Title: (MD) Advice about Child Support as a small business owner (xpost from r/MensRights)

Question:
Hi all!

I'm using a throwaway so I don't air all my dirty laundry out in internet land, but I'm having a tough time finding good advice. I'm hoping some of you might have some insight. I'm going to skip a lot of nitty-gritty details, but I'll provide more info if needed to help. I'm in MD; child is in VA.

Here's the situation:

I have been paying CS for 5 years on a child from a one-night stand. I started paying it voluntarily without the courts being involved, but the mother took the legal route to force me into paying more. I made it work, and we go back to court every three years for another round.

The latest order is from 2014, based on a contract position I had at the time. The salary was about $70k, but it ended later in the year. I did have some forewarning that the contract was ending, so in the time I had I bumped my savings significantly and began searching for a new position. After a long while of finding nothing even remotely comparable, I started bootstrapping my own business while finishing out the contract position.

Today, my business brings in great Gross Revenue (~$93k in 2015), but my Net Profit is about 20% of that ($18k in 2015) after operating expenses like rent, insurance, employees, equipment repair, etc. There are some corners I can cut that I'm actively working out, which would net me another ~$3k per year, but even then my actual income would be low $20k. The option now is to scale up services, rather than cut costs, and I have several new revenue streams about to launch. BUT they won't be profitable until later in 2017, well past the point where the CS order will be too high to sustain. Even when they start adding profit, the income will not make up for the $50k difference in old and current salary.

I've looked seriously into scrapping the business and going back to a salary position. The losses on this would be very significant, plus the available salary opportunities are scarce and low paying. It makes more sense to build more into the business than to kill it off.

I am also now married and we have a child of our own, so my income has become tighter. My wife does well for herself, but we made the decision to separate our finances significantly at the start of our relationship. We each pay into joint expenses, but I don't have access to any of her income (or vice versa).

My concern is that if I file a motion for an adjustment, the court will either use my Gross Revenue as their calculation point (which will increase CS further past the point of possibility) or they will impute income with the claim of voluntary impoverishment.

TL;DR: Latest CS order was calculated off a $70k/year contract job. Contract ended and income went with it. Now I run a small service business with Gross Profit of ~$90k/year, but Net Profit (my salary) of ~$20k/year. New marriage, new child, lower income, and nearly tapped-out savings are about to make CS impossible to sustain. Can't switch to full-time salary again at this point, and not sure if the courts will screw me over if I file to modify.

Any help or experiences are much appreciated!

Answer: The court ordered you to pay something. If you think that order is unreasonable, hire a lawyer to convince the court to adjust your obligation. Happens all the time.


Title: Can I have a guest stay the night if the other signers on the lease say no?

Question:
I'm currently 18 and love with my parents. We all signed on the lease and pay 1/3 of the rent. I want to invite someone to stay a night or two but my parents have issues with the person. They are not using drugs, or doing anything illegal. My lease says guests can stay over, and theres no limit to how long they are over (I assume, within reason)

Do my parents have the legal right to kick out my guest or me?

Answer:
 Legally yes you could. Practically this sounds like a terrrible, terrible idea.

Edit: in most US states. If you're not of age in your state then no don't even think about it.


Title: I was "Scammed" from a Convention

Question:
Hey. I believe that I was scammed from a convention that I signed up for that takes place next week.

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Back in the beginning of 2019, I signed up for the artist alley (Basically a big room for artists to sell their work) at a local convention. Although the policy said that you had to be 18 to sign up, I signed up with my mom's name to give me permission for the con, because i'm underage (15).

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In February, I received an email stating that I was accepted. I then paid for my table and extra passes for my friends to help me.

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Everything was quiet until last week, when the maps for the artist alley tables were sent out. I was not on the map, and began to contact the head of the Artist Alley "department". He did not reply to my emails for a week. I then started to reach out to the convention page on twitter, and they asked for an email, etc.

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The next day I received an email from the head of the convention itself. It stated that I "violated the rules" and that they would refund me for the table, but "Don't want to refuse me entrance to the exam". I was only refunded for the cost of the table, but not for regular convention admission.

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This was obviously wrong, as I did receive the Congratulations email (Which I shouldn't have received in the first place). They would've kept my money if I hadn't said anything, and I couldn't get the refund until the weekend before the convention. I've been prepping for weeks, ordering extra stock, supplies, and closing my store to save inventory, etc.

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I'm now currently trying to contact the head of the convention once again, however, he is ignoring my messages. I explained to him that the only reason I was planning on attending this convention was to sell my artwork. I did not want to stay there for the regular convention, and that I'd like a refund for the passes.

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He did not answer these emails, so I turned to the discord server to reach out to him. I messaged him on there but he did not answer. I got a friend to send him messages to which he replied to. He was obviously refusing to answer my messages on discord or to my emails, and wants to keep my money.

I don't know what to do. The convention passes were \~$55. Does anyone have any advice? I am trying to approach this respectfully and I don't want to make a fool of myself.
Topic:
Douche

Answer: Your parents will have to sue them in civil court and let a judge decide. Judge may not even rule in your favor since you also scammed them in lying about your age.Answer #2: NAL. To me, it sounds like you purposefully broke the rules by signing up under your mom's name (misrepresenting who you were), and they didn't catch it until after they had already accepted you. I think they're being completely generous in allowing you to still continue with the con. They're probably trying to save some lost money in the time they spent with your false information, which is why they gave you back some money, but not all.Answer #3: You can still go to the convention.  They do not owe you reimbursement for the passes you bought.


Title: How to go about getting roommate's friend barred from my apartment?

Question:
1) Roommate and their friend were being loud at 2 am. Which woke me up.

2) Get up to see what's going on. I noticed that roommate's friend is clearly drunk/high. I ask if I'm interrupting something. Roommate's friend immediately become belligerent towards me. Threatening me with violence and to have people come handle me. I tell roommate to get their friend out of the apartment or I would call the authorities. Roommate does a poor job of deescalating the situation so I reach for my phone. This lights a fire under their asses and they eventually leave.

Now since my roommate's friend threatened me with bodily harm I no longer feel safe/comfortable with the roommate's friend being there. I plan on talking to my roommate to see if this can be resolved without the authorities involved but I have no problem with involving them. What would be the best course of action? My roommate will probably try to bring their friend back to the apartment at some time if not today so any input would be appreciated.

~Roommate and I are the only ones on the lease.

~Apartment is located in Missouri

Answer: you should really talk to your roommate first, but you can imply that you would like to be able to break the lease and one of you leave.


Title: [CA] Police trying to charge me with 148(a)(1) and 422. Need advice

Question: Hey all, so I have an upcoming court date coming up. On my ticket it has 148(a)(1) - pc-obstruct and as I just checked the court website they tagged on a 422 charge as well. Heres the back story, a humane society worker knocks on the door just before my wife and I were leaving to a funeral. He says he wans to see the dogs tags and I told him to leave and come back later. We own this house and he was on our property. He knocks again asking to see my identification and I told him basically to fuck off and eave the property. He says he can be there if he wants and he gets paid to stand there. To make a long story short I start recording him because he wouldnt leave and I asked him to identify himself which he never did once. I said what am I going to have to do get a gun from inside to get you off here? He says is that a threat and I responded no. He continued to stand by my front door for about 10 minutes until police arrived. He then pulls out an audio recording device and walks out my front gate to talk to the police. I told the police im recording them for their safety and mine, (there was 5 of them) they start asking me questions and wanted to see my id, I said am I being accused of committing a crime? they said no we are just investigating, I asked if I am free to go they said no. Anyways to make a long story short they wanted my id which I didnt have on me. I told them I felt like I didnt need to show them Id because I have not commited any crime. I said you guys have my name right there this is my house and I just heard it ont he radio. They said how do we know if thats you, Im like im telling you and I can open my mailbox right here and show you a piece of mail with my name on it. My wife went inside and grabbed my id and they asked me to step outside of my gate because I'm being arrested which I did and complied no questions asked. I have court coming up and would like some advice. I have yet to see what the police report says because I cant get it until my first trial date. Can that humane society guy use that tape recorder as evidence even though I was illegally recorded using an audio recorder on my own property without my knowledge? Any help or info would be much appreciated. I reside in California.

Answer: Lol you threatened somebody performing government business with a gun and you think you won't get charged with a crime?  You don't threaten people with guns unless you plan to shoot them. Get a lawyer and don't talk to anybody else about this.  And some anger management classes wouldn't hurt either.


Title: Can you collect unemployment if your employer requires you to relocate to another state and you quit instead?

Question: Hasn’t happened to me, but just curious if that’s considered constructive dismissal or if you are just SOL

Answer: Generally yes if your worksite changes significantly or your pay decreases significantly. But every state does it different and it’d be specific.


Title: First DUI ever, really scared right now.. Help? (Flagstaff,AZ)

Question:
Got pulled over last night because one of my brake lights was out. I had more than a few and blew a 1.7, which they called an "extreme DUI". They didn't book me in jail though and let me out as long as someone picked me up which I did. The cop told me I could pick up my car from impound this morning but when I called the place they told me the cop called them and told them that it was going to be changed to a minimum 30 day impound. He took my driver's license but he said I'll probably get a restricted one to get to work, but its strange considering can't get my car anyway. They also charged me with having an open container in the car but I wasn't drinking any of it that night, it was all just trash from a camping trip this past weekend.

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I've never gotten in trouble with the law in any capacity so I'm really scared of what's going to happen. Can someone tell me what I should expect or what I should do? What about fines? I'm broke as shit right now so that's what worries me the most.. Liv

Answer:
 Lawyer, now.  Preferably one that specializes in DUI cases.

You're looking at 30 days in jail, $2,500 in fines, alcohol classes, and an ignition interlock device.Answer #2: You need an attorney. If you're found guilty of aggravated DUI you're going to jail for a minimum of 30 days and you will have thousands of dollars in fines.  You will also be sentenced to community service and will have to install (and pay for) an interlock when you can eventually drive again. Don't take legal advice from cops.Answer #3: > Can someone tell me what I should expect or what I should do?

To shut up and get an attorney, and only speak with that attorney. You're looking at mandatory jail, large fines, and becoming acquainted with a bicycle.

You should also stop driving while incredibly drunk.Answer #4: Youre in the system for a DUI.  Get a bus pass and consider you have a drinking problem.

You are along for the ride at this point, go to all your court dates and get a dui lawyer or the court appointed free lawyer as a last resort.  Don't b.s. the judge.


Title: options for GF trying to remove name from mortgage with her ex

Question:
So my girlfriend is currently trying to move to another city with me. We are trying to see what her options are for removing her name from a mortgage loan she signed with her ex-boyfriend.

* [edit: irrelevant info] Her ex-boyfriend is kind of a POS, he used to abuse her physically, and refuses to sign his name off, he doesn't live in this house.
* She is the only one living here, but as far as I know, they both make payments.
* They have about 100k left in the loan.

What should we look at? Or who should we be talking to, to see how she can remove her name from the mortgage loan? She wants nothing to do with the house or him, she's been stuck here cause he probably won't pay it all alone since he doesn't even live her, and she also wants to avoid taking a credit hit/loan default issues.

Let me know if any other information needed, thanks for help.

edit: this is in Texas

Answer:
 Irrelevant and doesn't have to.

Irrelevant.

Well then she's on the hook for the entire 100k to the bank.

She can have a court order a sale, with the proceeds going to pay of the mortgage. If it's under they each owe 50% of the remainder, if it's over they get 50% of the profits each. She chose to enter a contract with him, she's bound to it.


Title: Trouble with parents, not sure what can/should be done

Question:
Before I was 18, my parents would often become violent towards me (I'm a pacifist). A good example would be before Christmas of 2013, when, after I had told them that I didn't want to go to Miami with my father for the day because I had college applications to wrap up, they dragged me out of my room, left me with bruises all over my body, began forcefully undressing me saying that I needed a shower, and videotaped me crying after the incident ended.  Once they did this they left for 2 weeks, leaving me to take care of the pets without any money, transportation, or any way to contact other people.

That was just one of many incidents that occurred over my childhood, but this post is geared more towards what happened just 2 days ago.

On the night of the 18th, my parents decided to go to a bar that they frequent, leaving me to care for our puppy until they got back.  When they returned, I was laying with the dog in my room and Skyping a few friends of mine.  My mother burst into my room, shut my laptop, and stormed off. Since I paid for the laptop with my own money, I simply told her that legally it was my property (as stated before, I am 18) and that she could not take it. The response I got was "My house, my rules"

I shrugged this off, they had a tendency to take it while I slept and hide it anyways, they aren't the epitome of mature.  So I went and wrapped up my laptop's power cord so that it wouldn't be chewed up by the dog.  While I was tidying it up, my mother returned to my room to take my 3DS (also something I paid for), my phone (they pay for, albeit the minimum since it is deactivated), and my wallet (containing my SSN, library card, and license, along with $30).  My response this time was to walk into their room to retrieve my property.

I was met with violence. I was thrown around, sat on, denied entry to the spot in which they had hid my property, put in a choke-hold, repeatedly told that I do not have human rights before being thrown outside with nothing but my clothes (no shoes).

It was just a matter of time before the cops noticed a young person wandering the streets at 3 a.m., so I was stopped and questioned. I told them everything I have disclosed here, as well as the fact that every single penny from the first 17 and a half years of my life is missing, drained from my bank account by my parents.

The cops told me "their house, their rules" and called them. My parents  lied and said that I would be let in within a few hours (come sunrise). That was yesterday. The past 2 nights I've been sleeping under a concrete bridge, assaulted by mosquitoes and all other sorts of creepy crawlies in the Florida humidity and rain.

Yesterday I walked 3 miles to a friend who provided me with transportation to get job applications. If there really is nothing I can do to get my property back, then a new slate is a must.  Sadly, I was not able to spend the night at anyone's house, because everyone that knows of my situation is currently enrolled in school.  So with the applications in hand, I got a ride back to my house where I knocked on the door and got no response. Every entrance was locked, so I ended up passing out outside, on concrete again.

Woke up in the rain, job applications in my hand, soaked. A lone post-it note was on the upper paper, it read "Take responsibility for your actions".

So on top of the property that was explicitly stolen a few nights ago, I have a collection of items worth at least $2000. If anyone is wondering what my parents' reasoning could be and if it may have to do with me not being enrolled in school at the moment, let me just say that they interfered with my educational career too, making it damn near impossible to go to college until I have thousands of dollars inaccessible to them.

I need to know if police would be able to help me get my stuff out of that god forsaken house and leave, possibly living with my friends if their parents agree. I would also like to know if legal action could be taken against them for their actions, there are plenty of incidents I am not including here.

Thanks for your time, I'll try to stay active here tonight, but I am not sure when I will have another opportunity to use a computer.

Answer: 1-800-448-3000 - get some help and some shelter. Worry about getting a lawyer later.... right now you need food and hope.


Question:
Benton County, Oregon.

I live in a large house where units are rented individually. The house is zoned as a 701-Improved Multi-Family (5 Units or More)~~single-family~~ dwelling, there are about 15 units and each room has a lock and an individually addressed mailbox. Bathrooms, living rooms and kitchens are shared.

Last Saturday, some neighbors in the house organized a large party, which I did not participate in. I spent the evening in my room, then went to bed.

Around 3am Sunday morning, I was woken up by the sound of banging on doors. The police had entered the house with a warrant to search for alcohol and audio amplifiers. The warrant was for the house address, not a specific unit.

The police had all the residents exit their rooms and go to the living room. Several doors had been kicked in. Every room was searched.

We were read our Miranda rights. Everyone, including myself, was then questioned. An officer threatened to charge me for withholding information. We were held in the living room for about three hours. Around 6:30am, we were told we could go back to our units.

My questions:
Were the police legally allowed to search our individual units?
Is it true that you can be charged for withholding information in this case?
Should I file a complaint with the police department?

Thank you in advance for any advice!

Edit: I checked with the county's property assessment office, and the house is actually classified as 701 - Improved Multi-Family (5 Units or More).

Answer:
 > Is it true that you can be charged for withholding information in this case?

no. you have no obligation to assist officers in the search...and as the miranda rights say, you don't have to answer anything without speaking to your attorney.Answer #2: I'm impressed that a single-family dwelling has room for 15 units. It's a somewhat unusual situation, but I would think that a warrant would presumably cover every room in the house, especially given so much shared space.

There are still some aspects of this that don't smell right. Alcohol and audio amplifiers aren't illegal, unless you're underage, but even so, it seems very unlikely that the police would seek out a judge to get a warrant in the middle of the night in response to a noise complaint or underage drinking. They might show up immediately, and then confiscate things or make arrests, but a 3.5 hour mass interrogation, including arrest, is very strange.

Is there any reason to think they were after something much more serious?


Title: Can Spotify really sue me?

Question:
https://developer.spotify.com/developer-terms-of-use/

tl;dr how can any of this shit hold an ounce of water? I'm not allowed to use their API in anyway they deem "competitive with Spotify"? I'm not allowed to sell an app that uses the Spotify API? What if i were to do that?

I know this sounds like a stupid question (and it might be). Can they really do that?

Answer: You're asking if you can be sued for taking something they created and using it to compete with them? Sure they can.


Title: (US-VT) Roommate won't let me move out.

Question:
I moved in with an acquaintance back in October, I signed nothing and was going to be subletting. I had a trip overseas planned in December already paid for.

 I lost my job in early November, but had paid my rent through January besides an outstanding $250 for the half of October I moved in during. I went overseas for what was supposed to be a two week trip,  from which I was to return and try to find a job to keep this apartment.

Once in the UK I was offered a place to stay and a part time job and even had my plane tickets changed and paid for by the person I was visiting,  I, of course, jumped at the opportunity. I had my friends and family arranged to have my stuff moved out by the first of January, and when I informed and apologized for the inconvenience to my roommate he declared that I was stealing from him and that he would refuse to let anyone in the collect my things and that I would still owe him for the remaining terms of the lease I never signed. I have no idea what my options are and am in a pretty bad financial state until I can start saving some of the money I make here in the UK or get tax returns back,  I just have no idea what to do.

My parents are older and have no means of financial or physical help and were going to just lend my friends their truck for moving purposes.

My friends are also friends of my roommate and understandably don't want to get in the middle of what's quickly becoming a drama filled situation.

Any advice would be very helpful. Any other details needed, please ask.

Answer: So you didn't sign a lease? You're a month to month tenant then since you paid the rent. You're usually required to give 30 days notice, so depending on when you gave notice, you may be liable for some portion of rent.


Title: Sexual exploitation of a minor

Question: [deleted]

Answer: You need a criminal defense attorney YESTERDAY.


Title: Employer rejecting my unemployment claim?

Question: So, my employer called me on my day off and said they were getting rid of my position due to the lack of business from covid. So, being out of a job, I filed for unemployment, however, my employer rejected the claim and said they would fight me if I decided to appeal. But, I don't have any solid evidence due to them laying me off over the phone. Am I just screwed? I dont have a witness and I'm in NC.

Answer: You should absolutely appeal if denied. They have a right to challenge a claim but do not make the decision. At the fact finding interview you simply state what happened, that you were let go. You will almost certainly prevail. They are just hoping you don't know that.


Title: Why do people say you should say and do nothing when arrested?

Question:
[Australia] I've been told my sister that if I am ever arrested for whatever reason, I should not write, talk or do anything really. I should just wait for my lawyer. Basically she said I shouldn't even talk and essentially act as if no one is there. Why is this? What are you protecting yourself against? What will happen if you DO talk?

It was brought up once more on a different sub. Legaladvice won't let me link to it, so I'll just quote it:

"If you get arrested you shut your dam dirty whore mouth until your Lawyer arrives. Even if they ask you if you want a soda. Just look at your feet. Shut the fuck up and say NOTHING."

Answer:
 Because the police want you to say things that they can use against you in court.  They (we) are trained in legal matters and what kinds of things are useful to use against you.

You, on the other hand, have no legal training at all.  So if you start talking, it's very possible that you'll say something that will make it worse.  Your attorney has a lot of legal knowledge, so you wait to see what they say you should do before you do anything at all.


Title: What should you do if you are asked to take a lie detector test?

Question: If I remember correctly, these tests have been ruled unreliable. However, they are still used all the time. Is it better for you to accept or deny it?

Answer: You should decline unless your attorney advises otherwise.


Title: Need advice: Friend has followed through with a Cash for Vows situation. What are the risks, dangers?

Question:
 We are in alabama. She met him on a dating site. They met and had sex twice and got married yesterday.She's talked to him less than a month. She married him for $1500. I am horrified and scared for her. I think it's the most idiotic thing she has ever done.  I know that she has not educated herself on anything, she's only going by what this guy has told her. What can I do? What should I do?
He is here on a student visa. I'm not sure from what country.

Answer:
 First of all, she is an idiot.  The going rate for this is 10-20K.

Basically, three different things can happen:

A.  Nothing.  Everything is fine and he gets his green card and later his citizenship.

B.  USCIS doesn't believe marriage is real and he does not get his green card.  In this case nothing happens to her.

C.  USCIS doesn't believe it is real and has evidence of fraud and he and her are prosecuted.
Answer #2: Not your circus, not your monkey. "Staying well out of it" is the legal advice here. Anything else should probably head to /r/relationships.


Title: [Update] (CT) Is There anything I can do? Coop Problems

Question:
This is an update to my fathers post https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/4o9iug/is_there_anything_i_can_do_coop_problems/

So this situation has progressively gotten stranger. After the last prospective buyer was not approved by the board we found another one and started the process again. The new buyer got through most of the process but in the end could not get a letter from his landlord and decided not to move forwarded so our real estate agent began looking for a new buyer.

She came to the apartment to show it to a prospective buyer and found that the lock box containing a key had the wrong key. As she was attempting to get the door open, the next door neighbor came to talk to her and said that the president of the board has been using the apartment to have sex with his mistress, and that she sees them go in and hears them all the time. The president of the board is a home owner within the co-op and would never have ANY authority to have a key or enter the apartment as he is NOT management and is not an employee.

My father contacted the president and he did not address the accusations but instead said that we are violating the bylaws by using the agent we choose and that we legally have to use the agent that typically represents the co-op, and admitted that when he saw the last perceptive buyer was young and had never filed a tax return the board did not even bother to review any of the massive amounts of paperwork they require, they just rejected her. We looked into the by-laws and there are no restrictions about what real estate agent we can use.

We emailed the management about what happened and they are outraged and trying to remove the president from the board because he has been illegally entering our apartment.

Do we have any legal recourse? We have been trying to sell this place for years while the president of the Co-op is illegally using our property and denying every applicant we present, potentially because he wants to protect his continued use of the property.

Thanks

Answer:
 If you can corroborate the reports that the president is using your house, it might be worth filing a police report. He's trespassing, and he knows it, and it's well beyond his authority to do so. Change the locks and get a cheap motion-activated trail camera you can leave somewhere inconspicuous in case he tries it again.

The rest, sadly, is now well into "get a lawyer" territory. Get all of your documentation in order, because you may have to sue the board if they keep refusing your buyers in bad faith. You'll also have to start selling it at something resembling market rates, though - the board has some duty to stop you from damaging property values for all the units (by selling your unit for a heavily discounted price) for your own benefit.


Title: What is the LA County Probation Department, and why am I being sent here instead of court? Juvenile (California)

Answer: Do you want to maybe explain what's going on, or do you just want us to guess?


Title: Help! Landlord demanding I sign a new lease that increases my rent by over $1500 and pay additional fees, UNLESS I buy the home for $350k over market value. He is threatening me with eviction in 14 days unless I comply.[Nashville/TN]

Question:
I am desperate for help, any advice would be greatly appreciated.

I actually posted about this before with limited response before but there has been some significant changes as of today.

**background:**

*My wife and I are currently renting a house in Nashville and recently renewed our lease for another two years to carry us through the remainder of our schooling. Both my wife and I are on the lease agreement, as well as both the husband and wife who own the house and serve as our landlords.
We have lived here for over a year and have had no issues as far as tenancy goes. We pay our rent on time, we take great care of their home, and we get along with all of the neighbors. During the entirety of our lease up to this point we have dealt almost exclusively with the wife as far as paying rent, letting her know of needed repairs, and negotiating the original and renewed lease agreement.
After some bizarre communications from the husband recently I reached out to the wife to verify some changes he was requesting regarding the paying of rent and it was disclosed to me that she has just begun the divorce proceedings.*

**Fast forward to today:**

So a few days ago the now ex-wife informed me the divorce was finalized and the husband would be taking over the lease.

Yesterday he asked me for a copy of the current lease stating he would be sending me a new one shortly. He also stated that as of 12/1 rent would be going up by $1000

Today I received the new lease and it raises rent by $1500, and he is also demanding an additional $500 in deposit fees.

He is also demanding that we sign the new lease by this Wednesday 11/20, or he will evict us in 14 days. UNLESS we agree to buy the home for over $350k OVER market value.

**Additional Information:**

During the divorce he repeatedly tried to solicit us to buy the house under the threat or increasing rent despite a statutory injunction freezing the sale of assets.

I provided the wife with all of these communications and he was not happy about it from what I have been told.

The wife also provided me with documentation showing the courts finding that the current lease is valid, which is why she remained our point of contact during dissolution.

**Advice?**
How do we proceed? I already sent out feelers to attorneys but it's Sunday so I have not heard anything back.

We are both grad students with finals beginning next week so this is not ideal.

Thank you!

Answer:
 He can’t do shit until your lease term is expired and you become month to month. Kindly tell him you will not be signing a new lease and you can discuss negotiating a new lease 30-60 days before yours ends. If he tries to evict you or change the locks have multiple copies of the lease available (digital and paper inside and outside of the house) and refuse to consent.

Make sure you continue to pay rent , as stated in your lease, otherwise he will have a case to evict you. But don’t give him a dollar more.

And find a new place to live when your term expires.Answer #2: You are not obligated to sign a new lease. The owner is still bound to the terms of the current lease agreement, including the rent amount. As long as you are in compliance with your obligations under the lease agreement, you have the right to serve out the remainder of the term unless the agreement allows the landlord to terminate it early.

Have you asked the landlord what basis he has for evicting you if you don't sign the new lease? Again, as long as you are in compliance with the terms of the lease, you can't be evicted for the term of the lease.


Title: [CO] GF had assault charges served against her during a panic attack at a hospital she didn’t consent to go to. What do we do now?

Question: My GF was having a panic attack during a while driving and I was able to calm her down enough to get her parked and find out where she was. Since I was 30 mins out I called the local dispatch number to have them check on her. I told the office where she was and that she was having a panic attack and I was on my way. I also told the officer that they should not approach her because it would freak her out more. They sent a fire truck and an ambulance. They made her get out of the car and into the ambulance so they could take a look at her. She said that she did want to go to the hospital because she didn’t have insurance to cover it and that I was on the way to help. They didn’t listen to her and began driving to the hospital. Once at the hospital they said they were going to give her something to help calm her down again she refused by repeatedly saying “I don’t give you consent to touch me”. At that point they surrounded her and at some point they grabbed her and when trying to get away an officer that was at the hospital got hit. They then restrained her to the bed and gave her medicine to basically knock her out \(still waiting for the hospital bill to find out what they gave her\). I got to the hospital and was told what happened and met with the doctor on call to answer some questions about her medical history. I let him know that she suffers from generalized anxiety disorder and suffers from panic attacks. He then said that this sounded just like a normal panic attack and released us saying that they treated her for a panic attack. When leaving I had to get her stuff from a security officer and that is when they served her a summons to appear in court with assault and battery charges. We are still trying to get a copy of the police report to see what actually happened since I am hearing this second hand from the nurse on call my GF who doesn’t remember everything because of the panic attack/drugs.  She has no record outside of a traffic violation from several years ago.  What do we do now?

Answer:
 > when trying to get away an officer that was at the hospital got hit

So she assaulted a police officer? That's not ok. She needs a lawyer ASAP.

Some times police are sympathetic in these situations, but if her panic attacks are so bad that she assaults people, she shouldn't have refused treatment and that's going to be held against her. The law is there to protect your gf as much as it is to protect other people. Having a disorder does not give your girlfriend the right to assault people, **especially police officers**.

Once again, she needs a lawyer. Depending on what she is charged with, this could easily turn into a jail situation without one. Answer #2: She should get a lawyer. If she can't afford one, at the court hearing she should plead not guilty and ask for a public defender. She should follow her lawyers advice.Answer #3: She should get a lawyer since it sounds like she has been charged with a crime.


Title: How do lawyers make money defending rich criminals if they have to give it all up in fines and restitution?

Question: How do rich criminals (drug kingpins, white collar fraudsters, etc) afford to hire big time criminal defense attorneys when the defendant ends up (often) having to give up millions in fines and/or restitution?

Answer:
 I would guess because the lawyer doesn't wait to get paid until after the conviction and the money is all gone.

They get paid up front and bill by the hour throughout the trial and whatnot.  By the time sentencing, fines, and restitution comes around, the attorney has already been paid for their work.


Title: Is getting busted for overworking employees a thing??? If so, i have a tale for you!! 681 hours in 4 pay periods

Question:
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My question is regarding trying to "go after" my previous employer. I've been unable to work since i quit there January of 2017. I tried getting a job in a kitchen with a friend right after, but that caused anxiety attacks as well. Tried a office depot (or clone) lasted 3 days, just panicking the whole time. Even dropping to my knees as a blubbering mess on my way to my car...

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They are a tribal casino. So they seemingly follow different rules. I've seen some shenanigans...

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or 12.675 hours per pay period. that isn't so bad. but...

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Dec, 5 2016 178.75 hours

Nov, 21 2016 139.5 hours

Nov, 7 100 hours

Mar, 27 2017 150.75 hours

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I got my days off still, I spent 4 full days on site at one point., sleeping in a lesser used office, i even went as far as to purchase a cot so we had somewhere to crash...

My boss at one point refused to let one of my coworkers drive home because he had been there so long he wasn't good to drive anymore.

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the final straw was getting threatened by another director, and mine refused to do anything because the former was married to the head of HR. He literally did this in front of my system admin, I had a witness. But he kept putting me off and i eventually snapped and demanded that he do it. He came at me with accusations of insubordination and falsifying time clock records and i decided to call it there...

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I'll leave my rant there. Does this sound even remotely like something they can be liable for?
Topic:
Labor Law (Unions)

Answer:
 Getting "busted" in what sense?...

You were free to quit there and find another job whenever you wished.


Title: Nephew bit on the face by a dog at daycare. Hospital gave no antibiotics.

Question:
Two parts to this story. First, last Friday my nephew (who is about two years old) was bit on the face by a dog at daycare. The dog belonged to the owners daughter and they were watching it for a few days. My brother went to pickup my nephew and the dog had his entire face in it's mouth. He was immediately taken to the hospital. He had bad cuts all over his face that were glued back together. Brother inquired about antibiotics but was told my nephew didn't need them because the cuts were on his face.

Yesterday, when he got him up, both of my newphew's legs were swollen, red, bumpy, and scaly. He was rushed to the doctor and found out his bite had become infected and puss filled. The doctor had to remove the glue from his head that was holding his gash marks together, which ripped them back open. They don't know what the infection is, other than the fact that it is caused by the bite. His legs were swollen to twice their normal size, he couldn't walk and he was in terrible pain. Doctor was livid that he wasn't put on antibiotics immediately.

From a legal standpoint does my brother have a case against either the owners of the daycare and/or hospital? Also this all happened in Oklahoma.
Topic:
Personal Injury

Answer:
 Have your brother call a personal injury attorney ASAP. Facial scarring really can be a big deal. Like make calls now or in the morning. Someone will be GLAD to talk to him. Answer #2: Having worked in a hospital ER years ago I know the standard of care for any animal bite is anti-biotics. You should get a PI lawyer and move forward with a lawsuit or settlement with the Dr, hospital and daycare. Answer #3: I would also make a police report.  Doesn't sound like a good daycare if animals are allowed to eat children. Answer #4: I think there's every possibility your brother has a claim against the day care owner on behalf of his son. And whilst I'm not a doctor, I would say not prescribing antibiotics in this situation was less than wise. Are you sure the doctor said "my nephew didn't need them because the cuts were on his face"? Because I've never heard that cuts to a specific part of the body were more or less inclined to get infected, so I have to say I suspect that there was miscommunication here.

Get a PI lawyer.


Title: [PA] Car towed after eating at restaurant?

Question:
Tonight, I went to a restaurant with a private parking lot. There's about 15-20 spots in the lot, and a max of 2-3 were taken before I parked. I went in, ate quickly, then went to the next building over to donate plasma. When I came back out, which was about 2 hours later, my car was gone. I spoke to a lady in the lot who said it was towed, and gave me only an address (as if that means something to me) to get it back. I went into the restaurant and asked the manager on duty if he had called it in, and if he remembered me. He said he remembered me (which he would have, since, as previously mentioned, there was literally nobody in the restaurant), and that nobody from that restaurant called the towing company.

I walked to the address, and on the way, figured out the company and phone number. They made me wait outside, in 40 degree weather, for an hour before the guy showed up. He said that nobody at the restaurant called it in, but the lot was monitored by a monitoring company, but he didn't know (or wouldn't say) which one. I showed him the receipt of my restaurant meal, and he didn't care. He said if I wanted to contest it, I could come back in the morning. I said I'm absolutely contesting it, but I need my car to get home. In the end, I had to pay $190 to get my car back.

So, do I have any recourse here, or is this just shady-but-legal bullshit that happens in America now, and we all have to bend over and take it?

Answer: I understand that you are upset about it, but nobody did anything wrong. After you finished your meal, you ceased being a customer of the restaurant. Did you ask someone at the restaurant if you could stay parked there for another two hours? Answer #2: Title is bad. You were towed for parking in the restaurant’s lot for two hours while you were someone else. Answer #3: Sounds like you parked in the restaurant’s lot and went somewhere else. Why not park at the plasma place?


Title: [MI] How to stop rapist from getting custody?

Question:
According to some friends I was raped while drunk at a party. I was blacked out and don't remember anything.

Now the rapist says she is pregnant and thinks I might be the father. If that's true, can I prevent her from getting custody? I don't think a rapist should be raising a child.

To be honest, I don't think I'm ready to raise a child either but at least if I have sole custody I hope to ensure the child is adopted to a good family.

Obviously I also don't want to pay child support to a rapist which could end up happening if she gets custody, right?

Answer:
 Did you report the rape to the police? That is your first step. Answer #2: "if I have sole custody I hope to ensure the child is adopted to a good family."

Sole custody won't give you the right to adopt out a child. Answer #3: Right now, there is no custody to be fought.

If you feel a crime was committed, you need to call the police.

Since you do not remember the encounter, they will likely interview your friends.

I would be careful in calling her a "rapist", in describing events that you do not remember.  You could be opening yourself up to claims of defamation, and hurting future custody standings.Answer #4: > if I have sole custody I hope to ensure the child is adopted to a good family.

Sole custody doesn't mean what you think it means.Answer #5: Have you filed a police report?Answer #6: > can I prevent her from getting custody?

The father of a child can always petition the court for custody.


Title: Can I legally ban someone from attending my funeral in my final will and testament? (Minnesota)

Question:
Hello!

I  was curious as to if there were any surefire legal methods to prevent  certain people (from both family and friends of family) from attending  my funeral who I do not wish to be there. I tried searching online, and  could not find any information on the legality of it specifically. (My  wording may have been poor, haha)

The  two main answers I was seeing were that because I was paying the owners  of the funeral home for the service, they would have to comply to those  wishes and not allow certain people in (not sure on how true that is) -  and also just adding it to my will, and ensuring that the executor of  my estate is trustworthy enough to make it happen after my death.

Wanted  to see if anyone had any information before setting up an appointment  with a lawyer or such to draft my will. Hopefully this is enough  information, but let me know if you need any more - and sorry if this  has been posted before, if it has I couldn't find it. Thanks!

Answer: Zero advice but I just needed to add that this a whole new level of petty and I am HERE.FOR.IT.


Title: Knee pain after knocking it into poorly designed part under desk. What can I do?

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 RICE treatment for the knee, cover the sticking out metal parts with foam. Answer #2: This is not a legal question. You have really failed to follow up with the proper people at the office to deal with it. The fact that you don't even know the name of the lady who is in charge of these things suggests to me that you want two people who already have full-time job duties to add your personal comfort to the list of things they need to attend to, and in fact, that you want to them prioritize it above all else.

YOU need to put more effort into finding the woman's name out and going to talk to her. Go to HR if it's that much of a problem. Or lower the chair. Or buy some kneepads from a sporting goods or pharmacy. Be your own agent and stop waiting for other people to baby you.


Title: [SC] A friends dentist did not remove all of a cavity in her tooth. They also did not take x rays before hand which was weird to me. Now she has to get a root canal. This same situation happened to me at another dentist but my dentist wiped $400 of my bill. Is this considered negligence?

Answer: This is a violation of Rule 1.


Title: Does Indiana state law prevent people with mental illnesses from receiving a CPA license?

Question:
According to [IC 25-1-11-5](https://codes.findlaw.com/in/title-25-professions-and-occupations/in-code-sect-25-1-11-5.html):

> A practitioner is subject to the exercise of the disciplinary sanctions under section 12 of this chapter if, after a hearing, the board finds that a practitioner has continued to practice although the practitioner has become unfit to practice due to physical or mental disability.

And according to the [Indiana CPA license application](https://forms.in.gov/Download.aspx?id=5537), it asks if you have ever been convicted of an act which would constitute a ground for disciplinary sanction under IC 25-1-11-5.

I am a student and want to make sure this will not disqualify me in the future. I am in therapy and may be receiving a diagnosis for OCD in the near future. Should I put off receiving a diagnosis?

Answer:
 Not an expert but I know several accountants and many other professional licenses have a similar clause.

The key word there is "unfit." The intent is not to disqualify you for having ever had any kind of mental illness, such as a bout of depression or ADHD. The intent there is to remove the CPA license from someone whose mental disability has progressed to the point where they cannot perform the duties expected of one with a CPA. So late stage alzheimers, diseases causing very poor memory, etc.

Furthermore, receiving a diagnosis is the not the same thing as a conviction. Since that questions ask for "conviction" they're referring to criminal actions, not medical diagnoses. So a medical diagnosis of anything doesn't qualify for that question.


Title: [BR] My ps4 got stolen and now someone is using my psn account

Question:
Someone broke into my house and stole my ps4, my insurance already gave me the money equivalent to the ps4 but the robber or the guy who bought the ps4 from the robber is using my psn account

My first instinct was to recover my psn account so I can use it to play online

But then on secound thought I realized that it might be a good idea to talk the guy using my account so I can discover if he is the robber or if he is a guy who bought the ps4 from the robber, if it is someone who bought the ps4 unknowingly from the robber he might help the police track the robber

I have a opportunity to do some justice here and I feel like taking it because there are a lot robberies going on in the neighborhood and maybe that can help a bit

What you guys think?

Answer:
 Either this person broke into your house, or they bought a stolen PS4. Either way, they are not going to tell you the truth.

Just recover the account and move on.


Title: "Employer" is asking me to sign a contract that we both know that I can't fulfill

Question:
I recently took a position as a research assistant at a university. It's all done for free, I don't get paid for this. A grad student that interviewed me for the position is asking me to sign a contract that says that I am to stay in that position for an entire academic year, even though I can only do it for a semester.

I told the grad student that I can only do it for a semester and therefore cannot sign the contract, but the grad student told me to sign it anyways. When I said that I didn't feel comfortable signing the contract because of my availability, the grad student said to just check off the one semester that I am working (under normal circumstances, a student would check off two) and sign it anyways.

I'm getting a bad vibe from this. I do have emails that prove that this was authorized, but I believe that they will have me sign this contract and have me work for one more semester. Should I still not sign this contract?

Answer:
 IANAL:
I'm guessing it is a generic employment form used by the university. What I would do is strike out instances of "entire academic year", write in "one semester", and then get both yourself and the grad student to intial the change. That way your contract reflects reality and the grad student still gets to use the canned employment form.


Title: Any loophole or change to make my subreddit idea feasible?

Question:
Hi /r/legaladvice,

I had an idea to create a subreddit for people to sahre self made mix cds, to show other people new/obcure music you like, like a penpalship.
After i posted the idea, i realized, that i created a snailmail pirate music exchange.

Has anyone an i dea for something like a disclaimer to make this less illegal? would it help if anyone who participates agrees to destroy the disk if he is not in posession of the originals?

Here's the link to the findareddit request:
https://www.reddit.com/r/findareddit/comments/3rm4k2/a_subreddit_where_you_can_exchange_self_made_mix/

Answer:
 > Has anyone an i dea for something like a disclaimer to make this less illegal?

You can't simply disclaim away illegal actions.

In this case, you're operating a scenario that depends on copyright infringement.  There's no way you're going to write a disclaimer that makes that OK.

People can certainly post "check out this new music", or could share links to YouTube, Spotify, whatever.  But shipping around pirated music will never be workable.


Title: My mover accidentally broke someone else’s tail light

Question: Hello! So I am moving into a new apartment and I had some family members help move furniture in. They accidentally tapped a cars back tail light with the couch leg and broke the outter glass like a 2 inch hole. We left a note with name and number on the car but I’m not sure if I’m liable? what do I do? Every one keeps telling me that I should not have left a note at all? No one has tried calling me or left a voice mail either and this is a day later

Answer:
 1. The people saying you should not have left a note have a malfunctioning moral compass.
2. You individually are not liable. The guy who did the damage is. If you want to pay for the damage on his behalf since he was acting on your behalf, that is perfectly legal and would be reasonable.
3. You can make another attempt to reach out and be sure they got the note, or you can let it drop. Leaving the note seems appropriate as long as you think they got it.
4. Technically, your mover damaged their property and is responsible for paying for it, legally and morally. It's not necessarily a crime, but a civil suit would surely end in the car owner's favor.Answer #2: Whoever broke the tail light would be liable for the damage if and when the owner contacts you.


Title: Medical Marijuana and New Employment Testing

Question:
I am a recent Mechanical Engineering graduate and starting my job search. I live in New Jersey and I am a medical marijuana patient. In NJ at least, there is a law that protects medical marijuana patients from being denied employment due to testing positive for marijuana. (Not that you can prove they denied you because if it.)

I was wondering if anyone has experience with marijuana use and new job testing for mechanical engineers, whether it be in NJ or any other legal (recreational or medical) state. I'm torn between relying on the law that is supposed to protect me vs just not using marijuana for a month or longer depending on how well the search goes.

Also, are there employers that can deny any marijuana user, whether is it legal in their state or not? I read somewhere that government funded employers can deny you for a positive test due to marijuana being federally illegal.

Answer:
 Multiple-Someone-Elases have already asked this question. The summation of all the threads are.

**(1) The Federal Contractor Exception:** Anything to do with the federal level, or receives money from the federal level, can deny you employment.

**(2) Drug and alcohol free work place exception**: You can be fired from a "drug and alcohol free work place" if you are caught using, or drinking on the job. You can ONLY use medical marijuana when you are not at work.

**(3) Safety hazard Exception:** If your marijuana has the potential to create a safety hazard, that endangers others, you can be fired or refused employment.

**(4) The Toxic Person exception:** Your behavior (withdrawal symptoms) when  NOT consuming the drug, or while consuming the drug can also lead you to be fired, or refused employment.


Title: Found out I'm due to be a surprise dad in october. My girlfriend and I are still together and on good terms..but what steps can I take to prevent me from getting screwed if things head south? [US, MI]

Question:
I said it all in my post. My girlfriend told me she was knocked up a few months ago. I'm excited about being a dad but unfortunately my girl isn't the most stable. So I'd like to be set in the event that shit hits the fan and it all falls apart...I'd like to have at least some of my bases covered. But I don't even know where to start. Help?
Topic:
Custody Divorce and Family

Answer:
 1.Paternity test - I don't care if you are 100% sure. If you are scared of her freaking out you can always do the drug store tests (not legal proof, but is a good way to protect yourself JIC).

2.If you do not live together, go to an attorney or mediator  to work out a simple custody and child support agreement.

Do these things while you both like each other. Answer #2: What bases are you trying to cover exactly?


Title: (MI) can I request a physician not to disclose information to my family?

Question:
Hello. I have a Doctor's appt today that my father is going to attend. Can I request that certain information not be discussed during this visit? I went to the HIPAA sub Reddit but there's not many people on there.
Topic:
Healthcare Law including HIPAA

Answer: Do you want him to come back with you? If this is something he is forcing, please call the doctor's office beforehand and explain the situation.Answer #2: how old are you?


Title: (TEXAS) Me and my friends were pulled over last night and I feel the police did some shady things.

Question:
So as a precursor I was riding in the back right of the car. I was let free and told to walk to the nearest Mcdonalds my 2 friends (who are brothers whos parents know the police) were taken to their parents house, and the driver for a DUI a MIP and a PDP. Im gonna try to be as unbias as possible. All the passengers were drunk and high, the driver was just high. We were riding through a place notorious for police. As we were driving I hear the driver go fuck thats the police behind me and we see their lights go on. They approach the car ask for license insurance and say we were playing our music to loud, he then calls for backup. When the backup gets their they say for us to turn our cellphones off and for the driver to open the door. The driver opens the door and the police unlocks the car. They proceed to grab each and everyone of us and handcuff and search us, then sit us down on a curb. All this time my friend has been asking to be brethalyzed because he was not drinking. The officer shines a flashlight in his eyes and then looks at his tongue, that is all. Meanwhile another police officer is tearing apart this kids car looking in glove boxes the trunk everything. My friend politely asks if he needs some type of warrant to search his car and the cop replies "Oh we got a fucking lawyer, huh? I got all I need, I smelled weed and ur fucked!" At the end of the day they found a socket with weed residue (pdp) and 1 empty beer and 2 empty four lokos (mip) and charged my friend with a DUI. I was allowed to walk to mcdonalds and the two other kids were taken home. (one had a gram of weed put the police didnt find it). I understand that I dont know the law very well so thats why im posting here. It definately felt like they did some illegal stuff but im not sure and I would like to find out what you guys think.
Thanks!
Topic:
Searches and Seizures

Answer:
 >I was let free and told to walk to the nearest Mcdonalds

That's what we call a "gift."

>All the passengers were drunk and high, the driver was just high. We were riding through a place notorious for police.

Everyone's drunk and high, so riding through a place notorious for police makes a ton of sense.

>They proceed to grab each and everyone of us and handcuff and search us, then sit us down on a curb.

Sounds about right...you were all drunk and high by your own account.  They obviously smelled the weed.  They then:

>Meanwhile another police officer is tearing apart this kids car looking in glove boxes the trunk everything.

I don't know about the trunk part of it, but in the grand scheme of things it doesn't matter since they found the weed (I'm assuming it wasn't in the trunk).

This one made me LOL:

>All this time my friend has been asking to be brethalyzed because he was not drinking.

Kid is stoned off his tits so he says "officer, officer, breathalyze me, I haven't been drinking!"  That doesn't matter when you're driving stoned.


Title: My boss is cheating on me, what should I do?

Question:
[Philadelphia, PA]

Hi all, I don't know whether this is the correct place to ask for such thing, but here it goes.

When I started working (restaurant) my boss offer me $500/week (cash) . 1 week = 6 days = 50 hours. And he always pays me on time the following week. A month after he told me that he is going to pay me by the 16th and the 1st. So I got $1,000 on the 16th and another $1,000 on the 1st.

Until my friend told me that my boss been cheating with my payment. He told me if I work for a year then I will only get 11 months worth of money. $500 x 52 weeks (1 year) = $26k. My boss should pay me this much, but instead $2,000 (1 month) x 12 = $24k. So $26k - $24k = $2,000. That is a month worth.

I tried to ask for a weekly payment and he did comply for a month , only by the end of last month he told me that he's going to skip a week on may and August since those months have 5 weeks. I asked why and he kind of upset trying to explain that he paid me monthly and since I asked for weekly payment so he had to divide that month to 4. I didn't say anything else and didn't talk much at him. I know that he promised to pay $500 a week not by monthly

Should u report him? should I quit and look for another job? Should I fight for my right? Any advice would help. Thank you so much for your time.

Tl;dr my boss been cheating on me, instead paying a full year he only going to pay me for 11 months.
Topic:
Employment Law

Answer:
 You should consider working for someone who follows tax laws, and one where you're protected as an employee by following the tax laws of the United States. Are you a citizen? This might also help youAnswer #2: You have three choices:

Report your boss for paying under the table.  You probably won't see any benefit to this, but it will stop him from doing it to others.

Quit and look for a legal job.

Stay with the job and hope things get better.  But it won't get better, I can all but guarantee that your boss will keep pulling shit like this to avoid paying you what you deserve.

Working under the table puts you in a lot of risk.  If you are injured, there is no insurance.  If you fuck up and hurt someone or break something while working you can end up on the wrong side of a lawsuit.  You aren't paying taxes on your income, the IRS will go after you if they get a hint you are working and not paying taxes.  Your labor protections are weakened because you aren't an official employee. Answer #3:  Sounds like you're "saving" the difference by not paying taxes so you may want to eat it instead of getting your employer (and maybe yourself) in trouble. Look for legal work. Answer #4: If your boss wants to pay you 2 times per month then just make sure it is $1083 (26k per year, as per your original agreement).


Title: [Virginia] I hit my neighbor's car with my bike, leaving a skid mark and cracking the bumper what happens now?

Question:
I knocked on his door, and apologized and gave him my address and name. He gave me his card and told me to have my parents contact him. I was just wondering what kind of consequences this holds.
Topic:
Traffic and Parking

Answer:
 Expect you and/or your parents to have to pay for damage. If not to him, then to his insurance company.

Nothing criminal has happened from your version of events.

P.S. Good on you to have manned-up and told him what happened, it was the right thing to do.


Title: [MI] Ex-wife accessing my private calendar for the last year without consent

Question:
Long story short, currently engaged in a custody battle for my children and just received her list of evidence which includes cell phone pictures of my private Google calendar (via sync with Microsoft calendar) for the last year.  I never gave her my passwords (even when married) and never gave her consent to access it for obvious reasons.

The computer is a previous family computer for which we had separate password protected accounts and I deleted all passwords, cookies, accounts, etc, before handing it over in the divorce.  My calendar must have remained synced to Microsoft calendar somehow.

There is nothing on my calendar I wouldn't feel comfortable explaining to my grandma or defending in court, but it just feels like a huge invasion of my privacy.  Is this illegal in the US, specifically Michigan?

Answer: You should be able to unsync your Google calendar from the Microsoft calendar in the settings. Change your passwords on both.Answer #2: If you have her a computer that was linked to your account I dont think there would be any legal action you can take against her. But like another user posted, you may be able to have that information removed from the record. How she could use that information against you I'm not sure though.


Title: Father plans to kick brother out of family home after argument

Question:
Hello!

I was informed by my mother that my father is planning to throw my bother out of our family home over an argument they had earlier this week. My brother is currently away from the house visiting a friend and will return next week, which is when my father plans to throw him out. I am unaware if he knows of this or not and am waiting to hear from him. The house is in Pennsylvania, and both my parent's names are on the mortgage, which they are still paying. Both of my parents are in their 50's - 60's, with my mother having retired and my father planning to soon.

Currently my brother (25) lives at home, and has since he finished school around 2014. He is currently employed in the area, but does not make enough to afford an apartment. The home is also his registered address. My mother who manages the finances of the home has stated my brother contributes financially to the house ( though he doesn't pay any form of rent ) in the way of buying groceries and contributing to bills when he can. He has no drug or alcohol issues, and has not been in any trouble legally. however my father has threatened to throw out family before, namely my mother several times when we were growing up. she told me he also threatened to throw her out now as well when she defended my brother. My mother does not want my brother thrown out.

Admittedly when I researched this I found references to both eviction and ejectment though a lot of it went well over my head. A lot of the references I found said a claim or complaint would have to be filed with the Pennsylvania State Court and would proceed from there.

My question is, what course of action can my brother and mother take / since both my parent's names are on the mortgage as joint owners? What rights does my brother technically have in this type of situation?

I currently reside and work in another state and was no party to any of this, so i only have one side's story. My brother and father are both idiots who butt heads often, but I want to try to help resolve this as amicably as possible.

Thank you for any advice you have

Answer: Yes your brother is a tenant. The family relationship is irrelevant to that. they would have to follow the process to remove a tenant. if your mom is also on the deed and she gives her permission to stay then he could not be evicted.


Title: [MO] Disability accommodation, told not to attend class.

Question: Missouri. I have a documented condition on file with my school that I receive therapy for and take medication to help manage. I am in my final semester of college and needed an accommodation to help me get through a class. Accommodation was granted through the college disability office and delivered by me to the professor. During this meeting he signed off on it and seemed like he would work with me to finish an alternate project so I could graduate but wasn't happy about it. After our meeting he sent me an email saying it would be best if I didn't attend class because he seemed worried that my accommodation will upset my classmates. Now I can't get the professor to engage with me and he has yet to send me any class/lecture materials I've missed by not attending class. I paid my tuition in full for these hours. I'm afraid that with 55 days left in the semester that I am too far behind to graduate, especially if the teacher won't email or call me back. Do I have any recourse? I'm a hard working dedicated student who has never had any issues in the past. I just want to graduate and feeling pretty powerless. Thanks for reading.

Answer:
 Please go back to the disability office and ask for help ASAP.

I don't think law is the best avenue to pursue this at this time. You'll probably have a lot of luck going through the disability office, ombudsman, department chair, etc. Just keep talking until someone listens.Answer #2: Go back to your college disability office and let them know what's going on.


Title: [NJ] Lifeguards at pool don't seem prepared for emergency

Question: I belong to a swim team which practices at a local high schools pool, and the lifeguards really have me concerned. For starters, they never wear swimsuits, and just wear regular clothes, often times with their sneakers. At one of our meets, during warmup (when the pool is extremely crowded) I saw them looking at their phones and they didn't seem to be paying attention at all. There's a fair number of little kids who swim in the pool, and some elderly people as well, which makes me all the more scared that something will happen. Is there someone I could/should report this to?

Answer: This isn't a legal issue.  You are right to be concerned, though. The lifeguards should be alert, attentive, and ready to jump in the pool in the event of an emergency. You can bring this up to whomever employs the lifeguards.


Title: TEXAS: My boyfriend crashed my car, and my parents didn’t inform me they didn’t pay the insurance. Now he’s being sued.

Question:
Hello, first time poster on here. If I’m breaking any rules I’m sorry. Also I am on mobile so excuse that. Also my boyfriend is not on my insurance.

San Antonio, Texas. My boyfriend accidentally ran a stop sign, was not driving fast he rolled passed it in my car. Another car hit us. Not much damages to his car, more damage to mine. I looked for my insurance in the car and I cannot find it. I log in to get it online, and can not locate it. My parents pay our insurance all together due to it being cheaper. I called my dad and he stated that they fell behind on some bills and didn’t pay the insurance for my car or any of the other cars for that month.
We pay the guys deductible for progressive, to fix his car. We paid $500 dollars to him.
NO police report was made, police were not even called. The guy stated that he had a dash cam but I never saw anything.
The guy had asked us to pay $700 to him a couple days later to get his car out of the shop. He only asked us to pay a little over half of the costs was to get his car out of the shop.
My boyfriend refused.
Today we receive a letter that he is being sued for over 4,000 dollars to cover the damages to his car.

Is there anything we can do? All suggestions would be helpful. Thank you for your time.
Topic:
Insurance

Answer:
 > Is there anything we can do?

He can hire a lawyer to defend him. It sounds like it's the guy's insurance company suing to recover what they paid out. There's a good chance your boyfriend will lose this case and have to pay.


Title: Doctor Recommended an Emotional Support Animal [MI]

Question:
During a recent visit with one of my doctors, she suggested that I get a dog to alleviate some of the symptoms of my generalized anxiety disorder. From what I have read (mostly publications from MSU's Law School website) the accommodation has to be reasonable, I have to be able to document that I have a disability, and that there must be a direct link between having an ESA and alleviation of the symptoms of the disability.
I know of several other people in my particular building with dogs of various sizes, all either Service Dogs or ESAs. The building has a "no pets" policy written into the lease.
I can easily document my history of mental illness (I have been being treated for it for about 6 years.) I suffer from severe panic attacks that sometimes also result in vomiting and/or passing out. Additional symptoms include the inability to sleep (constant sickness,) teeth grinding (had to raise medication dosage to avoid jaw surgery) and the occasional inability to leave my apartment.
Throughout the years, I have been on various medications that often have negative side effects. My goal is to be off of the medication so that I do not have to experience these side effects.
I currently have a letter from my Psychotherapist "prescribing" me an ESA. I can also obtain a letter from my Psychiatrist whom I have been seeing for about 3 years.
What is the most peaceful/painless way to go about this? I plan on sending an email to the administration requesting a meeting regarding bringing an ESA into the building. Do I need to request a change to my lease or some other written waiver? I understand the need to establish that I need an ESA, but I would obviously prefer to keep my history of mental illness as private as possible. Any advice is greatly appreciated.

TL;DR: Doctor recommended getting an ESA. Lease has a "not pets" policy. What is the best way to go about this?

Answer: See the wiki: https://www.reddit.com/wiki/legaladvice/esa


Title: Is it legal to add infrared LEDs to my license plate holder to interfere with police license recognition cameras? (VT)

Question: Assuming they would work, that is.  I'm wondering if the requirement for readability implies camera readability or just human.  Has this been tested anywhere?

Answer:
 [Title 23, Chapter 7, § 511] states plainly:

> The number plates shall be kept entirely unobscured, and the numerals and the letters thereon shall be plainly legible at all times.

So no, you can't obscure it with LEDs. Answer #2: With the law written the way it was, I'd assume the farthest you'd get is a court to determine if the law is being interpreted the right way.

And judges aren't huge fans of smartasses trying to circumvent getting in trouble. So I wouldn't count on being too lucky.


Title: My most previous landlord has to be a reference for my rental history and is ruining any chances I have of getting into a new place. OR.

Question:
So I moved out of my last place due to a break up. I'm working on getting a new place and I have applied, and they told me that my rental history was bad so I called my two most previous landlords. One was for the last five years and one was for two years before that.

The one for the last 5 Years told me that she didn't like me that I came off as too assertive and she had to protect her reputation and make sure to tell any other person that might be renting to me that I was not very nice and that she didn't like me.

I have never paid rent late, I have always paid my half of rent, never had anyone but the internet company come to our apartment for issues, and always notified her when there were problems with other tenants. I also only met and spoke to the landlord one time, 5 years ago when we did a rental inspection and moved in.

Do I have any leg to stand on in Oregon to make her stop or find a place without her being notified? I can't live with my folks forever just because one person doesn't like me.

Answer:
 In my initial searches, it appears that you are only protected against bad landlord references in cases of domestic violence. Sounds like you're out of luck here, which sucks. Maybe try explaining to your perspective landlords ahead of time.

Edit: If you're living with your parents right now, list them as your current landlord. It's not untrue and would certainly be easier than looping in this nightmare of a person. Answer #2:
>I have never paid rent late, I have always paid my half of rent, never had anyone but the internet company come to our apartment for issues, and always notified her when there were problems with other tenants.
>>they told me that my rental history was bad

??Answer #3: Many landlords will not check rental references, or just use them as one part of the overall decision. If someone decides not to rent to you there is other stuff going on too. Some common red flags are unp aid judgements, or unpaid utilities, short work history, not enough income. Keep looking


Title: Can an Officer open my car door?

Question: I was pulled over, my car window doesn't work ( I suspect someone tried to break in, there was a ring around it as if a suction cup had been placed one it.) Anyway, the officer comes up to my car and knocked on the window. I yelled to him that the window doesn't roll down. Then, he opened my car door without asking. I was shocked, I felt so invaded. I asked him if he was allowed just open a car door like that. He looked at me and said yes, he was sure. He wrote me four tickets, all for $237.00.

Answer: How else was the cop supposed to communicate and interact with you if the window was not down and the door was not open?Answer #2: Sure. If you had something illicit in there, you *might* have an argument to an unreasonable search. But in facts, if your a cop, you pull someone open and all they do is yell at you, there could be plenty of reasonable reasons to open your door. You could have been in danger.


Title: Someone has deficated on my property AL. What legal action can I take.

Answer:
 First you need to document this mystery poo.  Personally, I always opt for a hand-drawn sketch.  While it may offer less detail than a picture, by sketching the poop yourself you will better commit the essence of the turds to memory.  Why is the essence important, you ask?  Well, I'll tell you.

The essence is important because you need to get into the mind of the pooper.  This isn't just a simple act of vandalism, this is much much more.  You need to know as much about this guy or gal as possible.  Their likes and dislikes.  Whether they enjoy corn or not.  Their consistency.  Whether they are a firm or soft personality.  The range of expansion of their sphincter muscles.

Along with mastering the essence of the dung, you will want to memorize the smell.  I suggest some sort of smell enhancing device, similar to the smell telescope from Futurama. Further, take note of the location of the doo doo.  How is it placed?  Did it fall from high?  Or were cheeks near the grass?  Is it scattered? Or clumped?

Once you are truly in the mind of the deficator, you will ascend to a higher plane of detection.  Then, and only then, will you be able to find this poopstermind.  This turdagler.  At this point, you will enter a meditative state, called manur-itate (similar to meditate), and your mind will permeate with feces.  Once you will awaken, you will be sitting face to sphincter with your culprit.  Finally, after your long journey, you will catch him brown handed.


Title: Paypal has held my money for more than 180 days and is now ignoring me

Question:
I sold 3d printed jigs so if you wanted to repair your switch you can. 100's of of them still for sale on ebay with "paypal" as the way of paying.

Anyway. I waited 6 months. It's only 60 dollars but that's not that point.

I want to take them to small claims court here in Colorado (Black Hawk). Looking for any advice on doing this on my own. Thank you.

Answer: I'll be watching the responses for any good advice. February will be 180 days for me. Legitimate Paypal Business account. No excessive chargebacks (1/1000 was my norm). 5+ year account. 20,000+ transactions. They locked my account in August and I still am not getting any help or answers from them. When they asked I provided them with tax returns, bank statements, P&L statements etc... Nothing. They are still holding $16,000+ of my money hostage. I ran an Ebay business succesfully for 5 years. I had to completely close shop and change careers once this happened because I could no longer accept payments from Ebay customers. Paypal is a gross and disgusting company.


Title: Legal services that will write demand letters on your behalf?

Question:
 I need a legal service preferably under the name of a attorney in order to write a demand letter to commercial institution. If push comes to shove I will not litigate, but I've been informed that the letter is an asset that I'll need for an ongoing fraud claim.

Are there any services that specialize in writing a demand letter at low cost?

Answer:
 >legal service preferably under the name of a attorney

Like a law firm?


Title: (US-CA) New neighbors moved in. 3k+ damage to my car. Not sure how to proceed.

Question:
    Thanks in advanced; Im 21 years old, I just bought my first car (2014 Dodge Charger) on the 22nd of May. Didnt have insurance at the time so Im kind of screwed.
On Friday the 2nd of June new neighbors were moving in that day. I got home from work (2pm). Parked my car in the street. Went inside and took a nap. I came back out at (7pm) to meet with some friends when I looked and saw the entire front end of my car had been ripped off and hanging. I asked my neighbor across the street and he said he watched the whole thing happen. "Who ever was helping my new neighbors move in backed their truck into my car and pulled forward ripping off those parts. My neighbor said the person got out. looked. shrugged. and pulled down the street and continued on. The girl who was moving in just got home. Pulled up. Saw what had happened. Instructed said person to go down the street. They both left in seperate vehicles but returned in just hers without the truck."
I immediately called the police. They didnt arrive until two hours later but in the mean time as I was waiting outside the bad neighbor pulled up. I asked her politely if she knew what had happened at which point she denied everything. Then good neighbor comes out and she changes her tune. "How could this have happened, Im so sorry, this isnt right, I'll take responsibility." The whole 9 yards.
    A little bit of time passes and she asks if she can go pick up her girlfriend (lesbian, irrelevant but for clarity). When they come back I believe they have fabricated a new lie to hide their friend from a hit and run. "It was a day laborer we hired from in front of home depot, we dont know his name or anything. Just his phone number" They also stuck to this when the police officer arrived so it should be in the report. My question is I cant come out of pocket for over 3k in damage. If they say they hired said laborer does that make them responsible for the damage he caused, in which case I could take them to small claims? Am I shit out of luck and am just a victim of hit and run? Long Beach California.

Answer:
 If you can possible find out the people who drove the truck's information do it. Then sue them both (the girl and the person driving the truck) in small claims court. Let the judge decide who owes you the money.

As /u/Sabnitron said **if** you had insurance at this time this process would be way easier for you.Answer #2: Your narrative is extremely unclear, but what you described is a hit and run.

If you don't have insurance, your only real option is to sue in small claims, but to do that you will have to be able to identify them.

What actually happened when the police showed up?  Did they lie to the police? Did your neighbor witness make a statement to the police? Did the police officer take names/IDs of everyone involved?

If you can get the name of the person your neighbor saw hit your car, you can sue them for the damage. Ask your neighbor if he will be a witness. It will be a he said/she said, but it's probably worth your time. Answer #3: This is what you pay insurance for. File a claim, they'll ask for the details of what happened. Your insurance will make you whole and in turn go after whoever they find responsible to recoup their payout to repair your vehicle.


Title: Suing for incorrect prescription

Question: Do I have a good case for medical malpractice if my doctor incorrectly prescribed me a medication that I have previously informed him I was allergic to, and it caused rashes/hives on my face and body? Or does the degree of "harm" have to be more serious?

Answer: Typically law suits are filed to recover damages. Was it very expensive to get rid of the rashes?


Title: Am I entitled to money I put into my boyfriend's home for repairs and renovations? (MD)

Question: I have been living with my boyfriend for about 6 years in his home, which is in his name only (both the mortgage and deed). About 2-3 years ago, I put about $30k into repairs and renovations to the home. We are currently thinking about splitting up. Am I entitled to all or a partial of that money I spent on those repairs and renovations? There was never an agreement verbally or in writing stating what would happen if we split up. Thank you.

Answer:
 Almost certainly not, unfortunately. Improvements to your landlord's fixtures are generally not recoverable - they're little more than gifts. Your close personal relationship will contribute to that interpretation.

On the upside, over the life of your occupancy, that amounts to a bit over $400/mo - I'd be willing to bet you would have spent far more than that on the mortgage, if you were paying it yourself, or on rent, if you were living elsewhere. By any measure, I suspect you got a good deal.

However, if you had some agreement that the house would be yours too, or if your partner had otherwise promised to repay it, it might be worth speaking to an attorney to be sure. Initial "do I have a case" consultations are cheap enough.


Title: Does double jeopardy apply to impeachments?

Question:
Wasnt sure where to post this, figured this was better than r/AskReddit.

100% not looking for political discourse, just honestly curious about ramifications given things said by senators today.

Trump has been acquitted of his charges. We saw this coming. But given McConnell's speech where he states "There's no question, none, that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day. No question about it," and his reason for voting for acquittal is because he believes Trump is "constitutionally not eligible for conviction" given that he is no longer president. Does this open the door for Biden's DOJ or DC's district attorney to pursue charges of incitement of insurrection? Or would this be a case of double jeopardy?

I know nothing like this has ever happened before, and there's no legal precedent for it. I'm genuinely curious if McConnell's saying he can't be tried here as he's now a private citizen, could he be charged as a private citizen for it?

Location: USA

Answer: No, impeachment is not a criminal process. We use the word “acquittal,” here confusingly, I admit. But this decision has no preclusive effect on any criminal prosecution that might be levied against Donald Trump in the future.


Title: Both Hulu and Apple charging me for a Hulu subscription for over a year.

Question:
I know this is pretty stupid, but I'm not very happy about it.

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A little over a year ago I got a Hulu subscription online, then I went and downloaded the app on my iPhone. When I downloaded the app I guess it started a new subscription and started charging me through my Apple ID. I got the upgraded one with no commercials so it was $11.99/month. The point is that I've been charged by both Apple and Hulu for at least 15 months of service (the receipts are still in my email). I called Hulu, they say they have no access to purchases done through Apple. I called Apple, they say they have no access to purchases through Hulu. I cancelled both but Apple was the only one willing to refund about $23, but I'm out more like $180 for getting charged twice for that long. Apple said they can't refund any purchases older than 90 days or something, so all the older transactions can't be refunded.

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Sure, it's not a ton of money, but it's still messed up. I've kind of come to terms with the fact that I'm not going to be able to get my money back, and any real legal action will end up costing me way more than I lost and is probably pointless. Is there anything I can do about this other than that? Can I report them to the FCC or something? It just seems really messed up and I wish I could do something about it other than just giving up.

Answer:
 So you signed up, forgot to cancel, ignored monthly charges for 15 months and now want to do something about it?

You may complain and be a pain in the butt customer, but there's no recourse.


Title: Not Paying a Parking Ticket in Canda, on a US Rental Car?

Question:
Hello, so like the title suggests, i've received a parking ticket in the city of Ottawa while visiting from the United States (New Hampshire) My Hertz rental car (Florida plates) was correctly ticketed when i forgot to move my car.

Now, the ticket correctly identifies my car via the plate number, but in the Province section it says  "FL" for florida.  Not sure if that matters.

I've heard that out of province people don't have to pay the ticket because it's not legally enforceable. I understand that New York has an agreement with Quebec if this happens that it is enforceable.

So here's my question. Is this something I should pay? Will I have any issues entering the country in the future if i don't? And will they notify Hertz? (Hertz is available in Canada) because the car belongs to them (Hertz USA)

It's a $120 fine, or $100 if paid before "01/08/2017" which i'm guessing is  DD/MM/YYYY, so August 1st.

Answer:
 They will contact Hertz. Hertz will pay the fine and then turn around and charge your credit card along with a healthy convenience fee. Answer #2: >but in the Province section it says "FL" for florida. Not sure if that matters.

Nope.

>And will they notify Hertz?

Definitely.

>I've heard that out of province people don't have to pay the ticket because it's not legally enforceable.

I heard that if you're on top you can't get pregnant.

41 states have reciprocity agreements with Ontario. We could also suspend your privilege to drive here over an unpaid ticket, which would suspend it everywhere in Canada.

>Is this something I should pay?

I would. $120 is bloody high for a parking ticket though; were you across two handicap spaces or something?


Title: Comcast is throttling my connection and I can prove it

Question: Title is self explanatory. They advertise a 75mb/s connection for my plan and have methodically and consistently throttled it to 45 or as low as 10. I contact customer service, they reset my DSL profile (they call it reprovisioning my modem), it bumps up to about 60, and the next day it's back to below par. I've saved records or every conversation and records of my connection speeds. Is this illegal and do I have any legal recourse?

Answer:
 > They advertise a[n] **UP TO** 75mb/s connection

FTFY


Title: Served and not at fault.

Question:
Hello, I come to you cause I am at a loss.

Story takes place 24/Oct/2014 I got rear ended and though I was conscious I was taken by ambulance to the hospital. I was deemed NOT AT FAULT by the local PD. Over the course of a few months I submitted documents to the insurance for the person at fault, who was 16! I have sent documents to the insurance including the police report I figured all was done since I haven't heard from anyone.

Fast Forward 16/Nov/2016, I have been served for that hospital visit that I took by Ambulance due to the crash. I have no idea where to go from here. The amount is for over $13,000 USD.

Reddit, what would you advice?

Further info I am located in Mohave County, AZ, I was in a company car (I no long am at that company), I have sent documents to the 16yr olds insurance, I'm at a loss I do not/did not have health insurance at that time.

Thank you.f

EDIT: I just found a few things out, I hope I can use this to my advantage.

1) My name is incorrect on the paperwork, my name is spelled SAY not SEY, which is on the paperwork.

2) I was not home when I got served, my GF, (who we're not married) was home, and PD/Sheriff didn't serve the papers in her words "It was a random dude".

Answer:
 So you just ignored it for two years?

You need to pay ~~and sue the driver.~~ you are past SOL. You cannot sue. Now you just pay.

What you should have done is filed with your insurance.


Title: What are the legal ramifications of filming someone being served? And then putting it on Youtube?

Question:
My friend is taking her old landlord to small claims court over the matter of $400 dollars. We're in Oregon and her options are to pay $50 to the court and let them serve the woman, OR she can have someone else do it for for free. The only caveat is that the server is an adult, Oregon Resident, who is competent and understands what they're doing.

So two questions:

1. If I were to orchestrate an elaborate musical number in a public place that would involve this woman being served, and then use video recording of that event, (without her face or name being included) would I be in legal highwater?

2. What if I used her face and name?

Thank you!

Answer: Why would you want to do that? You risk your credibility and ಠ_ಠ from the court.