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zzbipg

Turning off wifi in my house during divorce Hey all I just want legal advice super quick. I owned my home before marriage and will be getting it back when the divorce is finalized. But because he s stupid he s been living for free in my home for 2.5 months since I refuse to be around him and he legally can stay in the house. (All the bills are in my name and I thought I d be able to be back in sooner than this). Can I turn off the wifi without being in legal trouble? The wifi is in my name and I ve paid for it completely the last 3 months.

It won t be legal trouble. It might seem petty to the judge if it s brought up in court. And it s just going to make him think of other little petty things he can do against you like leaving smelly food uncovered in the kitchen and refrigerator. I wouldn t start a war of inconvenient annoyances during a divorce (or otherwise).

Don t be petty it s not going to look good in court.

zzbipg

Turning off wifi in my house during divorce Hey all I just want legal advice super quick. I owned my home before marriage and will be getting it back when the divorce is finalized. But because he s stupid he s been living for free in my home for 2.5 months since I refuse to be around him and he legally can stay in the house. (All the bills are in my name and I thought I d be able to be back in sooner than this). Can I turn off the wifi without being in legal trouble? The wifi is in my name and I ve paid for it completely the last 3 months.

Can you get temporary orders to put you back in the house before the divorce is final? Edit- fat fingers

You definitely can. Should you is a different kettle of fish. My advice is not to do it but if you feel that you must (like you ll lose sleep if you don t) then only if you have a non-petty justification. Ex: you re living somewhere else and don t want to pay 2 wifi bills. In that case give him one month s notice and I d say you re good.

zzbipg

Turning off wifi in my house during divorce Hey all I just want legal advice super quick. I owned my home before marriage and will be getting it back when the divorce is finalized. But because he s stupid he s been living for free in my home for 2.5 months since I refuse to be around him and he legally can stay in the house. (All the bills are in my name and I thought I d be able to be back in sooner than this). Can I turn off the wifi without being in legal trouble? The wifi is in my name and I ve paid for it completely the last 3 months.

Can you get temporary orders to put you back in the house before the divorce is final? Edit- fat fingers

Don t be petty it s not going to look good in court.

zzbipg

Turning off wifi in my house during divorce Hey all I just want legal advice super quick. I owned my home before marriage and will be getting it back when the divorce is finalized. But because he s stupid he s been living for free in my home for 2.5 months since I refuse to be around him and he legally can stay in the house. (All the bills are in my name and I thought I d be able to be back in sooner than this). Can I turn off the wifi without being in legal trouble? The wifi is in my name and I ve paid for it completely the last 3 months.

You can but I would just change the internet to the slowest speed possible. He won t know what happened he ll be annoyed and you ll save some money.

You definitely can. Should you is a different kettle of fish. My advice is not to do it but if you feel that you must (like you ll lose sleep if you don t) then only if you have a non-petty justification. Ex: you re living somewhere else and don t want to pay 2 wifi bills. In that case give him one month s notice and I d say you re good.

zzbipg

Turning off wifi in my house during divorce Hey all I just want legal advice super quick. I owned my home before marriage and will be getting it back when the divorce is finalized. But because he s stupid he s been living for free in my home for 2.5 months since I refuse to be around him and he legally can stay in the house. (All the bills are in my name and I thought I d be able to be back in sooner than this). Can I turn off the wifi without being in legal trouble? The wifi is in my name and I ve paid for it completely the last 3 months.

You can but I would just change the internet to the slowest speed possible. He won t know what happened he ll be annoyed and you ll save some money.

Don t be petty it s not going to look good in court.

zzby6i

Boss having trying to have sex with teenagers Hey I m trying to find information on this because it feels wrong but I m unsure what to do. Im in Indiana the age of consent is 16. My boss who is over 30 years old who keeps hitting on teenagers and trying to get them to have sex with him. He had sex with a 17 year old and got out on paid leave but came back and HR said he didn t do anything wrong. I know the legal age of consent is 16 but he s her boss. He continually asks minors to speak with him privately in back rooms or just straight up asks for sex. Is this not illegal? They re scared to go to HR because they don t want retaliation or to lose their job. I want to help these girls but I really don t know what to do.

&gt They re scared to go to HR because they don t want retaliation or to lose their job. If they are fired for reporting sexual harassment then they will have a terrific wrongful termination claim against the company.

Technically this might be considered Child Seduction which is a crime in Indiana and could be reported to the police. Whether or not they d actually pursue it is anyone s guess though. EDIT: On second glance it looks like this would not be covered unfortunately.

zzby6i

Boss having trying to have sex with teenagers Hey I m trying to find information on this because it feels wrong but I m unsure what to do. Im in Indiana the age of consent is 16. My boss who is over 30 years old who keeps hitting on teenagers and trying to get them to have sex with him. He had sex with a 17 year old and got out on paid leave but came back and HR said he didn t do anything wrong. I know the legal age of consent is 16 but he s her boss. He continually asks minors to speak with him privately in back rooms or just straight up asks for sex. Is this not illegal? They re scared to go to HR because they don t want retaliation or to lose their job. I want to help these girls but I really don t know what to do.

&gt They re scared to go to HR because they don t want retaliation or to lose their job. If they are fired for reporting sexual harassment then they will have a terrific wrongful termination claim against the company.

These are all employees? Encourage them to contact the EEOC.

zzby6i

Boss having trying to have sex with teenagers Hey I m trying to find information on this because it feels wrong but I m unsure what to do. Im in Indiana the age of consent is 16. My boss who is over 30 years old who keeps hitting on teenagers and trying to get them to have sex with him. He had sex with a 17 year old and got out on paid leave but came back and HR said he didn t do anything wrong. I know the legal age of consent is 16 but he s her boss. He continually asks minors to speak with him privately in back rooms or just straight up asks for sex. Is this not illegal? They re scared to go to HR because they don t want retaliation or to lose their job. I want to help these girls but I really don t know what to do.

Regardless of the ages of the employees this sounds like straight-up textbook [sexual harassment](https: www.eeoc.gov harassment) that easily meets the bar for being quite illegal. &gt Harassment becomes unlawful where 1) enduring the offensive conduct becomes a condition of continued employment or 2) the conduct is severe or pervasive enough to create a work environment that a reasonable person would consider intimidating hostile or abusive. As mentioned *you* can file a harassment complaint with the EEOC (and HR of course) if the direct targets don t want to. &gt The victim does not have to be the person harassed but can be anyone affected by the offensive conduct. And your employer is absolutely on the hook if they know about this but don t address the situation. &gt The employer is automatically liable for harassment by a supervisor that results in a negative employment action such as termination failure to promote or hire and loss of wages. If the supervisor s harassment results in a hostile work environment the employer can avoid liability only if it can prove that: 1) it reasonably tried to prevent and promptly correct the harassing behavior and 2) the employee unreasonably failed to take advantage of any preventive or corrective opportunities provided by the employer. Edit: u nonrealexis it s important to note that the laws that the EEOC enforces prohibiting such harassment only kick in if the employer has at least 15 employees. If you are working for a very small company this specific advice may not apply

Technically this might be considered Child Seduction which is a crime in Indiana and could be reported to the police. Whether or not they d actually pursue it is anyone s guess though. EDIT: On second glance it looks like this would not be covered unfortunately.

zzby6i

Boss having trying to have sex with teenagers Hey I m trying to find information on this because it feels wrong but I m unsure what to do. Im in Indiana the age of consent is 16. My boss who is over 30 years old who keeps hitting on teenagers and trying to get them to have sex with him. He had sex with a 17 year old and got out on paid leave but came back and HR said he didn t do anything wrong. I know the legal age of consent is 16 but he s her boss. He continually asks minors to speak with him privately in back rooms or just straight up asks for sex. Is this not illegal? They re scared to go to HR because they don t want retaliation or to lose their job. I want to help these girls but I really don t know what to do.

Regardless of the ages of the employees this sounds like straight-up textbook [sexual harassment](https: www.eeoc.gov harassment) that easily meets the bar for being quite illegal. &gt Harassment becomes unlawful where 1) enduring the offensive conduct becomes a condition of continued employment or 2) the conduct is severe or pervasive enough to create a work environment that a reasonable person would consider intimidating hostile or abusive. As mentioned *you* can file a harassment complaint with the EEOC (and HR of course) if the direct targets don t want to. &gt The victim does not have to be the person harassed but can be anyone affected by the offensive conduct. And your employer is absolutely on the hook if they know about this but don t address the situation. &gt The employer is automatically liable for harassment by a supervisor that results in a negative employment action such as termination failure to promote or hire and loss of wages. If the supervisor s harassment results in a hostile work environment the employer can avoid liability only if it can prove that: 1) it reasonably tried to prevent and promptly correct the harassing behavior and 2) the employee unreasonably failed to take advantage of any preventive or corrective opportunities provided by the employer. Edit: u nonrealexis it s important to note that the laws that the EEOC enforces prohibiting such harassment only kick in if the employer has at least 15 employees. If you are working for a very small company this specific advice may not apply

These are all employees? Encourage them to contact the EEOC.

zzby6i

Boss having trying to have sex with teenagers Hey I m trying to find information on this because it feels wrong but I m unsure what to do. Im in Indiana the age of consent is 16. My boss who is over 30 years old who keeps hitting on teenagers and trying to get them to have sex with him. He had sex with a 17 year old and got out on paid leave but came back and HR said he didn t do anything wrong. I know the legal age of consent is 16 but he s her boss. He continually asks minors to speak with him privately in back rooms or just straight up asks for sex. Is this not illegal? They re scared to go to HR because they don t want retaliation or to lose their job. I want to help these girls but I really don t know what to do.

Regardless of the ages of the employees this sounds like straight-up textbook [sexual harassment](https: www.eeoc.gov harassment) that easily meets the bar for being quite illegal. &gt Harassment becomes unlawful where 1) enduring the offensive conduct becomes a condition of continued employment or 2) the conduct is severe or pervasive enough to create a work environment that a reasonable person would consider intimidating hostile or abusive. As mentioned *you* can file a harassment complaint with the EEOC (and HR of course) if the direct targets don t want to. &gt The victim does not have to be the person harassed but can be anyone affected by the offensive conduct. And your employer is absolutely on the hook if they know about this but don t address the situation. &gt The employer is automatically liable for harassment by a supervisor that results in a negative employment action such as termination failure to promote or hire and loss of wages. If the supervisor s harassment results in a hostile work environment the employer can avoid liability only if it can prove that: 1) it reasonably tried to prevent and promptly correct the harassing behavior and 2) the employee unreasonably failed to take advantage of any preventive or corrective opportunities provided by the employer. Edit: u nonrealexis it s important to note that the laws that the EEOC enforces prohibiting such harassment only kick in if the employer has at least 15 employees. If you are working for a very small company this specific advice may not apply

Yikes yikes yikes. I don t believe this is criminal behavior. Indiana does have a law on child seduction that prohibits sex between a minor under age 18 based on certain kinds of relationships that person may have to the minor but it does not seem to include the boss employee relationship as one of the forms that are prohibited. That said I have no doubt that this creep would potentially go after children under the age of 16 if he believed they were 16 which is not a defense to statutory rape charges. I also wouldn t be surprised if he was trying to procure child porn or committing other federal crimes. I do think it s appropriate to report this guy to the police as a potential child predator. However I think the police will need more than to confirm what you wrote here in order to arrest or charge him. The civil side is much clearer though. If he does this with ANY employees it s sexual harassment - whether the employees are minors or not whether any sex actually happens or not. Any employer with at least 15 employees is subject to the workplace discrimination laws that prohibit sexual harassment at the federal level. The fact that you know of multiple cases already suggests this is extremely blatant. This is something the employer is responsible for - meaning not just the boss personally but also the entire company. The employees involved here (and this could include you - the sexual harassment even if it s targeted at others - affects *everyone*) should complain about this through official channels. Write up the complaint and then before you send it to whoever you intend to complain to save the complaint AND save every piece of documentation you have about your job that you might lose access to if you were suddenly fired. Then submit the written complaint. After that you should continue to save documentation about everything at work - any responses to the complaint as well as any new information (like if the boss starts writing someone up for mistakes). The more evidence you have the better a case would be. Simultaneously to making the complaint you should also complain to the EEOC here: https: www.eeoc.gov filing-charge-discrimination and your complaint should say that you ve done this. If any of you do go to the police I would not tell the employer about that in advance or simultaneously. You don t want to come off as *threatening* to go to the police if they don t do what you want. Go or don t go but definitely don t threaten - that will make you seem like a liability.

zzgz2l

My friend discovered her long-missing husband is a registered sex offender and on the government watch list when she tried to find him to file for divorce. We have his name social and birthdate. She suspects he may be in prison possibly in Vancouver Washington. How do we find him? My friend discovered her long-missing husband is a registered sex offender and on the government watch list when she tried to find him to file for divorce. We have his name social and birthdate. She suspects he may be in prison possibly in Vancouver Washington. How do we find him?

She should be able to look him up in the prisons database online …Also if she really did not know he was a registered sex offender she may be able to get an annulment or get a divorce faster by filing due to fraud. Wish your friend good luck and I m sorry for her troubles . Hope she didn t have kids with him and that if she did she s somehow keeping all this from them

There is a website that will search state registries. Many states will list registrants that are in jail or prison. They may not be on the list if they are still serving the original sentence for the charge that will get them put on the registry. https: www.nsopw.gov

zzgz2l

My friend discovered her long-missing husband is a registered sex offender and on the government watch list when she tried to find him to file for divorce. We have his name social and birthdate. She suspects he may be in prison possibly in Vancouver Washington. How do we find him? My friend discovered her long-missing husband is a registered sex offender and on the government watch list when she tried to find him to file for divorce. We have his name social and birthdate. She suspects he may be in prison possibly in Vancouver Washington. How do we find him?

Just want to add here that if he s not in prison and you can t find him your friend can still divorce him! What your friend would do is file the paperwork for a divorce and ask the court for a Order of Notice by Publication. This means the information would be posted publicly (in a newspaper for example) and if the husband doesn t show up to the court date then the divorce goes forward. This isn t guaranteed though (the judge has to agree to the Order of Notice by Publication your friend will probably have to prove she did her due diligence looking for her husband first and there may be special forms to fill out to get one) so I would highly recommend that your friend use a lawyer if you have to go this route. A divorce lawyer would know more about this specific route and would be able to guide your friend through it.

https: clark.wa.gov jail-services jail-roster

zzgz2l

My friend discovered her long-missing husband is a registered sex offender and on the government watch list when she tried to find him to file for divorce. We have his name social and birthdate. She suspects he may be in prison possibly in Vancouver Washington. How do we find him? My friend discovered her long-missing husband is a registered sex offender and on the government watch list when she tried to find him to file for divorce. We have his name social and birthdate. She suspects he may be in prison possibly in Vancouver Washington. How do we find him?

Just want to add here that if he s not in prison and you can t find him your friend can still divorce him! What your friend would do is file the paperwork for a divorce and ask the court for a Order of Notice by Publication. This means the information would be posted publicly (in a newspaper for example) and if the husband doesn t show up to the court date then the divorce goes forward. This isn t guaranteed though (the judge has to agree to the Order of Notice by Publication your friend will probably have to prove she did her due diligence looking for her husband first and there may be special forms to fill out to get one) so I would highly recommend that your friend use a lawyer if you have to go this route. A divorce lawyer would know more about this specific route and would be able to guide your friend through it.

You don t need to have the other person s permission to get a divorce. A judge can grant it without the other person.

zzgz2l

My friend discovered her long-missing husband is a registered sex offender and on the government watch list when she tried to find him to file for divorce. We have his name social and birthdate. She suspects he may be in prison possibly in Vancouver Washington. How do we find him? My friend discovered her long-missing husband is a registered sex offender and on the government watch list when she tried to find him to file for divorce. We have his name social and birthdate. She suspects he may be in prison possibly in Vancouver Washington. How do we find him?

Just want to add here that if he s not in prison and you can t find him your friend can still divorce him! What your friend would do is file the paperwork for a divorce and ask the court for a Order of Notice by Publication. This means the information would be posted publicly (in a newspaper for example) and if the husband doesn t show up to the court date then the divorce goes forward. This isn t guaranteed though (the judge has to agree to the Order of Notice by Publication your friend will probably have to prove she did her due diligence looking for her husband first and there may be special forms to fill out to get one) so I would highly recommend that your friend use a lawyer if you have to go this route. A divorce lawyer would know more about this specific route and would be able to guide your friend through it.

There is a website that will search state registries. Many states will list registrants that are in jail or prison. They may not be on the list if they are still serving the original sentence for the charge that will get them put on the registry. https: www.nsopw.gov

zzhu9a

My apartment complexed cleared out the wrong apartment. Am i able to sue? I went on vacation for 5 days and came back to an empty apartment no furniture no food or clothes missing macbook and studio setup no tv etc. basically everything gone even my birth certificate and social security card. turns out they sent a trash crew or something to clear out an abandoned unit but they went to mine instead. They said they d come tomorrow to return what s not trashed but i m assuming most of it was either kept or thrown away. Legally am i able to sue the apartment complex for allowing these people into my house w no noticed and throwing everything out? If i m not able to sue what can i Do to be compensated? UPDATE: they ended up bringing some of the electronics and some furniture back but everything else is gone. Should I still proceed in the process the same as before ? (filing a police report talking to a lawyer making a list of all missing items). And if i do get a lawyer which kind should I get? I feel a lawyer might be too costly for the return in something like this

File a police report. Now. Like yesterday now. You need a paper trail of what happened. And you need it to be all documented so if the police try to “ignore you” kindly demand to speak to a higher level officer. Your apartment complex is not your friend and will not go out of their way to help you. This is theft. Plain and simple. If you have renter s insurance file a claim. Be as detailed as possible with all physical items. If you have renters insurance and use them then let them take control on all of this. If you don t then you ll need to move forward on your own with possibly suing your apartment complex and reach out to a personal property attorney for at least a consult to see what you can can t do moving forward.

Why wouldn t you be able to sue? They entered you flat and took your stuff without your consent.

zzhu9a

My apartment complexed cleared out the wrong apartment. Am i able to sue? I went on vacation for 5 days and came back to an empty apartment no furniture no food or clothes missing macbook and studio setup no tv etc. basically everything gone even my birth certificate and social security card. turns out they sent a trash crew or something to clear out an abandoned unit but they went to mine instead. They said they d come tomorrow to return what s not trashed but i m assuming most of it was either kept or thrown away. Legally am i able to sue the apartment complex for allowing these people into my house w no noticed and throwing everything out? If i m not able to sue what can i Do to be compensated? UPDATE: they ended up bringing some of the electronics and some furniture back but everything else is gone. Should I still proceed in the process the same as before ? (filing a police report talking to a lawyer making a list of all missing items). And if i do get a lawyer which kind should I get? I feel a lawyer might be too costly for the return in something like this

File a police report. Now. Like yesterday now. You need a paper trail of what happened. And you need it to be all documented so if the police try to “ignore you” kindly demand to speak to a higher level officer. Your apartment complex is not your friend and will not go out of their way to help you. This is theft. Plain and simple. If you have renter s insurance file a claim. Be as detailed as possible with all physical items. If you have renters insurance and use them then let them take control on all of this. If you don t then you ll need to move forward on your own with possibly suing your apartment complex and reach out to a personal property attorney for at least a consult to see what you can can t do moving forward.

Fuck yes you can sue. What are you waiting for and I would tell them on top of that they need put everything back they way it fucking was yesterday. It s there responsibility

zzncbr

My employer is requiring I let them make a digital copy of my personal phone because the company is under preservation notice. The company was issued a preservation notice by the DOJ under a Civil Investigative Demand. I have never received any reimbursement for personal cell phone use at work. They are saying they will need to do a full digital copy of my personal phone including all my personal data. The legal firm will contact me soon with a tech who will take few hours to perform the digital copy while compensating me $100 for this inconvenience. 1) Can I require them to reimburse me the standard rate for every month I have already worked? 2) Any recommendations? -yes I used my personal phone for work related purposes (slack email concur text) -I am based in California

As a practical matter employees in this situation often do one of three things: (1) hand it over to the company s lawyers as requested. Frequently in this scenario there is some advance discussion and agreement with the employee about the exact process for screening the messages including who is going to look at the phone and what types of data they will look at. For example the company lawyers may say we ll preserve everything but we are only going to run keyword searches against your sms imessage and whatsapp data i.e. not look at your photos. Companies often recognize that there can be sensitive data that they don t want or need to see and are willing to work cooperatively with the employee. If for example you have private health information or privileged communications with your own lawyer on the phone a process should be discussed to screen those out. (2) employees hire their own attorney (paid for by themselves or the company) to do the imaging and initial screening - - this gives an extra layer of privacy protection (3) refuse but you will likely be fired. DOJ could theoretically still issue a subpoena to you personally to compel you to turn over your phone and if you had work data that was relevant to the original CID and deleted it it could expose you to serious penalties. If you are uncomfortable letting the company see everything on your phone it would not be unreasonable to say so and discuss alternatives to give them whatever is actually responsive while preserving your privacy. E.g. you can ask what exact information DOJ is seeking. If you are certain you have nothing relevant then you could eg propose that you sit down and let a company lawyer visually flip through your messages to confirm that (without imaging the phone) or if you just have a couple relevant messages offer to screenshot those and send it to the lawyer. They may or may not agree.

You might be able to negotiate a reimbursement for using your personal cell phone for work purposes. It depends if they actually require you to check in on work stuff when not on the office. I doubt they would pay for every month you already worked. Usually this type of stuff is outlined in your employment contract or offer letter.

zzncbr

My employer is requiring I let them make a digital copy of my personal phone because the company is under preservation notice. The company was issued a preservation notice by the DOJ under a Civil Investigative Demand. I have never received any reimbursement for personal cell phone use at work. They are saying they will need to do a full digital copy of my personal phone including all my personal data. The legal firm will contact me soon with a tech who will take few hours to perform the digital copy while compensating me $100 for this inconvenience. 1) Can I require them to reimburse me the standard rate for every month I have already worked? 2) Any recommendations? -yes I used my personal phone for work related purposes (slack email concur text) -I am based in California

As a practical matter employees in this situation often do one of three things: (1) hand it over to the company s lawyers as requested. Frequently in this scenario there is some advance discussion and agreement with the employee about the exact process for screening the messages including who is going to look at the phone and what types of data they will look at. For example the company lawyers may say we ll preserve everything but we are only going to run keyword searches against your sms imessage and whatsapp data i.e. not look at your photos. Companies often recognize that there can be sensitive data that they don t want or need to see and are willing to work cooperatively with the employee. If for example you have private health information or privileged communications with your own lawyer on the phone a process should be discussed to screen those out. (2) employees hire their own attorney (paid for by themselves or the company) to do the imaging and initial screening - - this gives an extra layer of privacy protection (3) refuse but you will likely be fired. DOJ could theoretically still issue a subpoena to you personally to compel you to turn over your phone and if you had work data that was relevant to the original CID and deleted it it could expose you to serious penalties. If you are uncomfortable letting the company see everything on your phone it would not be unreasonable to say so and discuss alternatives to give them whatever is actually responsive while preserving your privacy. E.g. you can ask what exact information DOJ is seeking. If you are certain you have nothing relevant then you could eg propose that you sit down and let a company lawyer visually flip through your messages to confirm that (without imaging the phone) or if you just have a couple relevant messages offer to screenshot those and send it to the lawyer. They may or may not agree.

If you use your phone for work related purposes the government can compel you to provide it. If you refuse to do so you may expose yourself and the company to risk. I m sure you can limit the imaging of your phone. Get an attorney and have them walk you through it. Stop using your personal phone for work related matters.

zzscja

My dog attacked another dog and bit the owner. Yesterday my wife was in our fenced back yard with our dog. She was taking the trash out to put into the trash bin on the other side of our fence next to the fence door. She said while she was in the doorway way (half in half our) our dog poked his head out of the door and saw another dog and owner walking up the back road behind our house. Our dog then struggled to get out and my wife struggled to keep him in. Our dog attacked the other dog the dog walker placed himself between the two and was bitten pretty good. Once they were able to separate the dogs she placed our dog back into the fence and asked the man if he and his dog were ok. He said I didn t know . Later after washing clean our dog she went by the man s house to check in with him to see if he was alright. He wasn t home so she left a msg on his doorbell. I get home and animal control shows up takes our dog. I am pretty sure a lawsuit is going to occur. My question is should I go ahead and seek an attorney just contact my homeowner insurance policy or both? I don t know what to do.

Contact your homeowner s insurance. The top comment that recommended against doing so would be obvious malpractice if they were your attorney. Your insurance has a cooperation clause and by not reporting a claim you risk having the claim denied and you can be responsible for a huge debt your insurance would ordinarily pay. Report to your insurance.

State location matters. You should contact your homeowner s insurance policy provider first. Confirm that they cover dog bites from your dog (read: if this is a prohibited excluded breed you re going to have a problem).

zzscja

My dog attacked another dog and bit the owner. Yesterday my wife was in our fenced back yard with our dog. She was taking the trash out to put into the trash bin on the other side of our fence next to the fence door. She said while she was in the doorway way (half in half our) our dog poked his head out of the door and saw another dog and owner walking up the back road behind our house. Our dog then struggled to get out and my wife struggled to keep him in. Our dog attacked the other dog the dog walker placed himself between the two and was bitten pretty good. Once they were able to separate the dogs she placed our dog back into the fence and asked the man if he and his dog were ok. He said I didn t know . Later after washing clean our dog she went by the man s house to check in with him to see if he was alright. He wasn t home so she left a msg on his doorbell. I get home and animal control shows up takes our dog. I am pretty sure a lawsuit is going to occur. My question is should I go ahead and seek an attorney just contact my homeowner insurance policy or both? I don t know what to do.

You ve gotten some good advice. Whether you want a lawyer or not is up to you. Your homeowners insurance has a lawyer on staff and they will represent you. That will be on their dime and not yours. That s part of the point in having homeowners insurance. Chances are they will settle outside of court. Your dog bit another dog and another person. That never should have been allowed to happen. If your dog gets returned to you you need to make sure that you have a fully fenced yard where your dog cannot possibly get out and attack someone else or their pets.

Is it possible you were negligent in terms of the type of dog and your ability to keep it from hurting others? Was it something like a pit bull with a history of violence that you adopted. Or was it something less dangerous and this was a freak accident. If it is more like the first example I would definitely get a lawyer and prepare a defense. This happens quite often nowadays and people and counties are getting much more serious about punishing people who put others in danger with their pets.

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[Update] Woman my sister and her baby lived with for a few months suing for custody (TX) Original: https: www.reddit.com r legaladvice comments zyf01u woman_my_sister_and_her_baby_lived_with_for_a_few ?utm_source=share&amp utm_medium=android_app&amp utm_name=androidcss&amp utm_term=1&amp utm_content=share_button Last night around 11:30 police came and took the baby back to the woman. After we read the papers a little more closely we realized part of the temporary writ of restraint said that my sister was not allowed to remove the child from the petitioners care. She also indicated her reasoning for requesting this was because the believed the baby was in immediate danger with my sister. These claims have no merit. He has been to several doctors who have never reported any signs of abuse and he has had a babysitter who never had any concerns. He is a happy healthy active baby. The only thing she has proof of is my sister smoking weed and the police officers who came to get him said they ve seen people do much worse and still keep their kids. My sister went with her baby back to the woman s house. We hope she won t get kicked out but it s obviously possible. In this case is there anything we can do to ensure this woman doesn t just cancel the hearing and skip town with my nephew? What rights does my sister have here? I m honestly still completely shocked that this woman can just cry abuse with zero proof and be given the right to keep my sister from taking her baby. I want to add that she stated that she had sole control and care of the baby for at least 6 months but that isn t true my sister lived with her and took care of her baby and it was only five months. This woman was never legally my nephews guardian or conservator and at first we thought she might have tricked my sister into signing something without reading it but she also indicated on the papers we were served that she wasn t either. We also aren t sure if she has a lawyer because everything looks like it was filled out and signed by her but I guess she could potentially have a lawyer by now. She filed them on December 6 (the day after my sister left ) they were signed by a judge on the 19th and we got them on the 29th. We re still looking for a lawyer but the county the case is being held in has maybe three offices with lawyers that practice family law and they re all closed. Edit: the baby s biological father (legal paternity hasn t been established yet) is willing to give up his right to custody to this woman because she promised to give him visitation but not put him on child support.

You must be missing something. A judge isn t going to sign a writ of habeas corpus to give possession to a non-relative caregiver who hasn t established standing to initiate a SAPCR case. The police won t enforce a custody order without the writ and the writ is purely enforcement of a superior right of possession. A court must have made the determination the superior right existed prior to issuing the writ. They will not do that on an emergency basis for a non-relative caregiver unless CPS is the petitioner. So is CPS involved? Did your sister no-show a hearing?

Okay I m unclear and I can t find a bestof thread to ask in so was this woman also a mother(actual or adoptive) to this baby? You don t get parental rights to a kid just because you lived with them for a few months. I also can t think of a legal system that would just demand the baby be returned to this adult non-family member even temporarily.

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Owner keeping all tips I work as a waitress in Florida and I make 16$ an hour for a small sushi restaurant. I work with one other waitress and the owner during my shift. Sometimes a 6 hr shift or an 11 hour shift. I ve been working there on and off since 2014. We used to spilt tips every two weeks years ago but it was added to our paychecks so we had no way of knowing how much we would actually earn (hand written checks). Currently we don t get any tips. I ve researched and realized this is super illegal. My question is though does it matter how much an employee makes hourly? Since I make 16 an hour does that mean he can withhold tips? Is there a way to anonymously report this since I don t want to lose my job and will be getting a raise at some point. Thanks!

Federal law states that an employer cannot keep an employee s tips for any reason regardless of how much your hourly wage is (i.e. whether or not paid the tipped minimum wage or a higher wage). The relevant federal regulation is [here](https: www.ecfr.gov current title-29 subtitle-B chapter-V subchapter-A part-531 subpart-D) in paragraph C. You can make a complaint to the US Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division and can find contact information for your local office [here](https: www.dol.gov agencies whd contact local-offices#fl).

It s illegal . You can def go to the job board and get aaaaaaaallllll of your tips paid back to you

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Owner keeping all tips I work as a waitress in Florida and I make 16$ an hour for a small sushi restaurant. I work with one other waitress and the owner during my shift. Sometimes a 6 hr shift or an 11 hour shift. I ve been working there on and off since 2014. We used to spilt tips every two weeks years ago but it was added to our paychecks so we had no way of knowing how much we would actually earn (hand written checks). Currently we don t get any tips. I ve researched and realized this is super illegal. My question is though does it matter how much an employee makes hourly? Since I make 16 an hour does that mean he can withhold tips? Is there a way to anonymously report this since I don t want to lose my job and will be getting a raise at some point. Thanks!

Federal law states that an employer cannot keep an employee s tips for any reason regardless of how much your hourly wage is (i.e. whether or not paid the tipped minimum wage or a higher wage). The relevant federal regulation is [here](https: www.ecfr.gov current title-29 subtitle-B chapter-V subchapter-A part-531 subpart-D) in paragraph C. You can make a complaint to the US Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division and can find contact information for your local office [here](https: www.dol.gov agencies whd contact local-offices#fl).

File a complaint with the U.S. Department of Labor for wage theft and a host of other things (like probable violations of record keeping tax fraud etc). They will need to do the investigation since your state does not have a state level DoL.

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Grandfathers will stated life insurance policies would be paid to my brother as beneficiary but with instructions that all proceeds were to be split equally 4 ways between grandchildren. My brother got the money and spent more than half of all the money My grandfather died recently and left a will that listed in a section about his life insurance policies and that all proceeds (a little over $9 700) were to be split evenly between his 4 grandchildren: my brother sister half-sister and myself. My brother was listed as the beneficiary but the will stated that he was responsible to distribute all proceeds equally 4 ways. So each of us was going to get about $2437. Thursday my brother texted me and my sister to tell us he spent way over his equal amount and his excuse was he didn t want to be evicted. So he spent almost $4 000 to pay his back rent (3 months worth) and his next months rent. And then gave $500 to his roommate to pay him back for some things he helped out with. My sister and I called him and asked him did he realize that what he did was not only illegal but also greedy immoral and deceitful. He didnt see anything wrong with what he did that he spent what he had to to not be homeless. There is a whole lot of backstory with my brother. He has never lived on his own and keeps preaching that he cant work (and hasn t worked for the last 20 years) because he s disabled . He s been trying over 25 years to get disability and he s always denied. https: imgur.com Blcd5sx My grandfather lived in TX where the will was executed. What options do the 3 remaining grandchildren have in this regard? edit: add pic of section from will

Will only controls the assets that make it into the estate. The named beneficiary on a life insurance policy inherits outside of probate bypassing the estate Unfortunately your grandfather messed up his estate planning. No legal recourse to get that money from your brother

Grandpa sadly did this wrong. You may not have any recourse here. Did grandpa have a lawyer write the will? He needed to have the *estate* be the beneficiary of the policy not an individual. Did your brother go to court to be named executor? That s the only way he d have to adhere to anything in the will. And not even in this case. He didn t do anything illegal.