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- I sued Equifax and won. They filed an appeal. What's next?
- [California/Maharashtra, India] My [17M] Girlfriend [16F] (US citizen) is forcefully married and being kept against her will and parents have kept her passport.
- Neighbor keeps popping our tires but I can't prove it.
- My boyfriend is being sued. I withdrew money from our joint account.
- Man turns on loud Harley motorcycle every single day and keeps it running for about an hour, before riding off...
- [New South Wales] I was realeased from prison this year, I'm on parole but a girl is purposely making false complaints about me risking me going back to prison. I'm not sure of what to do?
- Owner of $2+ mil rental property concealed black mold that caused health problems for previous occupants. Friends moved in, months later all get 104+ fevers, wife miscarries. Can owner be pursued criminally?
- Help!! Received court summons for credit card debt.
- [MA] Who owns fertilized embryos?
- [NJ] Can landscaper charge me late fees?
- Airbnb retracted a reservation due to technical mistake.
- Step Daughter’s non-custodial mother filed for SNAP benefits using her. State initiate child support?
- It’s it legal for a private citizen to post an traffic sign?
- Paid Upfront for Medical Service I didn't Receive (Kentucky)
- Going to Morocco, taking gifts
- [Oregon] Ex-spouse raised $5,000+ to pay for our son's cancer treatments, but is still expecting me to pay the same amount
- Landlord Wants Me to Drag Heroin Mattress From Under The House - who's the crazy one?(x-post from /r/washingtondc)
- Email Wire Transfer Fraud Advice
- I got busted for sexting my gf
- France: Accidentally wired payment to the wrong florist; she won't return the money.
- [Arkansas] Am i required to include "LLC" or "INC" next to my logo on my small business website, or other marketing material?
| I sued Equifax and won. They filed an appeal. What's next? Posted: 03 Dec 2017 06:11 AM PST I'm in California and I sued Equifax via small claims court and got my judgement at end of October. From what I've read, Equifax has 30 days before I can start collecting. However, a couple weeks ago they've served me an appeal but the service paper does not have a new court date. The service paper said to not contact the small claims court and the court will contact me. How long do I wait? Update: - I checked my case status and got this https://imgur.com/a/Ve7m4 Does this mean the court rejected the appeal? Oh nevermind, Equifax probably just didn't pay for their appeal. But does that mean they didn't file within 30 days so they're SOL? Judgement was on 10/25 so did Equifax screwed up? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 02 Dec 2017 09:47 PM PST So 1 month ago my girlfriend of 1.5 years went to India. Throughout the time I had known her, she had told me of stories of forced child marriages in her parents' village in India. So when she and her family decided to go to India, I warned her that this trip was not safe for her and I tried to get her to not go under various excuses (skipping school is not good for studies, she'll miss her friends, anything and everything we tried). In the end, because of family pressure and the fact that her grandmother was on death bed she ended up going. We couldn't go to CPS because there was no physical/emotional abuse going on. Anyways, we agreed to keep in touch on Whatsapp. She was scheduled to go for a month, but for the past 10 days there has been no contact and this worried me for her safety. So it was sadly no surprise when she called me 2 hours ago telling me that she was being forcefully married. The marriage ceremonies had already been completed and she is living at her "in-laws" house. She was "married" into a family that has lot of influence over the local police, so she can't go over to the police. She is in a very remote area in the state of Maharashtra. At this point I don't know what my options are in helping her. She told me she has enough money to get to Mumbai. She told me she will bribe a conductor on a train to let her go to Mumbai. I don't know how safe this is, but considering the dangers of staying where she is right now, I don't know if she has any other option besides this. I need advice on what to tell her. Assuming she does reach Mumbai, based on the advice of another post (https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/7h34dk/us_citizen_cousin_16f_is_abroad_and_under_heavy/), I suppose that her best step once in Mumbai would be to go the US Embassy with her birth certificate. I could try to get her birth certificate for her and forward it to the Embassy. But would this help? I notice it could not be used to "establish her identity" because it is only informational. To be clear, she left me with a picture of her school ID card which sort of proves that she does go to my school in CA and helps establish her identity. What are the next procedures for the Embassy from here? Can she get in trouble with local police in India for running away? I hear the court system in India is crap and I was wondering what legal obstacles there are in India. I have read court cases in India take years and I was wondering what are some organizations in India that could potentially help her get out of the country as quickly as possible. As I am speaking, I told my parents about the situation and they are looking for ways to go to India (my gf is really close with them and they view her as a daughter). I see there is an electronic visa they can use and they are looking for plane tickets. But once she is in the US, what are my gf's options? Can my parents be appointed her legal guardians? They are prepared to take such a step if necessary. TL;DR My 16 y/o GF (American citizen) is stuck, forcefully married, in a remote village in Maharashtra, India. She is somehow trying to reach Mumbai, which has a US Embassy. What are the steps now for her in India and once she reaches here in America? [link] [comments]  |
| Neighbor keeps popping our tires but I can't prove it. Posted: 03 Dec 2017 06:20 AM PST My neighbor drives through our driveway to get to his parking spot. That's fine, I don't mind, but he thinks it's his right to do so (it isn't). Occasionally, someone will come over and park next to my car in my driveway, meaning the neighbor can't drive through. Every time, he comes and knocks on our door and demands we move the car. If we don't, the tires are slashed. Yesterday this happened when he wasn't even trying to pull in. What can I do? Edit: this is Connecticut and neighbor has extensive criminal history, will hopefully be in jail soon anyway. Edit 2: There is no easement, I checked. We have the same landlord, so neighbor treats the two (adjacent but individual) properties as one. Edit 2.5: Yes, I'm really, really sure. I'm a real estate agent so I understand how easements work and how to look for them. Thanks! Edit 3: Yesterday it was my friend's tires who were slashed. I asked her to file a police report. [link] [comments]  |
| My boyfriend is being sued. I withdrew money from our joint account. Posted: 03 Dec 2017 08:15 AM PST My boyfriend is being sued for unpaid medical bills from when he was 18 and 19 years old. We are approaching the 7 year mark and we found out on Friday that he is being sued for around $15,000. I recently, within the last month received an inheritance of $20,000 which I depositied into our joint account. When I found out he was being sued I withdrew the money and depositied it into an account with just my name on it. I know they could potentially garnish his bank accounts. I'm wondering if I have anything to worry about? Or if they will require I put the money back to pay this lawsuit? He has not technically been sued yet. This is in Ohio. Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Dec 2017 06:55 AM PST This has been happening for years now and every day a man in our private neighborhood( who also lives inside) keeps doing this. It's honestly the most terrible noise a person can wake up to. He does it early in the morning, late at night, middle of the day-you name it. It's a serious noise complaint. It's insanely loud and every neighbor is clearly annoyed down to some people yelling out their windows saying they need to study,sleep,etc-it's honestly really bad. How do I handle this? Never called 911 or 311 for this matter. Didn't think cops would ever show, but someone has to believe me-it's the loudest damn thing around. How exactly can I go on about this matter? The neighborhood also has a body that governs rules and such but they're honestly the most pointless and useless people to begin with. Idk what else to do....it's driving me nuts-sigh. This is in ny btw. Edit: I forgot to mention that sometimes he just turns it on and leaves it on for awhile and never comes back outside. He won't even ride it off-but he'll just turn it off after it's been running and running for quite some time and then head back inside his house. I wonder why he has this to do this so often? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Dec 2017 04:18 AM PST [New South Wales, Australia] I served 3 years of a 5 year sentence yet I'm on parole. The incident that occurred involving my ex girlfriend, that I have no talked to since my sentence. I don't communicate with my ex on any grounds and I got a restraining order against her a few months after release for her harassing me. However a girl who I think is her friend has been spreading rumours about me molesting her and harassing her, which not only fucks with my parole but is making people around town threatening to attack and/or murder me and issues at work. I encountered her like once at a town event and had hardly anything to do with her. I don't know where to go with this? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 02 Dec 2017 02:38 PM PST Friends made a point to ask if there was mold before renting the very expensive property. Owner denied. When they all got sick, they tested the house and it's black mold. After talking to neighbor, it turns it's a pattern, previous occupants all got sick after 3-6 months. This happened in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Friend's wife was around 10 weeks pregnant and miscarried as a result of the extremely high fever everyone got. Can this be pursued as a criminal offence? [link] [comments]  |
| Help!! Received court summons for credit card debt. Posted: 03 Dec 2017 07:25 AM PST I got a court summons in the mail saying I was named as a defendant in a lawsuit from a debt collector. The debt is for $800. I want to just settle the debt before a court date is set. The summons says I have 28 days to prepare an "answer" but I don't know what that means. I don't know what to say in response. I feel very anxious and I am not sure what steps to take. All the advice I found is for people who dispute the validity of the debt...I know that it's mine. I don't qualify for legal aid or anything due to income but I don't have money to pay a lawyer. I want to make sure I don't get taken advantage of. Does anyone have any advice? Thanks in advance. Edit - I'm from Ohio! Sorry, location bot! [link] [comments]  |
| [MA] Who owns fertilized embryos? Posted: 03 Dec 2017 06:48 AM PST My wife and I have been married for over a decade. When we got married, neither of us wanted kids. About 5 years into the marriage, she changed her mind and has been pressuring me ever since to have kids. She's used every tactic in the book, but that's not germane to my legal question. Some more germane info: we have, so far, decided to stay together, but I say "so far" because a) every marriage counselor we've been to pretty much tells us our marriage is toast, and b) we've flirted with divorce over and over again. She's diagnosed borderline personality disorder, so she goes through outbursts that paint me as the worst possible human being ever, in between times of being incredibly loving and amazing. Anyway...As she's now approaching 40, she wants to visit a fertility clinic. She has said that freezing fertilized embryos is much more effective than freezing eggs. I'm quite hesitant to do this. If we fertilize and freeze embryos, whose property are they? What if we get divorced? Can she then still have my child without my permission? What happens if so...am I on the hook for child support? Help. EDIT: I'm not looking for advice about whether or not to get a divorce. That's a road I've spent many years walking down, and, for now, our decision is what it is. [link] [comments]  |
| [NJ] Can landscaper charge me late fees? Posted: 03 Dec 2017 07:22 AM PST We have no written contract, just a verbal agreement that he comes every other week to cut the lawn and I pay him $35/visit. I am a few months behind on the bills (which I intend to pay), but he recently sent me a balance bill with 10% "late fee" tacked on. Does he have any legal basis to do this? [link] [comments]  |
| Airbnb retracted a reservation due to technical mistake. Posted: 03 Dec 2017 08:23 AM PST So I reserved a room using a code. I got a confirmation email from them and the host. Apparently, it turns out that the code was a technical glitch. Can they do that? I thought something like that usually gets honored. It was a $200 off coupon. This is maine [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 02 Dec 2017 06:32 PM PST My step daughter has lived with my husband and myself for 5 years. He has legal and physical custody. She has visitation every other weekend. She recently applied for SNAP benefits using his daughter and she put him down as an absentee parent. I know states often bring child support cases against the absentee parent. Can the court force a child support order? Is he under any legal obligation to report to SNAP she lives with us? We live in Massachusetts. [link] [comments]  |
| It’s it legal for a private citizen to post an traffic sign? Posted: 02 Dec 2017 07:49 PM PST A little backstory... A few years back my family and I moved into our home in NY state, and everything has been fine, no trouble what so ever. But a new family moved into our street (let's call them the Smiths)and at first they were really nice, and we were nice to them.We even helped them find and return their dogs a few time after the ran away. But on to the main question. Our neighborhood has a 30mph speed limit, but after the Smiths moved in, they posted a sign right before their house, which reads" SLOW WATCH OUT FOR CHILDREN 15MPH" and to be honest I didn't pay much attention, of course I always looked for their kids and when I did see them I would slow down and drive by with extreme cation but I never raced down the street or anything crazy. Which leds us to what happened tonight. I was driving home after work going 30 mph as I should, be picked up my sister and left. While I was gone Mr.Smith came to my house the tells my mom the I was speeding down the street and that the next time he sees me going over the speed limit he'll call the police. And so here are my questions? 1.Is he legally allowed to put up a sign, and direct traffic as he's trying to do?
Here the sign. https://imgur.com/gallery/XEfcU Edit: Would anyone know where is it written in New York State law books? [link] [comments]  |
| Paid Upfront for Medical Service I didn't Receive (Kentucky) Posted: 03 Dec 2017 07:12 AM PST Hi, I went to Fast Pace Urgent Care yesterday to get started on their advertised medical weight loss program. This program is $85 each month for blood work, weekly counseling, possibly b12 shots, and prescription medication to curb hunger/urges. I've gained 20lbs in the past year and am struggling with how to slow down. I went there, paid $85 upfront via personal check, and they brought me to the back. After height/weight, blood pressure, temperature being taken, the nurse practitioner came in to inform me that I didn't qualify for the full program because my BMI was too low, and she couldn't legally put me on any medical weight loss supplements, as they are very strictly regulated. She offered to either give me nutrition counseling, or to refund my money. I opted for the refund, given I have education and experience in nutrition and fitness. She brought me up front, and told the receptionist to refund me, as no services were performed because I didn't qualify for the program. The receptionist refused, saying once a a patient goes to the back, they are not allowed a refund no matter what. The NP said she would personally contact billing on my behalf on Monday, and try to get it straightened out, but it didn't seem promising. I walked away feeling frustrated and scammed. Are they breaking any laws? What can I do? Who do I even complain to? Any advice would be great! Thank you. [link] [comments]  |
| Going to Morocco, taking gifts Posted: 03 Dec 2017 12:40 PM PST I live in the US. I have family in Morocco; they're US citizens. We want to bring them a present (a blender, specifically) when we visit them in the spring. Is there anything special we need to do? Like pay import taxes, or VAT, etc? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 02 Dec 2017 03:11 PM PST So I pay $1,300+ in Child Support/month, and my son's mother sent me the 'bill' for splitting costs (medical, daycare, etc.) which included the usual amount for our son's chemo (insurance pays for a lot, so only $80). I took issue with this as she just had a huge fundraiser, advertising it as a way to support our son's medical bills. When I asked her about it, she said that the money went to her, and didn't change anything on my end. I would have assumed that the money raised would go toward his medical bills, and we split anything out-of-pocket if needed. I'm also concerned that my ex is using our son's condition to personally profit. She runs an online store selling makeup and related products, and has many of them listed as going toward a 'cancer fund', but with insurance paying so much, I imagine there's a significant surplus that is going right into her pocket and don't know what, if anything, I should do about that. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 02 Dec 2017 04:20 PM PST Hi r/legaladvice! I'd originally posted this in the r/washingtondc subreddit (my current locale), but posted here on u/Africanoreeuropean suggestion. A quick overview about the place for context: it's a two bedroom row house with an English basement being rented by a separate tenant. My landlord stopped by today to followup on an appointment with the pest guy. Neither my roommate nor I could be there, so when we get promised email update from the landlord we were expecting the the subject matter to be about mice. Well, it was about a pest of sorts. In the most nonchalant way possible, the landlord asked if we knew anything about the mattress in the back of the house. Uh, no? At first I thought he meant someone had illegally dumped a mattress near our trashcans. NOPE. Turns out there's a mattress under the crawlspace in the back of the house. As in, someone had (PLEASE GOD BE HAD) been sleeping under it. I'll post pictures, but essentially there's an addition to the back house that overhangs the English basement, and the patient zero mattress can be found there. It's important to note that when I first moved in (June), the back gate didn't properly lock. Obviously, I made sure it was fixed ASAP. However, there's still a huge gap in the fence where someone could crawl in (still not sure if they could fit the mattress). I've posted a picture of the gap because I can't really describe it. I'm trying to pinpoint the timeline of its...establishment. You really have to bend over to see the mattress, so it's escaped my attention. My roommate, who's been here over a year, hadn't noticed it before either. Landlord said the mattress wasn't there the last time the contractor was, but I didn't get a date as to when the contractor was down there. Anywho, the landlord's solution was to send us a link of who to contact to pick up the mattress, with the implication that we would be the ones dragging it out of the crawlspace. Needless to say, I was not impressed. I've reread the lease agreement and pulled out the two parts below that may be pertinent to this situation: OBLIGATIONS AND DUTIES OF THE LANDLORD: Comply with the requirements of the DC building and housing code materially affecting both health and safety. OBLIGATIONS AND DUTIES OF THE TENANT: Keep that part of the premises that he occupies and uses as clean and safe as the condition of the premises permits. This includes the front and back yard, parking area, and inside of the house. I'm requesting a copy of the housing code standards from DCRA, but I'm thinking the roommate and I should be in the clear because a crawlspace isn't a backyard? And wouldn't going under it affect "health and safety"? Would love to hear feedback/advice/similar stories. TL;DR Landlord wants me and/or roommate to go down into the crawlspace and drag Satan's giant cum sponge to a place where it can be properly disposed. Is this legal? https://imgur.com/ad9FvJd - love shack. https://imgur.com/ajRr2O3 - potential entry point if not through previously broken gate? Edit: a word [link] [comments]  |
| Email Wire Transfer Fraud Advice Posted: 03 Dec 2017 06:14 AM PST I don't have all the details yet, but my parents have lost their entire life savings to wire transfer fraud. They were working with a title company in FL where they were buying a condo so they can be snow birds. Everything was being setup through emails between my parents and the title company. On Wed the 22nd the title company sent wire transfer instructions to my parents. My parents then received a follow up email telling them to disregard the original wire transfer instructions and to use a new set. Of course hindsight being 20/20 this is when they should have noticed something was wrong. They went to the bank on the 24th with the fraudulent instructions and initiated the transfer. They travel to FL on the 29th with closing set to happen on the 30th at 4:30. At 4 the title company rep they were working with calls and asks when they are going to transfer the money. My parents tell them they already transferred the money. They go to the title companies office. It is there they discover that the bank the money was transferred to is not he title company's bank. It is at this point my parents told me the title company rep told them that their email had to have been hacked. This is where I don't have many details because I haven't looked at the emails myself, but somewhere somehow the scammers began emailing my parents. Does the title company have any responsibility here? The odds that my parents email address was the one that was hacked seems unlikely. Do my parents have any legal leg to stand on to sue the title company for damages if it can be proven the hack occurred on their end? So far my parents have filed a police report, notified their bank, and they have a meeting with the someone from the FBI on Monday morning. I really want to help or have some encouraging words for my parents that things will get set right. So I was hoping someone might have some advice on other options they have or maybe a similar situation and what their outcome was. TLDR: Parents buying a condo in FL had their life savings fraudulently stolen in an email scam. Looking for other victims of a similar fraud and how it turned out, or extra steps they can take to help get their life savings back. Would also like to know if my parents would be able to sue the title company if it can be proven that the company was indeed hacked which led to this situation. [link] [comments]  |
| I got busted for sexting my gf Posted: 03 Dec 2017 10:41 AM PST Hey, I'm a 17 year old who lives in Pennsylvania (16 at time of the incident) but I had a girlfriend who was a year younger than me (15 at time of incident, turning 16 soon). We dated for about 8 or so months. However, her mother caught wind of it and checked her phone and saw that she was sending nudes to me and we were talking about places where we could bang and more lewd things as teenagers do. She called the police and they took my computer and it's been 5 months and still nothing. I signed up for the marine corps and I'm scared that her mom is going to ruin my life. I don't want to turn 18 and still have this going on and get charged as an adult. The cop showed up and I told him everything about us and I shouldn't have I was just really scared. Also, I told him that I using skype on my PC to talk to her and it was on there and he didn't have a warrant and it wasn't in view from the door but he came in anyway and took it and made me sign something. I'm scared and I don't know what to do. My ship date is September 2018. [link] [comments]  |
| France: Accidentally wired payment to the wrong florist; she won't return the money. Posted: 02 Dec 2017 07:57 PM PST I'm in the United States, and the florist is in France. I looked at several different florists to do the flowers for our recent wedding. When I sent the deposit to our florist (along with the final payment to the rest of our vendors), I ended up sending money to the WRONG florist. (I paid our florist, and I also paid another florist we considered but she did not want to do our wedding. Kind of a long story, but she had another couple that wanted our date, and she accused us of not ever intending to hire her.. Who knows.) I wired money from our Chase account to the florist' France bank account through TransferWise. She had the same name (first name, and a part of her last name) as another vendor we were using, and I was dumb and didn't double/triple check when I was sending out all the payments. When I found out that we had sent the wrong person money, I had our wedding planner contact her to get her to refund our money. She refuses to. She's not picking up our wedding planner's calls. This happened in June. I've tried emailing her and having our wedding planner email her. No response. She at one point agreed to return the money to the wedding planner, but she never actually followed through. If this happened in the US, I would file something in small claims court. Is there anything I can do since she's in France? My understanding is that because I sent a wire, I can't get the bank to take the money back. Is that right? I feel so completely dumb for having done this, and would appreciate any suggestions on how I can move forward from here. UPDATE: I emailed my wedding planner to confirm the florist's information and to let her know that I'm planning to make a small claims filing against the florist. Then, immediately, she sent over the money. It looks like the florist gave her the money sometime in October, and she hadn't forwarded it to me yet. Lesson: The threat of filing a court claim is sometimes enough to get everybody to cooperate. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Dec 2017 12:12 PM PST We are an Inc. Our lawyer gave the implication that it was necessary... however i've seen a lot of people say it isn't (at least on marketing materials, like a website, which is the only thing i am questioning here). For instance, this guy isn't a lawyer, but he makes a convincing argument: http://www.bradmillerdesign.com/does-my-company-logo-need-to-include-inc-or-l-l-c/ [link] [comments]  |
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