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[UT] I am being charged with failure to appear in court for a speeding ticket (plus more, details in description), what should I do?

driving

Follow up from previous [post](https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/361osi/uttimesensitive_court_i_was_assigned_to_for_a/). Quick recap, back in July of 2014 I got a speeding ticket in my roommate's car and neither of us had proof of insurance on us (both of us were insured). I got a speeding ticket and no proof of insurance citation. I was supposed to be in court in November but my car at the time was incredibly unreliable and I had no money to drive from Provo to Cedar City (3hr drive one way). I contacted the courts multiple times to give proof and they declined everything and refused to give me an extension. They day of the court date I emailed even more paperwork in to a court clerk I was talking to on the phone and she ended up transferring me to a person who said it wasn't enough. I sent in 2 more documents same day to that email and asked if this was enough and never got a response. I durped and didn't contact them for a few months and figured I had a warrant, I did, they finally accepted the 2 documents I sent in forever ago and let me pay off the warrant. Fast forward to May, I made it to court on time all right this time, talked to the Judge and she decided to dismiss the no proof of insurance citation but decided to hold the speeding and the failure to appear in court. I plead no contest to speeding (just wanna pay the damn thing) and not guilty to failure to appear in court. I feel like if they had accepted my paperwork when I sent it in, I would not have been required to show up in the first place (not required for speeding ticket) and could have paid it off. The Judge dismissed the proof of insurance so I feel like the failure to appear shouldn't be valid either. I can't really afford to miss work to go down to court 2-3 more times, and I am also in the middle of transitioning from male to female. My next court date is on Aug 10th. I don't have a lot of disposable income or savings to cover a lawyer either. Should I hire a lawyer to go down there for me anyways (if I can even do that)? If I go down to the court should I dress in formal male cloths with wig? Without wig? Or female formal (which I don't own any of yet)? I have transitioned to be female 100% in public, just not legally changed yet. Any help or advice would be appreciated, thanks. edit: typos and clarification

Company is using my tik tok as ad without my permission

business

I made a tik tok about a product that went viral & the company asked me if they can post it in their page and I agreed it was fine but then later found out they had been using it as an ad. I didnt really agree to that and I emailed them asking to take it down or to make a new agreement with me where they would compensate me for my work since my video is giving them thousands of sales. They never responded and still have it as an ad so I’m not sure what to do or even if I did the right thing by sending them that. Any advice? TL;DR company is using my video for ads and sales and I’m not getting compensated

possible business partnership

business

I have been approached regarding a potential purchase of a business that I have worked at for approximately one year. There is an option of being a sole proprietor or a partnership with another employee. If I decide to move forward with a partnership, I intend to have a contract drafted between the two of us lining out essential job duties, expectations, profit sharing, and buyout procedures. What other things should I be looking out for to ensure that my contributions are protected from the outset?

Apartment manager keeps threatening me

criminal

I just moved into the most ghetto apartments ever last month.. I needed somewhere quick to move because of timing. Ghetto because people bbq on their long shared porches , blast music starting at 7am and drink all day and NO one complains. Anyways my boyfriend and I moved in here. We do not bother anyone. Also there is random people walking around these apartments at all hours.. it is a huge apartment complex. You can definitely tell there is drug activity as well. I guess someone around us is a dealer I don’t care nor do I want to know. The lady under us has had several randoms knock at her door at weird hours and then complained and said it was for me which it wasn’t.. she then told the apartment manager I had major traffic through my apartment at all hours of the night . No I had two friends over during the day one time . Anyways the apartment manager then comes and tells me to slow my traffic if I am doing anything illegal like wtf ? She said she had many complaints about me and my 24/7 traffic which is no traffic in reality. She then said she reported me to the police and I said you can’t tell where anyone in these apartments are going so what are you reporting me for and she said for illegal drug sales at that point I had no idea what she was talking about and I said I do not do that , I mind my business and I’m quiet. A week later I was at work and my boyfriend was off , she went and told him what she had said to me and she was sorry because she can’t exactly see where all the random people are going to but the lady under us complained and said it was me when it wasn’t. Okay so then today she said I had a bunch of homeless people at my apartment and it was getting worse . First off why would I have homeless people at my apartment .. she then went back with the illegal drug sales and said she informed narcotics to watch my apartment all day. Cool okay watch my apartment and be bored . She then said she couldn’t legally evict me right now because of covid19 but said the lady below me keeps complaining about me and I should just find somewhere else to live because she’s not taking my rent next month and I will be behind . I already looked on the portal and it will not allow me to pay next month. So I am confused as if she’s evicting me or what? And now I am going to have narcotics looking at me doing nothing . All because of the fat old lady under me who’s lived there for years and is upset someone young lives above her . She’s had it out for me ever since “ I took” her parking spot one day yet we do not have assigned parking. What do I do???? I’m obviously not being legally evicted . How is this going to effect me ? I’ve tried talking to the manager but she seems biased towards the old lady.

Freelance client wants me to return deposit

business

Hi guys I am a young worker just starting to work. I recently took on a freelance project for around 1000-1200euros and took a deposit for 1/3rd. Midway into the project the client has changed their position on the work and is telling me that I have not given the work and have to return the deposit. I have it in writing in the contract as well as email exchanges that the client gave me the freedom and waited till I submitted the design to add on constraints. On top of this, after sending the final file (before payment) they vanished for over a month citing covid19 as a reason. (the contract has a clause that either party should notify each other incase of inability to fulfill their obligations. I have sent them a mail pointing out we exactly where they are wrong. I can not post the contract here obviously and I understand that this post is a little vague but I have a few questions that I can't understand right now Can they claim the deposit back? I have tangible work which matches what was asked for in the original contract that I signed The contract states that the period of work is 10days from receiving the advance +/- 5 days. Can i still be required to work more I'm not worried about my reputation (I can handle that) or the money but I don't want to be pushed around. If I return the money, could they still hold me ransom with some other reason? (like a made up NDA) or something. After searching the Internet, I found someone talking about looking deep into this company and I realised that even though they are a registered company, there's no other information about them. The people I am speaking to or the PayPal email that they used to send the money. They also zoom called me, hence I'm on the fence if it's a scam or a real thing. The company is based in a German speaking country while I am from an Asian country studying in western Europe. Thank you and I hope this post doesn't break any rules

Strike motion

family

I am representing myself in my divorce and i have filed everything myself. In my answer I attached multiple exhibits as to why my children are safer and i should retain custody of them. However my wife's lawyer filed a motion to strike my exhibits. I have reached previous places that helped me with my filing but not one has answered, is there something I can/need to do? Attached to my answer are police records and DCFS records. I live in Illinois. Thank you for any help you can provide

Apartment Property Manager won’t hire someone for pool area to monitor social distancing and won’t provide credits for closure- California

housing

To place some perspective, the lease lists the pool as a common area amenity. As of June 5, 2020, pools were allowed to reopen as long as they hired someone to watch the pool and ensure people are social distancing. The property manager has made some mistakes divulging some need-to-know information with me: -pools were allowed to reopen but they JUST don’t want to hire anyone to supervise -PM agrees I should get a credit and says she will contact owner to see what they can do but I’ve asked four times now in two months and she hasn’t asked - they’re telling residents it’s under construction (which will have been from March 2020-Now) I am moving out next month and want to strike a deal on my security deposit (don’t repaint or fix mount holes) and call it even but if she doesn’t agree, do I have a case? How do I present this?

I was blacklisted in Illinois, what's my course of action?

employment

I was fired for no-call no-show last week. This is fine, they were well within their rights. However, I'd informed them of my discontent nature working there and that I was seeking other employment in the meantime. After they fired me, they contacted one of the businesses I'd applied to, and requested them not to hire me. The manager in question then told a co-worker what happened, and that's how I found out. As far as I know, I'm pretty sure this is illegal. Is there anything that I can do? Some people were advising me to contact an attorney, but the expenses would be too great at the moment. Thanks for any help you guys offer, I appreciate it.

(Tennessee) Friend's daughter was in psychological care facility. Insurance stopped paying and facility gave him 1 day to get her out (father lives 700 miles away) or face "Child Abandonment" charges. Does daughter have any tenancy rights? Does the father have any recourse for more time?

housing

*Edit: My friend's daughter is 13 years old* Not sure if I picked the right flair because this situation is new to me and it's hard to categorize. My friend has a daughter who requires 24/7 psychological care in a facility due to traumas she's experienced. She was recently transferred to a facility in Nashville TN and was there for about a month before my friend's father notified him that they decided to stop covering her treatment (she's been in facility care for about 2 years). Once the facility received notice about this, they gave my friend *ONE DAY* to come get her and all her things and threatened him with Child Abandonment charges if he wasn't there to pick her up the next day -- from over 700 miles away. I know a psych facility isn't exactly a house and does operate as a business, but she *did* live there. That was where she slept, received mail, etc. Does his daughter have any kind of tenancy rights (or anything) that would compel the facility to keep her for a little while longer before kicking her out? My friend needs more than a single day to find another place for her and will have to live with her in a hotel until he can if she's kicked out -- she cannot be around the rest of the family yet. Does my friend have any other recourse? Thank you.

Spin-Off: do I report going off the road?

driving

I'll make this short as possible: I was driving home tonight and realized I had merged into the wrong lane- it was too late to correct my mistake, so I accepted defeat and continued through the exit. Well it turned out to be a very sharp turn (a "circle exit") and I was not prepared for it. I lost control of my car and it swerved out into the grassy area. After my car stopped moving I immediately put it in park, turned on my hazard lights and walked away from the road to process what happened in a safer spot. I waited for a few minutes and composed myself- it was not heavy traffic and no cars were around when it happened, but I decided I'd wait and see if someone witnessed it and stopped to see if I was alright- nobody drove past for several minutes, so I had plenty of time to check my car and the grassy patch to make sure I didn't damage my car or hit anything that would need to be repaired. Turns out there was no damage anywhere, so I left my hazard lights on and took myself home. I've since looked on my city police website and the requirements for reporting an accident only mention if damage is over $500 and/or someone was injured. Neither of those apply to my situation (unless i find out my car was internally damaged), but I feel like I still need to report the incident? Is that a good or bad idea? I don't want to end up damning myself if it wasn't a big deal, but I also don't want to risk NOT saying anything and then being in trouble. I've never been in any type of accident before and the internet isn't giving me much information to work with!!

Some stranger pretended to punch me in the face [England, United Kingdom]

criminal

I'm a young boy at 18 and while I was from the shops after buying a coca cola bottle someone pretended to punch me in the face and stamping his feet on the ground to presumably intimidate me? I was on high alert when this happened and immediately raised my fist, took a step back and ducked my head expecting a fist but the guy stopped about 7-12 inches away. I'm a slim guy and he was walking alongside with two other guys so I was pretty worried because I'm not really a trained fighter and three guys against me would most likely end up in me being seriously injured. He was a man in his mid twenties probably, the guy to his left probably in his thirties and the guy to his right I didn't see too much of him, he was only in my peripheral vision. We were in an underground passage littered with ct tv cameras and the pathway we were in was a short one with both ends having ct tv cameras planted on the top. About 3 seconds after this happened the guy to his right told me he was just joking after I asked him who the guy who pretended to punch me was, but the guy who pretended to punch me probably didn't like the fact I wasn't afraid of him and running away, instead talking to his (probably) friend started saying from 4-5 meters away that he would punch me but I didn't hear it too correctly. Is this classed as assault? can I take him to court as well? How much money would I get out of it as well and is there a limit on how long I have to decide to take him to court because I would start working around 30 hours at my local supermarket to raise up some money for it, how much money could I possibly get out of this as well? I really want to buy my first car soon around £10,000-£15,000 , thank you for reading.

I need help

housing

I live in Pennsylvania, the home i live in has a upstairs tantent and than me downstairs, four months ago he was running his tv microwave blasting music(loud enough that the house was vibrating and you heard every cuss and lyric) on his music player and stomping around hard enough to shake the house. Now at three am with two toddlers and being pregnant it was a lot to handle because he woke them up, woke my husband up who was now pissed and was trying to cool off and it was really really late already. I made the large mistake of making a cup of tea by microwave (coffee pot broke due to age)and blew a fuse, when my husband went to fix the fuse he came at us very very aggressively. I pulled my husband away but this man shoved me and started screaming i should fear him because I'm a little white bitch and he's a big black N word and do I know what they do to little girls like me?! After everyone calmed down he became petty aggressive, whenever my husband wasn't home and if my kids were playing he'd stomp and scream that if I didn't shut the little brats up he'd force them to shut up, his stair well is right next door to my son's room wall so when he'd see my son's light on (he's 2) hed start smacking and kicking the wall screaming which in turn would startle my son and cause him to cry and scream for me. Now it's four months later i have a new born and a son who is now in counseling because of bad anxiety so bad he's scared to sleep and play in his own room because the scary man will attack him. Last week he smashed his house(I mean destroyed his glass door a ton of glass cups plates walls ect) and swept this all down the steps and into the yard and around the porch. Without me noticing the glass due to snow I walked outside and got cut badly, I had to get my wound glued and showed the landlord the damage along with my hospital bill and showed that I've called the cops none stop and they said she needed to handle this. She's yet to do anything but tell me that it isn't that bad an I need to understand he works nights and maybe I should try and keep my kids silent from 7am until 2-3 pm so he can sleep before he leaves for work. I'm stuck in a one year lease and she won't let me out of it and I don't have the money to break the lease but this is causing my son a lot of distress and me a ton of anxiety and anger. I don't know my options because let's be honest so far she's not helped me handle this and for some reason this man will only go after me not my husband. I'm terrified to allow my kids to play and I'm terrified to sleep at night because he gets hella drunk and tries to start fights and when we call the cops it gets worse during the day for my poor son. Please someone have some sort of advice, I am terrified for my children and myself!

Adoption After Divorce Question

family

I'm 18. Parents are divorced. Mom had full custody over me before I turned 18. Bio father is paying child support until May 2021. I want my mom's boyfriend (who I call Dad and he calls me Son) to adopt me. I live in Arizona. I read that if you're 18-20, you can still be adopted. Question is, will we be needing my bio father's permission for Dad to adopt me? If so, if we wait until he's not required to pay child support anymore, will we still need his permission? In the case that we do need his permission, and he says no, what are we supposed to do? If he doesn't want someone else being my dad then he should've thought about that before abusing the entire family for 20+ years.

Got a NS grade in college.

school

I got it at Macomb Community College. According to policy I am no longer permitted to attend class or drop the class. I have already paid for the class out of my own pocket. Can I really be barred from attending class AND be barred from dropping it? Is there anything I can do to be allowed to attend? If I’m not allowed to attend is there anything I can do to drop it?

Just looking for advice (Ohio resident)

family

I (30F) broke up with my boyfriend (29M) and father of my child before Christmas. We are not married, and until recently, shared a home with our one year old daughter. The break up was my decision and was not come to lightly. He is a repeat cheater, he put no effort into our relationship, offered no help around the house, and never cared about my feelings. I brought this up to him many times, only asking for effort and faithfulness, and told him he was going to drive me away. After about a year of this, there was no change and I was not in love with him anymore. I informed him I was done, moving out, and that I did not plan to take him to court for child support or a custody agreement so long as he continued to be a good father and help support her and provide for her. I work and do not need financial assistance for myself from him. He's heartbroken and acting like he had no clue this was coming. He has been threatening suicide (I have alerted his family and we have been keeping a close eye on him. I do have these threats in text message and they are saved.) He has gotten into my face and screamed at me while holding her (no proof), kicked and thrown things (never at either of us) and recently he told me that he is going to take me to court for full custody of her because he believes I am a "drug addict". While this could not be further from the truth, he claims that he will tell the court this because I was diagnosed with ADHD about a year ago and I was prescribed adderall by a reputable psychiatrist that I've been seeing off and on for four years. She knows me, and she knows how my body builds tolerance to medications. He informed me that I do not have ADHD, that I am just lazy, I have had my medication upped too many times, and therefore I am a drug addict. I have been at the same dosage for months now. Anyone who takes medication, especially for mental illness, knows that it is something that needs to be tested and adjusted, sometimes multiple times until the right combination is found. I have no history of drug abuse, I have never been arrested or in trouble for anything above a traffic ticket. I plan to offer to take random drug tests for the court should he follow through with this, but I wasn't sure if that was a good idea. He, on the other hand, smokes Marijuana every day and does not have a medical card, which is the only way it would be legal for him here. I don't want him to sabotage himself. I guess the main thing I would like to know is if he could gain full custody because of a prescribed medication that I take as prescribed and don't abuse? I have also started keeping documentation of the days and times he takes her. I have text messages saved as proof of things I need, such as the multiple suicide threats. Is there anything else that any of you suggest I should or should not be doing? I'm trying to be prepared. Thanks in advance.

Roommate was issued a master key

housing

As the title states. My roommate has had issues with his magnetic key and has repeatedly asked for management to fix the problem. Finally they gave him a key and tonight he figured out that his key unlocks all the doors in our complex. We’re students living in a student living complex. Obviously we don’t feel safe anymore because if my roommate received a master key, how many other keys were issued that have this ability also? What’s the next step here reddit?

Girlfriend’s boss isn’t looking for workers, so she’s making my gf work two positions in two different businesses.

business

Is there anything legally wrong with this? The boss has been a stupid bitch for a while, but lately, she’s been making my gf work her position at the fast food section and then switching back and forth between that and being a gas station cashier. It doesn’t sound like the boss is trying to find a worker for the gas station section and isn’t paying my gf for working both sides. She’s been overworking my gf, and getting bitter at her when she asks for a day or two off for mental health, etc. The boss also has no problem bringing workers into the fast food place who are still contagious with bronchitis/strep.

[Illinois]Our college student organization has run into a problem with running a tournament for Super Smash Bros.

school

I am one of the officers for my college's Super Smash Bros. Club. We plan to run tournaments for Super Smash Bros. Melee and Smash 4 where participants contribute money to a prize pool which is then distributed among the players who placed the highest. However, we decided to run this idea with our student organization office as protocol, and we were indirectly told by our school's lawyers that these kind of events infringe upon [Illinois' Gambling Laws](http://www.gambling-law-us.com/State-Laws/Illinois/) because there is no clear distinction which determines Super Smash Bros. from being a "game of chance". After a discussion with our student organization office and the officers of our club, we decided our best course of action would be to argue to our school that Super Smash Bros. is a "bona fide contest for the determination of skill" (Section 18 subsection b) which would then grant us the opportunity to run a tournament with money involved. Does anyone think that we're heading in the right direction for this? If so, how should we approach our school with this argument?

Missouri - do I NEED to notify my landlord 30 days before not renewing lease on a 12 month lease?

housing

I rented a house and my lease ends on March 31st. I notified them that I wasn’t going to renew the lease the morning of the 3rd making it a 29 day notice that I’m not renewing. The lease was for twelve months. They’re now saying that because I didn’t tell them a day prior that I’m now going to have to pay the full rent of April. I looked up the laws in Missouri and I’m having a hard time understanding which law applies in this situation as it says a 30 day notice is required for a month to month lease, while another law says no notice is required and another says something about a 60 day notice. Which is it? And can they actually charge me next month’s rent because I was a day late on telling them I don’t intend to renew? Edit: I don’t see anything in the lease about telling the landlord that I won’t renew, only information on how to extend the lease.

Will a signed agreement between my roommate and I stand up in small claims?

housing

Hi, my roommate and I both signed an agreement that involves matters of finance and occupancy. I have reason to believe she might not respect this agreement. Since we both initialed, signed, and dated the document, would that be viable evidence to use in small claims court if it does come to that? I also have texts between the two of us making the same agreements. Just trying to cover my ass as best I can and prepare for every outcome. TIA Also - not sure if relevant. The property management company OK’d us coming to an agreement amongst ourselves.

HOA harassing us over a basketball hoop

housing

Me and my family have gotten a couple letters from our HOA board regarding our basketball hoop. It was originally in front of the driveway, and our house is the one all the way at the end so it isn’t in anybody’s way. We were told that it doesn’t fit the neighborhood aesthetic and we should move it. We moved it to our backyard, and were told to move it again, since “it is still in view of a common area”. Its also important to note that there is also a dog poop issue in our community, and around our house in particular, and we dont have a dog, so my mom put up a sign saying to pick up after your pet, which we were told was also a violation. My mother spoke to the HOA in a meeting, and expressed the concern that all we want to do is work out, since all the parks and everything are closed. They basically said that that is our problem and must remove it all. We would have to put the hoop in the garage, which would leave us with nowhere to park the car (no driveway, at the end of the cul de sac). They also said they can’t do anything about the dog poop unless we catch them in the act and can report it. We’re kind of at a loss right now, I’m not completely savvy with all the rules, but I don’t understand how the dog poop can stay but our hoop cannot. TLDR: HOA keeps getting on us to move our hoop because it doesn’t fit the “aesthetic” but apparently dog poop is perfectly fine.

If i help someone being attacked at a school and have to use force and get punished (by the school), would the school be violating Good Samaritan laws?

school

Sorry if this has already been asked checked and din't see it. Lets say i see a student at my school, starts getting attacked by another student. Then i go over and stop the fight and i end up using force against the assailant, but get punished for "fighting" by doing so. Would the school be violating good samaritan laws by punishing me.

Ex moved without notification to me or court, but decree requires it

family

My ex husband has EOWE custody of our son. Our divorce decree requires a 30 day notice of relocation to both the court and the other party. I provided him one when I moved, but I've stumbled across information indicating that he has moved. He hasn't notified me or the court that he's moved. Is there a way I can document with the court that he violated the divorce decree? I know it's mostly just a slap on the wrist violation, but he is a chronic liar and constantly being shady. I just want to keep it on the record when he does stuff like this.

[UT] Ex Employee possibly using data from Company

employment

Have an employee who has been around from the start and used their own laptop for work. Said employee has company data, mostly reports of clients and other things like that. Since employee has been around from basically the beginning there is no contract or anything of the type regarding their employment and/or anti-compete. Given conflict and other ok instances of insubordination, this employee will be released. How can I prevent employee from using my data for their own gain or retaliatory actions? Should I worry or wait and cross the bridge if they choose to do that?

Options for setting up a nonprofit beach volleyball organization

business

So, I'm part of a beach volleyball organization that sits somewhere in the awkward middle ground of a charity and a social club. This organization is starting to generate significant revenue (more than 10k less than 50k/yr) and also puts on events with some risk to participants (e.g. beach volleyball tournaments) and so we're looking into our options to create a legal entity to mitigate legal risk to the leaders of the organization, and to demonstrate to the community that the organization is legitimate. About the organization: its primary purpose is to build a community around beach volleyball in our location. Every week, we host clinics, taught by volunteers, and charge $10 to participate. We also sometimes host tournaments and leagues, which participants pay for. 100% of the money is reinvested into the community. Currently this means things like buying more volleyball equipment, tournament prizes, swag, food and drinks during events, potentially hiring pros to make appearances, could also foresee purely social events, but none so far. We would love to be tax-exempt under 501c both for financial reasons, but mostly because we thinking it would accurately reflect the intentions of the organization. But it feels like we're in this middle ground between 501c3 and 501c7. We don't, at the moment, have limited membership, and our revenue is entirely via event attendance, but our purpose is also more recreational than it is charitable, even though the clinics and organization are a substantial donation of time by leadership. All that said, does anyone have any recommendations? Could we do something like require all event participants to be "members" with some relatively small membership fee, continue to charge for individual events, and file under 501c7 as long as every member stands to benefit from the allocation of funds? I'm hesitant to file under 501c3 because of all of the restrictions around spending. Probably not a good look for a director of a 501c3 NPO to win prizes at a tournament paid for by that NPO. If we have to, we can always file as a C Corp or LLC, but I think we'd all rather be a nonprofit if possible.

What should I do now because my lawyer is dead.

business

Throw Away Account just to be safe! Hi All, I am located in Columbia, SC. A few months ago, I won a big lawsuit against my employer for discrimination and harassment. However, my lawyer who was a 1 man firm, (with an assistant) recently died of Covid 19 (RIP). My previous employer found out he died, and are now appealing the judgment, because they think they can win, I don’t have a lawyer familiar with the case. Please help, I am not sure what to do next, who do I reach out to. Can they even appeal, cause my lawyer is dead?

I am a renter, my lease expires 01/31/2021. Landlord informed me today that she’s putting the home on the market and both my landlord and the realtor she hired are demanding in person home showings.

housing

Homeowner is putting the home we’re renting on the market six months before our lease is up. The realtor the homeowner hired is demanding in person showings starting next week. Both my son and myself are immunocompromised to the point that we have doctors notes verifying it. My son barely leaves the house and has been terribly sick since last December. He has had three tumors removed in less than a year and I don’t want to risk his health or mine over BS home showing that can be done VIRTUALLY! Is it legal for them to demand in person home showings when we have informed them of our medical situation?

My brother is not in good hands, when I turn 21 I would like to fight my father and step mother for custody. Can I do this?

family

I’ll try to keep this brief but detailed. My (17F) younger brother (8M) was born to my father and step mother. My step mother had her first child taken away for neglect, and smoked and drank throughout her entire pregnancy with my brother. She was originally going to give him up to my grandmother, but they decided to give her a chance to see if she could raise him well. My brother has been abused both physically and emotionally. She drops him off at my grandmother’s for months at a time without warning and letting us know when she will be back. I’m not sure my brother had proper schooling until this year. He told me once that he was forced by a “cousin” to perform sexual acts on her. My grandmother has also alluded to the fact that he may have been sexually harassed by a previous love interest of his mother. My brother displays a plethora of concerning mental and physical health issues that his mother will not take him to get help for. It is possible he is dyslexic, has ADHD, and more, and he has multiple severe food allergies and animal allergies, like cats and dogs. When he was two, he had to be taken to the hospital because he had such a severe allergic reaction to living in a basement with a dog that his fever spiked and he had a seizure. My grandmother isn’t capable of taking care of him as she’s very sick herself. I’m only 17 now but I’ve wanted to do this since he was born when I was 10. I want to know if this is a possibility and if so, what things I should look out for and prepare for. I live in NY, New York and my brother lives in Delaware currently, but was born here in NY.

[Washington State] Vacation rental guest abandoned their belongings; no means of contact left behind

housing

Washington State A rental guest has vacated the property, but it looks like they abandoned about 4-5 suitcases worth of their belongings. Their clothes, shoes, chargers, and notebooks are strewn all over the home; it's a huge mess. This guest has no current contact info; they disconnected their cell phone shortly into their stay. Our only means of contact with them was by the landline provided at the home. I have guests coming in a few days. Am I allowed to remove the abandoned belongings and store them somewhere in case the previous guest comes back for it all? Am I allowed to assume they've abandoned their belongings?

[WA] Can a copyright owner sue a fan for making their own tribute in monetized videos?

digital

Long story short, the YouTube channel B is for Build was sued by Eleanor Licensing for making a clone of the "Gone in 60 Seconds" car. The car was NOT for sale, but the videos were for-profit (ad monetized). The licensing company seemingly won and successfully took down all of the videos and took the vehicle. The vehicle wasn't even a 1967, but rather, a body swap using 1967 parts on a 2015 Mustang GT body. Can a copyright owner sue a fan for making their own tribute in monetized videos? Apparently "Eleanor" is considered a 'character' by the franchise, so shouldn't this fall into the same defense as cosplay? This is transformative and on a completely different platform. There were no claims it was the same as the movie. How is this any different than all the other illegal copyright abuse on the platform?

I uploaded the entire spongebob movie to tiktok

digital

What are the odds that I get in any actual legal trouble for this, I'll attach the link so you can see that it's literally like 50 pixels, and it's in a frame. Whatre the odds this goes south? https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMJK8Xoje/

Landlord charging for Carpet cleaning (after I paid for HIS professionals) (STL,MO)

housing

I lived in a 1 bedroom apartment for 2 1/2 years. Part of the lease required me to used a pre-specified cleaning company (for which the cleaners had an "arrangement" with the complex) at my expense upon moving out. I paid for the cleaners to clean my apartment per the agreement, and the next day had my "walk through". My apartment was immaculate, and the carpet was in pretty damn good shape. There is a high traffic area at the intersection of the kitchen, hallway, and living area which was SLIGHTLY discolored. The maintenance man doing the walk though (not the LL) mentioned he would bring up the carpet to the LL and they would decide if they were going to charge me. Sure enough I get an email from the LL today entitled SECURITY DEPOSIT RECONCILIATION asking for my forwarding address (I already forfeited my deposit when breaking my lease, followed all rules and paid additional 2mo rent) so they can stick me for another $175 for "Carpet Cleaning - Reverse Dye Stain". Is this not normal wear and tear? I looked up Missouri tenant code [here](http://www.moga.mo.gov/mostatutes/stathtml/53500003001.HTML) and found that he cannot use a security deposit for ordinary wear and tear. I have a pictures [ONE](http://imgur.com/uVFyaZM.jpg) and [TWO](http://imgur.com/bKZzd08.jpg) to show how minimal the wear on this carpet is. I know $175 may not be worth the fight, but I dont have any disposable income right now, and to make matters worse, I have moved out of state (he knew this was happening). Do I have ground to stand on here? Do I have reasonable options being out of state? I am desperately trying to repair my credit to buy a house in a few years, and will be applying for a new apartment in about a month.

Legality of making employees clock out & back in under differently paid titles throughout workday

employment

Location: Colorado Hello and sorry for title, wasn't sure how to lay out the gist in a more concise way. There's more specific details in my post history if you'd want to look, but I'll just give broad strokes in here. I work for a very large company with a huge presence across the USA and Canada. I work in a warehouse that's in a different department from our customer service angle of things. Recently word from the top has come down that when things are slowing down, they want us warehouse workers (and our drivers who deliver our warehouse contents) to go to the front lot and help with customers and their rentals The issue, is that they'll be having us clock out from our primary job title, and clocking in as the position we're to be helping with. The position in question has lower pay. For some positions it's a decrease of $1-3, but for our delivery drivers, they'd be taking a cut that amounts to more than 1/3 of their standard pay (think going from $20/h to $12/h.) I'm curious as to the legality of this. Our manager has done some already sketchy stuff like have our driver-in-training (CDL truck driver) clock out entirely when riding with our driver for training, which I know is definitely illegal. Figure if they're ballsy enough to do that, they'll do a lot of other stuff Thanks

First time offender, spotless record charged with Misdemeanor Domestic Battery in CA

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Basically my GF was drunk and attacked me physically during an argument. She admitted to punching me several times... I responded by restraining her and pushing her out of my apartment. During this she attempted to force her way back in and fell down, injuring her shoulder. The officers who arrested me explained there is a zero tolerance in place for domestic issues and because I am the Male and physically larger I would have to be arrested. Because she admitted to blacking out during the altercation, among other factors I was only charged with the misdemeanor and the officer and sheriff's at the jail all said it will likely be dismissed. I have court Thursday. How likely is it to be dismissed? Should I retain an attorney beforehand or see how things go at this first court date? What will happen at court (I've never been)? I intend to plead not guilty due to self defense? I used minimal force to end the attack and stopped appropriately after her injury... please help.

Abusive Ex is still obsessed with me 1.5 years later [NJ]

family

You can check out my post [here.](https://www.reddit.com/r/TwoXChromosomes/comments/7ayc32/abusive_ex_25m_is_still_obsessed_with_me_a_year/?st=J9RS4H7L&sh=d99e9928) And go through my post history for details. Small summary, broke up with my ex BF in June 2016, he went crazy and I ended up trying to get a restraining order against him. I didn't get approved for the permanent restraining order. Immediately after the permanent restraining order was denied, I got a couple more messages from him. Otherwise just silence. A mutual friend who now works with the ex says the ex is still obsessed with me and he's been getting more violent and unpredictable. The ex hasn't contacted me at all, but now I'm back to being concerned about my safety. I don't think there's anything I can do legally until **he** does something, but I figured I'd post on here anyways and see if there's something I haven't thought of. Any advice?

Ticket for failure to comply and expired registration

driving

I got a ticket for a failure to comply and expired registration. My birthday was 3 weeks ago and my registration did expire, so I take the L on that ticket. However the failure to comply is in reference to a ticket a got 4 months ago, when I was unable to provide proof of insurance (pink slip had just came in the mail that day and was at home, my car WAS insured properly). I pleaded not guilty to the first ticket on account that I was properly insured. However the failure to comply makes no sense because I was pulled over the first time for 'unlawful contravene' and received a ticket for failure to provide insurance. Not anything pertaining to registration. Is it possible to fight this in court? The ticket for the failure to provide was $350, expired registration $350, and failure to comply $300. Needless to say I cannot afford this.

Can Landlord keep my $?

housing

So yesterday I did something really dumb. I live in Montreal, Canada and am searching for a place to live as I had to leave my apartment last week due to COVID19. I lived with 6 roommates but am immunocompromised so it was necessary I take full isolation. So here’s what I did that was dumb: Yesterday I had a video tour of an apartment, and I impulsively said I would take it. They said they would immediately send me the lease via email and I should transfer them the first months rent ($775). I sent it, but I never received the lease, and in a turn of events the next hour was offered a place for much cheaper from a friend. So I reached out to the landlords of the first place and asked if it could be possible to opt out of the agreement, since I had not put anything in writing. I apologized and told them they could keep the payment until they find a new tenant They responded saying they would give me back 50% of the $775. They say they won’t be able to find someone until mid-April or May, but I don’t get how that is relevant because we spoke less than 24 hours ago and if I hadn’t shown interest, they still wouldn’t be losing money. They’re just gaining my $ now. I realize that I was a complete dumbass by sending them the money before signing a lease, but are my hands tied here? Are they legally allowed to keep my money, even though we never made an official/written agreement, and they’ll be finding a new tenant and making that money again? I know I’m a real idiot for this but I’m trying to see if theres anything I can do. Any advice appreciated.

Hiding assets from Medi-Cal legal?

wills

My stepmother has come to the end of her 100 Medicare-covered rehabilitation days (she is paralyzed with Guillain-Barré syndrome). The nursing home wants my dad to use something called medihelper to get qualified for Medical-Cal even though he has way too many assets. They are telling him to transfer all his money to his children, that his home equity doesn’t count against him, etc. and they want $10,000 to help him. Sounds illegal and shady to me. What do you think? I thought it was illegal to transfer money during the “look back” period. Is this a law that is never enforced or something? And why is the rehab so gung ho to sign them up for Medi-Cal if they have cash to pay? He’s in California. Thanks for help!

I was asked to be a class representative in relation to ERISA and 401k plans by an attorney for a company I worked for a few years back. Can I benefit from this or is it a waste of time?

employment

***MGM Mirage MGM 401(k) / ERISA Lawsuit*** \- this is what the lawsuit is about, you can google it to find some more information about it. ​ ​ Anyways, I have no idea if I should do this or not. I did have a 401k with this Company, but there was not a lot of cash in there (<$100) since I had other expenses to budget for. If I did do this, how much money can I expect to gain from it? How do I prepare for this and what can I expect? These are just some of the questions I have for anybody who could provide some insight for me. ​ *It is important to mention that I have two misdemeanor cases that have been closed (not sealed yet). If I do participate with these people, could this be detrimental to my legal status or be completely irrelevant?* ​ THANK YOU in advance for any participation with my questions here. Below are the main points in the e-mail that I received from the attorney: ​ "The class action lawsuit relates to potential ERISA (“Employee Retirement Income Security Act”) violations similar to those found in a prior US Department of Labor audit of 401(k) retirement plans.  This audit identified issues such as when a company’s retirement plan managers overcharged plan participants for their management fees, which reduced the money in the 401(k) plan participants were entitled to receive.  The ERISA laws were enacted specifically to protect plan members, and this type of class action lawsuit seeks to reclaim any money due employees who participated in the 401(k) covered by these laws." ​ "You don’t have to be the class representative to benefit from the lawsuit, but the class representative can be awarded an additional incentive payment, which in some cases may be as much as $30,000 depending on how the case proceeds and what’s ultimately approved by the court.  This would be in addition to any money you might receive as a class participant from the lawsuit."  

Do I qualify for a restraining order?

criminal

It was suggested I post to this forum. When I was 15, I made friends with a kid, we'll call him jake. he was always having some sort of crisis; ie having flashbacks from everything, jacking off in the school bathroom, getting arrested and talking about how he used to be in juvie, being transgender, etc. (I can also confirm his mom told me all of that was fake during those years) Eventually, I couldn't take it anymore and I cut him out of my life. He didn't like that. He would always text me and I would tell him to leave me alone. He never did, but it wasn't until yesterday that I had learned he was making up fake emails, instagrams, facebooks, numbers, and snapchat acting like a different person each time. I used to be best friends with a girl, let's call her kris. We had a huge blow out a few years back, but she messaged me on instagram for the first time since the blow out to warn me about Jake. We got coffee the next day to catch up, she told me Jake was making up fake personas and showed me screenshots. i showed her all of the texts and she was concerned that he was stalking me. Here are some things his personas told me that have been keeping me up at night, horrified: 1) His dad locked him in his basement for 7 months, tying him up and making him eat out of a bowl. He mentioned his father got 3 life sentences in a federal prison. I know his dad, and that never happened. 2. He said he got caught trying to hack into a bank's mainframe and the FBI told him he could either get a job or go to jail (not how it works) 3) He casually mentioned BDSM and how he's into chasity, orgasm denials, and cbt (cock and ball torture) 4) He told Kris that he was trying to hack my instagram gain remote acess to my computer 5) He admitted to being a psychopath and having psychosis 6) He said he would pop EXACTLY 38 pills a day and did every drug to exist 7) Kris sent screenshots of him admitting to creating the accounts Would any of this be convincing to authorities that he needs to be locked up? (for fraud, harassment, privacy infringement, etc) I'm terribly disturbed and any feedback would be super helpful.

Is there something I'm not understanding?

employment

Today was my second day at my new job. This is my time card. Hours Accumulated Day 1: Time in: 5:31am-9:54am / hours worked: 4:15 (4:15) Lunch: 9:54am-10:29am Time in: 10:29am-1:05pm / hours worked: 6:45 (6:45) Day 2: Time in: 5:41am-10:00am / hours worked: 4:15 (11:00) Lunch: 10:00am-10:30am Time in: 10:30am-1:30am / hours worked: 7:15 (14:00) Am I missing something here? This doesn't look "exact" per say... I live in California.

Do I qualify for a restraining order?

criminal

It was suggested I post to this forum. Not sure how location works but I'm in texas. When I was 15, I made friends with a kid, we'll call him jake. he was always having some sort of crisis; ie having flashbacks from everything, jacking off in the school bathroom, getting arrested and talking about how he used to be in juvie, being transgender, etc. (I can also confirm his mom told me all of that was fake during those years) Eventually, I couldn't take it anymore and I cut him out of my life. He didn't like that. He would always text me and I would tell him to leave me alone. He never did, but it wasn't until yesterday that I had learned he was making up fake emails, instagrams, facebooks, numbers, and snapchat acting like a different person each time. I used to be best friends with a girl, let's call her kris. We had a huge blow out a few years back, but she messaged me on instagram for the first time since the blow out to warn me about Jake. We got coffee the next day to catch up, she told me Jake was making up fake personas and showed me screenshots. i showed her all of the texts and she was concerned that he was stalking me. Here are some things his personas told me that have been keeping me up at night, horrified: 1) His dad locked him in his basement for 7 months, tying him up and making him eat out of a bowl. He mentioned his father got 3 life sentences in a federal prison. I know his dad, and that never happened. 2. He said he got caught trying to hack into a bank's mainframe and the FBI told him he could either get a job or go to jail (not how it works) 3) He casually mentioned BDSM and how he's into chasity, orgasm denials, and cbt (cock and ball torture) 4) He told Kris that he was trying to hack my instagram gain remote acess to my computer 5) He admitted to being a psychopath and having psychosis 6) He said he would pop EXACTLY 38 pills a day and did every drug to exist 7) Kris sent screenshots of him admitting to creating the accounts Would any of this be convincing to authorities that he needs to be locked up? (for fraud, harassment, privacy infringement, etc) I'm terribly disturbed and any feedback would be super helpful.

[TX] About to be Subpoenaed; Questions regarding why OAG wants me (Custodial Parent) to attend. TW: Abuse

family

Located in Texas. Buckle up, because this is quite a mess and excuse me if formatting seems a bit jumbled. I’m a single mother with one child. The father of my child hurt my child when she was three weeks old, resulting in his arrest approximately four months later, and a conviction some time later. He was placed on 9 years deferred adjudication, Inj to child causing BI, and violated the terms of his probation resulting in a second and final arrest and confinement in TDCJ since Dec. 2017. The crime occurred in Oct of 2015, so I had several grueling years of talking to detectives, prosecutors, and stress until he was formally arrested. I am on Medicaid and only Medicaid and so is my daughter. We live with my mom because I can not afford my own place or childcare until I finish school and receive my license to practice medicine. I’ve been unable to work due to health reasons, and am finally starting back to school next week. Since we are on Medicaid, a child support order was put into place in Feb 2017. At this time he had not been convicted of the crime, and many details were unknown to me, so he was ordered to pay child and medical support. We mutually agreed supervised visitation would be best, and that’s what we did. He would visit some weekends, play with her for a few hours, and leave. He NEVER had care of her and never paid any of the ordered child support. A month ago, I was served with papers to attend a hearing for Suit for Modification of Support Order and Motion to Confirm Support Arrearage. After consulting with a criminal lawyer in the family, I was instructed not to go since I was the custodial parent. An OAG representative even called and said, “I’m not telling you not to go, but we are just going to decrease his payments to zero since he is incarcerated” Well today was the court date, and now it states online that I will be subpoenaed next month. What could they possibly want from me as the custodial parent? He owes me approx $8,000 and the state a little over $5,000 for medical support. Any idea why I’m being subpoenaed? Please help as my anxiety is through the roof. I never want him to have possession of our daughter when he gets out of serving his 10 year sentence due to the severity of his crimes against her as a newborn. Will the state take away his rights at this hearing? However, I’m afraid if I make this known, or that I’m afraid of him known, he will lose it when he gets out of prison and literally hunt me down. (That’s how he was arrested last time. DWI on his way from a city 2 hours away threatening to shoot me for now allowing him around our daughter inebriated) Any help is HIGHLY appreciated. I can not afford a lawyer and know I need one. Also, if I left anything out, don’t hesitate to ask. The nature of my daughters injuries are difficult for me to discuss, but they were not sexual. Please be sensitive with any questions or statements regarding this matter, as I’ve been diagnosed with PTSD following the incident. Thank you again.

Preferential treatment in rental applications

housing

We applied to a nice townhouse and we just got a message from the landlord saying that he is choosing his best friend's friend over us even though we applied first. Is there anything we can do about this?

Difficult tenant in PA

housing

I have a tenant that rents out 2 units in a triplex. The first unit has a separate door and the tenants are very easy to work with. Units 2 and 3 have a common exterior door into a shared hallway. The tenant from unit 2 began renting unit 3 as an office in june last year, and his lease ends may 31st. He claims to have signed a renewal with the property management company, then had a mental incident (his mother claims that it is the onset of schizophrenia) then agreed with his mother, the property manager and the owner that it was not in his best interest to have 2 leases. We let him out of his renewal and took note that he would move out may 31st. He began putting more and more locks on the door, claiming that people are coming to get him, and being aggressive when I email him about showing the 3rd unit. I know he's broken the lease in multiple respects including adding locks, not allowing maintenance to enter the property with proper notice, and causing damage to the unit. My question is, he is saying he will move out of all units may 31st, while having a lease on unit 2 that goes to 2021, he is not allowing me to show the unit, and I worry about anyone I would move into the unit while he is there, how do I proceed without violating any tenants rights? Things are locked down now, so if I go for eviction, it won't happen until things start moving again. How can I protect myself if I give written notice and enter the building when he is having an episode? Thanks

My mother is a cosmetology instructor, and was just fired for saying "black people hair" during a lesson. We're all incredibly confused and don't know what to do.

employment

My mother has been a cosmetology instructor for 8 years, and was renowned for being a great teacher. Shes won awards, and genuinely cared for her students. Her mental health has been at an all-time low lately, and her getting terminated for something so trivial is insane to us. For context, one of her students wrote a written report claiming that she was a racist, because she used the term "Black people hair". What other term is more appropriate??? She's still getting paid for the rest of her contract, but the school has decided to terminate her for the sake of publicity. She's looking for a new job, and hopefully she'll find something soon. In the meantime, what should we do? I wasn't sure where to post this, so I'm posting it here.

[UT] no insurance, no registration, and no motorcycle license

driving

I was pulled over with expired insurance and registration and no endorsement to ride motorcycles. I was on a 1984 scooter and it was impounded. I have got it out of impound and got insurance and registered it although I cannot get my endorsement because of the COVID restrictions at my DMV. I’m just worried/curious to what will happen. I’ve never been in a position like this so this is very nerve wracking. I was told to plea not guilty to meet with a prosecutor and explain my case. What should I expect/do?

[CT] I was side-swiped on the highway by an intoxicated driver who was speeding, texting, and driving. The 911 operator didn't send out a police officer because of corona and the fact that no one was injured. How do I make sure she doesn't try to pin the accident on me?

driving

I'm worried that since it's my word against her's she'll be able to get away with pinning the accident on me. She was very kind and apologetic and completely honest with me, but I don't have proof of her admitting to everything she told me. She was in her boyfriend's car and was like close to tears freaking out because her boyfriend is abusive and she was going to get beat when she got home. I say that because the boyfriend might push her to try and lie because she seemed extremely adamant about settling outside of insurance, and she's now texting my girlfriend to tell me to call her boyfriend. (I don't have service on my phone and used her phone to call my girlfriend, so now she has the number)

Colorado Hit and Run

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My girlfriend backed into a car in a bar parking lot tonight. She didn’t believe she caused damage. She also didn’t get out to check for damage. I assume they have her on video because the police showed up at her mom’s house where the car is registered. They called her shortly after and told her she needs to come in and pick up her ticket for 1. Reckless driving and 2. Failure to stop and provide information or aid following an accident. I assume there will be an insurance claim filed. She was not drunk but had been drinking. Obviously most of you will tell me we need a lawyer, I’m just trying to figure out what to expect. She has never been convicted of any crime other than minor traffic violations. There will be damages, legal fees, and fines. If we’re lucky, community service. I need to know how high the risk is of her actually spending time in jail and what if anything I can do to prevent that. She can’t handle it.

[MI] Had someone sign onto my apartment lease, so I could move out. Now I'm trying to sign off and they won't allow it.

housing

Hi all, I searched through the posts and wiki, but couldn't find anything directly related. So I had 5 months left of a 6-month lease and found a job that required me to relocate. To break the lease, I'd have to hope they moved someone in within a month or pay for each month of un-occupancy or pay a flat ~$1000 fee, so, I figured it would be fair to sign someone onto my lease and move out a month later. I spoke to someone at the rental office and was given the ok to do this. Apparently, the manager was not happy about this, so now after signing someone else onto the lease and moving out they're preventing me from signing off for the remainder of the lease. Although the guy who moved in seems decent, I'd rather not take the risk of having my name on the lease. Also, I believe they're not going to let him continue living there after the lease is over, which I feel bad about since he probably wants to live there longer. Now only the manager is allowed to speak with me and I was told she'll call me back today or Monday.

Help

criminal

My stbx is under investigation for cp related crimes. The other day i accidentally clicked a broken link. Something like youmoron.org while searching for YouTube and I'm worried I'll go to jail now too

[FL] School is threatening to suspend my license for missed absences while remote learning.

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The law for Florida is 15 days of absences before my license gets revoked. I am remote learning and sometimes my internet goes out, my computer has issues, or I just plain cant join the call because zoom or teams isnt loading. In total I have missed 1.5 days in this 90 day period but the school is counting a class missed as a whole day of absence. Being in every class every day is basically impossible for me while remote learning. The only way they will not suspend my license is if I ask my teachers to excuse absences from 3 weeks ago and make it to every single class for the rest of the year. ​ I need my license to get to and from work. I need to work to pay for my car and my insurance. What can I do to prevent the school from suspending my license?

Is this pay discrimination? Do I have grounds to file a complaint?

employment

I’m a college student currently working a temporary job. Myself and 5 other students from my school were hired by a well known manufacturing company to help package 2 million face masks for shipping. The offer we were given included them paying for our hotel rooms and a daily food stipend in addition to our hourly pay. After starting they quickly realized we’d need more people, so the guy who hired us asked us to reach out to our friends. I specifically asked what I should tell them the payment offer was, and the guy said just send the same exact offer I received (including hotel room and food stipend). Five friends agreed to sign up to help, and they all just so happened to be black men. In addition, there were 2 white men and 2 women who joined. So now we’re about a week in, and they tell my friends that they won’t be receiving the food stipend, and they’ll actually be paid less per hour (which is not the offer they signed up for). Management claimed this is because of when they signed up. Supposedly the original group would be paid the most, and it would decrease according to start date. However, as we’re all talking about how much we were told we would be paid, we recognize a trend. White and Latino Men are being paid the most, all the women less, and the black men the lowest. It can’t be according to start date because there are men that started later in the project that are getting paid more than women who were apart of the original group. We are all doing to same job of packing face masks, in the same area, working the same shift in the warehouse together. This seems terribly unfair to me. I’m wondering if this counts as discrimination and if I have the grounds to contest it.

Does my family have any control over me? Just turned 18 and don’t live with guardian.

family

My living situation right now is I live with my grandmother who isn’t my guardian in any way. My aunt is my actual legal guardian and she lives in a seperate house yet, now does she have control over me? Currently living in PA and enrolled in high school. She became my guardian by the court after my mother & father died because I picked her but it turned out to be a horrible choice. I was wondering if she has any power over me now that I’m 18? I have a few questions that I’d like to know as well because I want to fully seperate myself from her. 1. Does she have any control over me? Is there anything she can do to me? 2. The car I have is in her name, because the insurance is cheaper that way, how do I go about taking the car into my name? It was originally my mother’s car but I was too young and jobless to take it into my name. 3. Can I move out? 4. How do I have my phone plan switched into my name? Currently it’s in a Verizon family plan. 5. Can she take “my” car from me? Can she also take my phone since she’s paying for it currently?

Pulled over for listener plate bulb being out resulting in 2 citations however after reviewing the in dash footage my light was on the whole time [KY]

driving

Last Monday I was pulled over for my license plate bulb being out which resulted in me ending up receiving 2 citations one for the light being out and one for possession of marijuana. I checked the lights every day since and they were working fine so I made a open request form for the in dash footage and just received it today and can tell when I made a turn that it was on. It’s hard to tell any other part due to the crappy quality and him shining his spotlight on the rear of my car but through this one turn it is clear I’ll link a picture to show it [making turn ](https://imgur.com/gallery/2CbLM1u) now I’m wondering what my next step should be. I have court next Thursday and don’t know if I should plea not guilty and try to defend myself or hire a lawyer. I went to talk to a lawyer earlier this week before I had the video and long story short the lawyer I had a meeting with ended up in jail the same day and I spoke to his assistants co worker about the case and she seemed knowledgeable and said if the video could show the light on I have a good case. This particular firm estimated me at $1,500 for defending me which at that point I might as well take the fines cause they would be like half that for a couple misdemeanors. Feel like I’m fighting a losing battle with the police and don’t know what to do.

[PA] I had a 6 hour long shift as a job interview at Subway, should I have been paid?

employment

This happened yesterday. I'm 15 and trying to find my first job, and I walked into the Subway near my home and asked for a job application. The manager said he could start the interview now and gave me an apron and hat and had me go behind the counter and start making sandwiches. He said he needed to see me make sandwiches as part of the interview. Customers would walk up and tell me what they wanted and he'd watch me make them. This lasted for about 4-5 hours until the store closed, then he said I had to help clean up. I was there for about 6 hours in total, and when I got home my family was really upset that he made me stay and basically "work" for so long for my interview. They all are saying it was illegal and I should have been paid, is this true? The manager said he'd call me to let me know if I got the job or not. Should I expect to be paid for this?

Iowa - Can I own a gun after a deferred judgement for domestic assault?

criminal

I received a domestic because I got into a fight with my dad because he was talking shit about me for trying to get my GED. I took a deferred judgement because I've never been in trouble before and I've been reading up on gun rights and there is a lot of things saying you can't own a gun during probation but after successfully completely the deferred I wouldn't get a conviction so my gun rights would be returned. Others have said that even after I completed my deferred sentence successfully I wouldn't get it. Anyone familiar with Iowa/Federal law have any idea?

[OK] How do you document for a "smell" after getting written up?

employment

In Oklahoma. Friend of mine has been working in the same position for 3 years, and usually works alone in a booth, so the only other person that's around him is his supervisor. There's never been a problem between either one of them that I'm aware of, but I do recall her talking about a friend of hers that wanted to get into the same job as my friend. So, It's obvious who keeps "complaining" about his "smell". After the first verbal warning, which he admits he was pressed for time and skipped his "workout shower" before work. He changed his routine, but got a second verbal, despite moving his workout to after work hours. My Friend has been taking a 10 minute showers before work, with new shampoos, conditioners, and products. But the complaints keep coming. He started saturating himself in cologne and deodorant, but "people" keep complaining about his BO. He's getting rashes from all the product he's using that's getting so bad he needs to apply baby powder to his armpits and nethers to deal with it. He got a write up tonight for the same issue, and we are both clueless on how to fight this. It amazes me that one worker can bully another and get away with it like this. It's obvious she is trying to get him fired so she can hire her new friend, but I can't prove it, and neither of us can get her to talk about it so she can be caught.

Does this clause means it'll automatically renew and we can't get out?

contract

My business were presented a contract to sign with a vendor and on the term it says. "V. TERM. 1 year from effective date; renews annually after initial term. " When I read this part it sounded like the agreement will keep renewing. We are only willing to sign a 1 year term agreement. I told the to change it to add an end date and they responded by saying "you can give us written notice of termination anytime prior to the term" I pressed on and told them to add the sentence above that we can cancel anytime prior to the term but they wouldn't and responded back to me with "Our legal team's view is that your ability to terminate is implied. There is no notice period for termination, so the language already supports what you are looking for. You've also got this email from me. It will be hard to make any more legal changes at this point unfortunately." Is this true? What should I do? Please advice. Thanks!

Young Entrepreneur Needs Business E-Commerce Advice

contract

Hey Reddit, I don’t really know what to do in terms of the next step for setting up my e-commerce business. I have found a niche market and have provided them a platform to promote on. Now, I want to sell their items through my website. I am looking for advice on who I need to speak to. Like what type of person can help me the most? A Lawyer? My local SBA? I will explain specifics below: Example: I am extremely passionate about markers. In fact, I am so passionate about markers that I created a website that promotes markers! My readers believe in my marker knowledge so much that I influence their decisions to buy markers. Seeing my influence, I want to set up an e-commerce site that sells directly to my readers; that way they don’t have to leave my site to purchase the markers that I am promoting. Now, I promote a lot of markers. I’m talking Sharpie, Prismacolor, Copic, and Tombow. I want to sell those brands on my website, however, I do not want to keep their inventory on hand. Instead, I would like to simply be the ‘middle man’ between the buyer and the seller. I want readers to be able to go to my e-store, purchase a Sharpie for $2, and get sent a Sharpie from the brand itself (I don’t want to have to do anything besides being a ‘middle man’). I want my website to capture the sale information, send it to Sharpie, and take a small percentage of that sale. I know there are tons of websites out there that have similar business models as the one I’m describing. For example, Amazon. I realize Amazon isn’t the best example, but they have thousands of brands and some of the products they sell aren’t shipped by Amazon themselves. They are just taking a percentage of that sale for providing the platform. Now, my markers are from companies that no one has heard of. I’m not dealing with big box marker sellers. It would be more mom-and-pop marker makers. My marker makers are eager to get their markers on more platforms, and I would not need to deal with the logistics of partnering with HUGE companies like Sharpie, Prismacolor, etc. ​ I am also based in the U.S. and would only be selling U.S. made markers at this time. I’m just using ‘markers’ as an example, however, it relates to my situation perfectly. Who do I need to talk to? What do I need to do?

[CA] Establishing Custody

family

What is the best way to get custody set when you have to focus on your own mental well-being? Dont want to have to go back to court. Trying to do this without lawyers

[OR] Ex-Customer (who is also family) "Hacked" an online business account, caused me to lose other customers from their actions.

digital

Business is located in the State of Oregon. My uncle owns a business where he employs his daughter as a very under-trained front manager for his store/restaurant. I have been running their business's online presence and media for over 10 years, and because they were my family I only charged them exactly what it cost me for service and no labor. She has a very small bit of experience in website design but not the hosting, and wanted more control of the files, so I backed them up and sent them to her. This was not good enough as she proceeded to tell me that she needs full access to my online account where the website is stored to make sure I am charging them what the receipts say. This actually isn't possible because the hosting account I have also has multiple other customers who DO pay me money to manage their businesses online presence and email servers. My other customers as well as her father, have their credit card information stored in the account in order for automatic payment of services. So by giving her my account information would be a breach of trust I have with my other customers. I explained this to her and she blew up telling me that her dad pays for it and she should have full access, telling me she will get it no matter what I try to do to stop her. My next contact with her was to find out what happened to my online account as all my passwords have been changed the next day. Apparently she gave out my own personal information to the hosting service in order to gain full access to my online account. The company changed it, as she knows my birthday, mothers maiden name, and all the other private questions a family would easily be able to determine the answer for. The real problem now lies in with my other customers. She has repeatedly badmouthed me to customers at their business from a small community. Some of the other employees there are friends with my other customers and the word spread very very fast, and 2 of my other customers were notified. However what they were told was completely false. She has been telling people that I have been hosting all my other customers off of their web hosting, and forcing them to pay the bill for all the others while I make money ripping them off in the end. The truth is, I don't do that at all, and my other customers have their credit card information stored on the accounts as well each paying for their own service individually. My other customers have came to me questioning what is going on, and I had to tell them the truth of the situation. When I told them, they told me that they don't appreciate their personal information and credit card to be available to any customer who can just easily go change my password and asked for a transfer of their data/website to another person. It's been getting closer to a year since this has happened, and I am even today still getting random customers from their restaurant asking why my family would fire me from their business because I was ripping off my own family. In which I have to explain I was never employed by them so I'm not sure what they are talking about because I never did anything of the sort. I was going to just let this roll off and continue my life, but it has got to the point where I want to move away from my own small home town because I have to hear about how bad I am from random customers at places like the post office or the store. Some of my friends stopped me and told me I've been here for 40+ years and should not let these people with ill agendas to encourage the feelings that I should run away from where I have grown my roots so deeply in my hometown, and I need to reach out to find some legal advice because this is (to me) is ruining my life I have made for myself. Looking for legal advice, and maybe some life choice advice as well. Thanks Reddit!

(Tulsa, ok) security camera question

housing

So our neighbor just called the cops on us because we put up a security camera outside our door. The officer told her it was legal and there was nothing she could do except complain to our apartment manager which I'm sure she intends to do. Just wondering if I can be forced to take it down by our apartment manager? Basically she leaves dirty diapers outside a shared pathway. It stinks. I'm tired of smelling it. I took several pictures of dirty diapers outside her door and complained. The manager has also come over and thrown one away himself but every time I complain he tells me she says she isn't leaving diapers out there at all. He some how believes her? Last we spoke he told me what we can do is get together with this neighbor and try to figure out what our problem is with one another. I have no problem with her. I don't know her and I don't want to. Just don't want to leave and come home to my apartment smelling her child's feces. So I put up a camera to get a recording of her door opening and her putting a diaper outside. The camera is pointed in the perfect position for us to see anyone who comes to our door, her apartment entrance just happens to be in the line of sight. I didn't buy this camera for this purpose it's one we've had set up on the inside of our place for when we went on vacation last December.

Sorry for how long it is, but I need to know if we have any legal standing.

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My husband and I work for the same company. He is a technician and I am a customer service rep and before I was pregnant, the only shipper. I am a high risk pregnancy due to my weight (i am not a twig okay, i got some meat on these bones) and high blood pressure. Now, we have worked here since March 2019 and We found out I was pregnant mid November 2019, since coming out as pregnant, the work environment has become much more hostile and there are clear signs of unfair treatment. My husband and I are sick of it, however, we want to know from lawyers themselves is it worth the law suit, or should we just stick it out till we find new jobs and can get the heck out of there. (Please keep in mind this is a small business so we do not have an HR department and any issues are brought up with the owner of the company.) First: Favoritism: (I will refer to the other two ladies I work with as Mother CSR and Daughter CSR). Daughter CSR is the receiver for the company and the parts person, plus she has temporarily taken over shipping. Mother CSR is in a way the over seer, creates packing lists and shipping labels to ship units out along with certificates of job duties performed on the unit. Now, Daughter CSR 98% of the time she comes in 30 minutes to an hour late. She will sit at her desk and be on her phone, or scroll through YouTube or online shop for herself or pay bills on company time. Normally she’ll be at work for close to an hour - to hour and a half, then she will leave for another hour to get food and on many occasions, shop with Mother CSR. Company policy for breaks is half hour paid, half hour unpaid. She has told me many times she never clocks out, so she is shopping on company time. She never has her work done on time and it effects technicians job duties greatly being she makes the work orders that they need to fill out as they work on the units. And being that we are in a temperature and humidity controlled building, it is important that they get these on time so they can record the exact temperature and humidity the room is at upon completion of a unit. When techs ask for this paper work she gets defensive and very rude and tells them she will get it when she gets to it, there have been many occasions where she had been DAYS behind on work orders and never punished. As for me, usually I am either early or on time, but few times i have been five to ten minutes late. On those days i am late, I am ignored by both the Mother and Daughter CSR because I did not show up on time. It is crucial to my job that I am not ignored, being there are some questions I need their help with the answer when it comes to customers, such as if a customer has a question on a part and i am being ignored by the Daughter CSR, i cannot perform my job duty. Same with if there is a question on a certificate, and the Mother CSR is ignoring me, I cannot perform my job duty. For brakes, my husband and I used to take our paid half hour to go out to the picnic table and have our lunch. My husband is also a smoker, I am not. One day we were stopped by Mother CSR in which she told us that if my husband continue to smoke after we took our lunch break, he would have to start clocking out for every smoke break. Now, Mother CSR smokes and Daughter CSR does not. However, throughout the day even after Daughter CSR takes a half hour to an hour to eat lunch she will take smoke breaks with her mother and not clock out or random drives to places and still not clock out. There was even an incident where Mother CSR blew up on my husband and I because I would get him coffee. My husband took her to the conference room where they proceeded to have a fight, and he was told that because him and I wanted a family that all of the problems happening are our fault and that my pregnancy never should have happened (when we were hired we were told this is a family company, i call BS). Meanwhile, Daughter CSR Will stop working many times out of the day, and stand next to Mother CSR desk and not do any work for many minutes. But getting coffee for my husband somehow was a huge issue. Many times through out the day I will be left alone for long periods of time because they both do everything together, but once again, i can’t get my husband a simple cup of coffee. Plus, i do not take lunch anymore being if i do, i would get attitude or told I took to long, so instead i will bring in many snacks to eat through out the day. I am pregnant it is critical i eat in a day. Plus when i did take lunch, Daughter CSR would purposely have Mother CSR give me work so i could not take a lunch some days and they could go out for hour long trips. There is a technician that works there, that is also the son of Mother CSR. I remember he ended up leaving the company to go somewhere else, and the owner of the company after a few months offered son a huge raise if he would return. In which he did. When it was time to go over health insurance, I was told that because I was pregnant before being at the company a year that the health insurance company would consider my pregnancy a pre-existing condition. However son was pretty much re-enrolled as if he had never quit. However being he had quit, I thought for sure he would have to restart everything as if he were a new employee but he did not. Second no communication and hostile: During the coronavirus shut down, the company switched to two shifts, one morning shift from 6 AM to 2 PM and one afternoon shift from 2:30 PM to 10:30 PM. My husband and I were on the 6 AM to 2 PM shift. Before that him and I were forced onto a 9 AM to 5 PM shift we did not like because we enjoyed the 7:30 AM to 3:30 PM shift we were originally hired for. Back on track, within the week The owner of the company(I’ll call him Boss) switched back to regular shifts. All technicians except my husband were asked by Boss what shift they wanted, and the customer service representatives (me, Mother, and Daughter) we’re also not asked what shifts we would like. Boss told me that my husband and I would be back on the 9 AM to 5 PM shift. I kindly asked him being my doctors appointments would be more frequent Since I am in the third trimester, we have daycare’s to look for, along with a pediatrician, if we could have a 7 AM to 3 PM shift so it did not interfere with work, and we were not using our PTO nor using unpaid time off. He replied to me with what part of 9 AM to 5 PM do I not understand and that anytime needed I just use PTO for. On Thursday, 4 June, I had a growth scan and then A doctor visit. During the growth scan the ultrasound technician informed me that because of my high blood pressure, I would have to do weekly BPP Scans to check up on the health and growth of our son. Being that I had left two hours early for the doctors appointment, I informed Mother CSR on Friday that my husband and I would stay an hour late to make up one of the two hours we left early. In which she replied with words from Boss that we can stay no longer than 5 PM and anytime needed to make up would have to be used with PTO. Now there is an email that was sent out saying that we can make up to four hours of flex time a few months prior, we were never informed that we can no longer make time up and we would have to use PTO. And even now with the weekly visits, we are still on a 9 AM to 5 PM shift. In my own opinion, I find it very unreasonable that once a week I have to use two hours of PTO to go to get a mandatory BPP Scan for the health of me and my child, and I am not having any accommodations made. He will not even let me come in the days I have appointments at 7 AM and leave at 3 PM. However, there were some technicians who got their shift changed upon request because “they did not like the new ones they got.” Also, i was informed of only recent that i had the option to have $100 taken from my paycheck up until my son is born to cover health insurance cost while on leave. I agreed to this being I was told that money would not start taking out until the first June paycheck. I was under the impression that they would start coming out as of June 1. Once again I was misinformed because they started taking the $100 out of my last May paycheck. Back to Daughter CSR. She, is very violent and hostile when she does not get what she wants. If she is behind on work because of her own fault, and we do not help her she becomes, as I said violent and hostile. She will throw things, stomp around, purposely leave things on the floor in front of my desk where if I do not see her put it down I can easily trip, she will knock things down in my area and leave them on the floor for me to pick up (keep in mind I’m 30+ weeks pregnant now... so when she does it... it is not as easy to pick up anymore). And being that I take the trash out, she will purposely throw it all over where I have to walk to multiple areas to pick it up and then to the dumpster to throw away. And it is not just if we do not help her, this also happens if she gets in a fight with her boyfriend she will take it out on me, if she is having a bad day she will also take it out on me. She also verbally abuses me as well, which doesn’t bother me as much but still it’s really rude. I have been told by her she is “helping me out and she doesn’t have too” when medically I cannot ship being I am at a 10 pound weight limit. She has also gone to many technicians and said that I am getting special treatment just because I am pregnant and that it is very unfair. When in reality I am still performing my job fine, minus the shipping and I am in fact, barely getting any form of special treatment. I have brought this up with both Boss and Mother CSR and all I get told is “Well it’s Daughter CSR, you know how she is.” There is also a technician Who when he is very angry, which is frequently I do believe he has anger issues, he will slam on his desk, yell out many curse lines, scream the word die all the time and throw many things. There was also a time, I was opening boxes and found that he was having live ammunition shipped to the company in which he would just take the box home because he did not trust people in his neighborhood and thought someone would steal the boxes from his house if it was shipped there. When me and Mother CSR told Boss about it he quickly closed the box and said do not tell anyone else I told him it was fine. Sexual Harassment: There is a tech there I’ll call Creep, who since finding out I’m pregnant has instantly began harassing me. There was one day i was bent over helping Mother CSR look through a box and he quietly came up behind me and said nothing, when i stood up and said “Whoa there!” Because he stood so close that the back of my head nearly hit his face. That made me very uncomfortable because I had no clue he was there and i don’t know how long he was there. Another time while I was filing he came up to me and asked “Since being pregnant have i gotten any strange urges.” While saying it he took a few steps closer to me, i stepped back, said no and walked back to my desk to get away from him. That same day he asked how would I be delivering my son and would I be breast feeding, i told him i did not want to answer that being it was personal and he laughed saying, “I went through this with all four of my wives there’s no secrets.” I felt very uncomfortable and i had no one with me being (shocker) Mother CSR and Daughter CSR we’re not there. During the shift change Creep was on second shift, one day he came to work early and parked normal and watched me take trash out, the next day until we switched back to regular shifts he parked right next to the dumpster where he could easily see me, and one day while taking out boxes he even turned his car on and tried to say something to me in which i ignored and wattled my pregnant butt back to safety. He always stares at me whenever he can and it is in a very creepy and uncomfortable way. I have brought this up with Boss and he would laugh and brush it to the side even though i felt extremely uncomfortable and unsafe. I know it’s long and very wordy so if you have any questions at all, feel free to ask. And yes, this place does have video recording but i am unsure about audio.

Girlfriend's roommates left their house and are not paying rent but are still on the lease.

housing

For some background info- there are 4 people on the lease. We'll call them Deborah, Jepia, Nick, and Sierra (my gf.) Originally, there were 5 people living there (Nick moved out as he and his girlfriend, who shared a room, broke up). His gf, Natalie, is still living there and pays his portion of the rent. The rent has to be payed in one lump sum, so if someone is short then one of them would have to cover for them. Deborah never fully payed rent and owes sierra nearly 800$. Rent was due on the 30th, but that morning Deborah and Jepia moved out all of their stuff and are staying with Deborah's relatives. They did not inform anyone they were moving out and did not attempt to find anyone to sublease. They claim that, since they don't live there, they don't have to pay rent. Now my girlfriend is the only person on the lease that actually stays at the house and had to pay 3/4 of the whole house's rent this month. How can we hold them responsible for paying rent and the now 1000$+ Deborah owes her? Sorry if I left out any crucial info,I will be sure to provide it if need be. Never posted to this subreddit before.

[Michigan] Employer possibly violating state in place order, threatening job if employees don’t return

employment

I work in the sales department of a car dealership. Originally when the stay in place order was made , it was determined that we were not considered an essential business. As of the 14th, our management staff is stating that under some new guidelines we are considered essential and they are requesting some staff return. Of course, just about everyone on our sales staff has declined. Management states now that were opening back up they need a minimum staff to return and if they can’t get enough volunteers they they will make it mandatory, at that time, if we continue to refuse then our jobs will be forfeited and we will be fired no longer qualifying for unemployment either due to being offered our jobs back. There’s a few reasons here I don’t want to return to work, first of which is we garner significant amounts of business from people 60+ miles away so we’ll have people coming in from just about every hotspot in the area. Sorry if I’m a bit all over the place, just a little overwhelmed in all of this. A co-worker said he found something at some point stating we were allowed to be considered essential for completing electronic sales of vehicle. The problem here is that I GUARANTEE our management team is expecting us to field in store visits and sales from customers with test drives and such. How do I find the specific verbiage that determines what we are and are not allowed to be doing? If this is the case that we’re only allowed to facilitate electronic sales (which we have absolutely 0 capabilities of doing. Closest we have is printing the paperwork and mailing it to a customer) do I return to work first and only when presented with this scenario am I able to report them for violating the order? How do I report them if the scenario arises? I’m commission sales and they have us working remotely already fielding questions without the ability to physically sell cars anyways. If I do return, as I’m paid 100% commission based, if I don’t sell any cars and make no money, am I still able to qualify for unemployment for those weeks even though I’m working? I believe they are required to pay us minimum wage but they’ll skate around that due to us “technically” getting paid monthly, if I have 1 week where I make $2000 but then get paid nothing for the rest of the weeks, how would that work with my unemployment? As of now I can not contact our unemployment agency in Michigan whatsoever. Busy dial tones every single call for hundreds of calls over the last 3 weeks. Sorry for formatting and run on sentences etc... thank you for any help. Just really overwhelmed.

Seoul, Korea | Husband had papers on me and son. How do I leave?

family

I am sorry for bad English. I can answer questions. Husband yoo and I fight and we separate on September and he leave to Busan. He give me home to live in with son of ours yoongi which is 17 year old. I got job as secret to get diapers and clothing and food for our son because he do not have enough. Now son need glasses. Husband will be mad if he learns. I do not want to disobay. I want to leave to own home with son and I do not like treatment of husband and conduct. But husband own me and son.i try to leave on September and he say to me he have papers I have to stay. He take papers with when he leave and I do not know what he has of us. He give 2 meal every day but we still hungry we need more but I can get nothing without him.He hit son of ours and call him stupid.. No more conduct. Tldr: Husband own me and son. I do not have the papers because he leave. What do I do?

Laid off for COVID 19 and started unemployment. If the employer offers me my job back do I have to take it?

employment

So as of last week I was laid off due to my employer closing our business from a shelter in place going into effect. I went through and applied for unemployment. This week the employer decided she wanted to restart the program even with the shelter in place still in effect. In doing so she has threaten that if we don't take the job back that we can't collect unemployment due to us not continuously looking for work. My question is this true? Being in a right to work state I would look at this as two separate scenarios. She let me go which makes me unemployed. If I decide to not accept the position based on how she treated us on the way out would that go against me continuingly looking for work and losing unemployment? I feel she can't force me into working there again but would love to hear advice from others.

Tenant bailed on rent, so we filed the papers needed in order to garnish his account but the bank says it is empty. (Canada, Alberta)

housing

We don't know what else to do now, and I'm hoping this topic fits. Will the bank keep trying, or are they one and done? We obtained a judgement, and an order from the court to present to his bank in hopes of getting the money deducted. Like I said, the bank basically said he was broke and now we are looking for options. It is a significant amount of money he owes, so I am hoping that there are other options we can consider. From a legal stand point will I have to go through everything, all over again? What can I do to get this money back?

Contract formed, breach of contract and now seller attempting to claim non-ownership after served with court papers

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This is in Canada Brief background: There was a contract for a purchase (a horse). I took possession of the horse at the time the contract was formed, payment to be received in one months time. Seller refused payment telling me to pay at the end of month, four times. Before I could even pay her she removed the horse from my possession and said she wasn’t selling anymore. From what I’m reading in the sale of goods act, time of payment does not have anything to do with the contract itself. I took possession therefore I owned the horse at this time. Also, I attempted to pay four times. I sent a breach of contract letter which lead to serving her with court papers. Now that this is getting serious she is attempting to claim that her partner also owns this horse and she was unable to sell. In her response to the breach of contract letter, it was “my horse”, “me”, “I”, and not once did she mention a co-owner. Only now that papers are served does this second owner appear. I was unaware of this the entire time. I would think I am a bonafide purchaser of value without notice. Also, this is fabricated. The entire time I have known this woman (4+ years) she has solely owned the horse. All communication prior to this was “I purchased” “my horse” “I’ve decided”. It suddenly switched to “our horse” “we’ve decided” after deciding not to sell. I am unaware if they have a bill of sale from when she purchased or not. I’m guessing not as she purchased the horse from her friend. So I wouldn’t trust that bill of sale anyway. Also, the contract formed oct 1. It was oct 22 that she said they have talked and decided not to sell. Therefore it sounds like he was on board when the contract was formed even if he was part owner. So my question: Does this matter? Did they get me with this or do I have a chance at fighting this. I owned the horse when the contract was made, but does this actually have a chance of nullifying this contract?

Anyone ever been ordered to court to show cause for contempt?

family

So my ex filed with the court a Motion to show cause for contempt (I think that’s what it’s called). She claims I failed to do X, Y, and Z. I sat there scratching my head because I have done X, Y, and Z. And (I think) it would be very easy to show that I have done them. As simple as, “Here is the canceled check, here is this paperwork, here is that paperwork”. Then it clicked, she is playing the same game from jump street. She is sending me back to court to do nothing other than force me to spend more money on attorneys fees. Do I have any recourse for this? Can the court order her to pay my fees for this vecticious filing? And the big question. I’m a huge advocate for “get an attorney”. Don’t talk to the police without an attorney, don’t go to court without an attorney. But these legal bills are killing me. So should I risk it? Go pro-se? I really don’t want to, but a day in court for some BS is going to run me another $5,000-$10,000.

[WA] Neighbor scratched my car

driving

I recently bought a new car and wanted to get a parking spot. I went to office to get a covered parking spot and they had one closer to my apartment. So, I got that parking spot and parked my car yesterday. Before going out today, they left a letter that said the parking spot that I just got had been already leased by my neighbor. Finally, I came home and decided to go to store to get something; I found Christmas décor on my car. When I removed it, my car’s roof was scratched. I was looking at it and then my neighbor came out and started yelling at me because I didn’t move my car. What can I do in this situation?

[MA] Landlord denying me a parking spot listed in my lease, please help.

housing

Starting from the beginning: [Here is an email from the real estate agent stating the Boston apartment I was interested in includes a parking spot.](http://imgur.com/UZ6zhF0) I liked the apartment, so I applied for it and was approved. As I was reviewing the lease, I noticed it did not mention the parking spot, [so I emailed the property manager](http://imgur.com/i2yHef5). My roommate did the same, and [she told him she was drafting a separate parking agreement](http://imgur.com/dsj6UJG). Before the lease was executed, the owner decided to switch all his properties over to a new property manager for my lease cycle. My roommates and I signed [a new lease with the new property manager because it specifically stated that a parking spot was included in the rent](http://imgur.com/Fh0zuR2). Fast forward to 6/1, the start of my lease period. It came out that the old property manager overbooked parking for my dirveway, so a tenant from the apartment across the street was also promised my spot until the end of her lease on 9/1. I told the new property manager (via phone) that I understood this was the old property manager's fault and I didn't want to cause him any headache, so I would park on the street until 9/1. [This is the resolution he came up with](http://imgur.com/dPEoUhq), which I thought was fair (red is my neighbor, blue is me, the third bullet is a separate situation). Fast forward again to two weeks ago. My neighbor had continued to park in my spot rather than the spot she was assigned at her own apartment starting 9/1. I emailed her to tell her I intended to start parking in my spot soon, and she responded by telling me that her assigned spot does not work for her because it is a tandem arrangement (front car blocks the back in), and it would be too much trouble to coordinate that with her roommate for the $125/month she's paying (her parking is not included in rent). [I emailed the new property manager explaining the situation and asking how to proceed](http://imgur.com/GYLsSG6). [He responded by reaffirming that the spot at my apartment is definitely mine](http://imgur.com/PF08lpr). (Again, my neighbor is red and I am blue) Today, [the new property manager pulled a 180 and emailed me telling me the spot belongs to my neighbord and I would be towed if I parked there](http://imgur.com/2MAam9D). **So,** where do I go from here? I want my parking spot, but I'm nervous that if I push too hard he'll assign me to the tandem spot that was assigned to my neighbor because it doesn't specifically state which spot is mine in my lease (won't make that mistake in the future). Additionally, I have a copy of my lease signed by my roommates and me, but not executed by the owner and property manager (again, lesson learned), so I'm worried he could alter his version of the lease. If I were to accept a rent reduction (I'd much rather have my parking spot, though), I would want $125 off/month through the end of my lease, plus a payment of $500 ($125 for each month since 9/1). I doubt the owner will be amenable to this since it was the property manager's mistake, so I'm not sure how to proceed. Thanks for reading! **TL;DR:** Landlord promised me a parking spot via email and in my unexecuted lease, but recently said it now belongs to my neighbor. It's significantly more complicated than that, so it'd be awesome if you could read my whole post. **EDIT:** [Here's a diagram of the parking spots](http://imgur.com/545c185). We each live in a two story split level house with a 4BR apartment on each floor. As you can see, I would be free to come and go as I please from my spot, whereas my neighbor across the street is blocked in by her roommate.

My provisional driver's license expired before the 6 months required to upgrade it has passed.

driving

I live in NC, and turned 18 a little while ago. In our state, we have to book DMV appointments, but the closest appointment is half an hour away and a month from now. I acquired this license less than 6 months from my 18th birthday (the expiration of the license), and a requirement of getting a "full" license in NC is to hold it for at least 6 months. As of this writing, it *has* been 6 months since acquiring the license. I have a couple questions. Firstly, I checked online and found I'm not eligible to upgrade or renew online, is there any way I can get in contact with the Driver's License Office or DMV and get it renewed without having to wait 30 days for an appointment? Secondly, or at least more generally, what's the fastest way I can remedy this problem and get back on the road again? I am self-reliant on transportation to school and work, but I know the law doesn't really care about that part.

(Canada) My dad has a client but we cant get rid of him

housing

My father has a client from an agency and he is the primary caregiver for this person. We get paid by the agency on a month to month basis. He has been with us for three years. We found out later he has a background with criminal charges but by then it was too late. He has sold our tv multiple times in his suite for money. But today was the last straw as the drug dealer he's been in contact with searched our home address for our number to call us that he want his money from our client or else he doesnt get his money back. My dad confronted him about this but he denied. He wasnt in his suite when my dad checked when the tv was there. We called the non emergency line and the police well be coming to our house soon. He owed me and family for money which he never payed back. Sadly we do not have it in writing. I have a newborn and I am afraid of going outside with him. My father has been trying to contact the agency to have him relocated elsewhere many times before and he doesnt want to renew the contract. But all we get is delay after delay. Will update as it goes. TLDR: My dad has a client but cant get rid of him because the agency is taking too long in finding him a new home. My legal question is how do we get back our money and possesions from him? My father just wants to get rid of him altogether.

i kind of messed up awhile ago

school

in 7th and 8th grade i was bullied by this kid, he would call me names, trip me, punch me, tricked me into thinking he was my friend and coming over and stole my parents alcohol and left it in my room so i would get in trouble so after the bullying got too far and school ended, i decided to sell him an empty juul box and he gave me a card that he said had $20 on it, it had no money at all. 2 years later i go back to public school and today he pushed me into a wall, threatened to beat me up unless i gave him his money back but there was no money so im confused. It was a nothing to nothing transaction. Well the school got involved after he pushed me and threaten to beat the shit out of me, is it okay for me to tell them what happened about 2ish years ago, will i get in trouble? will my parents be told? How fucked am i with the school? this in texas btw

(WA) Fridge stopped working a week ago, landlord still hasn't fixed the issue.

housing

(Posting for my neighbor...) Last Tuesday (6/23) my neighbor came home on her lunch to find her fridge wasn't working. She called our landlord immediately and explained the situation. The weather here has been incredibly warm, so she explained to them that the food in her fridge wouldn't last more than a few hours...Maybe a day at most. Manager said she'd have someone out that day to look at it and get it fixed. Neighbor gets home at 9pm, seemingly no one had been here to fix anything and her fridge still didn't work. She sent the manager an email asking for an update. She gets a reply at 10am the next day (Wednesday) Saying that the guy came over and couldn't fix the fridge so they're going to look into getting someone new to look at it. Thursday after work, my neighbor, yet again hadn't heard back from the manager. She called again manager gave one excuse after another and said someone would fix it Friday. Friday, a guy comes over, tinkers with the fridge and says he can't fix it either. Leaves. Neighbor calls landlord again, no response. She sends them an email explaining how inconvenient this is, and how she's lost $500 worth of food, including vitamins and medications. Someone at the management office suggests she "buy a cooler" and to watch her fridge over the weekend to see if it starts working. Here it is Monday, fridge still hasn't been fixed, and landlord shows no motivation on fixing it. Aside from asking for the replacement of the groceries, what can she do? It hit 90+ today and is only going to get warmer as the week goes on...she's at a loss and just wants her fridge to be working again.

[PA] Husband is salary employee, has just been told he needs to work 70+ hours this week, is he entitled to overtime pay?

employment

I was trying to do my own research, but I want to know if I have misread the information. From my understanding he is not an exempt employee even though he is 'salary'. He gets paid the same amount every other week even when he works extra, however, in the past if he's needed to leave early a day they would dock his pay. He is a counter worker for a parts distribution company. He answers phones and inputs sales into the computer. He also sometimes works in the warehouse pulling orders and such. Is he entitled to overtime? And if so, what should we do about it?

[CT] Security deposit not returned after 30 days

housing

Based in Connecticut. I moved out over a month ago, and gave my forwarding address to my landlord the day I moved out. Under Connecticut law, landlords have 30 days to return security deposits or else they have to pay two times the deposit amount to the former tenant. It has been over 30 days and I have not received anything. I called them to check and see about a delay, and they did some digging. Apparently they sent the check to themselves, and not my forwarding address. They said they would have to cut the check again, and it would take some time to send to my forwarding address. However, that will put us well past the 30 day limit. My landlord never confirmed receipt of my mailing address, as I did not send it by certified mail––this may be an error on my own part. Any advice on what to do here? Do I push for double my security deposit back? Thank you.

Legal questions concerning BitTorrent File System

digital

I've recently stumbled upon a service by TRON called Bit Torrent File System. There, you can register as a host to provide your computers storage space as node for decentralized file storage. That means: Subsequently, people using the space as renters can upload their files. They then will be split into 1/30th shards, encrypted and then saved on several different host nodes, like mine. Let's say somebody uploads some kind of illegal pornography and I, by accident, get one of the encrypted shards to store, am I liable for the content saved on my device? May I perhaps be acting against the law by just consciously providing the opportunity to do so? Are there any regulations that force me to be able to disclose all the information on my drives to which I couldn't adhere as I don't have access to the files am storing due to encryption? Some answers would be really helpful. I live in Austria, if that is of relevance.

Really strict non-Compete Agreement in NYC for entry-level, short term employee - please help

employment

Hi! I took a job as a pod tutor during Covid, and I signed a non-compete agreement for a small tutoring center with a client base from the local neighborhood. It says I cannot take employment in a 50-mile radius of the center for one year after my contract ends in any similar business, in any position, which is longer than my contract is (contract is 5 months) It's hitting me that I won't be able to look for a job or really negotiate my rates with my current position if I stay - what can I do? My non-compete has an arbitration clause. Should I report this to the NY State Attorney General's Office?

Advice on job reassignment at a school district

school

I'm an assistant principal at a school in Texas. Recently, my principal accepted a new position and the incoming principal has decided to push me out of my job and hire a new AP. I am in good standing with only good evaluations. I have numerous accolades and many peers and superiors in the district who support me. The reason given for pushing me out, is the new principal wants to hire a bilingual AP. This is despite the fact our campus already has more bilingual support than any other campus in the district and other campuses have more bilingual students and a greater need. The district has said they are reassigning me but have not made any indication to what position. I was shut out of the entire process until the decision was made and there has been no prosed resolution. My career is literally up in the air and I have done nothing wrong. I'm about to start the official grievance process. According the the ATPE, I can make grievances concerning undesired reassignments, but their site doesn't provide source material for that assertion. I want to know what my options are and what else I need to prepare. Does anyone have any advice?

Accidentally used someone else’s card on Amazon, immediately cancelled order and paid with my own card.

criminal

Some random credit card was on my account that I DID NOT put there. I have no clue why it was there, but in October of last year I randomly received a pink makeup box in the mail that I just found out was charged with that card to my address. I did not make that purchase. Anywho, today I’m ordering a rather large order with my new debit card (I’m 17, so I was quite excited to use it for the first time). I stupidly click place order before even putting in my card, and it charges to this random card that I again, did not put there. I immediately cancelled the transaction and deleted the random’s payment info off of my account, using my card instead as I originally intended. 1.) Again, I did not put this information in, have no idea who the person associated with it is, and did not place that first order of the makeup box. 2.) I do not use Amazon much at all, so I never noticed this card’s existence on my account until today. Am in potential legal trouble here, or am I in the clear? I’m extremely paranoid and upset because I would never knowingly steal from someone, especially credit fraud of all things. Also I have no idea if my flair matches this post, I’m not familiar with legal terms or categories of law practice.

Question about parking

housing

The lease for my apartments states that each apartment gets one numbered and reserved parking spot, and that we are allowed 2 cars per household. There are 24 apartments which means 48 total cars, however there are only 36 parking spots + 2 handicapped spots. This causes lots of problems with the lot always being full and people parking in each other’s parking spaces, and occasionally someone will be temporarily parked in the fire lane. It’s a headache, but we have all dealt with it. Recently though, the apartment management has been having cars towed if they are parked in someone else’s reserved spot, even if they are a resident who is supposed to have a reserved space but has nowhere else to park. My car was almost towed a couple days ago for being in someone else’s spot, even though another resident was in my spot, and there are 2 cars in the “open” spaces that have been marked for towing for weeks and haven’t been touched... Is there any kind of action I can take to prevent my car from being towed, or to force them to pay for it if it does get towed? Can any actions be taken against them for failing to provide enough parking spaces to meet the 2 car per household statement in my lease? Thank you in advance for any advice given

What do I need to get in order before filing for custody?

family

So, question here. There may be a custody battle over my son soon. His father is not on the birth certificate but is registered as his father through a parentship form we had notarized shortly after he was born. We are not married. His father does not have a job and cannot pass a drug test. We currently live with his family, but I have family willing to house me and baby if I needed. I am his primary caregiver on his insurance and at his doctors office. I do a solid 95% of the childcare. Im thinking about taking the plunge. Just wondering what the pursuit of getting custody of my son would be, and what I can do to give myself a better chance at getting full custody. His father is not physically abusive, but is quick to anger/yell. Im tired of it, and feel it is unhealthy to raise a child around him. Not sure where to start? We are in Washington state USA.

Going through a divorce. Spouse just got new job. Do they need to include me on their new health insurance plan?

family

In California for reference. My husband and I have just started divorce proceedings. He filed a petition, but has to make amendments since there are so many errors in the paperwork. So, I haven’t been served yet. He is starting a new job this week, so our previous health insurance plan will be canceled. Does he legally have to include me on his new plan with his new job? Thank you in advance for your advice!

[FL] Still waiting for Divorce Final Judgement after 4 months since trial

family

Divorce trial was over 4 months again with no signs of a final judgement. Is there something that can be done to inquire why it is taking so long?

My husband told me he hit my six month old baby and I want to leave the state

family

I am in California and will be moving to Texas in a few days to stay with family. I have no friends or family here. I will file a good cause report with the DA in California. So hopefully that will cover me for leaving the state. They said I also need to: >For the purposes of this article, a reasonable time within which to make a report to the district attorney’s office is at least 10 days and a reasonable time to commence a custody proceeding is at least 30 days. This section shall not preclude a person from making a report to the district attorney’s office or commencing a custody proceeding earlier than those specified times. Can I have a lawyer start custody proceedings without having to be in California? What’s the likelihood I will have to return for divorce and custody and for how long? Is there anything else I might need to do?

Exposed and Infected at Work: Workers Comp, any additional assistance?

employment

Hello all, I was exposed to covid 19 at work and subsequently infected (in my opinion via negligence, but that’s another post; am an essential healthcare worker). My job stated filed a workers comp claim and that I will start being paid out at 67% of my wage. I am still dealing with debilitating effects of the virus and do not anticipate that I will be able to return to work as soon as they want me to. My question is, am I eligible for other Financial assistance programs like UI, PUA, etc in AZ ? Or does being on workers comp eliminate any chance at additional assistance. Thanks in advance.

Curious about marriage laws in Texas

contract

I'm not getting married soon, but I have a few hypothetical questions. 1.) How do I avoid common law marriage? I want to be married in the eyes of the church, but not in the State. I don't trust the way courts handle such a sacred institution, but it seems that by simply cohabiting and telling people you're a married couple you're automatically given a marriage license. This leads me to my next question- 2.) Can a priest marry me and my future wife if I don't have a marriage license in Texas? 3.) If I go to a state that doesn't have common law marriage and allows Christians to marry each other religiously without a state license, then travel back to Texas, will common law marriage still apply to me?

Former coworker is possibly suing/filing a report against former employer

employment

Posting from a throwaway, since normal account is not anonymous at all. A few months ago I worked for a different company, and shortly before I left (for different reasons) they hired a guy in his late 30s. This is when the comments started, he would call us “mi amor”, “mi corazón”, and “baby” all of us being significantly younger than him, and his coworkers, it maybe us very uncomfortable. After a few weeks of this, there was one day that really pushed me over the edge. We were in the middle of a very busy lunch. Over the course of an hour, with the owners next to me, he would say things like “what do I need, baby?, “baby, where do you want this?”, or “baby, I have ____ ready”. Anytime he would talk to me it was either initiated with or followed by “baby”. I figured surly one of the owners heard him saying this. But neither one ever said anything. So the following shift, I was working with one of them and I brought it up, how he makes all of us really uncomfortable with his comments. They did talk to him and it did stop. I still wasn’t a fan of working with him, but it was tolerable. Now, my coworker, who is 2 years younger than me, still didn’t like working with him. She said he still didn’t use her name, and would call her “mi amiga” and maybe something else. I can’t quite remember. She wasn’t comfortable with this. Shortly after I left, she told me she went to talk to the owners about him still making her uncomfortable. They ended up letting her go for “performance” issues. They said they were trying to get him build him into a manager position, and that her performance hasn’t been up to par recently. (Which I personally didn’t think it was a problem while working with her.) About a month after she left, she asked me if I would be willing to write a report about his behavior towards me. I told her I would, and she said she would get back to me with more details. She hadn’t brought it up since. That brings us today. I got a call from my former boss, it goes as following “hi (my name), how are you doing?” “Good” “I just wanted to ask you about that situation you had with (male coworker). When you brought it to our attention, did it stop after we talked with him?” “Yes” “Okay, because we have a situation where (female coworker), is trying to sue us. If I write something up saying we handled the situation and it stopped after our talked with him, will you sign it?” I told her I would. Now I just feel like I am in the middle of something that I don’t want to be in. I am aware I told both parties I would help, do to bring out on the spot in both situations. What do I do about this whole mess? Any advice on this matter would be very appreciated

OH, I rear ended a guy on the highway in August. At the time I had slightly above the state minimum insurance. The claim is still open and lawyers are still deliberating on this, how much should I be worried?

insurance

From Ohio, hit someone else in Ohio, basically what the title says. The guy was claiming he was paralyzed when I traded insurance information with him. But he managed to move the car off the road and move his hands and arms around. When I called my insurance company back in like November they said all they know is he's had soft tissue damage and that I shouldn't worry. They keep telling me They will call me when I have more information. I still don't know how much they're asking for. Is this a sign I'll probably get stuck with a bill? What are the chances he's like actually seriously fucked up? I'm not necessarily asking for legal advice as I am just trying to gage how bad I fucked up and if I should be going into over drive to get as much money as possible to pay what ever judgement might get thrown at me after insurance. I could really use peace of mind here.

What to do if Judge is not looking or accepting any evidence?

family

Going through very rough divorce. I have an urgent care doctors report that diagnosed our child with a sinus infection needing antibiotics and conjunctivitis in both eyes due to the infection needing medication. I have insurance records that show child’s mother has not had him seen by the child’s pediatrician in 6 months or pulmonologist in a year and a half. I have messages from an official, court appointed system showing I’ve always been on my best behavior communicating with the custodial parent and the mother has done everything to not take him to get help or even admit there is a problem. The judge has not looked at any of the evidence, has not asked them to show evidence in any of their made up accounts of things, has allowed the opposing counsel more time while interrupting and stopping my counsel from talking, and has made mental diagnoses about me while believing opposing counsel when they have said the doctor’s official diagnoses where wrong. What I can do? Is there a way to have this case brought to a more fair and competent judge?

House mortgage on Will Trust

wills

Hey everyone I got sort of a general question here I’d say. My mother just passed away a few days ago and in her Will she left me her home however she has a mortgage. I contacted the lawyer who made the Will and he says I can if I’d like just continue paying the Mortgage and wait till it’s paid off to officially switch the deed and such or I could go through the mortgage company and attempt to get it transferred over to my names or refinance. I’m 21 with a low credit score and not the best job in the world I was curious on the pros and cons of each of theses and If it’s all legal coming from the lawyer I suspect it would be legal to do since he said it was a option but I like to double check everything. Also I’m in Tennessee if that matters.

Driver’s License temporary suspended for super speeder ticket in GA after never receiving notice to pay

driving

Last year I got a super speeder ticket in GA for going 90 in a 70. I paid the ticket immediately, and was not aware that the “extra” ticket for the super speeder would be mailed to me. Problem was that this notice to pay never arrived. When I hadn’t paid the extra by the deadline which I was unaware of due to no notice, my license was suspended indefinitely. At the time I was completely unaware of this. Coincidentally, at the time my license entered suspension I was on a business trip out of state. It wasn’t until I returned home the following week that I saw in my mail a notice that my license had been suspended for failure to pay the super speeder fine (to clarify, they mailed a notice the license was suspended but never first mailed a notice to pay). I paid online immediately, and my license was immediately reinstated. However, between the time in mail from when it was suspended and my return home from my trip to receive it, 7 business days passed. On my MVR, it now shows the suspension as a new moving violation. My car insurance is set to renew in a few months, they already have the speeding ticket on my file but the suspension will be new to them and likely greatly increase my premium. Is there a way I can get the suspension removed from my MVR due to the circumstances/ failure to deliver a payment notice? If so, who should I contact?

Advice on child support

family

I M29 split from my ex F25 5 years ago. My daughter who was 3 at the time attended a very expensive daycare at her mothers work. At the time the custody order and child support order was filled I was unemployed living with a friend. When we split I was kicked out of my ex’s apartment and the job I had only paid me 12.00 dollars an hour and we lived in Kansas City Missouri which has an expensive cost of living. So I moved back to Jefferson City Missouri which is 4 hours away. Well after I moved back I took a job making 17.00 dollars an hour working nights in a factory. I rented my own apartment sold my new car and got me a beater and life was good. My ex hit me with the court order about 3 months later. I was young and didn’t realize you had to get a lawyer in the county in which the child lived so I ended up getting a lawyer who by all accounts ripped me off. I was ordered to pay 700 dollars a month in support . My ex who had moved now lived 4 and half hours a way so every pick up on weekends was a 2 hour plus drive. Well 4 years past I ended up being evicted from my apartment because I was constantly late on rent. Moved back in with my father which made my drive to my daughter 45 min longer. Well it’s been 5 years and I still pay 700 dollars a month my daughter who was 3 is now in the second grade. My ex also moved 2 hours closer to me but still forces me to do drop off at the same spot, making her drive to the drop off point 35min and mine is an 1hr 45 min she moved 3 years after are split. She lied to me about where she lived till my daughter told me and she came clean. This to me is fraud She has also goes on 3 vacations a year. My daughter never has new clothes or shoes. I recently got into an accident during a snow storm on my way back from drop off causing 4300 dollars worth of damage to my car which I have to pay a 1000 dollar deductible. My question if any of you guys can help, is do I have to get a lawyer from my ex county or is there other avenues I can take to force my ex to change the court or and possibly get the driving distance change as well as a substantial drop in support because it is at the verge of bankrupting me. I know literally zero about the family court system.

Rat and roach infested Apartment sent a collections agency after me for a $2,300 charge for terminating lease without a written notice. I did give them a written notice, and I was getting physically sick living there

housing

So on 12/31/2018 I found a dead rat in my pantry and I put in a maintenance request. They closed it on 1/9/2019. Everything was good for about a month and I went away on a business trip and came home on 2/22/2019 to my coach completely chewed through, all of my bird’s food eaten, my protein bars eaten, rat droppings on the stove, pantry, and bookshelves. They ate through my bookshelf and ate my original Harry Potter book, as well as my bird having an injury. I went out and bought snap rat traps and set them up all over my apartment and caught 6 of them. And on 2/23/2019 I hand delivered a typed letter to the manager that they needed to resolve the issue by sealing the gaps in my apartment and to reimburse me on the damages to my things. I also emailed them the pictures of the rats too. They sent a pest control guy out on 2/25/2019 and he placed bait traps under the sinks and left. I caught another rat that same day from my snap trap I placed. I then hand delivered a written notice on 2/26/2019 that I would not be renewing my lease on 4/1/2019. So I didn’t catch anymore since then, but still had rat droppings and heard them in the walls as well as having congestion and red itching. So now it’s the middle of August of 2019 and I get a call from the collections agency from them that I had to pay a $2,300 charge for not giving them a written 60 day notice that I was not renewing the lease. I was planning on staying until I had this rat problem and I also had previous problems with them with a clogged air conditioner that wasn’t fixed for 2 months and a steady stream of roaches. I went down to my old apartment today to inform them about the problem I had with the rats when I was there and that I gave them a written notice plus a letter. They were aware and still remembered me and said that my written notice wasn’t on one of their official forms and it was only a 30 day notice. It doesn’t say anything in the lease that my written notice had to be on an official form. And they should of only charged me $950.30 for a lease termination. I told them they could either drop the charges, or I would take them to small claims court for living in an unsafe and health risk environment. They said my stuff wouldn’t hold up in court and that I had more coming to me then the $2,300 charge since I went with the sure deposit. Are they right? I live in Austin Texas and I think I followed the Texas property code correctly. The maintenance request on 12/31/2018 was the first notice, and the hand delivered and emailed letter was the second notice on 2/23/2019. I think after the 2 notices, I’m legally allowed to terminate the lease. They only set bait traps and never resolved the issue since bait traps are a temporary solution, and I stated that in the letter. I did the snap traps and I still have my bank statement of the purchase from them at Lowe’s. Would I win taking them to small claims court?

Severance Agreement (California)

employment

I'm reading over my severance agreement (haven't signed it yet), and there is a section that goes: "Should Employee ever breach any provision or obligation under this Agreement, Employee explicitly agrees to pay all damages (including, but not limited to, litigation and/or defense costs, expenses, and reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred by the Company as a result of the breach." Is this standard? I could not find anything about paying for damages online. The rest of the agreement is pretty standard, confidentiality, non-disparagement, don't contact the customers, return property, etc.

[NY] 3 day notice left on door yesterday (12/17) dated (12/10) - halp!

housing

Hi there, and thanks for reading. I'm in a bit of a complicated situation. I am in an illegal sublet in Manhattan. The leaseholder is out of the country and I have been responsible for rent payment since August. The leaseholder has 3 months on deposit with the rental office and I personally gave the leaseholder a 2 month cash deposit to be returned at the end of the lease, once the rental office returns his deposit. Due to illness I had not been able to make rent payments for the past 2 months and have made personal arrangements to make a payment squaring everything up shortly after Christmas, before the New Year. I came back to the apt yesterday to find the 3 day notice to pay on the door, there appears to be a yellow sheet that was torn off the top, I'm not sure what was there. I have not received a copy in the mail either. I have no issue paying the past due, it just won't be within 3 days from yesterday and I'm also confused by the date on the notice being from a week ago (12/10). My question is, what is my best course of action? Also, what rights do I have as a non-listed tenant? How long do I have to take action and settle this? Am I screwed? Let's say a warrant is served, when would they be coming to carry out said eviction? My friend says that I can't be removed before 30 days if they won't take the payment, is this the case?

Continued sewage leaking into basement, landlords won’t fix underlying cause (NE)

housing

Currently renting a ranch style house in Nebraska with my spouse and three children. The plumbing has been an issue since we moved in. They did not disclose this when we viewed the house or when we signed papers. We learned later this issue predates our tenancy. Every few months, anywhere from three to nine, the basement backs up with water and sewage. Any sink or toilet used immediately comes up in the basement shower and in the laundry room through a drainage gate. After the first few times the plumbing company told us it was clearly roots from the trees on the property growing into the pipes. They come auger it out, the landlord supervises, and we repeat this process several times a year. One year it happened over a holiday and neither the plumbing company or landlords could be reached. We paid for it out of pocket eventually, deducting the cost from our rent, but this caused the wife (an older married couple are our landlords) to call and scold me for bringing out the plumbers on a holiday, as it’s more expensive. She told me not to do it again, as if I have any control I we when this happens. She had also insinuated we are the real cause due to baby wipes in the pipes, claiming the plumbing company told her this. So I called them, and that’s when I found out this issue predates us and a previous tenant had clogged the pipes with baby wipes almost a year before we moved in. This is one in a long line of issues with her where her memory is so-so. Needless to say we are attempting to buy and be out of here soon. It’s happened again today and I cannot reach my landlords on their home or cell. I don’t have the cash to get it fixed right now, but that’s not why I’m here. I’ve documented every time this has happened and I’ve taken to recording all conversations with them. The AC unit died last year after thirty years and the husband said no biggie and fixed it. The wife demanded an immediate inspection of the home and she was made to wait 24 hours. I know moving out is going to be a hassle, my question is who do I talk to in my city about a potentially unsafe and unhealthy living situation? Is there someone who can enforce a potential code violation? They refuse to do anything about the trees. I’m worried that, in addition to the sewage floating around and expelling stuff into the air, that we might end up with mold.