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    Legal Advice [NC] I was hit by a girl turning left from a stop sign. Campus police cited mutual fault because he claims my headlights weren't on. Can I fight his or do I just give up and pay for my car?

    December 07, 2017

    Legal Advice [NC] I was hit by a girl turning left from a stop sign. Campus police cited mutual fault because he claims my headlights weren't on. Can I fight his or do I just give up and pay for my car?

    [NC] I was hit by a girl turning left from a stop sign. Campus police cited mutual fault because he claims my headlights weren't on. Can I fight his or do I just give up and pay for my car?

    Posted: 07 Dec 2017 06:41 AM PST

    I was driving on a straight away and the girl was stopped at a stop sign. I noticed her lurch forward and then stop and then as I passed her she pulled out and hit me in my passenger door. The accident happened about 5:25 in the afternoon so the sun was going down but by no means was it dark. Campus police said it was mutual fault because my headlights weren't on. I have 2 issues with this 1. My car has automatic headlights 2. I actually had the lights turned on. The cop said that when he pulled up my lights weren't on. Well I had shut my car off at this point. I called my insurance and they said since I was cited there's nothing they can do. Is there anything I can do to fight this? Or do I just accept it?

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    (NY) Grocery store has no record of my mom buying 95$ worth of groceries with food stamps.

    Posted: 07 Dec 2017 07:01 AM PST

    Yesterday my mother and me went to a grocery store after school to get dinner for the week. When we were done picking out food I went to go wait for her in the car. I waited aproxmetly 30 minutes for her until she came out clearly holding back tears. She explains the while she entered the food stamps card the self check out machine crashed. She was told to try another register by an employee. When all the items were scanned she finds out she lost 60% of her money on the card so the transaction went through but the store has no record of her paying. They said they would check their money when closing to see if they have an extra 95 dollars in their records.

    When she came to the car I took her food stamps card and called the company, they explained that they have record of the money spent at the store, but since we explained what happened they are gonna send papers within 10 days to reinburce us.

    This morning we returned to see if they found it to no avail. We don't have much more money to get food for awhile so I'm wondering if anyone can here can give us some guidance. Thank you. P.S I'm 17 if that helps

    Edi:t added context: The manger is the one who talked to us

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    I'm 16, in a bad situation, just want to know what rights I have

    Posted: 07 Dec 2017 04:03 AM PST

    Hello. I'm posting this from a throwaway, for obvious reasons. I'll be 17 years old in a few months, and I'm living in PA under a borderline emotionally abusive father and enabling mother.

    First of all, yesterday my father said something along the lines of "if you don't clean your room by Thursday, I will destroy every last thing in [the basement, where I have my TV, computer, musical instruments, video game consoles, etc]. I'm pretty sure he can do that to anything he wants that he bought, but for stuff I bought with my own money when I had a job earlier this year, is this technically my property or can he destroy it as he pleases? I know it sounds so simple to avoid this being an issue in the first place, but I have pretty severe depression and that makes it hard for me to have enough willpower to do anything.

    Also, he will not take me to a doctor, dentist, or therapist. Haven't been to a doctor since 2009. Last time I went to a dentist was in February when I got two root canals that were supposed to be crowned a week later, but that never happened, and pieces of the teeth have been breaking off ever since. He claims I don't need a therapist, that either A. what I feel is nothing compared to what he's felt, or B. I just need to "think happy thoughts." My school tried to set me up with a therapist, but they didn't accept my dad's insurance. Is it possible at all for me to get the care I need without his involvement?

    Thank you for reading.

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    Gender discrimination in government funded domestic violence support group. [California]

    Posted: 07 Dec 2017 09:20 AM PST

    I'm a male victim of domestic violence (I was hit to the head with a frying pan by my ex, have a depressed skull fracture). She is in jail right now and has pleaded guilty.

    I've been told by many people to look into support groups for victims of domestic violence and those with history of having abusive partners. I've applied to four so far, all choices within 50 miles of me. All four have rejected my application to join them. Two gave me no reasons, but two (which are government funded) told me that my presence in the support group could be toxic to existing patients since they've all been assaulted by men. Even though it was clear that I'm not lying as my attacker is in prison. But they didn't care.

    I'm more than a little frustrated at these rejections. I'm only asking for my own knowledge, I'm not going to sue anyone. How is it possible to have such a blatant gender discrimination in services that are funded by the government?

    I'm currently going to a private support group (which my insurance does not cover) and it just seems unfair that I need to pay for help that other people can get for free, on the basis of gender differences.

    Can anyone give me the legal principle/philosophy at work here?

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    (Texas) Severely injured by midwife

    Posted: 07 Dec 2017 09:01 AM PST

    In April of 2015 I was severely injured by a midwife who neglected to tell us we were only her third clients. I begged her to take me to the hospital because I knew something was wrong and she refused to call 911. The injury is a complete rupture of my pubic symphasis that has caused me to lose my ability to work. I am in pain every single moment of every day. There is surgery for this that I cannot afford.

    I did not find out about my injury until a year after it happened. The midwife downplayed the severity (I couldn't walk for weeks) and told me I just had post partum depression. I was in denial for a long time, and have been dealing will PTSD.

    I finally reached out to an attorney who promptly told me I missed the statute of limitations by a few months and nothing can be done.

    Can someone on here give me any kind of hope? My life is ruined because of this person, and she shouldn't be allowed to continue delivering babies. I cannot accept that I missed some kind of deadline after everything I've been dealing with.

    Thank you so much for reading. I can give more details if needed, I was trying to keep this post short.

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    Have proof my mother and her bf corroborated to steak thousands from my grandmother

    Posted: 07 Dec 2017 05:43 AM PST

    I was told an audacious story about my mothers phone being hacked into, then the hackers "getting into" her email thus leading to the linked bank accounts between my mother and grandmother.

    When I said, "That's absolutely impossible because they don't have online banking." He argued with me aggressively, telling me I didn't know what I was talking about. I even warned him I have a friend who owns an IT security company that hacks into government entities. That didn't spook him, he still said, "These guys are professionals, they know what they're doing."

    So what I know about stupid people: they make stupid mistakes.

    1. They claimed my mothers phone was hacked by someone at her work, and then they went into her email. I make my mother give me her password and I find the email notifications from gmail in the TRASH bin. Mistake #1. I took photos of them in the trash bin then moved them to important.
    2. I looked up the google account activity and saw that this person used her password to get into her email with no attempts. Her email was changed 1 month prior to be "Boyfriendsname,mothersname,petname" which is not her usual password so I know she made one easy enough for him to get in. Mistake #2.
    3. So THEN they change the password to her gmail and Apple account minutes later after logging in on the day her phone was hacked. When I check the search history, this person looked up how to hide an IP address from an email, at the time when the email transfer was received in the email account, and then they looked up my mothers birthday on an internet age calculator. So he needed to know her birthday to create the online bank profile to send it, because he's 60 and probably forgot. Mistake #3
    4. The bank account from my grandmother is linked to my mothers so the money was transferred to my mother after the online banking was created. They sent the e-transfer from mother TO my mother after looking up how to hide an email address where the money could be sent to. Then they had to wait for it for around 40 minutes. This is all while the "hacker" was logged onto her email so I have the history. Mistake #3
    5. The general IP address of the place where the money was transferred is the same place my mothers boyfriend was. He's a truck driver. His run was over at 3pm, he had to be back on the road at 4:30pm. The "hacking" and bank transfers all happened between 3:07 and 4:06pm that very day, in that very place he was when his truck was done unloading. Funny, my significant other is a logistics manager so we know this about his runs and there will be reports (and GPS logging) to pin him there. He's also from this place so he has friends who could have helped with the washing of the money into a money mart or whatever. Mistake #4
    6. I tell my mother I know she did this, she denies it, I tell her I know her boyfriend did it, she said "we will see if they prove that but I believe you, just know I didn't do this." She kept repeating how she didn't do it, she didn't have any part etc. I ask her who else accused her, she tells me her sister accused her. I tell her she's going to jail, because her name is on it no matter what. She brings me over all of her prized possessions, which is completely out of character for her, if anything my mother is selfish and has never trusted me with her "stuff". She actually always accuses me of wanting to throw her "stuff" out so why all of the sudden dump your valuables with me? I ask her what's going on, she tells me she doesn't trust her boyfriend anymore. Interesting,

    So now, my very old grandmother needs her money to pay for nurses and people to help her, so I'm sick to my stomach over this, She almost died this past April because my mother didn't check up on her after 6 days. Since then I have been on my mother and her boyfriends case because my mother kept saying my grandmother was fine, saying they were going to check on her, and instead they went hours away without checking on her for days. If the neighbour didn't look into my grandmothers window and call 911, she would have been dead. Guess who went to my grandmothers house to "clean it" when she was in the hospital? My mothers boyfriend, my mother gave him the key. Perfect time for him to get my grandmothers bank information.

    Since that occurrence in April they have spent soooo much money on fixing my mothers house, expensive tools, new clothes, my mother went to get weight loss surgery and has even said she's getting Botox. She makes less than $27k a year, he makes less than $71k a year. He is in over $95k in debt, with child support and visas, and he keeps telling me how he wants this new $3k camera for Christmas.

    The e-transfer was for $3k.

    I honestly don't know who to call first. There is a public guardian I was told I can contact but I don't know what the process is, and I'm afraid her boyfriend will come after my family if I have him charged or even investigated. What do I do? Should I call the cops first or report the elderly abuse to the public guardian? Please help if you can. I am in Innisfil, Ontario, Canada.

    EDIT: I was asking for help with my grandmother and I contacted the police first, and then public trustee. Thank you to the few who didn't criticize the details or my writing, and F-U to the morons who had to tear up the writing/details of a post regarding elderly abuse. You people are what's wrong with this world.

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    (Kentucky) A Woman Told All Her FB Friends That I’m a Pedophile and That I watch Kiddie Porn

    Posted: 06 Dec 2017 06:57 PM PST

    Basically title.

    I was recently defamed online by a woman who publicly claimed to her FB friends, among other things, that I am a pedophile and that I watch kiddie porn.
    I live in a "per se" defamation state (KY), and she refuses to make a statement clarifying that she wasn't telling the truth or to even publicly apologize. She deleted the post, but hundreds saw it and commented on it, and I have photos of it. This is especially worrisome because I'm an elementary educator-in-training, and this could seriously harm me and my family. I don't want to make life hard for her kids by dragging her through legal proceedings during xmas, but I don't think I should let people say things like this about me and just sit here toothlessly telling them they need to apologize. Especially since it could come back to bite me in my career. What should I do?

    Edit:

    Lots of people have been asking why she said this, so I'll give some background:

    I got into an argument with a mutual friend about how she was grouping non-acting pedophiles—that is, people who suffer from the mental disorder wherein they are attracted to children, but have not committed any crime —into the same category as rapists, murderers and molesters. My Dad's adoptive family has a serious history of psychoses, and I've always tried to be a mental health advocate (as well as a little bit of a devil's advocate). I pointed out that it was insensitive and cruel to shame people for something like that, which is beyond their control and must be a terrible thing to suffer through. (Not to mention that childhood abuse can be cyclical and many pedophiles are themselves victims, so grouping them with their abusers is downright wrong).
    This woman whom I've known for about a decade and whom I used to be good friends with misunderstood my point and jumped into the argument with both feet. She called me condescending and then suggested a hypothetical situation in which my son was raped. That's when some unresolved issues between us came to light because she lives with and is married to a repeated abuser who has both stolen from our family and was fired for stealing from his employer. I asked her if she was ever planning on returning our stolen game system and accessories, at which point she stopped responding. Several hours later, I got a notification about her status. Apparently, she had decided to make a status on her FB about me and my partner, calling us "wackos" and saying we were a danger to children because we "think child abusers are just misunderstood." I did defend myself and also said some untoward things about her marriage, which I shouldn't have done, but none of it was untrue and it's nothing she denies.
    In the comments she wrote, talking to another of her friends who was participating in the bullying of us that I watch kiddie porn (that's a sex crime she's accusing me of), that I'm a pedophile (that's a repulsive disease OR a sex crime she's accusing me of), that I "have fucked up thoughts about kids" and that I should die in hole or in a fire and that she hopes nothing good ever comes to me. About 40 people reacted to the status and there were hundreds of comments on it. We live in a town of 8,000. Then she privately messaged my girlfriend and told her that she hopes I die and that our child is taken away from us.
    When I pointed out that she was trying to defame me with those lies, she tried to gaslight me, saying that since I said being a pedophile wasn't really a bad thing, she was totally allowed to call me that even when it was clearly in a malicious attempt to attack my character (which is what the entire status was designed to do). When I asked her to apologize and admit she was lying, she refused, said "you brought this all on yourself," and then tried to pretend she was just "voicing her opinion." But the comment doesn't say "I think..." or "Maybe..." or anything to couch the statement. It just says "Max is a pedophile himself." And "Max watches kiddie porn." Neither of which is true at all. I have a loving long-term relationship with an adult woman, and I've never done anything inappropriate to a child and never would. I'm just a tolerant and progressive guy who wants to help people, kids and the mentally ill included. For reference, I'm 24.

    Tl;dr- I defended non-acting pedophiles and called her out on having stolen from me, so she lashed out.

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    Someone has trademarked a word that is my websites URL

    Posted: 06 Dec 2017 10:48 PM PST

    Yeah. I made a site several years ago that my wife and I used for fun. It still exists and I'd like to keep it. We received a message yesterday from an individual asking us to take down our site and sell it to him before he takes us to court.

    I looked into it and our website predates the trademark by several years so I believe that should he actually try to take us to court we could invalidate his trademark since we were already using it before he registered it.

    Am I correct in which case I should just ignore the guy?

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    Dishonorable Discharge

    Posted: 07 Dec 2017 07:54 AM PST

    Due to circumstance, I will be retracting my enlistment to the Army National Guard. The person in charge of my discharge has told me that he is going to Dishonorably Discharge me if I do not ship off to basic training. I know that this discharge is meant for those that commit the most serious of crimes while in the military and that I will be considered a criminal for the rest of my life if this happens. Is there anyway for me to avoid this? If not, is there anything I can do to lessen the severity of its impact on me? Thanks for any help!

    Edit: I live in Nevada. Sorry locationbot.

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    [USA/PA] Voluntarily Admitting Oneself to Mental Hospital, can't leave

    Posted: 07 Dec 2017 12:14 PM PST

    My wife started new medication a few days ago for her mental health. One side effect was suicidal thoughts. She got a fleeting thought of hanging herself yesterday that upset her. It was not something she even contemplated, but merely a fleeting "what-if" thought. She was worried, however, that this was connected to the medication. So she decided to check herself into the ER so a psych could look over her medication.

    She voluntarily signed herself into the ER. She was kept overnight and was told a psychiatrist would speak to her in the morning to determine what the issue is.

    This morning, the psychiatrist gave my wife two options: either voluntarily check herself into a mental hospital, or he would force her to. She was told if she did it herself she would be there 72 hours, and if the doctor did it she would be there for up to a week. She obviously then voluntarily signed off on it. I believe it was a 201 form.

    I was under the impression that she could leave the mental hospital whenever she felt since she went voluntarily, but they will not let her leave. She was admitted 3 hours ago. I was also under the impression that once you arrive at a mental health facility, a physician would evaluate you within 2 hours of arrival and determine whether or not to reasonably release you. This did not happen, and when she asked hospital staff she was told this 2 hour thing was a "lie" and the doctor would be in the next morning.

    Here's the thing. She was admitted at 12:30PM today (Thursday). 72 hours lands on Sunday, which the facility does NOT release patients on. And my wife has to return to school and work come Monday. My wife feels totally fine, expresses she feels totally fine over and over again and is denied leave. Her parents have been there and have also expressed this to no avail.

    What can we do? How long can they hold her? Why wasn't she seen by someone within 2 hours and not until tomorrow? Why can't she VOLUNTARILY check herself out? Why was she FORCED to "voluntarily" check in anyways? Why did the doctor threaten her with more time in the mental health facility if she didn't admit HERSELF?

    I don't like what's happening. My wife does not belong in a place like that. She was just worried about her medication causing unwanted symptoms and now she might be there for 4 or 5 days against her will.

    What can we do?

    Also, she wasn't given any of these rights. She wasn't given a timeline. She wasn't told she had a right to legal council (which I believe she does). She was not read any of the rights that come along with these things. She was strongarmed into all of this and I am furious.

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    (MA) Paid for a car to help a friend, had falling out, they will not pay me back and will not give me the car back and now trying to intimidate me

    Posted: 07 Dec 2017 09:53 AM PST

    I will try to be brief as I have never been in a situation like this.

    A friend was in dire need of a vehicle. So I found and paid for a car ($10,500) from a dealership.

    I have all the receipts/charges for payment etc. and I paid for this vehicle in full. However - and this is the part that scares me - the title and bill of sale is in the other person's name.

    I have many text messages and even a thank you card that is handwritten about how this will pay me back and admission that I bought and paid for the vehicle.

    I spoke to the dealer and he is providing a statement that all dealings payments etc were with me not the other party.

    I have tried to have them give me the title to hold until they pay me and they refuse. They also refuse to return the vehicle.

    Do I have any hope here if I go to small claims or am I totally screwed?

    Do I have any options for vehicle recovery without the title being in my name?

    Thanks in advance.

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    (SC) My brother was hit by a car while riding his bike.

    Posted: 07 Dec 2017 06:21 AM PST

    Like the tittle says, my brother was hit by a car while riding his bike. He's 27 and the person came over a blind hill and hit my brother, he tried to avoid him but couldn't. An ambulance came but my brother chose not to go, even thought his back has pains now and his ankle. The state trooper took 3 hours to get to the scene so my brother was stuck there in pain the entire time. When the trooper arrived he basically said that he wasn't going to make a police report because the bike wasn't insured and my brother didn't go with the ambulance. My family was wondering what all our options would be.

    Edit: Sorry everyone if I don't get to you fast, I am currently at work and reading as much as I can with this lunch break. For clarification it was a bicycle not a motorcycle. I'll upload a picture of the bike if anyone is interested.

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    Bank stole 540$ on a cash deposit

    Posted: 07 Dec 2017 08:55 AM PST

    I am a student who is out of state for school. A few times I have made a deposit at the local credit union, and they have a program that will deposit it into my credit union back home. Well I used the ATM to deposit 540$ after the manager suggested I use it. The machine ate my money with no receipt. I have filed a dispute with the credit union, and my home credit union. I email call and tweet everyday and nothing has happened. Its been 33 days now. I filed a police report but that was no help. What is my next move?

    I am in Colorado. My home cu is in Florida

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    [FL] I want to give a negative review for a contractor, but can he sue me for libel?

    Posted: 07 Dec 2017 07:20 AM PST

    I want to leave the following review for the contractor. At one time I told him I would file a complaint against him and he said he would sue me for libel. Everything in my review is truthful and I have documented proof of much of it, would he be able to sue me? Should I make any changes? I have taken out the following statements:

    This contractor is not to be trusted.

    Very unprofessional and dangerous.

    Should I keep them out or put them back in?

    Review

    BEWARE. We hired [company] ([name]) to build a house. The relationship started out fine and he did good work. But halfway through the project we found a problem with the balance reports for our account. When we confronted him about it he got mad at us and stopped working on the house. When we proved to him that the records showed that $50,000 was missing from our account he finally came around and said sorry, "it was an accounting error". We should have fired him then but he convinced us to continue and we were too far along on the house. At the end of the project he added some charges to our account that he never disclosed upfront. We asked what the charges were but he would not itemize them. When we said we would not pay he threatened us saying he would not pay the subcontractors (even though we gave him money to pay them) and they would put liens on our property and we would not be able to move in. He came to our house raging, yelling, and slamming doors. My wife and child were afraid he would harm us. He was out of control and seemed unstable. We were scared and out of fear we agreed to pay what he asked. Even though he has been paid he still will not give us a release of lien. BEWARE

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    Brother bullied at school Broke his neck

    Posted: 06 Dec 2017 09:47 PM PST

    Earlier today my younger brother (9) who has been getting bullied at school was intentionally pushed down a stair well and fractured his neck and upper Back. School staff was alerted and he was sent in an ambulance to the children hospital and is in urgent care. Doctors are optimistic but my question is what now we are lost and under a lot of stress whats our next step.

    Aurora(CO)

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    A week ago my landlord entered my apartment without permission, and has now threatened my family. Need help

    Posted: 07 Dec 2017 12:16 PM PST

    Hey everyone, pretty sure this is my first reddit post... (EDIT: I lied, its my 4th. First post in over 3 years though!)

    For the sake of identity protection of those involved, I will avoid the use of pronouns, except for the landlord, he will be referred to as "War". (Nickname) I've also gender-swapped a few of the involved parties. (I really love this sub and would hate to be banned over something like this).

    So first off, I am located in New Brunswick (CA). I have a common-law wife and we have custody of her younger sister (minor). We currently reside in a secured apartment building and deal with a rental company. We signed a one year lease with this company back in July, 2017 and have had a number of issues at this property.

    When the landlady was showing us the apartment, my wife and I noticed that she would occasionally give my wife really dirty looks. I thought nothing of it, but my wife pointed out that the landlady really did not seem to like her all too much. We were in a really iffy situation and decided it would be best if we just bit the bullet and signed on through the company.

    No credit check was done, they don't even have my SIN, and they refused to let my wife be on the lease. I was advised by a few of my co-workers that this lady may have been trying to scam me, but again, given my current situations, I could not pass this place up at the time. I signed a one page lease that I knew right then and there that either a) This company is fake af or b) This company has never had a lawyer involved... The lease was essentially; You live here, don't do drugs and pay your rent. Ok? Ok...

    So fast forward to move in date, got everything stowed away inside with the help of a few friends. Life in the apartment was really nice for the first month, the neighbors were quiet and the view of the river through a few trees wasn't a bad touch to the atmosphere. My wife and I were very happy, and while we would have a few guests come over here and there, we never had any noise complaints.

    So rent's due, I drive over to the landlady's apartment across town and I drop off the $735 (in cash). As I hand her the money, she counts it and tells me that there's a $35 cat fee and an extra $35 administration fee to be applied for handling cash. The cat fee, while technically unlawful, is a common practice in New Brunswick. The "administration fee" seemed a bit off, but I am rarely one to shit where I sleep so I decide to let it slide.

    So few months go on, and throughout there are constantly things in need of repair (Doors, smoke detectors, etc.) that are never looked at by the landlord. Then, last month in November (2017), my wife's younger sister, who was previously living on the street, moved into our spare bedroom.

    Shortly after (2-3 weeks after), while my wife and I were working, sister-in-law's ex-boyfriend decides to break in through the aforementioned broken door of my neighbor's place, kick in my front door, and assault my wife's sister. (Not the case to discuss, I know you all want to, but don't, I've already called a lawyer.)

    3 days later, we have another (unrelated) B&E occur. Overall, November was a shitty month.

    So about a week ago, my neighbor (The one who had her home broken into the first occurrence.) was given a hand-written eviction notice from the landlady. I told her that the notice was not actually an official notice and that she needed to contact the rentalsman immediately. A day later, War, the owner of the company, decided to pay my sister-in-law a visit while my wife and I were at work. He asked if he could test a light switch (there is one immediately on the left when you enter my apartment) and my sister-in-law said "Sure", thinking he would simply test the light switch and leave. He then pushed her aside (As per her) and proceeded to investigate my apartment. He went to the bathroom, the spare room, the master bedroom, the living room, the storage room and the kitchen. When he arrived at the kitchen, he opened my fridge and proceeded to knock over all of its contents. According to my sister-in-law, as soon as he knocked everything over, that's when he left.

    Now, December 1st was last Friday. Due to the B&E (and a few other things unrelated to the apartment) I was unable to pay rent on the first. I have the money now, and was planning on going in tomorrow before work to pay. I called my landlady today, to which I immediately got her voicemail. No more than 5 minutes later, I get a flurry of text from my wife stating that something bad has happened and that I must call her immediately.

    Come to find out, the landlady was actually already at my place when I called her. As per my wife, she wasn't the issue this time around. When the landlady arrived at my apartment, she apparently gave a phone to my wife, on the other end of the line was War. According to my wife, War was screaming at her, insulting her, threatening her and informed her that if we weren't out of the apartment by 9:30 a.m. tomorrow then we would be forcibly removed.

    As mentioned, I am by no means a lawyer, nor would I ever say that the law is easy to comprehend. However, after reviewing this resource (http://tenantrights.ca/facts/new-brunswick) and consulting with the rentalsman, I have come to the conclusion that my landlord has just violated a few different laws. The rentalsman told me that I need to present a formal complaint to the rental company, and that if things don't improve within 7 days, then I have a case.

    My main question is, what would you guys recommend? The landlady and I can act civil, but I have never met this Waren guy and just hearing what my wife told me in terms of how he's spoken to her (On multiple, unmentioned occasions) has my blood boiling. I am huge believer in not shitting where you sleep, however, I am at my wit's end. I have the formal complaint written, I am going to be dropping it off with the rent tomorrow. Should I consult a lawyer over this? I know that I will most definitely not be renewing my lease come next July, and I am even planning on moving into a house come March.

    TL;DR Based on the information found here: http://tenantrights.ca/facts/new-brunswick , I believe that my rights as a tenant have been violated. I have already begun the legal steps for recourse by contacting the rentalsman and preparing a formal letter of complaint. Should I prepare anything else to ensure my family's protection or should I back off and let bygones be bygones.

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    Cyber-stalked for past 5 years, what can I do?

    Posted: 07 Dec 2017 11:42 AM PST

    5 years ago, a stranger came up to me at my university gym and asked me my name. I told him my first name to be polite and moved on with my workout. From our brief interaction, he was able to find me on my university's database and sent me over 200 emails over the course of the next 3 years -- mostly incoherent ramblings about his poetry and how he was going to sell his book to Kanye West. I never answered. He found me on facebook and sent me hundreds of messages in a stream of consciousness dialog that had no need for response. It was not really about me, more about having a place to spew his thoughts where someone would acknowledge them. I never responded and blocked him on facebook. We also never had another conversation beyond the 15 second initial encounter. Over the past few years, I have received the occasional reminder that he is still following my every online move. He once sent an email telling me what he thought of a tweet i posted, which prompted me to make all my online accounts private. I have moved to a different country and have made no contact whatsoever with him, but I do know that he has contacted many of my friends in an attempt to get a message to me and establish contact vicariously. He recently sent a long message about how his medication was making him miserable and wrote about his struggles, which makes me more concerned, for his well-being and mine. I have no evidence to suggest that he is violent, but his insistence and incoherent writings make me certain that he is unstable. Today he added me on Linkedin, which I had not thought of as being a risk but I now know he knows where I work and what city I live in. I have blocked him and made my account private. What is the best way to protect myself here -- is this cyber-stalking due to the length of time that he has persisted? Does California have legal resources for online stalking? Any advice would be much appreciated!

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    [Seattle] I messed up, my neighbor is mad, called the police, and now I need advice on my best course of action.

    Posted: 07 Dec 2017 11:13 AM PST

    Last night I trimmed my neighbors rose bush in the spots that protrude from over her fence into the public sidewalk . The bush was extended several feet over her fence into the sidewalk. It's been bothering me for months. I and others walk past it everyday. It's really annoying to get caught on the thorns. I didn't know it was a "rose bush" as it just looked like out of control weeds.

    Anyways, I trimmed them back to the fence, while I was doing this she came home. She didn't seem that bothered by it and I told her what I was doing and why, I thought she said, "I won't call the cops then." So I continued on and finished up. Couple hours later, a few police officers showed up at my house at like 1am and take my statement and said they will be filing a report to the prosecutor.

    I wasn't put under arrest and one of the officers kept saying I was lucky. That they could arrest me for going on her property and destroying it. I was only ever on the sidewalk. The owner said I caused $400+ in damage. That seems crazy to me. I've never seen a rose on these bushes and they were definitely not well maintained or looking nice.

    The officers told me that I should have filed a compliment with the city or talked to my neighbor or left a note. In hindsight yes, that's what I should have done. I messed up. I feel bad that the neighbor is upset.

    The officer also didn't like the idea of me picking up the branches or contacting the neighbor at this point. My roommate wants to go over and talk with her but I'm not sure if that's a bad idea either.

    What do I do going forward? I don't want this to turn into a big whole thing.

    P.s. I don't have a picture of the before. but eye witness can confirm the original problem.

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    [CA] Cosigned for my parents for 2nd mortgage. Parents filed for bankruptcy. Collection is after me.

    Posted: 07 Dec 2017 10:45 AM PST

    My parents took out a 2nd mortgage on their house more than 10 years ago. I cosigned for the loan. May parents filed for bankruptcy more than 10 years ago. Not sure exactly when they filed for bankruptcy, but it was around 2006 or 2007. I got a letter from the bank where my parents took out the 2nd mortgage a few weeks ago, and today they left me a voicemail to contact them. I thought that this was already taken care of when my parents filed for bankruptcy. Why are they still going after me? What can I do to protect myself from any legal action?

    *Edit: Thank you for your responses. Will it ever show up on my credit report? If so, when? I will have my parents handle this. They have some equity on their house. I'm not going to pay a dime.

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    Freshman HS boy harassing my daughter (VA)

    Posted: 06 Dec 2017 05:51 PM PST

    A few months ago we learned that my daughter (13F) was being harassed by a male student (13M). We worked with the boy's parents and our daughter and thought it was over. Today we were contacted by a teacher at the High School that he had witnessed an incident where the male student followed our daughter into a classroom (where he didn't belong) yelling at her. The teacher told him to leave and he did briefly. He returned the room and continued yelling at my daughter. He finally left when another boy in the class (a 6' 2 Freshman) and the teacher blocked him and made him leave.

    We've been in contact with the Principal, the Vice Principals and the parents of the boy. The school has assigned security to protect our daughter and to keep an eye on the boy. We've got evidence of text, email and social media harassment, including using phones belonging to others to reach our daughter. This boy has a history of self-harm and violence, although he has not physically attacked out daughter.

    We've talked with our daughter and gone through all of her social media and phone information. It's clear that the boy has continued to harass outr daughter and she did not tell us or ask for help. Sigh.

    The school is taking this seriously, the boys parents are not. What else should we be doing? My husband wants to get a restraining order against the boy - Is that even a "thing" when the perpetrator is a minor? I hate that this is happening to my daughter. Despite all of this she is making straight A's, plays school and travel team sports and is active in arts. What are we missing? Any suggestions would be most welcome.

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    (MA/UAE) International Divorce/Desertion

    Posted: 07 Dec 2017 11:09 AM PST

    My husband is Saudi and we got married while he was studying in the US. We did it 2 hours before his flight to go home for Ramadan in May 2016. He was going to come back to the US afterwords but his family stole his passport. Long story short, about a year ago I took a job and moved to the UAE so we could be together. I have seen him twice in the last year and a half (last time 8 months ago), and I am starting to think I may never see him again because of his parents/weird cultural and legal dynamics. I want to make it work but its so stressful and we are both so drained that we aren't really speaking (more than anything I want things to work out). The UAE seems to have lots of crazy laws around expat divorce but I think as an American I pick my jurisdiction. We were married and lived together in MA. Any advice on what type of divorce I would be able to file for that would be easiest? I live in the UAE (will be in the US for 2 weeks for xmas) and am getting overwhelmed reading about having to be there for hearings and the what I would have to do to prove desertion or just get any type of divorce. I am also nervous because I don't want to hurt his chances of being able to immigrate to the US at some point because of this (say if I was able to get an annulment because of fraud). Any small bit of advice would be appreciated.

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    (Kentucky) Drove past a schoolbus with its stopsign out by mistake

    Posted: 07 Dec 2017 06:08 AM PST

    It was a genuine mistake and a first time offense (noted on the ticket I received). I looked up the statute online (189.370) and from what I understand the penalty is a fine or jailtime. Although I'm guessing jailtime is unlikely, I have serious anxiety trouble and I'm panicking right now over the prospect. If someone could give me an idea of what to expect I would seriously appreciate it right now. The truth is a hard bullet to bite but I'm not going to sleep if I don't. Please forgive me in advance if this isn't the correct kind of question for this subreddit, I assumed this would be a good place to ask but it's always possible I missed something in the guidelines.

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    Is it legal for my employer to clock me out for 30 minutes if I only take a 20 minute lunch?

    Posted: 07 Dec 2017 07:03 AM PST

    For context I live in Arkansas. Since I started at my job a year and a half ago I've been trying to take 15,20, or 25 min lunches to get extra time. Lately there has been some inconsistencies with peoples checks so I started keeping track of my hours to the minutes and everything. The first paycheck I saw I was about 1.5 hours shorter than what I wrote down. I asked my boss and she said she'd check it. I kept asking and she took so long to check it that I got another check. This one was almost 2 full hours short. I went in the office kinda mad and had her check it right then and the only inconsistency was my lunch times made me have exactly 30 min instead of what I actually worked and my boss said they had to do it that way... what really makes me mad as hell is everyone knew i was coming back early to make extra money and no one let me know so no telling how much money I've missed out on. I work 5 days a week 8 hour shifts with two 15 min breaks and one 30. Is this legal?

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    Character and Fitness Disclosures (New York)

    Posted: 07 Dec 2017 05:47 AM PST

    I am applying to law school and there are character and fitness disclosures. I was an idiot, got drunk undergrad freshman year and got concerned for myself so I asked someone to call for help. Police came, declared I was okay, but I have a Good Samaritan notice on my record at a school I attended for one year. I left the school, for no other reason than wanting to go somewhere else. I have contacted the school and they say it is noted on my record, but I am not required to disclose it. I am a bit wary of this advice. Do I need to file this for character and fitness reasons in applying to law schools and will I have to disclose this for the purposes of taking the bar?

    EDIT- I should note, and I apologize for not including initially (I had forgotten) that I was required to attend a discussion session with a health adviser about safe drinking and I was required to speak to a housing official because it occurred on campus.

    EDIT - Here is a sample of what school require

    Have you ever been censured for misconduct, subject to disciplinary action, or are any disciplinary charges pending or expected to be brought against you, for academic or other reasons (including academic or disciplinary probation, suspension, warning, or dismissal), in any educational institution you have attended or place of employment? Note: Misrepresentation may result in administrative sanctions.

    EDIT- Thank you for all your responses, I appreciate your time and kindness!

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    [MO] My neighbor's trash service was apparently cancelled a few weeks ago, there is trash all over his yard and blowing all over mine. Neighbor is unresponsive renter. What do I do?

    Posted: 07 Dec 2017 07:07 AM PST

    Title says it all. I own a duplex in a town in southwest MO, and the guy next to me has 2 trash bins packed full that have been repeatedly dragged out to the curb and then dragged back to the side of the house over the past few weeks. Additionally, there are trash bags in the yard, and just loose garbage blowing around. I haven't been able to get them to answer the door for me, so I'm not sure what else to do. Is this a 'call the cops' thing? Or something else?

    tl;dr: Neighbor's huge amount of trash blowing around in my yard and they won't answer the door. What do?

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