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Landlord turned off my electricity &amp water the day before a winter storm hit This happened this past Thursday in Arkansas. I was sleeping &amp I heard banging on my bedroom door. I live alone &amp I know I locked my doors so I get up to see who s in my house. It was my landlords. No idea how they even got in my house &amp all the way to my bedroom. I was literally just wearing a tshirt &amp boxers because i was sleep. They turned my water &amp electricity off the day before a winter storm was supposed to hit. Their reason being is that the house is “winterized” because I don t have central heat. I just use my space heater which works really well. They say I can t use the space heater because it will burn the wiring of the whole house however I ve used that same space heater for the last 3 years in the house &amp never had a problem with electricity. They poured anti freeze down my toilet &amp drains. When they turned my electricity off they put their own lock on it to keep from turning it back on. And since they turned my water off the water has frozen in the pipes. I ve been having to basically live in my car the past few days because it is -3 degrees in the house. After they did all that they left to go spend Christmas with their family. I was just able to get the police to get my lights back on but is there more that I can do? I feel like what they did is completely illegal &amp immoral.

NAL - Make a police report. Also call the local city health department since all housing is to have running water and power. File a complaint with the Arkansas Attorney General s office. * https: arkansasag.gov consumer-protection home landlord-and-tenant-rights * https: d38t1cionx51tx.cloudfront.net af79vg5lpt6ircsaxx5c5nbocbxc?d=&amp e=pdf%22 * https: katv.com news local what-are-tenant-rights-in-arkansas-brian-contino-kendall-lewellen-arkansas-legal-services-city-of-little-rock-act-1052-inspection-air-conditioning-tenant-rights-free-legal-advice-rental-agreements Here is a set of links to some Arkansas tenant organizations that may be able to help. * https: www.arkansaslegal.org housing-and-rentals * https: www.arkstrongcommunities.com issues local-and-national-organizations * https: www.arkstrongcommunities.com get-involved

Contact your local renters rights organization. You could look through your city s renters rights bill. Worst case get a lawyer.

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Landlord turned off my electricity &amp water the day before a winter storm hit This happened this past Thursday in Arkansas. I was sleeping &amp I heard banging on my bedroom door. I live alone &amp I know I locked my doors so I get up to see who s in my house. It was my landlords. No idea how they even got in my house &amp all the way to my bedroom. I was literally just wearing a tshirt &amp boxers because i was sleep. They turned my water &amp electricity off the day before a winter storm was supposed to hit. Their reason being is that the house is “winterized” because I don t have central heat. I just use my space heater which works really well. They say I can t use the space heater because it will burn the wiring of the whole house however I ve used that same space heater for the last 3 years in the house &amp never had a problem with electricity. They poured anti freeze down my toilet &amp drains. When they turned my electricity off they put their own lock on it to keep from turning it back on. And since they turned my water off the water has frozen in the pipes. I ve been having to basically live in my car the past few days because it is -3 degrees in the house. After they did all that they left to go spend Christmas with their family. I was just able to get the police to get my lights back on but is there more that I can do? I feel like what they did is completely illegal &amp immoral.

Arkansas has some of the worst tenant protection laws out there. They have no requirement of warrant of habitability that requires it meets a very low bar of safety from cold with heat running water etc. As others say tenant s rights lawyers organizations can help point you to your rights in preexisting things being turned off. But I m not sure others recognize Arkansas can legally rent out inhabitable units.

Contact your local renters rights organization. You could look through your city s renters rights bill. Worst case get a lawyer.

zv8dvc

Landlord turned off my electricity &amp water the day before a winter storm hit This happened this past Thursday in Arkansas. I was sleeping &amp I heard banging on my bedroom door. I live alone &amp I know I locked my doors so I get up to see who s in my house. It was my landlords. No idea how they even got in my house &amp all the way to my bedroom. I was literally just wearing a tshirt &amp boxers because i was sleep. They turned my water &amp electricity off the day before a winter storm was supposed to hit. Their reason being is that the house is “winterized” because I don t have central heat. I just use my space heater which works really well. They say I can t use the space heater because it will burn the wiring of the whole house however I ve used that same space heater for the last 3 years in the house &amp never had a problem with electricity. They poured anti freeze down my toilet &amp drains. When they turned my electricity off they put their own lock on it to keep from turning it back on. And since they turned my water off the water has frozen in the pipes. I ve been having to basically live in my car the past few days because it is -3 degrees in the house. After they did all that they left to go spend Christmas with their family. I was just able to get the police to get my lights back on but is there more that I can do? I feel like what they did is completely illegal &amp immoral.

In addition to the rest of the great advice here I would speak to the local utility companies. They tend to not like it when their equipment is tampered with and may have a good grasp of the legal implications of shutting off power and water in anticipation of a storm like that.

Contact your local renters rights organization. You could look through your city s renters rights bill. Worst case get a lawyer.

zv8dvc

Landlord turned off my electricity &amp water the day before a winter storm hit This happened this past Thursday in Arkansas. I was sleeping &amp I heard banging on my bedroom door. I live alone &amp I know I locked my doors so I get up to see who s in my house. It was my landlords. No idea how they even got in my house &amp all the way to my bedroom. I was literally just wearing a tshirt &amp boxers because i was sleep. They turned my water &amp electricity off the day before a winter storm was supposed to hit. Their reason being is that the house is “winterized” because I don t have central heat. I just use my space heater which works really well. They say I can t use the space heater because it will burn the wiring of the whole house however I ve used that same space heater for the last 3 years in the house &amp never had a problem with electricity. They poured anti freeze down my toilet &amp drains. When they turned my electricity off they put their own lock on it to keep from turning it back on. And since they turned my water off the water has frozen in the pipes. I ve been having to basically live in my car the past few days because it is -3 degrees in the house. After they did all that they left to go spend Christmas with their family. I was just able to get the police to get my lights back on but is there more that I can do? I feel like what they did is completely illegal &amp immoral.

Winterization has nothing to do with turnig electric power off. Winterization has nothing to do with cuttting off water in house that is still occupied. Winterization needed only in vacant house. Landlord tried to kill you by freezing to death.

document everything

zv8dvc

Landlord turned off my electricity &amp water the day before a winter storm hit This happened this past Thursday in Arkansas. I was sleeping &amp I heard banging on my bedroom door. I live alone &amp I know I locked my doors so I get up to see who s in my house. It was my landlords. No idea how they even got in my house &amp all the way to my bedroom. I was literally just wearing a tshirt &amp boxers because i was sleep. They turned my water &amp electricity off the day before a winter storm was supposed to hit. Their reason being is that the house is “winterized” because I don t have central heat. I just use my space heater which works really well. They say I can t use the space heater because it will burn the wiring of the whole house however I ve used that same space heater for the last 3 years in the house &amp never had a problem with electricity. They poured anti freeze down my toilet &amp drains. When they turned my electricity off they put their own lock on it to keep from turning it back on. And since they turned my water off the water has frozen in the pipes. I ve been having to basically live in my car the past few days because it is -3 degrees in the house. After they did all that they left to go spend Christmas with their family. I was just able to get the police to get my lights back on but is there more that I can do? I feel like what they did is completely illegal &amp immoral.

Winterization has nothing to do with turnig electric power off. Winterization has nothing to do with cuttting off water in house that is still occupied. Winterization needed only in vacant house. Landlord tried to kill you by freezing to death.

How about stay in a hotel until the landlord restores water and electricity and send them the bill since they chose to shut you out for the storm?

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[TX] Do we as regular citizens have a duty to use NARCAN on someone ODing? I am posting this for a friend I m just adjacently involved by way of being there. We had a Christmas party yesterday attended by several friends family and their significant others. A distant cousin came by with her boyfriend we had met before briefly but know nothing about. Turns out he is some sort of high functioning druggie. I think y all see where this is going. Halfway through the party this dude starts showing obvious symptoms of an overdose. We were all shocked because nobody in our family or friend group uses drugs even marijuana. The cousin immediately knew what was going on by her reaction. She was also adamant that we do NOT call 911. A few minutes passed but then someone rightfully called 911. The ambulance arrived in about 15-20 mins alongside police. They were shuttled to the hospital and the party was basically over. Today the cousin is frantically texting and emailing the host of the party claiming she is responsible for the condition her boyfriend is in because she didn t use NARCAN on him. This host s husband is a police officer and carries NARCAN. He was NOT present but the host (my friend) had access to his work gear and my cousin somehow knows about it or perhaps is fishing. The druggie is apparently in critical condition unclear if he ll make it. My friend was rightfully upset and told the cousin to get f**ked for bringing a druggie into her house and ruining the party. I already told her to stop communicating with this cousin she has. Cousin is saying that the host had time (20mins) to grab the NARCAN but chose not to. What s the play here? Does the cousin have any grounds to sue my friend for inaction or wrongful death if he dies? Sorry if this isn t the right lingo. Thank you.

So distant cousin s boyfriend self administered a drug. When symptoms of OD became apparent cousin tried to prevent others from seeking appropriate medical assistance. Now cousin is trying to blame a witness for boyfriend s condition because cousin thinks the witness MAY have had access to NARCAN. Nope. Witness being married to a police officer does not mean NARCAN was in the residence. Most departments have NARCAN in first aid kits but those kits stay in the police vehicle. They aren t equipment an officer would take home like a duty belt. Cousin is fishing and trying to blame someone else even though cousin tried to prevent others from seeking appropriate medical care in a timely manner.

No not unless you caused them to OD or have begun to render aid. If you begin rendering aid you assume a duty of care to act reasonably to save them. Okay I see this is not taken well by the non-lawyers

zv954x

[TX] Do we as regular citizens have a duty to use NARCAN on someone ODing? I am posting this for a friend I m just adjacently involved by way of being there. We had a Christmas party yesterday attended by several friends family and their significant others. A distant cousin came by with her boyfriend we had met before briefly but know nothing about. Turns out he is some sort of high functioning druggie. I think y all see where this is going. Halfway through the party this dude starts showing obvious symptoms of an overdose. We were all shocked because nobody in our family or friend group uses drugs even marijuana. The cousin immediately knew what was going on by her reaction. She was also adamant that we do NOT call 911. A few minutes passed but then someone rightfully called 911. The ambulance arrived in about 15-20 mins alongside police. They were shuttled to the hospital and the party was basically over. Today the cousin is frantically texting and emailing the host of the party claiming she is responsible for the condition her boyfriend is in because she didn t use NARCAN on him. This host s husband is a police officer and carries NARCAN. He was NOT present but the host (my friend) had access to his work gear and my cousin somehow knows about it or perhaps is fishing. The druggie is apparently in critical condition unclear if he ll make it. My friend was rightfully upset and told the cousin to get f**ked for bringing a druggie into her house and ruining the party. I already told her to stop communicating with this cousin she has. Cousin is saying that the host had time (20mins) to grab the NARCAN but chose not to. What s the play here? Does the cousin have any grounds to sue my friend for inaction or wrongful death if he dies? Sorry if this isn t the right lingo. Thank you.

So distant cousin s boyfriend self administered a drug. When symptoms of OD became apparent cousin tried to prevent others from seeking appropriate medical assistance. Now cousin is trying to blame a witness for boyfriend s condition because cousin thinks the witness MAY have had access to NARCAN. Nope. Witness being married to a police officer does not mean NARCAN was in the residence. Most departments have NARCAN in first aid kits but those kits stay in the police vehicle. They aren t equipment an officer would take home like a duty belt. Cousin is fishing and trying to blame someone else even though cousin tried to prevent others from seeking appropriate medical care in a timely manner.

Regular citizens are not legally required to be good samaritans.

zv954x

[TX] Do we as regular citizens have a duty to use NARCAN on someone ODing? I am posting this for a friend I m just adjacently involved by way of being there. We had a Christmas party yesterday attended by several friends family and their significant others. A distant cousin came by with her boyfriend we had met before briefly but know nothing about. Turns out he is some sort of high functioning druggie. I think y all see where this is going. Halfway through the party this dude starts showing obvious symptoms of an overdose. We were all shocked because nobody in our family or friend group uses drugs even marijuana. The cousin immediately knew what was going on by her reaction. She was also adamant that we do NOT call 911. A few minutes passed but then someone rightfully called 911. The ambulance arrived in about 15-20 mins alongside police. They were shuttled to the hospital and the party was basically over. Today the cousin is frantically texting and emailing the host of the party claiming she is responsible for the condition her boyfriend is in because she didn t use NARCAN on him. This host s husband is a police officer and carries NARCAN. He was NOT present but the host (my friend) had access to his work gear and my cousin somehow knows about it or perhaps is fishing. The druggie is apparently in critical condition unclear if he ll make it. My friend was rightfully upset and told the cousin to get f**ked for bringing a druggie into her house and ruining the party. I already told her to stop communicating with this cousin she has. Cousin is saying that the host had time (20mins) to grab the NARCAN but chose not to. What s the play here? Does the cousin have any grounds to sue my friend for inaction or wrongful death if he dies? Sorry if this isn t the right lingo. Thank you.

Regular citizens are not legally required to be good samaritans.

No not unless you caused them to OD or have begun to render aid. If you begin rendering aid you assume a duty of care to act reasonably to save them. Okay I see this is not taken well by the non-lawyers

zv954x

[TX] Do we as regular citizens have a duty to use NARCAN on someone ODing? I am posting this for a friend I m just adjacently involved by way of being there. We had a Christmas party yesterday attended by several friends family and their significant others. A distant cousin came by with her boyfriend we had met before briefly but know nothing about. Turns out he is some sort of high functioning druggie. I think y all see where this is going. Halfway through the party this dude starts showing obvious symptoms of an overdose. We were all shocked because nobody in our family or friend group uses drugs even marijuana. The cousin immediately knew what was going on by her reaction. She was also adamant that we do NOT call 911. A few minutes passed but then someone rightfully called 911. The ambulance arrived in about 15-20 mins alongside police. They were shuttled to the hospital and the party was basically over. Today the cousin is frantically texting and emailing the host of the party claiming she is responsible for the condition her boyfriend is in because she didn t use NARCAN on him. This host s husband is a police officer and carries NARCAN. He was NOT present but the host (my friend) had access to his work gear and my cousin somehow knows about it or perhaps is fishing. The druggie is apparently in critical condition unclear if he ll make it. My friend was rightfully upset and told the cousin to get f**ked for bringing a druggie into her house and ruining the party. I already told her to stop communicating with this cousin she has. Cousin is saying that the host had time (20mins) to grab the NARCAN but chose not to. What s the play here? Does the cousin have any grounds to sue my friend for inaction or wrongful death if he dies? Sorry if this isn t the right lingo. Thank you.

You always call 911 even if you administer NARCAN. It s effects are temporary (30 - 60 min + -)

FYI: American Red Cross offers training on Narcan administration as part of the CPR Standard First Aid series for anyone willing to take the appropriate courses. Training is available both online and in-person depending on location. Certification is valid for two years. This information is truly life saving and I personally highly recommended it for all adults teenagers.

zv954x

[TX] Do we as regular citizens have a duty to use NARCAN on someone ODing? I am posting this for a friend I m just adjacently involved by way of being there. We had a Christmas party yesterday attended by several friends family and their significant others. A distant cousin came by with her boyfriend we had met before briefly but know nothing about. Turns out he is some sort of high functioning druggie. I think y all see where this is going. Halfway through the party this dude starts showing obvious symptoms of an overdose. We were all shocked because nobody in our family or friend group uses drugs even marijuana. The cousin immediately knew what was going on by her reaction. She was also adamant that we do NOT call 911. A few minutes passed but then someone rightfully called 911. The ambulance arrived in about 15-20 mins alongside police. They were shuttled to the hospital and the party was basically over. Today the cousin is frantically texting and emailing the host of the party claiming she is responsible for the condition her boyfriend is in because she didn t use NARCAN on him. This host s husband is a police officer and carries NARCAN. He was NOT present but the host (my friend) had access to his work gear and my cousin somehow knows about it or perhaps is fishing. The druggie is apparently in critical condition unclear if he ll make it. My friend was rightfully upset and told the cousin to get f**ked for bringing a druggie into her house and ruining the party. I already told her to stop communicating with this cousin she has. Cousin is saying that the host had time (20mins) to grab the NARCAN but chose not to. What s the play here? Does the cousin have any grounds to sue my friend for inaction or wrongful death if he dies? Sorry if this isn t the right lingo. Thank you.

No. There is generally NO affirmative duty to aid someone in danger (unless you have a special relationship with them and have assumed that duty or you re the one who endangered them in the first place). Technically you can sit there and watch someone die or be attacked and do nothing. You can NOT do anything to make them worse off including mislead people into thinking you are helping. But it gets even worse. Legally sitting back and doing nothing is usually the safest thing to do (liability wise). Because if you try and fail to help someone you can be held liable for your negligence. There are Good Samaritan laws that attempt (and fail) to protect people from being sued for lifesaving efforts. So if someone tried Narcaning him and failed or even injured him he might sue them. And win. So while I m not condoning this on moral grounds legally speaking it s ideal to only help people if you actually personally care about them or you know they re unlikely to sue you.

No not unless you caused them to OD or have begun to render aid. If you begin rendering aid you assume a duty of care to act reasonably to save them. Okay I see this is not taken well by the non-lawyers

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harboring a runaway?? Okay so I m 18 year old woman. I graduated last year and I have an apartment in the same state that I was raised in. Last year I met a now-sophomore (15F) who I basically consider a little sister. She would vent to me from time to time about her parents and I would listen. They re abusive as hell and she has had CPS called to her house many times more than one time by me. They ve never done anything. I ve often had to pick her up randomly because her parents would bring her with them somewhere and just ditch or forget about her A few hours ago she texted me in a panic saying that her dad was trying to kill her. She s shared her location with me awhile ago so I drove to her house and she came running out sobbing. Her dad started to follow but he was clumsy as hell and clearly drunk. I was able to drive off without him getting there and I set up the couch on my apartment. Now I know what I m doing is technically illegal but I convinced myself whatever consequences was worth her life. But she soon got an angry voicemail from her father and it freaked me the fuck out. To sum it up he basically told her to get the fuck back and that he would kill the mystery driver or send him to jail for kidnapping. Now I m freaking out but I got to stay strong because there s no way that it s gonna help out this situation. How fucked am I? edit: we just got to the police station and i m deleting this account as a precaution. hopefully that man gets what he deserves bye y all

&gt I was able to drive off without him getting there and I set up the couch on my apartment. Um... no. You drive her right to the police department to file a police report. Do that now. Wouldn t it be tragically ironic if YOU went to jail and the dad did not? Yeah. Take her to the police or report it yourself. Don t go to jail and let the dad get away with it--plus putting her in further danger.

Aside from your public confession.... Location matters. Generally a misdemeanor fines of $1000 and up to year in jail. They can stack charges as well depending on all mitigating factors.

zvf0x3

Can I be evicted off the property? My parent owns land and I am going to be building a house on their land. Can I be legally evicted off the property later on even if the house is built and paid for by me? Property is in Missouri.

Don t build a house on land you don t own.

Yes

zvf0x3

Can I be evicted off the property? My parent owns land and I am going to be building a house on their land. Can I be legally evicted off the property later on even if the house is built and paid for by me? Property is in Missouri.

Don t build a house on land you don t own.

You don t own the land but want to build a house on it? Why? If I were to do that I would only do so if they would subdivide the land. Otherwise you re asking for trouble down the line.

zvf0x3

Can I be evicted off the property? My parent owns land and I am going to be building a house on their land. Can I be legally evicted off the property later on even if the house is built and paid for by me? Property is in Missouri.

You don t own the land but want to build a house on it? Why? If I were to do that I would only do so if they would subdivide the land. Otherwise you re asking for trouble down the line.

Yes

zvoe50

Entire roof needs to be replaced 6 months after moving into a new home. Any options? [NY] Roof is just 4 years old. What it comes down to is that the roofers who did the roof w previous owner were highly incompetent. I had multiple roofing contractors come by who all immediately said that the roof is basically a joke and needs to get fully replaced. My home inspectors noted signs of leaking around skylights but nothing otherwise. The seller claimed the new roof fixed said leaking and provided receipt of the roof being done 4 years ago. I know NY state is a generally buyer beware state but after looking at $40K+ costs to repair I m curious if I have any options here.

Is there a warranty on the last installation? There isn t any apparent claim related to the inspection. The roof was likely excluded they noted problems and any claim would be limited to the amount of the inspection anyway. There isn t any claim as to the prior owner unless you establish they lied in a disclosure. And it sounds like they likely thought they had solved any problem.

For the most part no. Building inspection limits their responsibility to the amount of inspection. If they missed something you d be entitled to that. Sellers just have to disclose known defects and truthfully telling you roof is 4 years old wouldn t be a liability. You would need to prove they knew it had to be replaced and didn t tell you.

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[TX] Can you tip off the police anonymusly and does it hold the same weight as someone identified? A friend of mine was raped and is still experiencing a lot of traumatic repercussions. She wants to prosecute her assaulter to hopefully protect other possible victims but she is in no place mentally to face him or even talk about it publicly. Is there any way she could tip off the police or take legal action without anyone knowing it was her? Edit: I am adding this after the fact because I didn t want to give away too much personal information but I do feel it is important context she was raped by a practicing medical professional.

NAL detective. Get your friend to a victims advocate and - this part is important - a SANE nurse if the assault happened less than five days ago. SANE exams don t trigger police involvement preserve physical evidence and provide basic women s healthcare (STD screening pregnancy checks etc). They should be able to make the advocate referral. These are done at any emergency room in my jurisdiction and are free. Once the evidence is preserved she can really take as long as she needs to get healthy and prepared before speaking with investigators. Think about other forms of evidence they might ask for later as well clothes phone records bedding. Preserve those as well. Material that might have fluid on it should be air dried then go in paper bags not plastic. And finally no: anonymous tips in cases like this are not typically useful.

She can contact a rape crisis center or a domestic violence organization. (If the DV organization doesn t have the resources they should be able to direct her to the right place.) The rape crisis people will hold her hand through the whole process. They can tell her what her options are and will help her with the process. If she has to go public they will be there for her. Edited to add: She can start by contacting [RAINN](https: www.rainn.org resources) the National Sexual Assault Hotline: Confidential 24 7 Support.

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Father-in-law reneged on agreement to have us take over his mortgage and made us move across the country for nothing My father-in-law completely unprompted offered to let us take over his mortgage since he wasn t living in that house anymore and wanted his daughter (my wife) and granddaughters (our two and three year old kids) closer. We wanted to get something in writing before moving but due to everything going on in the housing market and me finding a job near our new house quicker than expected we could not get anything in writing before the move. It was an extremely difficult and expensive move from WA to upstate PA that cost us about $15 000 just for the move with tens of thousands of dollars on top of that for renovations to get our house ready to sell. We lost a ton of money in the sale of our home in WA (at least $135 000) which we were only willing to do because we d be assuming the loan in PA that was already halfway paid off. We arrived in PA at the end of August of this year and as soon as our house in WA finished selling we asked him for mortgage paperwork to start the transfer. He kept saying he would get the paperwork to us but he has a track record of being extremely forgetful. Right before Christmas he told us we need to start paying $975 in rent (on top of the $400 he gets from his dad) and that he can t give up any equity in the house so we re not getting it now. Honestly the house barely has any equity in it with the market being what it is and is pretty much unsellable in its current state. For further context we also moved out here to take care of his 85 year old dad (my wife s grandfather) who had moved into the house before us and currently lives with us. He is still quite capable for his age but absolutely cannot live on his own so we are acting as his primary caretakers (he already had a few close calls with falling but is doing much better since we ve been here to help). Unbeknownst to us until we got here the house was absolutely falling apart around him (the water was not safe to drink no flooring in multiple rooms holes in the walls and floors decks patio boards completely rotted through absolutely filthy etc.) and we ve put a few thousand dollars into starting to turn it back into a suitable home. We have absolutely no desire to rent from my father-in-law and no longer even want him in our lives or our kids lives anymore. Do we have any legal recourse here or are we pretty much screwed because we didn t get anything in writing? The only bit of writing we have is a recent text message. For even more context we know that this all or mostly because of his girlfriend who claims she has paid $30 000 towards mortgage payments on the house.

Now that you ve moved to Pennsylvania be sure to become aware of Pennsylvania s filial support laws.

You re probably screwed here.

zvt1gf

Father-in-law reneged on agreement to have us take over his mortgage and made us move across the country for nothing My father-in-law completely unprompted offered to let us take over his mortgage since he wasn t living in that house anymore and wanted his daughter (my wife) and granddaughters (our two and three year old kids) closer. We wanted to get something in writing before moving but due to everything going on in the housing market and me finding a job near our new house quicker than expected we could not get anything in writing before the move. It was an extremely difficult and expensive move from WA to upstate PA that cost us about $15 000 just for the move with tens of thousands of dollars on top of that for renovations to get our house ready to sell. We lost a ton of money in the sale of our home in WA (at least $135 000) which we were only willing to do because we d be assuming the loan in PA that was already halfway paid off. We arrived in PA at the end of August of this year and as soon as our house in WA finished selling we asked him for mortgage paperwork to start the transfer. He kept saying he would get the paperwork to us but he has a track record of being extremely forgetful. Right before Christmas he told us we need to start paying $975 in rent (on top of the $400 he gets from his dad) and that he can t give up any equity in the house so we re not getting it now. Honestly the house barely has any equity in it with the market being what it is and is pretty much unsellable in its current state. For further context we also moved out here to take care of his 85 year old dad (my wife s grandfather) who had moved into the house before us and currently lives with us. He is still quite capable for his age but absolutely cannot live on his own so we are acting as his primary caretakers (he already had a few close calls with falling but is doing much better since we ve been here to help). Unbeknownst to us until we got here the house was absolutely falling apart around him (the water was not safe to drink no flooring in multiple rooms holes in the walls and floors decks patio boards completely rotted through absolutely filthy etc.) and we ve put a few thousand dollars into starting to turn it back into a suitable home. We have absolutely no desire to rent from my father-in-law and no longer even want him in our lives or our kids lives anymore. Do we have any legal recourse here or are we pretty much screwed because we didn t get anything in writing? The only bit of writing we have is a recent text message. For even more context we know that this all or mostly because of his girlfriend who claims she has paid $30 000 towards mortgage payments on the house.

Now that you ve moved to Pennsylvania be sure to become aware of Pennsylvania s filial support laws.

Canadian lawyer so advice is nowhere near certain perhaps useless. But may be worth talking to a local lawyer and asking about promissory estoppel.

zvt1gf

Father-in-law reneged on agreement to have us take over his mortgage and made us move across the country for nothing My father-in-law completely unprompted offered to let us take over his mortgage since he wasn t living in that house anymore and wanted his daughter (my wife) and granddaughters (our two and three year old kids) closer. We wanted to get something in writing before moving but due to everything going on in the housing market and me finding a job near our new house quicker than expected we could not get anything in writing before the move. It was an extremely difficult and expensive move from WA to upstate PA that cost us about $15 000 just for the move with tens of thousands of dollars on top of that for renovations to get our house ready to sell. We lost a ton of money in the sale of our home in WA (at least $135 000) which we were only willing to do because we d be assuming the loan in PA that was already halfway paid off. We arrived in PA at the end of August of this year and as soon as our house in WA finished selling we asked him for mortgage paperwork to start the transfer. He kept saying he would get the paperwork to us but he has a track record of being extremely forgetful. Right before Christmas he told us we need to start paying $975 in rent (on top of the $400 he gets from his dad) and that he can t give up any equity in the house so we re not getting it now. Honestly the house barely has any equity in it with the market being what it is and is pretty much unsellable in its current state. For further context we also moved out here to take care of his 85 year old dad (my wife s grandfather) who had moved into the house before us and currently lives with us. He is still quite capable for his age but absolutely cannot live on his own so we are acting as his primary caretakers (he already had a few close calls with falling but is doing much better since we ve been here to help). Unbeknownst to us until we got here the house was absolutely falling apart around him (the water was not safe to drink no flooring in multiple rooms holes in the walls and floors decks patio boards completely rotted through absolutely filthy etc.) and we ve put a few thousand dollars into starting to turn it back into a suitable home. We have absolutely no desire to rent from my father-in-law and no longer even want him in our lives or our kids lives anymore. Do we have any legal recourse here or are we pretty much screwed because we didn t get anything in writing? The only bit of writing we have is a recent text message. For even more context we know that this all or mostly because of his girlfriend who claims she has paid $30 000 towards mortgage payments on the house.

Now that you ve moved to Pennsylvania be sure to become aware of Pennsylvania s filial support laws.

You should talk with a PA attorney.

zvt1gf

Father-in-law reneged on agreement to have us take over his mortgage and made us move across the country for nothing My father-in-law completely unprompted offered to let us take over his mortgage since he wasn t living in that house anymore and wanted his daughter (my wife) and granddaughters (our two and three year old kids) closer. We wanted to get something in writing before moving but due to everything going on in the housing market and me finding a job near our new house quicker than expected we could not get anything in writing before the move. It was an extremely difficult and expensive move from WA to upstate PA that cost us about $15 000 just for the move with tens of thousands of dollars on top of that for renovations to get our house ready to sell. We lost a ton of money in the sale of our home in WA (at least $135 000) which we were only willing to do because we d be assuming the loan in PA that was already halfway paid off. We arrived in PA at the end of August of this year and as soon as our house in WA finished selling we asked him for mortgage paperwork to start the transfer. He kept saying he would get the paperwork to us but he has a track record of being extremely forgetful. Right before Christmas he told us we need to start paying $975 in rent (on top of the $400 he gets from his dad) and that he can t give up any equity in the house so we re not getting it now. Honestly the house barely has any equity in it with the market being what it is and is pretty much unsellable in its current state. For further context we also moved out here to take care of his 85 year old dad (my wife s grandfather) who had moved into the house before us and currently lives with us. He is still quite capable for his age but absolutely cannot live on his own so we are acting as his primary caretakers (he already had a few close calls with falling but is doing much better since we ve been here to help). Unbeknownst to us until we got here the house was absolutely falling apart around him (the water was not safe to drink no flooring in multiple rooms holes in the walls and floors decks patio boards completely rotted through absolutely filthy etc.) and we ve put a few thousand dollars into starting to turn it back into a suitable home. We have absolutely no desire to rent from my father-in-law and no longer even want him in our lives or our kids lives anymore. Do we have any legal recourse here or are we pretty much screwed because we didn t get anything in writing? The only bit of writing we have is a recent text message. For even more context we know that this all or mostly because of his girlfriend who claims she has paid $30 000 towards mortgage payments on the house.

Now that you ve moved to Pennsylvania be sure to become aware of Pennsylvania s filial support laws.

Without anything in writing you ve got a hard case to make. Even if you had something in writing it would be a hard case. He was basically promising a gift with nothing in return which is not enforceable as a contract. Were I in your shoes I d try to get paid back for the few thousand dollars you ve invested in renovating the home and then move on.

zvt1gf

Father-in-law reneged on agreement to have us take over his mortgage and made us move across the country for nothing My father-in-law completely unprompted offered to let us take over his mortgage since he wasn t living in that house anymore and wanted his daughter (my wife) and granddaughters (our two and three year old kids) closer. We wanted to get something in writing before moving but due to everything going on in the housing market and me finding a job near our new house quicker than expected we could not get anything in writing before the move. It was an extremely difficult and expensive move from WA to upstate PA that cost us about $15 000 just for the move with tens of thousands of dollars on top of that for renovations to get our house ready to sell. We lost a ton of money in the sale of our home in WA (at least $135 000) which we were only willing to do because we d be assuming the loan in PA that was already halfway paid off. We arrived in PA at the end of August of this year and as soon as our house in WA finished selling we asked him for mortgage paperwork to start the transfer. He kept saying he would get the paperwork to us but he has a track record of being extremely forgetful. Right before Christmas he told us we need to start paying $975 in rent (on top of the $400 he gets from his dad) and that he can t give up any equity in the house so we re not getting it now. Honestly the house barely has any equity in it with the market being what it is and is pretty much unsellable in its current state. For further context we also moved out here to take care of his 85 year old dad (my wife s grandfather) who had moved into the house before us and currently lives with us. He is still quite capable for his age but absolutely cannot live on his own so we are acting as his primary caretakers (he already had a few close calls with falling but is doing much better since we ve been here to help). Unbeknownst to us until we got here the house was absolutely falling apart around him (the water was not safe to drink no flooring in multiple rooms holes in the walls and floors decks patio boards completely rotted through absolutely filthy etc.) and we ve put a few thousand dollars into starting to turn it back into a suitable home. We have absolutely no desire to rent from my father-in-law and no longer even want him in our lives or our kids lives anymore. Do we have any legal recourse here or are we pretty much screwed because we didn t get anything in writing? The only bit of writing we have is a recent text message. For even more context we know that this all or mostly because of his girlfriend who claims she has paid $30 000 towards mortgage payments on the house.

Don t agree to rent and send something in writing that you will not be paying him a cent and have no agreement. If you agree to a rental amount or even begin paying him without an agreement he could try to argue that you made a new agreement verbally. He could even go after you for rent if you then stop paying. The only thing in your favor here is that you re currently in the house with no agreement to pay him anything and he d have to evict you to get you out. And obviously if he evicts you care for the dad falls on him. So he can continue paying the mortgage himself while you recoup losses via free housing...

It s a good idea to meet with a new lawyer for a free consultation each year. You have a list of names of people you know you know who has great staff and who has someone new every three months. FIL is a sociopath and won t get better.

zvywaj

Ex &amp his dad want to keep my half of the equity of the home that ex &amp I are both on the mortgage of. I moved out to my own place in early Oct. and ex shortly thereafter went into a mental health facility for care for two months. He is now saying that when we complete the sale of the house he is going to keep my half of the equity savings in order to pay off the clinic bill. Now I have no savings of my own because we lived off of my paycheck (mortgage bills etc) and his went into a separate account (that he never added my name to). Where in Houston can I get low cost legal advice as I m currently living paycheck to paycheck and not able afford full time legal services.

Since your name is on the deed he can t sell the house without you signing. Prior to closing tell the firm handling the closing that you want your half of the proceeds from the sale as a check in just your name. At closing if they don t have a check in just your name for your half don t sign the closing documents. Period. No one wants the sale held up so they ll figure out what needs to be done to get you your money as long as you haven t signed yet.

is your name on the deed?

zvywaj

Ex &amp his dad want to keep my half of the equity of the home that ex &amp I are both on the mortgage of. I moved out to my own place in early Oct. and ex shortly thereafter went into a mental health facility for care for two months. He is now saying that when we complete the sale of the house he is going to keep my half of the equity savings in order to pay off the clinic bill. Now I have no savings of my own because we lived off of my paycheck (mortgage bills etc) and his went into a separate account (that he never added my name to). Where in Houston can I get low cost legal advice as I m currently living paycheck to paycheck and not able afford full time legal services.

Since your name is on the deed he can t sell the house without you signing. Prior to closing tell the firm handling the closing that you want your half of the proceeds from the sale as a check in just your name. At closing if they don t have a check in just your name for your half don t sign the closing documents. Period. No one wants the sale held up so they ll figure out what needs to be done to get you your money as long as you haven t signed yet.

&gt he is going to keep my half of the equity savings in order to pay off the clinic bill. Are you both on the deed? Instruct the title company that half the proceeds are wired to a bank account in your name that he has no access to. If that s not going to happen don t sign off on the sale. His clinic bill is not your responsibility. Do not have your money sent to a joint account that he has access to. Open a new bank account at a totally different bank if you don t have your own separate account.

zvywaj

Ex &amp his dad want to keep my half of the equity of the home that ex &amp I are both on the mortgage of. I moved out to my own place in early Oct. and ex shortly thereafter went into a mental health facility for care for two months. He is now saying that when we complete the sale of the house he is going to keep my half of the equity savings in order to pay off the clinic bill. Now I have no savings of my own because we lived off of my paycheck (mortgage bills etc) and his went into a separate account (that he never added my name to). Where in Houston can I get low cost legal advice as I m currently living paycheck to paycheck and not able afford full time legal services.

&gt he is going to keep my half of the equity savings in order to pay off the clinic bill. Are you both on the deed? Instruct the title company that half the proceeds are wired to a bank account in your name that he has no access to. If that s not going to happen don t sign off on the sale. His clinic bill is not your responsibility. Do not have your money sent to a joint account that he has access to. Open a new bank account at a totally different bank if you don t have your own separate account.

is your name on the deed?

zvzcjc

Parents want me to sign over Power of Attorney in my mid twenties My adoptive family and I are not close and I rarely see them. They abused me physically emotionally and psychologically for 20+ years no other context needed. I have frequently set boundaries with them and went as far as removing my overbearing and controlling mother from my life. However I still rely on my father for half my rent. For reference I am in my mid twenties and am married (though they are unaware of that). Out of the blue earlier this year my father brought me down to the family attorney and made me sign a document regarding some stocks. Then the attorney hands me this thick packet filled with concerning jargon. I minored in law and at one point was considering law school so obviously alarm bells went off when I saw that both parents wanted me to sign over POA. I saw sections about giving up my rights to medical decisions finances property everything— basically giving over complete control to them. The attorney never once looked me in the eyes when I kept questioning why they wanted me to sign this document. They also refused to let me take pictures of it on my phone and claimed they d send me a copy later (never did). I kept pressing my father and he shrugged it off saying it helps with “inheritance things”. Since I signed the stocks document can they use my signature? Most likely not but I m terrified of them and paranoid they somehow tricked me. Obviously I didn t sign over POA but to this day it unnerves me and I want to understand why they all wanted me to sign my rights away in my twenties. Is this normal? If it s not what could be the reasons for them wanting me to sign over everything? Thank you for your answers.

&gt Since I signed the stocks document can they use my signature? They can commit fraud. You can file a police report if they did. You should find out what the stock document was. This isn t normal but a ton of these parent blogs threw out a suggestion that parents get POAs for their adult children as they enter college move out etc. They made this suggestion without understanding that abusive households can use these documents to absolutely crush adult children financially medically and emotionally. If they re abusive it makes sense to give them zero authority over you.

No it s not normal. We cannot tell you what was in their heads. It was good that you did not sign. Signing a springing power of attorney -- which only goes into effect if you are say unconscious in a hospital -- is not a terrible idea But no healthy person has a reason to sign over power of attorney to another with immediate effect. You should have an attorney draw up a will for you as well as a medical power of attorney and if you want one a springing power of attorney. Any new POA serves to revoke prior POAs. Make sure copies of the last two (or one if you don t sign the POA) go to your parents attorney friends your primary care doctor and in a file labeled important documents that s readily found. Originals should go into a safe or safe deposit box. If you don t want to sign a springing POA your lawyer can draft a revocation of any prior POA that can be sent to your parents and their attorney. Spread that document around also.

zvzfzp

A former employer I no longer work for is using my name and image to publish articles that I didn t write. What can I do? I worked for about a year for an online gaming and technology website as a writer and editor and cut ties with them back in 2016 as I made a career switch. As I m applying for jobs I googled my name and discovered that over the past 5 years the owner has written and published articles attributed to my name and using my profile picture. English is his second language and the quality of these articles is nowhere near what I would put my name and face on. I m worried about potential clients googling my name and seeing trash that I “wrote” that I in actuality had nothing to do with. Do I have any legal recourse here? I emailed him and asked him to take all the articles down but if I don t hear from him what are the next steps?

You believe the owner for the website maybe based out of Romania correct? Turns out the Romanian courts have ruled that online impersonation is a crime in 2021. You could start by sending a Cease and Desist letter and request the previous publications have your information removed from them.

IANAL. You don t need to have a lawyer to send a Cease and Desist but it s a good idea to get one anyway. You could be entitled to any money they earned as a result of the work they posted as you or work you may have lost due to their poor quality but you will definitely need a lawyer and you ll have to be able to prove the damages. Make sure you take screenshots of everything before they have a chance to take it down.

zvzfzp

A former employer I no longer work for is using my name and image to publish articles that I didn t write. What can I do? I worked for about a year for an online gaming and technology website as a writer and editor and cut ties with them back in 2016 as I made a career switch. As I m applying for jobs I googled my name and discovered that over the past 5 years the owner has written and published articles attributed to my name and using my profile picture. English is his second language and the quality of these articles is nowhere near what I would put my name and face on. I m worried about potential clients googling my name and seeing trash that I “wrote” that I in actuality had nothing to do with. Do I have any legal recourse here? I emailed him and asked him to take all the articles down but if I don t hear from him what are the next steps?

You believe the owner for the website maybe based out of Romania correct? Turns out the Romanian courts have ruled that online impersonation is a crime in 2021. You could start by sending a Cease and Desist letter and request the previous publications have your information removed from them.

NAL but I am a writer. There is a strong chance he is logged in using your credentials or you shared one account. He may have done this without realizing not sure if this is something to take into consideration with regards to legal action. Obviously if this is the case he is not the most observant and he still should have noticed…but it may not be intentional. What if you sent a certified signature required letter asking for removal or for him to change the author s byline to his own for each article first? With confirmation from the carrier you will be able to establish he received your request and he is more likely to read it and hopefully compelled to resolve this the easy way. If he does not take action it strengthens your case if you do take the legal road.

zw0b1l

[NY] Landlord alleges my roommate and I held a house party and wants to evict us over said violation We both received an email that we ll be facing possible court dates over violating this term. The problem with it is... no such party took place as in ever. Ever since we ve been here. And tenants can t throw parties here that s a well-known rule. His email complaint is supplemented by supposed photographic evidence of the porch with multiple people on it and I don t know what that could possibly mean. Did a previous resident throw a party and he took a picture of it while driving by? Did he himself have a house party when he lived here(he did live here)? Whatever he claims he has won t depict any of us will that work against him? Do photographs have to be proven to be recent with time codes? What if that data could be manipulated? Sounds to me that all he has are pics of some social gathering supposedly taking place here at some point(?). And this is supposed to be ammunition against us? All I can think of is he wants us gone because he found someone willing to buy or rent for a more lucrative price. This is just ridiculous.

It s unlikely that your landlord can evict you because he has a photo of people on your porch.

&gt All I can think of is he wants us gone because he found someone willing to buy or rent for a more lucrative price. Do you have evidence of this or is this just a wild guess? &gt His email complaint is supplemented by supposed photographic evidence of the porch with multiple people on it Tell him you threw no such party ann ask him to send you the photo by email and tell you when it was taken. And if when you get the emailed photo try to check the hidden tag data to see where when it was taken

zw0b1l

[NY] Landlord alleges my roommate and I held a house party and wants to evict us over said violation We both received an email that we ll be facing possible court dates over violating this term. The problem with it is... no such party took place as in ever. Ever since we ve been here. And tenants can t throw parties here that s a well-known rule. His email complaint is supplemented by supposed photographic evidence of the porch with multiple people on it and I don t know what that could possibly mean. Did a previous resident throw a party and he took a picture of it while driving by? Did he himself have a house party when he lived here(he did live here)? Whatever he claims he has won t depict any of us will that work against him? Do photographs have to be proven to be recent with time codes? What if that data could be manipulated? Sounds to me that all he has are pics of some social gathering supposedly taking place here at some point(?). And this is supposed to be ammunition against us? All I can think of is he wants us gone because he found someone willing to buy or rent for a more lucrative price. This is just ridiculous.

Communicate only in writing. Do so calmly without outright accusing him of lying and state that no party ever took place in the house since you ve been a tenant there and you therefore have no idea what he s talking about. He says he has a photo but from what I understand he didn t show it to you. I m willing to bet he s lying and has no photo at all. Sure maybe he has an old photo from when someone else lived there but there s no reason to believe that s the case since he s already lying about the party. If he does really persist he ll have to start an eviction process which takes over a month. In that time period after he notifies you you ll have the chance to offer a rebuttal (to the legal system not to him). There you can say that no party happened and that the photo is fake. The burden of proof is on him to show that it s real not you to show that it s not real. Even if he really convinces a magistrate that the photo is real a photo of people on a porch is not a party. If he gives you flak in the meantime and insists that you did have a party ask him when it was. Then you and your roomies can before memories fade get other people to vouch for you (also in text email to refer to later) and say that you were with them or wherever they remember you being so that you have additional proof that you were doing something besides throwing a party on the night he claims it happened. Don t tell him you ve assembled this evidence keep it in the event he really pursues eviction. Oh one other thing. I don t think it s legal to forbid overnight guests in a rental unit. Check up on the laws in your state. In urban CA where I live it s very common for landlords to set a no overnight guests rule when advertising housing. It s also not enforceable. They re not allowed to prevent reasonable quiet use of the unit including guests they just put that on there to intimidate renters. This is especially true close to college campuses since they view students as young without options and therefore easy to intimidate. Just because something is on your lease doesn t mean that it s legal for your landlord to do it.

Just ignore him. There is nothing for you to do at this stage.

zw0b1l

[NY] Landlord alleges my roommate and I held a house party and wants to evict us over said violation We both received an email that we ll be facing possible court dates over violating this term. The problem with it is... no such party took place as in ever. Ever since we ve been here. And tenants can t throw parties here that s a well-known rule. His email complaint is supplemented by supposed photographic evidence of the porch with multiple people on it and I don t know what that could possibly mean. Did a previous resident throw a party and he took a picture of it while driving by? Did he himself have a house party when he lived here(he did live here)? Whatever he claims he has won t depict any of us will that work against him? Do photographs have to be proven to be recent with time codes? What if that data could be manipulated? Sounds to me that all he has are pics of some social gathering supposedly taking place here at some point(?). And this is supposed to be ammunition against us? All I can think of is he wants us gone because he found someone willing to buy or rent for a more lucrative price. This is just ridiculous.

Communicate only in writing. Do so calmly without outright accusing him of lying and state that no party ever took place in the house since you ve been a tenant there and you therefore have no idea what he s talking about. He says he has a photo but from what I understand he didn t show it to you. I m willing to bet he s lying and has no photo at all. Sure maybe he has an old photo from when someone else lived there but there s no reason to believe that s the case since he s already lying about the party. If he does really persist he ll have to start an eviction process which takes over a month. In that time period after he notifies you you ll have the chance to offer a rebuttal (to the legal system not to him). There you can say that no party happened and that the photo is fake. The burden of proof is on him to show that it s real not you to show that it s not real. Even if he really convinces a magistrate that the photo is real a photo of people on a porch is not a party. If he gives you flak in the meantime and insists that you did have a party ask him when it was. Then you and your roomies can before memories fade get other people to vouch for you (also in text email to refer to later) and say that you were with them or wherever they remember you being so that you have additional proof that you were doing something besides throwing a party on the night he claims it happened. Don t tell him you ve assembled this evidence keep it in the event he really pursues eviction. Oh one other thing. I don t think it s legal to forbid overnight guests in a rental unit. Check up on the laws in your state. In urban CA where I live it s very common for landlords to set a no overnight guests rule when advertising housing. It s also not enforceable. They re not allowed to prevent reasonable quiet use of the unit including guests they just put that on there to intimidate renters. This is especially true close to college campuses since they view students as young without options and therefore easy to intimidate. Just because something is on your lease doesn t mean that it s legal for your landlord to do it.

Communicate exclusively by email or text. Document everything. In the event you receive an actual eviction notice New York State s Attorney General page has [links to free low cost legal support.](https: ag.ny.gov coronavirus tenants-rights) Your landlord sounds like they are either genuinely confused or trying to bully you out of the rental. Even if you do resolve this you may wish to begin the search for a new place since this sounds like it could be an ongoing headache.

zw0b1l

[NY] Landlord alleges my roommate and I held a house party and wants to evict us over said violation We both received an email that we ll be facing possible court dates over violating this term. The problem with it is... no such party took place as in ever. Ever since we ve been here. And tenants can t throw parties here that s a well-known rule. His email complaint is supplemented by supposed photographic evidence of the porch with multiple people on it and I don t know what that could possibly mean. Did a previous resident throw a party and he took a picture of it while driving by? Did he himself have a house party when he lived here(he did live here)? Whatever he claims he has won t depict any of us will that work against him? Do photographs have to be proven to be recent with time codes? What if that data could be manipulated? Sounds to me that all he has are pics of some social gathering supposedly taking place here at some point(?). And this is supposed to be ammunition against us? All I can think of is he wants us gone because he found someone willing to buy or rent for a more lucrative price. This is just ridiculous.

Communicate only in writing. Do so calmly without outright accusing him of lying and state that no party ever took place in the house since you ve been a tenant there and you therefore have no idea what he s talking about. He says he has a photo but from what I understand he didn t show it to you. I m willing to bet he s lying and has no photo at all. Sure maybe he has an old photo from when someone else lived there but there s no reason to believe that s the case since he s already lying about the party. If he does really persist he ll have to start an eviction process which takes over a month. In that time period after he notifies you you ll have the chance to offer a rebuttal (to the legal system not to him). There you can say that no party happened and that the photo is fake. The burden of proof is on him to show that it s real not you to show that it s not real. Even if he really convinces a magistrate that the photo is real a photo of people on a porch is not a party. If he gives you flak in the meantime and insists that you did have a party ask him when it was. Then you and your roomies can before memories fade get other people to vouch for you (also in text email to refer to later) and say that you were with them or wherever they remember you being so that you have additional proof that you were doing something besides throwing a party on the night he claims it happened. Don t tell him you ve assembled this evidence keep it in the event he really pursues eviction. Oh one other thing. I don t think it s legal to forbid overnight guests in a rental unit. Check up on the laws in your state. In urban CA where I live it s very common for landlords to set a no overnight guests rule when advertising housing. It s also not enforceable. They re not allowed to prevent reasonable quiet use of the unit including guests they just put that on there to intimidate renters. This is especially true close to college campuses since they view students as young without options and therefore easy to intimidate. Just because something is on your lease doesn t mean that it s legal for your landlord to do it.

&gt All I can think of is he wants us gone because he found someone willing to buy or rent for a more lucrative price. Do you have evidence of this or is this just a wild guess? &gt His email complaint is supplemented by supposed photographic evidence of the porch with multiple people on it Tell him you threw no such party ann ask him to send you the photo by email and tell you when it was taken. And if when you get the emailed photo try to check the hidden tag data to see where when it was taken

zw9snb

Can my Mother use “grandparents rights” laws to get access to my children? I m not entirely sure this is the place to post I am very sorry if not. I was going to post this on my other account but it seems the account is gone : I have been no contact with my mother since I was 19 (for reasons that didn t become public knowledge until another year later when CPS opened a case on her for my brothers). My mother has never met my children but has recently became impassioned on the subject and has emailed me and sent letters to my home (I don t know how she has my address) telling me that if I do not let her meet my children then she will go the legal route and get visitation. She lives in a different state than me but both states we live in *do* have some form of grandparents rights. I am terrified because what if her CPS case doesn t apply to me because I wasn t a minor when they were called? Or what if it doesn t matter regardless? I haven t told anyone about this because I don t know how to go about this? Should I have a lawyer already? Should I get a restraining order? I don t know anything about this and frankly speaking the idea of standing in a courtroom only a few feet from her has me breaking out in hives just thinking about it. I m sorry if this is a stupid question the answers I found on Google only went into what would happen if the parents divorced or one died and me and my husband are happy and healthy 😅

What state are you in? Grandparents rights are generally intended to facilitate preservation of an *existing* relationship with grandchildren in the event of divorce death incarceration or some other circumstances in which the direct relationship through the grandchild s parent(s) is disrupted. A grandparent who has no existing relationship with a grandchild is going to have a difficult time establishing that court-ordered visitation is in the child s best interest especially when that child s parents are in agreement on the limits of the grandparent s access to the child (not to mention married and raising the child together).

NAL Grandparents rights is a very muddy scenario. But in most cases the decision is based on what is best for the child. Like if the child is close to their grandparents then they are more likely to gain visitation. If you can prove that visitation won t be beneficial for your kids or can actively harm them. And your decision to cut them off from their grandparent is for your kids well-being and not just some petty vendetta then it s very unlikely that the court will grant them any access. But in the end it would be best for you to consult a lawyer who is versed in your state s family laws...

zwbtkq

[WA] Family of fourteen removed from flight to Disney vacation against their will to make room for previously delayed fliers. Told the earliest flight they could be on was 5 days later This isn t my family but I am asking for a friend. To be specific: &gt My aunt and her family all 14 of them we re going to Disney World today and the airport kept delaying them until they admitted they were kicking the entire family off the plane to replace them with others. And wouldn t give them a replacement flight. Just money back. &gt &gt A whole gaggle of kids who would be going for the first time to something they had looked forward to for a year many thousands of dollars for non refundable airbnb rental cars Disney tickets... and the airport just stopped them entirely. &gt &gt And even tried to lie by claiming there was luggage trouble hoping to delay them until after the plane was gone. &gt &gt They claimed the soonest flight was five days from now &gt &gt Needless to say that doesn t really work when you rented a whole house for 14 people and multiple cars and specific Disney tickets. Do they have any recourse with the airline to recoup their money spent on this trip beyond the refunded tickets?

Read about Involuntary Denied Boarding: https: www.transportation.gov individuals aviation-consumer-protection bumping-oversales

Did they have travel insurance? If they did they should file a claim with their travel insurance. And they should always book refundable accomodations hotels. You can also look into what travel protections your credit card that was used to purchase the tickets and accomodations may offer.

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[WA] Family of fourteen removed from flight to Disney vacation against their will to make room for previously delayed fliers. Told the earliest flight they could be on was 5 days later This isn t my family but I am asking for a friend. To be specific: &gt My aunt and her family all 14 of them we re going to Disney World today and the airport kept delaying them until they admitted they were kicking the entire family off the plane to replace them with others. And wouldn t give them a replacement flight. Just money back. &gt &gt A whole gaggle of kids who would be going for the first time to something they had looked forward to for a year many thousands of dollars for non refundable airbnb rental cars Disney tickets... and the airport just stopped them entirely. &gt &gt And even tried to lie by claiming there was luggage trouble hoping to delay them until after the plane was gone. &gt &gt They claimed the soonest flight was five days from now &gt &gt Needless to say that doesn t really work when you rented a whole house for 14 people and multiple cars and specific Disney tickets. Do they have any recourse with the airline to recoup their money spent on this trip beyond the refunded tickets?

If it is SW I believe they don t have any interline agreements so can t put passengers on anyone else s flights

IANAL as much as it sucks trying to pull on heartstrings about kids etc has zero bearing on the situation that being said provided the company compensates them for failing to meet their obligation i dont think there is a case here

zwfh5k

I ve been charged with going faster than my car can physically go I was driving home on Christmas and an officer pulled me over. He claimed at first I was going 131mph. Then I replied that it was simply not possible because my car cannot go that fast. He then continued on talking and said I did 120. Then he finally said that initially it seemed I was going 117mph. On one site it says my top speed is 110mph but after some math it looks closer to 95mph. I ve contacted my car manufacturer to get actual top speed and am awaiting their message. When my car hits 80mph it shakes violently. Point is I know I wasn t going that fast but I feel like even with what I ve said it ll be him against me. Is there anything I can do to make this more favorable for me?

Lawyer here not your lawyer and this isn t legal advice. Just general conversation about traffic tickets and how I tend to deal with them in my State. Specifically a prosecutor who does handle Traffic Offenses. This is certainly a new one here that I have not had someone use before. Those normally get a legitimate pause from me. So depending on your State you can enter a not-guilty plea and get a chance to talk with the lawyer handling the ticket to make some sort of offer reduction. Having your ducks in a row to show how they can t prove their case because your car physically can t go that fast is one of the better arguments. I don t know how fast i was going is not a good defense. But the State County still needs to prove something. Asking for a 1-10 over ticket may save everyone a a headache and save time in the long run.

Just because your car shakes doesn t mean it stops dead...my car will shake at certain speeds but will still exceed them. Chances are you were going well in excess of the speed limit and should speak with a lawyer. I don t know how fast I was going I was just jamming out to the music and I don t think I can go that fast are not going to get you very far. Start saving up for a healthy fine as well.

zwfh5k

I ve been charged with going faster than my car can physically go I was driving home on Christmas and an officer pulled me over. He claimed at first I was going 131mph. Then I replied that it was simply not possible because my car cannot go that fast. He then continued on talking and said I did 120. Then he finally said that initially it seemed I was going 117mph. On one site it says my top speed is 110mph but after some math it looks closer to 95mph. I ve contacted my car manufacturer to get actual top speed and am awaiting their message. When my car hits 80mph it shakes violently. Point is I know I wasn t going that fast but I feel like even with what I ve said it ll be him against me. Is there anything I can do to make this more favorable for me?

Lawyer here not your lawyer and this isn t legal advice. Just general conversation about traffic tickets and how I tend to deal with them in my State. Specifically a prosecutor who does handle Traffic Offenses. This is certainly a new one here that I have not had someone use before. Those normally get a legitimate pause from me. So depending on your State you can enter a not-guilty plea and get a chance to talk with the lawyer handling the ticket to make some sort of offer reduction. Having your ducks in a row to show how they can t prove their case because your car physically can t go that fast is one of the better arguments. I don t know how fast i was going is not a good defense. But the State County still needs to prove something. Asking for a 1-10 over ticket may save everyone a a headache and save time in the long run.

Depending on the vehicle check to see if you have a car governor. I purchased a truck with governor relegating my speed to 90mph didn t know for 2 years until I got into a mess of aggressive traffic on the turnpike and just tried to “nope” out of there and hit the limit.

zwfh5k

I ve been charged with going faster than my car can physically go I was driving home on Christmas and an officer pulled me over. He claimed at first I was going 131mph. Then I replied that it was simply not possible because my car cannot go that fast. He then continued on talking and said I did 120. Then he finally said that initially it seemed I was going 117mph. On one site it says my top speed is 110mph but after some math it looks closer to 95mph. I ve contacted my car manufacturer to get actual top speed and am awaiting their message. When my car hits 80mph it shakes violently. Point is I know I wasn t going that fast but I feel like even with what I ve said it ll be him against me. Is there anything I can do to make this more favorable for me?

Lawyer here not your lawyer and this isn t legal advice. Just general conversation about traffic tickets and how I tend to deal with them in my State. Specifically a prosecutor who does handle Traffic Offenses. This is certainly a new one here that I have not had someone use before. Those normally get a legitimate pause from me. So depending on your State you can enter a not-guilty plea and get a chance to talk with the lawyer handling the ticket to make some sort of offer reduction. Having your ducks in a row to show how they can t prove their case because your car physically can t go that fast is one of the better arguments. I don t know how fast i was going is not a good defense. But the State County still needs to prove something. Asking for a 1-10 over ticket may save everyone a a headache and save time in the long run.

&gt On one site it says my top speed is 110mph but after some math it looks closer to 95mph. How fast were you actually driving? You must have some idea of what your speedometer said. We need your location and the actual code violation from your ticket as well if you want anyone to be able to provide advice based on the specific laws that apply.

zwfh5k

I ve been charged with going faster than my car can physically go I was driving home on Christmas and an officer pulled me over. He claimed at first I was going 131mph. Then I replied that it was simply not possible because my car cannot go that fast. He then continued on talking and said I did 120. Then he finally said that initially it seemed I was going 117mph. On one site it says my top speed is 110mph but after some math it looks closer to 95mph. I ve contacted my car manufacturer to get actual top speed and am awaiting their message. When my car hits 80mph it shakes violently. Point is I know I wasn t going that fast but I feel like even with what I ve said it ll be him against me. Is there anything I can do to make this more favorable for me?

Lawyer here not your lawyer and this isn t legal advice. Just general conversation about traffic tickets and how I tend to deal with them in my State. Specifically a prosecutor who does handle Traffic Offenses. This is certainly a new one here that I have not had someone use before. Those normally get a legitimate pause from me. So depending on your State you can enter a not-guilty plea and get a chance to talk with the lawyer handling the ticket to make some sort of offer reduction. Having your ducks in a row to show how they can t prove their case because your car physically can t go that fast is one of the better arguments. I don t know how fast i was going is not a good defense. But the State County still needs to prove something. Asking for a 1-10 over ticket may save everyone a a headache and save time in the long run.

What is your state? Contact the ticket clinic or a similar firm. They specialize in cases like this where they know exactly what questions to ask to the cop if they even show up to your day in court. Chances are the cop didn t calibrate or even use a radar gun at all

zwfh5k

I ve been charged with going faster than my car can physically go I was driving home on Christmas and an officer pulled me over. He claimed at first I was going 131mph. Then I replied that it was simply not possible because my car cannot go that fast. He then continued on talking and said I did 120. Then he finally said that initially it seemed I was going 117mph. On one site it says my top speed is 110mph but after some math it looks closer to 95mph. I ve contacted my car manufacturer to get actual top speed and am awaiting their message. When my car hits 80mph it shakes violently. Point is I know I wasn t going that fast but I feel like even with what I ve said it ll be him against me. Is there anything I can do to make this more favorable for me?

Wonder if there is also a kilometre per hour reading on the speed gun? 131kph would be around 81mph.. maybe there s some confusion on their end?

Just because your car shakes doesn t mean it stops dead...my car will shake at certain speeds but will still exceed them. Chances are you were going well in excess of the speed limit and should speak with a lawyer. I don t know how fast I was going I was just jamming out to the music and I don t think I can go that fast are not going to get you very far. Start saving up for a healthy fine as well.

zwpi6o

Mom sold trailer I bought her. I still owe money and have the title. What are my options? My mom was homeless so my sister and I bought her a trailer. An actual trailer like an RV that you hook up to a truck not a big double-wide trailer. We financed it and owe $8k on it. We have been making the payments it is registered to me the loan is entirely in my name the title is in my name (and the lenders) and I pay for the insurance. The trailer was on a piece of land my mom owned in the desert. Well my mom went and sold it and the land and spent all the money. Now some random people are living in it and it s still in my name and I owe money on it. What are my options? Please help. Update: a lot of people gave a lot of good info I had not thought of. Firstly I looked up the APN for the land and saw that it was sold May 2022 who it was sold to and for how much. Obviously this doesn t have info on the travel trailer since that is not a part of the parcel. However if I am to believe my mother the same purchasers believe they also bought the trailer. I plan on giving my mother an ultimatum. If she doesn t find some way to pay off the balance of the loan in 30 days I will go to the people who bought the land tell them they didn t purchase the trailer legally and she will have to deal with them trying to get their money back from her after I take the trailer back. If I need to get the sheriff involved to help me take it back I will. After that my mother will need to deal with the consequences of her actions legal or otherwise I ll have the trailer in my possession so I can either keep making payments and keep it myself or I can sell it and pay the loan off. Thanks for everyone s insight.

RV is a vehicle. Vehicle was sold by an unauthorized 3rd party who is not a title or lien holder to said vehicle. Go pick up the RV (call the local police for an escort to recover) and let the buyers and your mother figure it out. You owe neither of them anything at this point.

You did your mom a favor and she sucker punched you sue her.

zwpi6o

Mom sold trailer I bought her. I still owe money and have the title. What are my options? My mom was homeless so my sister and I bought her a trailer. An actual trailer like an RV that you hook up to a truck not a big double-wide trailer. We financed it and owe $8k on it. We have been making the payments it is registered to me the loan is entirely in my name the title is in my name (and the lenders) and I pay for the insurance. The trailer was on a piece of land my mom owned in the desert. Well my mom went and sold it and the land and spent all the money. Now some random people are living in it and it s still in my name and I owe money on it. What are my options? Please help. Update: a lot of people gave a lot of good info I had not thought of. Firstly I looked up the APN for the land and saw that it was sold May 2022 who it was sold to and for how much. Obviously this doesn t have info on the travel trailer since that is not a part of the parcel. However if I am to believe my mother the same purchasers believe they also bought the trailer. I plan on giving my mother an ultimatum. If she doesn t find some way to pay off the balance of the loan in 30 days I will go to the people who bought the land tell them they didn t purchase the trailer legally and she will have to deal with them trying to get their money back from her after I take the trailer back. If I need to get the sheriff involved to help me take it back I will. After that my mother will need to deal with the consequences of her actions legal or otherwise I ll have the trailer in my possession so I can either keep making payments and keep it myself or I can sell it and pay the loan off. Thanks for everyone s insight.

RV is a vehicle. Vehicle was sold by an unauthorized 3rd party who is not a title or lien holder to said vehicle. Go pick up the RV (call the local police for an escort to recover) and let the buyers and your mother figure it out. You owe neither of them anything at this point.

You have the title they may have bought the land but they don t own the trailer. Contact the family and either see if they ll make rent payments to you to pay off the trailer or you may have to file eviction and repossession paperwork for the trailer.

zwpi6o

Mom sold trailer I bought her. I still owe money and have the title. What are my options? My mom was homeless so my sister and I bought her a trailer. An actual trailer like an RV that you hook up to a truck not a big double-wide trailer. We financed it and owe $8k on it. We have been making the payments it is registered to me the loan is entirely in my name the title is in my name (and the lenders) and I pay for the insurance. The trailer was on a piece of land my mom owned in the desert. Well my mom went and sold it and the land and spent all the money. Now some random people are living in it and it s still in my name and I owe money on it. What are my options? Please help. Update: a lot of people gave a lot of good info I had not thought of. Firstly I looked up the APN for the land and saw that it was sold May 2022 who it was sold to and for how much. Obviously this doesn t have info on the travel trailer since that is not a part of the parcel. However if I am to believe my mother the same purchasers believe they also bought the trailer. I plan on giving my mother an ultimatum. If she doesn t find some way to pay off the balance of the loan in 30 days I will go to the people who bought the land tell them they didn t purchase the trailer legally and she will have to deal with them trying to get their money back from her after I take the trailer back. If I need to get the sheriff involved to help me take it back I will. After that my mother will need to deal with the consequences of her actions legal or otherwise I ll have the trailer in my possession so I can either keep making payments and keep it myself or I can sell it and pay the loan off. Thanks for everyone s insight.

What state is this in and is the trailer registered in the same state? If it s titled like a regular motor vehicle I d just to pick it up as the registered owner.

You did your mom a favor and she sucker punched you sue her.

zwpi6o

Mom sold trailer I bought her. I still owe money and have the title. What are my options? My mom was homeless so my sister and I bought her a trailer. An actual trailer like an RV that you hook up to a truck not a big double-wide trailer. We financed it and owe $8k on it. We have been making the payments it is registered to me the loan is entirely in my name the title is in my name (and the lenders) and I pay for the insurance. The trailer was on a piece of land my mom owned in the desert. Well my mom went and sold it and the land and spent all the money. Now some random people are living in it and it s still in my name and I owe money on it. What are my options? Please help. Update: a lot of people gave a lot of good info I had not thought of. Firstly I looked up the APN for the land and saw that it was sold May 2022 who it was sold to and for how much. Obviously this doesn t have info on the travel trailer since that is not a part of the parcel. However if I am to believe my mother the same purchasers believe they also bought the trailer. I plan on giving my mother an ultimatum. If she doesn t find some way to pay off the balance of the loan in 30 days I will go to the people who bought the land tell them they didn t purchase the trailer legally and she will have to deal with them trying to get their money back from her after I take the trailer back. If I need to get the sheriff involved to help me take it back I will. After that my mother will need to deal with the consequences of her actions legal or otherwise I ll have the trailer in my possession so I can either keep making payments and keep it myself or I can sell it and pay the loan off. Thanks for everyone s insight.

You could sell the title to someone else who would be more than happy to go and pick it up. You get to pay off your loan and walk away

You could approach the new residents tell them you re the legal owner and you need it back immediately. Good luck with that. You could involve the police. It wasn t really stolen though just theft by conversion which they often are completely useless with because they consider it a civil matter. Good luck with that. You could involve lawyers suing stupid impoverished people in the desert (I m making an assumption yes but it s stupid to buy a titled vehicle without getting the title and people with even modest means are unlikely to be living in a travel trailer in the desert). As soon as they get a hint you might be able to legally recover your property with the assistance of sheriff s deputies expect them to trash it. At least vandalism may be covered by comprehensive insurance. You could offer the new inhabitants a cash-for-keys bribe to just vacate and let you take it back. Good luck with that. You could walk away from it let the finance company repo it and have your credit take a nasty hit. If you do get to the point of being able to reclaim physical possession of it it s really not that hard or expensive to have someone recover it. Expect something around $2 mile for the round-trip if you list it on a p2b loadboard like uShip or twice that rate if it s in Cali. You can also request quotes from any number of transport brokers who will list it on a loadboard more specific to transporting vehicles. You ll pay a little more for that but are also more likely to get a professional RV transporter.

zwpi6o

Mom sold trailer I bought her. I still owe money and have the title. What are my options? My mom was homeless so my sister and I bought her a trailer. An actual trailer like an RV that you hook up to a truck not a big double-wide trailer. We financed it and owe $8k on it. We have been making the payments it is registered to me the loan is entirely in my name the title is in my name (and the lenders) and I pay for the insurance. The trailer was on a piece of land my mom owned in the desert. Well my mom went and sold it and the land and spent all the money. Now some random people are living in it and it s still in my name and I owe money on it. What are my options? Please help. Update: a lot of people gave a lot of good info I had not thought of. Firstly I looked up the APN for the land and saw that it was sold May 2022 who it was sold to and for how much. Obviously this doesn t have info on the travel trailer since that is not a part of the parcel. However if I am to believe my mother the same purchasers believe they also bought the trailer. I plan on giving my mother an ultimatum. If she doesn t find some way to pay off the balance of the loan in 30 days I will go to the people who bought the land tell them they didn t purchase the trailer legally and she will have to deal with them trying to get their money back from her after I take the trailer back. If I need to get the sheriff involved to help me take it back I will. After that my mother will need to deal with the consequences of her actions legal or otherwise I ll have the trailer in my possession so I can either keep making payments and keep it myself or I can sell it and pay the loan off. Thanks for everyone s insight.

You could sell the title to someone else who would be more than happy to go and pick it up. You get to pay off your loan and walk away

It might not have been a legal land sale either. She might not have done paperwork a title company would have asked for title. What did mom tell you? Did she even act embarrassed?

zwrmej

Pay twice for rent or get evicted In August my apartment complex lost the money orders that I turned in for rent. They later mention that they believe it was stolen by a temp employee so we proceeded with the refund process with Western Union. We were not able to receive the refund because they were cashed out 8 5. The office manager said we are still responsible for the balance since it s still on their ledger. I have until 1 4 23 to pay or they will file eviction in court. I received a notice to vacate on 12 1. Today a police report was made for the stolen money orders. What options do I have? I don t want an eviction in my record. Is there an agency that I can go to? Update: I just got a voicemail from corporate they are not going though with eviction and balancing my account to zero 🙂🙂🙂 Thank you everyone who helped with this matter 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂

Do you have in writing that they recieved and then lost the money order?

&gt In August my apartment complex lost the money orders that I turned in for rent. Did you receive a receipt from the complex when you dropped off the money order?

zwrmej

Pay twice for rent or get evicted In August my apartment complex lost the money orders that I turned in for rent. They later mention that they believe it was stolen by a temp employee so we proceeded with the refund process with Western Union. We were not able to receive the refund because they were cashed out 8 5. The office manager said we are still responsible for the balance since it s still on their ledger. I have until 1 4 23 to pay or they will file eviction in court. I received a notice to vacate on 12 1. Today a police report was made for the stolen money orders. What options do I have? I don t want an eviction in my record. Is there an agency that I can go to? Update: I just got a voicemail from corporate they are not going though with eviction and balancing my account to zero 🙂🙂🙂 Thank you everyone who helped with this matter 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂

If it was stolen from them after you gave possession of it to them it s their problem. What state are you in?

&gt In August my apartment complex lost the money orders that I turned in for rent. Did you receive a receipt from the complex when you dropped off the money order?

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PAYROLL DIVERSION: Does my employer have to pay me again for a paycheck that was fraudulently diverted? On November 25th I did not receive my direct deposit. I reached out to my manager about it who said nobody else had reported theirs missing so we reached out to payroll (Shelby) to see what was up. She said a check was sent out and that I should call my bank (Chase Bank) for further details.My bank had no recollection of a check being sent on that date so I called Shelby again who gave me the account information for the bank they sent it to. We discovered it was sent to Sutton Bank who I am not affiliated with and the account number on my DD had been swapped out through our employee portal. Upon discovering this Shelby pretty much gaslit me (a trigger word I know but hear me out) and said well it s weird because you have multi-authenticator access set up so they would have had to receive a code if logging in from an unknown device. And additionally we don t send out an email when DD info gets changed but employees have access to their portal to check it s right at any time! I changed my portal password on 11 18 which is the same day my DD info changed according to her so I guess someone was able to hack me? I don t understand the world of cyber security but it s obvious that someone had accessed the new password because I had JUST changed it. Anyway...They reached out to Sutton Bank who was able to determine the account was attached to Cash App and that in order to get the funds we d need to do a fee reversal. We tried but it bounced further proving that this was a fraudulent scheme.My employer said that because payment was in fact remitted they don t have to pay me again which I kind of understand but also like..... that s ridiculous? They re a company valued at $2 billion and I live paycheck to paycheck this is really ruining me right now. Don t they have a way to write it off on taxes or make a worker s comp claim or literally anything? I m being made to believe this has never happened before (in their 15 year existence across multiple continents) and I m just shocked out security must be so awful. But again I digress. Am I really SOL? Cash app Sutton and my employer all say it s not their responsibility... can I claim in through renter s insurance? Any solution or even spitballing ideas is greatly appreciated as I skirt with eviction.... Thank you for your help! EDIT: She sent me a snapshot of my login that day and after a quick google search of the IP address it shows it s connected to someone in Dallas TX. I live in Ohio.

The details make me think that it s their system that is insecure not that you did anything that allowed someone to get into your account (like if you reused a compromised password or fell for a social engineering attack). Sometimes hackers are able to pull the most recently modified data so the fact that you were hacked the same day you changed your password is suspicious. Another option is that one of the companies involved may have a bad actor on the inside explaining the lack of 2FA. Somebody with access to the system could have directly changed your data without a login. As others have said your employer is a victim of theft and is still responsible for paying your paycheck.

If your employer is not willing to make sure you get paid for you re work find a new job. I know it sucks but if it has happend once already and they refuse to value you as an employee then please respect yourself enough .

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A dry cleaner might have stolen my wife s dress. What do we do? \\*\\*Updated below My wife took a brand-new &amp expensive dress to a dry cleaner to have it hemmed. They said the dress would be ready on the 26th but when she went to get it it wasn t ready. She was told that the tailor called in sick but that it would be ready on the 27th. We went in on the 27th to get the dress got the same story excuse and were told to return on the 28th. She needed it for an event on the evening of the 27th so we simply asked them to return the dress to us. We were then told that they did not have the dress The dress had been taken home by the tailor so that they could work on it. Their signage clearly states that alterations are done on-site. Regardless the person we spoke with was unapologetic said that these things happen refused to put us in touch with the manager and said that he could not get in touch with the tailor that has her dress. I think we ll get the same story and excuse when we go there today (the 28th) and I am not sure what to do if that happens. It seems silly to call the police for something like this but I have no other ideas. We live in Florida United States. \\*\\*UPDATE\\*\\* We have the dress! We went back this afternoon. Same guy as yesterday and began the same ol rigamarole as the last time. I explained that from our perspective this was looking like theft. He doesn t know where the dress is we don t know where it is and the person that should have it is according to him not picking up their phone. I simply stated that he was leaving us only one or two other options for resolving it. (Didn t have to spell out those options...he got it.) He finally seemed to understand how serious we were disappeared to the back talked to someone for a moment and said that if we could come back in 20 minutes he would have our dress. We stayed put saw no one else come or go and viola! 10 minutes later he produced the hemmed dress and gave us a 70% discount. No idea of what they were up to and don t want to waste any more energy trying to deduce. We simply will not be going there again. Thanks to all of you for taking the time to leave great advice and Happy New Year!

NAL First go back to the shop when they open and ask for the dress. If you get it back take it home and inspect it fully double check for any and all things. If it has any stains or smells on it or if they do not have the dress then proceed with the following: File against them in small claims court. You have the receipt for the dress you have the claim ticket from the cleaners and in both cases mentioned above you should be able to make a case against the dry cleaners. The owner is not available? Bet the owner contacts you the moment that the paperwork and summons is delivered to the business and will want to talk to you. Once all of that is settled leave them a review on all of the websites including the BBB site.

Yes it is silly to call the police. I get the part you needed it on the 27th and you can ask for compensation for it not being fine at the agreed time. Tailors aren t in business long if they steal anything good that comes in. If you truly never get the dress back you sue in small claims for the value of the dress. Generally if you re reselling you don t get mrsp. It s what you could reasonably get on the open market.

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A dry cleaner might have stolen my wife s dress. What do we do? \\*\\*Updated below My wife took a brand-new &amp expensive dress to a dry cleaner to have it hemmed. They said the dress would be ready on the 26th but when she went to get it it wasn t ready. She was told that the tailor called in sick but that it would be ready on the 27th. We went in on the 27th to get the dress got the same story excuse and were told to return on the 28th. She needed it for an event on the evening of the 27th so we simply asked them to return the dress to us. We were then told that they did not have the dress The dress had been taken home by the tailor so that they could work on it. Their signage clearly states that alterations are done on-site. Regardless the person we spoke with was unapologetic said that these things happen refused to put us in touch with the manager and said that he could not get in touch with the tailor that has her dress. I think we ll get the same story and excuse when we go there today (the 28th) and I am not sure what to do if that happens. It seems silly to call the police for something like this but I have no other ideas. We live in Florida United States. \\*\\*UPDATE\\*\\* We have the dress! We went back this afternoon. Same guy as yesterday and began the same ol rigamarole as the last time. I explained that from our perspective this was looking like theft. He doesn t know where the dress is we don t know where it is and the person that should have it is according to him not picking up their phone. I simply stated that he was leaving us only one or two other options for resolving it. (Didn t have to spell out those options...he got it.) He finally seemed to understand how serious we were disappeared to the back talked to someone for a moment and said that if we could come back in 20 minutes he would have our dress. We stayed put saw no one else come or go and viola! 10 minutes later he produced the hemmed dress and gave us a 70% discount. No idea of what they were up to and don t want to waste any more energy trying to deduce. We simply will not be going there again. Thanks to all of you for taking the time to leave great advice and Happy New Year!

The Dry Cleaners should have an Insurance policy in place for something like this. You may not have to go to small claims court. If you go in today and they don t return the dress let them know you want to file a claim. Weather it was lost stolen or destroyed they should be covered by insurance. I would imagine the cost of the dress is lower than their deductible but you never know.

Do they have an email address? If yes email them with your problem to start a paper trail.

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A dry cleaner might have stolen my wife s dress. What do we do? \\*\\*Updated below My wife took a brand-new &amp expensive dress to a dry cleaner to have it hemmed. They said the dress would be ready on the 26th but when she went to get it it wasn t ready. She was told that the tailor called in sick but that it would be ready on the 27th. We went in on the 27th to get the dress got the same story excuse and were told to return on the 28th. She needed it for an event on the evening of the 27th so we simply asked them to return the dress to us. We were then told that they did not have the dress The dress had been taken home by the tailor so that they could work on it. Their signage clearly states that alterations are done on-site. Regardless the person we spoke with was unapologetic said that these things happen refused to put us in touch with the manager and said that he could not get in touch with the tailor that has her dress. I think we ll get the same story and excuse when we go there today (the 28th) and I am not sure what to do if that happens. It seems silly to call the police for something like this but I have no other ideas. We live in Florida United States. \\*\\*UPDATE\\*\\* We have the dress! We went back this afternoon. Same guy as yesterday and began the same ol rigamarole as the last time. I explained that from our perspective this was looking like theft. He doesn t know where the dress is we don t know where it is and the person that should have it is according to him not picking up their phone. I simply stated that he was leaving us only one or two other options for resolving it. (Didn t have to spell out those options...he got it.) He finally seemed to understand how serious we were disappeared to the back talked to someone for a moment and said that if we could come back in 20 minutes he would have our dress. We stayed put saw no one else come or go and viola! 10 minutes later he produced the hemmed dress and gave us a 70% discount. No idea of what they were up to and don t want to waste any more energy trying to deduce. We simply will not be going there again. Thanks to all of you for taking the time to leave great advice and Happy New Year!

The Dry Cleaners should have an Insurance policy in place for something like this. You may not have to go to small claims court. If you go in today and they don t return the dress let them know you want to file a claim. Weather it was lost stolen or destroyed they should be covered by insurance. I would imagine the cost of the dress is lower than their deductible but you never know.

&gt A dry cleaner might have ~~stolen~~ *lost* my wife s dress. What do we do? This is absolutely a frustrating situation but language choice here will help you. They almost certainly didn t steal the dress. The reality is likely: 1) They didn t get it done in time and are stalling. Maybe they forgot about it maybe they took in too many alterations maybe their seamstress tailor flaked - it just didn t get done in time. The in house person may have taken it home to work on and forgotten it there on the day you came in. From my experience people who do alterations know other independent people that do as well (which is smart - this work often has strict deadlines and in case something happens they should have backup to call). 2) They lost it. It fell behind a rack or was in a pile given to another customer. Maybe it will turn up or maybe it won t - but there was no malicious intent. 3) A distant distant possibility would be that someone stole it from them. These businesses exist to professionally handle expensive garments and it is *extremely* unlikely they stole it. Regardless. If they have not altered the dress and you are within the return window for the garment they owe you the dress back and any money you paid for alterations. If they have altered the dress they owe you the price you paid for the dress and any money you paid for alterations. Keep your original receipt for the dress but make a photocopy for them. If they pay you for the dress they get to keep it (you aren t entitled to payment for the dress and the garment itself).

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A dry cleaner might have stolen my wife s dress. What do we do? \\*\\*Updated below My wife took a brand-new &amp expensive dress to a dry cleaner to have it hemmed. They said the dress would be ready on the 26th but when she went to get it it wasn t ready. She was told that the tailor called in sick but that it would be ready on the 27th. We went in on the 27th to get the dress got the same story excuse and were told to return on the 28th. She needed it for an event on the evening of the 27th so we simply asked them to return the dress to us. We were then told that they did not have the dress The dress had been taken home by the tailor so that they could work on it. Their signage clearly states that alterations are done on-site. Regardless the person we spoke with was unapologetic said that these things happen refused to put us in touch with the manager and said that he could not get in touch with the tailor that has her dress. I think we ll get the same story and excuse when we go there today (the 28th) and I am not sure what to do if that happens. It seems silly to call the police for something like this but I have no other ideas. We live in Florida United States. \\*\\*UPDATE\\*\\* We have the dress! We went back this afternoon. Same guy as yesterday and began the same ol rigamarole as the last time. I explained that from our perspective this was looking like theft. He doesn t know where the dress is we don t know where it is and the person that should have it is according to him not picking up their phone. I simply stated that he was leaving us only one or two other options for resolving it. (Didn t have to spell out those options...he got it.) He finally seemed to understand how serious we were disappeared to the back talked to someone for a moment and said that if we could come back in 20 minutes he would have our dress. We stayed put saw no one else come or go and viola! 10 minutes later he produced the hemmed dress and gave us a 70% discount. No idea of what they were up to and don t want to waste any more energy trying to deduce. We simply will not be going there again. Thanks to all of you for taking the time to leave great advice and Happy New Year!

I own a dry cleaner. Odds are the tailor has some equipment in the store but not all work can be done on it so some items are taken home. That s exactly the setup I have. Its not ideal. So its possible the tailor lost it maybe the tailor is behind etc. Things do get misplaced. Generally in dry cleaning most stores ask 30 days to find it before reimbursement. You can always do small claims but I would give 1 more effort to get hold of the store manager or owner. This is not the first lost item for them and it won t be the last. They have ways to deal with this. Hope that helps.

Do they have an email address? If yes email them with your problem to start a paper trail.

zx9wv7

A dry cleaner might have stolen my wife s dress. What do we do? \\*\\*Updated below My wife took a brand-new &amp expensive dress to a dry cleaner to have it hemmed. They said the dress would be ready on the 26th but when she went to get it it wasn t ready. She was told that the tailor called in sick but that it would be ready on the 27th. We went in on the 27th to get the dress got the same story excuse and were told to return on the 28th. She needed it for an event on the evening of the 27th so we simply asked them to return the dress to us. We were then told that they did not have the dress The dress had been taken home by the tailor so that they could work on it. Their signage clearly states that alterations are done on-site. Regardless the person we spoke with was unapologetic said that these things happen refused to put us in touch with the manager and said that he could not get in touch with the tailor that has her dress. I think we ll get the same story and excuse when we go there today (the 28th) and I am not sure what to do if that happens. It seems silly to call the police for something like this but I have no other ideas. We live in Florida United States. \\*\\*UPDATE\\*\\* We have the dress! We went back this afternoon. Same guy as yesterday and began the same ol rigamarole as the last time. I explained that from our perspective this was looking like theft. He doesn t know where the dress is we don t know where it is and the person that should have it is according to him not picking up their phone. I simply stated that he was leaving us only one or two other options for resolving it. (Didn t have to spell out those options...he got it.) He finally seemed to understand how serious we were disappeared to the back talked to someone for a moment and said that if we could come back in 20 minutes he would have our dress. We stayed put saw no one else come or go and viola! 10 minutes later he produced the hemmed dress and gave us a 70% discount. No idea of what they were up to and don t want to waste any more energy trying to deduce. We simply will not be going there again. Thanks to all of you for taking the time to leave great advice and Happy New Year!

The Dry Cleaners should have an Insurance policy in place for something like this. You may not have to go to small claims court. If you go in today and they don t return the dress let them know you want to file a claim. Weather it was lost stolen or destroyed they should be covered by insurance. I would imagine the cost of the dress is lower than their deductible but you never know.

Yes it is silly to call the police. I get the part you needed it on the 27th and you can ask for compensation for it not being fine at the agreed time. Tailors aren t in business long if they steal anything good that comes in. If you truly never get the dress back you sue in small claims for the value of the dress. Generally if you re reselling you don t get mrsp. It s what you could reasonably get on the open market.

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My spouse [F30] is having an episode extreme paranoia where she believes that her organization and me are collaborating together to spy on her and are after her life. Looking for a legal advice course of action for me [M33] where I can enforce her to go through a medical psyche evaluation. (Location is California USA) Things have even escalated at her work too and the HR said if she doesn t report to work then they will have to terminate her employment. The only way right now for her is to undergo a medical psyche evaluation and if the doctor prescribes that she needs a break then she can keep her job. But she doesn t want to. Spoilers: She is an over-thinker and generally views everyone with suspicion. This is the first time it has happened to us in our 7 years of relationship.

Read up on 5150s here: https: ferc.org crisis

A good way to start would be to call your family doctor who may be able to refer you to a psychiatrist who should at least be familiar with the proper procedures. I will warn you that unless she appears to be an actual danger to herself or others involuntary psychiatric treatment is not simple to obtain (for excellent reasons.) The Adult Protective Services office in your county may also be able to offer advice.

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Unhinged MIL Demanding to See Grandchildren Looking for legal advice as Google searches have been a bit confusing with this subject. My MIL who I ve never met in person has been expressing to other family members this past year that she will be taking legal action against myself and my husband (her son) in order to see our children. She s only met our eldest once or twice and that was because she showed up unannounced to my FIL and step-MIL s home. She s also expressed that she will be showing up to our new home to see them after hiring a private investigator to find our address. We ve been non-contact with her since 2016ish so there s no way she would have obtained our address. There are many reasons we do not want her in the lives of our children but aside from that this whole thing has been a huge trigger for my CPTSD and panic disorder. She has a history of inserting herself into family gatherings mainly because she s jealous of her ex-husband s wife and the relationship stepmom has with all of bio mom s grandchildren. My question is: Do grandparents have any legal rights to their biological grandchildren if both parents are alive and agree that they re not interested in having a relationship with said grandparent? There is a history of physical and emotional abuse between her and my husband as well as threats and cyber stalking which are the main reasons she is not in our lives. Any advice is much appreciated. TIA

You might want to give your location. Grandparents rights vary by location. However I find the idea extremely unlikely. Generally speaking grandparents rights tend to require either that the parents are either divorced or one or both are deceased or that the grandparent has an established relationship with the child (such as the child living with them for 6 months or more - and recently). Furthermore that s just *standing* that qualifies them to request visitation but the standard for actually granting such visitation is that it be in the best interests of the children and in this case all I can see is that this would completely undermine the parental decision making of the parents and not serve the children in any particular way. Also - there s a huge HUGE difference between someone making noise about taking legal action and them actually doing it. It s way easier for her to SAY she s coming for grandparents rights than for her to actually meet with lawyers get told that she has no chance and actually start lighting money on fire trying. The difference applies on your side too - you can safely ignore people SAYING they are going to take legal action. You should get a lawyer if they actually initiate something official.

For most places if the child has parents then this sort of thing isn t allowed. However some places do have grandparents rights. Please go see a lawyer don t talk to MiL &amp only communicate via your lawyer.

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We got a new landlord who wants us to sign a new lease. In the new contract it states that anything bolted on the walls is his. does that mean a T.v. and camera we had bloted before he bought the place is now his? The Last landlord approved everything we put up and we have all records of purchases. It states qoute attachments: 41. Anything that is or becomes permanently attached (weather nailed screwed solderd wired planted or glued etc.) To the property by anyone shall thereafter be considered part of the real estate and will be removed or retained at the option of the landlord. I have a camera system thats been taped in every room and cameras bolted into brick (all approved by prior landlord) and is already bolted before he purchased the place. Could he legally keep these items? If so how would I make it to where I can have my cameras still up? Also out 70 ich tv was bolted into the wall (with last land lords approval) before he even considered selling the place. Edit UPDATE: Legally the T.v. is not real estate property. Its the T.V. MOUNT that is considered real estate property upon signing. This is because the mount WILL cause damage when removed. Where the T.V. can be removed from the mount without damage even tho it is bolted to the mount which is bolted to the wall. Same goes with the camera. The camera is mine but technically the camera mount could be considered real estate. The cameras taped on the wall should not be considered real estate because it is not glued or bolted. And would only cause paint damage at most. Which could come out of the security deposite even tho its already on the wall before signing of the lease. This all comes from a real estate agent whos a friend of a friend. Im meeting the land lord for the lease signing today. I will record him and go over all of this with him to confirm everything.

TV I would argue isn t “permanently affixed” to the wall it s affixed to the mount - which you d arguably lose under that language. But yes you should amend or revise the lease and specify Tenant s fixtures vs the Landlords before you sign.

When does your lease with the previous owner expire? You don t need to sign a new one until then.

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My Mother in law plans to kidnap my children Over Christmas my wife s mother (my MIL) took our oldest son (7 yo) in a room and told him to ask to stay with specific relatives (cousins) this weekend and to make sure that the mother of said cousins (my SIL) would be at work. Then my MIL gave my son a piece of paper with her information on it and told him to hide it until it was time to contact her. Despite her attempts to groom him my son put the note in the trash and told us when we got home. I m proud of him for not tipping her off but he was still very disregulated when we got home because he doesn t know how sick she is. He felt guilty as she had apparently used “crocodile tears” to manipulate him. He loves her and is confused by the whole situation and when MIL tells him it s his fault he believes her. Unfortunately this woman is an actual malignant narcissist with Munchausen by proxy who has committed and gotten away with many crimes. Mostly because the primary witness and victim was my wife who was a child at the time. My wife was removed by the state and placed in her aunt s custody at around 9 and my MIL was apparently gone most of the time before that anyway leaving her with her father who had different issues that contributed to the state stepping in. MIL has poisoned my wife through her food manipulated and used her in countless ways and on multiple occasions actually kidnapped my oldest son and took him on multi day trips to unknown locations. This was before I was in the picture he was a baby at the time and I am only father he has ever known. Just before Covid my wife s aunt the one that raised her tipped us off that she was saying disturbing things about getting two tickets to Mexico and taking our oldest “on a trip.” So we moved and have attempted to keep our address from her. My wife has been standing up for herself for a while now and we just had another baby who MIL wasn t allowed to meet until this day. I believe MIL will make another attempt soon as the birth of that new baby whom she has not been allowed to see has seemingly tipped her over the edge. My wife is far less vulnerable so I believe MIL will be more dangerous and aggressive this time. We didn t take more serious action before because we were afraid of inciting an incident but now that she have our oldest specific instructions on how to go get kidnapped I feel like it s time to do something more. The situation seems to be escalating every year especially since the birth of the new baby. Also side note: My MIL is currently baby sitting for a couple who is unknown to us for their two year old daughter who is seemingly always mysteriously sick. We have tried to contact the couple but we can t figure out who they are. The symptoms she talks about at get togethers are the same that my wife had as a child so we have reason to believe she is causing these symptoms. This is the main reason she isn t allowed to be alone with the kids in the first place her kidnapping my oldest started happening after she wasn t allowed to see him except once right before we cut her off. What can I do here? Edit: she s never been allowed to be alone with the children we showed up to Christmas dinner because the whole family was there and making them choose between us will tip her off and trigger an event. I will be letting the aunt know I don t consider contact safe. Unfortunately this will let the cat out of the bag and I believe she will fixate on finding us. Also I know the aunt is a little bit of an enabler she s in denial because it s her sister. However whenever we discuss it she takes it seriously.

As a precaution I would enroll both your children in the Children s Passport Insurance Alert Program[CPIA](https: travel.state.gov content travel en International-Parental-Child-Abduction prevention passport-issuance-alert-program.html). This will alert you any time someone either files for a passport with your children s information or if your child s passport is used. And I have to question your continued contact with any of your wife s extended family. They *know* MIL abused her child and then abandoned her. They *know* she s a deeply unsafe person to have around and they are the ones warning you about her intentions to continue this behavior with your children. But they haven t reached out to the family she s babysitting for and informed them exactly what kind of person they ve let into their lives and they didn t prevent MIL from being alone with your son long enough to try to get him into a space she could kidnap him from. They are not your allies and so long as they allow your MIL to occupy the same space as your children they aren t safe for your children to be around either. Until MIL commits a crime really all you can do to protect your children is go full NC document every reason why you have done so in case she tries to sue for grandparents rights and refuse to pander to the rest of the family. Your children s well-being is not worth keeping the peace. What are you waiting for? I know this will be hard especially on your wife but the alternative is waiting for a crime to be committed. And what will that cost be for your children? Are you willing to pay it?

If you feel there s a threat to your child you can pursue a restraining order. The planned kidnapping may be sufficient grounds but you should speak with a local attorney. What is your legal relationship to oldest? Did you adopt? Does dad have any role? You should pursue formalizing that if you haven t as a stepparent you don t have a custodial role unfortunately. It also goes without saying that MIL should never be around your kids period. For the time being I would limit them to not being anyone that has a relationship with her. Make sure that any activities and school know about the situation and grandma cannot pick up the kids ever. I d teach my child a safe word that anyone picking him up needs to have and personally I d get him a cell phone to keep on him in the event he needs to contact you (especially if you think this may tip MIL over the edge).

zxhen9

My Mother in law plans to kidnap my children Over Christmas my wife s mother (my MIL) took our oldest son (7 yo) in a room and told him to ask to stay with specific relatives (cousins) this weekend and to make sure that the mother of said cousins (my SIL) would be at work. Then my MIL gave my son a piece of paper with her information on it and told him to hide it until it was time to contact her. Despite her attempts to groom him my son put the note in the trash and told us when we got home. I m proud of him for not tipping her off but he was still very disregulated when we got home because he doesn t know how sick she is. He felt guilty as she had apparently used “crocodile tears” to manipulate him. He loves her and is confused by the whole situation and when MIL tells him it s his fault he believes her. Unfortunately this woman is an actual malignant narcissist with Munchausen by proxy who has committed and gotten away with many crimes. Mostly because the primary witness and victim was my wife who was a child at the time. My wife was removed by the state and placed in her aunt s custody at around 9 and my MIL was apparently gone most of the time before that anyway leaving her with her father who had different issues that contributed to the state stepping in. MIL has poisoned my wife through her food manipulated and used her in countless ways and on multiple occasions actually kidnapped my oldest son and took him on multi day trips to unknown locations. This was before I was in the picture he was a baby at the time and I am only father he has ever known. Just before Covid my wife s aunt the one that raised her tipped us off that she was saying disturbing things about getting two tickets to Mexico and taking our oldest “on a trip.” So we moved and have attempted to keep our address from her. My wife has been standing up for herself for a while now and we just had another baby who MIL wasn t allowed to meet until this day. I believe MIL will make another attempt soon as the birth of that new baby whom she has not been allowed to see has seemingly tipped her over the edge. My wife is far less vulnerable so I believe MIL will be more dangerous and aggressive this time. We didn t take more serious action before because we were afraid of inciting an incident but now that she have our oldest specific instructions on how to go get kidnapped I feel like it s time to do something more. The situation seems to be escalating every year especially since the birth of the new baby. Also side note: My MIL is currently baby sitting for a couple who is unknown to us for their two year old daughter who is seemingly always mysteriously sick. We have tried to contact the couple but we can t figure out who they are. The symptoms she talks about at get togethers are the same that my wife had as a child so we have reason to believe she is causing these symptoms. This is the main reason she isn t allowed to be alone with the kids in the first place her kidnapping my oldest started happening after she wasn t allowed to see him except once right before we cut her off. What can I do here? Edit: she s never been allowed to be alone with the children we showed up to Christmas dinner because the whole family was there and making them choose between us will tip her off and trigger an event. I will be letting the aunt know I don t consider contact safe. Unfortunately this will let the cat out of the bag and I believe she will fixate on finding us. Also I know the aunt is a little bit of an enabler she s in denial because it s her sister. However whenever we discuss it she takes it seriously.

NAL former social worker: you can and should report the suspected poisoning of the unknown child to CPS and the police. Please let your children s school daycare staff and teacher know that they are never to be released to Grandma or an “aunt” Also not legal advice but much of what you re looking to avoid would benefit from enhanced privacy measures. There is privacy subreddit and excellent books on the topic.

You should be able to call Child Protective Services if you suspect she is harming the children in her care.

zxhen9

My Mother in law plans to kidnap my children Over Christmas my wife s mother (my MIL) took our oldest son (7 yo) in a room and told him to ask to stay with specific relatives (cousins) this weekend and to make sure that the mother of said cousins (my SIL) would be at work. Then my MIL gave my son a piece of paper with her information on it and told him to hide it until it was time to contact her. Despite her attempts to groom him my son put the note in the trash and told us when we got home. I m proud of him for not tipping her off but he was still very disregulated when we got home because he doesn t know how sick she is. He felt guilty as she had apparently used “crocodile tears” to manipulate him. He loves her and is confused by the whole situation and when MIL tells him it s his fault he believes her. Unfortunately this woman is an actual malignant narcissist with Munchausen by proxy who has committed and gotten away with many crimes. Mostly because the primary witness and victim was my wife who was a child at the time. My wife was removed by the state and placed in her aunt s custody at around 9 and my MIL was apparently gone most of the time before that anyway leaving her with her father who had different issues that contributed to the state stepping in. MIL has poisoned my wife through her food manipulated and used her in countless ways and on multiple occasions actually kidnapped my oldest son and took him on multi day trips to unknown locations. This was before I was in the picture he was a baby at the time and I am only father he has ever known. Just before Covid my wife s aunt the one that raised her tipped us off that she was saying disturbing things about getting two tickets to Mexico and taking our oldest “on a trip.” So we moved and have attempted to keep our address from her. My wife has been standing up for herself for a while now and we just had another baby who MIL wasn t allowed to meet until this day. I believe MIL will make another attempt soon as the birth of that new baby whom she has not been allowed to see has seemingly tipped her over the edge. My wife is far less vulnerable so I believe MIL will be more dangerous and aggressive this time. We didn t take more serious action before because we were afraid of inciting an incident but now that she have our oldest specific instructions on how to go get kidnapped I feel like it s time to do something more. The situation seems to be escalating every year especially since the birth of the new baby. Also side note: My MIL is currently baby sitting for a couple who is unknown to us for their two year old daughter who is seemingly always mysteriously sick. We have tried to contact the couple but we can t figure out who they are. The symptoms she talks about at get togethers are the same that my wife had as a child so we have reason to believe she is causing these symptoms. This is the main reason she isn t allowed to be alone with the kids in the first place her kidnapping my oldest started happening after she wasn t allowed to see him except once right before we cut her off. What can I do here? Edit: she s never been allowed to be alone with the children we showed up to Christmas dinner because the whole family was there and making them choose between us will tip her off and trigger an event. I will be letting the aunt know I don t consider contact safe. Unfortunately this will let the cat out of the bag and I believe she will fixate on finding us. Also I know the aunt is a little bit of an enabler she s in denial because it s her sister. However whenever we discuss it she takes it seriously.

NAL former social worker: you can and should report the suspected poisoning of the unknown child to CPS and the police. Please let your children s school daycare staff and teacher know that they are never to be released to Grandma or an “aunt” Also not legal advice but much of what you re looking to avoid would benefit from enhanced privacy measures. There is privacy subreddit and excellent books on the topic.

If you feel there s a threat to your child you can pursue a restraining order. The planned kidnapping may be sufficient grounds but you should speak with a local attorney. What is your legal relationship to oldest? Did you adopt? Does dad have any role? You should pursue formalizing that if you haven t as a stepparent you don t have a custodial role unfortunately. It also goes without saying that MIL should never be around your kids period. For the time being I would limit them to not being anyone that has a relationship with her. Make sure that any activities and school know about the situation and grandma cannot pick up the kids ever. I d teach my child a safe word that anyone picking him up needs to have and personally I d get him a cell phone to keep on him in the event he needs to contact you (especially if you think this may tip MIL over the edge).

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Fired based on hearsay: Can I do anything or am I out of luck? A few months ago I was demoted at work because someone kept telling them I was smoking weed in the bathroom. At the time I wasn t fired because I could prove there was nothing on my person but they demoted me because apparently multiple people complained. I guess I should ve taken the hint and found a new job at that point but I m naive and I absolutely loved this job. My General Manager was out of town last week and apparently while she was gone she got two more complaints that there was an odor of marijuana in the bathroom after I used it. Today when I got to work I was terminated for misconduct for violating the company drug policy. If I d been confronted at the time of the complaint I could ve again proven that I had nothing on my person. I am in Texas. I am wondering if I m out of luck on unemployment because it s misconduct or if it s wrongful termination. Is there anything I can do here? EDIT: I m more concerned about whether or not I m out of luck on unemployment than any wrongful termination. EDIT 2: No I was not smoking in the bathroom or anywhere else at work. I guess I thought that saying I had nothing on my person would make it clear I wasn t since you d have to be in possession of drugs or paraphernalia in order to be using them. I emptied out my purse and pockets onto my Manager s desk to show her I didn t have anything.

Dude either smoked weed in the bathroom or your coworks want you gone either way time to move on you won t win this one.

[wrongful termination](https: www.workplacefairness.org wrongful-termination) This was not wrongful termination. Above is a site that I like because it explains wrongful termination in layman s terms.

zxkkco

Fired based on hearsay: Can I do anything or am I out of luck? A few months ago I was demoted at work because someone kept telling them I was smoking weed in the bathroom. At the time I wasn t fired because I could prove there was nothing on my person but they demoted me because apparently multiple people complained. I guess I should ve taken the hint and found a new job at that point but I m naive and I absolutely loved this job. My General Manager was out of town last week and apparently while she was gone she got two more complaints that there was an odor of marijuana in the bathroom after I used it. Today when I got to work I was terminated for misconduct for violating the company drug policy. If I d been confronted at the time of the complaint I could ve again proven that I had nothing on my person. I am in Texas. I am wondering if I m out of luck on unemployment because it s misconduct or if it s wrongful termination. Is there anything I can do here? EDIT: I m more concerned about whether or not I m out of luck on unemployment than any wrongful termination. EDIT 2: No I was not smoking in the bathroom or anywhere else at work. I guess I thought that saying I had nothing on my person would make it clear I wasn t since you d have to be in possession of drugs or paraphernalia in order to be using them. I emptied out my purse and pockets onto my Manager s desk to show her I didn t have anything.

Dude either smoked weed in the bathroom or your coworks want you gone either way time to move on you won t win this one.

Definitely not wrongful termination at least federally.

zxkkco

Fired based on hearsay: Can I do anything or am I out of luck? A few months ago I was demoted at work because someone kept telling them I was smoking weed in the bathroom. At the time I wasn t fired because I could prove there was nothing on my person but they demoted me because apparently multiple people complained. I guess I should ve taken the hint and found a new job at that point but I m naive and I absolutely loved this job. My General Manager was out of town last week and apparently while she was gone she got two more complaints that there was an odor of marijuana in the bathroom after I used it. Today when I got to work I was terminated for misconduct for violating the company drug policy. If I d been confronted at the time of the complaint I could ve again proven that I had nothing on my person. I am in Texas. I am wondering if I m out of luck on unemployment because it s misconduct or if it s wrongful termination. Is there anything I can do here? EDIT: I m more concerned about whether or not I m out of luck on unemployment than any wrongful termination. EDIT 2: No I was not smoking in the bathroom or anywhere else at work. I guess I thought that saying I had nothing on my person would make it clear I wasn t since you d have to be in possession of drugs or paraphernalia in order to be using them. I emptied out my purse and pockets onto my Manager s desk to show her I didn t have anything.

You can try to file for unemployment. You will either be denied or approved. The scent of marijuana does linger though. Just because you didn t have any on your person that doesn t mean that the smell couldn t linger and you could smell like it later.

[wrongful termination](https: www.workplacefairness.org wrongful-termination) This was not wrongful termination. Above is a site that I like because it explains wrongful termination in layman s terms.

zxkkco

Fired based on hearsay: Can I do anything or am I out of luck? A few months ago I was demoted at work because someone kept telling them I was smoking weed in the bathroom. At the time I wasn t fired because I could prove there was nothing on my person but they demoted me because apparently multiple people complained. I guess I should ve taken the hint and found a new job at that point but I m naive and I absolutely loved this job. My General Manager was out of town last week and apparently while she was gone she got two more complaints that there was an odor of marijuana in the bathroom after I used it. Today when I got to work I was terminated for misconduct for violating the company drug policy. If I d been confronted at the time of the complaint I could ve again proven that I had nothing on my person. I am in Texas. I am wondering if I m out of luck on unemployment because it s misconduct or if it s wrongful termination. Is there anything I can do here? EDIT: I m more concerned about whether or not I m out of luck on unemployment than any wrongful termination. EDIT 2: No I was not smoking in the bathroom or anywhere else at work. I guess I thought that saying I had nothing on my person would make it clear I wasn t since you d have to be in possession of drugs or paraphernalia in order to be using them. I emptied out my purse and pockets onto my Manager s desk to show her I didn t have anything.

Dude either smoked weed in the bathroom or your coworks want you gone either way time to move on you won t win this one.

Well it kinda sounds like you were smoking weed?

zxkkco

Fired based on hearsay: Can I do anything or am I out of luck? A few months ago I was demoted at work because someone kept telling them I was smoking weed in the bathroom. At the time I wasn t fired because I could prove there was nothing on my person but they demoted me because apparently multiple people complained. I guess I should ve taken the hint and found a new job at that point but I m naive and I absolutely loved this job. My General Manager was out of town last week and apparently while she was gone she got two more complaints that there was an odor of marijuana in the bathroom after I used it. Today when I got to work I was terminated for misconduct for violating the company drug policy. If I d been confronted at the time of the complaint I could ve again proven that I had nothing on my person. I am in Texas. I am wondering if I m out of luck on unemployment because it s misconduct or if it s wrongful termination. Is there anything I can do here? EDIT: I m more concerned about whether or not I m out of luck on unemployment than any wrongful termination. EDIT 2: No I was not smoking in the bathroom or anywhere else at work. I guess I thought that saying I had nothing on my person would make it clear I wasn t since you d have to be in possession of drugs or paraphernalia in order to be using them. I emptied out my purse and pockets onto my Manager s desk to show her I didn t have anything.

Dude either smoked weed in the bathroom or your coworks want you gone either way time to move on you won t win this one.

NAL Question: if you where tested for THC would it show up in your system? If so I wouldn t recommend challenging it better just to move on.

zxvwso

Lawyer died the day before hearing Just like the title says my lawyer had a heart attack today and passed away. I have a felony preliminary hearing at 9 am tomorrow. I called the clerks office and left a message this evening and still plan on showing up in the morning. What do I do? Just tell the judge I don t have council and get it extended? Anything helps here. Rip Jon but damn this made a stressful situation more stressful..

&gt Just tell the judge I don t have [counsel] and get it extended Yes that s about the whole thing. A postponement is called a continuance in legal-speak but you can just plainly ask for time to hire a new attorney. Dress as well as you can be respectful and on time and ideally have some kind of straightforward evidence about your attorney s death that you can present. Depending on the size of your courthouse the judge and prosecutors may not have heard yet or the clerk might not have reviewed the day s voicemail by 0900. If you learned about his death in an e-mail or text print it out. If you learned via a phone call from his office have the name or role of the person you spoke to and their phone number handy.

Tell the judge your attorney died and that you need to reschedule.

zxvwso

Lawyer died the day before hearing Just like the title says my lawyer had a heart attack today and passed away. I have a felony preliminary hearing at 9 am tomorrow. I called the clerks office and left a message this evening and still plan on showing up in the morning. What do I do? Just tell the judge I don t have council and get it extended? Anything helps here. Rip Jon but damn this made a stressful situation more stressful..

&gt Just tell the judge I don t have [counsel] and get it extended Yes that s about the whole thing. A postponement is called a continuance in legal-speak but you can just plainly ask for time to hire a new attorney. Dress as well as you can be respectful and on time and ideally have some kind of straightforward evidence about your attorney s death that you can present. Depending on the size of your courthouse the judge and prosecutors may not have heard yet or the clerk might not have reviewed the day s voicemail by 0900. If you learned about his death in an e-mail or text print it out. If you learned via a phone call from his office have the name or role of the person you spoke to and their phone number handy.

Appear at the hearing and ask for a continuance based on your circumstances. I see no reason why a judge wouldn t grant one.

zxvwso

Lawyer died the day before hearing Just like the title says my lawyer had a heart attack today and passed away. I have a felony preliminary hearing at 9 am tomorrow. I called the clerks office and left a message this evening and still plan on showing up in the morning. What do I do? Just tell the judge I don t have council and get it extended? Anything helps here. Rip Jon but damn this made a stressful situation more stressful..

&gt What do I do? Just tell the judge I don t have council and get it extended? Your honor my attorney died of a heart attack yesterday. You can reach his assistant at (xxx) xxx-xxxx to verify this. I respectfully request a continuance. Simple as that.

Tell the judge your attorney died and that you need to reschedule.

zxvwso

Lawyer died the day before hearing Just like the title says my lawyer had a heart attack today and passed away. I have a felony preliminary hearing at 9 am tomorrow. I called the clerks office and left a message this evening and still plan on showing up in the morning. What do I do? Just tell the judge I don t have council and get it extended? Anything helps here. Rip Jon but damn this made a stressful situation more stressful..

&gt What do I do? Just tell the judge I don t have council and get it extended? Your honor my attorney died of a heart attack yesterday. You can reach his assistant at (xxx) xxx-xxxx to verify this. I respectfully request a continuance. Simple as that.

Did the lawyer have other lawyers in his office? If so you might give them a call to see if one of them are going to continue with your case.

zxvwso

Lawyer died the day before hearing Just like the title says my lawyer had a heart attack today and passed away. I have a felony preliminary hearing at 9 am tomorrow. I called the clerks office and left a message this evening and still plan on showing up in the morning. What do I do? Just tell the judge I don t have council and get it extended? Anything helps here. Rip Jon but damn this made a stressful situation more stressful..

&gt What do I do? Just tell the judge I don t have council and get it extended? Your honor my attorney died of a heart attack yesterday. You can reach his assistant at (xxx) xxx-xxxx to verify this. I respectfully request a continuance. Simple as that.

Appear at the hearing and ask for a continuance based on your circumstances. I see no reason why a judge wouldn t grant one.

zy6fox

Hoarder wants to continue to live in the house we inherited. My father passed just about one month ago. My brother and I are his only surviving close relatives. We are in northwestern NJ. In his will he left his house and savings to my brother and myself to be split 50 50 between us. His savings is approx. $150K and the house is valued at approx. $550K. My brother has been living in a basement apartment in the house and wants to keep living there. I was originally inclined to sell the house and distribute everything 50 50 as per the will but I m amenable to him continuing to live there if that s what he wants. Question #1 - Will I eventually lose any rights to the house if I let him continue to live there? The monthly upkeep and property tax is minimal (under $1000) so he ll take care of all of that I won t contribute anything. Question #2 - My brother is a bit of a hoarder. I m worried that he may end up burying himself when he has complete run of the full house thus dramatically reducing the value of the property. I will keep close watch on that but if I see it happening do I have the right to force the sale of the house in order to detach myself from that issue (both emotionally and legally)? Complicating this is the fact that since my brother lived with my father my dad made him executor of the will and my brother hasn t exactly been transparent about what he s doing to execute on that. **EDIT: Thank you so much for your responses. One additional question has occurred to me. If my brother causes some kind of obvious damage to the property and is sued by neighbors (assuming their property value is affected) am I in some kind of legal jeopardy?**

&gt If my brother causes some kind of obvious damage to the property and is sued by neighbors (assuming their property value is affected) am I in some kind of legal jeopardy? Make sure the house is well-insured.

NAL. Actual lawyers maybe able to comment on this better. But there have been dozens of threads in this sub about how siblings own part interest in the house. However one sibling lives there and refuses to sell and the expensive and time consuming legal process it takes to force a sale and the headache it will be to deal with that.

zy7u60

Distracted driver ran into me on Christmas Eve while I was driving to my mom s house flipping my car and totaling my first new car. Her insurance adjuster told me that her coverage won t come close to paying for a 2021 Toyota RAV4. What should I do? Should I involve my own insurance? My husband and I owe $17k on the car. We ve paid $13k. We thought we d have it forever. I know new cars aren t a good idea financially but I needed a reliable AWD for work and I couldn t find one used a year ago during the chip shortage. I started to lose my vision about an hour after the accident and my sister took me to the hospital where they took X-rays. No broken bones but whiplash a bruised and cut tongue where I bit it after landing hard on the car s side. I am still sore. Honestly I just need a working AWD car for work. I work as a wildlife biologist and need the car for field work. My husband also needs a reliable car to take my daughter to a soccer tournament in a week. Her insurance told me to get my insurance involved but I ve heard that can raise my rates. We have a teen driver so we are already paying so much for insurance. The other driver admitted fault. I appreciate any advice on how to proceed. Thank you!

&gt I started to lose my vision about an hour after the accident and my sister took me to the hospital where they took X-rays. No broken bones but whiplash a bruised and cut tongue where I bit it after landing hard on the car s side. Well vision loss isn t good. Did you have a concussion? You should definitely involve your insurance. You should also consider hiring a personal injury lawyer and making a claim for personal injuries. The driver may a insurance limits for damage to your car AND separate insurance limits to pay for personal injuries she caused you like medical bills pain and suffering etc.

Talk to your insurance and if needed get a lawyer.

zy7u60

Distracted driver ran into me on Christmas Eve while I was driving to my mom s house flipping my car and totaling my first new car. Her insurance adjuster told me that her coverage won t come close to paying for a 2021 Toyota RAV4. What should I do? Should I involve my own insurance? My husband and I owe $17k on the car. We ve paid $13k. We thought we d have it forever. I know new cars aren t a good idea financially but I needed a reliable AWD for work and I couldn t find one used a year ago during the chip shortage. I started to lose my vision about an hour after the accident and my sister took me to the hospital where they took X-rays. No broken bones but whiplash a bruised and cut tongue where I bit it after landing hard on the car s side. I am still sore. Honestly I just need a working AWD car for work. I work as a wildlife biologist and need the car for field work. My husband also needs a reliable car to take my daughter to a soccer tournament in a week. Her insurance told me to get my insurance involved but I ve heard that can raise my rates. We have a teen driver so we are already paying so much for insurance. The other driver admitted fault. I appreciate any advice on how to proceed. Thank you!

&gt I started to lose my vision about an hour after the accident and my sister took me to the hospital where they took X-rays. No broken bones but whiplash a bruised and cut tongue where I bit it after landing hard on the car s side. Well vision loss isn t good. Did you have a concussion? You should definitely involve your insurance. You should also consider hiring a personal injury lawyer and making a claim for personal injuries. The driver may a insurance limits for damage to your car AND separate insurance limits to pay for personal injuries she caused you like medical bills pain and suffering etc.

Do you have uninsured underinsured driver s coverage? Do you have any medical issues after the accident? Do you have gap coverage on the loan?

zy7u60

Distracted driver ran into me on Christmas Eve while I was driving to my mom s house flipping my car and totaling my first new car. Her insurance adjuster told me that her coverage won t come close to paying for a 2021 Toyota RAV4. What should I do? Should I involve my own insurance? My husband and I owe $17k on the car. We ve paid $13k. We thought we d have it forever. I know new cars aren t a good idea financially but I needed a reliable AWD for work and I couldn t find one used a year ago during the chip shortage. I started to lose my vision about an hour after the accident and my sister took me to the hospital where they took X-rays. No broken bones but whiplash a bruised and cut tongue where I bit it after landing hard on the car s side. I am still sore. Honestly I just need a working AWD car for work. I work as a wildlife biologist and need the car for field work. My husband also needs a reliable car to take my daughter to a soccer tournament in a week. Her insurance told me to get my insurance involved but I ve heard that can raise my rates. We have a teen driver so we are already paying so much for insurance. The other driver admitted fault. I appreciate any advice on how to proceed. Thank you!

&gt I started to lose my vision about an hour after the accident and my sister took me to the hospital where they took X-rays. No broken bones but whiplash a bruised and cut tongue where I bit it after landing hard on the car s side. Well vision loss isn t good. Did you have a concussion? You should definitely involve your insurance. You should also consider hiring a personal injury lawyer and making a claim for personal injuries. The driver may a insurance limits for damage to your car AND separate insurance limits to pay for personal injuries she caused you like medical bills pain and suffering etc.

You have GAP insurance yes? Standard practice for a new car unless there was a high downpayment. Underinsured? Use her insurance your GAP insurance and then your car insurance. What s the car s ACV?

zy7u60

Distracted driver ran into me on Christmas Eve while I was driving to my mom s house flipping my car and totaling my first new car. Her insurance adjuster told me that her coverage won t come close to paying for a 2021 Toyota RAV4. What should I do? Should I involve my own insurance? My husband and I owe $17k on the car. We ve paid $13k. We thought we d have it forever. I know new cars aren t a good idea financially but I needed a reliable AWD for work and I couldn t find one used a year ago during the chip shortage. I started to lose my vision about an hour after the accident and my sister took me to the hospital where they took X-rays. No broken bones but whiplash a bruised and cut tongue where I bit it after landing hard on the car s side. I am still sore. Honestly I just need a working AWD car for work. I work as a wildlife biologist and need the car for field work. My husband also needs a reliable car to take my daughter to a soccer tournament in a week. Her insurance told me to get my insurance involved but I ve heard that can raise my rates. We have a teen driver so we are already paying so much for insurance. The other driver admitted fault. I appreciate any advice on how to proceed. Thank you!

You pay your insurance for a reason: so you d use it when it comes to situations like this. Stop worrying about it. Your insurance will sue the other side for all they are worth for you. That is WHY you pay them.

Talk to your insurance and if needed get a lawyer.

zy7u60

Distracted driver ran into me on Christmas Eve while I was driving to my mom s house flipping my car and totaling my first new car. Her insurance adjuster told me that her coverage won t come close to paying for a 2021 Toyota RAV4. What should I do? Should I involve my own insurance? My husband and I owe $17k on the car. We ve paid $13k. We thought we d have it forever. I know new cars aren t a good idea financially but I needed a reliable AWD for work and I couldn t find one used a year ago during the chip shortage. I started to lose my vision about an hour after the accident and my sister took me to the hospital where they took X-rays. No broken bones but whiplash a bruised and cut tongue where I bit it after landing hard on the car s side. I am still sore. Honestly I just need a working AWD car for work. I work as a wildlife biologist and need the car for field work. My husband also needs a reliable car to take my daughter to a soccer tournament in a week. Her insurance told me to get my insurance involved but I ve heard that can raise my rates. We have a teen driver so we are already paying so much for insurance. The other driver admitted fault. I appreciate any advice on how to proceed. Thank you!

You pay your insurance for a reason: so you d use it when it comes to situations like this. Stop worrying about it. Your insurance will sue the other side for all they are worth for you. That is WHY you pay them.

Do you have uninsured underinsured driver s coverage? Do you have any medical issues after the accident? Do you have gap coverage on the loan?

zyc508

my father wants to charge me rent. he owes me money i honestly don t know if this is the right sub for this or not. but i m posting this here my parents own and run a small business. when i graduated from high school in june 2021 i started working with for them. i understood that if my parents have no money i have no money. i have been paid a small amount over time but no where near what i technically should have been paid. i do believe either in the united states or in my specific state (pennsylvania) there is some sort of law about children being able to work a certain amount of time without being paid within a family business. however i went well over that limit long ago. on christmas morning my father and i got into a fight. today he demanded that i stop working at our business get a job and start paying rent. since he owes me thousands i feel i can say i won t pay rent to make up for him not paying me. i don t want it to come to this but if i can i will absolutely bring this to court i wanted to keep this post short so feel free to ask for additional info (i do not know at this time how much is owed to me but i do plan on sitting down and doing the math)

You being owed money and having to pay rent aren t related. If you can work it out with your father that the pay he owes you can go toward rent payments then that s a good solution to the problem. If not you ll have to pay rent or find a new place to live. You can file a wage claim with your state or the federal department of labor or sue your father for your wages. I d probably look for a new place to live before going down that path.

The two things are unrelated. If you have a valid claim about wages then you can file a claim against him about that. The money he owes you does not prohibit him from requiring that you pay rent and or requiring that you move out.

zyf01u

Woman my sister and her baby lived with for a few months trying to sue for custody (TX) My sister and her baby lived with a woman and her kids from the beginning of July to the end of November. The woman told her if she doesn t stop smoking weed she can t live there anymore and my sister said she wouldn t (the woman has texts of her saying this). After this argument she and her baby came to live with my family. My sister was served papers today the woman filed a restraining order (Edit: it isn t a restraining order it is a writ of temporary restraint) against her and is suing for custody of the baby. She claims she had actual care control and possession of the child for at least six months but my sister lived with them the entire time minus maybe a week where the baby lived with this woman and my sister was moving things out of her apartment. She also says because of my sister s drug use (she only smokes weed) the baby would not be taken care of. We only got the papers today but the court date is set for Jan. 6 legal aid doesn t open again until Jan. 3 so we might not have time to get a lawyer. We tried getting the court date moved up but we were told only the petitioner can do that. How likely is it for this woman to get any custody even if we don t have legal representation? Do we have any options for finding a lawyer sooner? Not sure how much it might matter but this woman had the baby on her health insurance though my sister also had health insurance for him.

She needs to stop smoking immediately they ll drug test her. Call all law offices you can find there should be at least one open. Make sure she has all documents from the pediatrician any doctors the baby has seen. If your sister has proof she was always the main caregiver then she needs all that. Proof your sister has health insurance for the baby if there s any proof this woman is unstable (which sounds like if she isn t related to the child) get it. Make sure she s in a clean house and if you can have cps go check the house out (make sure all marijuana and paraphernalia is not in the house)

Is the child legally your sisters?

zyf01u

Woman my sister and her baby lived with for a few months trying to sue for custody (TX) My sister and her baby lived with a woman and her kids from the beginning of July to the end of November. The woman told her if she doesn t stop smoking weed she can t live there anymore and my sister said she wouldn t (the woman has texts of her saying this). After this argument she and her baby came to live with my family. My sister was served papers today the woman filed a restraining order (Edit: it isn t a restraining order it is a writ of temporary restraint) against her and is suing for custody of the baby. She claims she had actual care control and possession of the child for at least six months but my sister lived with them the entire time minus maybe a week where the baby lived with this woman and my sister was moving things out of her apartment. She also says because of my sister s drug use (she only smokes weed) the baby would not be taken care of. We only got the papers today but the court date is set for Jan. 6 legal aid doesn t open again until Jan. 3 so we might not have time to get a lawyer. We tried getting the court date moved up but we were told only the petitioner can do that. How likely is it for this woman to get any custody even if we don t have legal representation? Do we have any options for finding a lawyer sooner? Not sure how much it might matter but this woman had the baby on her health insurance though my sister also had health insurance for him.

She needs to stop smoking immediately they ll drug test her. Call all law offices you can find there should be at least one open. Make sure she has all documents from the pediatrician any doctors the baby has seen. If your sister has proof she was always the main caregiver then she needs all that. Proof your sister has health insurance for the baby if there s any proof this woman is unstable (which sounds like if she isn t related to the child) get it. Make sure she s in a clean house and if you can have cps go check the house out (make sure all marijuana and paraphernalia is not in the house)

Does the woman have a lawyer or is this all pro se? Where is the legal father?

zyf01u

Woman my sister and her baby lived with for a few months trying to sue for custody (TX) My sister and her baby lived with a woman and her kids from the beginning of July to the end of November. The woman told her if she doesn t stop smoking weed she can t live there anymore and my sister said she wouldn t (the woman has texts of her saying this). After this argument she and her baby came to live with my family. My sister was served papers today the woman filed a restraining order (Edit: it isn t a restraining order it is a writ of temporary restraint) against her and is suing for custody of the baby. She claims she had actual care control and possession of the child for at least six months but my sister lived with them the entire time minus maybe a week where the baby lived with this woman and my sister was moving things out of her apartment. She also says because of my sister s drug use (she only smokes weed) the baby would not be taken care of. We only got the papers today but the court date is set for Jan. 6 legal aid doesn t open again until Jan. 3 so we might not have time to get a lawyer. We tried getting the court date moved up but we were told only the petitioner can do that. How likely is it for this woman to get any custody even if we don t have legal representation? Do we have any options for finding a lawyer sooner? Not sure how much it might matter but this woman had the baby on her health insurance though my sister also had health insurance for him.

She needs to stop smoking immediately they ll drug test her. Call all law offices you can find there should be at least one open. Make sure she has all documents from the pediatrician any doctors the baby has seen. If your sister has proof she was always the main caregiver then she needs all that. Proof your sister has health insurance for the baby if there s any proof this woman is unstable (which sounds like if she isn t related to the child) get it. Make sure she s in a clean house and if you can have cps go check the house out (make sure all marijuana and paraphernalia is not in the house)

At what point did the baby get put on the host s health insurance? They normally have to live in the household as a financial dependent for six months before they qualify.

zyf01u

Woman my sister and her baby lived with for a few months trying to sue for custody (TX) My sister and her baby lived with a woman and her kids from the beginning of July to the end of November. The woman told her if she doesn t stop smoking weed she can t live there anymore and my sister said she wouldn t (the woman has texts of her saying this). After this argument she and her baby came to live with my family. My sister was served papers today the woman filed a restraining order (Edit: it isn t a restraining order it is a writ of temporary restraint) against her and is suing for custody of the baby. She claims she had actual care control and possession of the child for at least six months but my sister lived with them the entire time minus maybe a week where the baby lived with this woman and my sister was moving things out of her apartment. She also says because of my sister s drug use (she only smokes weed) the baby would not be taken care of. We only got the papers today but the court date is set for Jan. 6 legal aid doesn t open again until Jan. 3 so we might not have time to get a lawyer. We tried getting the court date moved up but we were told only the petitioner can do that. How likely is it for this woman to get any custody even if we don t have legal representation? Do we have any options for finding a lawyer sooner? Not sure how much it might matter but this woman had the baby on her health insurance though my sister also had health insurance for him.

She needs to stop smoking immediately they ll drug test her. Call all law offices you can find there should be at least one open. Make sure she has all documents from the pediatrician any doctors the baby has seen. If your sister has proof she was always the main caregiver then she needs all that. Proof your sister has health insurance for the baby if there s any proof this woman is unstable (which sounds like if she isn t related to the child) get it. Make sure she s in a clean house and if you can have cps go check the house out (make sure all marijuana and paraphernalia is not in the house)

&gt *She also says because of my sister s drug use * **(she only smokes weed)** Please be aware that even though marijuana (Schedule I drug) is legal in some (currently 18) states it s still a **federal** crime.

zyf01u

Woman my sister and her baby lived with for a few months trying to sue for custody (TX) My sister and her baby lived with a woman and her kids from the beginning of July to the end of November. The woman told her if she doesn t stop smoking weed she can t live there anymore and my sister said she wouldn t (the woman has texts of her saying this). After this argument she and her baby came to live with my family. My sister was served papers today the woman filed a restraining order (Edit: it isn t a restraining order it is a writ of temporary restraint) against her and is suing for custody of the baby. She claims she had actual care control and possession of the child for at least six months but my sister lived with them the entire time minus maybe a week where the baby lived with this woman and my sister was moving things out of her apartment. She also says because of my sister s drug use (she only smokes weed) the baby would not be taken care of. We only got the papers today but the court date is set for Jan. 6 legal aid doesn t open again until Jan. 3 so we might not have time to get a lawyer. We tried getting the court date moved up but we were told only the petitioner can do that. How likely is it for this woman to get any custody even if we don t have legal representation? Do we have any options for finding a lawyer sooner? Not sure how much it might matter but this woman had the baby on her health insurance though my sister also had health insurance for him.

She needs to stop smoking immediately they ll drug test her. Call all law offices you can find there should be at least one open. Make sure she has all documents from the pediatrician any doctors the baby has seen. If your sister has proof she was always the main caregiver then she needs all that. Proof your sister has health insurance for the baby if there s any proof this woman is unstable (which sounds like if she isn t related to the child) get it. Make sure she s in a clean house and if you can have cps go check the house out (make sure all marijuana and paraphernalia is not in the house)

Your sister should do whatever she possibly can to hire a lawyer. If anyone in your family has money to loan her now is the moment. This is not something that legal aid will typically help with.

zyinfz

How can I and my parents protect ourselves from my attorney sister who is litigious and wants to put us in jail? My sister (27) is a patent attorney and I believe she has undiagnosed mental issues. I have another sister who is 17 and these two are in communication constantly and are on poor terms with the rest of the family and extended family. They argue and verbally abuse my parents. My 17 year old sister recently attacked me at my parents house and then called the police saying I attacked her. The police heard her my mom who was a witness and my accounts of it and decided not to press charges. After that these two sisters filed a restraining order with false accusations against me. I fought this and the judge dismissed it. In the case it came out that they ve been recording the family for multiple years and they ve been plotting to put me in jail. Because my mother told the truth in the hearing they took that as her going against them and now they are plotting to put her in jail now too with false accusations. I have no contact with these 2 sisters but my mother lives with the 17 year old. My father doesn t do anything about these issues and tries to ignore them. I m worried about my mothers mental health as the 17 year old is verbally abusive and threatens her with calling the police and social services if she doesn t do what she says and the lawyer sister enables her. What can we do?

I would threaten to go to whatever legal bar association oversees your sister and bring them up to date on your sisters threats and actions. Nothing like the threat of losing your career to bring someone s behaviour back into line …

You could file a complaint with the Bar association against the attorney sister for the false accusations but it may be an uphill battle because it isn t within the scope of her practice as a patent attorney.

zyinfz

How can I and my parents protect ourselves from my attorney sister who is litigious and wants to put us in jail? My sister (27) is a patent attorney and I believe she has undiagnosed mental issues. I have another sister who is 17 and these two are in communication constantly and are on poor terms with the rest of the family and extended family. They argue and verbally abuse my parents. My 17 year old sister recently attacked me at my parents house and then called the police saying I attacked her. The police heard her my mom who was a witness and my accounts of it and decided not to press charges. After that these two sisters filed a restraining order with false accusations against me. I fought this and the judge dismissed it. In the case it came out that they ve been recording the family for multiple years and they ve been plotting to put me in jail. Because my mother told the truth in the hearing they took that as her going against them and now they are plotting to put her in jail now too with false accusations. I have no contact with these 2 sisters but my mother lives with the 17 year old. My father doesn t do anything about these issues and tries to ignore them. I m worried about my mothers mental health as the 17 year old is verbally abusive and threatens her with calling the police and social services if she doesn t do what she says and the lawyer sister enables her. What can we do?

I would threaten to go to whatever legal bar association oversees your sister and bring them up to date on your sisters threats and actions. Nothing like the threat of losing your career to bring someone s behaviour back into line …

How do they think they are going to put anyone in jail? They are not the government. Everyone should continue to ignore them mom should have the 17 year old move out upon turning 18.

zyinfz

How can I and my parents protect ourselves from my attorney sister who is litigious and wants to put us in jail? My sister (27) is a patent attorney and I believe she has undiagnosed mental issues. I have another sister who is 17 and these two are in communication constantly and are on poor terms with the rest of the family and extended family. They argue and verbally abuse my parents. My 17 year old sister recently attacked me at my parents house and then called the police saying I attacked her. The police heard her my mom who was a witness and my accounts of it and decided not to press charges. After that these two sisters filed a restraining order with false accusations against me. I fought this and the judge dismissed it. In the case it came out that they ve been recording the family for multiple years and they ve been plotting to put me in jail. Because my mother told the truth in the hearing they took that as her going against them and now they are plotting to put her in jail now too with false accusations. I have no contact with these 2 sisters but my mother lives with the 17 year old. My father doesn t do anything about these issues and tries to ignore them. I m worried about my mothers mental health as the 17 year old is verbally abusive and threatens her with calling the police and social services if she doesn t do what she says and the lawyer sister enables her. What can we do?

I am not a lawyer but I did just come off a 5 year stint as a social worker dealing with teens (and adults unfortunately) like this. I don t know where you are but I can tell you there is a universal way to bring a kid like this into line. Send them away. Even judges do it when the kid won t behave at home. In WV it falls under the Incorrigibility law. A parent can file an incorrigibility petition and if the kid doesn t respond to in home services to correct the behavior the judge can send them to a residential for more intensive behavioral services. If the 17 yo wants to behave like this send her to live with the sister. Your parents can legally do that if they want to. They can send her anywhere if they want to so long as it s safe and she will be cared for. They can ask the state about signing her into an independent living placement they can send her to live with other relatives they can send her to live with friends they ask about signing a voluntary placement agreement and sign her over to the state ..... any which way you slice it the young adult gets a new home and a shot of reality about how to behave. If your parents don t want to do that then all i can say is they are choosing to be abused by the 2 women and so long as they have the capacity to make their own decisions this mess is on them. They have all the power here they just have to use it.

You could file a complaint with the Bar association against the attorney sister for the false accusations but it may be an uphill battle because it isn t within the scope of her practice as a patent attorney.

zysmea

Landlord illegally locked us out - and we just got word he took or gave away all of our posessions. All of our things everything we had gone. We ve got nothing left. When I say we ve got nothing left I mean it: my girlfriend and I are helpless and homneless we don t even have a car to live in. *We live in Pennsylvania United States*. PA state law is pretty adamant that regardless of the reason why one was to get removed from their lodging a court-filed eviction must precede any action on behalf of the landlord. Notice to quit the time period given to make up missed rent or get out any paperwork whatsoever was required before we were locked out of where everything we owned was kept. We had been temporarily staying at a hotel nearby prior to this feeling that the conditions in the rooming house were unfit due to safety concerns. (We had a door connecting our room to another tenants directly - that our landlord insisted was screwed shut but we couldn t see a single screw nut bolt lock or anything of the kind and things started getting out of hand: a lot of things went missing and we didn t feel safe.) We stayed in touch with him asking him to check the situation out explaining in long long paragraphs why and relaying our concerns. During this period we told him we just wanted things to be safe he did not bring up rent or try to contact us he did not go to the property to make sure we had a safe living condition or not. **He also did not press us for the missing rent which was only at two weeks worth when he locked us out - and that two weeks was all and all covered by the two weeks security deposit we had put down. This part is what im not sure of but basically we had prepaid up to the day AFTER the lockout in which he himself locked us out not someone by from the court** He messaged me the morning before he locked us out telling me he was doing so and telling me we could come pick up our belongings the next day - he told us a tenant we knew who also rented from him a convicted thief with active warrants would be there to help - I told him we did not have anybody with a vehicle large enough to help (which was true but I also felt somewhat outnumbered by him bringing someone who had nothing to do with our situation there) Since then I have made increasingly frequent attempts to contact without threatening legal activity or making any demands about there where and when would be appropriate to collect our belongings. Met with silence I decided to give it a few more days until through the grapevine that the guy with the warrant was boasting of having our things sending pictures of himself with our belongings to someone else who then told me. He said the room has been cleaned out our things are gone and we havent gotten a hold of the landlord at all. Everything we had was in that room. I am a tech enthusiast and I fix and upgrade computers as a side gig type thing so there was a lot of expensive things there. We are now homeless our savings having run out and helpless and hopeless. I dont even know where to start as far as fighting this. Any advice would be welcome

File a police report for all your stolen property. A convicted thief with active warrants living right next to you with an unlocked door. Sending pictures of himself with your belongings to someone else who then told you.(Get a screenshot or some proof)

Look up your local Legal Aid. They will either be able to help or point you in the right direction.

zysmea

Landlord illegally locked us out - and we just got word he took or gave away all of our posessions. All of our things everything we had gone. We ve got nothing left. When I say we ve got nothing left I mean it: my girlfriend and I are helpless and homneless we don t even have a car to live in. *We live in Pennsylvania United States*. PA state law is pretty adamant that regardless of the reason why one was to get removed from their lodging a court-filed eviction must precede any action on behalf of the landlord. Notice to quit the time period given to make up missed rent or get out any paperwork whatsoever was required before we were locked out of where everything we owned was kept. We had been temporarily staying at a hotel nearby prior to this feeling that the conditions in the rooming house were unfit due to safety concerns. (We had a door connecting our room to another tenants directly - that our landlord insisted was screwed shut but we couldn t see a single screw nut bolt lock or anything of the kind and things started getting out of hand: a lot of things went missing and we didn t feel safe.) We stayed in touch with him asking him to check the situation out explaining in long long paragraphs why and relaying our concerns. During this period we told him we just wanted things to be safe he did not bring up rent or try to contact us he did not go to the property to make sure we had a safe living condition or not. **He also did not press us for the missing rent which was only at two weeks worth when he locked us out - and that two weeks was all and all covered by the two weeks security deposit we had put down. This part is what im not sure of but basically we had prepaid up to the day AFTER the lockout in which he himself locked us out not someone by from the court** He messaged me the morning before he locked us out telling me he was doing so and telling me we could come pick up our belongings the next day - he told us a tenant we knew who also rented from him a convicted thief with active warrants would be there to help - I told him we did not have anybody with a vehicle large enough to help (which was true but I also felt somewhat outnumbered by him bringing someone who had nothing to do with our situation there) Since then I have made increasingly frequent attempts to contact without threatening legal activity or making any demands about there where and when would be appropriate to collect our belongings. Met with silence I decided to give it a few more days until through the grapevine that the guy with the warrant was boasting of having our things sending pictures of himself with our belongings to someone else who then told me. He said the room has been cleaned out our things are gone and we havent gotten a hold of the landlord at all. Everything we had was in that room. I am a tech enthusiast and I fix and upgrade computers as a side gig type thing so there was a lot of expensive things there. We are now homeless our savings having run out and helpless and hopeless. I dont even know where to start as far as fighting this. Any advice would be welcome

Call the police and inform them that you have been illegally evicted. Ask for them to assist you in getting back into the property by requesting your landlord let you back in or to stand by while a locksmith you hire forces entry into the premises. Your signed lease is evidence that you are the legal tenant. Separately you have a claim against your landlord for the sum of - all expenses accrued by you while you were illegally evicted such as hotel costs - the value of all property that was removed from the property and - costs incurred to regain access to the property. For example if you spent $2 000 in a hotel are missing $5 000 worth of stuff in your flat and paid a locksmith $500 to regain access your landlord now owes you $7 500. You can sue in small claims court to recover this sum. This is done in the Magisterial District Court and can be done without a lawyer. Your case will be heard in municipal court by a single magistrate. You get a one-and-done hearing in court and a judgement will be rendered right then and there. The rules are relaxed and the proceedings are relatively informal. It s very simple. You present your case and evidence and then your landlord presents their case and evidence. Your landlord might also file a counterclaim for overdue rent. If they do then they also present evidence for that and then you get a chance to give a defence. The magistrate may ask questions throughout the hearing and they will decide who owes whom and what they owe. The final judgement will be for whoever owes more to pay the difference to the other party. You can claim up to $12 000 in small claims court. Even if you think you are owed more you can still write down $12 000 and give up all claim to anything more than that if you want. Google Search for (your city) pa small claims court such as Philadelphia PA small claims court .

Look up your local Legal Aid. They will either be able to help or point you in the right direction.

zysmea

Landlord illegally locked us out - and we just got word he took or gave away all of our posessions. All of our things everything we had gone. We ve got nothing left. When I say we ve got nothing left I mean it: my girlfriend and I are helpless and homneless we don t even have a car to live in. *We live in Pennsylvania United States*. PA state law is pretty adamant that regardless of the reason why one was to get removed from their lodging a court-filed eviction must precede any action on behalf of the landlord. Notice to quit the time period given to make up missed rent or get out any paperwork whatsoever was required before we were locked out of where everything we owned was kept. We had been temporarily staying at a hotel nearby prior to this feeling that the conditions in the rooming house were unfit due to safety concerns. (We had a door connecting our room to another tenants directly - that our landlord insisted was screwed shut but we couldn t see a single screw nut bolt lock or anything of the kind and things started getting out of hand: a lot of things went missing and we didn t feel safe.) We stayed in touch with him asking him to check the situation out explaining in long long paragraphs why and relaying our concerns. During this period we told him we just wanted things to be safe he did not bring up rent or try to contact us he did not go to the property to make sure we had a safe living condition or not. **He also did not press us for the missing rent which was only at two weeks worth when he locked us out - and that two weeks was all and all covered by the two weeks security deposit we had put down. This part is what im not sure of but basically we had prepaid up to the day AFTER the lockout in which he himself locked us out not someone by from the court** He messaged me the morning before he locked us out telling me he was doing so and telling me we could come pick up our belongings the next day - he told us a tenant we knew who also rented from him a convicted thief with active warrants would be there to help - I told him we did not have anybody with a vehicle large enough to help (which was true but I also felt somewhat outnumbered by him bringing someone who had nothing to do with our situation there) Since then I have made increasingly frequent attempts to contact without threatening legal activity or making any demands about there where and when would be appropriate to collect our belongings. Met with silence I decided to give it a few more days until through the grapevine that the guy with the warrant was boasting of having our things sending pictures of himself with our belongings to someone else who then told me. He said the room has been cleaned out our things are gone and we havent gotten a hold of the landlord at all. Everything we had was in that room. I am a tech enthusiast and I fix and upgrade computers as a side gig type thing so there was a lot of expensive things there. We are now homeless our savings having run out and helpless and hopeless. I dont even know where to start as far as fighting this. Any advice would be welcome

Call the police and inform them that you have been illegally evicted. Ask for them to assist you in getting back into the property by requesting your landlord let you back in or to stand by while a locksmith you hire forces entry into the premises. Your signed lease is evidence that you are the legal tenant. Separately you have a claim against your landlord for the sum of - all expenses accrued by you while you were illegally evicted such as hotel costs - the value of all property that was removed from the property and - costs incurred to regain access to the property. For example if you spent $2 000 in a hotel are missing $5 000 worth of stuff in your flat and paid a locksmith $500 to regain access your landlord now owes you $7 500. You can sue in small claims court to recover this sum. This is done in the Magisterial District Court and can be done without a lawyer. Your case will be heard in municipal court by a single magistrate. You get a one-and-done hearing in court and a judgement will be rendered right then and there. The rules are relaxed and the proceedings are relatively informal. It s very simple. You present your case and evidence and then your landlord presents their case and evidence. Your landlord might also file a counterclaim for overdue rent. If they do then they also present evidence for that and then you get a chance to give a defence. The magistrate may ask questions throughout the hearing and they will decide who owes whom and what they owe. The final judgement will be for whoever owes more to pay the difference to the other party. You can claim up to $12 000 in small claims court. Even if you think you are owed more you can still write down $12 000 and give up all claim to anything more than that if you want. Google Search for (your city) pa small claims court such as Philadelphia PA small claims court .

Police first and then landlord-tenant attorney second. And probably the Attorney General s office as well

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After plowing into my car their insurance only offering 2 3 of replacement value Hi. I m in New Jersey. A school bus plowed into the back of my car and totaled it. The bus company׳s insurance came up with some “ACV value” but it s only about 2 3 of the lowest replacement cost for any comparable vehicles that are available in my area. I sent all the comparable listing to them but they did not change their “ACV value”. Anyone know what are my options at this point if they are just sticking to their made-up number? Do I have to start shelling out for a lawyer at this point? Also they took the car without me ever sending them the title. Can I gain any leverage by insisting they return the car until we agree - knowing they may have shredded it by now?

They don t owe you replacement cost. State law says they only owe you the actual cash value ACV of your car. Edit to clarify what others are saying about contacting your insurance. Yours will only get involved if you carry collision and unless you purchased an agreed value policy or something like it yours will also only give you ACV. Most companies use the same 3rd party vendor for valuation so the ACV value from your company will likely be the same similar. Unless there s errors on that valuation report about your car trim options mileage etc that s what you ll get from either company.

Call your insurance company. The bus s insurance company is going to keep screwing around and without your insurance company behind you you don t have the resources to keep them honest.

zyytb1

After plowing into my car their insurance only offering 2 3 of replacement value Hi. I m in New Jersey. A school bus plowed into the back of my car and totaled it. The bus company׳s insurance came up with some “ACV value” but it s only about 2 3 of the lowest replacement cost for any comparable vehicles that are available in my area. I sent all the comparable listing to them but they did not change their “ACV value”. Anyone know what are my options at this point if they are just sticking to their made-up number? Do I have to start shelling out for a lawyer at this point? Also they took the car without me ever sending them the title. Can I gain any leverage by insisting they return the car until we agree - knowing they may have shredded it by now?

They don t owe you replacement cost. State law says they only owe you the actual cash value ACV of your car. Edit to clarify what others are saying about contacting your insurance. Yours will only get involved if you carry collision and unless you purchased an agreed value policy or something like it yours will also only give you ACV. Most companies use the same 3rd party vendor for valuation so the ACV value from your company will likely be the same similar. Unless there s errors on that valuation report about your car trim options mileage etc that s what you ll get from either company.

Try r insurance.

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Aggressive and stalker nurse waits outside of our workplace to yell insults at my coworker and has been telling her she “is going to take care of her” and text an image of her handgun. TX Harris County Yesterday she blocked her into her parking space and hit her car window repeatedly with her phone. She told her that her kids are going to start off the year with no mother. Police says this is all not a threat The text of the handgun and message was made to the crazy nurses daughter saying that she “won t let the home wrecker win and she will take care of her” [insert picture of gun] her daughter was freaked out enough to forward it to her step father (who s divorcing crazy nurse to be with my coworker) everybody involved is an adult.

While you wait for an appropriate response from LE take your evidence to HR at the hospital or whatever healthcare facility this nurse works at. I feel silly saying this but healthcare facilities take an extremely dim view of their “caring staff members” stalking harassing and threatening members of the public. Next report this behavior and your evidence to the Texas Board of Nursing. In my state all nurses (PNs LPNs RNs BSNs) are licensed by the same Board. This would be considered a “crime of moral turpitude ” a nebulous definition but one that “you know it when you see it.” Her nursing license will likely be suspended.

If going to the police isn t working try contacting your state senator or city councillor—it s amazing the connections they have

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Aggressive and stalker nurse waits outside of our workplace to yell insults at my coworker and has been telling her she “is going to take care of her” and text an image of her handgun. TX Harris County Yesterday she blocked her into her parking space and hit her car window repeatedly with her phone. She told her that her kids are going to start off the year with no mother. Police says this is all not a threat The text of the handgun and message was made to the crazy nurses daughter saying that she “won t let the home wrecker win and she will take care of her” [insert picture of gun] her daughter was freaked out enough to forward it to her step father (who s divorcing crazy nurse to be with my coworker) everybody involved is an adult.

While you wait for an appropriate response from LE take your evidence to HR at the hospital or whatever healthcare facility this nurse works at. I feel silly saying this but healthcare facilities take an extremely dim view of their “caring staff members” stalking harassing and threatening members of the public. Next report this behavior and your evidence to the Texas Board of Nursing. In my state all nurses (PNs LPNs RNs BSNs) are licensed by the same Board. This would be considered a “crime of moral turpitude ” a nebulous definition but one that “you know it when you see it.” Her nursing license will likely be suspended.

Need to go to the police ASAP this shouldn t even be a question for Reddit

zz2i8u

Aggressive and stalker nurse waits outside of our workplace to yell insults at my coworker and has been telling her she “is going to take care of her” and text an image of her handgun. TX Harris County Yesterday she blocked her into her parking space and hit her car window repeatedly with her phone. She told her that her kids are going to start off the year with no mother. Police says this is all not a threat The text of the handgun and message was made to the crazy nurses daughter saying that she “won t let the home wrecker win and she will take care of her” [insert picture of gun] her daughter was freaked out enough to forward it to her step father (who s divorcing crazy nurse to be with my coworker) everybody involved is an adult.

https: statutes.capitol.texas.gov Docs PE htm PE.42.htm NAL but check out section 42.07 42.072 go to whatever precinct the stalking is being committed in reference the statute and then lay out the evidence you have showing stalking and harassment. If they still say nothing can be done ask why and then ask for it in writing so there is a record of the x amount of times you have requested help. https: www.houstontx.gov police fvu tips.htm This link is for the Houston FV stalking department if you aren t in Houston still call them and ask what county office you need to call they might be better equipped to provide help and resources. Make sure any documentation you have is copied and stored in multiple places. Write down everything that s happened on a timeline and every time you ve called or gone to the cops for help. This person is escalating and your friend needs to be very careful and aware of her surroundings. I hope this helps.

Do you all work in the same hospital?

zz2i8u

Aggressive and stalker nurse waits outside of our workplace to yell insults at my coworker and has been telling her she “is going to take care of her” and text an image of her handgun. TX Harris County Yesterday she blocked her into her parking space and hit her car window repeatedly with her phone. She told her that her kids are going to start off the year with no mother. Police says this is all not a threat The text of the handgun and message was made to the crazy nurses daughter saying that she “won t let the home wrecker win and she will take care of her” [insert picture of gun] her daughter was freaked out enough to forward it to her step father (who s divorcing crazy nurse to be with my coworker) everybody involved is an adult.

https: statutes.capitol.texas.gov Docs PE htm PE.42.htm NAL but check out section 42.07 42.072 go to whatever precinct the stalking is being committed in reference the statute and then lay out the evidence you have showing stalking and harassment. If they still say nothing can be done ask why and then ask for it in writing so there is a record of the x amount of times you have requested help. https: www.houstontx.gov police fvu tips.htm This link is for the Houston FV stalking department if you aren t in Houston still call them and ask what county office you need to call they might be better equipped to provide help and resources. Make sure any documentation you have is copied and stored in multiple places. Write down everything that s happened on a timeline and every time you ve called or gone to the cops for help. This person is escalating and your friend needs to be very careful and aware of her surroundings. I hope this helps.

Restraining Order. Temporary order will likely be issued same day with hearing on permanent order within a couple weeks. Crazy Nurse will be served with notice of hearing. It will be made clear to her that a permanent order will affect her job her ability to secure loans her ability to rent or buy homes and vehicles. Any security clearance or mandated reporter status will be in jeopardy. *Edited because: autocorrupt

zz2i8u

Aggressive and stalker nurse waits outside of our workplace to yell insults at my coworker and has been telling her she “is going to take care of her” and text an image of her handgun. TX Harris County Yesterday she blocked her into her parking space and hit her car window repeatedly with her phone. She told her that her kids are going to start off the year with no mother. Police says this is all not a threat The text of the handgun and message was made to the crazy nurses daughter saying that she “won t let the home wrecker win and she will take care of her” [insert picture of gun] her daughter was freaked out enough to forward it to her step father (who s divorcing crazy nurse to be with my coworker) everybody involved is an adult.

https: statutes.capitol.texas.gov Docs PE htm PE.42.htm NAL but check out section 42.07 42.072 go to whatever precinct the stalking is being committed in reference the statute and then lay out the evidence you have showing stalking and harassment. If they still say nothing can be done ask why and then ask for it in writing so there is a record of the x amount of times you have requested help. https: www.houstontx.gov police fvu tips.htm This link is for the Houston FV stalking department if you aren t in Houston still call them and ask what county office you need to call they might be better equipped to provide help and resources. Make sure any documentation you have is copied and stored in multiple places. Write down everything that s happened on a timeline and every time you ve called or gone to the cops for help. This person is escalating and your friend needs to be very careful and aware of her surroundings. I hope this helps.

If going to the police isn t working try contacting your state senator or city councillor—it s amazing the connections they have

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Rest of shift to be unpaid since I clocked in 3 min late for lunch? Is this legal? Before clocking out to go home I notice a note my boss left in my time sheet saying since I was still in my first 60 days of working there that where I clocked in 3 min late for lunch (I was having trouble logging into the system) that the rest of my shift (which is 5 hours) would be unpaid? I disputed this with a time punch change request and I m sure it will be fixed.. hopefully.. but is that even legal to not pay someone for 5 hours of work? I always clock in 5 minutes early in the morning so shouldn t that give me some leeway? If she does fix it should I still tell someone that she put that? It doesn t seem right or legal to me but I am really not sure.

In the US they could send you home but they can t make you work without paying you. And if you ve already worked those hours you need to be paid for them. It s possible your boss might not know that but somebody at the company should and they ll fix it very quickly when they find out. They won t want you to report it to the state because the state will go through all their payroll records for a lot of years and if he s done that before they ll pay some hefty fines.

The law says you must be paid for all the time you worked. Punchclock systems exist to make it easier for employers to follow said laws but at the end of the day they have to pay you every hour you worked. Edited 2 words to make sense.

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A guy touched my sister inappropriately and after she posted his picture online his parents are threatening to sue. Long story short my sister was out with her kids and their dad at a pizza place. She felt someone grab her ass and turned around and he was the only person there. My sister is a very shy person and has been a victim of SA in the past so she didn t immediately say anything. The kids dad is pretty spineless and didn t say anything because he didn t want to leave her alone with the kids. But he kept smiling at her and walking uncomfortably close to her where she would have to move out of the way so she snapped his picture and posted it to Facebook asking if anybody knew who it was and that she was pretty sure he touched her inappropriately. We ended up finding out he s some 16 year old from the town over (my sister is 25 btw). Then last night my sister got a call from his parents saying that if she doesn t apologize to him they will hire an attorney. From what I understand it s possible she meets the criteria for defamation of character in my state but I don t get it because they have to prove she either intentionally lied or that she believed it to be true but didn t have the legal grounds to prove it. But by that logic it s as impossible to prove that as it is for my sister to prove that he was the one who touched her. So it s just he said she said. So my thoughts are we should tell them to go f*ck themselves. Does anybody have any advice for cases like this? My whole family is so upset especially my sister and then we have to deal with this little sh*t and his family on top of everything else that s been going on. So anyway I would really appreciate any advice.

Everyone threatens to sue few actually do. &gt So my thoughts are we should tell them to go f*ck themselves. Or just not communicate with them at all. &gt Does anybody have any advice for cases like this? Your sister can opt to take the photo down if she so chooses to avoid threats of lawsuits. Or she can leave it up and see what happens next. Maybe they actually do file a lawsuit against her regardless of whether there s any merit to the lawsuit. That would certainly be inconvenient for her. Generally an appropriate reaction to being assaulted like that in a public place is to call the police.

The question is does your sister want to have to go through the stress time effort and money having to deal with it if the threat is genuine? Even a successful defense of a lawsuit can be taxing.

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Neighbor (and Post Office) Have Accused Us of Stealing Mail Hi everyone! I m in a bit of a predicament right now and I m unsure what to do. Our neighbor a street over has the same house number as us. As such we receive his mail often and he receives ours. We take any mail we get for him over to his mailbox and he does the same for us. About a week ago he knocked on our door at 7:30 in the morning claiming that he had ordered stamps and they d been delivered to our house. We told him we hadn t received any mail for him and that we had we would have dropped it by. This morning while I was out grocery shopping he came to the door knocked violently and then rang the doorbell over and over again. My dad is sick and was asleep and my stepmother was on the phone working. About an hour later I got a call from the post office. It was a postal employee asking me about the stamps. I told her we hadn t received any mail for him in some time and that if we had we would have delivered it. She went on to say that the tracking number had been scanned on our porch and that the stamps had been delivered to us. I assured her we had not received the stamps. She then asked if there were children in the house and perhaps they had picked them up. I told her there were three adults in the house and no children. She said she knew I ran a business out of the house. I told her I hadn t been running a business since 2013 and that it had been online. She asked me to check around the house and ask the other adults living there if they had seen the mail. I did and told her there was no mail for our neighbor. She then told me that even if we had opened them and used half we could just return the other half and that would be better than nothing. I told her again we had never received any packages for our neighbor. She said the case was going to be escalated to the postal inspector and that the carrier might have to pay for the stamps — a $200 total. It seemed as if she was trying to guilt me into admitting we stole the stamps. I told her I was sorry if the postal carrier had to pay for the stamps but we did not have them. I also told her that my father works for a postal contractor and we know how serious mail fraud is and that we would never open someone else s mail. From here on out we plan on just returning any mail we get for our neighbor to the post office rather than to him. We will also be getting be getting a video doorbell in order to have a evidence of mail shenanigans in the future. But for now we re out of luck. We have no way to prove that we didn t steal the stamps. What should we do? Update: Our regular postal carrier stopped by this afternoon. He talk to my dad for a while about the situation. He said that the carrier who brought the mail that day has been messing up regularly and that they are planning on trying this him pay for the lost package. I said to my dad that the postal carriers union would probably take issue with that as it can t possibly be legal. He said that there would definitely be a fight over it. He then told me that management at the post office isn t unionized and they don t like getting any attention from the postal inspector because they re very good at their job and tend to find things that managers would prefer to keep under wraps. The plot thickens!

If I were you I would file a complaint against the postal employee that called you. She lied to you about the carrier being forced to pay for the stamps. Can you imagine if carriers had to pay for every stolen parcel no one would deliver anymore and you would have to pick up every parcel. There is always a chance that it wasn t a postal employee that called you too. I have worked for the post office for almost 3 decades and have never heard of a postal inspector investigating a parcel worth $200. They have bigger fish that jeep them busy. They have gps on their scanners that will tell them where the carrier was standing when he scanned the parcel but it doesn t mean that he didn t realize the mistake and properly deliver it. The parcel thiefs are out in force this time of year too so it could have been stolen before you collected your mail. The real problem is that your mail is consistently misdelivered that is the problem for the post office to fix not you. Basically go to usps.com and file a complaint and it will be investigated. It might also help clear up your delivery problems.

I m not sure there is something to do outside of what you ve suggested (return to sender doorbell cam etc.) other than carry on with your lives unless and until something else happens.

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Neighbor (and Post Office) Have Accused Us of Stealing Mail Hi everyone! I m in a bit of a predicament right now and I m unsure what to do. Our neighbor a street over has the same house number as us. As such we receive his mail often and he receives ours. We take any mail we get for him over to his mailbox and he does the same for us. About a week ago he knocked on our door at 7:30 in the morning claiming that he had ordered stamps and they d been delivered to our house. We told him we hadn t received any mail for him and that we had we would have dropped it by. This morning while I was out grocery shopping he came to the door knocked violently and then rang the doorbell over and over again. My dad is sick and was asleep and my stepmother was on the phone working. About an hour later I got a call from the post office. It was a postal employee asking me about the stamps. I told her we hadn t received any mail for him in some time and that if we had we would have delivered it. She went on to say that the tracking number had been scanned on our porch and that the stamps had been delivered to us. I assured her we had not received the stamps. She then asked if there were children in the house and perhaps they had picked them up. I told her there were three adults in the house and no children. She said she knew I ran a business out of the house. I told her I hadn t been running a business since 2013 and that it had been online. She asked me to check around the house and ask the other adults living there if they had seen the mail. I did and told her there was no mail for our neighbor. She then told me that even if we had opened them and used half we could just return the other half and that would be better than nothing. I told her again we had never received any packages for our neighbor. She said the case was going to be escalated to the postal inspector and that the carrier might have to pay for the stamps — a $200 total. It seemed as if she was trying to guilt me into admitting we stole the stamps. I told her I was sorry if the postal carrier had to pay for the stamps but we did not have them. I also told her that my father works for a postal contractor and we know how serious mail fraud is and that we would never open someone else s mail. From here on out we plan on just returning any mail we get for our neighbor to the post office rather than to him. We will also be getting be getting a video doorbell in order to have a evidence of mail shenanigans in the future. But for now we re out of luck. We have no way to prove that we didn t steal the stamps. What should we do? Update: Our regular postal carrier stopped by this afternoon. He talk to my dad for a while about the situation. He said that the carrier who brought the mail that day has been messing up regularly and that they are planning on trying this him pay for the lost package. I said to my dad that the postal carriers union would probably take issue with that as it can t possibly be legal. He said that there would definitely be a fight over it. He then told me that management at the post office isn t unionized and they don t like getting any attention from the postal inspector because they re very good at their job and tend to find things that managers would prefer to keep under wraps. The plot thickens!

If I were you I would file a complaint against the postal employee that called you. She lied to you about the carrier being forced to pay for the stamps. Can you imagine if carriers had to pay for every stolen parcel no one would deliver anymore and you would have to pick up every parcel. There is always a chance that it wasn t a postal employee that called you too. I have worked for the post office for almost 3 decades and have never heard of a postal inspector investigating a parcel worth $200. They have bigger fish that jeep them busy. They have gps on their scanners that will tell them where the carrier was standing when he scanned the parcel but it doesn t mean that he didn t realize the mistake and properly deliver it. The parcel thiefs are out in force this time of year too so it could have been stolen before you collected your mail. The real problem is that your mail is consistently misdelivered that is the problem for the post office to fix not you. Basically go to usps.com and file a complaint and it will be investigated. It might also help clear up your delivery problems.

Be very careful going forward. In the United States (I am assuming this is your location) the postal inspector is federal law enforcement. You should treat them as police investigating a crime because that s exactly what s happening here and you are being accused of the crime. Stop talking to them. Speak to a lawyer if things escalate. You do not have to prove innocence they have to prove guilt.

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Neighbor (and Post Office) Have Accused Us of Stealing Mail Hi everyone! I m in a bit of a predicament right now and I m unsure what to do. Our neighbor a street over has the same house number as us. As such we receive his mail often and he receives ours. We take any mail we get for him over to his mailbox and he does the same for us. About a week ago he knocked on our door at 7:30 in the morning claiming that he had ordered stamps and they d been delivered to our house. We told him we hadn t received any mail for him and that we had we would have dropped it by. This morning while I was out grocery shopping he came to the door knocked violently and then rang the doorbell over and over again. My dad is sick and was asleep and my stepmother was on the phone working. About an hour later I got a call from the post office. It was a postal employee asking me about the stamps. I told her we hadn t received any mail for him in some time and that if we had we would have delivered it. She went on to say that the tracking number had been scanned on our porch and that the stamps had been delivered to us. I assured her we had not received the stamps. She then asked if there were children in the house and perhaps they had picked them up. I told her there were three adults in the house and no children. She said she knew I ran a business out of the house. I told her I hadn t been running a business since 2013 and that it had been online. She asked me to check around the house and ask the other adults living there if they had seen the mail. I did and told her there was no mail for our neighbor. She then told me that even if we had opened them and used half we could just return the other half and that would be better than nothing. I told her again we had never received any packages for our neighbor. She said the case was going to be escalated to the postal inspector and that the carrier might have to pay for the stamps — a $200 total. It seemed as if she was trying to guilt me into admitting we stole the stamps. I told her I was sorry if the postal carrier had to pay for the stamps but we did not have them. I also told her that my father works for a postal contractor and we know how serious mail fraud is and that we would never open someone else s mail. From here on out we plan on just returning any mail we get for our neighbor to the post office rather than to him. We will also be getting be getting a video doorbell in order to have a evidence of mail shenanigans in the future. But for now we re out of luck. We have no way to prove that we didn t steal the stamps. What should we do? Update: Our regular postal carrier stopped by this afternoon. He talk to my dad for a while about the situation. He said that the carrier who brought the mail that day has been messing up regularly and that they are planning on trying this him pay for the lost package. I said to my dad that the postal carriers union would probably take issue with that as it can t possibly be legal. He said that there would definitely be a fight over it. He then told me that management at the post office isn t unionized and they don t like getting any attention from the postal inspector because they re very good at their job and tend to find things that managers would prefer to keep under wraps. The plot thickens!

Letter carrier here. No way in hell are we ever going to be obligated to pay for the contents of a lost package. There is very little chance we will even be disciplined for mis delivering it. Next time you get your neighbors mail leave it sticking out if the mailbox for us to pick up. Don t waste your time fixing our mistakes.

I m not sure there is something to do outside of what you ve suggested (return to sender doorbell cam etc.) other than carry on with your lives unless and until something else happens.

zz8hb6

Neighbor (and Post Office) Have Accused Us of Stealing Mail Hi everyone! I m in a bit of a predicament right now and I m unsure what to do. Our neighbor a street over has the same house number as us. As such we receive his mail often and he receives ours. We take any mail we get for him over to his mailbox and he does the same for us. About a week ago he knocked on our door at 7:30 in the morning claiming that he had ordered stamps and they d been delivered to our house. We told him we hadn t received any mail for him and that we had we would have dropped it by. This morning while I was out grocery shopping he came to the door knocked violently and then rang the doorbell over and over again. My dad is sick and was asleep and my stepmother was on the phone working. About an hour later I got a call from the post office. It was a postal employee asking me about the stamps. I told her we hadn t received any mail for him in some time and that if we had we would have delivered it. She went on to say that the tracking number had been scanned on our porch and that the stamps had been delivered to us. I assured her we had not received the stamps. She then asked if there were children in the house and perhaps they had picked them up. I told her there were three adults in the house and no children. She said she knew I ran a business out of the house. I told her I hadn t been running a business since 2013 and that it had been online. She asked me to check around the house and ask the other adults living there if they had seen the mail. I did and told her there was no mail for our neighbor. She then told me that even if we had opened them and used half we could just return the other half and that would be better than nothing. I told her again we had never received any packages for our neighbor. She said the case was going to be escalated to the postal inspector and that the carrier might have to pay for the stamps — a $200 total. It seemed as if she was trying to guilt me into admitting we stole the stamps. I told her I was sorry if the postal carrier had to pay for the stamps but we did not have them. I also told her that my father works for a postal contractor and we know how serious mail fraud is and that we would never open someone else s mail. From here on out we plan on just returning any mail we get for our neighbor to the post office rather than to him. We will also be getting be getting a video doorbell in order to have a evidence of mail shenanigans in the future. But for now we re out of luck. We have no way to prove that we didn t steal the stamps. What should we do? Update: Our regular postal carrier stopped by this afternoon. He talk to my dad for a while about the situation. He said that the carrier who brought the mail that day has been messing up regularly and that they are planning on trying this him pay for the lost package. I said to my dad that the postal carriers union would probably take issue with that as it can t possibly be legal. He said that there would definitely be a fight over it. He then told me that management at the post office isn t unionized and they don t like getting any attention from the postal inspector because they re very good at their job and tend to find things that managers would prefer to keep under wraps. The plot thickens!

Letter carrier here. No way in hell are we ever going to be obligated to pay for the contents of a lost package. There is very little chance we will even be disciplined for mis delivering it. Next time you get your neighbors mail leave it sticking out if the mailbox for us to pick up. Don t waste your time fixing our mistakes.

Be very careful going forward. In the United States (I am assuming this is your location) the postal inspector is federal law enforcement. You should treat them as police investigating a crime because that s exactly what s happening here and you are being accused of the crime. Stop talking to them. Speak to a lawyer if things escalate. You do not have to prove innocence they have to prove guilt.

zz8hb6

Neighbor (and Post Office) Have Accused Us of Stealing Mail Hi everyone! I m in a bit of a predicament right now and I m unsure what to do. Our neighbor a street over has the same house number as us. As such we receive his mail often and he receives ours. We take any mail we get for him over to his mailbox and he does the same for us. About a week ago he knocked on our door at 7:30 in the morning claiming that he had ordered stamps and they d been delivered to our house. We told him we hadn t received any mail for him and that we had we would have dropped it by. This morning while I was out grocery shopping he came to the door knocked violently and then rang the doorbell over and over again. My dad is sick and was asleep and my stepmother was on the phone working. About an hour later I got a call from the post office. It was a postal employee asking me about the stamps. I told her we hadn t received any mail for him in some time and that if we had we would have delivered it. She went on to say that the tracking number had been scanned on our porch and that the stamps had been delivered to us. I assured her we had not received the stamps. She then asked if there were children in the house and perhaps they had picked them up. I told her there were three adults in the house and no children. She said she knew I ran a business out of the house. I told her I hadn t been running a business since 2013 and that it had been online. She asked me to check around the house and ask the other adults living there if they had seen the mail. I did and told her there was no mail for our neighbor. She then told me that even if we had opened them and used half we could just return the other half and that would be better than nothing. I told her again we had never received any packages for our neighbor. She said the case was going to be escalated to the postal inspector and that the carrier might have to pay for the stamps — a $200 total. It seemed as if she was trying to guilt me into admitting we stole the stamps. I told her I was sorry if the postal carrier had to pay for the stamps but we did not have them. I also told her that my father works for a postal contractor and we know how serious mail fraud is and that we would never open someone else s mail. From here on out we plan on just returning any mail we get for our neighbor to the post office rather than to him. We will also be getting be getting a video doorbell in order to have a evidence of mail shenanigans in the future. But for now we re out of luck. We have no way to prove that we didn t steal the stamps. What should we do? Update: Our regular postal carrier stopped by this afternoon. He talk to my dad for a while about the situation. He said that the carrier who brought the mail that day has been messing up regularly and that they are planning on trying this him pay for the lost package. I said to my dad that the postal carriers union would probably take issue with that as it can t possibly be legal. He said that there would definitely be a fight over it. He then told me that management at the post office isn t unionized and they don t like getting any attention from the postal inspector because they re very good at their job and tend to find things that managers would prefer to keep under wraps. The plot thickens!

Letter carrier here. No way in hell are we ever going to be obligated to pay for the contents of a lost package. There is very little chance we will even be disciplined for mis delivering it. Next time you get your neighbors mail leave it sticking out if the mailbox for us to pick up. Don t waste your time fixing our mistakes.

I m sure the postal inspector will be interested in hearings how the employees are threatened customers and repeatedly screwing up deliveries.