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- Update-[OR]My town is refusing to enforce the law on people who are “poor”
- Wife trying to kill herself when I bring up divorce.
- [Geauga County OH] I work a third shift job and need to sleep during the day. My neighbor is PURPOSELY waking me up and I don’t seem to be able to do anything about it
- Grandfather left everything to grandkids but aunt cleaned out his accounts and won’t hand anything over
- Update: trying to close when contract obligations are not met (GA)
- Parents Demanding Abortion Records (DC USA)
- [AZ] I found a dead cat in my newly purchased house after I couldn't move in because there was a different dead cat in the house..
- 6 year old fractured elbow at school and I wasn't contacted.
- Can my apartment complex ask for my bank statement?
- Former friend sent me a link to a Facebook group that exchanges nudes of underage girls. Can I call the police on him? [GA]
- What papers do bf and I sign to grant myself full custody of unborn baby?
- Railroad permanently blocked access to homesteaded property. Follow-up with questions. (Apparently all I had to do was threaten the railroad!) [MSPaint Map] [Alaska]
- [UK] We discovered my aunt stole the money our gran left to us in her will.
- I know who slashed my tires last night, what to do?
- She is on HUD housing for herself in a one bedroom apartment, now there are 5 living in it and one that comes and goes.
- [USA - WA State] I am trying to negotiate a settlement for an incorrect medical bill but the attorney keeps including odd language in the contract...
- [California] How should I go about suing a major media company I found torrenting my DVD?
- My newborns middle name is spelled wrong on the birth certificate and social security card.
- Can my wife take my son from me??
- I was molested at a health club when I was young. It has been about 13 years since it happened. Is there anything I can do? (MI)
- Graduate school rescinded scholarship due to "system error"
- Landloard been stealing my electricity
- [Wi] Exgirlfriend is being aggressive with security deposit with old apartment.
| We are Harvard Law School's Access to Justice Lab. Ask Us Anything! Posted: 02 May 2018 07:58 AM PDT As a part of our ongoing mission as a subreddit to broaden access to justice, we'd like to welcome Harvard Law School's Access to Justice (A2J) lab, which aims to create evidence-based guidance to help our justice system broaden its ability to help those who are unable to afford lawyers. The A2J Lab's vision statement puts it plainly: "By providing decision-makers with credible evidence about what works in access to justice, we can make the system work better for individuals and families who are unable to afford lawyers. This kind of information—the kind that comes from randomized control trials and rigorous qualitative evidence—will allow people with the power to make change to implement solutions that really make a difference." Our AMA Participants start answering around 2 PM Eastern (11 AM Pacific), and will be: April Faith-Slaker ( u/afs_a2j) is the A2J Lab's Associate Director of Research Innovations. Her areas of focus have included pro bono legal services, the juvenile justice system and alternative dispute resolution. Prior to working at the A2J Lab, she served as Director of the Resource Center for Access to Justice Initiatives at the American Bar Association, conducted program evaluation at Legal Aid of Nebraska, and was a researcher at the University of Nebraska's Center on Children, Families and the Law. Jim Greiner ( u/djg_a2j) is a Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and Faculty Director of the A2J Lab. With degrees from the University of Virginia, the University of Michigan Law School, and Harvard (Ph.D. Statistics), Jim joined the Harvard Law School faculty in 2007 and was awarded tenure in 2012. He previously clerked for Judge Patrick E. Higginbotham on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and practiced for nine years between the U.S. Department of Justice and Jenner & Block. His current research is entirely within and devoted to the A2J Lab. Chris Griffin ( u/clg_a2j) is the A2J Lab's Research Director. He earned a B.S., magna cum laude, in from Georgetown University, an MPhil in Economics from the University of Oxford, and a J.D. from Yale Law School. Before joining the Lab, Chris taught at Duke and William & Mary Law Schools. His empirical research is now fully within the Lab but previously focused on the effects of antidiscrimination laws. Erika Rickard ( u/ejr_a2j) is the A2J Lab's Associate Director of Field Research. She previously worked in the Massachusetts courts as the state's first Access to Justice Coordinator, served as an Assistant Attorney General in Massachisetts, clerked for Justice Cynthia Cohen on the Massachusetts Appeals Court, and worked as a judicial administration fellow in the California court system. Erika holds a B.A. with honors from Mills College and earned her J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School. For those wishing to donate to the A2J Lab, you can do so here. [link] [comments]  |
| Update-[OR]My town is refusing to enforce the law on people who are “poor” Posted: 02 May 2018 10:48 AM PDT I thought I would update you guys on what has happened.original post But first I will clarify some things. 1) this isn't a race issue, my town is over 95% white. I am actually a minority, this issue is about my police force/ town not wanting to be mean on people who are poor and braking the law. 2) I have no idea why my neighbors like to be in my yard. I have nothing in my yard and haven't since November other than a dog house, rocks and wood rounds. No fruit trees, pools, playgrounds, or toys. My guess is that they especially the woman lack boundaries 3) the pattern that I see is that people who live in a legitimate house ( regardless of if they own or rent) are ignored when someone damages their property. My neighbor had her car windows smashed, even with security footage and the kid bragging about what he did, the police refused to do anything, because his parent are poor ( they live in a trailer park) Now for the update. I went and spoke with my towns mayor. He understood where I was coming from and I have a date to address my city counsel with the issue that I am having with the police department, and the cities current stance on enforcing laws. I was also informed that the state of Oregon passed a law requiring almost all towns and counties to allow Additional dwelling units (ADUs). My mayor has asked me to help lead a committee. To make my towns laws favorable to all parties as they try to come into compliance. As for my neighbors ( the renters) well, they are in some hot water. A few days after I made my post my friend (who is a mandatory reporter) was house sitting for me. She witnessed the renters boyfriend beat one of the grand kids with a belt. She called DHS and the police. The police did nothing, and DHS took the report. The police not doing anything ( they didn't even show up) pissed my friend off. My friend talked with a individual from the State's police who they know from work. They let them know something is seriously off about the renters, and that the local PD doesn't want to deal with it. Well over a week ago I witnessed a guy shooting up while the crazy neighbor lady talked to him. I called the my counties drug task force and reported it. Two days later the county raided the "dwelling" and arrested the neighbors( the renters), the daughter and another person, all for dealing Heroin. The kids taken into protective custody, and me and a few other people where questioned about everything. My county and state police are now in the process of reviewing my towns police force for corruption, Apparently they have had corruption issues several times in the past. [link] [comments]  |
| Wife trying to kill herself when I bring up divorce. Posted: 02 May 2018 02:38 AM PDT Posting in the middle of the night. Long story short, got married a year ago outside the US and neither of us is happy in the marriage ever since and I would like to get a divorce. But every time I bring it up, my wife threatens me that she'll kill herself. She walks out of the house every time we argue. She goes crazy if she doesn't get her way. Last night, she popped a few paracetamol tablets in the spur of the moment. I'm a diabetic and this is all stressing me out. I want out. What is the best course of action from here on out? I don't want her to get hurt or do something life threatening to herself. I'm at my wit's end and dejected. Please advise. Edit: We live in California. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 02 May 2018 09:45 AM PDT I work 7pm-7am. Before this guy moved in next door I would come home and sleep from about 8 am to 2 pm. He has openly said that he thinks it's 'hilarious' to find new ways to wake me up, especially since I can't call in a noise complaint, because it's during the day. This guy is insane. To give an example. I got home yesterday morning and went to sleep around 8:30. At 9:45, he starts banging on a giant sheet of what looks like metal in his backyard with a mallet. It echoes and wakes me up, and I go look out the window and he waves at me with a big smile, and calls 'nice day, isn't it?' A few days ago it was him practicing bird calls. He'll also play music loudly, turn on power tools (but not actually use them, I'm talking things like turning on his leaf blower and walking around his yard with it or turning on a table saw and cutting up sticks), or just banging things into other things to create noise. I've tried sound machines, earplugs, and just ignoring it, and he'll stop for a few days but then start up again. At first I didn't fully realize he was doing it on purpose until I found his Facebook page and saw that he's posted videos of my reactions to being woken up. Since then I've refrained from speaking to him about it because I know he just wants to get a rise out of me. I've looked up local ordinances and he doesn't seem to actually be breaking any laws, because he doesn't enter my property and he does it during the day. Is there anything I can do short of moving or getting another job? I have 9 months left in my lease and my job pays really well, I don't want to be forced into quitting. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 02 May 2018 05:52 AM PDT I live in Ontario, Canada. My grandfather passed away a few months ago and left his whole estate to his 7 grandkids in addition to naming my uncle as the executor. My aunt lived with and took care of my grandfather, he had her on all of his bank accounts so that she could help with billing when needed. This is understandable since his memory was slowly going. My grandfather has since passed away and upon opening his will we found out that my uncle is the executor, he's supposed to do the taxes, pay my grandpas debts, split his estate between us grandkids (my aunt, my mother and my second aunt didn't get anything, everything is supposed to go to us kids) my aunt (who lived with my grandparents) can't even sell the house without his signature (my grandfathers half was left to one of my aunts daughters which we don't care about, they lived in that house so they deserve it) Despite my grandfathers will, my aunt thought she could take it upon herself to do everything despite my uncle being named executor. This includes closing ALL of my grandfathers bank accounts, a week after his passing, and putting it all into one bank account that only she has access to. When we asked for paper work to see how much money my grandfather has left us she replied with, "I will give everyone the amount that I THINK they deserve...." Now we have to get our own lawyer and the legal fees are building (close to ten grand) and she STILL won't hand anything over! Making it difficult to even do the income tax for my grandfather. My uncle has tried talking to her. Didn't work. We sent texts. Didn't work. We even wrote her a damn letter the other day explaining that we all just want this over and done with so let's talks - to no avail. Lawyers said they can force the sale of the house however that makes things difficult because my grandmother is alive and is still living there so where would she go? Is what my aunt doing legal? What steps should we take? At this point we're all very angry because she lived with my grandparents for over ten years and had everything paid for by them (didn't even help with the mortgage, car bought by my grandpa, vacations etc) so now she's just being down right selfish. She's literally stealing from us grandkids and going against my grandfathers wishes despite what's written in the will! Any legal advice would be appreciated! [link] [comments]  |
| Update: trying to close when contract obligations are not met (GA) Posted: 01 May 2018 06:33 PM PDT Hello all, I'm sorry I didn't update yesterday. It was a very long day and I literally went to bed as soon as we got home and got the kids to bed. Original post here So we showed up in the morning for the final walk through it was as we expected. Pretty much nothing was done. The contractor manager was such a jerk. He threw out every excuse in the book. It'll all get done today. That isn't my job. That's the homeowner's responsibility. Nobody told me that needed to be done. I did everything you wanted. It's not my job to know what they agreed to do for you in the contract, etc. We had the emails with our concerns, the contract, basically all communication that stated what would be done before closing. We not so gently reminded him that as a representative of the builder, whatever he or the agent told us as representatives of the company, it's up to them to collaborate with each other to make sure it's taken care of. We also reminded him that we were not the homeowners, and would not be unless these things were taken care of. He then told us it would be our fault if we didn't close. We again told him the delay was through him, not us. We made him call back the kitchen guy to finish some work. the manager claimed that he was never shown what we were showing him. Even though my husband showed him in person during the first walk though, it was in the inspection report, and it was in the communication we had from the company. Whatever. He finally caved and put in writing a list of things that still needed to be done. The realtor, who at this point mostly watched our exhanges, finally woke up and made him add more detail and everything he said he would do (he kept saying "I don't need to write that down, I'm going to take care of that personally". She made him write it down anyway). He also wrote down that this would all be done by next Friday, saying that it would probably all be done by tomorrow anyway. So then we go to the lawyer's office. The way it was explained to us is that the buyer chooses and pays for the closing lawyer, but the lawyer represents both parties. I was very skeptical but I ended up being pleasantly surprised. We started by telling them the situation and that we weren't willing to close unless we got something in writing that these things would survive closing. The lawyer said that 'they don't do' escrow agreements but an amendment to the contract would be viable and enforceable. She said that at this point if we went to arbitration (there's an arbitration clause in our original contract) they wouldn't have a leg to stand on. She left the room so that she wouldn't appear to have anything to do with writing the amendment, the realtor sent it to us for us to esign and contacted the builder agent. While we were waiting to hear back, we started the closing. The lawyer told us that even if we signed everything, they would need our permission to finalize it and we could always walk away, so we started signing the paperwork. During this, the realtor was texting with the agents. They initially said that amendments on closing day were not allowed. Upon hearing this, our lawyer got her boss, who contacted their boss, who apologized and said that an amendment is fine. Then the excuses started. Doing this amendment would delay closing (no duh, we've been saying this situation was going to delay closing all along). We were asking for new things (we weren't). We were surprising them (we've said for weeks that we wouldn't close if these weren't done). So we told the realtor and the lawyer we were leaving and left. Before I left I told our realtor to tell the building agent that we were not taking any more time off of work for this, so if we had to postpone this for a day, they would be responsible for doing it on our time. At this point the realtor really started scrambling. At this point I was going on about three hours of sleep, and we had been at this for almost 6 hours, and we had just walked away from our dream home with no plan B. But we had a special appointment to distract us. While I was lying on a table, with a wand up my hoohaa, and looking a beautiful baby heartbeat on the screen above me, my husband leaned over and whispered in my ear "They signed". Apparently after we left our realtor called the agent supervisor (the same woman the lawyer had called), and she forced them to sign the amendment. So that's how we got a house and a baby all in the same day. It was for sure one of the most emotionally exhausting days of my life. I really appreciate the words of wisdom I got here. Although I'm always up for a good fight, it really helped knowing that you internet strangers backed me up. I know this is a place where logic rules, but I also find that this sub is often one of the most compassionate. You helped make a very stressful situation more bearable. Thank you from the bottom of my home owning knocked up emotional nauseous heart! [link] [comments]  |
| Parents Demanding Abortion Records (DC USA) Posted: 01 May 2018 10:42 PM PDT This past July I was raped and became pregnant. So in September I went and got an abortion while at college for my freshman year in D.C. I do not like to think about this summer or the difficult first month at college. I am young to be freshman, and I was 17 when I was raped and then later recieved my abortion. I did this all without my parents knowing of the pregnancy or rape in the first place. I went one with one trusted friend. I paid in cash, and did not use my health insurance for the procedure or medications after. I am 18 now if that helps. My parents accidentally got forwarded my mail. 3 months after the surgery they received a letter from Planned parenthood saying I owed $100. I never saw the letter myself, and thought I had paid in full. My parents were HORRIFIED and disgusted when they saw the letter. They are calling PP and asking for verification if it was me. I am denying everything because I can't break my parents' hearts, even though I know what I did was my choice and the right decision for me. They have been super pro-life for their entire lives. I know Planned Parenthood won't let them see my health records, but my parents are forcing me to sign a form that will give them access. What can I do to stop them from finding out? If I sign it- will it be legally binding? Edit- The Bill clearly states what the procedure was the I had [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 02 May 2018 07:56 AM PDT I just purchased a house this past weekend and I found a dead cat in a tiny space under the cabinets in the kitchen. A little backstory, I signed the papers on Friday 04/27/18 and was waiting for my realtor to give me the keys to move in. About two hours after I signed the realtor called me and told me that I couldn't move in because a week before I signed the papers a repair man accidentally let in a cat and didn't know about it. The repair man left and didn't notice the cat had found its way in, and in turn the cat died. My realtor informed me that they were cleaning it up and doing an Ozone treatment which is supposed to deodorize and make the house safe to live in, which meant I couldn't move in for at least 48 hours to let the Ozone treatment take effect. On Monday 04/30/18 we did a walk through to make sure the house didn't stink and it was all good, it just kind of smelled like a deodorizer throughout the house. We moved in and everything was going well, but we noticed a weird smell coming from the cabinets and Lazy-Susan between the dishwasher and the stove. We thought there might have been some old rotten food somewhere so we just brushed it off and started unpacking and cleaning. After cleaning the cabinets, the smell was still there and getting worse. Yesterday, Tuesday 05/01/18, I had my step-father to help me with odds and ends like put up blinds, check out some wiring and things like that. He owns a drywall and repair company and also owns properties so I thought it would be helpful to have him over. I asked him to check out the weird smell coming from the cabinets and he agreed. He stuck his hands up under the cabinets and felt something so he determined we needed to take off the kickboard under the cabinets to take a look. To our surprise we found another dead cat in an 8" space between the sink cabinets and the Lazy-Susan. This cat seemed to have been there for a while, but we don't know how or when it actually got there. We removed the cat and cleaned up the small space with a shop vac and poured some bleach in the small space to try to disinfect and get rid of the smell. I took pictures of the cat before we removed it, but I didn't get video of us removing it. I did get video of us cleaning it out, splashing bleach, and also got video of the dead cat in the trash bag we put it in. I contacted my realtor and told him what happened and he said he would get in contact of the seller and ask them about it. I contacted the inspector to see if he remembered any weird smell that he didn't put in the inspection report and he didn't remember anything so I asked him to look through his pictures of the house to see if there was an abundance of plug-in air fresheners that we brushed off. I also contacted a lawyer that my step-father referred me to and left a message but they haven't called me back yet. So we've recorded as much as could about the event and I don't know what I should be expecting out of this situation. My step father is advising me to contact the lawyer in case the cabinets need replaced and in case they actually knew there was a weird smell but didn't disclose it. I have checked the inspection report and the disclosure agreement again and there was nothing about an odor in the kitchen but my step father seems to think they knew about it and masked it with some plug-in air fresheners. I really don't know what to do, I've only been in there for two days now and I know I need to get it professionally cleaned up/disinfected, but I'm not sure that I need to move all of my stuff out and I can't afford to rent another moving truck and put myself up in a hotel for the next few nights, and I've already taken 3 days off of work using PTO to make up for the time. I need some guidance and advice on if this is something I should be pursuing and what I should be expecting for this situation. Thanks in advance for any information. I hope my formatting is ok, this was rushed due to time constraints. Edit: i suck at formating [link] [comments]  |
| 6 year old fractured elbow at school and I wasn't contacted. Posted: 02 May 2018 06:40 AM PDT I'm located in Berkeley county West Virginia. Monday during recess my son fell and fractured his elbow, by his teachers own words she wasn't on his playground and wasn't sure if a different teacher witnessed the accident. His school nurse rotates between schools and wasn't at his school at the time of the incident, the teacher proceeded to provide him ice and let him stay in class until he got on the bus, she also had to help him pack up because he was in tears and couldn't do it himself. She never called myself or his mother. Once on the bus he was in so much pain and crying that the bus driver pulled the bus over and contacted my wife. After taking him for x-rays I discovered he fractured his elbow in his writing and dominant arm. I'm already moving his class because I don't trust his teacher to have my sons best interest at heart and we are going to call the school board and lodge a formal complaint, should I contact a lawyer as well? He is scheduled to see an Orthopedic specialist Thursday to determine the severity of the injury and treat it, if I should contact a lawyer, what should I ask and what type of information should I have documentation of. Thank you in advance, -Broken hearted father of an otherwise happy little boy. [link] [comments]  |
| Can my apartment complex ask for my bank statement? Posted: 02 May 2018 05:05 AM PDT Location: Texas Our apartment complex charged everyone who is enrolled in autopay for their rent twice in April. They initially sent out an email asking us to call our banks and stop the second payment from processing, which I did. Then I noticed a refunded amount from the complex as well. They said they didn't know if everyone would have time to stop payments so they just issued everyone refunds. If you got a refund and stopped payment, you needed to go write a check to the office. I thought that was all annoying and could have been handled better, but I figured it was over. Then I came home last night and there's a note on my door that is asking that everyone involved turn in their April bank statements to ensure you paid your money back. That seems invasive to me. They cashed the check, so I know they got my payment. Would I be able to print a statement and scrub all non-relevant data? I just don't love the idea of handing over financial information to an office that has proven less than reliable. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 02 May 2018 09:35 AM PDT Friend I haven't talked to since middle school out of nowhere sends me a link to a Facebook group for guys to exchange nudes of the local girls. I haven't visited it, but I can guarantee it has underage girls because we got some real bicycles around here. I want to know if this is grounds for informing the authorities. [link] [comments]  |
| What papers do bf and I sign to grant myself full custody of unborn baby? Posted: 02 May 2018 08:14 AM PDT Long story short - I (26) found out I was pregnant in October. Boyfriend (23) didn't want the baby. I gave him the option to leave without me going after him for child support or anything. I gave him a complete out. In January he contacted me and decided he wanted to be apart of mine and the babies life. Things were going well - but now his behavior is getting very rocky and concerning. I don't trust that he's not going to leave in two months when baby is born. However, his entire family and his friends know now so he can no longer just walk away. I don't think he will fight me for custody, but I feel like his parents might force him into it. I don't want to go through any type of custody/child support battles.
Are there any documents we can sign to make the baby legally mine before she's even born? Do I just not put him on the birth certificate? No way I can afford a lawyer. Someone told me I might be able to find something on the internet and just get it notarized, but I feel like that's too easy to be true? Even if we sign papers can he still come after me at any time demanding visitation rights? And will signing papers make it to where he has to pay me child support? Any help for my stupid self is appreciated! Thank you! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 01 May 2018 11:13 PM PDT Album with map, and new photos First off, thank for those who helped last time. /u/AlaskaRailroad and /u/armalitedan1 come to mind. Secondly, I haven't done much at all since my post. I haven't sought any legal help, but I want to now, and I want be at least a little informed before I start annoying people with my ignorance. In other words, I'd like to understand what questions to ask. Background: The Railroad (and a tower company, I think) blocked access to my FIL's homesteaded property in Alaska. My FIL (father in law) is a tough cookie, doesn't like the government much, and has gotten angry when I ask him questions about the property. So I'm trying to gather information without bothering him unless I have to. My wife did manage to recently extract this from him: Some years ago, he saw the gate had been built! (I didn't know he knew about it.) What did he do? He called and threatened the company to cut their lock if they didn't let him in. I sincerely believe, with all my heart, he would be willing and capable of tearing down the gate if they said "no". So they just granted him access. I doubt he has any paperwork to back this up. I visited the parking spot once, but couldn't get to the cabin itself due to flooding. A man I met there, who also lives on the other side of the railroad, knew a lot more about the rights. He said that DNR has jurisdiction over the tide lands, BLM controls the trails, and the Corps of Engineers gave him a permit for his path. I asked him some questions, but he casually mentioned so many things, I could only write down a little of it. Question: Apparently I need a "letter of non-objection" from one or more entities? How do I go about getting those? And what type of permits/easements/rights/licenses do I need, and from which agencies? From what I gathered, I apparently I need access through the gate, which is controlled by the railroad and a tower company. Then I need permission from the BLM, I think (I don't know what type of permission). Then I think need permission from the railroad to cross the rails themselves. Then I need permission from the DNR to cross some wet areas (or maybe only if I'm constructing a path?). And I need a permit from the Corps of Engineers, so I don't know the difference between them and the BLM. [link] [comments]  |
| [UK] We discovered my aunt stole the money our gran left to us in her will. Posted: 02 May 2018 07:01 AM PDT So, long story short, I have an evil aunt. Besides her general evil which I won't get into, she took advantage of my dying grandfather and my gran who had dementia, and basically tricked them into giving her some sort of power of attorney - I don't know all the details. She took their house (basically a mansion) and sold it off, keeping the money for herself and also refused access to my gran's will. We assumed that she'd had it changed so my gran would leave everything to her. My gran died in 2014. Last night we learned that we - the grandchildren - were actually left a fortune of up to £150,000 as stated in the will (her grandchildren are named as equal beneficiaries of her estate) but my aunt took it all for herself. That adds up to about £15k for each of us, I think. We're thinking of maybe pursuing some sort of legal action. As I said, we literally just learned about this (one of my cousins got hold of the will somehow) and we're still deciding if it's something we even want to deal with, especially considering the emotional burden. Where can we go from here? Is this something that would require a protracted legal battle and a million lawyers or something? It's not about the money, though 15k is nothing to sniff at. She can't be allowed to get away with this, not after all the awful things she's done to my grandparents and to everybody else. tl;dr - The title. What sort of action can we take? [link] [comments]  |
| I know who slashed my tires last night, what to do? Posted: 02 May 2018 09:00 AM PDT Hi all, This is for Austin, Texas. Last night I came home and my parking spot was taken. I looked around, honked a few times, and no one showed up. Then I called our towing company. For some reason the towing company were taking forever. The girl who the car belonged to, came out. I asked is that car yours? She said yes, i said i have a tow truck in the way, that is a personal space, don't park there again or you will be towed. She looked at me and just said ok. No sorry, no nothing. Me and my fiancee were waiting there for 30 min. Guess what I saw this morning, 3 slashed tires. So far in my investigation i know that:
What do I do in this case? I know the car they were driving, and i know part of the vehicle registration number. I might be able to get it from the tow company. I also know what apartment they came out of so it will be no issue in finding that woman who did this. I was going to call the police as a non- emergency but since there are no cameras around? What are they gonna do? They won't have any evidence. My next bet is to reach out to my neighbors to see if any of them have a dash cam and if it possibly caught them doing it. I just paid for new tires, it cost me $457. This is really pissing me off that it happened. Maybe I should just talk to a police officer in the area, and explain the situation? Maybe they will know if there are cameras around? What should I do? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 02 May 2018 04:20 AM PDT Ohio. She got a voucher from HUD for a one year lease in a one bedroom apartment. It is now her, two kids, one is mine, her friends kid, and her friend. There is a guy who regularly stays there too who is a registered sex offender. I want to report her to HUD, can I do this? She is keeping it a secret. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 02 May 2018 06:03 AM PDT Last year I received an incorrect bill and after a bunch of back and forth, they eventually removed half the charge but kept trying to charge me the other half. I just sent certified letters telling them I didn't owe it and would sue them if it went to collections. Well lo and behold it went to collections earlier this year. I had everything documented so I filed a small claims lawsuit against the hospital. Their attorney reached out and said they would pay me the amount plus costs to settle it. However the settlement originally came with language that tried to release the hospital from ALL claims against them, including medical malpractice, and I didn't feel comfortable at all with signing it. The doctor in question did some weird shit that I am still unsure about though I am not solid on if what he did constituted malpractice or if he was just a bad doctor. I told them I was only interested in releasing them from liability issues related to the billing/collections of the amount and the attorney agreed (or so I thought). He changed the language in the contract to state that it was only to release them from billing issues, but at the end of the contract it states: "I HAVE COMPLETELY READ, FULLY UNDERSTAND AND VOLUNTARILY ACCEPT THIS AGREEMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINAL RESOLUTION AND SETTLEMENT OF THE SPECIFIED BILLING CLAIMS AND PRECLUDING FOREVER ANY OTHER CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE INCIDENTS, INJURIES, OR DAMAGES ABOVE MENTIONED." My issue is the whole "or in any way connected part." Does this inadvertently include malpractice or other claims? The billing is of course "connected" to that in some way. Even though the rest of the contract clearly states "billing issues" before this paragraph I can't tell if this guy is trying to fuck me over and make me sign away rights to anything else. Or is this standard legal language that won't affect other matters? This is such a small matter that I don't feel comfortable with paying an attorney just for a consultation. [link] [comments]  |
| [California] How should I go about suing a major media company I found torrenting my DVD? Posted: 02 May 2018 12:51 PM PDT Background: A few weeks ago I found out a DVD I had made, and previously registered with the copyright office, was being "shared" on pirate bay. I took screen shots of the people connecting to the torrent and did a reverse search of the IP addresses on whois. One of the addresses goes to a major media company in Los Angeles. I'm not going to reveal the name at the moment. What I want to know is how to proceed against them for this infringement. [link] [comments]  |
| My newborns middle name is spelled wrong on the birth certificate and social security card. Posted: 02 May 2018 07:28 AM PDT The original paperwork filed through the hospital had the correct spelling. Online resources are suggesting I need the social security card with the correct spelling to adjust the birth certificate and vice versa for adjusting the social security card. I have no idea where to start. I live in PA. Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
| Can my wife take my son from me?? Posted: 02 May 2018 10:40 AM PDT My wife left me a month ago (wer stoll married, for now) and she left my son with me. Now, after a month she is wanting to take my son away from me. Shes homeless and pregnant with another mans child and i really don't want her taking my 2 year old son. I live in Washington by the way, is there ANYTHING i can do to keep my son from being taken from me? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 02 May 2018 12:50 PM PDT I was taking basketball lessons when I was a pre-teen at a popular health club chain. The teacher at the time would ask me to look at the tags inside my basketball shorts because he thought they were 'cool' and would take pictures of my buttocks. This happened in Michigan. Is there anything I can do to press charges or sue the gym? [link] [comments]  |
| Graduate school rescinded scholarship due to "system error" Posted: 01 May 2018 09:16 PM PDT Had initially posted in this in personal finance, but was told this was a legal issue instead- United States, NYC I was offered a $25,000 a year scholarship for my two year graduate program. I committed to the school and accepted the scholarship amount in full, as well as about $15,000 for this first year in loans. Today, I went to speak with the person in my program who controls the scholarships, because $10,000 of this scholarship money was taken out of my aid package. I asked what this was about, and he told me that I received the $25,000 in error all those months ago, and it should have been $15,000 all along. In order to graduate, I will now have to take out an additional $10,000 a year more than I was intending on. My question is: is this allowed? I was offered $25,000 a year, I accepted this amount, and I have documentation to prove that this is what was offered to me. I feel like the rug has been pulled out from under me- the simplest way to put it is I feel I now have to pay for someone else's mistake. Is there a way to fight this? [link] [comments]  |
| Landloard been stealing my electricity Posted: 01 May 2018 10:34 PM PDT I rented a country house in may 2017 (almost a year ago). I was surprised to see my electric bill over $ 400. Some months it junped to $600 too. I asked my girlfriend and she said electricity is expensive in this town and we have AC/heater on most of the times. There is a empty gues house in front of my house, a big commerical buidling on left side and a 10 - 15 acers almond ranch in back of my house. All of them share the same address. My landloard renewed the guest house like 2 months and. Now i have a neighbor. Two weeks ago i had to change a electric switch. So i turned off the main electric breaker. I was surprised to see that my neighbors light turned off the same time. I called property management and they told me that my new neighbor will pay me $75 a month fixed electricity. I was like what? You guys never told me about sharing electricity. I never gave you written consent to sell my electricity. And besides all that it's been a month and no one ever paid me $75. I tried to solve this issue with property management but they were not ready to get a new electric meter for my new neighbor. After trying everything nicely i decided to turn off the circuit break for guest house. (As my electricity provider told me that i owe the electricity since it is under my name. Do whatever i want to do with it). Property Management unethical behavior made me more suspicious. So i decided to dig into this matter. I have another cicuit break which says WELL WATER on it. So that being said, my landord used my electricity to water his land. Another breaker says south shop on it. It means the empty commercial building has my electricity running inside it. (All circuit breakers were on). When i asked my propertt management to solve this issue and reimburse the money, i received a 30 days vacate notice. What can i do about it? Where do i report them? I live in modesto, California. [link] [comments]  |
| [Wi] Exgirlfriend is being aggressive with security deposit with old apartment. Posted: 02 May 2018 06:51 AM PDT Bit of background, my ex and I broke up about 6 months ago, we had lived in an apartment together for ~2 years, and had joint accounts for everything at that point. We owned a washer/dryer as well, which will come into the story shortly. When we rented this apartment, we put down a $1200 security deposit due to low credit. 6 months before the lease is up, she left me for another man. Now that the lease is up, there's about $750 in a security deposit coming back to us, and she's demanding the full amount because she says she did 100% of the cleaning. When I moved out of the apartment, which she had moved out of 5 months prior, I took the washer and dryer, since i was moving to a place with hookups for them, and she moved into a place that didn't. She's now demanding I sign over the check for the security deposit to her or is threatening to take me to small claims court for the entire amount of the security deposit, along with half the cost of the washer and dryer. We paid for all of this when we were together, out of a joint account. Is this really something she's able to do? [link] [comments]  |
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