Title: SC 16-15-120 “Buggery”

Question: The law is on the books despite 2003 Lawrence v Texas Supreme Court decision making it unconstitutional. How can it still be used to convict someone. Additionally, the word buggery is not defined anywhere. I would think that would also result in unconstitutional vagueness. The only legal definition is in the U.K.  The SC law was lifted directly from British law circa 1712

Answer: Laws don’t automatically get repealed and taken “off the books” if a similar law gets declared unconstitutional, they just become unenforceable.


Title: [MI] My mother is 61 and works for a small company. She is constantly harassed and put down by her coworkers and her boss. What can be done?

Question:
She is in sales and of the age where it is hard to get a new job for the salary she makes. I have told her to document everything and report anything to her superior via email so there is a paper trail. They seem to be trying to get her to quit. Everyone in the office gets very personal including her boss, who seems to be the ring leader of the harassment. Is there any legal recourse for her to either escape the job or get the harassment to stop without her getting fired?

She is at her wits end as she is also taking care of her mother who is unable to care for herself.

I appreciate any insight you guys may have.
Topic:
Employment Law

Answer: What's the nature of the harassment?


Title: neighbor accusing me of selling drugs unsure what to do?

Question: A neighbor of mine has accused me of selling drugs in an anonymous letter i received today. They are claiming that i am linked to one death and one overdose. they also say they have been watching my house and getting license plate numbers and watching people travel to and from my house. They've threatened my mother and myself and have said they will send out mail to all of our neighbors "notifying" them im a drug dealer. So theres just one problem... im not a drug dealer they claim to have already relayed all their information to the police.. soo What should i do guys? i believe i know which neighbor it is but im unsure what i should do in a situation like this.. obviously i dont want it hanging over my head but what can i do?

Answer: Report it to the police as an anonymous harasser. Supposedly, the police know who is harassing you. Essentially, turn the police to your side.


Title: Assured Clear Distance Ahead (OH)

Question:
Hi legaladvice,
I apologize for the formatting (I’m on mobile).
I was in a minor car accident with 3 other drivers a few days ago. We were all coming off a red light heading through an intersection, when the first car (Driver 0) in the line hit their brakes to make a left. Everyone brakes except the driver behind me, who was using their phone and distracted (Driver 3), who makes no attempt at stopping and hits me going ~30 mph. My back end is pretty messed up along with theirs. But the impact from the car behind me hitting me pushed me gently into the driver (Driver 2) in front of me, which pushed him into the car in front of him (Driver 1). Both me and Driver 3 end up getting cited and ticketed. In addition, it turns out Driver 0 did not have a license and was driving a stolen vehicle. I feel I was wrongly cited, because I stopped with plenty of time to spare, and was only pushed into Driver 2. Do I have any chance of successfully fighting this alone in court?

Answer:
 Can you prove you didn’t rear end the car in front of you? Like with a dashcam or a camera from the intersection or nearby business or a witness?

If not then your chances are slim. Did the person in front of you get cited for rear ending the car in front of them?


Title: Can I sue my house inspector or seller of the house I purchased? [Maryland]

Question:
Location : Maryland

I recently purchased a house (closed on it last Friday). I had the house inspected by a company, who listed all of the defects. The inspector claimed that my service pipe line was copper, when in fact it is actually galvanized. My plumbing knowledge is very limited, but after bringing a plumber into the house you can tell the service line is blatantly galvanized. Because this house is so old, the pipeline has to be replaced to copper. This is a major operation, as it involves tearing up the driveway and replacing copper piping $5,000 to $10,000.

Additionally, I had noted issues with water in the house on a couple of my walkthroughs. The first time was the actual house inspection, where you could tell the pressure appeared to be low. The inspector had no idea what might be the cause. Later on, the seller and listing agent assured as there were no issues with the water by sending us videos of the showers / faucets properly running. However, the issue is not a pressure issue, but a volume issue. The service pipe has lost its size over time due to being galvanized, so you essentially can't use multiple sources of water at the same time. For example, you realistically can't run both showers at once, or fill the washer and run a shower.

Furthermore, this seller was extremely apprehensive to let me check on the house through the entire closing process. Trying to gain access to walkthrough was a pulling teeth process. He even stated he was "uncomfortable with the amount of times I had seen the house" which was only 2 interior visits and 1 exterior visit (exterior to check a french drain). I genuinely think he was trying to hide this issue the entire time. There is no way he lived in this house and did not notice this.

Do I have a case here at all? What can I do? Am I just shit out of luck?

Answer:
 Yea so they did give a disclaimer... You can try contacting your realtor and opening a communication about settlement but it became a lot tougher.

As before contact a real estate lawyer who will guide you through the next steps but from what I saw (a 2nd inspection (with no prior notice of pipe) and the plumbers finding in writing) Answer #2: Do you feel they lied on the disclosure?


Title: [US CA] Shady law firm demanding our video camera system - Are we obligated to comply?

Question:
My basic question is should we simply ignore this?  Are we obligated to comply?  Should we call the police or other authorities who investigate fraud?

I'm in a small condo building, and we have an external camera over our garage.  Over the past couple weeks, we've had multiple people approaching and asking for access to our DVR or demanding we turn over it's hard drive.

They say that there was an accident on a nearby intersection about 8 weeks ago.  They want the video to "prove" to an insurance company that the accident happened.

We've received a vaguely threatening email, and a vocal threat of a subpoena if we don't comply.

Here is more detail.  We've seen so many red flags...

We've told them our DVR only records 7 consecutive days, and the data is long since been overwritten multiple times.  The camera only sees part of the intersection, and not the part we were told where the accident happened.

When we looked up the police records on the date they gave us, we find nothing about an accident of any kind on the intersection.

Today they sent one of our members an email with an oddly formatted letter that demands we turn over our DVR by next week.

By "oddly formatted" I mean the letter had bold and underlined font for the vaguely threatening sentences and dated demands.  (i've never seen a reputable law firm use anything other than USPS, paper and simple text before, nor do anything other than state a request in simple language)

The first time we were contacted was by a man claiming to be a Private Investigator who wanted us to let him in the building.

The second contact was apparently the same man claiming to be the victim of the accident.  He said his law firm sent the PI earlier.

The third contact was the same man saying that he had "friends" who could recover overwritten data from hard drives.

The man also verbally threatened to subpoena our DVR if we didn't comply.

He gave us his work email, and said his office was about a block away.  The email source points to an office in a different part of the city, and shows no signs of branch offices near us.

He offered to meet with us in his "nearby office" to prove he was legit.

I don't even want to go into the privacy issue of these strange people seeing 7 days of activity around our building.

Answer:
 Court Orders do not get emailed out. Without a court order, you have no legal obligation to provide them with the videos.

Simply respond with, "You can have them when you send me the court order requiring me to hand them over to you. Please do not contact me further unless it is with a court order. Thank you and good day".Answer #2: Tell them they're going to need a court order, and short of that any further harassment will be reported to the police.


Title: [SC] Is it illegal to place/throw bullets on someone’s door step as a warning ?

Question:
Topic:
Constitution

Answer: Yes. A reasonable person would easily construe that as a threat of bodily harm.


Title: Psychotic break, legal help

Question:
Hello,

A family member recently had a psychotic break down about 4 months ago. A couple days ago he went into his work and quit his job.

We believe he quit his job and was not of "sound mind". His previous manager is doing everything in his power make sure he doesn't receive any benefits.

Is there anything we can do at this point to help secure any benefits/FMLA?

Thanks,
Topic:
Disability Issues

Answer: He quit. That is that. Work doesn't have to assess mental health when someone quits. He can ask for his job back when he is better.


Title: Computer Repair Store Sold my Computer (Florida)

Question:
I brought my wife's Macbook (MBP1) into a local computer repair place to get its battery fixed. At the same time, I brought my spare 15" 2011 Macbook Pro (MBP2) whose screen was having problems.

I received a diagnostic report where the tech advised that the battery needed to be replaced on MBP1 and I authorized the work. In the same thread i asked for an estimate on what the repair on MBP2 would be. He guessed at the problem (~$350 to repair) and i said to hold off. I then received a receipt for MBP1 and my wife went and picked that one up, paying in full.

I know I'm an idiot but I completely forgot about MBP2. This was in June. Yesterday I needed my daily driver fixed (MBP3) and realized that I never got the other one back so i asked what its status was when i brought MBP3 in. They said they'd look for it.

Today I went in again and they said "Oh, we must have sold that to a salvage company. We have a 30 day policy where we get rid of no-shows that don't pay."

Considering I never authorized any work and they made no attempt to contact me in this time period (I asked him to look and he has no record of emailing me, they also never called), it seems wrong that they can just sell my property without notification whatsoever.

The value of the computer is at least $500 if resold. Do I have any claim in this situation?

Answer:
 You will want to check if there are any agreements you signed, as well as how (if at all) this policy was communicated to you.

However since they made no attempt to contact you, it sounds like you should take them to small claim's court for the value of that computer.


Title: Bank account closed on suspicion of AML wtf help o.0.....Can I sue the bank

Question:
I recently opened a checking account at US Bank so i can get direct deposit from my employer. As I was doing this at the bank I provided my permanent resident card and student ID card ( I lost my DL ) Strange thing happened in the process however, the banker asked me a series of questions that he said would be familiar to me like if I would be sending any money over seas I said yes i will be sending money out there to my country in East Africa and to china, he proceeded to ask for what reasons I told him for family and business reasons then he proceeded to ask what type of business and i said export and imports of electronic products. Any way longt story short I get my checking account opened and walk out a happy man. About 4 days later I make a couple of purchases and my temporary card gets declined by all merchents and i have slightly above 1000 in my account so i go to the bank and i ask what is wrong with my card and they tell me something about me going above spending 1000 limit a day which was not true so they go ahead and tell me all should be fine and i should not worry about a thing. I go back home and same thing happens I ignore this and think maybe I should just wait for my other card thats coming in the mail. Then this morning i get a call from the bank saying that ui should go pick a cashiers check from the bank because my account was closed on grounds of AML like wth I havent even sent money or done anything international yet, could soomeone give me some advice on how to go about this please thank you.

TL:DR
I opened a checking account and  it got closed by the banks AML division for unknown reasons. Can I sue the bank for such inconveniences if they have no proof and I know I have not commited any illegal activity

Answer:
 The bank decided you're high risk, and there were some red flags involved with you or your activity, so in compliance with anti-money laundering regulations, they've decided they do not want to do business with you.

No, you can't sue the bank. Well, you could, but you wouldn't win. They are not obligated to provide you with an account.


Title: Iam 26 F from Texas and I was arrested for not having a valid license, but I actually did have one. What do I do?

Question: Last weekend I was in Fredricksburg, Tx and I was doing 40 in a 30 so I was pulled over. I gave him my insurance and DL and the officer came back asked me to step out of my vehicle and I was arrested for having a suspended license. Now, I did have my license suspended a year ago for a surcharge. I have been making payments and have paid the re-reinstatement fees. He said it still said invalid so I spend a lovely 7 hours in jail. I got home and I talked with the surcharge office and the TX DPS and I in fact do have a valid drivers license. So what do I do now? I called the county clerks office and they said they will not receive the paper work on my case for several weeks to months. How can I get this taken care of? Will they just dismiss it when I go to court months from now?

Answer: You may be able to get a certified letter from the surcharge office to take to the pd where you were arrested and get them to drop the charges. Im not sure about how tx works but even if they do you may have to get the fact that you were arrested expunged from your record which shouldn't be difficult since you were arrested incorrectly


Title: [USA/Germany] Travel agency was paid €200 to book a flight, showed up at the airport with no flight booked, had to purchase ticket, travel agency says it's not their problem and I should have waited an extra day (have recorded audio of boss lying multiple times to me...)

Question:
I'm 99% sure I'm SOL with this one, but I figured I'd try posting anyway.

What essentially happened was:

I had to rebook a flight while I was in Germany on the 21st for the 22nd of December (a few weeks ago). I paid a 200 euro change fee to rebook the flight to a travel agency. I showed up at the airport and found out no flight had been booked and was unable to get a hold of the travel agency. I ended up having to fork out 2,000 euro myself to book the flight.

I've had no luck in getting any kind of compensation from the travel agency whatsoever for their fuck-up. I have a [recorded conversation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxAUmT7YOk4) that I had with their boss here. I also have a [full post with more details](https://blog.destiny.gg/out-e2000-after-an-unfortunate-experience-with-abc-travel/), including e-mail screenshots to prove I'm not making anything up.

I can repost the entire blog here or an image of it if needed.

Is there **anything** I can do to recover **any** lost funds? Whether it'd be the money they'd pay me for a day's lost wages (300-500USD), the money they'd pay me to stay another night in Germany + another trip to the airport (100-150 USD)?

Or, failing that, is there some agency I can contact to get them in trouble for messing up so much? I don't mind being spiteful at this point...

Answer: They cannot take your money for a service and then not render said service. According to both U.S. and German law, they owe you at leadt the fee you had to pay for rebooking back unless they can prove that you agreed to some bullshit clause that lets them off.Answer #2: I've always heard (from other travel forums)that there are strong consumer protection laws relating to travel sales in Europe.  You might try some European oriented forums or Reddits to find out more about this.


Title: Child support - Can I avoid being taken advantage off

Question:
Short story:

Got divorced few years ago.
Ex moved out of state with our son. (Long story)

Then ex moved back to our country of birth with our son.

As she convinced our son that was his best interest, he followed along and I agreed at the condition that she would pay a plane trip a year to the US for my son to visit me (to make up for a low cost of living).

She paid for the flight last summer. Except this year, she said to me (and my son) that I don’t give her enough money, so she can’t pay for the trip.

But actually, she sent our son to an expensive boarding school (her choice), so she does not have him during the week. They live with family and I am unclear if she even works. In short, she is greedy and use the system to her advantage.

It seems that if I want to see my son, I will have to pay the trip myself (around $1.5k), same for next years, etc.

If I see a lawyer, I suppose I am going to pay the same amount or more for an uncertain relief.

If I deduct the price of the flight on the child support (say for the last months), she just have to file a simple form and have my wages garnished and get her money.

Am I screwed?

Answer: You can take her to court for a modification, but courts generally like to see both parents paying half for education, so that may not go as well as you would like.


Title: Assault on video and defamation

Question:
Hi Reddit,

I was at a party over the weekend where one party goer attacked another. I videotaped the whole thing before the attacker left. I’ve tried to send it to his employer m, but can’t find any relevant contact info. Am I breaking any laws by posting it on Instagram or YouTube with #thenameofhiscompany?

Answer:
 So by sending it to his employer, you are trying to get him fired?

Also, what's your location?


Title: WA-Insurance company sends prescription refund checks thousands of dollars over out of pocket expenses.

Question:
I have an auto Immune disorder where I require injections of an expensive name brand drug, a previous insurance carrier quoted me at $3100/Mo. I have had the same carrier for the last two years, I'm happy no issues and only paying $5 in co pays for my medication. Then in March I get a check in the mail for $4,200, a week later a second one arrived for $4,800. Just yesterday I got another for $4,800. The explanation from the company, is the reimbursement is the amount that the plan would have paid the pharmacy and to present my drug ID at time of purchase. I called and asked the company about the checks and asked what it was for and they said it was reimbursing me. The odd thing is that I never requested to be reimbursed, mainly because I never spent that much out of pocket.
I have a few questions about this.
If this is an error can I be forced to repay?
Is there a statuette of limitations on collections on the money?

Answer:
 DONT CASH THOSE CHECKS. these checks are likely meant for your pharamacy who may or may not be receiving compensation in addition to the checks being sent to you. If you cash them you will likely have to pay out to your pharmacy or to the insurance company. I reccomend working with your pharmacy and insurance to resolve this as soon as you can. Answer #2: Yes, if this is an error you can be forced to repay it, and the SoL is usually 2 years or more.

More than likely, these checks are meant for whatever pharmacy you're getting medications from and you should reach out to them.


Title: (NC) do you have to show Id/license or get out of the car for an officer even when he gives you no reason for pulling you over?

Answer:
 Yes. And yes. The cop can do both before giving you a reason.

You don't get to make the decision in the moment that it was for no reason. If it was, you can challenge that later.


Title: Speeding ticket, how to plead?

Question:
I'm in NJ, got a speeding ticket going 57 in a 40 while delivering for my job. I was going as fast as I was to pass an erratic driver who was in front of me; they were driving at inconsistent speeds and swerved into the next lane once or twice. This was during daylight with good weather conditions, although in a somewhat commercial area. I'm unsure where the cop was when he saw me (Should I file for Discovery? Not sure if I'd get the info before having to call the court with my plea). He was reasonably nice, said if I went to court he would try to get the points deducted.

Is it worth trying to plead not guilty on the assertion that I felt the car in front of me was a threat to my safety? Or should I just plead guilty, go to court, and hopefully the prosecutor does decide to give me a points-less deal instead? Court is on the 13th so I have to decide by Monday.

My record is mostly clean, was at fault in a fender bender about 4 years ago. I also just got a ticket yesterday for "Following Too Close", which is totally inane because the officer was viewing the "incident" was about at a checkpoint 200 feet to the right and apparently couldn't tell which lane I was in, so I am pretty confident I can be proved Not Guilty for that. Would these two infractions affect the other?

Thank you immensely for any help you can offer!

Answer:
 > I was to pass an erratic driver who was in front of me

  speeding up and breaking the law is not the legal answer to erratic driver. Slow down is the correct answer. So that is not going to work as a good defense to breaking the law. Answer #2: Unfortunately speeding has no mens rea component,therefore your intent has nothing to do with the fact that you were speeding. The simple fact that you were observed speeding is enough to convict. How did the cop clock you? Was he using radar or visual observation? When was the last time the device he used to clock you calibrated? Did you admit to speeding?


Title: My wife rear ended another driver. That driver refused to provide insurance info/DL info on the scene. What should we do?

Question:
Edit: we live in California.

**EDIT: Thanks everyone for the advice.  I filed the claim under my insurance.  I called the other driver and gave her the claim number.  She said she would be contacting my insurance to *replace* the bumper.  My insurance agent said, and I quote, "That will never happen...".**

A few days ago my wife was coming home from work and got into a minor fender bender with another vehicle at a stopped light.  The damage was minuscule, but the other driver wanted to take care of it.

Totally understandable.  My wife admits fault for the accident and we're ready to take care of this.

However, on the scene, my wife gave the other driver her DL number, Insurance Policy info, name, phone number and address.

The other driver would only give up her name and cell phone number, and mentioned that she *thinks* her insurance is through Mercury.

The other driver has since been contacting my wife telling her she needs to take care of this through our insurance.  We've never been in a car accident before, so we're a little bit confused as to how we go about this.

A quick Google search said we need the other driver's DL number, policy information and name.

My wife has texted this lady 5 times now asking for her information.  The lady's response has been, "You don't need my info.  Why would you need MY info?" and has refused to give us any more information.

Should we just submit this as is?  I have a feeling the other driver was not insured.

Answer:
 > Should we just submit this as is?

Yes.  All your insurance needs is a name and a phone number.  Actually all they need is a phone number.  Actually you don't even need to call your insurance, this lady could call your insurance directly, I don't know why she's wasting her time texting your wife.  File a claim with what you know and your insurance will handle it from there.


Title: [AR] Items stored in facility for 6 months damaged by rodent infestation. Owner claims no responsibility.

Question:
I opened up my rented unit the end of January to find mouse droppings and urine stains over 90% of my stored items. (Mattress, furniture, some linens and things in garbage bags. Absolutely no food or perishables were kept in storage.) Upon further inspection, I noticed the little fuckers had chewed through many items, permanently damaging them.

This was on a Sunday, and no one was in the office to speak to, and I had borrowed a truck, so coming back later for a staff witness was not an option (I do have my girlfriend and parents as witnesses to the damage, however).

Monday morning I called to complain and was met with surprise and concern from the manager. I told her I'd like a refund of $60 to cover the permanently damaged items, and that I could clean the rest. She said this sounded fair but the owner was out of town and would not be back for a couple of weeks.

Runaround ensues, I email photos of the damage, call back/email over the course of a month until yesterday.

Owner has FINALLY returned and I got a reply to my last email (that mentioned small claims court) and the manager relayed the message: "I talked to the owner he says we are not liable for it at all."

Should I take this to small claims and sue for the damages to ALL of my items? Do I have a case?

I looked up fees in my city, which are $209 just to file, and am concerned that if even if I win by forfeiture (this guy sounds like the type that won't even show) I will be out that money forever if the guy refuses to pay.

Thanks for any advice...

Topic:
Douche

Answer:
 Did you purchase insurance for your items? Renters insurance can typically pay for this (depends on their policy) or the facility offers their own.

Outside of that, you're probably SOL unless the contract says they are responsible.


Title: Got a letter that I have to take an operator re-training course... I was supposed to be notified before this. Any recourse? (20F, CT)

Question:
Hey, guys! So recently I got a speeding ticket, my second ever. Within a week of being found guilty at court, I got a letter from the DMV saying that according to Connecticut General Statue 14-111g, I have to take an operator re-training course. Not only will this apparently raise my insurance premium, but it's also $60 out of my pocket and I work 2 jobs so I'm pretty busy over the summer. However, after reading the statute (because the letter really didn't explain what I was getting it for) it appears that because I'm under 24 and have received two moving violations I have to take this course or else my license will be suspended indefinitely. It ALSO says that after my first violation I was supposed to receive a written warning from the DMV warning me about the consequences if I got a second ticket. Of course, I didn't get this warning. I haven't even heard of this law until I got this stupid letter. Now I'm worried because if I get another ticket in the next THREE YEARS my license automatically gets suspended. I go to school full-time (commuter) and really can't afford to lose my license. I emailed the DMV and of course they gave me some roundabout answer that really didn't answer my question, basically saying that they don't have to give warnings anymore. Do I have any recourse in regard to this class? I just find it unfair that I'm being punished for this law that I had no idea existed. Maybe that's naive of me. Any help or insight would be awesome!

TL;DR - Got two tickets, am under 24, CT law says that means I have to take an operator re-training course. Same law says that after 1 ticket I should get a warning letter about the consequences. Never got the letter, DMV said it never had to send it. Possible license suspension in my future, help!

"The Commissioner may send a warning letter to a motor vehicle operator... twenty-four years of age or less who has been convicted of a single moving violation or suspension violation, advising such operator that a subsequent conviction of a moving violation or suspension violation will require participation in the operator retraining program." CT 14-111G section C

Answer:
 >Now I'm worried because if I get another ticket in the next THREE YEARS my license automatically gets suspended.

>Any help or insight would be awesome!

My advice would be to follow the rules of the road and not get any more tickets.  You know the consequences of getting one more and they're not good.  So don't.   Slow down, don't run lights, drive carefully, etc...


Title: Can I be held responsible?

Question:
So there are a lot of parties involved so bear with me and I will try and make it understandable.

I rented a truck from a rental agency. While driving the truck I hit another car. I talked to the owner of that car and he said he would like to avoid dealing with insurance and we came to an agreement I would pay him $1000 and we would call it settled.

6 months later I get a bill for $2600 from an agency that is handling the claim for GEICO, his insurer. I also get a call from the truck rental agency saying they got the same bill. I told the rental agency that  I already handled it and got on the phone with the claims agency. They said the total damages came out to $2600 and when I told them I already settled with the driver before insurance got involved they knew nothing about it.

They did whatever investigation they did and came back and said "oh yeah, you did pay the driver $1,000, but you still owe us $1600" This is where my first question comes in. If I settle with the driver independently and then he goes to insurance and finds out the damage is much higher than he expected. Can he come after me even though we had an agreement? I did not think so and I was willing to fight my case in court but then I got another call.

This was from the insurer of the truck rental agency saying they paid the $1600 and now were looking to recover their damages from me. This took my case right out from under me. Now GEICO and the claims handling agency the ones I actually had a case against are satisfied and the truck company is claiming damages that they should not have even paid in the first place. I feel like since it was their decision to settle and pay the money and not take it to court, they shouldn't be able to come after me to pay it. Especially since I had already settled once before.

It says in the rental contract I'm responsible for any damages so my case against the rental agency is pretty weak except for the fact that there shouldn't have been any damages if they just let me handle it. They took the decision out of my hands and now my case against GEICO and the original driver is gone. What should I do if the rental agency sues me?

Answer:
 > Can he come after me even though we had an agreement?

You agreed to pay him $1000 - did he agree to release you from all other liability?  Those are two separate things.  This is a wonderful example of why you get agreements in writing - I suspect strongly that he'll say(probably honestly) that he never intended the agreement to be a settlement.


Title: What happens if you ignore an in flight message not to eat peanuts?

Question:
Say there was someone with severe nut allergies on a plane you are boarding and ahead of time the stewardess announces that peanuts and peanut products are not to be allowed on the flight. What happens if you ignore this and go ahead to eat them on board?
What happens if the person suffers an attack/dies from this?

Answer:
 > What happens if you ignore this and go ahead to eat them on board?

If you're lucky, the flight attendants come to your seat and tell you to put them away. Refusing this direction may result in criminal charges once you return to the ground, as well as the confiscation of your peanuts.

If you're not lucky, the allergic person or their survivors file a personal injury or wrongful death lawsuit against you to redress the injuries sustained by your wilful and intentional disregard for the safety of those around you.


Title: Defense attorney read my teaching reviews aloud to the jury.

Question: My main question is, shouldn’t this evidence be considered irrelevant and the judge should dismiss it? I believe the defense attorney is trying to discredit me. I was on the stand testifying and the defense attorney was questioning me when he picked up a paper and asked me to read aloud this paper. I nearly shit myself when I saw what it was. A shitty review from ratemyprofessor.com from a lack-of-effort student who wanted to blame his poor grade on me. I was forced to read about what a terrible teacher I am and how I am not qualified to teach. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CASE. Why was this allowed to be shown to the jury. Why was it not dismissed

Answer: The real question is why you are not asking your lawyer why they did not object to this during your cross examination by the defense. Answer #2: That is what objections are for. And just because you didn't like it or didn't feel it relevant didn't mean they couldn't legally submit it as evidenceAnswer #3: That’s kind of what a lawyer is supposed to do... it’s the judge to decide if it’s relevant, not you. There’s no legal issue here.Answer #4: Credibility and character


Title: [Texas] My friend has her abusive ex-bf squatting at her place

Question:
Asking on behalf of her since she is too frazzled to talk about it to anyone beyond the bare minimum.

Basically, they broke up ages ago. He said he'd move out. But refuses to go. She owns the house. He hasn't signed any lease, paid any rent, doesn't help around the house. He was welcome to live there but she's been trying to get him out for months now. He insisted he would move out by the third of April and she believed him foolishly. Now he is saying he is going to stay and that he doesn't have to leave until she gives him a notarized notice of eviction. Which from the day she delivers it he has 30-days before he has to vacate.

He is constantly going through her things trying to "win her back". He unlocks her phone while she sleeps using her finger and starts calling all the guys on it trying to either get help on how to win her back or chew them out for being friends with her (like in my case). They live there with her daughter and he is just a huge piece of shit who is making her life hell and she's too tired or guilty-feeling to do anything about it herself.

Is there any way she could legally kick this guy out of her house before the 30-day notarized eviction or is she just going to have to suck it up?

Answer:
 > Which from the day she delivers it he has 30-days before he has to vacate.

That's correct.  But even after the 30 days, she then has to file an eviction suit, and win, before he will be forced to leave.

The 30-day notice and the eviction are her only real options.


Title: Employer won't pay me, what can I do?

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 Start [here.](https://ohio.gov/working/rights/) There's a phone number to call where they can walk you through the process of filing a wage claim. If you were an independent contractor and not an employe**e**, your recourse is to sue.

Edit: employee, not employerAnswer #2: Was this a job you found through craigslist or similar?  Or is this an actual physical place you go work at?


Title: I Run a High School Pregame Satire News Show and our Principal is threatening legal action if we don't take down a single video on Youtube. I really need help!

Question: [deleted]

Answer: Hard to say.  Location and context are important.  In general it is unwise to antagonize the administration of your school.  When in doubt talk with your parents.


Title: Can I press charges for something this minor?

Question:
Sorry if this is not the proper sub for this, but I am pretty mad about how all of this went. I am in an suburban area around Dallas. So early in December, I posted a Facebook ad on a local buying/selling group that I was looking to get two PS3 systems fixed. Around last week, I receive a message from a guy who says he can do that. Great. I suspected it was a cooling issue, so I threw in some thermal paste too. So we message and meet up, and I could already tell the guy was sorta off but I just let him have it anyways because I had already taken pictures of both systems serial numbers so I could prove my ownership if he tried to steal them. Later that day, he says he is already done and I go home to see that one was not even opened, as it still had something rattling around in it like before. The other was working, but put back together so poorly that the disc drive is inaccessible, a fair amount of screws are missing, and the casing will not fit back together properly. No returning of the thermal paste either, which he seems to not even have needed. Of course after the transaction, the guy blocked me on Facebook and won't answer my texts, so yeah he knows he was in in to just take my money. Yes, I feel stupid that I didn't just walk away, but I would still like to do something to stop this guy from screwing over other people.
Topic:
Douche

Answer: You can't press charges for anything. You can sue him. Or you could just let it go.


Title: [California] Falsely accused of rape. What can I do to cover my ass?

Question:
Background: I had fully consensual sex with a friend of a friend approximately a year ago. Neither of us were intoxicated in any way, and we were both of legal age. I haven't spoken to her since, as she's refused to respond to any of my texts.

I recently learned through the grapevine that she has been posting on her Tumblr that I raped her, and that she allegedly went to the police the night we had sex and had a rape kit done. She has also claimed that I took video of her without her consent and that this video is evidence of me having raped her. (There is video, but it is of fully consensual acts.)

Would I not have been contacted at the time, if this were true? That I'm only discovering this now makes me suspect she never reported the alleged rape.

If she did report it, what can I do to remove this false accusation from my record?

Do I have any grounds for requesting that Tumblr remove the slander she's posted about me? She did not post my name or other personal details, but her posts were recognizably about me to members of our social circle.

Answer:
 > Would I not have been contacted at the time, if this were true?

Not necessarily.

> If she did report it, what can I do to remove this false accusation from my record?

There is no record of accusations anyone can look up.

> Do I have any grounds for requesting that Tumblr remove the slander she's posted about me?

No.

Ignore her. Do not contact her or anyone who knows her. Pretend she doesn't exist. If the police contact you, hire a lawyer.


Title: got a speeding ticket can't afford lawyer. What else can I do do?

Question: I recently got a speeding ticket for going 30 over in a residential area in Denver. There were three passengers in the car. I'm 17 and the officer gave me 10 points. I can't afford a lawyer as the title says, and i'm trying to figure out if there's anything I can do to maybe not lose my license. I've applied for Alive At 25 , but I'm wondering if there's anything else I can do. any help is appreciated, Thanks!

Answer: Don't do 30 over the speed limit. Frankly you should have your license taken away, imo.


Title: [Illinois] A person was catfishing a girl for 7 years pretending to be me. Has many pictures of me that I dont know how they could have gotten and videos of my siblings. I have the person's phone number but I want to know if I can go to the police for stalking.

Question: A random girl just messaged me on instagram claiming to know me and have "dated me for 2 years". She is now helping me track down this supposed me but i need help. I have a phone number she was contacted with and she is sending me picture that the person sent her. There are videos of my baby siblings in there with other pictures which were not posted to social media. I was wondering if I were to bring this to the police if they could do anything about it or if I should just call and confront this person myself.

Answer: Do you have any siblings old enough to do this? It sounds like an inside job. I'd look around your house as a first step. Answer #2: Sounds like a job for Neev and Max.


Title: New employer is requesting I fill out a "Request for Transcript of Tax Returns" (4506-T) as part of a background check

Question:
Employer is in Pittsburgh, PH, though I will be working remotely. I read that (PH forbids employers from requesting previous salary information) [https://www.foxnews.com/us/philadelphia-becomes-first-us-city-to-ban-employers-from-requesting-salary-history].

They're using Justifacts to perform the background check. I've already received and accepted the offer and will be starting soon. This seems incredibly invasive to me, I've already given them my SSN and some personal information, now they want me to fill out this form to get my W2s. They say it's to verify my previous employment. Do I have to fill this out?

Answer:
 Not a Lawyer.
A) Pittsburgh is a separate city from Philadelphia and has separate laws.
B) The law in question has had that provision struck down by the courts. It is 100% legal for them to require this info even in Philadelphia. They are not allowed to use it to determine pay in Philadelphia, but in other cities that is still legal.


Title: Hit & Run "Victory" 3.5 Years Ago in Small Claims. How to finally get payment?

Question: Northern Indiana. A teenage t-boned my car a few years ago at the mall and proceeded to hit two more cars and drive off. A couple weeks later I found him and despite the police saying there was nothing they could do, I took him to small claims court where he pleaded guilty. I have a claim number, a couple sentences he signed saying he would pay within 8 months, and emails back and forth with him where he promised to start paying but never does. The judge nor the clerk at the time were able to tell me if I needed any further documentation and once again this was 3.5 years ago now. I just called the clerks office who guessed I should file an Appeal and Answer form but had no idea what to do if they are not in the state. Said I would need to get council from a lawyer. Any advice or did I miss any documentation that I would need to get paid or file to garnish his wages? I believe he has since moved (possibly to California) but will the address used on the notice of claim back then still be fine to use moving forward?

Answer:
 Although judgments remains as a valid proof of a lien for 10 years in Indiana, it may be incredibly difficult to collect if the person you're claiming against is across the country. You will likely need to find out where he is now and serve him to get him back in court to get more information on how to collect.

Alternatively, you may be able to sell the judgment to a debt collector at a lower value.


Title: How can I receive child support if I don't know who the father is?

Question:
I'll try to keep this short, I hope I posted to the correct sub. Basically I drove out of state for a concert and had a hookup. Yes, it was a poor choice but I was just living my life without thinking of my actions. I have no idea who he is and there was almost 10k people there, no assigned seating. I'm only including this info because I have already met with a case worker and she informed me I would not be able to receive assistance unless I found the father. Is there a way around this or do I really have to find this person?

A friend of mine was in a similar situation where she couldn't get benefits except she knew who the father was but he wanted absolutely nothing to do with her or the child. She didn't want to drag her child in court and have her parents pay a ridiculous amount of legal fees so now she says she feels trapped.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated on this matter, thank you all.

Answer:
 You can't.

There is no way to collect child support from a completely unknown person.Answer #2: i guess you can do 23 and me on the baby and see if something hits from there.  then establish paternity, then file for child support


Title: Is it legal for a US Citizen to access the leaked TPP document on Wikileaks? [US Federal Law]

Question:
My friend has a paper due at the end of the week, and he wants to use the leaked TPP document as one of his sources. He also values his academic career and wants to respect the laws up his nation. Thus far he has made no attempt to access it in any way shape or form.

Is it legal for him to do so?

edit:

For the concerned: My friend would not be using this as an academic source so much as a primary source to bring in recent relevant information. He will be using many academic sources to speak to his main point. This is an undergraduate paper.

Answer:
 If the TPP were [classified information](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classified_information), it *could* be a violation of the law or of the school's policy to access it.

However, it's not classified information.

Edit:  Note that although it's probably real, your friend should take pains to note the fact that it hasn't been verified by any government to be real, at least as of today.


Title: [WA] Is threatening with divorce blackmail?

Question: Per the title, is it illegal for a husband to tell a wife that he will file for divorce if they don't have sex? If the threat is via text.

Answer:
 No.

But if he's doing that, it sounds more like a promise than a threat anyways.


Title: I had an STD throughout my pregnancy and no one told me

Question:
I had my first appointment with a OB at a different clinic in city A . At that appointment I got a STD test. I move to city B before my next appointment and I got a voicemail from the city A OB telling me to come back to the clinic to discussed about something very important. I called the clinic back informing them that I have moved to a different city and will like to discuss it over the phone. They said No, they cannot do that and I will have to wait until I get my records transferred to my new OB. My new OB from city B got my records from city A and it seems like everything was okay since she didnt tell me anything concerning. Im in my 38 weeks of pregnancy and I had to take another STD test just in case before I deliver. Result came back positive for Chlamydia... At first I didnt believe it because I thought everything was fine from my last STD test. I also went to the hospital while I was 12 weeks because I had some burning while urinating and some pain. There I was told I will be tested for a UTI and STDs... The result came back postive for a UTI. Ok great better than having an STD.

The nurse who informed me about my Chylamdia looked into my files and medical records after everything I told her about not believing it. It turned out I've been having Chylmadia for 8 months, and it was on file ever since my first STD test with City A... Also the hospital didnt even do an STD check just a UTI.. Wtf..

Im guessing my current ( city b) OB didnt bother to check my medical records from City A or she assumed I already got a treatment for it... The city A OB did not even send a letter to my old address about my test nor work with me when I told her I moved.

I am very upset and scared for my unborn child. I felt like my doctors wasnt doing what they were suppose too. I dont know how to feel and what to do about it.

Answer: When you hired OB B did you tell them that OB A said there was something important in the records that they wouldn’t discuss on the phone and that a they recommended you discuss with the new Dr when OB B got the records since you moved?


Title: Sexual harassment over radio?

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 > Edit: I did not listen to the show beforehand so I was not aware that anything possibly offensive would be said.

Dude.  It's Joe Rogan.  That is not a very believable excuse.


Title: (TX) Nurse would not let me sign as the father on my daughters birth certificate

Question: So I’m a little late to the ballgame on this one. I just want to know if this nurse was correct in what she told me. My wife and I started dating and about 4 days in found out that the miscarriage her doctor said she had, actually wasn’t and she was 4 months pregnant. Well I decided that I started dating her for her and didn’t let that sway me. The father dipped out of town and was not reachable but had already told her he didn’t want anything to do with her when she initially found out. They were never married only dating. We get married after a couple of months and then the baby comes. I’m filling out the paperwork and I’m honest and out that I’m not biologically the father but I want to sign. The nurse said I can’t sign because the real father needs a chance to be there. I told her we don’t know where he is or how to contact and they were never married. I’m her husband and I’m here. She wouldn’t and now my daughter has no father on her birth certificate. I read about paternity in Texas and it says unless they were married there is no inherent right to paternity. Was this old woman just being an old traditionalist and screwing us over?

Answer:
 Contact the hospital and inform them that the nurse broke the law in not letting you sign the birth certificate.  She needs retraining.

You can get a new birth certificate issued with your name on it by going to the link below.  Here is what you will need:

"**If the change involves adding a father's information to a birth certificate on which the father's information was left blank, the supporting documentation needed is either the certified copy of a marriage license** or an Acknowledgement of Paternity. However, if paternity was established by a court order, you must submit a certified copy of that court order. A court order will also be required if changes have previously been made to the birth certificate."

[https://dshs.texas.gov/vs/reqproc/amendparentage.shtm](https://dshs.texas.gov/vs/reqproc/amendparentage.shtm)Answer #2: I'm sorry, to be clear, you were married to your wife at the time the baby was born?Answer #3: I think you need to find someone else to speak to; I don't think this lady knows the law. As the presumed father, you would absolutely be placed on the birth certificate. You'd actually have to fill out a denial of paternity to be taken off.


Title: My (soon to be) sister-in-law physically and verbally abuses her children.

Question:
Throwaway account because I don’t want something so personal on mine. I’m sorry if this post is long winded but I really need your help.

I live in the state of Georgia. My fiancé and (soon to be) mother-in-law frequently tell me about what a terrible mother my SIL is. She has no job, is in and out of jail, currently has a warrant out for her arrest, and she’s hardly ever around for her children (9, 7, and 2 years old). When she is around she berates, belittles, and hits them when they’re not listening or if they make her angry. She lives with and mooches off my MIL who just deals with it because my MIL is afraid to kick her out because she would take the children with her to live with her drug dealer boyfriend of the week. She routinely blackmails my MIL for money and other things with threats of not letting her see her grandchildren.

My MIL buys them everything they need for school, attends all the school meetings, buys them clothes, feeds them, takes them to doctors appointments, etc. all while barely even being able to pay rent for herself.

Today while riding in the car with my fiancé and MIL I witnessed the abuse for the first time. My MIL was on the phone with her and I could hear (on speaker) her screaming and whipping the oldest one with a metal clothes hanger. Hearing her screams and sobs broke my heart.

We want to call CPS but we don’t want the girls to end up in the foster system. My fiancé and I have discussed attempting to take legal custody of them, but at the time we lived in a one bedroom apartment and we wouldn’t even know how to do that. Now we own a home with plenty of room for the girls to stay. They adore both my fiancé and I, and the two oldest ones have asked us countless times if they could come live with us. I know we could provide them with the love and stability they need and deserve.

It’s at this point that we don’t know how to proceed. The two oldest ones have the same father, and the youngest has a different one. Both fathers have parental rights but only come around to see their kids maybe one or two days a year. The father of the youngest only comes around tax time to swindle their mother out of whatever tax rebate she gets.

We think the oldest (9) is starting to realize that what she is experiencing day to day isn’t normal. We don’t think the middle one (7) would say anything about her mom if she thought it would get her mom into trouble, but the oldest might, it’s tough to say and I know it can be a lot to ask of a 7 and 9 year old.

My fiancé is also concerned that my SIL could try to file a false police report against either of us in an attempt at revenge or to tarnish our reputation. Is that something that is a legitimate threat and that we should be concerned about?

If you made it this far I can’t express to you enough how much we appreciate you taking the time to read and hopefully provide us with helpful advice on what to do next.

Answer:
 Please call CPS this situation is not okay on so many levels.
Your SIL is using her children as pons agents your MIL and your is enabling you SIL.

Contrary to popular belief CPS doesn’t want to rip families apart, they want to protect children.


Title: Bought a car from a dealership with clean title. Turns out it was a total loss in July.

Question:
I bought a car in October from a used car dealership. Everything went smooth and I was able to get a loan from my bank to pay for it.

A couple weeks ago my car was stolen and crashed, resulting in a total loss. My insurance company called me today explaining everything and asked if I knew my car had been considered salvaged and that there offer was very low because of that reason.

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I just got the carfax and it does show the car was reported as a total loss. After reading through the dmv requirements it looks like I should have received a salvage or rebuilt title for the car, however, I was given a clean title by the dealer. The dealer also did not ever say anything about it being previously salvaged.

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This has all happened in Michigan. I have no clue what my next step should be.

Answer:
 NAL but in many states such as mine the DMV employs its own investigators or agents to monitor dealers and resolve complaints focused around DMV regulations.

I’d suggest raising the issue with them.

Edit: it looks like the Michigan Department of State has a sub-board for Automotive Business Licensing and Regulation. Answer #2: Let me guess, it was a Patsy Lou dealership.

They're currently already under investigation for title shenanigans.


Title: Uber got in an accident. What now?

Question:
My girlfriend and I were in the back seat of an uber that was hit by another car at an intersection. We declined ambulance as we felt ok. A little sore, but feel pretty good overall. We are in Georgia.

The question: Should we go to a doctor now just in case we feel something later? Will our insurance cover this?

Answer: Did you get the other driver's insurance info?


Title: HALP PLS

Question:
[USA/Illinois] So I paid rent at my apartment all summer and left, but made sure to turn off the AC before doing so. Just came back yesterday. The AC was blasting at 72 because they had installed a new unit 5/30, but apparently didn't take note that it was off before installation. Not only this, but I walked in and see that my living room wall is covered in black mold, in addition to some of my furniture. I have things that are ruined and there is still black mold growing in my apartment and I will go to management tomorrow and discuss my options. This being said, I don't have renters insurance, but I can prove that the AC was left on after the installation due to my electric company showing a daily use of kWh online.

What can I feasibly ask for from my landlord? I can't just pick up and leave because I don't have time to move, but I want the damage repaired in a timely manner (~ 1 week) or I want them to offer me a comparable apartment.

Additionally, I think it would be fair of me to ask that they pay my electric for the months that their staff left the AC on and caused this problem in the first place.

I have zero idea where to start, very little time, and I'm broke AF because I'm in pharmacy school.

Answer:
 The mold is your fault, and you aren't going to get anything from your landlord on this.

You can't leave the AC off all summer. It causes mold.


Title: Is it against the law for someone to get out of their car and threaten you outside of yours?

Question:
Hi,

In San Francisco I have to park my car to get to work, and multiple times now while parking someone has gotten out of their car and walked up next to mine and started threatening me..

Is this legal? What can I do to have them stop?
Topic:
Traffic and Parking

Answer:
 If someone threatens you, then you should call the police. That's sort of what they're there for.Answer #2: You can call the police.Answer #3: You can ignore them. Do not do down your windows. Keep driving when safe to do so.

Is there some sort of road rage going on? Are you an aggressive driver?

 20 years on the road and no one has ever got out of their vehicle to threaten me.


Title: (Usa) is using someone else voice without their permission against fair use?

Question: I have YouTube channel Where I prank call people using soundboards and using gameplay also with soundboards.

Answer:
 Against fair use? That’s not even a thing. Fair use is a possible defense your attorney can use in court if you are sued. YouTube has their own interpretation of fair use but they don’t have to follow the law on this, they can be more restrictive.

What states are these people in? In some places the recording itself would be a felony. If you’re calling a cell phone, do you for sure what state the person is in at that exact moment?

What are soundboards? This gameplay, can the audio from the games be heard?


Title: Fired for "Confidential" reasons

Question: I've been working in an LA County establishment since October of last year. Two days ago I was pulled into the GM's office with my manager sitting there as well. He told me it would be my last day working for the establishment and when I asked what reason they had for firing me they only told me that it's the establishment policy that the reason stay confidential. I asked three more times and received the same answer. I was told to sign a paper for my last paycheck and acknowledging that I was getting discharged.  Is there a way to contest this decision? I don't believe it is lawful to fire an employee without telling the employee of the reason. What can I do?

Answer:
 Unless you have a contract to the contrary, it is almost certain that they do NOT have to tell you why you were fired.

Just like you would not have to tell them why you were quitting if you didn't want to.Answer #2: They don't have to tel you why. They don't even need a reason why. It could be because you wore a green shirt that day


Title: Releasing Personal Information Question

Question: Hello r/legaladvice! I'm hoping you can help me. I live in California and recently applied to a state agency for employment. I wasn't very interested in the job but my husband suggested (AKA pestered) me to apply. Well as my luck would have it I am their top candidate and they made me a job offer. I am planning on declining but I wanted to ask: can my decision be released to my husband? See, he works at the same agency and two days a week he works in the same building. It's a large building but he vaguely knows the hiring people. I'm not looking for relationship advice, just legal. Can the HR employees/hiring reps tell my husband my decision or is that considered confidential? I'd PREFER to keep it confidential but it is what it is. Thank you so much for any help you can provide!!!

Answer: I doubt there is any law saying you can't disclose that a candidate turned down a job. You guys need marriage counseling if you are hiding stuff like this from each other.


Title: Getting a job

Question: Ok so ive been trying for about 3 months now to get a job at office Depot and I've been in for 3 interviews. I have an it fundamentals certification from CompTIA and have been self taught on computer for over 3 years. I have yet to get hired there and they keep on making up excuses like "our budget was cut" or "we can't fill that position right now". Now to start the journey my friend got hired there who has the same qualifications that I do, so seeing this I wanted to get a job there, so I tried. They never called back. So I called them and they gave me the excuse that their budget was cut so I was fine with this. I told my friend who works there about it and he said that she was lying and that the budget was actually raised recently and they hired a guy in that spot. So I go back for a second interview and find myself in the same spot with no job and the excuse that "we can't fill that position". So I go on thinking that that's a reasonable thing to say and a couple of weeks later I get so mad at them... My friend who has taken a web design class got hired before me... After I heard this I called up there and got an interview that day for a cashier job... Which I never got a call back for. And may I add I asked about the it job while I was there and they said that they had all of the spots full. So I never get a call back and finally today I found out that once more a friend with the same qualifications got hired over me. Now not to sound d selfish they work hard and are good people that deserve jobs but I think that they were completely unprofessional with lying about why they didn't hire me and I personally feel like it was some sort of discrimination towards me. Now I'm not too sure if any legal action can be taken on them or if I will just have to deal with it, but any advice regarding a different approach to getting the job or any legal actions will be appreciated.

Answer: They're under no obligation to offer you a job.  They're free to hire other people instead, and it's perfectly legal for them to lie about their reasons why, assuming it doesn't pertain to a protected class, and you've offered no evidence that it does.


Title: My childrens mother/ex is trying to prevent me from seeing my children because of my cat.

Question:
I will try to make this short and to the point.

Basically I am in the process of trying to see my children.

 rewind 10 months ago.

 My ex and I actually used to co-parent pretty well, until I met my now girlfriend. My ex flipped a complete 180 on me after I brought my kids around my new girlfriend, who is now living with me and owned a cat. For whatever reason she is now trying to prevent me from seeing them and using the cat as her only arguement against me.

Their mother is saying that my daughter is allergic and has horrible allergy reactions when I return them back to her. (we live 2 hours away btw.) Even though the whole weekend my children are with me they show 0 signs of any allergy towards the cat. Hell, I myself have a cat allergy.  I give my daughter childrens allergy as a just in case precaution and I house the cat at my girlfriends parents for the weekend I get my kids. Never has my daughter shown even a symptom of an allergy. But housing them so frequently is becoming an issue.

fast forward to april.

So we had court on april 8th because she wouldnt let me see them for almost 4 months, so I got a lawyer and took her to court so I could see them. I got immediate visitation with my kids, and the judge actually laughed at the situation claiming his daughter actually was allergic as a child then grew out of it. Yet in the court order it still states to keep the children out of the presence of the cat, so I have. The court also awarded me 2 full weeks non consecutive to have my children during the summer which is great! I planned it out and we "gf and I" are supposed to get them june 15-22.

Well, yesterday June 12, I had mediation and everything was going smoothly with agreements on most things until we came to the cat situation. I told her how it was ridiculous to have me try to house my cat or keep it outside during their visits as my cat is an indoor cat and scared to even be outdoors. She didnt like that and said I need to get rid of the cat. I decided to skip the subject and let the judge handle it on the 24th on the next court hearing.

Skip a few hours after mediation is over and done with , I get a massive email ranting about my cat, saying how crazy it was that I am refusing to do anything with my cat, and now claiming that even if the cat is no longer in my home, that there will be dander and hair and she doesnt feel safe that my daughter be with me for a week in those conditions. Telling me Im not getting them although it is now court ordered dates that I do.

My house is meticulously cleaned before I get my kids, I even use pet dander filters in my hvac unit. Shes doing nothing other than trying to hurt us by forcing the cat out of my home because it is my girlfriends cat and for whatever reason does not like her, even though they have never even spoken.

Is there anything I can do to defend myself in this ? I love my cat, as does my girlfriend, shes owned the cat for 4 years. It is getting too hard to keep housing the cat, and we dont want to get rid of him. Can she keep pushing this and make me get rid of the cat?

I apologize for the messy paragraphs , my mind is going crazy right now. Any legal advice ? Do I have any way possible of defending my poor little cat?

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Ex wont let me get my kids although court ordered, because of my cat. Shes trying to act like my cat is causing terrible allergic reactions when my daughter isnt showing any symtoms the whole time shes with me. My laywer hasnt been much help, just tells me to take the cat away somewhere for the weekend and dont care.

Answer: You should listen to your lawyer and abide by the court order.


Title: Legal to use generated payment details for Netflix trial?

Question:
Netflix offers a free one month trial when creating a new account with details such as name, address, mail and IBAN. All of this can be generated online for free within seconds. Two of my friends fell for the temptation before I voiced my concern. The question is - did they break any laws by using generated fake information (including IBAN) and/or would Netflix be able to sue them (or similar) by referring to their ToS?

We're located in Germany if it makes any difference.

Answer: If Netflix only offers free trials in return for valid payment details, but fails to take technical steps to validate the payment details provided, you are committing either or both of fraud or a CFAA violation - both potential felonies - by providing false details in order to gain a thing of value and to gain access to a protected computer system.


Title: Suing ex-roommate for money owed. Can I sue her for anything else?

Question:
I live in Colorado. Over the course of 9 months, my roommate never paid the full amount of rent owed. Eventually, we found someone to take over the lease, so we are no longer living together. She kept promising me she would pay me back, so I drew up a repayment agreement. She never signed is, but I have multiple emails and text messages stating that she agrees to it and saying she can't make payments. I know I have a good case for small claims court.

I would also like to sue her for the negative impact all of this has had on my life. My credit score has dropped due to not being able to make timely payments on my own bills. I've been stressed beyond belief because of money. I'm unable to continue working on my masters degree because I don't have the funds to pay for classes. My savings account is now nonexistent. I've had multiple overdraft fees on my bank account. I'm pretty sure there is something else I can take her to court for, but I don't know what it's called.

Answer:
 >I would also like to sue her for the negative impact all of this has had on my life.

Not gonna happen, so don't even try.

>I'm pretty sure there is something else I can take her to court for, but I don't know what it's called.

You're referring to *punitive damages*, but the details of this situation don't seem to rise to that threshold. Punitive damages (which are taxable btw) are awarded at the discretion of the judge but only in situations where the defendant acted so egregiously and maliciously that ill intent was obvious. This appears to be more of a situation where your ex-roommate was bad with money and irresponsible.


Title: I buy and sell Apple products on eBay and Craigslist. My apartment got robbed and the thieves made off with $7000 worth of merchandise and $3200 cash. What should I do?

Question:
I'm in New York.

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I buy and sell iPhones, iPads, and Macbooks on eBay, Craigslist, and a few other places. Someone found out where I live. My apartment got robbed and the thieves made off with $7000 worth of merchandise and $3200 cash.

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What should I do? How can I get the stuff back?

Answer: You should go to the police and file a police report.


Title: Is it against copyright law to take someone elses art, reproduce it exactly, and distribute it for free?

Answer:
 Unless you have a license from the copyright owner, this is textbook copyright infringement

That said, in context there is pretty much no chance of legal action, and the original sign-maker would likely approve of this use. People rarely want to *stop* redistribution of their political signs.Answer #2: Yes.


Title: Can I get in trouble for doing things with a minor if the minor turns to the legal age while dating them?

Question:
The title should explain most of if. Can the parents sue if I am reasonably older than the person in question (5+) but they turn 18 in the process of courting? Let's say I live in Californa and I'm 25 dating a 17 year old and they turn 18 and then the parents in question find out about our relationship- would I get in trouble.

Edit: US

Answer:
 Yes.

If you do illegal sexual things with a minor you aren't magically immune from prosecution when they reach the age of consent.Answer #2: Yes.

Also, you're a creep.Answer #3: DO NOT HAVE SEX WITH A MINOR.

You're 25 and she's 17? Please tell me you are a troll


Title: Can my roommates sue me?

Question:
Location: San Francisco, CA

Situation:
I'm moving out of state. I have 2 roommates. We signed a 1-year lease. There are 8 months left on the lease.

I spoke to the property management company and they asked for me to send them an email stating that I would be leaving, when, and that the other tenants will remain. I did this, and the property manager replied to email stating that there is no form to be signed/the email is sufficient, and that the other tenants will be responsible for the lease and rental payments.

Is this sufficient enough to void my lease? Don't my roommates have to agree to this? Is there a more formal/exhaustive way of doing this?

(Side note: I am looking for a replacement roommate. But I want to incentivize my roommates to help me by letting them know I'm off the hook soon)

Answer:
 > I am looking for a replacement roommate. But I want to incentivize my roommates to help me by letting them know I'm off the hook soon

Unfortunately for you, you're NOT off the hook soon.  You're on the hook for the entire lease.

What should incentivize your roommates is the fact that they will have to come up with the entire rent themselves if you fail to pay.  They can then sue you for it (and win), but they still have to front it or risk eviction.

Keep in mind though, if you fail to pay and they ARE evicted, not only will you get sued for the rent you owe, but you will also have an eviction on your record because you are on the lease.  This will make things very bad for you for a very long time.  I would not recommend.  Answer #2: You're still responsible for the lease unless all the roommates agree to have you removed from the lease.

A contract cannot be changed until all the parties involved agree. Answer #3: Your lease is not void. They can sue you because you agreed to live there for a year and pay rent for a year. You owe them your share of the remainder of the lease.


Title: [OH] MIL is getting deployed overseas, wants to sign Power of Attorney over to my wife in order to deal with bills while away. Any possible risks?

Question:
Might be better suited for /r/personalfinance, but here goes.

My mother-in-law is getting deployed in early 2017 for most of the year (11 months). Shes already breaking her lease, pausing phone contracts and all that.

The one stumbling block we are having is how to manage any possible bills that may arrive in her name while she is away. MIL is divorced, so my wife and I are the only family that could manage her accounts during deployment.

The options we believe we have are:

1. Sign over limited Power of Attorney for her accounts to my wife (MIL's child).
1. Write out a number of blank checks so that we (wife and I) can pay expected bills while MIL is away.
1. Put wife on MIL's accounts as joint account holder. Pay bills as needed.

Currently, we want to pursue option 2 for a handful of expenses we know are coming.

Option 3 sounds like a bad idea because we don't want MIL's finances getting mixed up with my wife's.

I have no clue what bad effects would come from option 1. The bank has told us this is what we should do but I'm unsure. Here again, we don't want to mix credit scores.

Our goal is to be able to pay her bills, both expected and unexpected, that arise while MIL is deployed. At the same time, we don't want to lump our credit in with hers or do anything that could be seen as fraudulent to the bank.

What are our options and what risks could we face?

Answer:
 Option 1 exposes *MiL* to the most risk; but is essentially riskless to you or your wife.

Honestly, with online bill pay this is much less of an issue than it used to be. Even deployed; most FOBs still have internet access (even if it's a shared computer).


Title: Drunk girl fell off golf cart last night

Question: [deleted]

Answer: Yes, he's probably liable. If he has a property so large that it requires golf carts to navigate and a "parking area", he better have some home owner's insurance.  Does this golf cart have enough seating for  five adults? The standard one doesn't.


Title: executor has 1% in will of a house. They have right to sell house?

Question:
So a person was made a executor of a will and have 1% stake in a house, and another person 1% and me 98%.

What rights do I have? Can I live in the house without them living in it. Can the 1% decide to sell the house even though I want it never sold?

the 1% was only given so THAT if I was to marry the wife can't claim 50% of the house if I get a divorce.

Australia.

Answer:
 Absent an agreement that says otherwise, he can sell his 1% interest in the house to whomever he wants. He can try to force the sale of the entire house by filing an action for partition (a lawsuit), but he would have to have a pretty compelling reason for it to succeed.

I have no idea how this scheme is supposed to protect you from your future ex-wife though. If you own 98% of the house, then that 98% is fair game in a divorce. This is what a prenuptial agreement is for.


Title: Racism in the work place?

Question:
Hi Reddit,  About 6 months ago I confronted my boss about his regular racist jokes.  I am mixed, so he had unknowingly made many run-of-the-mill jokes about my race without realizing it was my race.  When I told him how it made me feel/that I didn't think it was appropriate, he tried to defend his comments and refused to apologize.  As a result, I told HR who moved me to a different boss and punished him in the form of smaller team/more meetings with HR/slap on the wrists.
A few months later, my new boss (unknowing what happened) had the old boss write my review.  The review was awful and had many lies/seriously obvious oversights.  I brought this up to upper management and the review was rewritten.  However, since the review, my privileges and the type of work I can do have been seriously restricted.  I have also been treated like a poor performer, although I've only ever had glowing reviews before.
I have finally decided it's time to get out because I can't stand working in this environment anymore (where I have basically been blacklisted).
Is there anything I can do about this now?  I would have stayed at this company for life had this incident not happened...

Answer:
 HR did do what they are required to do. They reassigned you so the harassment ended and when your old boss attempted to retaliate they redid your review.

That does not provide any protection from future disapproval of your work performance by your new supervisor.


Title: Hoa in Colorado foreclosed on my home. I paid over $150,000 into it over 12 years and was current on my mortgage. I was never served. Help!

Question:
I really need some help here.  So if there are any law school/lawyers that read this I need to know what options I have if any.

The hoa was not in compliance with a new law that went into effect on January 1, 2014 [HB 1276](http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2013a/csl.nsf/billcontainers/07AAC5AACC7794D187257AEE00589CE7/$FILE/1276_enr.pdf)  and by not in compliance I mean they did not update their old policy which made no mention of the possibility of a 6 month payment plan.  Nor was I ever made aware of the option of paying the $1684 over 6 months.  The letter I received from the hoa did not state the option or include instructions on entering into a payment plan.   These are the two changed that were required as of Jan 1. 2014 before the hoa was to go forward with any attempt to collect debt or send any home owner to collections or to a lawyer for foreclosure.  Both of which they did to me.

I informed the hoa board as well as the lawyer of my discovery of the missing required policy updates as well as the failure to mention my option of a 6 month repayment plan.  I asked the board if all of their policies and bylaws were current and online, or if they had hard copies that might not have been uploaded online.  I received no response.  The lawyer got upset on the phone and instructed me to "not tell him about law as that was his job" I took detailed screen shots and downloaded each and every document that the hoa had available on its website, which was a good thing because the hoa has now changed the Policy for Collection of Debt on their website to a policy that is almost in compliance with the law now.  Nonetheless when they turned my account over for foreclosure in January they were not in compliance, nor did the letter that I received mention the option of 6 month payment plan.

Ok so I have still only received the one notice from the court. Nothing from the attorneys office at all.  My house was sold to the Hoa last week for the total of the judgement plus attorneys fees and what not.  $5600 now.  In colorado the hoa has super lein priority so in cases such as mine where I am not behind on my mortgage and the mortgage company was not foreclosing and with the hoa foreclosing first the hoa gets the full amount of the judgement plus the extra fees that the lawyer tacks on.  There is no owner right of redemption and all second leins are completly knocked out.  So my mortgage company has been getting the runaround from the attorneys office and they have still not gotten a invoice for the total amount due, I had my father go down with $7000 cash to the lawyers office yesteday 11/6/2014 and he was told that the lawyer has been on vacation all week and he has the file with him...he also tried to go pay the hoa but no one was at the property managers office at 2:00 PM.  So we will see what today brings.

Here are my questions.  I have filed a motion to set the default judgment aside stating the fact that I was never personally served as the reason.  Also I filed my answer at the same time stating the fact of the non compliance of the hoa to HB 1276 as reason to invalidate the lawsuit. I am waiting for the answer from the hoa and then the judge to rule on the motion to see if I can challenge the hoas ability to start these proceedings.

My law questions finally....
If I pay the amount due to the hoa (who now owns my home) will I be able to sue anyone or somehow recoup the money that was awarded on a lawsuit that according to state law should not have been allowed to even be turned to the attorney.

Also this is debt starting in 2004.  Should I amend my answer to the court to ask the amount due to the hoa and asked for in the lawsuit is not a valid amount due to Colorados 6 year statute of limitations?
If the statute of limitations assumption is correct will my paying to get my house back stop me from being able to use that as reason for the court to dismiss the lawsuit?
If the answer is yes, then what if my mortgage company pays the $5600 to the hoa and adds it to my loan, can I still use the statute of limitations on the hoa debt older than 6 years as grounds for dismissal, since I wouldnt be paying directly myself.

Or are do all of the arguments become invalid if anyone pays to satisfy the judgment to the hoa.  Because in reality if I was not a couple of days away from eviction I would not even consider paying the judgment and would wait for the judge to rule and if that was not in my favor I would take the court of appeals route to fight this because (and please tell me if Im wrong) I believe I have mulitiple valid reasons for this to be unwound and re assessed.  Help please.

Well I guess that will be the last time I come to you "super smart" redditors for advice on anything.  Did anyone read the entire post?  Did anyone read just a bit into the new law I posted?   Obviously not.  Do you think if I had money to pay a lawyer and pay off this judgment I would not have done so already? I cant Thanks for your awesome advice.  I actually thought that I would get some good solid advice on here.  But instead every comment so far adds nothing at all to help my situation.   I will try to explain backtrack and ELI5 this since obviously no one has yet to even look into anything or offer real advice.

Answer:
 Did I read this correctly - you haven't paid your HOA dues since *2004*?  Answer #2: You're in way over your head. You can't even see the surface from how deep you are. I can't believe you let it go this far with securing a lawyer who could *competently* handle the matter. Instead you bungled it and now have probably lost your home as a result.

Let this be a warning to anybody reading this. Small claims court over the $200 you loaned your ex-girlfriend's brother is one thing, but when it comes to your potentially losing your home you don't want to try to go it alone.Answer #3: >$7000 cash

also never pay anything like this in cash. use something trackable like a money order or cashier's check. Answer #4: $30 a year?   Wow, just wow.


Title: CA; Deadbeat dad walks out and 5 years later contacts me saying he wants custody/ visitation rights.

Question:
I'll keep this as short as possible. Basically out of the blue he contacts a friend of a friend of mine gets my number and leaves me a message which states he wants to be in my child's life. He's moving back into town and will be fighting for his rights. Because "he is a changed man and is ready to be a patent now."

5 years ago when my child was born he decided he wanted nothing to do with us. Hell, he tried his hardest to convince me to have an abortion, then threatened to have me beat until I miscarried. A plethora of horrendous events followed. I kept documents on all events and had it ready for court. When the time came he didn't even put up a fight. It took him 3 years just to pay child support because he saw it as an " inconvenience" to his life.

I have old legal police reports against him. For drug use and domestic violence, even threats. I caught him trying to hurt my infant child redhanded.
He was never allowed near us again after that.

I don't believe monsters like him can change. My child is very happy and doesn't even care that it's just the two of us. We have each other and that is all we need. But now this guy thinks he can just walk back in like nothing ever happened. If gets custody or visitation it will only confuse and hurt my child more than anything.

Reddit, I ask you with much sadness in my heart, what do I do?
I am a single mother with limited money...I can't afford much.
How can I prevent him from getting visitation or custody?

Answer:
 > He was never allowed near us again after that.

Does this mean you filed for a protection order or something like that? Did he admit in court about trying to hurt your child?Answer #2: You need to get a lawyer an petition the court to terminate his parental rights. Given the amount of time he was gone without providing support there may be an argument to bad made for abandonment. Also, bring in all the documentation of hi past behavior.

There are legal services/clinic that can help people who don't have the funds to hire an attorney.Answer #3: He can *try* but almost no judge will award him any custody or visitation right given the police reports, plus him walking out for five years. Family court is notoriously harsh on absent parents who suddenly want the kid-and now that he's five, you can argue it isn't in best interests of the child.

The cheapest thing you can probably do is have the lawyer submit a petition to the court about terminating his parental rights asap, before he submits his claim for custody and it turns into an enormous battle.Answer #4: Do you have a custody order from a court?


Title: I want to report a large amount of marijuana use or maybe selling in a house near where I live.

Question: I'm concerned about making this tip because I suspect these people do not like me. I've been at their house before and they had a huge zip lock back of weed on the table. I'm not sure if they are selling it or what but I see a lot of people outside their house at night all the time. Can you help me decide what to do?

Answer:
 Just from my experience.  A drug house is not something you want nearby.

1. They can attract criminals looking to purchase drugs.

2.  They can attract crime, including a lot of localized property crime.

3.  They can attract a heavy police presence.

4.  They can lower property values if they are well known.

5.  The manufacturing of drugs can destroy individual homes and whole neighborhoods.  Meth cooks are especially dangerous for neighbors.

6.  They often bring a lot of all night traffic which can disturb the neighborhood.

7.  They can attract drug robberies.

8.  They are often used as party houses.

The list goes on...up to you OP.


Title: Employer is asking me to pay back PTO

Question:
I have been working for my employer for over 5 years now.  At the 5 year mark, full time employees receive 15 days PTO to be used within a year of their original start date.  My start date is in November and I have been a full time employee since starting.  In December, I took my 15 PTO days consecutively to give birth and stay home with my baby.  I reached out to my employer today to schedule a returning day and to inform her that I will be returning as a part time employee for the foreseeable future. She informed me that I must now pay back my 15 days PTO if I intend to become a part time employee.  I have looked in the employee handbook and can't seem to find anything that states that I would have to pay back the PTO I used.  If anyone has any experience with this situation I would really appreciate the help! Thanks.

I attached a photo of the PTO page in my employee handbook.
[Employee Handbook](https://imgur.com/a/bOKXxOO)

Answer:
 It really depends.  Did you borrow against them or did you use ones that have already accrued?

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This isn't clear how they accrue (per hour, per pay period, etc).  It appears like they begin to accrue at your anniversary.  15 days a year is about 1.2 days a month.  That means that if you left in December you'd have only earned 1.2 of 15 days.  It would be capped at 1.2 (or whatever) because it states it doesn't accrue during periods of leave.  Did you have any carryover?

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Also, are you being fired and rehired or do you have a status change?  They do explicitly state that they don't pay out upon termination.

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Very likely, the best bet would be for you to negotiate partial PTO and accrue it to be paid back for the hours you work.  They list nothing about part-time status and PTO.


Title: Sex Offender fostering kids near my location, what or if anything can I do?

Question:
I wasnt sure where to post about this but it's been bothering me for a few days now not knowing what to do.

Long story short I just moved into this neighborhood recently and one of the neighbors always has a lot of kids in house yard playing or in the pool that are varying ages and obviously isn't his own. Didn't think much of it, found out that he fosters kids..also that his house has been raided in the past for drugs. But I didnt think much of it,I haven't seen it happen and maybe just neighbors talking. But I saw an ad recently about sex offenders in area and decided I would go to the government site just out of curiosity and see. Well sure enough, it's the address with the kids...what can I or should I do anything? Is it okay after a certain time?

P.S. Not originally from America so I dont know how it works but it just doesn't seem right and is obviously upsetting. Looking at news articles it seems like it happens from time to time.

Answer:
 It's probably not okay. Are you sure you were looking at a real government site? What state are you in?

I'd report it to child protective services as a concern.

edit: does the website say the correct address? What does it say the original charge was?Answer #2: Call the PA DHS (Dept. of Human Services) ChildLine and Abuse Registry Intake Unit at 800-932-0313. They will walk you through making the report. Answer #3: Whether or not he's legally (or morally) okay to have kids around depends on the nature of the offense.  Did the website show you that?

There is absolutely NO harm in reporting it to the police.   If they look it up and realize it's not a big deal, nothing will come of it.  If they look into it and it's a big deal, you could be saving a kid.   Just make the call.  Tell them you'd like to stay out of it.   They can keep your involvement quiet for now, though if it were to end up in a trial, they may require you or any other neighbor to testify about what you've seen, though that's unlikely.Answer #4: What state is this? and what site did you use. Most state governments don't advertise their sex registers. It's possible that you were somehow scammed. Also, sometimes people aren't officially "fostering" but rather taking in kids of friends or acquaintances.

You can always notify the state police. Usually the site has a link to find out more information or provide tips.


Title: I was fired today without warning. When asking the comp team about my benefits, s/he said that they ended today. Is that legal?

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 It is pretty typical for benefits to terminate on the last day of employment or the last day of the month.

You can enroll in COBRA, where you pay the full premium to continue your coverage, including whatever your employer covered before. Or you can go on the exchange and get other coverage if it's cheaper since losing your coverage is a qualifying event. You should get your COBRA paperwork in the mail fairly soon, if you don't get it in a week contact the benefits administrator. You only have a certain amount of time to sign up for that.

File for unemployment and if they deny you, appeal that too.


Title: [Norway] CPS (Barnevernet) doesn't want to listen to me (17M) and my sister (16F) when we say we want to meet our mom.

Question:
We recently contacted CPS due to having an abusive step-dad and a neglecting mom. Our mom is not abusive or a danger to us, and we see no reason why we can't see her and do things with her. We love her very much and love being with her.

We have told CPS that we want to meet her, but they won't listen to us. They're treating it as a general case where the mom is abusive, but she isn't. Apparently they want to give us a break for an indeterminate break, but we want to see her. After that they want us to plan punctual times we can meet, but we want to be able to plan when we meet up ourselves. They won't give us any reason why we can't see our mom, but we have to listen to them.

I know very few will know how the law works in Norway, but does anyone know a way to help us so we can see our mom?

Answer:
 You should contact the Association of Child Protection Agency clients:

http://barnevernsbarna.no/

Maybe become a member. They are most likely to know how to go about your issue.

Wait with the lawyers, try to do it this way first.

If you don't succeed, they will also know what lawyers take this kind of cases...


Title: Got towed from my condo complex, do I have any sort of argument?

Question:
Our complex has a parking lot that gets very crowded. For some reason, they put a small area on the side with white lines that makes it very inconvenient because two spots could have been put there, but instead only one car can. If the other car leaves a little space, it is very easy for two cars fit if one parks on the white lines.

I have been parking on this spot for the past 4 years when it is available. I did last night as well. When I went to get my car today, it was gone. I called towing, they said I had parked in an illegal parking spot.

Do I have any sort of argument here? I mean I've been a resident here for a while, its kind of bullshit that they tow me for a spot that does absolutely no harm to anyone! It did not block another parking spot or anything else....

Answer: You parked in a non-parking space. That is the end of the story. The fact that it didn't hurt someone does not make it against policy. You also knew you shouldn't park there. You went 4 years without getting towed. Seems like you rolled the dice and got great odds up till now.


Title: [MI] Employer docked half a day of pay for being late (30 minutes) and another day for taking my SO to rehab. I am salaried. Is this legal/ worth pursuing?

Question: We're really poor, and $150 is missing from my paycheck, which is kinda a big deal...

Answer: The former almost definitely not; the latter is, depending upon whether or not you showed up and did any work that day.


Title: I was woken up by a cop and threatened with arrest for trespassing

Question:
I'm in Portland, Oregon, and I'm houseless.

I was sleeping in a doorway. There is no *no trespassing* sign nor have I been trespassed from the establishment. The officer did not say I had been called on. He just told me to leave and threatened to arrest me for trespassing if he caught me there again.

My question is, can the police legally do this? And what are the relevant ordinances?

Answer:
 [Portland Police policy 0630.37](https://www.portlandoregon.gov/police/article/541450) is the cooperative agreement between Portland Police and the city's commercial establishments that allows a police officer to act in the role of a "person in charge" of a premises even when there is no private property manager or owner onsite.

You're incorrect that there must be a visible outdoor No Trespassing sign or that you must be instructed by the private property owner to leave before you can be given a trespass warning.   Police can do that all by themselves, and do.

You are correct that you generally get a trespass warning and an opportunity to depart the premises before you can be \*arrested\* for trespass in Portland.   But not just to be told to leave.

Whether or not his was a dick move by the police officer is unknown.Answer #2: None of that matters. If you don't own the property and you aren't there with permission from the owner, you're trespassing. There's no magic words or some kind of situation that lets you trespass legally. The officer was well within his rights to tell you to leave because he knew you were breaking the law. You're in Portland for godsakes, go to a shelter.


Title: Can my legal guardians commit me to a mental hospital if I am 18? [KY]

Question:
So... My grandparents and legal guardians are threatening to have me committed to a mental facility based only on non-violent yet highly verbal occurrances at school and home. I have no criminal past, no history of violence. I am just very emotional and tend to use strong language when provoked.

If they can have me committed on these grounds is there any way once in the faculty to be released?

I am 18 years old.
I'm a female.
I graduate high school in May.
I am dependent on my guardians.

Answer:
 If you are 18 and there is no court order, then they are NOT your guardians.

You are a legal adult and have no guardian, even if you depend on them for support or money.