materials for the ct state insurance licensing exam. After talking to a few people in the business and looking on the internet, I came to the conclusion that this 'internship' is basically just a cold calling gig where they get the interns to write down every single person they know, and then have them cold call them and hard sell life insurance. So I let them know that I would not be pursuing employment with them this summer.

Now they have sent me a string of emails asking me to reimburse them for the measly $100 the study materials cost. After the first two, I wrote them saying that as I made no verbal or written agreements to work for them or to cover the costs of the materials, I am not liable and will not be covering the costs. But today, I got yet another email from them. In this one, the tone shifted to a very threatening one. Here are the closing paragraphs:

> "This is only fair as you not only cost us money for testing materials, but your acceptance into the program also took up a spot in our limited internship that could have gone to a more qualified candidate who was actually intent on pursuing the internship this summer and not deceiving us.
>
> If we do not receive that payment promptly we will be forced to send this to our debt collectors and this will negatively affect your credit. The choice is yours."

I'm really rattled here. Again, I did not make any sort of agreement to work for them or cover costs, neither implied or explicit. Additionally, unlike what they are saying, I did NOT accept a spot into their program.

I talked to some of my friends about it and they're saying I might actually be on the hook. But of course, none of us are lawyers, so what do we know. What's the deal? Am I really on the hook? It's not a big deal to pay the $100 but I mean...it's kind of on principle. I feel like they're extorting me in a way, which kind of would align with their reputation as a company. Please let me know what I should do. Thank you in advance.

Answer:
 >They gave me, without me asking for them, or again, agreeing to work for them, study materials for the ct state insurance licensing exam

Send the materials back and tell them to pound sand.

(You might also look up the prep materials to see how much they really paid. Was it the InsurancePro QBank by chance? It's $79.99)

>The choice is yours.

Wow. Way to go insurance company! Let's end it with a veiled threat!

Reporting them to the state DOL as well as the state insurance regulators.

Or you can give them the choice... they can back off or they can be reported to both? (<- don't do that. 2 wrongs don't make a right. Don't threaten them. Just laugh at the suggestion)Answer #2: File a complaint with your State labor board.


Title: [Alabama] Friend's dad died last night and body was taken to Birmingham without notifying the family beforehand.

Question:
My friend's dad was in prison for 6 years, was put on SRP (Supervised, Released or Reentry Program) fifteen days ago. During his time there, he was diagnosed with stage 4 melanoma/Crohn's and was not receiving treatment.

From what I understand the family has pending lawsuits for this, and in the meantime was put on SRP to basically come home to die. He was home for a day before being taken to the hospital, where he was diagnosed with stage 4 stomach cancer, alongside his melanoma and Crohn's.

He died last night and the family was told to come to the hospital today to sign for the cremation. They changed this to Sunday (mother's day), but the brother received a seperate phone call stating that the deceased was moved to Birmingham to have an autopsy performed.

The family didn't sign anything regarding an autopsy or give permission to have one performed, and was not notified of this happening beforehand. I'm assuming this has to be done from a legal standpoint because of the pending lawsuits, or is the county/state trying to do something shady?

Answer:
 > The family didn't sign anything regarding an autopsy or give permission to have one performed

In most cases, such things are not optional.  Autopsies are required and/or the county has the authority to order such a thing.Answer #2: Autopsies can be ordered without your approval, but I have to ask why you wouldn't want one done.

>During his time there, he was diagnosed with stage 4 melanoma/Crohn's and was not receiving treatment.

>From what I understand the family has pending lawsuits for this...

Wouldn't an autopsy give you exactly the evidence you want for these cases? As morbid as it sounds, you can perform a hell of a lot more thorough of examination when keeping your patient alive isn't a concern.Answer #3: If you are trying to sue someone over his health a cremation would be very ill advised.


Title: Cease and Desist over Tutoring?

Question:
Hello Reddit, throwaway account for safety measures.

I have a questions on regards a Cease and Desist letter I received. I'm a full time freelancer, I'm an expert tutor for multiple classes and students contact me via Freelancer.com, Upwork and other channels.

Today I received a Cease and Desist letter from a website that offers management simulations, students reach to me to either do the simulations for them or teach them the concepts of the simulation.

Now, I understand that doing the simulation for them its wrong, I get that much, however I'm not sure how wrong it is if I just tutor them on it and also I want to know if they are just trying to intimidate me or they have a solid case on their hands.

Letter: http://imgur.com/a/aKAnT

Some info:
* I'm not US Citizen
* I did go to college in the US and took one of these simulations myself.
* Chances are a professor from my previous university put a complaint since they sent the email to my university .edu email.
* I haven't answered the email
* I live in Texas

Answer:
 >I want to know if they are just trying to intimidate me or they have a solid case on their hands.

They're accusing you of writing others' tests for hire. If you're doing that, I recommend you not do that anymore. If you aren't doing that, tell them you aren't doing that and that they should go away.Answer #2: Do not ignore the letter. They will sue you. You will lose and educational licensing lawsuits are *brutally* expensive. Like possibly spend the rest of your life paying it off, brutally expensive.


Title: What's the legality around canceling school events in observance of a religious holiday?

Question:
I'm in Virginia specifically.

The school system where I am does not allow any school events (sports games, competitions, field trips, etc.) for the entire weekend around April 23 in observance of Passover. IANAL, but this seems a bit odd to me given that it is a public school system. Is my school system exposing itself to a lawsuit, or is this type of thing permitted because of some law, or court decision?

Answer: Just curious.  Did your school system have any sports or public events today?


Title: Given different degree than promised

Question: I am a Canadian and applied for a course in the Netherlands that was titled an MFA. I have various screen shots of the website, and once I was accepted, the course was always called an MFA, the professors and instructors had "MFA instructor" in their email signatures etc.  The degree portal showed MFA. I graduated last June, and though my degree says the "stream" is an MFA it says the actual designation is an MA. This is a huge problem for me as an MFA is a terminal degree in my field, allowing me to teach in a university, whereas an MA does not.  Sure enough, when I just logged onto their website, I noticed they have changed all the branding to an MA.  Is there a possibility I may be entitled to anything?  I essentially feel like I wasted two years of my life and a whole lot of money pursuing what I thought was an MFA.

Answer:
 What does your official acceptance letter say?Answer #2: Yeah, if you sign contracts that’s the important thing. My degree changed, but I wasn’t mad it’s actually what I wanted. My degree went from a ‘BA in Liberal Arts English’ to a ‘BA in English.’ Thankfully, I was good with the degree otherwise I had been screwed. I had lost my original paperwork. Thankfully, my MAT isn’t going to be anything different. But yes, an MA and an MFA is completely different. I’d be throwing a fit. If you have documentation, you’re a head of the game. Answer #3: Contact the school and ask them. There's no other option here.Answer #4: Usually when schools change their programs, the current students get grandfathered in to the old ones. The question is was this a translation error or a program change error.

You could ask the school/dept. if you can write a thesis to change your degree from MA to MFA.


Title: Hawaii real estate: Just closed on a condo. Two weeks later found a ray infestation (caught 5 so far) and a giant hole behind the stove.

Question:
In addition to the above info, I know they have remodeled the kitchen in the last few years and have lived in/owned it for ten. There's no way they didn't know about the significantly sized hole behind the stove and they didn't disclose it. We also found rat traps in the attic and rat poison. Evidence of rats was also found in the outside laundry area.

Is there any legal action I can take or an I SOL?

Answer: Are these sting rays, manta rays, gamma rays, or the Tampa Bay baseball team?


Title: Was I wrongfully terminated from my job?

Question:
So, back story... I am a college student who had been working overnight temporary freight at home depot. I worked there for 5 months and then was put as part time. While on part time about a month ago, I was injured at work while on the clock. I was pulling one of the heavy freight carts to the back to store it. It ended up tipping over and falling on my left leg, causing me to roll my ankle before it fell and smashed on my ankle.

Now this injury was witnessed by a night time supervisor, who did absolutely nothing to help me when he saw I could not get up nor lift the cart off of me, I weigh about 170, cart is about 200 (I am healthy, but not the strongest person in the world)

I ended up going yelling to my co-worker, but he couldn't hear me. So I used my only strength to push it off my ankle, which only incurred even more pain and possible injury.

Thankfully I only had 30 minutes left in my shift, so I asked if I could sit it out, and was told no I have to go finish the pallets, I was like fuck it, and away I went hobbling on one leg and finished a single pallet out of 5 in the time that I could. Once shift hit clock out time I said hey I can't finish I am injured let me go home.

Fast forward to the next day, I called the store manager and let him know that I need to have time off due to injury on the job. He said that's fine get better, and come back healthy.

Fast forward a week later I wasn't feeling great but I Went in to work anyway because fuck it I need the money. I realized an hour and a half I was not good to work, and ended up stressing the injury further, when I asked to leave I was told NO. Said fuck it, be a man finish the shift. Told the manager again, that I need time off but longer this time, a month to be exact.

Fast forward a month and a half later, I am still in major pain only getting worse (thought it was just a sprain, now it is looking to be a fracture or a torn tendon). I am going into to get an mri, exray, check up from doctor and hospital this week, as told by my aunt to do (She has a PHD in science, and works for a high end company studying bone diseases/cancer, bone injuries and the such, and her company works on many of the drugs and cures that are released after presenting to the FDA)

Anyway, a week ago, I tried to long into my Employee Self Services on home depot site, and could not log in (Password was not incorrect nor did we have any password change, as we already had one and I kept my same password just put a different number in it) Went to log into Past Employees log in, and confirmed I was fired.

Knowing I have an injury at work, and am out for it are they allowed to fire me? I am not sure if they are an At Will company..

(Note this too, I mad sure to constantly contact my job to get the information across, which in general is quite impossible since contacting home depot in general is hell just to get someone on the phone)

Answer:
 It took you that long of sitting in pain before deciding to get some medical attention?

Anyway, yes, they can fire you for not showing up for work.  You needed to report your injury to them...not just rely on you saying "I'm in pain I need to go home."  If your injury wasn't work related they don't have to keep you on if you can't do the job.

The good news is it's not too late to get workers' compensation.  First you need to call your old employer, try to make a claim.  It's most likely going to be denied, and rightfully so because a lot of people try to abuse the system after they're terminated.  You will need to find a comp. attorney.  They usually work off contingency, or at least in the comp. systems I'm familiar with the insurance company covers the attorneys' fees of the injured worker if the injured worker prevails.


Title: Stuck in Central America; Passport expires in <6months

Question:
Asking for a friend who is currently stuck (in a panic) in Nicaragua.

She planned a trip over the holidays to Nicaragua.
She is a Canadian Permanent Resident & Chinese citizen.
Her passport expires June 24, 2020.
Her departure flight was Dec. 23rd. & flew Montreal>Houston>Managua and she arrived in Managua Dec. 24 with no issue.

On her return flight, leaving Dec. 31st & following the same route (Managua >Houston>Montreal) she was denied entry in Managua because her passport expires in <6 months. The person at the gate (I'm not sure if it was an employee with the airline or Custom Officer - said she would be denied entry into the U.S. because her passport expires in <6 months, and therefore she could not board the plane.

She came up with a plan to buy a plane ticket that left from Costa Rica & flew non-stop to Montreal.
She bought a bus ticket to take her to San Jose, CR, where her flight was to leave tomorrow.
She was just denied entry into Costa Rica for (I think) the same reason - her passport expires in <6 months.

How can she get out of this mess?

Any help is much appreciated.
If you'd like any elaboration - just ask.

Answer:
 > How can she get out of this mess?

She contacts the nearest Chinese consulate or embassy to get her passport updated.Answer #2: If they wont let her fly anywhere else or get to an embassy, then why not just get a flight direct to China?  Get it fixed and then continue on.

Or if she calls the embassy they may be able to mail her a temp passport or even send a courier to meet her at the border with the temp passport.

The other option is the PRC may have an honorary consulate inside another countries embassy in Nicaragua.  Call the Chinese embassy in CR to find out.


Title: [CA or anywhere USA really] Question about destruction of evidence through policy enforcement.

Question:
I just saw this thread https://np.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/44r9m8/legal_implications_of_having_someone_remotely/ and had a question. I work in IT and some of my clients have employment policies that state a remote wipe *will* be sent to their phone if it is setup to get their work email upon their employment ending.

If a person is fired after they are arrested and their phone is being held as evidence would I have any criminal liability for issuing the remote wipe as per our contract? I would have no way of knowing anything beyond their employment ending.

Answer: Probably not unless you knew they were arrested and that the phone was being held as evidence. Even then, police take precautions against remote wipes. For example, I power down the phone and book it in a Faraday bag.  Once we get a warrant, the phone is downloaded in a Faraday cage.


Title: [Georgia] Wife's employer sucks. Looking for advice if we should sue them

Question:
My wife has worked at her employer for 8 years.  Exemplary reviews.  However, her boss’s boss doesn’t like her personally.  So, everything was going swimmingly until her boss’s boss got back from Maternity leave.

Immediately she went from doing perfect, to being put on a PIP (performance improvement plan), and they informed her she had to fix issues within 30 days, but they didn’t tell her what the issues were, and even on follow up meetings, she still doesn’t know what they were.

We understand Georgia is a right to work state though, so I guess they are just following HR guidelines until they fire her.

The part that is most concerning though, is the fact she was put on a PIP was not only shared with management, it was shared with former employees (case in point, my wife’s friend who hasn’t worked for the company for years received a text from a current manager that she was put on a PIP).

While my wife is on this PIP, they are now giving her all sorts of assignments that she has never experienced before, she is working 16 hour days, and all feedback both written and verbal is negative.  She has been brought to tears a few times.

Immediately I’m assuming we have a defamation of character against the company, but I’m wondering as HR guidelines for this company are being broken (they gave her a PIP, but the process to give that PIP is something must be documented verbally, in writing,  and then after that  PIP is created) if she has a wrongful termination suit?

It’s gotten so bad after a few nights of working til midnight that my wife just wants to quit.

Oh, side note, the boss’s boss’s department has the worst employee turnover in the company and she has a reputation as such too.

Thanks in advance Reddit.

Answer:
 >right to work

That is for unions. It is an at will state


Title: My wedding venue just backed out because they were sold and will be demolished.

Question:
So I'm supposed to get married on Sept 26th in Las Vegas. I just received a call today that they were sold and the building will be demolished in May. We have a contract, and I'm just wondering if I have any recourse. Two relevant parts of the contract are:

**Force Majeure**
No damages shall be due for a failure of performance occurring due to Acts of God, war, government regulation, disaster, civil disorder, or strikes which make performance impossible.

**Cancellation Policy**
Both parties agree that should this commitment be cancelled, actual damages would be difficult to determine. The following schedule represents a reasonable effort to establish actual damages in the event of a cancellation. It is agreed that such schedule shall represent liquid damages to be paid by canceling party in the event of cancellation of this Agreement without cause.

Cancellation of this Agreement from December 1, 2014 to actual date:

* $5000

Answer:
 You certainly have recourse against whoever owned the wedding venue.

But if the building is being sold, that likely means the company is in serious financial trouble. It may not have any money to pay you.


Title: Family member got caught embezzling, but now company said they can pay it back with no charges pressed

Question: Not a lot of details as I'm hearing things second hand. An older relative (lets call him uncle Bob), was caught embezzling money from his job, now the owner of the company fired him but said they won't tell authorities about it as long as he pays the money back. It seems too good to be true. Bob admits to doing so, but has no idea how much money it was. I get that he should have to pay it back but how does he protect himself from getting screwed by the owner?For example, what if Bob pays everything back like they agreed but then turns him in anyway? Or what if owner says "Okay, you owe 10,000" but then once that's paid use it as blackmail to keep getting more money later on? Their are kids and grandkids involved so going to jail would be horrible, but so would being under the thumb of this person for the rest of his life.

Answer: He needs a criminal defense attorney, now. Answer #2: My family business had a very similar occurrence. We caught one of our employees stealing, and offered to let her repay the money rather than press charges, signing an agreement to that effect. We did it because we knew the odds of getting anything through restitution, even if granted, are very slim. The odds of getting repayment from the employee directly, who has serious motivation to do so to avoid charges, were much higher. This is likely just a smart business owner who has weighed the possible outcome of pressing charges and formulated their own, better method for uncle Bob to make things right. I would definitely consult an attorney, but I would take that deal to try and avoid charges.


Title: [OR] Partially fallen tree

Question:
So we just bought a new house and my visiting uncle pointed out that a tree in our yard had partially fallen. We hadn't noticed because there are a lot of trees in our yard and this one is still mostly upright.

The main problem is that the only thing holding it up is our neighbor's tree, which our tree has fallen into the branches of. You can actually hear the trees creaking occasionally.

The fall had to have happened before we actually bought the house, as moss had time to grow on the uprooted portion at the base of the tree.

This thing is a ticking time bomb and I'm not sure exactly who to contact.

Answer: Your local tree cutting service. Your house your problem, I don't mean to be rude or blunt but that is the truth. Consider it a lesson learned when buying a house checking the property for defects is as important as checking the house itself.


Title: [USA] Is it legal for a TV commercial to hijack Siri/Alexa/OK Google on my phone?

Question:
I was watching the hockey playoffs tonight and there was a commercial for NBC Sports iPhone app. At the end of the commercial the announcer said "Hey Siri! Download The NBC Sports App!" I was wearing headphones so my phone didn't hear the instruction, but it got me thinking, is it legal for a company to try to commandeer my phone like that and make it do something without my permission?

Location: USA Nationwide / federal law I guess / New York specifically
Topic:
Computer and Internet

Answer: Amazon has somehow made the Echo devices immune to their own ads.  It didn't used to be, but now they light up but don't respond to them.


Title: Is my Professor allowed to say to reschedule an exam if you have court?

Question:
Throwaway account for all of my dumb questions

I have an exam coming up but I have court for a traffic ticket on the same day. My professor put in the syllabus and told me in person that court is not a valid excuse for missing an exam.

To me it's just an asshole move, but I'm wondering if that's legal? Could I even use that as a valid reason for the judge in terms of missing court?  I don't see how that would work

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Answer: Have you tried to reschedule court?


Title: Airbag didn't deploy when I hit a deer going about 60mph. Liability only insurance. Who pays the chiropractic bill?

Question:
I hit a deer head on somewhere between 55-65mph.  I hit her so her shoulder on my drivers headlight, her hindquarters on my passenger headlight, then bounced off the guard rail. The airbag never went off. The damage to the '05 Jeep Liberty is extensive and my back isn't doing so hot either.

We have liability only on the Jeep.  I have no medical insurance either.

We're in Minnesota.

Any direction or ideas?
Thank you.

Answer:
 Well who do you think is going to pay it? Either you or the deer. And he probably isn't in good shape right now. The auto manufacturer is not a guarantee of everyone injured in an accident. And if you are injured go to a doctor. Don't waste money on chiropractic bullshit.Answer #2: Your airbag wouldn't necessarily deploy when you hit a deer. Unfortunately I think you're going to learn the shitty way why you should carry better coverage on your car and have health insurance.

Edit: also,  since you're paying out of pocket, don't go to a chiro. Go to real doctors or physical therapists.


Title: [IN] the state court database has listed the date of dismissal as 10 years later. Can I force them to correct it?

Question: [deleted]

Answer: Go in person and talk to a supervisor.  You may be able to get a judge to order a correction, or possibly sue for libel, but you can probably fix things faster if you find the right bureaucrat.


Title: [CA] My friend's neighbor is trying to get him to buy a gun

Question:
My friend’s neighbor, a middle aged guy who already has a pretty big gun collection, wants my friend to legally buy and gift him a hand gun (California). He tried to incentivize it by giving him $300, but now he seems to be speeding up the time line by throwing his TV on top of it which makes me think: Why is he so desperate? My friend’s wife is on my ass telling me to get him to stop him from doing this. What’s the worst that can happen (liability and legal issues?

Bottom line, is there ANY way that he can do this legally? Say if the neighbor was able to own guns/purchase one himself, etc?

Answer: I'm not a lawyer, but am into firearms. I wouldn't go anywhere near this. I can't think of a single legal reason to do this. It sounds like a straw purchase, which is a felony.


Title: My gf (35) was just diagnosed with MS and can not work or drive, she pays for short and long term disability, but they are making it impossible. Denied her claim after more than one Dr sent proof. Bills are really past due now and not sure what to do. [Tampa area, FL]

Question:
Hello all, I posted this originally in /r/needadvice and someone suggested I post here. At the end I will put some updated information!

"Hello all, my gf (35) was just diagnosed with MS this week, but has been having issues for many months with nearly passing out while driving, becoming confused, and many other things. She had to get taken to the hospital about 2 or 2 1/2 months ago from work, and ever since things have gotten much worse. Her Dr told her she can no longer drive, and is unable to work. I have been trying to do side work and odd jobs to try and fill in the gaps with money, but the car payment is past due, we were able to work with the electric company to try and push back the payment, but now another one is due the 2nd, and they are going to turn it off soon, luckily I get paid next Friday, which should allow me to catch it before its too late and at least be able to pay part of the rent, but many other bills are at the same point.

The biggest worry though is that because she has not been able to work, her insurance is not getting paid, she might lose it. When this first all started happening, when she was told she can not work, she filed for short term disability, went to her Dr, found out all the paper work she needed to fill out and have submitted, she did all that. They came back saying she needed more, and that some by the Dr were not quite correct. She got them fixed and resubmitted, they came back again saying the same thing. All the while she went in for her MRI's and got more and more proof that she is unable to work and submitted it. Friday, the people said that her case had been denied, due to lack of proof that she can not work, because they were only going off the original paperwork and Dr's papers, and not the things that were submitted after the fact. They told her she can appeal the decision, but has to start all over from the beginning. She burst in to tears and had an anxiety attack, and now has been having them often, almost several times a day and can not sleep because of worry. Her kids (one lives with us, the other 2 are visiting) are in town for the summer, but are only here for another 2 weeks, but feels so bad because she has been sick almost the whole time they have been here between the hospital, Drs visits, being on the phone for hours trying to get things situated.
She is already on many medications for pain, and anxiety because she had PTSD from severe traumatic childhood experiences, had cervical cancer 5 years ago, was diagnosed with CMV around that time as well, but I think now might be part of or related to the MS in some way, and a fractured sacroiliac joint (sp?) that will never heal, and a torn disc just above her tailbone. She can't get a gosh darn break.

They don't know yet which variation of MS it is, she has to go in for more MRI's with and without contrast and do other things to find out more, but if her insurance doesn't get paid I am not sure what we can do.

Does anyone know if there are any programs out there aside from short term disability, that has proven to be all but useless in this situation? I know for pregnancy there are things like emergency medicaid, and what not, is there anything like that?

If anyone has any info or can point us in the right direction, I would be more grateful than you can ever imagine!"

---------------------------------------------

Here are some quotes from the previous thread that might help in this being a legal issue.

"She just went through some of the paperwork, and one letter said "if we do not receive your paperwork in full by July 9th, your claim will be denied", then another one dated July 2nd said, "since we have not received your paperwork in full yet, we can not approve your case at this time." but they only recently told her last week that it was officially denied. She and the Dr keep updating the paperwork along the way and submitting it, and they said they would review."

"The disability is through her work yes. Both her primary care as well as neurologist are absolutely livid that the disability was denied because they both sent in way more paperwork than they even asked for. They tried to resubmit it all again this morning she told me, hopefully just fax bomb the office every day with the paperwork!"

If anyone has any advice on how to proceed, or any questions, or needs clarification on anything, please let me know!

Answer:
 You need to borrow money and sell everything you own and call your city/county's hotline in order to keep paying your premiums while all of this is sorted out. She may need a disability attorney. Has she started the process for long term disability yet?

She needs to apply for SSI: http://www.ssa.gov/disabilityssi/ and food stamps.


Title: Does the First Amendment apply to Reddit and all of its content?

Question: There are so many mods on Reddit that strip down content that doesn't suit their ideologically driven agenda.

Answer: No. The first amendment means you cannot be punished by the government for speech. It doesn’t mean you have a guaranteed platform to speak in some else’s space.


Title: (CO)Daughter 20F accused of shoplifting

Question: This is Colorado.  My daughter (20F) was shopping at the Mall, she was in a store Zumiez.  She bought a 4 pairs  of socks for $60, she said as she walked out of the store , she stopped and looked a bikini and then left.  She went straight to another store looking for bikinis.  SHe said shew as in that store for about 30\-40 minutes trying on different bikinis.  She then got a call, she said it was a man who said he was a police officer.  She immediately thought it was one of the employees from Zumiez who was kind of creepy hitting on her in the store, thought he got the number off their rewards cards.  She said the call dropped right after she asked WHO?  so she thought nothing of it.. continued trying on bikinis.  As soon as she stepped out of the store , her phone registered a voicemail.   She said it was the police officer asking her to call back.  She said he told her they were accusing her of shoplifting and asked if she could go back.. she did go back which I wish she had not  but she figured she didn't do anything, why not go back.  She let them search her bags and they found nothing.   she let them search her car, EVEN though she never actually left the mall.   STILL found nothing.  Now she has to go to court for shoplifting in July.?  HOW can they give her a ticket if they didn't find anything?.  I talked to a police officer because I honestly thought she was being hysterical for nothing and didnt think she actually got a ticket.  He saying that 2 employees say they saw the top in her bag? a small bag with a draw string? and miraculously the top they claim they saw is now missing one in inventory.  Also the bikini top they are accusing her of taking isnt even the one she said she actually stopped and looked at when walking out of the store.  I really believe my daughter did not steal this. She a large amount of money on her.  She was shopping for work bikinis.   This is just insane to me.  Should she get a lawyer?

Answer:
 Of course she should get a lawyer. If you or she can afford it, that's always the best option. It's a criminal offense that will follow her on background checks.

Do keep an open mind though. Calling in the cops is like the last thing someone in retail wants to do. I'd be surprised if there wasn't video.


Title: Minor daughter being held for warrent Pennsylvania

Question:
Ok so I am going to make this as short as I can.

While I was at work earlier today I received a call from one of my other daughters saying the police were at my house and they took my 16 year old daughter and left my daughter with a card and told her to call her mom, no one informed us they were taking her.

I rushed out of work after what my daughter told me and went straight to the police station. When I got there I was told that my daughter had a warrent for her arrest and that's why they took her. Basically the warrent was for burglary, theft, assault, receiving stolen property and a few other charges. They are holding her and 1 other girl who they also arrested today and looking for a name for a 3rd girl.

Upon calling some of my daughters friends, talking to my other daughters, the detective at the station, and several other people. This is what I came up with as far as a story.

My 16 year old daughter was involved in some teenage drama over a ex boyfriend who recently passed away. Basically this girl, we will call her G, was talking trash to my daughter over social media about the dead Ex boyfriend and my daughters dead half brother. So apparently my daughter walked to G's house to fight her a few weeks ago while I was at work. Two of my daughters friends meet her on the way, one of which is somehow related to G. When they got to G's house the cousin walked to the back door of the house and opened it. Apparently one of them was recording all this and the 3 of them went into the house looking for G and the police say they have the video but I wasnt shown any evidence. I was told by several sources that they are 100% sure nothing was stolen. The homeowner is claiming a laptop and a bunch of other things were stolen.

Turned out the G wasnt home. Actually no one was home at the time. G was down the block at her grandmoms house and heard about my daughter and her friends at the house, they ended up meeting up somewhere on G's block and an argument happened. G's mom showed up and my daughter tried showing G's mom what G had been doing (making fun of the dead people discussed earlier and G sending nudes to other males). G flipped out and pushed my daughter and my daughter pushed back. G's mom threatened to call the cops and everyone left.

While I was at the police station the detective asked for my permission to "ask my daughter questions" to which I replied, I want to be present. He made me wait a good hour before bringing me into the interrogation room with my daughter (I knew this was the only way I could speak to my daughter). He left us alone for a minute and i told my daughter to shut up and not say anything. When the detective came in he read my daughter her rights and I informed my daughter not to sign them and invoked my right to a lawyer. He was not happy about this and said I can leave, and wait for a call from them on what's going to happen. I told my daughter I love her and told her not to tell them anything and I left.

Now they took my daughter from my home at around 9am, it's currently 6pm. I was told they could not hold her longer than 6 hours. She is still there and they will not tell me anything other then they are waiting to finger print her and it may take another 4 hours.

I already contacted the lawyer assigned to her case and she told me they will either release her to me today or hold her until Friday because tomorrow is a holiday (July 4th). Any legal advice is greatly appreciated as I am freaking out. I dont believe my daughter would steal from someone, it's not her. I feel G's parents are making up the theft just to get back at my daughter. I checked all of my daughters stuff and found no objects they are claiming were stolen.

Answer:
 This is really serious. You need to follow what the attorney says and plan for this to be a long lesson for your daughter. She broke into someone's house. And put it on video.

You need to get her into counseling the minute she gets out. And talk to her about not talk about this with anyone. In person, text, phone, anything. Only her attorney and you


Title: (Ontario, Canada) Auto repair lower than deductible - is it possible to take other driver to small claims to cover repair?

Question:
I got my mirror broken off by a large truck today.
The deductible is more expensive than just repairing out of pocket.
I have a witness who was in the car and photos.
Is it possible to take the person to small claims to cover repair? I want to avoid insurance as the deductible is more expensive than just replacing the mirror.

Answer:
 I'm an Ontario truck driver. It happens! Most will want to deal off insurance to keep claims down. Something this inexpensive should be handled out of pocket.

You should contact the company directly after obtaining a couple quotes for repair. Offer them the ability to resolve, failing a timely resolve file on your insurance.

You may be able to small claim, but I think a judge may ask why you won't deal with non judicial meathods.


Title: I was arrested for underage drinking. The whole process felt entirely wrong though. Should I get a lawyer?

Question: I (19F) in Ohio, USA was in the back seat of my friends car. She got pulled over for stopping too far up at a stop sign. She had not been drinking and there wasn’t any suspicious activity. The cop asked for everyone in the car’s ID. He then proceeded to ask me, a back seat passenger to get out of the car and see if I was drunk. I don’t see why he had any right to do that. He did a test where he waved his finger in front of my face, but nothing more. He tried to breathalyze me but I refused because I didn’t see why it was necessary in the first place as I was literally doing nothing wrong. Right when I said that he said “okay you’re under arrest for underage drinking”. I really have no idea where he got his proof from. How is waving your finger in my face for thirty seconds enough to prove I’m drunk? He had no right to even test me in the first place when I was just sitting in the back minding my business. He didn’t read me my Miranda rights and then later told me I was also being charged with possession of a fake ID and I laughed at him when he said that because I knew for a fact that there was no fake ID in my possession. I just feel like I’m being jipped right now. None of this makes sense to me? I don’t know what to expect in court tomorrow. Should I get a lawyer? (Even tho I can’t afford one) How do public defenders work?

Answer:
 The test he gave you is called a horizontal nystagmus test. It can be part of proof you were drinking. So you probably smelled like alcohol and failed the other test. As far as Miranda were you arrested? If so what for. Just underage drinking?Answer #2: You do need a lawyer because you have been charged with a crime.  Public defenders are lawyers the court appoints you if you cannot afford your own.

To get one, you need to request one and fill out eligibility paperwork.

If you had been drinking and smelled like you had been drinking then it is very likely the cop was in his right to make you step out of the car and investigate further.

Were you drinking alcohol prior to your contact with the police?Answer #3: You describe a Horizontal Nystagmus Test which is a stand field sobriety test.  If he had reasonable suspicion to believe the crime of underage drinking was committed, he is entitled to do an investigation.  He has no requirement to read you your Miranda rights unless you are in custody (yes) subject to interrogation (you weren't).

Jipped (while misspelled by you and used incorrectly) is a racial slur against gypsies (Romanis) so let's use some other words.

The choice to get a lawyer is your own but it is advisable, but it's not a given you will have access to a public defender for this charge (but that varies by state).


Title: Ex-gf petty revenge, sending text to her new bf describing her behavior

Question:
Hi all,

So yes, I desire some petty revenge with an ex-gf. No, I'm nowhere close to sending nude pics anywhere, so let's drop that. What I am considering is sending texts to her new bf that I know she was cheating on me with. And lately she's been fooling with me while keeping it from him. I want to send texts along the lines of "ask her what she was doing on Jan 4th after the party" and "ask her what she did with me the morning after" and "She let me into your place I know you have a red coffee maker in your kitchen" and sentences like that. Should I be careful to avoid a direct reference to sex?

Is any of this shit I can get legally in trouble for? I wonder if I am doing any defamation or anything legally close to something like sending revenge porn.

Also, I threw out some of her stuff, totalling maybe $700 (one Xbox, one pair of boots). She was never living with me. Could she sue me for more than that cost? Is it easy for her to go through that process? Any bad consequences of me going thru that process other than financial?

Thanks.

Answer:
 >Also, I threw out some of her stuff, totalling maybe $700. She was never living with me.

That you could get you into trouble right there. Not criminal, but she would have a really good case if she took you to small claims.

Really, dude, let it go. You had a GF, and now she's moved on. If she cheated on you, be grateful you found out now.