Title: Divorce: How do I know what's reasonable to ask for? I'm interested in settlement, but lawyers are stuck in childish games.

Question:
Sorry about the long post, but this is my first time in a legal fight...

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We're middle-aged, we have kids, and live in Alberta, Canada. We were together 15y. No infidelity or other drama, no abuse, we both agree on 50/50 custody and are capable of parenting ok. We moved apart and split most of the assets 50/50. I was civil, she was reluctantly civil.

I earn about 3x more money than my ex. Right from the start, I said that I'm ok with paying child + spousal support, and I started paying support from day 1 without any signed agreement, because I felt it was the right thing to do.

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We had a basic spousal separation agreement that we worked out with a paralegal, and we just needed lawyers to sign it. I hired an inexpensive lawyer just to get it done. Turns out she hired an aggressive family law lawyer. The first thing her lawyer did was to tear the agreement up, start from scratch ($$$), throw up huge demands, and refuse to negotiate. They also started a frustration campaign, for example:

\- not responding to multiple emails or faxes for two months then sending us a letter threatening extra costs because WE are the ones stalling(?)

\- asking for disclosure on a lot of documents and once I provide them they say they don't need it anymore

\- asking for a court date for something simple rather than asking, then adjourn right before court date

\- sending me direct mail rather than to my lawyer (apparently that's a no-no?)

etc

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I'm at the end of my rope with frustration and uncertainty. It's been almost a  year of no real progress. I wanted to make some sort of deal, but these guys are committed to being childish and just drawing things out.

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* I don't know where to go from here. The opposing side threatens court any time they communicate. The lawyers argue about petty bulls$it. How do I move things along? Of course, I could end this ordeal tomorrow if I give them everything - but they're asking for well over 50% with no compromise. The opposing counsel's strategy seems to be "poison any attempt at negotiation, because court is lucrative". I tried to talk to my ex to explain that we were very close to a compromise before, but she totally handed over the reins to her lawyer and doesn't want to think about it. Her family is paying the legal.

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* My lawyer seems very passive. Whenever I suggest something we could try, some offer we could make, she just seems resigned that the other side will not agree to anything. I suggested mediation, but my lawyer said the other side will just ignore the results. Why do people even try mediation if that's the case? If her attitude is "there's no point in trying, the other side is not cooperating", then what are we doing? My lawyer also gets rattled about the unprofessional behavior. I'm starting to feel like I brought a knife to a gunfight. I'm strongly thinking about hiring a family law lawyer, but of course I know that will be $$$$, and it'll increase chance of going to court...

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* Spousal support - my spouse is deliberately under-earning, but I don't know if it's actionable. Before the end of our marriage, she wanted a new career, so I paid for her to go back to college. Of course, we didn't sign anything that said "this will be your soft landing after divorce", because we were amicable back then. She received her degree recently, finished her practicum, and was about to start the work (70k to start, unionized, benefits, job openings in our city). However, she just decided she didn't feel like applying for jobs. When she moved out, she grabbed a minimum wage job to show "effort". On paper, she could expect 7-15y spousal support, but she has an excellent career that she's voluntarily not using. I offered 4y spousal due to that, and she was initially receptive. Also, she worked at multiple times during our marriage, in the tech industry, sometimes at a better salary than me. She is NOT a helpless housewife with a 15y hole in her resume. Now her lawyer is asking for more, and I'm wondering how actionable is her work situation? My lawyer says going to court and asking for imputed income is a gamble, because she never "actually worked" this new job - the judge won't make her work it if she hates the work (a career she chose herself and practiced successfully during her practicum!). Anyone has experience with imputed income? Am I crazy, because throwing away a career that your spouse paid for just to suck down spousal support seems super shady to me - would a judge agree?

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* They're asking for flat spousal support, i.e. doesn't vary with income. Is this normal? I make decent money, but I'm topped out in my career - the only way is down. On the other hand, she's got 2+ college degrees, and is making minimum wage - she's got tons of earning opportunity. So flat spousal support is very much to her benefit if either of our incomes change, but I don't know what is typical / reasonable to ask for? My lawyer says "They'll never agree to variable support".

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* Special-child-cost sharing (called Section 7 expenses) seems to be insane in Canada? Apparently they are payable based on the balance of incomes BEFORE child support is factored in - is this correct? So, if I make 75% of our combined incomes before child support, but I'm only left with 40% at the end of the month due to child support payments, I'm still expected to pay 75% for my kid's orthodontist etc? Could the law be that ridiculous, or am I getting the wrong advice?

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* The other side is asking that we base our calculations on last year's tax forms - she only started work halfway through the year. So even though she's working full-time, her tax forms make it seem like she's making half. I say, we should base her income calculations based on her pay stubs, but my lawyer says "they'll never give up on this - we'll have to go to court over that". Huh? Does that seem obviously unfair to anyone? Cherry-picking your income period to set yourself up for 1+ year of fat payments? That one's a temporary pain, but Jesus Christ, is the law really that blind?

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On top of everything, she receives family support (they gifted her a house and a car after we separated), while I have no family in this country or external help (immigrant). However, gifts apparently don't count in Canada...

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My options are:

1) Give in on everything, which will eliminate the immediate stress, but set me up for a lifetime of poverty while my ex sits back.

2) Go to court, pay a huge amount of money, and perhaps win some concessions? I don't know if it'll be worth the cost of the fight. Arguably worse than option 1?

3) Just throw in the towel completely, give her 100% of the custody (she'd hate it, because she's not fond of parenting work), live under a bridge earning nothing, since I'd be expected to pay crushing support, and set my children up for failure in life. So, multiple lives down the toilet, but I wouldn't have to deal with her?

Answer:
 Before you give in, I'd contact the [Law Society of Alberta](https://www.lawsociety.ab.ca/about-us/contact-us/) and describe the situation to them. They may have advice for you (that's part of their job) and they can help you file complaints against either or both lawyers. IANAL, but it certainly sounds like they're intentionally prolonging this to bleed you for legal fees.

Have you kept documentation of all your interactions with the lawyers? The more, the better.


Title: Blue Cross of Colorado is withholding my friend's 1095-A form until he has paid the balance on his delinquent account. Is that legal to do?

Answer: You don't need a 1095-A to file so why does he even care?


Title: Father has been missing for a week. According to local Police, he doesn't meet the "missing person criteria" and I'm unsure of how to proceed.

Question:
 Hello all, I’m not sure if this is the right subreddit to ask for advise in this specific situation, but here it goes.

My father went missing a week ago and we’ve done all the standard things such as:

*  Calling hospitals and jails in surrounding counties
*  Calling the police and having a missing person report filed (more on this later)
*  Checking notable locations that he has visited in the past
*  Missing person poster

Just to add a bit of context to his living situation, he retired about 12-13 years ago and has been living off his pension for that amount of time. He hasn’t been employed since then and has had a rough time financially, especially within the last couple of years. I ended up giving him a bit of money to help with the down-payment on a house about three years ago, the deal fell through, he had car troubles around the same time and decided to use that money to buy a large van to convert into a camper instead. He has a girlfriend/partner of about 12ish years who he lives with as well.

Unfortunately, the fact that he sleeps in his van often is what’s currently stonewalling us. The local PD has said that my father doesn’t “meet the criteria” of a missing person since he is an adult and can come and go as he pleases, even though he has health issues. I get this…I understand that they have procedures to follow to prevent abuse of people’s privacy, but they also seem to be unwilling to elevate things as we find out more, such as:

1.  He last picked up mail from his post box the day before he went missing. Neither the post box nor the storage unit accounts were closed out.
2.  He last picked up a prescription the day of his disappearance (He is diabetic and takes insulin)
3. His last text was to my Uncle on the day of his disappearance. Nothing within the contents was out of the norm.
4. His phone worked up until yesterday (about 6 days after his disappearance). It now goes straight to voicemail.

*  Note: I think that the solar panels on his Van kept his phone charged for longer than usual, unless I’m totally off base on average phone battery life. This might mean he isn’t far from his vehicle if something did happen.
*  Based on the context of who called him, and the messages left, I feel as though there is no way that he wouldn’t have called someone back if there wasn’t something currently wrong. He wouldn’t purposefully put family through stress like that.

No matter what, whenever I try to give them an update to at least have on file somewhere, the PD’s response seems to be an annoyed “Looks like the initial report deemed that he doesn’t meet the criteria…Oh well”.

TLDR:

*  Father went missing last week
*  Local PD won’t declare him missing, because of his living situation. He can apparently “come and go as he pleases”.
*  I can’t get information from local coroner offices/bank/phone service because of there being no local missing person’s report and no court order
   *  An out of state missing person’s report has been filed by my uncle, which supposedly guarantees that if his license plate is incidentally scanned somewhere, they will approach him and try to give medical aid/apprehend. Local PD isn’t actively searching, though.
*  Missing person’s poster/images currently being amplified on Social Media
*  Feels like we missed a window of opportunity to act while his phone was still on due to law enforcement inaction

I’m honestly just lost and unsure what to do, especially since I’m currently out of country. Outside of my internet sleuthing/info gathering, out-of-state family doing what they can with their own local PDs, and his GF’s family searching his local area, It seems like the PD in question’s non-verbal response is to just wait until he turns up dead somewhere.

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Is there any other legal plan of action here? I was planning on speaking with State PD, but would that yield the same results?  Any help would be appreciated, thanks for reading.

Answer: NAL but my I’m curious as to what qualifies someone for a “Silver Alert”? Are the police aware that your father is a diabetic? I’m baffled as to how they can immediately assume he’s not in any type of danger. Have you been able to make any contact with his S.O. or have they fallen off of the radar as well? At this point, if it were my father, I’d be the biggest pain in the police departments ass as I could be. You may try researching senior alerts in your area or even reaching out to social services. Do you know where your father banks? It may not be a bad idea to speak with someone at the bank and let them know that you’re worried. Good luck to you and I hope he’s just enjoying a break from the real world.


Title: Mother Keeping Money From Me

Question:
My father died when I was 5. What I didn't know - and just found out earlier today - was that it was from malpractice. The fact that I wasn't told any of this is a whole 'nother story. Apparently, there was 300,000 that was supposed to go to me from the settlement. It specifies in the settlement that the money is only supposed to go to me. An annuity was purchased. I called MetLife and not only did interested bump it up quite a bit, my mother took out all the money when I turned 18 (in 2014) and put it in a bank account/CDs.

Now, my mother is an evil, controlling, excuse for a human being who has actually tried to kill me before. My wife believes this problem is because I'm no longer living under my mother's roof and she knows that if I'm never going to ask her for any money ever again, I'll have no reason to ever acknowledge her existence (I've had a rough couple years and have been homeless, and my mother apparently let me struggle and couldn't think to tell me there was money for me).

Still, I've been pleading with her to give me access to the account. I called the bank the MetLife representative told me the funds were in and they couldn't find anything with my social on it, leading me to think it's in a joint account or under her name.

What can I do about this? She's claiming she can't give me access to the account. I don't think that's true. She also won't tell me how much is even /left/ in there. She keeps trying to blame me and blame a bunch of people, claiming a mysterious "they" want more money. I don't know who she gave money to or how much.

I just want to know if I should pursue legal action, when I should do that, and if there's anything else I could do.

Location: Saint Paul, Minnesota

Answer:
 >I just want to know if I should pursue legal action, when I should do that, and if there's anything else I could do.

I mean you are allegedly owed over $300,000. You should talk to an attorney.


Title: Kentworth T880 hit my PARKED car causing extensive damage? Expecting a fight with insurance .. help

Question:
My parked car was hit in the city of Philadelphia by a truck making a super tight turn on a very tight residential street. I have no idea why it was even trying to make that turn or why they thought they could do it without hitting my legally parked car.

Anyways, I DO NOT want the expenses of purchasing a new car such as Sales taxes, increased insurance premiums on a newer model, registration fees -- etc.  so it would be ideal for me to just have my current car fixed, no matter what the price - and I don't care what they think the value of my car is and if they don't want to pay out to fix a totaled car.

Now, my car is a 2004 year model so I would expect them to rather total the vehicle and give me a tiny check.

What are my legal rights in PA for how they make me whole?

This incident happened in PA, my car has MA plates and the person who hit me has DE plates.

Answer:
 You are entitled to either the fair market value of your car in the condition it was in (make, model, mileage, damage, etc) prior to the crash OR the amount to fix your car, whichever is less.  Answer #2: Despite the fact that you are being needlessly argumentative, I have sympathy for your situation.  Spend your time and energy researching the price in your location for matching make/model vehicles.  Try to find evidence that a matching vehicle with same mileage/condition cannot actually be purchased for the price they are offering. In corresponding with the insurance adjuster, be calm and keep emotions out of it.  Whatever the initial offer, you can probably get more than that.  It still probably won't be enough to make you feel as if you have been made whole.  Good luck to you..Answer #3: You are made whole by getting the value of your car. Your next car purchase is your decision. Buy another 2004 model. Answer #4: For first party claims, Pennsylvania has a bulletin regarding this. A total loss is settled based upon the pre-loss fair market value of the damaged vehicle plus the state sales tax on the cost of a replacement vehicle. 27 Pennsylvania Bulletin 306131; Pa. Code § 62.3 (E)(4).

For 3rd party claims (yours against truck drivers insurance) 31 Pa. Code § 146.2 defines “claimant” as a first-party claimant, a third-party claimant, or both. However, no other applicable statute, or case law governing recovery of sales tax directed specifically at 3rd party claims.


Title: Can a speeding ticket be thrown out for wrong personal information on the ticket?

Question: [deleted]

Answer: No.


Title: [Vancouver, BC] billed for ambulance service that I didn't use

Question:
So a couple of months ago, I got a mail from revenue services BC saying that I have overdue payment of 80 dollars for ambulance service. I have never used/called for an ambulance so I called them to find out what is going on. When I talked to the rep she said that I was transferred to Kelowna hospital, which is about 4.5 hour drive away from where I live. So I explain to her that I've always lived in Vancouver and being admitted to Kelowna hospital doesn't make any sense. She looks further in and I was told that the person who was actually admitted had same personal health number, date of birth, same name, but different house address. She went on to say there must have been a mix up between the patient/paramedics/hospital registration when the actual patient was admitted to the hospital. Can't exactly remember how the conversation ended but I thought everything was sorted out and I didn't have to pay for the ambulance but last week, I get another mail from revenue services BC saying final notice for overdue payment and they will start to seize my things if I fail to pay on a certain date. So I give RSBC another call just to find out that she put a hold of 180 days for the payment and I was still responsible for paying the bill. And then they tell me that I have to call BC ambulance services to tell them that it was not me that was admitted to the hospital on the ambulance. They tell me that I have to prove that it wasn't me so advise me to call Kelowna hospital medical records department to prove that it wasn't me. So I fill out a form for release of personal medical records hoping everything would be solved when they say that they don't have any medical records of me at their hospital because I was never there. Then today I get a call from Kelowna medical records dept and they tell me that I was admitted to their hospital with same name, date of birth, personal health number, but again different address. I have no idea how this can happen. I don't think it's possible that someone is using my PHN because my PHN card never left my drawer. wtf do I do now? How can I prove that I wasn't admitted to their hospital?

tldnr: live in Vancouver, get billed for ambulance service to Kelowna (4.5 hrs away from where I live), Kelowna hospital says I was admitted to their emergency room via ambulance when I requested my medical records to prove that it wasn't me, the actual patient has same name, date of birth, personal health number, but different address.

thanks for any insight

Answer: Get a credit report now, and make sure this isn't identity theft.


Title: Old roommates threatening after my non-payment

Question:
Living in Summit County, Utah

Was living in a house with 5 other people. Several months back two of them, a couple, moved out of the master bedroom which I then filled, and increased my rent, so that we wouldn't have to attempt to get two more people into the house since parking was a pain during the winter.

The two who moved out claim that they were taken off of the lease after a couple months of back and forth with the landlord (which it appears the landlord lied about and kept them on the lease). During that time we filled the extra room with a friend who then also ended up moving out due to tearing his ACL and not having the ability to get himself around effectively.

The guy who has been paying all of the bills for the house then proceeded to take several hundred dollars (last month rent and security deposit) from the guy who moved out because of his ACL which he mentioned wanting to keep in case the new person that would move into that empty room decided to screw him over. The guy who is paying all of the bills also allowed his dog to chew a massive hole in the carpet which means we most likely won't be seeing any of our security deposit back.

I recently moved out, and told him that I wouldn't be paying rent unless he gave the money back to the guy who tore his ACL because there was no reason for him to have kept that money, nor do any of us know where it's gone or if he still has it.

I'm now getting threats from several of the people still in the house that they will be calling my place of employment and showing up in person to try and get money for the last month I was involved.

My question is, without me being on the lease, is there a way that I would be legally responsible for my portion of that last months rent?

Answer:
 You need to pay the rent because you were a tenant regardless if you were on the lease or not, you can't withhold it to get something you want, they can sue you to recover it.

On the other hand they can't extort you to get it back. If you feel that they are legitimately threatening your safety call the police. I don't know what they said so I can't speak to if they crossed the line yet.


Title: If something is stolen from me, is it still considered mine? Does it stop being mine after a certain amount of time?

Question:
A few years ago I was burgled and among other things most of my video games were stolen. I've been playing a few of those titles I used to own on my PC with an emulator recently and I was wondering if I was still considered the owner of those stolen items. If so, would that mean I was just playing a backup of a game I already own even though I don't physically posses them?

Edit: Dear locationbot, I live in London

Answer: You can't illegally download and play a game just because you paid for a copy of it sometime in the past.


Title: Ex-girlfriend said she wont pay student loans that I co-signed

Question:
Hello everyone, and thank you for the advice in advance.

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My ex-girlfriend and I were doing pretty well, but for whatever stupid reason I co-signed her student loans late last year. We broke up on bad terms, and I moved out and I went no contact because she was manipulative and emotionally abusive. She just sent me an e-mail saying that she will refuse to pay for her loan that I co-signed unless I talk to her. I know I will be on the hook for the money if she refuses to pay, but I am not sure how I can proceed. I have saved the e-mail, and do not plan on contacting her. I have been told I can sue her for damages if she doesn't pay, but I am not knowledgeable enough in the law to be able to know for sure. Am I able to sue her if she defaults? What is the process if she refuses to pay? does it go straight to me? How bad is my credit going to be hit?

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Do you think I should reply to her email stating that if she doesn't pay her credit will be impacted? I wouldn't put it past her to not think about that. She probably doesn't know that I could sue, if that is an option.  Any advice is appreciated.

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I signed in Nevada, not sure if that matters, but i am currently in California

Answer:
 You can sue her for anything that you end up paying but the loan company can come after you for anything that she doesn't pay themAnswer #2: It sounds like she's just doing it to manipulate you, but this is serious.

You could sue her for contribution in the event that she defaults, but they will come after you for the money and your remedy is against her.

There is a possibility you could be released. Has she already begun payments?Answer #3: >Am I able to sue her if she defaults?

Since you are on the account you can contact the lender to find out or get access to their web site.

> What is the process if she refuses to pay?

You make the payments, and then think about suing her. Whether you are above the limit for small claims depends on your location.

> Do you think I should reply to her email stating that if she doesn't pay her credit will be impacted?

Only if you don't also pay them and wreck your own credit as well.


Title: [california] rear ended someone and realized my insurance had lapsed

Question: Hi guys, was on the way to work this morning and i rear ended the car in front of me on the on-ramp to the highway. Luckily it was low speed and the damage to the car in front was minimal. The bad news is the guy started claiming whiplash and called an ambulance. Obviously, my first concern is that i hope the guy is okay, but seeing as i was going 15 mph and managed to steer away i highly doubt any substanstial bodily harm was done. Now onto my negligence. My insurance had lapsed and was past the cancelation date - huge mess up on my part. At this point how do i approach the situation, i want to do right by the guy and compensate him for any damages but at the same time how do i minimize exposure and make sure he doesnt ruin my life. Im fairly young and dont have kany assets besides the car and about $7k in savings. Can he garnish wages and lay claim to my future assets?

Answer: You're going to be on the hook for his medical expenses as well as the cost to fix his car. You could have minimized exposure by having insurance, but you didn't. Now you are going to have to pay out of pocket.


Title: I have to go to court in 1 hour for a "loose dog". Any tips?

Question:
I live in VA. Long story short my dog escaped my fully fenced yard and my neighbor called animal control.  I got my dog back inside before animal control showed up but they charged me with a class 4 misdemeanor for "loose dog".

Any tips before I have to go in front of the judge? I don't have a defense because he was technically loose, just looking for tips on what to say/what not to say.

Thanks
Topic:
Criminal Law

Answer:
 It looks like the max fine would be $250 fyi. As for what to do I'd say be applogetic and respectful to the judge. Say it was a mistake and that you are working on fixing the fence/already fixed the fence.Answer #2: > Any tips

don't wait until an hour before your hearing to prepareAnswer #3: Dress nice, be polite and respectful, answer questions honestly and succinctly if asked.

I think the best advise would have been to consult with a lawyer a few weeks ago because a misdemeanor on your criminal record is not great.


Title: Selling a house "As-Is" [U.S.]

Question:
Recently a neighbor selling his place got dinged by the prospective buyer's Home Inspector who demanded a further inspection by a structural engineer of a dormer that was done 3 owners/20 years ago. It got me thinking about improvements that previous owners have and have not done to my house when I sell. Are there up and down sides to putting a house on the market and boldly saying 'This is it. Take it or leave it.'
Edit: For clarity, I want to know if a home inspector's findings are binding and/or part of a searchable record for potential buyers.

Answer: A seller can absolutely insist that all offers be "take it or leave it" offers. But as such an offer puts the buyer at a potential disadvantage, it can drive them away, resulting in a lower selling price or a longer time to sell.


Title: Off-campus college apartment party busted.

Question: Long story short, I was at an apartment party which got busted by an RA as it turned out to be a university owned apartment. They found alcohol and drugs and the school is citing me for those violations. My questions: I did not know I was on school property and there is nothing in the building inidcating that it is, is it fair for them to expect me to follow school policies in such a location? I was not engaging in the activities, but just.socializing with friends, does that help me at all? Nothing there was mine and the people responsible for it had left earlier. Thanks for the help.

Answer: Does the school's code of conduct specify that good behavior is only expected on campus?


Title: Made a big mistake. Got an OUI in MA, but I live in CA. Need help understanding what's next.

Question:
Hey guys. I made a massive error in judgment last night, fell asleep at the wheel after some drinks with a friend while visiting my hometown in MA, now have an OUI (no damage, no one got hurt, I'm very lucky). I usually live in a major city and don't drive much, misjudged myself, I know I fucked up. I have court tomorrow.

I'm just curious, because no one seems to be sure - I have a CA state license and live there. I've read that MA doesn't transfer their DUI records but I'm not sure how true that is. Does this affect my record in CA? Will I be able to complete a mandatory alcohol program in CA if ordered by MA? Just trying to understand what to expect. I've never done this before, no prior legal trouble of any kind.

Answer:
 MA will certainly notify CA about your license suspension, and probably the OUI as well. You should be able to complete a similar alcohol program to MA’s 24D — have your attorney look into that.

Your attorney may be able to waive your appearance at court dates for a while, but expect to fly in for any motions to suppress and dismiss, and trial.


Title: NJ - Rescue group had me pay for vet trips promising I would be reimbursed, stealing rare breed kitten

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 First, this rescue is run by absolute morons. I want to smack them all with a heavy philosophy book and hope to god at least some resemblance of critical thinking transfers over.

Second, as is written, no the rescue is wrong in every way. They agreed to help the couple and return the cats for them. The rescue cannot agree to this, then go "Oh lol we were just kidding. These are all ours now so go pound sand."

Similarly, they agreed to reimburse you for your part. On top of that, even if you agreed to be reimbursed after stealing their cats, it still wouldn't be valid as a contract that hinges on an illegal act is not valid.

That said, unless any of this is in writing, good luck proving any of this because it's going to be a whole lot of he said, she said.


Title: Bus driver closed the door on my grandmother, then sped off

Question:
Hello everyone. My location is Germany but I guess our law systems might be similar in that matter, so I'm asking on this on legaladvice.

My 84 year old grandmother took the bus today. When she wanted to get out at her station, this asshole of a bus driver closed the doors without checking if everyone is out yet. My grandmother's leg got caught in the door, causing her to fall on the pavement hands first. She's at the hospital right now. The asshole didn't even care. He didn't even do so much as to call out to her to see if she's okay. He just opened the door again to release her foot and then sped off. No passengers came to her aid. My grandmother's foot is likely broken, she's being taken to get x rays as I type this. There's also scraping on hands and knees, and torn clothing. She's been crying nonstop since it happened because she's in so much pain and her leg is terribly swollen.

What can be done here? I refuse to let that pos get away after hurting her like this. Even if he's on a tight schedule he didn't even try to perform first aid, he just left other bystanders to deal with it.

On further information, my grandmother contracted polio as a girl and the likely-broken foot/leg has been paralyzed at the ankle for decades. She's only able to walk with her foot turned outward. If the leg is seriously broken this might lame the whole leg. She also suffered a heart attack recently. I'm scared there will be even worse consequences to this situation.

Any help is greatly appreciated, thank you
Topic:
Douche

Answer:
 IANAL and IANAGerman, but I think you need to contact a lawyer right away. Your grandmother has some significant injuries and the possibility of lifelong disability because of this.

Take pictures of her injuries.Answer #2: There is a very good chance that there were cameras on the bus.Answer #3: Have you tried getting in contact with the bus company?
Since you know the line you were on and the time of the incident they can find the drivers name very easily
Even if you don’t end up suing you should still report the incident to them as I’m sure they won’t take too kindly to it


Title: Can one department in a business be told they can't use the internet while the rest can?

Question: I work for a large broadcasting company in NY.  I heard that my department will be told this week that they will no longer be allowed internet access for personal use.  I can understand this decision, but I heard that it's not company-wide.  Just two departments out of many.  I was wondering if a company could single out certain employees like this rather than making a company-wide rule.

Answer:
 Totally legal.

You have no right to access the internet at your job.


Title: How to become a Legal Resident

Question:
Hello Everyone!

So my girlfriend is currently a DACA recipient from Honduras and has been here in the United States for 13 years. She always talks about wishing her and her family the ability to become legal residents but she says the only way she can is either for her to marry a citizen  (were not in a rush to get married) or to wait for her sister who was born here to turn 21.

Is there another way? She went through k-12 here in the US and is going to start college soon. And she works as well.

Thank You!
Topic:
Immigration

Answer: She can go to her home country, wait 10 years, and apply as everyone else does.


Title: Suspended license without ever having a license

Question:
Hello everyone, hope anyone out there can give me advice. Long story short, I’m from NYC and I was riding an electric moped (max @ 20mph) on the bike lane because a police officer told me I was going to slow to get in the bike lane. So I’ve been riding on the bike lane since then (no proof of that though)
Friday morning I was stopped by a cop because of that reason, I gave him my ID and it came out that I had 10 over due tickets and because of it my license was suspended, mind you I never had a driver license just my state ID. So I was taken to booking. There’s 6 tickets from the same day for the same thing. So I know 100% that has to be a mistake. I stupidly forgot I did have 2 tickets I never paid but they were for my bicycle. How can I go about declaring that there has to be a mistake. Most importantly the moped was bought used from an app “OfferUp” so to get my moped back I need to proof that it’s legally mine, and someone with a license need to drive it. I’m completely okay with the rules, but how am I going to prove it’s mine.

Thanks for reading and hopefully anyone out there can help me

Answer: As far as proof of purchase, check any emails you got as part of the transaction, if you made a direct transfer see if you can find any messages you traded with account information and price, screenshot anything, and see if you can find the same transaction receipt on your bank, if it was cash see if you can find anything stating so. At the very least you must have gotten a message claiming the purchase was made. If nothing like that works, you may need to get in contact with the person that sold it to you for verification.Answer #2: In NY, your “privilege to operate a vehicle” is suspended, so even if you don’t have a license, you’re still suspended. It doesn’t matter if some of the tickets are a mistake, you said that you know for a fact you have 2. You are suspended for at least those 2, and likely more.


Title: Preparing for divorce in secret. Can I close my personal accounts now to avoid the discovery process? Missouri

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 ...no, neither you nor your husband can hide assets from discovery during a divorce.

Taking money *he* earned from the joint bank account and hiding it is going to look *really* bad for you in the divorce.Answer #2: What did your lawyer say?  Generally hiding assets in preparation for divorce is a bad thing.


Title: Pay docked for "unpaid break" on days where I took no breaks

Question:
Hello Legaladvice,

So, I'm 16 and work in a restaurant, and all scheduling and payroll are done through a program/website/app thing called "Homebase." It automates when I clock in and out, and how much I make down to the minute. I was looking through, and noticed something odd. For reference, I have only worked one day this week, and it was a 6 hour shift. I remember the shift clearly, and did NOT take a break, or even stop to eat over my whole shift. There are cameras covering the entire building and I would be 100% willing to watch the footage to backup this claim, yet my payroll was cut .25 hours (15 minute break.) I did some back tracking, and found that for the entire month of October, almost every single day I worked was docked 15 minutes. Now, I can't guarantee that I didn't take a break (exactly 15 minute's) everyday I was docked, but in order to even be allowed to take a break, you have to have a 4+ hour shift. On days I worked only 2-3 hours, .25 hours are docked.

I have screenshots from the website, and would be willing to review camera footage, but I don't know if this is legal or not. I know I didn't take a break, so obviously they shouldn't be able to dock my pay. I wan't to know

1. What exactly they did wrong, or what I'm misunderstanding

2. Who should I go to about this? Do I talk to my boss or the police maybe?

If anyone can provide any help, I would be grateful. I live in Michigan by the way, if that changes any laws.

Answer: My first thought would be to call corporate, and (hopefully you have an employee number, otherwise your SS should do), ask them.


Title: Advice on battling PayPal

Question:
I live in New York sold a used graphics card in June on eBay (to a buyer in a different state) and the buyer paid with PayPal. In August this buyer tried to return the card via eBay because it stopped working. I denied the request since it was over a month after he bought it and obviously it was through no fault of mine that this card failed.

When he had no luck going through eBay, he filed an "Item Significantly Not as Described" claim through PayPal where he wrote that the card never worked. PayPal sided with the buyer and refunded him the total value of the transaction. They then removed that money from my PayPal account leaving me with a negative balance (I had $0 in my PayPal account at the time of the refund).

I appealed the decision on PayPal and gave them screenshots of the messages that the guy sent on eBay where he wrote that the card worked when he got it. They denied my appeal and I tried again and was denied again.

Then the card arrived in the mail and I claimed that it came back in a different condition than when I sent it since it wasn't working at all (no signal from the ports). This time PayPal made me jump through hoops with getting an expert evaluation of the item to show that it's broken. After I provided all the proof, PayPal denied my claim several times, each time giving some unrelated reason for why (I kept providing whatever they asked for and they kept denying me). First they said the letter from the expert did not have a company logo on it, then they said it wasn't signed, then the letter doesn't say that the item broke while in the possession of the buyer (because somehow a technician would be able to know??), then they said I couldn't even appeal this case because I confirmed that I received the item back, etc. Several times they told me I should take this dispute to court.

So after the final refusal to look at my evidence and consider logic (it was very infuriating to talk to the reps, like proving that 1+1=2 to a person who is insisting it's 7), I decided that I would in fact take their suggestion and sue them in small claims court. However, around the same time they started calling me from their collections department. The person from the collections department said I have to pay or they will send the negative balance to an external collections agency and it would harm my credit. I told the person that I never agreed to refund the buyer and I don't believe I owe them money since they were acting against their own terms and conditions when they granted the return. By the end of that conversation the collections person basically said they were flagging my account for collections.

So my question is, do I settle the balance and then take them to court? Or do I just file the claim? Would paying the balance somehow invalidate my case in court? I worry that they will follow through with their threat to send it to a collection agency and then I'll have an even bigger issue to deal with. Any advice from people in the know?

(tl;dr) Lost paypal case, have negative balance. Want to go to NYC small claims, but PayPal is threatening collections. See questions directly above.

Answer:
 PayPal always sides with buyers.  I would recommend that you cut your losses and pay them.  You are likely going to spend more time and money fighting this than it is worth.

PayPal sucks is the take home, we see this same story here all the time.


Title: [LA] My roommate found a spy camera in her room. We suspect the landlord or his cousin.

Question: This morning around 2 am, my roommate went to sleep in her room and when she turned off the lights, noticed a blue light blinking between her window curtains. It was a hidden camera disguised as a cordless ac adapter and had a 32G micro sd card in the back (which has since been determined empty, so we're thinking probably placed recently). The past week or so, our landlord and his cousin (separately) have  been coming by to fix things around the house- each time without any notice and usually when no one was home. We have since then hidden cameras viewing both the front and back door, as well as facing the spy camera (which we plugged back in). Right now we're just trying to make the house empty and available, hoping within the next few days someone will try to come retrieve it. We were just looking to see if anyone had any other advice.

Answer:
 Get your own spy camera, and put it in a position to capture someone retrieving or repositioning that camera, or the MicroSD from it.

If you do record someone, you should speak to a lawyer, the recording will be proof that they aren't doing repairs to your apartment. Answer #2: Call the police. You don't need to wait for anything to be captured for it be illegal or for the police to take action. Answer #3: Make the window is locked and that the camera can't be retrieved from the outside.


Title: Connecticut - What will change with my son once I get married?

Question: [deleted]

Answer: You seriously need to petition for paternity. Your fiance currently has 0 rights and no, he would not "keep him". He is also not his legal guardian. Only you and the bio dad are for the moment.


Title: (NC) Kindergarten teacher worried about old modeling photos interfering with her job

Question:
My girlfriend is a Kindergarten teacher.  years ago when she was 18/19 years old she did some modeling.  These pictures are very PG, you can see girls dressed way more provocatively in TV commercials.  This is like modeling bikins and underwear for catalogs and clothing websites so there really isn't anything inappropriate.  Apparently a parent googled her name and some pictures showed up.  The parent complained to the principal and my girlfriend was brought into the office.  My girlfriend has already contacted these sitesninnthe past and asked them to remove any of her photos but some have never complied.  The principal basically said try again to get them removed and we will go from there.  By the way the parent who complained doesn't even have a kid in her class.

We have a few questions.  First does the principal have any right to discipline her based off of these circumstances?  Do they have a right to fire her?  Can she just tell the parent to mind their own business? Thanks for any help you can provide.
Topic:
Labor Law

Answer: Is this a public school? Is she a member of a union? Absent that, yes she can be fired.


Title: [Illinois] Can a school require proof for a medical device?

Question:
To preface: This question is a bit bizarre but I am not trolling; this is a serious inquiry.

At my (public high)school, seniors take pictures for their ID on the first day of school and separate portraits for the yearbook. Traditionally, seniors take silly pictures because the only place they are published is on a plastic school ID. I plan on dressing up as a farmer and I want to have a piece of wheat in my mouth to add to the stereotype.

I'm concerned that the photographer will not allow me to have the wheat in my mouth. If I say that it is a medical device and it must remain in my mouth, is the photographer or the (public) school legally allowed to ask me for proof that the piece of wheat is, in fact, a medical device? Nothing in the picture would be breaking dress code or school rules or be inappropriate in any way, of course.

If anyone has insight into federal or Illinois disability discrimination laws, I would appreciate it! Thank you.

Answer:
 I have an actual disability. You, and the ESA fakers, are making our lives monumentally more difficult.

This is not a road you want to go down.

You do not have a disability, you cannot take advantage of the limited laws meant to protect us. Answer #2: Nobody is going to ask for proof, because your claim that a piece of wheat is a "medical device" is absurd on its face.

>If anyone has insight into federal or Illinois disability discrimination laws

And we would look those up for you why, exactly, considering you do not have a disability?


Title: Changing name with suffix.

Question: Long story short I will be switching gender and name shortly. I am John Doe III And named my son John Doe IV. When I switch my name will there be any factors for my son losing his suffix? Sorry if it's been asked before phone wont load previous threads.

Answer: If your son is already born and named John Doe IV, then that's his legal name. You changing your name does not change his, unless you file a change of name case on his behalf (if he's a minor) with your court.


Title: [NY] Roommate Skipped on Rent and left for Europe.

Question:
Hello Legaladvice, just some background information. I'm currently living in NYC with 4 roommate. We signed a lease in June with three of them, one being 'Roommate C'.

Everything went pretty well, until things started to unfold once she went to Europe. One of my roommates gets a phone-call from our landlord saying that 'Roommate C' has not been paying rent since June and every time she would pay it would bounce.

She also currently owes me $250 dollars worth of utilities, which she said she will pay me, and I have text/email evidence of that. I told her she has until Friday to pay me or I'm taking her to small-claims court.

'Roommate C' has also mentioned she is staying in Europe, and is sending someone pick her stuff up, but would it be possible to refuse the person in until she pays me?
Is it possible to take her to small-claims court since she is in Europe? She can't stay there forever unless she gets a visa.

Answer:
 you can sue her and win on her default, but how are ou going to enforce the judgment?

as to the question: can you hold someone's property in security for an official or unofficial debt....I think the answer is no. but practically speaking:

you can certainly refuse entry to anyone who's not your invitee. even if they have permission of a leaseholder.  then the missing tenant could sue you to release her property. and you could counterclaim the rent and utilities she owes.

speaking of which, and if you don't already know this, you and the other co-leasees have to cover her part of the rent.


Title: How “confidential” are A.A. Meetings?

Question:
Thinking of going to a local A.A. meeting, my concern is the legitimacy of the confidential aspect of it all. I know that some people are court ordered to attend, so that means the court system has to be able to check these right?

I have a crazy ex that would without a doubt call and act like he is a P.O or something to try and get info on me.

I guess my question is who is legally allowed to request attendance and what are the facilities allowed to tell?

Answer:
 >I guess my question is who is legally allowed to request attendance and what are the facilities allowed to tell?

AA does not keep attendence or even use last names for the most part so that even if a court requested those records they would not exist.

If you are court ordered to go you bring documentation with you and have a leader sign off on it.


Title: Need assistance with building a case for a DUI

Question:
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Topic:
Troll Post

Answer:
 She needs an attorney; hers is a very easy case to prosecute.  Many first timers in Ohio can receive a wet reckless and keep an OVI off her record.

You should get an attorney too.  You have a good argument that being in a car isn't in being drunk in public.

> I don't think I should be charged when I could've called an Uber if need be.

That is one of the stupider things I've read latelyAnswer #2: Did either of you take a breath/blood test?  What were the results?


Title: Advice needed on legal name change. About to expunge criminal record but my past is still easily searchable and not pretty. Worried about consequences of name change vs finding a quality job.

Question:
I was addicted to heroin for a couple years and was arrested for shoplifting and, shortly after, felony possession.  Both are about to be expunged, leaving me with a completely clean record.  The problem is, both of these arrests made their way into the paper and if you search my name, the top five or so results make me look horrible and, I think, unfairly represent who I am not and what I can offer a company.  I had a good career beforehand and want to restart it again now that my life is back in order.  I'm two years sober, employee, married, homeowner, expecting father, etc.  I worry that I'm screwed permanently if I don't do something.

What are potential consequences and/or pitfalls of changing my name?  When applying for jobs, I can say no to arrests of any kind and my background check will come up perfectly clean.

I've had jobs in the past that asked about name changes on their applications/BCI requests.  Would lying about not changing my name screw me as it would just come out in the BCI?

Am I even eligible for a name change due to prior offenses, even if they're expunged?

Thanks so much for your help!

Answer: Yes. Your history will follow the new name. You’re not a new person.


Title: If the police find a controlled substance in a car, will they arrest everyone in the car?

Question:
I'm not sure where the best place is to ask this.  If there is a better subreddit please let me know.

Late yesterday, my brother was arrested for Possession for sale of a controlled substance.  We are in California.  My question isn't about how he can defend himself.  But rather about the story he gave us regarding how he was arrested.  It sounds like bullshit to me.  We've known he was a drug addict for some time.  Him dealing would be something new, but not entirely surprising.

Here is the story he told me.  He says his friend was giving him a ride home when they were pulled over.  The police found Meth and paraphernalia on my brother.  But they also found a large amount of Meth and Heroin in his friend's car.  So they arrested them both and charged them both with Possession for sale of a controlled substance.

Does that happen?  Will the police arrest both of a car's occupants when drugs are found inside?  Or is there likely more to the story that I'm not being told?

Thank you for any help.  All I get from my searches for similar questions are "I was driving my friend's car and drugs were found inside help!" which is a subtly different problem.

Answer:
 "Will they?"

Maybe.

"Can they?"

Often, but perhaps not always.

The legal principle is called "constructive possession."


Title: Person standing in the street for 5 months.

Question:
I'm not making this up. A neighbor of mines grandmother has been walking back and fourth, for 8 hours a day, for the past 5 months, in front of her house. She just arrives in the morning with her truck. Gets out and paces the sidewalk all day. She has been doing this for  5 months. That's right.  She just arrived one day got out of her truck, smokes cigarettes and walks back and fourth all day.

She doesn't even stay in her yard, more like, on the sidewalk in the front of the house. Sometimes walking in the street.

A few years back she used to arrive in the morning, and wait 2 hours, then take the kids to school. The kids are 18 and drive now, husband and wife go to work, but she remainds, pacing back and fourth all day, 8 hours a day. For months. I think some people have called the police on her because I saw her talking to a cop a few months back, but so far she has still remained. She basically just patrols the front sidewalk of her families home.

Yes... She walks back and fourth ALL DAY.  8 hours a day. From sunrise to sundown. no shittin' - she has dedication that's for sure.

 They live 3 houses down from me. At first I just ignored it because, y'know I just figured she was losing her marbles. It's starting to get on my nerves because i don't even want to go outside anymore. because she stares when I go outside. but if I turn to look at her, she puts her head down and just walks the other way.

Is there any legal rammications against this? I Understand it is public property (the sidewalk) -  but to have a person standing and walking back and fourth for 8 hours a day is getting old.

Thanks for responding.

I live in California.

Answer: No there are no legal ramifications for what she is doing.


Title: [Florida] My friends and I are from Germany and have rented a house in Florida for a vacation. Now the landlord has cancelled the rental agreement.

Question: He has offered us a refund for the security deposit. Due to the changing course of the EURO this will cause us at least a hundred DOLLAR worth of damage. What are our options in this case?

Answer:
 You get your refund and find a new rental. I am not sure how it makes a difference that the Euro fluctuated in the meantime, that is not the landlords fault and not intentional. The exchange rates change daily, when it works out in your favor are you ponying up the difference as well?

IMO there is no "case" here. Answer #2: Can you keep the money in dollars and not convert back to euro, since you need to find another rental anyway?Answer #3: Do you have to convert from dollars to Euros immediately? Often times you can just accept dollars and wait until the exchange rate is advantageous or buy money swaps from banks that define the exchange rate the bank would charge you at the time of the original agreement.


Title: Fastest way to capital punishment.

Question: Just out of curiosity, what is the fastest and easiest way to guarantee capital punishment on the federal level.

Answer: Go to North Korea as a tourist and act stupid.


Title: If my dad dies of COVID19 because his friend is an idiot, what legal steps can I take?

Question:
This is a hypothetical, my dad is currently fine and testing virus-free.

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My dad is older and in several risk groups to contract COVID19. He is taking all precautions to quarantine himself and my mom, and not come into contact with the virus.

HOWEVER

One of his friends believes the virus is a hoax and is not taking any precautions whatsoever. We found this out \*after\* said friend dropped by for patio beers with dad and refused to wear a mask or take requested precautions. He was asked to leave, however, he had previously been over and in contact with my parents because we all thought he wasn't an asshole and knew how to wash his hands like a big boy.

This friend's wife was also alarmed to find out that her husband was not taking precautions, because he decided not to tell her. He still refuses to wear a mask or alter his behavior, and has influenced a group of other old dudes to do the same.

Basically this guy is walking around acting like a selfish ass and putting all the other old people at risk. If one of my family members gets sick and dies, and I can prove it's through his negligence, what would our legal options be, if any?

Again, thus far everyone is healthy and testing negative for COVID19 and I am just curiously asking a question.

Answer: You won't have any. People in America have the right to freedom of association with all the risks that entails. You say he's not altering his behavior, if there's no legal requirement for him to alter then basically you're saying he's not going above the law which isn't actionable. Also even if you could sue him the available data is so tenuous and conflicting that you'd very likely lose on that alone as there's just currently not a great amount out there to build a solid case saying if only he'd done what you wanted then the death would have surely been averted. For obvious reasons no jurisdiction is going to be keen to make liable to suit someone who unwittingly spreads an ailment otherwise the ~75k people who die of the flu each year would spawn wrongful death lawsuits. Basically the only way liability could accrue is if you can show he did something intentional or blatantly reckless


Title: Got a voicemail from an attorney saying dad is a defendant. What to do?

Question:
My father got a voicemail on his home phone from an attorney who claims that he (my father) is a defendant in a case involving some project and the attorney was retained for possible litigation. I didn't really catch the project name. He names my father by name. He said that they're trying to give us courtesy call so we're aware of what is going on. He gives his name in the voicemail and his phone number, which has an Atlanta, Georgia area code. We're located in New York. He also gives his firm name, which I couldn't figure out to google. But I googled his phone number and it shows that it belongs to an attorney by a different name and the firm name doesn't even sound similar to what's in the voicemail. He then leaves a reference number and says to call with any questions.

Few questions that I'm hoping anyone can help with

1) Does this seem like a scam? Do attorneys leave these sort of voicemails? It's strange that the phone number and name doesn't match up with what I found online.

2) The voicemail didn't say what kind of litigation so I wouldn't even know what kind of attorney my father would need.

3) Is it strange that we're in NY and they're in GA? Could this be a legitimate call that's looking for a different man with my father's name?

4) Should I call them back and find more information (without giving any information since this is all a bit fishy)?

Any help is appreciated. Thanks so much.
Topic:
Other Civil Matters

Answer:
 Yes, a real attorney might make such a call.  Yes scammers make such calls.

It could be a total scam or it could be that someone wants to see if they can negotiate a settlement related to a legitimate claim against your father before they file a civil court case against him.  The only way to know is to call the number and get more information.Answer #2: [Here is the member directory for the Georgia Bar Association.](http://www.gabar.org/membership/membersearch.cfm)

Search this guy's name.


Title: DUI and medical school

Question:
So I made an idiotic decision shortly before my medical school interviews and received a misdemeanor DUI. I disclosed it during my interviews and still luckily received one acceptance and will be matriculating into a program this year. The fact I owned up to my mistake is why I believe I still got in despite the recent DUI. I now ask, has anyone gone through this situation who can offer advice? I am concerned about background checks for preceptorships, residencies, licensing, and getting my first job. Please feel free to PM me as well!

I would also mention, please don't drive after drinking, even just a few drinks! In fact the only guaranteed way to avoid a DUI arrest is to have no alcohol in your system at all when driving (check some articles online of DC police arresting drivers as low at 0.01.) In my case I was just over the limit, still no excuse for that, how I imagined being "impaired" to drive was warped. We owe it to our communities to drive sober and face pretty tough career consequences if we don't. Please don't make the same stupid decision, if you are going to drink make sure you have a solid plan for transportation. All in all the DUI cost me over $5000 (I deserve it), and nearly $160,000+ when I consider it almost delayed my medical career.

**TL;DR I received a misdemeanor DUI before medical school, I still was accepted. Any advice on the challenges I face? Also please please please don't drive after drinking! (To clarify, I have already been convicted)**

Answer:
 Good job recognizing that you messed up. However, this is largely a sub of lawyers. We're not great on the medical career advice. One quick point of clarification though

>check some articles online of DC police arresting drivers as low at 0.01

0.08 is the point at which you're legally presumed to be intoxicated with no other evidence. You can absolutely be intoxicated at 0.01 or 0.00. Also, it's DC. We have:

1.  Metro
2. Metrobus
3. Circulators
4. Cabs
5. Uber
6. Lyft
7. Most of the city is also super walkable.

There's no reason to drink and drive.


Title: [AZ] Receiving multiple calls from business owner after we left them a bad Yelp review

Question:
I am doubtful this will turn into a true legal issue - I hope not - but we had a contractor come out and based on how things went down decided to give him a bad Yelp review. He called my wife the next day, and has actually called one of us each day this week (he actually Googled to find my work number). The last VM he left started off by taking a shot at my wife.

Since he knows our address, and seems rather intense, if nothing else - I am wondering what can be done at this point to protect ourselves. As I say, I am hoping this will all blow over but a little concerned about how he is reacting to this.

Answer:
 AZ attorney here. I'd suggest ignoring it. If it escalates or he continues to contact, you can go to literally ANY court in the state and request paperwork for an Injunction Against Harassment. They should issue it while you wait and then you'd have to have it served, probably by a private process serving company.

Unless he's really unstable I'd imagine that would put an end to it.

Edit: typo

Answer #2: I guess you have something else to add to the yelp review.

I had this happen to me.  The contractor actually talked with me, and I received a refund in exchange for taking the review down.  (i didn't threaten this, he just offered).  But that doesn't sound like what this guy is trying to do.Answer #3: [AZ Registrar of Contractors](https://roc.az.gov/consumer-resources) is interested in shady contractor behavior.


Title: (Seattle, WA) Someone paid a debt for me, but now wants money back.

Question:
Hi, I am looking for advice relevant to a debt situation:

My grandmother passed away a little two months ago. The total amount owed to the funeral home was about $4,000 USD. When I went to pay, it turned out that her brother-in-law (who I have never met due to bad blood in the family) had paid for the funeral. We attempted to get in contact with him to thank him but he was not interested in talking with us. His daughter said that he didn't mean to inspire a funeral, just wanted to do right by his brother (my grandmother's husband).

Now, two months later, he called saying that something came up and he needs the money back. I explained that I can't afford to give him the money back right now.  (Which I can't - I was planning to pay for the funeral using savings, but after finding out the funeral was paid for I spent it on other needs).

Before I get into the emotional/responsibility issues here I am just curious if anyone could tell me the factual/legal aspects of the situation.  I appreciate it.  Thanks.

Answer: You don't own him anything.  He chose to pay for the funeral.  That was his choice.


Title: [California] Got in a verbal altercation with neighbor and *potentially* threatened him with a knife, what should I do?

Question:
Let me start by saying that this neighbor has been sneaky and passive aggressive to me the entire time I have lived here. He complained about the number of cars parked in front of my house and sent a letter to me (certified mail) claiming that I am "ruining the neighborhood" and accused me of harboring illegal immigrants in my home (perhaps because he thinks I am Hispanic? I am actually mixed race). The multiple cars were parked in front of my home for two days because I had relatives coming over for Christmas.

This neighbor also walks by the house at least ten times a day. I think he is doing it to spy on me or intimidate me. I sometimes come out to my car and see him standing in his front yard looking at my yard. What on earth is he doing?

The altercation happened recently (won't say exact time) where I was having a conversation with a friend in my front yard as he was walking to his car which was parked in front of my house and he (ahole neighbor) was walking by with his wife and two kids (they looked under the age of ten). He stopped and said something about me needing to take down my xmas lights soon because he didn't want to live in the "barrio". I said "pal, I am talking to a friend here, can you give us a break?" He walked over to me in a threatening manner while his wife screamed at him to back down. He put his hands on me and pushed me backwards onto my lawn. My friend pushed him and screamed that he needed to leave. The ahole neighbor started mumbling under his breath and then left. Two hours later, I am home alone and I hear a banging on my door and some screaming profanities. I had a knife in my hand and opened the door, so I could speak to him through the screen door. He was calling me all kinds of bad names. I was fed up, so I swung my screen door open, showed him the giant knife, told him to back down or I would kill him. He backed away and said he would call the police. It has been days and I have not heard anything from the police or seen him at all. I have seen his kids playing in front of his yard but not seen him.

What can I do?
Topic:
Criminal Law

Answer:
 Nothing except have a lawyer on speed dial. Don't talk to police.Answer #2: "Potentially threatened"? How does THAT work?

You held up a knife, told him you'd kill him. That's "DEFINITELY threatened."

Actually, that might be considered "assault with a deadly weapon."Answer #3: It's not even new years yet! Does nobody remember Christmas doesn't end until the 6th?

Put up some cameras and don't talk to the police without a lawyer.


Title: [Indiana] Can my abusive mother kick me out with no warning?

Question:
Last night my mom tried to hit me and called the police when I shoved her away from me. The police asked me to stay with a friend for the night to ease tensions. Upon returning today she says she's kicking me out, and when I told her legally she has to give me a 30 day eviction warning, she says that because I'm not on the lease that she doesn't have to. Do I legally have time to find somewhere to live before being kicked out to the streets? I've lived here for over 5 years after college and all my belongings are in my room, it would take days to pack it all up. What are my rights here?

TL;DR: mom thinks she doesn't have to give me an eviction warning, is she right?

Answer: Assuming you are over 18, you are a tenant at will and as such she has to go through the standard procedures for evicting you. It does not matter that you are not on the lease, she needs to obey the law. Anything less is an illegal eviction.


Title: [TX] How to get my 22 year old violent brother out of family home?

Question:
My brother is 22 and has a history of violence, erratic behavior, and verbal/physical abuse towards me, my mom, and my father.

It started when he was a teenager and was probably the worst around that time. Him and my dad would physically fight. He would destroy my parents cars/home in fits of anger. My parents got him all the help they could until he turned 18 and nothing ever came of it. He was still the same.

My parents split up for a while and he lived with my mom and I with my dad. During that time I'm not sure what his behavior was like. It was better but not entirely. I recall him punching me in the face and giving me a black eye while visiting my moms house because I told him he couldn't use my iPod.

My parents ended up getting back together and my dad and I moved into the house they both live in. He still had his usual fits of anger but the physical abuse/destroying of property had stopped. It didn't make all the verbal abuse ok but it was the bet my parents could get.

They were too afraid to try and kick him out as he always did something very drastic whenever they tried and didn't want to risk it. He's always been heavy into drugs and around 20 he began dealing weed.

My mom would always tell him he could not do that in our home but he would never stop. He would pretend to but it would just start up again after a few weeks. Random people coming in and out of our home. We're constantly afraid of getting robbed or many other things that can go along with that type of life style.

He has an on again off again girlfriend who he constantly fights with and she's had to call the police on him multiple times because of his fits of rage. Whenever they have problems, he starts problems with everyone else.

Over the last year his behavior has slowly gotten worse again. Every few months he'll break or destroy something in anger. If he doesn't actually do it, he'll at least threaten to. Even threatening to "destroy" everyone in our home. I'm not sure if that means kill or what, it's just what he says.

It came to a head about a week ago when my mom went into his room for something. He came home as she was in there and it somehow led to him accusing her of trying to steal weed from him. It's obvious to us that he's also on some type of other drugs that are causing him to act this way but we don't know what.

Ever since that happened, he's been on edge and my mom has stopped coming in contact with him as much as possible. She's stopped letting him use her car to make drug runs ect. That's probably agitated him quite a bit.

I wasn't there but from what I hear, this morning he came into the living room while my mom was getting ready for work and tried to start an argument with her. She continuously told him she wasn't going to do this type of thing with him anymore and would just prefer it if they interacted as less as possible.

He didn't like that and decided to pick up the 30-40 pound glass top of a glass side table we have next to our couches. He held it over his head as he threatened, I assume, to smash it on her. My dad came out and began yelling at him and of course said he was going to call the police.

My brother said that it was fine if he did, once again stating he would just "destroy the house and everyone in it" if he did. My brother then threw the table top onto out ottoman and stormed back to his room and that was the end of it.

My parents have absolutely had it. They've tried to find ways to get him out of the house before but they believe there is nothing they can do. He won't leave on his own. My dad looked into evicting him, but apparently when it comes to family, it's a civil matter. Even if he gives the eviction notice, if my brother chooses not to leave then there's nothing the police or anyone can do.

My parents plan on moving at the end of the summer and not telling my brother where we are going. I don't necessarily think it's the best idea or that it will really work but it's all they can think to do at this point. It's obvious now though that none of us can risk our lives and sanity living with him any longer.

What can we do to get him out? I know it's easy to say tell the police about the drugs and send him to jail. But my parents would never do that. They just want him out from under their roof. They're 40-50 years old and they don't need to be fearful in their own home. Or physically fighting with a 22 year old. We just desperately need to get him out somehow.

TL;DR 22 year old threatens my family, deals drugs, and destroys our property. Won't move out voluntarily and parents have no way of forcing him, that they know of.

Answer:
 You can't do anything but call the cops, it's not  your house.  Your parents could have called the cops, and they could have kicked him out for years.  Clearly, they are enablers and plan to do neither of these things.

I'm assuming you are an adult.  Maybe you should move out.


Title: Is r/borrow 100% legal?

Question:
Hi,
I see a lot of posts on r/borrow where people request money and say they will pay it back + interest.  This seems really appealing in terms of making profits off the interest.  I was wondering if this was 100% legal just because it seems sort of sketchy, but I don't see how it would be illegal.

I was thinking if I just lend out lots of low-risk loans at 50ish dollars and get a $10 profit on each loan from interest payments, it'd be a really easy way to make money as a teenager.  Thoughts?

Answer:
 >I was thinking if I just lend out lots of low-risk loans

And why do you think these loans would be low-risk?


Title: Son Got $200 Parking Spot at School Revoked. Can we do anything?

Question:
So, the of the Police officers that walk around the parking lot saw my son's girlfriend and him getting into his car. The officer wrote down the Parking spot number and he checked whether or not he was legally able to drive others(Which he's not). My son was called down the next day and they told him that they saw him driving other people and that they were revoking his spot. I was wondering if this is something I can fight against. I know that my son was wrong for driving people but is this even within the schools jurisdiction to check licenses? I just don't want to lose the $200.

If you need to see my laws I live in Connecticut. I appreciate any response, thank you!

EDIT: It appears that the general consensus is that I'm just gonna have to shell the $200, I appreciate all of the responses.

Answer: What does the agreement say? Does it say it will be revoked if he breaks the law?


Title: Friend from Small Town USA got knocked up by international student who then blocked her and went back home. Can she sue for child support?

Question: My friend from small town in midwest (kentucky) met this international korean student on an internship. Long story short, she got knocked up and wants to keep the baby. By the time she found out, he was already back in Korea. Upon learning the news, he blocked her on all media outlets. She has his picture, name, etc so I don't think finding him would be difficult. However, would she pay able to get child support from him?

Answer: Korea isn't one of the countries that has a reciprocal child support treaty with the US, so chances of getting child support are slim to none. [Source](https://www.acf.hhs.gov/css/partners/international).


Title: [USA-TN] An r/legaladvice wet dream: neighbor cut down two of my trees. What should I look for in a lawyer?

Question:
I live in an older neighborhood in a small town an hour away from Nashville. The cost of living in Nashville has shot up, as well as property values, and some people have begun to move into our sleepy little town to get more out of their dollar. A new-ish neighbor is an aspiring country singer, lives in their own world, and seems to have a lot of money.

[This crudely drawn map](https://imgur.com/a/1LwuDKP) shows the proximity of our two houses. The Future-Johnny-Cash™ recently built a front porch that includes a fireplace, hanging lights, the whole shebang. Johnny's only source of Hurt is that I had two old oak trees that cast his deck in shade during the prime hours (the map isn't aligned properly). He asked me to cut them down before, even offering to pay, but I did not comply.

When I returned from vacation last week, I came home to two tree stumps, mashed up grass, and a letter telling me to expect a venmo payment for $2000.

I know that trees are well loved around here, but I don't think that this information is common knowledge to all lawyers. What should I bring up when I meet with a legal representative to explore my punitive retribution?

Answer:
 My god .. IANAL, but shit ..

In what world is it acceptable to cut down trees that aren't on your property? Why would a tree-trimming service even agree to this if it's not your property?

I would sue both the homeowner and the tree-cutting company.Answer #2: 2 Oak trees... Old... Oak is hard wood and EXTREMLY valuable.

Not only that but the roots run big and they run deep.

Oh good god.. Lawyer up, document everything. cash nothing he gives you and enjoy the ride

Answer #3: Write him a certified letter, return receipt required, stating that you are not accepting the payment as any sort of agreement that it completely makes you whole regarding the trees.  Maybe get an attorney to write that letter.  You don't want to get into a "he accepted payment!" fight regarding that $2000.Answer #4: Get an arborist to value the trees, document everything, find an attorney worth his weight in salt. I'm an Ohio attorney and know nothing about TN law, but I recently had a similar case here. Under ORC 901.51, we recovered triple damages (3x the value of the trees that were removed). Tennessee may have a similar statute.Answer #5: [https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/72h3rm/oregon\_neighbor\_cut\_down\_several\_trees\_on\_my/](https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/72h3rm/oregon_neighbor_cut_down_several_trees_on_my/)

[https://www.reddit.com/r/JusticeServed/comments/7p8ug1/redditors\_neighbor\_cuts\_down\_his\_trees\_while\_on/](https://www.reddit.com/r/JusticeServed/comments/7p8ug1/redditors_neighbor_cuts_down_his_trees_while_on/)

[https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/7p3ubz/updateoregon\_neighbor\_cut\_down\_trees\_on\_my/](https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/7p3ubz/updateoregon_neighbor_cut_down_trees_on_my/)


Title: Ex-boyfriend possibly getting charged with sexual crimes against me.. (Tennessee)

Question:
(I do not need criticism or rude comments, please) I am a 15 year old female and he is a 20 year old male. We had been casually seeing each other for a few weeks and we grew up together. I guess you could say we were boyfriend and girlfriend. After a few weeks of seeing each other, I decided to stay the night one night. (My parents did not know) I texted him and told him I was on my way and to be waiting for me. I got there and a bunch of his friends were there doing drugs that I knew nothing about (meth, pills, etc). I wanted to leave because I was uncomfortable, I have never done drugs. He tells them to leave, and so they do. At this point it is like 2 o'clock in the morning and I am exhausted. Going straight to the point we end up having sex (it was consensual). After that I lay down and fall asleep, and I am woken up to a cop standing over me. The police issued a search warrant to search the apartment and found me there. I tell them my name and that's all, and they say I am free to leave. I get all of my belongings and start walking to my friends house, where I was technically supposed to be staying. After I get inside to lay down, the police are banging on the door. After a few minutes I answer, and of course I knew what was going to happen. They ask to search the house and my friend and I tell them no (her parents weren't home). After this they take me outside and start casually questioning me. I chose not to answer most of their questions, however they told me if I didn't they would send me off. After a few minutes, about 5 more police cars show up. They asked around and found out my age (my Dad works for the City). I simply told them I was there because I was friends with his grandma and another friend that was there (other friend just turned 18, so that situation was ok). They believe me at first and then they notice the hickies that are on my neck. I deny any sexual encounter with my now ex (20) and say that we are not dating and it was from someone else. They end up arresting me, taking me to the jail, and of course calling my parents. The attorney comes in to question me about it and I deny or not answer questions talking about the possible sexual encounter. After this, they force us to drive 2 hours away to go get a rape kit and drug tests/ STD screenings done. The rape kit was negative (meaning there was no force or coercion), drug test was negative, and I have no STDs. After this, my now ex-bf (20) admits to all of the sexual encounters and tells them the whole truth. They find the condom in the trash can as evidence and it has my DNA on it.

This has been 3 months ago. He has been to jail twice, once prior to this incident and once after for almost a month. I am so scared of what's going to happen to him. What do you think his possible charges may be/ sentencing?

Answer:
 The best advice for you is to just forget this guy and have nothing to do with him ever again. He made his own bed.  You were not his girlfriend you were a minor he was having sex with.  Be grateful the STD test was clean and leave this all behind you.Answer #2: He isn't your boyfriend. You are a child. He is a child molester.

He can very easily be charged with statutory rape.

I encourage you strongly to evaluate your decision making and talk to someone about it. Answer #3: He's likely looking at statutory rape in addition to any drug charges if they find residue from any of the drugs.  There could be other charges depending on exactly where he lives and what other laws were broken in the process.

Looks to me like this is [mitigated statutory rape](https://www.ageofconsent.net/laws/tennessee/mitigated-statutory-rape), and he's looking at up to 6 years in prison.Answer #4: > Going straight to the point we end up having sex (it was consensual)

According to Tennessee's Romeo and Juliet laws, no it was not consensual.

> He has been to jail twice, once prior to this incident and once after for almost a month. I am so scared of what's going to happen to him.

He's probably going to prison and will likely spend the rest of his life on a sexual predator list. Both of those are good things because he's a sexual predator that preyed on a 15 year old girl, bringing to a meth house and raping her. That's how serious this is.


Title: Wife was fired because she was at risk for preterm labor [ID]

Question:
Last year my wife was working on a sales team for a local lawn care company and was pregnant at the time. She was doing cold call sales, and did pretty well. She wasnt at the top of her team, but she deffinately pulled her own weight and brought back several former customers.

She worked for them about 3 months, and the baby was due 6 months from when she had started. The day before she was fired she let her boss know that she was at risk for preterm labor. The next day she came in and they fired her.

She wasnt heart broken about it because her boss was rather mean, and made jokes about her being pregnant. One time after he yelled at her, he asked in a really mocking way if he had caused her to go into labor. She was fired 9 months ago, but recently she has started wondering if it is worth pursuing legal action against them for firing her after she told them her baby might be premature. She isnt interested in the money, she is more concerned about preventing her old boss from treating other woman the way he treated her. He was rude to a lot of the women who worked there, and she doesnt want what happened to her to happen to anyone else.

Answer: How many full-time employees (or equivalent) worked there?


Title: My parents have already raised and gained custody for my sisters kids and she had another one and is not taking care of it leaving my parents to do the job. She has been involved with drugs for a long time. Is there any way my parents can gain custody of the baby?

Question:
She lives in my parents house and usually disappears for days at a time. They are in Texas if that helps.
Topic:
CPS and Dependency Law

Answer: Call CPS.


Title: [Illinois] Ex is threatening to pursue me legally if I put a restraining order against him.

Question:
So my ex [Washington] was abusive and I left him Aug 7th when he assaulted me. He went to jail for it and at court on Aug 14th he said they dropped all charges.

Now he has been harassing me and my parents and I would like to get a restraining order because he is very unstable and quite an annoyance.

He sent me this the on 9/6 at 7:25 pm, "If you gave one flying fuck about me ever, you wouldnt have called the cops on me. You also wouldnt have that picture up. You have until midnight tonight to make it up to me and apologize for everything. I mean it. The shit will go down. Tick tock."

And then this on 9/7 at 5:37 am, "Showing [11 year old neighbor] porn???? She is only 11. **Block me or try to file any type of no contact and I will make sure charges are pressed against you.** You need to take responsibilty for who you are and quit playing games"

He is correct. My 11 year old neighbor became my little sister and I did everything I could to protect her. Her house constantly had shady men come over and her "step-father" made a comment that her being in a bikini was inappropriate. She was in sex-ed and used my tablet to search "how do you have sex"...and she was causing me to worry alot because she would do odd things. Like take my underwear (clean thankfully) and put it in her mouth. She stayed over for a sleepover one night and started asking questions and I answered...because she didn't seem to learn jack shit in sex ed (she thought you were pregnant for a whole year). She didn't really understand how a penis could fit into a vagina so I thought might as well show her because then I can point out a urethra and all that. I SHOWED PORN TO AN UNDERAGE CHILD. And I fucked up. It was not sexual and I would never do anything to fuck her up because I myself was touched as a child... I mean fuck, I sewed her graduation dress, I had her at my house pretty much every night so she could get away from her family drama, I did her hair for graduation, I helped her take care of her cats, I got her flowers when her kitten died...I did everything for this girl- I wouldn't hurt her but of course I did fuck up. I was an adult and I knew better than that.

I am unsure what to do because I feel like he can still twist my arm 1800 miles away.

Tl;dr: Ex is harassing me. Says he will make sure charges are pressed because I showed my 11 year old neighbor porn. I fucked up.

Answer:
 I would expect him, in his abusive nature and demeanor over you, to turn that evidence in regardless. At least at some point. What you did was very illegal, and what he is doing is too.

You have a choice to make regarding facing the consequences of your decisions and getting an immediate danger to yourself (and likely your family) off the street for the time being or the other way of not filing a protection order. Let it be known that if what you said was true about your neighbor, this could be a good way to help her get out of that situation for good. The FBI and local authorities take these things very seriously. It comes down to the age old question. The right way, or the easy way?

P.S - in my experience (unfortunately I have some) with this sort of thing. That particular threat of his is going to be placed on the table at many points in your life. Blackmail doesn't often go away as long as the threat is still relevant.Answer #2: He has no control over charges being pressed. But he is free to report your crimes at any time. You are free to get a restraining order at any time. So it is all in your court.


Title: [NE Montana] Beaver dam on neighbors property flooding mine

Question:
 Purchased property and moved in a year ago, over the winter and early spring a colony of beavers began to dam up a creek cutting across my neighbors property and the overflow crept up onto my land, the new pond is now covering approx 7 acres of my land and with the winter melt expanding quickly.
the neighbor refuses to remove the dam fearing it will wash him out when its breached as his house is directly beside the creek bed it would flow down through to reach the river.

the water at this point has flooded both sides of the rail embankment beside the properties and has begun to undermine the rail line itself and will likely overrun my driveway embankment and flood into the other side of my property and house within a few days.

what are my options here short of sandbagging my embankment to stop the flooding on the house side of the lot and waiting for the dam to breech naturally.

Answer:
 You need to contact local animal control.

It is illegal to remove, destroy or alter a beaver dam without permission for the local wildlife authority or land management department.

Beavers are also territorial, removing a dam will just see them build another in the near same location, over and over. The best way is allowing animal control to remove and relocate.


Title: My single mother roommate is planning to move from Canada to the United States to live with a sugar daddy. I fear she could lose custody of her son.

Question:
My roommate (F22) has been offered by a man in Florida to live with him and he will take care of her and her son. She will not listen to me that moving to be with a man you've only talked on the phone with 6 times is insane.
She currently has full custody of her 3 year old son but the father has weekly supervised visitation. Would this keep her from moving down to a new country? would there be repurcussions for attempting to flee with the child? I need help because she won't listen to reason.

Answer:
 How is she planning on living in the US? Presuming that the sugar daddy won't marry her, and that she doesn't have a work visa, she's not going to be allowed to stay in the US for more than six months.

(under normal circumstances if you don't try to work there is a good chance of not getting caught, but if your ex is pursuing her for unlawfully taking their kid, there is a very high chance of getting caught).


Title: My car was rear-ended one month ago. Now the other party's insurance is not answering my calls for repair of my vehicle despite numerous attempts at contacting them. What are my legal options? [CA, USA]

Question:
To make things worse, I also hold an insurance policy with the same company as the other party (Alliance Insurance). I only have liability and uninsured motorist coverage.

After looking up this company online, it seems this insurance company refuses to call back on claims. What are my options? I have a police report describing the incident. Thanks.

Answer:
 You can get the car repaired yourself, and sue the other party in small claims court as long as the damages are $7500 or less.  Make sure you document everything.

Also, consider changing insurance companies and adding collision coverage, so if something similar happens again, you don't have to go it alone.


Title: Caught Kids on Camera Stealing My Amazon Package

Question:
First of all, I live in Toronto, Canada.

Three children, all likely under 10 years old, can be seen on my camera conspiring to steal my amazon package. They ring the doorbell a few times and said that they are fundraising. When no-one answers the door, the oldest girl covers the camera with her hand while the boy (presumably) takes the package and runs. The little boy in hesitant and doesn't grab it the first time the girl covers the camera, but he gets in position before she covers it the second time and is out of frame by the time she uncovers it.

My question is two-pronged. Firstly, what can I legally do with this video, as the perpetrators are minors? Would there be any legal backlash if I were to post the video online, either before or after speaking with the police? Would I be able to pull still images from the video and post them up around the neighborhood? These kids are creating a reputation for themselves, of which the neighborhood should be aware - not to mention the value of public shaming.

Secondly, what if any direct legal recourse do we have? I have called the police but they said it could be a few days before an officer is available to even arrange a viewing of the video. Like I mentioned before, the perpetrators are minors, so I'd imagine the whole situation would be handled differently. Is there any recourse against the parents of the children? The mother of the 2 girls in the video is well-known in the area for her poor parenting practices and this could be the opportunity many have been waiting for to shake some sense into her.

I'll also mention that Amazon has been great and immediately refunded us. However, we are still a little shaken up as it feels our quiet little suburb is changing in some ugly ways.

Thank you for any advice you might have. I will gladly post the video if you guys can prove to me that I won't be breaking the law myself by doing so.

Answer:
 I would recommend talking to the police. Having the police come and talk to the kids will likely do them a world of good. And, well, parents are liable for the actions of their children. So you will be able to pursue the parents over the issues caused by their children... or you would if Amazon hadn't refunded you. No damages means no legal grounds for a civil suit.

You can probably issue a trespassing warning and then have cause if they get up on your porch again, but this is time to get with the police and try to talk things through.

I don't see what posting the video online would do for you. Publicly shaming the kids is likely to not work to improve their behavior.Answer #2: You’ve already called the police, so you’ve already answered the second question.   As to the first, show the parent the video.  Gauge their reaction.   A bit of personal advice, cut the dramatics.  Your neighborhood hasn’t changed because three 10 year olds committed a crime.Answer #3: Put your camera where the child's hands cannot cover it.


Title: Uncle has been "helping" grandfather fill out paperwork to refinance some property. It seems to be getting more and more complicated, grandpa is loosing money and Uncle won't let anyone else in the family even see the paperwork. Something is fishy.

Question:
Location: California US

For the record it wouldn't be the first time someone on my uncle's side of the family did something shady concerning my grandpas finances. On top of that He's already angry at People who are "taking away from the inheritance" and all my aunt's have a guy  feeling this uncle will try and pull work shit with grandpas will.

Should there some kind of lawyer involved on behalf the rest of grandpas kids? Something just doesn't seem right since Uncle is hiding the paperwork from everyone. (And has been envious and bitter whenever grandpa used his own money to help out family members).

As far as I know this property has something to do with his will, as well.  This has been going on for months and facts seem to change after things get more complicated, and if course it's uncle who relays information to my grandpa so he could change what he's saying and grandpa is senile so he wouldn't know the difference.

A lawyer or someone appropriate for this kind of situation should be involved right?

Edit: The icing on the cake for this is whenever grandpa helps out a family member financially, Uncle throws a fit claiming said family member is stealing money or taking advantage of grandpa. But Uncle's wife's family had stolen moneny from grandpa in the past when uncle worked for grandpa. And that's just one thing that happened that's not right. I could probably make a list.  It's like he's always trying to shift the spotlight to other people. I swear.

Answer: Adult Protective Services if you think your grandpa is being taken advantage of. Other than that, until he passes, his money is still money and he can do with it as he sees fit, including apparently having a money-grubby uncle help him manage it.


Title: NV: Broke lease, moved out, Landlord decided not to re-rent and is instead selling

Question:
So I broke my lease 2 months ago (had to move out of state), and have been paying rent for the last 2 months with another 5 to go, however the landlord just informed me that they are not going to try to rent the place out, instead they're putting it on the market for sale.

The lease states : “Should tenant vacate before the expiration of the term, tenant shall be liable for the balance of the rent for the remainder of the term, less any rent the landlord collects or could have collected from a replacement tenant by reasonably attempting to re-rent.”

NRS 118.175 states : “If the landlord fails to make reasonable efforts to rent the property at a fair rental or if the landlord accepts the abandonment as a surrender of the tenant’s interest in the property, the rental agreement is deemed to be terminated by the landlord as of the date the landlord has notice of the abandonment.”

Would I have a case to say that since she is not attempting to follow the terms of the lease, or terms of Nevada law I am not responsible to continue paying any rent?

Answer:
 >Would I have a case to say that since she is not attempting to follow the terms of the lease, or terms of Nevada law I am not responsible to continue paying any rent?

That would seem to be the case, yes. Did the landlord inform you in writing?


Title: [GA] Hit hotel entrance overhang with moving truck

Question:
As title states, happened last night. I knew I had 13 ft clearance, but the hotel  overhang was not marked with a clearance warning.

Can I legally be held responsible for the damage to their building, even though no signs were posted indicating height?

Answer: Of course you are responsible