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- A judge refused to marry me due to how I look.
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| A judge refused to marry me due to how I look. Posted: 02 Feb 2018 05:18 AM PST I'm 22 and so is my fiance. I was in a bit of a jam after losing my job and thus my health insurance, so we decided to just get married earlier than anticipated in order to get on my fiance's health plan. For some context, I have Turner Syndrome so I have a very child-like appearance, and I was doing some treatments with my doctors that can only be covered with insurance. We planned to marry in our state, NJ but the requirement was we needed a witness...which neither of us have any offline friends and neither of our families approve of our relationship so we decided to marry in Pennsylvania since it is more lax with marriage requirements. So we get the license and set a date at a courthouse. We go there, and like many other times in my life, the people around were horrified at the prospect of a "child" getting married. I provided adequate proof that I am over 18. The judge takes one look at us and he is clearly repulsed. He refuses to marry us, and basically told my fiance he should be "ashamed". Is it legal that he refused to marry us? We were treated pretty badly and with disrespect. The clerk also assured us nobody was going to be interested in marrying us so we should just not try again. Is there any way we can compel a judge to marry us? We are originally from NJ, trying to marry in PA. [link] [comments]  |
| [IN] Sorority threatening to pursue legal action if I tell anyone about pledging process Posted: 02 Feb 2018 01:28 PM PST I'm curious if they can actually sue. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2018 05:17 AM PST My ex fiance and I broke off the engagement last Feb. She was admitted into her dream (but expensive) grad school the year prior so we did the whole celebration night, and since we were getting married, the tuition was going to be a burden on both of us so we talked about how my income would be used to help her pay for grad school. On celebration night I gave her flowers and a card saying "I'm so proud of you. Congratulations on getting into _______ and I'll do anything you need to help make it work". There were also budgets we made since then on paper about my income and how much of it would be allocated to her tuition costs (over the entire program I was going to pitch in around $40,000). After broke up, she sent me an email saying she started grad school the previous fall (when we were still together) under the impression that we both would be paying for it and now she's in a compromised position to take on a lot of debt that she was not first aware of. I didn't answer. She sent me another email saying if I had any decency I would respond- I didn't answer. Then she sends me pictures of the card and budgets we made saying I entered into a contract with her regarding her tuition. She also told me she got an attorney (who's a family friend of hers) and to communicate with him moving forward, but I didn't get taken to small claims or anything like that. This must be bull shit right? Should I expect to appear in court? Would this just get thrown out? Location: NYC Edit: Sorry, rereading it I realize my post isn't written well. To clarify the timeline: We've been broken up for exactly one year now, she's been in grad school 1.5 years and the earliest correspondence regarding her tuition was immediately post break up and I got information of the lawyer this past week. So all in all she's been trying to get me pay tuition for a year now. Edit: She enrolled after we discussed it and after I already paid some tuition for her. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2018 02:37 AM PST She secretly took off her birth control (nexplanon) and we continued to have sex obviously without me knowing she had taken it off. She took it off and kept it a secret from me because she wants to have a baby and I don't. If she turns out to be pregnant, is there anything I can do in my defense? We're only 18 years old and I'm 100% sure she is absolutely not joking. Edit: a word. [link] [comments]  |
| My neighbor (77M) wont leave me (25M) alone about my dog. Posted: 02 Feb 2018 09:03 AM PST Hey /r/legaladvice first time poster. I am having some issues with my neighbor regarding my dog and where he does his business and I need some advice. I live in a condo community in Maryland, and my girlfriend and I are by far the youngest homeowners in the building. Since we moved in we've had some problems with a few tenants trying impose their own rules on us which has led to a few confrontations.
A few days ago i was approached by my neighbor about where I take my dog to go to the bathroom. He began the conversation by saying I was breaking HOA policy (its a condo) with my place of choice for bathroom duty. I am very familiar with the HOA policy and I am not breaking any rules with where I/my gf are allowing him to use the restroom. After a slew of misogynistic comments regarding my girlfriend and women in general, i ended the conversation and went back to my unit.
This is the second time I have approached by this gentleman, the first involved me taking my muddy work boots off at the front door on rainy days. After our confrontation, I began contacting the board of directors to try to get some kind of resolution. Through this conversation I found out I have been getting complaints filed against me for months regarding mud inside the door. I got a desk job in June of 2017 so muddy work boots aren't a problem for me anymore, but somehow they feel I have been responsible. Through my conversation with the board member, I found out this gentleman's wife is a sitting member on the board. The board member assured me she would speak to them and see if she could get this resolved since I am not breaking any rules.
Fast forward to today and I'm doing my usual thing and notice their blinds open as they begin taking pictures of me. Again, I am not breaking any rules, they just don't like where I am going. At this point I am looking to file an official complaint with the board of directors but I am worried because his wife is an active member (she was the one taking the picture). It turns out that the board can vote to evict my dog if they deem him a nuisance. I am worried they are beginning to try to build a case against him.
At the end of the day I just want it to stop. I dont think its illegal to take pictures of me in a public place, but I am beginning to feel uncomfortable in my own home.
What are my options? I've tried to handle this amicably but it seems like they want me to bend to their will. Is a cease and desist order the next step?
Thanks in advance! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2018 06:03 AM PST Location: Nova Scotia, Canada. I'm really hoping I can get some advice here. This situation has been an absolute nightmare and my wife and I would like to get on with our lives... Backstory: Moved into a "luxury apartment" back in July 2017 and have had nothing but issues during our time living there. Wife found out she was pregnant shortly after moving in. First few months we noticed smoke and marijuana smells in the hallway. The apartment has no direct access to the unit without going through the hallways, and this was causing my wife to become nauseous. It also states in the lease that the units are non-smoking. Also found out that the units weren't entirely all rentals, some were condos and the owners didn't seem to abide to the no smoking rules within the units. Wife started to vomit due to the nausea of cigarette and marijuana smoke, happened almost twice a day every day we were in the apartment. Started to get scared because my wife started to bleed after vomiting, and we were scared she may miscarry. Visiting the in-laws, she was not exposed to the fumes, and was not vomiting. Started to dread coming back to the apartment because we both knew she was going to become ill once she entered the hallway and even the underground parkade. Even tried putting deodorant sticks up to her nose to get into the apartment but the smells went under the door and filled our apartment regardless of what we tried. September: A unit above us dumped coffee cans full of old cigarette butts, dirty nicotine water, broken glass and rotten food off their deck onto ours. (we have a wider balcony as we are located on the bottom floor) The fumes of the dump eliminated one of our main windows which we used to get fresh air into the apartment to combat the cigarette fumes from the hallway. We reported the issues to the superintendent which seemed to fall on deaf ears. Nobody came up to clean it, but they mentioned they would look into it. The unit continued to do this 6 more times over the course of September to November. We reported to issue multiple times. My wife sent an e-mail to the landlord saying that because of the on-going issues and fear of having something happening to the baby, we would be visiting her family doctor for more assistance in the matter. Wife went to her family doctor and filled out this form: https://novascotia.ca/sns/pdf/ans-rtp-form-G-H-tenants-notice-to-quite-early.pdf Served the notice to my landlord Oct 31st stating we would be out of the apartment Nov 31st (requires 1 month notice) due to medical reasons. He said that he challenges all medical lease terminations and would be submitting an appeal to the Residential Tenancy Board. A few days later, we had someone above us vomit off their balcony onto our deck so we were no longer able to use our balcony at all. Nov 14th: Landlords secretary served papers for hearing. Wife had a baby dating ultrasound the next day, and she didn't take the news well. More vomiting, more unnecessary stress... Nov 15th: Wife went in for the ultrasound... Her cervix was almost gone. Went on level 1 bed rest at hospital until the baby arrived (expected date March 21st 2018). I visited the landlord and told him that I would like to make some sort of agreement to end this appeal, and get on with our lives. I mentioned that my wife was in the hospital and that she wasn't getting out until the baby arrived. His attitude didn't change. He said that it's not the apartments fault that she's in the hospital, and that the appeal would continue. I begged and pleaded with him to find a way to end the appeal, but got nothing out of him. Nov 29th: Wife gave birth to a 24-week gestation (16 weeks premature) baby girl. Friends and family helped pack up the apartment and we were out by Nov 31st and into another home by Dec 1st. The landlord still held our damage deposit, and withdrew the rent for Dec 1st even though we moved out. Dec 10th: Presented our case to the Residential Tenancy Board, the adjudicator asked if there was anything we could agree on to end this, but the landlord said there was nothing to discuss and to continue with the hearing. Jan 5th: Received a letter that the Tenancy Board was in our favour, and that the lease was officially terminated. The landlord had 10 days to appeal this decision, and unfortunately he did... We were served with papers for a small claims court appointment on Jan 30th appealing the decision from the Tenancy Board. Jan 30th: Spent hours making copies of all the evidence we had supporting our case. We showed up at the small claims court The sheriffs calls all of the hearings into the court room and started taking attendance. when they called for us, we stood up, but the landlord was a no-show. The adjudicator said that there were no notes as to why the landlord didn't show up, so the appeal was dismissed. Order was to follow... Now the part where I ask for advice! What do I do now!? I want this nightmare to end... I was told I could "enforce" this order. I call the court every day asking if it has been completed yet but even when it's completed, I have no idea how or when to do it. Can the landlord appeal it again? Do I need a lawyer? The landlord still holds our damage deposit of $700.00 plus the months rent of $1400.00. I placed a stop payment on the company and it looks like they even tried to take out Jan 1st as well... I want our $2100.00 back, and I want to move on and enjoy my time with our baby. Please help! TL;DR (Thanks u/ekaceerf): Rented an apartment. It made pregnant wife sick which may have led to problems with the baby. Doctor gave a note to legally terminate the lease. Landlord contested it with housing board and lost. Landlord then contested with court and no showed. Landlord still bothering us trying to fight it and refuses to return security deposit and withdrew rent for month after we were moved out. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 01 Feb 2018 07:45 PM PST We signed on our house last Friday. The title company is in a different city a couple of hours away, so they sent a notary to our current house to sign the closing documents and hand over the cashiers check with the down payment. Apparently, they then had the notary send the documents and check to them via UPS. The package disappeared. UPS shows it being dropped off at their store, and then it was never scanned again. The store has been searched with no luck. The title company tells us they will pay for any fees associated with placing a stop payment on the check, and for reissuing the funds to them, this time via wire transfer. I go to the bank to place the stop payment, and I'm informed that because the check is guaranteed for 90 days, I can place the stop payment, but the bank is still liable if the check gets deposited. As such, they will not release the funds back into my account until those 90 days have passed. The only way to get the funds released, is to apply for a bond company to take on liability for the check. This requires paying them $700 for taking on that risk (2% of the check amount). I inform the title company of this, and the person in charge of our case says that they won't cover that cost. I decline to place the stop payment, and we meet with this person from the title company today. We resign the closing documents, and discuss what will be done about the check. She says that she does not have the authority to agree to pay the $700, but she will be bringing our case to the attention of the regional manager and maybe he'll agree to pay some of it. As far as my husband and I are concerned, we paid the title company. We handed over our check to their representative. Now, they expect us to pay $700 to replace that check because it was lost after being placed in their care. Hopefully, the regional manager will agree to cover this cost. If he doesn't, or if the amount he offers is not satisfactory to us (which almost any amount less than the total would be), do we have any recourse? Is there anything we can say to them, any laws or regulations we can cite, that prove that this is on them and they need to take responsibility for correcting it? Or are we just screwed? Both we and the title company are in Oregon. [link] [comments]  |
| Wife sleeping in other room, won't move out, probably having affairs Posted: 02 Feb 2018 03:46 AM PST [UPDATE] - Thanks for all the input and support. We live in Harford County, Maryland but I work in PA, if that makes a difference. I updated my insurance, my 401K, and my IRA to leave everything to my daughter. I spoke to my mom (71 years old) and she agreed to take my daughter if something happens in the next two years (daughter turns 16 on the 21st). I have an appointment with an estate lawyer on Monday at lunchtime to update my will. My mom says I should put everything into a trust for my daughter. Making my mom the executor of the will. After talking to my mom on the phone, I thought about never seeing my stepson again and I cried. I have known this kid his whole life and essentially been "dad" to him since he was 7 years old. I can't imagine not having him in my life. I just want things to go back to how they were. I need someone to walk me through this emotionally so I don't change my mind once I decide divorce is the way to go. I am afraid of dying alone. I am finally healthy (for now) and going on a trip with her and spending time with her was what motivated me through much of my treatment. I feel like I am giving up what little bit of my future has not already been stolen if I file for divorce ... but it's already gone now anyway so I don't have anything to lose. I am willing to do ANYTHING to get her back. I was not an easy guy to live with the last two years - I share blame here. I went from a 200 pound weightlifter to a 150 pound sick guy. I used to party all the time - we partied together. Now I mostly sit at home. The kids are all that is keeping me going right now. Yes, I think I need to talk to someone - a therapist or something. What kind should I see? Couple's therapist? Some other kind? Who should I talk to so I can just make it thru this? My wife and I are both previously divorced. Started dating 10 years ago and got married 5 years ago after each of us swearing we would never get married again. She has custody of her son and I have custody of my daughter - both teens in high school. We bought a house together 3 years ago and live in a state where you can't get divorced if you still live together. We used to have a passionate love life. I would snuggle her in the middle of the night and it would often lead to sex - which my wife liked. (Sorry - this is important to the question). Two years ago started the hell year - I was diagnosed with cancer, my wife got a DUI during a "girl's night out" while I was getting treatment, and we mad serious financial problems. My cancer went into remission, my wife got one year probation, and we got each other through it. Last year, we had another cancer scare - a new tumor popped up but it was benign. My wife told me she couldn't take me being sick anymore and didn't find me attractive anymore ... and she felt like a monster because she wasn't attracted to me anymore. We started arguing a lot. She started drinking again ... and was getting drunk most nights. But I had surgery, the tumor was removed, and it started getting better. Two months ago, I was finally feeling BETTER better, we went out with friends and had some drinks while the kids were with their grandparents, and I snuggled my wife in the middle of the night. We had not had sex in a few months. She responded in a way I thought was a "go signal" so I kept going and we had sex. As soon as it was done, my wife claimed she had been "passed out drunk" and that I had molested her. I was confused and devastated. My wife moved into the spare bedroom and has been there ever since. My cancer is going to come back - I only have years to live. My wife now sleeps in another room with the door locked and doesn't want me to touch her. She told me last night that as far as she is concerned, we are just "roommates" now. My wife also travels for work and there are signs she is having an affair on this work trips - some texts from a male coworker also on some of the trips that have been deleted and she changed an upcoming trip to go to a place where he is going but lied about it. This is horrible - but I think my wife is having an affair and waiting for me to die. I could put lots more here about the effect this is having on the kids (not good), etc. I told my wife last night that I can't go on like this. I asked her to go to couple's counseling with me and she refused saying that "You are the one who is broken, not me, you molester." I told her that if she really thinks I am a "molester" for having sex with her when she was an active participant who doesn't remember then she should call the police and have me arrested. If she is really so afraid of me that she sleeps behind a locked door then we should sell the house, move out, and file for divorce. She said she doesn't want to impact the children that way and just wants us to be "roommates" - as she put it, "I do me and you do you until the kids graduate in a year and a half and figure it out from there." I don't want to waste the few precious years of my life left living like this. What can I do? What are my options? Do I move my daughter and I out and risk her financially ruining us? I don't have money for a PI to investigate the possible affair - I still have medical bills I am paying. Help? [link] [comments]  |
| Terminated from job (with severance) - job doesn't want to pay me for the last 6 days worked. Posted: 02 Feb 2018 05:18 AM PST So, here's the situation. We had a corporate reorg and my position was terminated. The severance agreement that I signed listed my last day of employment as 1/22/18, with a lump sum payment of $XXX as severance. I signed the agreement on 1/23/18. Our paycheck cycle is such that the check from today covers 1/15/18 - 1/26/18. My understanding is that since I worked 6 of those days, I would get compensation for those days plus the severance check. However, my paycheck was only for the lump sum severance. I found this clause in the middle of the contract: Affirmations: Employee affirms that Employee has been paid and/or has received all compensation, wages, bonuses, commissions, and/or benefits to which employee may be entitled from employer, and that no other compensation, wages, bonuses, commissions, and/or benefits are due to Employee from Employer, except as provided in this Agreement. Did this lump sum take place of my wages for those 6 days? Should I have just waited until today to sign the contract, and did I screw myself by being quick about it? We are in PA if that's an important fact. Before anyone asks, I contacted my HR dept and got a response that she will be out of office for the week (small company). Thanks! UPDATE Just heard back from payroll, they apologized and said that it was a mistake on their part, which they'll rectify next week. Thanks for everyone's advice, much appreciated. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2018 12:49 PM PST TL;DR at bottom I was on my way to the grocery store back in August when a police pursuit passed in front of me. The guy they were chasing was on a very distinctive motorcycle. I, the motorcyclist and the officer pursuing were at that time in a suburban subdivision. It was late in the day, after 6pm. I wait for the pursuit to get ahead up the road before continuing on my way, which was the same way the pursuit was headed. The chase then leads off into a neighboring subdivision. I turn onto a 4 lane road that acts as the main thoroughfare to those two suburban subdivisions and more. Towards the end of the road I notice the same motorcyclist pushing his bike through a gap in a fence on the opposite side of the road, before hopping onto the road and beginning back up towards me. At this point, only two minutes have passed since the chase passed me. The police sirens and lights are still on, I can see them on the other side of the fence. There were no cars in the opposite lane at this time, just the motorcyclist. Realizing he is about to escape, or at least get a two minute or more head start before the chase resumes, I make the instinctive decision to cross over the curbed median and impede his escape by about 30 seconds by putting my truck in a position where it's covering both lanes, that way he has to work to get around it, at least slowing him down. The motorcyclist sees what I'm doing and tries to zip around the front end of my truck before I can fully block his rightmost lane. He isn't fast enough, even though he's going what I estimate was 50-60mph in a 30mph zone, so he clips my front driver side headlight and bumper, knocking him off his motorcycle, and landing him into a ditch next to the sidewalk. The airbags did not deploy, the truck was still completely drivable. I pull up onto the sidewalk, as I now see people turning onto the road from the nearby intersection and don't want to impede their traffic. As I exit my truck I see the guy yelling at me and trying to push himself up off the ground and what looks like he's trying to reach into his motorcycle jacket. I keep a pistol under my driver seat, and as the realness and severity of the situation settles in (I had no idea what this guy was running for, whether he had robbed somebody, or had just killed 5 people) I grab my pistol from under my seat, hold it in the "low ready" position pointed in his direction, but not directly at him, and yell "Get on the ground!" He does. I then yell "Keep your hands where I can see them at all times!" He thrusts his arms/hands out straight in front of him. This entire time I'm about 20-30 feet from him. About 30 seconds later the police officer who could not pursue with his cruiser walks up, looks at me, and as he continues to walk towards the guy gives me a hand signal which I take as "I got this, put your gun up". I immediately turn to put my pistol back in my truck, pull the holster out from under the seat, remove magazine, eject round, lock slide back, and set everything in plain view on the floor mat. I turn off my truck, leaving keys in the ignition, then I go sit down on the cement of a drainage pipe hole covering with hands visible. It's at this point I realize I should probably call my lawyer before I'm questioned by the police, as I've seen many posts here on reddit saying don't talk to the police, and I didn't know if I had done anything wrong. I didn't think I had done anything wrong, but I would rather not take the chance. My phone was still plugged into the charger in my truck, and after having the officer see me with my pistol drawn I wasn't about to go digging in my truck with him not there. About 5 minutes later a second cruiser pulls up, then another, and then another. The first officer motions to the second and instructs him to "Go get his info." The officer approaches me, and says "Hey man, what happened?" I'm polite and courteous with the guy and say that I want to be as cooperative as possible but that I'd like to call my lawyer first before I give a statement. He seemed a little incredulous and confused at first and said "what do you mean? I'm just trying to figure out what happened." Again I'm polite and say "Yes I understand completely, I know you're just trying to do your job and everything, but everything I've heard has always said to essentially not talk to you guys until speaking with my lawyer, and again I want to be cooperative as possible with you guys, I just really feel I need to speak with my lawyer first." The officer say ok, asks me to come up to the sidewalk and says politely "just until we can figure out what happened, I'm going to have to temporarily detain you, you are not under arrest at this time, do you understand?" I say "Yeah I do" They cuff me, check my pockets, ask if I have anything I shouldn't or anything dangerous on me that might hurt them, I tell them I have a pocket knife next to my wallet, then they place me in the back of a cruiser for a while. Later the first officer comes up, asks me if I can tell him what happened, I stress again that I want to be cooperative, I'm not trying to be uncooperative but for my own best interest I need to speak to my lawyer first. He says ok, later comes back after I've spent about 45 minutes in the cruiser, asks me again. I didn't think I did anything wrong so I thought if I told them, they'd just take my info, let me go, and then call me if they needed anything. So I told him everything I said in the post here. I saw him chasing the guy, let them get up the road, continued on my way, saw him escape the pursuit, and he was in a position where I could do something to hopefully delay him so I did, and I ended up stopping him instead which was not my original intention. He said ok, thanked me, then said he was going to have to go talk to his sergeant. Then he came back, put me under arrest and instructed the second officer who initially questioned me to take me. They then informed me I was being charged with 2 counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, one for the truck, and one for the pistol. That officer takes me to the jail, they begin the intaking process of patting me down and everything and have me wait for a bit, but then they reject me and say that the officer should have taken me to the hospital first. I say I'm completely fine, but it was standard procedure so he loads me back into the cruiser and takes me to the hospital. The hospital staff has me sit on a bed, I get questioned by the hospital staff and once they realize i'm not one of the usual shitheads that come through there they visibly relax. One of them hands me a form with a pen and I ask "What's this?" They say "This is just a form giving us permission to look at you and let us make sure you're ok." I say again, "I'm completely fine, I don't need anything" but they insist and I got the assumption that I was stuck there until I signed it so stupidly I did, still in handcuffs. The officer realizes I'm not a shithead so he takes the cuffs off. They took my heart rate, blood pressure, and gave me a styrofoam cup of water, then charged me $3000 for it later. Unbeknownst to me, signing that form was me agreeing to be held accountable for the cost of that visit, but that's another story. (The hospital later realized that I shouldn't be held liable for that and forwarded the bill to the police, but once they rejected it they stuck it back on me, so I'm currently dealing with that) I ended up spending the night in jail, called my lawyer, he bailed me out, thank god. I still haven't had a court date set and couldn't afford bail so I'd still be in there. The police department impounded my truck for a grand total of 11 days before allowing me to come retrieve it. I was working as an independent contractor at the time and despite telling my employer the story, my not being able to get to the jobsite an hour away for 11 days ended up with them terminating my contract. Now nobody will call me back because I'm out on bail for two class two felony charges. I got a small minimum wage job for the time being. I spoke with the former sheriff of the county it happened in and he agreed I did the right thing and said he would not have arrested me. I have him and a retired FBI agent willing to testify as expert witnesses on use of deadly force on my behalf if necessary but my lawyer is saying the prosecutor is not dropping the case because they have "a good case" and there's a "good chance I'll see prison time in a federal penitentiary" and that those two witnesses "don't matter." I'd just like to get a second set of eyes on this because I feel like I didn't do anything wrong, but if I did, they're going after me hard for what I thought was me doing my civic duty in the absence of law enforcement/inability of law enforcement to catch this guy who they felt necessary to chase after at highway speeds through residential neighborhoods. I have no criminal history except for an inspection sticker being a few months out of date from years back when I was broke. I'm a good law abiding citizen and I don't understand why I'm suddenly staring down years confined with murderers and rapists and never being able to own guns again. TL;DR: Guy leading police on high speed pursuit successfully evades capture and puts himself in a position where I can slow him down until police catch back up. I end stopping him completely instead and have to hold him at gunpoint from running at me or running away. Police charge me with two class 2 felonies and I'm now looking at years in federal prison with societies worst offenders and never owning guns again as a felon. Due to the arrest I also lost my job and got slapped with what I feel is egregious and outright price-gouging medical bills because I came in wearing handcuffs. I am near poverty and am having trouble finding work. Any advice would be appreciated. [link] [comments]  |
| (Florida) Walmart possible scam Posted: 01 Feb 2018 10:09 PM PST My brother brought home a Playstation 4 today that he bought from Walmart. As I was helping him unbox it and set it up we discovered that it actually contained a Playstation 3. We called the Walmart and customer service told us to bring it back to the store. My brother went back to the store to return it but the person at the electronics department wasn't having it. The employee said that my brother was trying to scam them by switching out the consoles himself. So now my brother has lost $400 and he has two Playstation 3's now. We are planning on meeting with the store manager tomorrow to try and work this out. We aren't sure what else to do about this or who else to contact. Any help would be greatly appreciated! [link] [comments]  |
| [OR] Purchased a home 6 months ago, now divorcing spouse. She wants to co-own the home and I don't. Posted: 02 Feb 2018 07:35 AM PST She has contributed financially only 4 months out of the last 3 years. No kids involved or any other large ticket items besides the house. The title is in both our names, the loan is only in mine (VA Loan if that matters), I was the only one to contribute toward the down payment, and I contribute the majority to expenses and mortgage. I don't want to be financially tied to her. I want to own the house myself, or if that isn't possible I want off the house completely and my payments refunded. Any information or assistance is welcome. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2018 12:00 PM PST My wife and I were in the Caribbean when hurricane Irma hit. We left the island soon after (not PR or any other US owned island) and came back to the US. We got a call from our former landlord saying that we have an outstanding electricity bill. When we left we told him he could keep anything we left in the house. We left the island on extremely short notice (6 hours to pack our entire house). Now I will also mention the house was messed up. The whole interior was covered in standing water and mud from the hurricane due to the landlord not taking precautions like putting boards over the windows. There was perhaps some misc cleaning that was needed before we left that was caused by us, such as left behind furniture and some dog hair left behind, at most maybe $100 US to clean. However he was an elderly person and his whole savings was tied to the property and our deposit was $1500. We told him he could keep our deposit to cover incidentals such as any damage our dogs might have done to the furniture (of which there was none, it was more of a charitable gesture because in reality we knew he had spent our deposit on painting his car, which was ruined in the hurricane). However we expressly said that the money was to be used to clear our lease and any outstanding debts he would have against us for the property (such as cleaning etc.) Now I will say. Our lease terms were broken after the hurricane because he could not offer us proper living conditions. There was no power/running water because he didn't want to get a generator (power was only restored about a month ago on the island, 3 months after the hurricane hit). I sent him a response saying, "Hi Landlord, Unfortunately my wife and I will not be paying you as the $1500USD deposit we made on the lease that we left was left with you precisely to cover such incidental expenses related to us living there such as an outstanding electricity bill. If you'd prefer, we would be happy to take our deposit back and send you the money or you could send us deposit minus the $900ECD (342.16USD) which would be $1157.84USD. I want to reiterate we will not be paying the electric bill except in the terms stated above." Is there anything he could possibly do to us legally being that we are not in his country nor is his country a protectorate of the US? Montana [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 01 Feb 2018 03:03 PM PST My neighbors across the street rely on their mother for childcare since they both work a lot. Said mother will pull up at 5am on weekdays and lay on the horn to get the kids to come outside. And I mean LAY on the horn. The first few times she did it, I thought there was a car accident because it was a solid 5 seconds of horn. She also picks them up in the evening times at 5pm and sometimes as late as 11pm or 12 am. I'm not sure why, I think there are multiple age groups and they all need to be chauffeured around. My issue is that I am a full time student amd I work 30-40 hours a week. Sleep is kind of precious to me and it absolutely messes up my days to be jarred awake and not be able to fall asleep because I'm so fuming. I have talked to the homeowners before and they said sorry, and they've told her not to but she doesn't listen. Just about 20 minutes ago, I heard that 5 second assault on my ears so I went outside and knocked on her window and politely asked her to instead call or knock to get their kids, to which she said "I'll think about it" before rolling up her window and honking her horn again. I know for a fact my neighbors on the left and right of me work a 3rd shift factory job and an on-call tow truck job so they dont appreciate it either, and they've called the police before, but there isn't a whole lot they can do aside from politely ask her to stop (she doesn't) I'm in vanderburgh county. How do I shut this stupid asshole up and claim back my sleep? [link] [comments]  |
| Roommate wants to move in BF he met off the internet (MD) Posted: 02 Feb 2018 06:22 AM PST I am the owner of a townhouse in Maryland and have rented the basement (full access to the house, not a separate space) to my roommate and friend for 9 years. I also live in the house. We had a very informal lease in the beginning and I never had him resign it after that first year. So my understanding is it is a month to month lease at this point. A few months ago, roommate started talking to and apparently has "fallen in love" with a person in the military who is currently stationed overseas. Roommate has never met this person in real life. Now, roommate wants to let this person stay in my house when he comes back to the US "for a few days" until he gets military housing. I know that my roommate has a right to have guests, but I obviously am concerned having a complete stranger staying in my house. I have expressed this concern to my roommate who has just brushed it off and basically said he will be staying there regardless of my feelings. Do I have any rights to not let this person in my house? and if I have to, is there any way for me to ensure that this person does not become a tenant under the law where I would have to go through eviction proceedings to get him out? I don't want this to get ugly because I'd like to salvage my friendship with my roommate but I don't see a happy way out of this. Anything else I haven't thought of that I should be legally aware of? Any help is greatly appreciated. [link] [comments]  |
| Assaulted at a mental institution Posted: 02 Feb 2018 03:00 AM PST Hey guys, I was wondering if you could provide some advice to my family on what legal actions can be taken. My cousin had a physcotic breakdown a while ago since he is 19 yrs old he is being considered an adult and we haven't had much say as to where he is being taken. He was transfered a few times from place to place. Recently he was transfered to a mental institution called Anchor Hospital where he was beat up by some other patients. He hates it there. He used to call saying they wanted to kill him now we are actually started to believe that. He is not the first patient that has complain about being assaulted in that institution. They have really bad reviews( apparently a girl was rape there). Should we call the police? The institution says they can't release him until he gets better but seeing the fear and anxiety that being in that place causes him I'm not sure he will. Please help :( Sorry for formatting typing this from mobile. [link] [comments]  |
| My wife works 40+ hours/week over two jobs for the same school but they are not providing overtime Posted: 02 Feb 2018 09:15 AM PST My wife works at a private school in Tennessee, USA. During 40 work hours of the week, she is the main teachers' assistant ($10/hour), and also works After School Care. However, for 5 hours out of the week, she works specifically as an "After School Care Caretaker," which has a different pay scale ($9.50/hour) and is considered - by the school - to be a separate job entirely. As a sidenote, I am led to believe that all the teachers have to work those extra 5 hours each week as an "After School Care Caretaker" along with their regular teaching or assisting work hours. I have done the math, and she works 40 hours for her primary job and 5 hours for her secondary job. She is not getting paid overtime. I'm having trouble finding any leads for Tennessee, but this article makes me think the school is doing some shady stuff. Or at least some illegal stuff, because that would mean that they would have to be paying overtime to about a dozen people. Any help or insight is appreciated. Edit: Since it was questioned, I will point out that After School Care is not contracted out by another company. Harding Academy pays my wife for both "jobs." [link] [comments]  |
| Nuisance Neighbors - Landlord Indifference to Nonpayment, Drugs, Fights, Noise, and a Gun (LONG) Posted: 02 Feb 2018 12:14 PM PST Hi all, Chicago, IL. My partner and I live in a two-bedroom 2-flat with an illegal basement conversion garden apartment. We only became aware that it was likely illegal when it was rented out two months into our lease, and we started getting huge gas and electric bills (x2-3 times normal) this winter and found there are only two gas/electric meters for 3 apartments, indicating we are paying for the basement apartment's utilities/common spaces. Virtually every day the foyer where the downstairs neighbor's apartment connects with the building reeks of really skunky marijuana coming from their door. It's gotten so bad it is starting to seep up through our floor and radiators to make our apartment smell of pot now too. I have no personal issue with people smoking it recreationally, but I specifically rented here to be in a non-smoking building because I have respiratory issues and hate the smell. I work at home frequently, and sometimes in coordination with law enforcement, so smelling like pot is not an option for me. The weekly screaming matches my neighbors have into the late hours of the night are disruptive to sleep and sanity. They are just generally inconsiderate with noise, often having loud /parties, music, and/or TV until 2am. This could be explained by a lack of insulation and while I buy earplugs to deal with it, this makes it hard to hear my alarm and has made me late several times. This has also cost me sleep in general as my ears get irritated by the plugs and I can't wear them for multiple nights straight. Recently, an agitated young man came to the building and was banging on my neighbor's windows demanding they open up. I looked out my window, saw the individual holding what appeared to be a gun partially hidden in his jacket while ringing my neighbor's doorbell repeatedly. I immediately got the hell out of the area and hid, but I heard my neighbor let this individual in and yell at him for a while about coming to her house. This happened just under a week ago. I didn't immediately call the police because my neighbors and this visitor are African American and I don't want them harmed by overzealous police response. Solutions I have tried/enacted: - Contacted the landlord about everything except the gun incident. Landlord tried to shrug off the shared utility issue, but eventually agreed to a small reduction in rent until a new meter could be put in. Landlord sent out a generic email about how smoking in the building was against the lease and has ignored the subsequent messages about the drug usage smell pervading.
I have six months left on this lease and this living situation is turning into a hot mess. I'm considering knocking on my neighbor's door and having a discussion about the noise and her need for an air purifier to de-smoke the place, but I am confrontation-averse and I don't really feel like it's my job to enforce the lease terms. What should I do next? Any guidance on what my options are from here on out would be appreciated. (edit - formatting to break up wall of text) [link] [comments]  |
| Can a dealer change your loan after you’ve driven the car home? Posted: 02 Feb 2018 12:17 AM PST So I am 20 years old and have had credit history for two years and 4 months. Two credit cards and a car loan for a year and a half. I have a 751 FICO score. I went to my local ford dealer and worked out a deal on a truck for $40,000 total Loan is somewhere in that ballpark. Anyways the deal was 84 months at 3.99% supposedly their prime rate. I make more than enough money to afford this payment. Anyways so I did all the paper work, traded in my car, and put down a small down payment and drove the truck home and have had it for 6 days. I get a call today saying the deal didn't go through with the bank and I will need a co-signer now. This is ridiculous. I feel cheated and lied to. Am I wrong for this? Can they do this? And on the same note the finance manager tells me "well ya know maybe this loan is too much for you and is a sign" like screw you man. Please help if there's anyway I can get out of having to have a co-signer. My dad will do it but it's just the fact that I was so proud of myself for doing this myself and not needing any help. Really a big let down. Thanks Update: Update: my dad co-signed and my rate went down to 2% idc what you guys are saying about 84 months. I can easily afford it and I don't plan on trading in my truck. Our family keeps our vehicles until they croak and I plan to do the same. I realize it will depreciate but why do I care if I'm not trading it in. I will also be stacking payments and try to get it payed off quick. Thank you very body for the help [link] [comments]  |
| Can federal agents enter personal property without a warrant? Posted: 02 Feb 2018 06:29 AM PST A quick run down, 2 FBI agents and 3 Border Patrol agents arrested a friend of mine last night. He keeps his gate shut and locked and has a long drive way. They opened his gate and entered. Are they in the wrong because of doing this or could federal agents twist the law to make it seem as if there was some sort of probable cause to enter? Also if there was an ongoing investigation would they have a warrant to arrest this friend? This happened in Southern Arizona. Edit: thanks for all the answers but I got a hold of the sheriffs office in my county and they gave me more info. There was an active warrant so it's all legit. Thanks for and answers. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2018 08:15 AM PST This happened literally two hours ago. Got a call from university police yesterday asking me to come in "to chat." Very nice call, whatever. Turns out, I had a conflict today so I called back saying I needed to reschedule for another day. The officer said that I needed to come in today or tomorrow or they will come find me. Never mentioned that I was in trouble, or that there was a warrant or court order. Just that I needed to come in today or tomorrow. Anyway, a little while later I got a call from a blocked number and the officer left a message. In the message she said that she looked at my class schedule and didn't see a conflict and how she wanted to know why it was I couldn't make it. Isn't this protected by FERPA?? I've already had a horrible experience with this police dept. (just last semester), and I am not too keen on talking to them. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2018 10:55 AM PST About 10 years ago, I was in a relationship with an abusive and manipulative man. When I finally managed to leave him, he swore to destroy me. And he did try to ruin me. So I fled and have moved and changed States several times since then. But his hired guys and gals still manage to find me. When they do, they make my life miserable. They first take the time to mingle and gain people's trust. Then they plant lies about me in my neighborhood, to my landlords and among my colleagues. They manipulate the people around me into acting against my interests. Very few people take the time to warn me or verify these stories. And usually when they do, the perpetrators are already gone; but others come and manage to convince the few that warned me. They're good. There are little to no evidences. As what they do seems completely innocent and harmless. But it's done in such a manner that I'm losing flats, jobs, friends, love relationships, etc. Even my own family was already seduced into his web of lies before I had the courage to tell them what was happening. My family does not believe me. I know, it sounds crazy. I avoided going to the cops because it's just unbelievable. How do I even explain this to a lawyer or a cop without sounding mentally ill? What else can I do? edit: I'm in the US It's a complicated situation and I do understand your doubts. Thank you for your answers. I did not answer to all of you but I did read you and I am going to follow your advice. I will be checking this thread in a few hours again to read any new comments. [link] [comments]  |
| URGENT: Legal response to land dispute needed within 24 hours Posted: 02 Feb 2018 03:27 AM PST Location: Pennsylvania, USA I am currently living abroad and my mother has run into some difficulties while settling my father's estate. I'm trying to help her out from afar and could really use some advice. This is an urgent matter since apparently my mother needs to respond within the next 24 hours. I will do my best to keep it short as possible but there's a lot to cover. My father was a farmer and co-owned land with his brother (my uncle) that is under the farmland preservation act in Pennsylvania. After my father's death, my mother has been entangled in a complicated legal battle over the last 6 years to sort out my father's estate and get the land that he and my uncle owned separated. My uncle has been relentless in making things difficult, and when we had thought that an agreement had been reached, my mother found out that the land that was separated out that she was supposed to be receiving now included her home on the newly drawn up document (the farmland and her home are adjacent lots). My mother would also be required to pay my uncle for the taxes that he paid for the farmland during the time that this legal dispute has been occurring. From my mother's perspective, she was afraid to pay my uncle the amount she owed him for the taxes since she is unsure whether or not that would finalize anything about the land and if she would end up being stuck with her home becoming part of that farmland preservation parcel, rendering it difficult to sell unless a buyer was going to use the land around it for agricultural purposes. This all occurred sometime around October-November of 2017. Flash-forward to January 24th. My mother receives a notification in the mail that includes the following and is now panicking as to how to proceed. Page 1: Date: JAN 24, 2018 AND NOW, JAN 24, 2018, in accord with Rule 227.4(2) Pa. R. C. P. judgment is entered in the amount of $xx,xxx.xx in favor of PLANTIFF'S NAME, and against DEFENDANT'S NAME. Page 2: Separate page: Praecipe to Enter judgment Rule 227.4(2) Pa. R. C. P. TO THE PROTHONOTARY: Kindly enter judgment in favor of PLANTIFF'S NAME and against DEFENDANT'S NAME. Page 3: Pursuant to Pa. R.C.P. 236(a)(2), you are hereby notified that a JUDGMENT has been entered against you in the above proceeding. I attempted to research and understand what the rules mentioned meant for this situation, but am still at a bit of a loss as to the proper way to proceed. I have copy and pasted them below. Rule 227.4(2) Plaintiff's praecipe to enter judgment where posttrial motion is not decided within 120 days Rule 236(a)(2) (a) The prothonotary shall immediately give written notice of the entry of (2) any other order or judgment to each party's attorney of record or, if unrepresented, to each party. The notice shall include a copy of the order or judgment.Any advice on how she should respond to this document? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2018 06:19 AM PST My friend has received four letters from US customs about four illegal packages seized at the Canadian border that she claims she has nothing to do with and has no idea how this happened. She's understandably worried about the whole thing. What does she need to do? [link] [comments]  |
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