Legal Advice (Md) I think my dead son's boss might have contributed to his death, but nobody will listen to me |
- (Md) I think my dead son's boss might have contributed to his death, but nobody will listen to me
- Update: small claims against recruiter
- Landlord is trying to ruin my life. help!
- [TX]Sold a Car Last Week - Lady Called Because She Had Concerns About Title
- [NC] My dad broke into my mom's car last night and stole keys to the house. Is there anything we can do?
- I'm worried someone may kidnap their wife
- [CT] Major Tech Company Fired Me and Is Telling Unemployment I Quit!?!
- Unmarried couple who bought a house together - splitting up – aftermath
- NDA Negotiation
- What rights do I have as a trust beneficiary?
- [NY] Quit a startup after vesting, now company ignores my requests to exercise my stock options
- “Off the clock” work.
- My mother forged my father's signature to transfer $9,000 of my education fund to my stepbrother
- Was struck as a pedestrian, insurance is avoiding paying anything due to my income (Ontario)
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- [GA] Prevent my in-laws from getting custody of my kids should my wife and I die
| (Md) I think my dead son's boss might have contributed to his death, but nobody will listen to me Posted: 10 Aug 2018 10:54 AM PDT My son was never a good kid, from very young he pushed boundaries with everyone and got really into drugs and alcohol. I'm saying this because it explains a lot. He first started using heroin when he was 15. According to him he basically got addicted immediately. But when he was 19, after being kicked out of the house, arrested a couple times, he Came to us and finally asked for help. He eventually got clean and stayed clean for a little over a year, was starting to put together a life. He got his first job at age 20. It was as a busser at a local restaurant. Though he was excited at first, eventually it became clear this was a toxic environment. One of the owners, who I will call 'Sara' took a particular dislike to my son. She would call him and other busser with a similar backstory (1+ year sober addict) "the junkies" to their faces. She would steal shifts from my son because he didn't come in wearing the logoed shirt for the restaurant, but rather a very similar black polo without the logo (this was common practice for other employees, as they were only given one uniform shirt, and nobody seemed to have any issue with that). After four months of working there I wake up late one night to find him overdosing on our couch, and he dies. Mind you, he had been clean for a month over a year at this point, and seemed like he was happy with that, so I was in shock. Anyway, as for my legal question, a month ago (around a month and a half after his death) a women who introduced herself as a manager/bartender at the place he had worked knocked on my door and said she wanted to show me a video. She explained that she had been worried about how 'Sara' treated son for a while, so on the day my son died when Sara started to pick a fight with him she secretly recorded it on her phone. The video shows Sara drunkenly screaming at my son as he tries to do his job. She is telling him that he is a waste of time and space and should just fucking kill himself. Taunting him and asking him if he is back to sticking a needle into his arm yet so she can fire him. She even takes a swing at him. Mind you, this is in the middle of dinner service and in front of customers. I strongly suspect this is what triggered his relapse (and what I suspect was more a suicide then a simple relapse). My question was if I had any legal recourse against the restaurant based on their treatment of my son. The other manager that gave me the video also said that she could probably find some people who witnessed other similar incidents. But the thing is that anyone I bring this up to in my small town just laughs and blows it off. When I brought it to the local lawyer his exact words were, "Well he was a fucking junkie, you want to sue the only people who were stupid enough to hire him?" I know that he was seriously mistreated, and worse then that from what the restaurant manager implied it sounds like the restaurant may be knowingly targeting heroin users and/or ex-users, using them for a few months until they either get tired of the bullshit or relapse, and then firing them for a new round of the same. [link] [comments]  |
| Update: small claims against recruiter Posted: 09 Aug 2018 08:28 PM PDT California. Tl;dr of original post was that I was promised a specific referral amount by a recruiter. I hit my end of the deal and they started dragging their feet. It was over 60 days since I was supposed to receive my bonus and was still getting the run around. My original post didn't get much attention, but I'll follow up in case someone finds themselves in a similar scenario. In my last post I had accepted I was going to have to take this recruiter to small claims for my referral bonus. I was told that if they appealed, it would be smarter to walk away since they could then involve lawyers. It sucked to hear, but I needed to know. I got all my ducks in a row with small claims paperwork, which I found online. Per advice here, I used an app to back up my texts and print them. I also went onto my billing website for my phone and retrieved the phone record showing they had called me over three weeks previously to back up my story. I then made one final attempt to demand my money from them. I gave a deadline and made it clear I would need to escalate if I didn't have my bonus by then. I also suggested sending the bonus with a signature required so we could track it and ensure it got here ok. (The real reason was that I was worried, after all their previous excuses, that they would claim they mailed it and it just got lost.) I gave them a deadline a week and a half out because I sent the email around a day I knew they'd be out of office. I received no reply until I followed up to remind them the deadline was approaching. I had a tracking number by the end of the day and received my bonus the next day. If they hadn't replied, I would've first emailed their boss at the company outlining everything and providing a deadline in which I'd be filing in small claims. My hope was that the higher ups would rather pay out the money than waste time and money in court as well as a bad reputation with my company. It never got that far, luckily. I want to thank those of you who replied. You helped me collect my thoughts and form a plan that made me much more confident in my approach. If I had continued to be timid, they never would have paid me. Thanks again. Tl;dr: didn't have to go to small claims, but I was fully ready and prepared if needed. Thanks for all the help! [link] [comments]  |
| Landlord is trying to ruin my life. help! Posted: 10 Aug 2018 09:09 AM PDT I lived in this building for the past 10 years. I pay on time every month even if i'm late I drive to his house to give him the money, I live alone with my son, we never make noise, never have argument with other tenants, and now the landlord wants me out. Thankfully in Ontario we have good laws that keeps him at bay My landlord has been offering various long time tenants money to leave so he can raise the prices, which he did successfully. He knows I cant pay the $2000 rent so he offered me cash to leave. He offered me more multiple times and I denied every request. This made his so upset that he hired people to mess with me during the nights. I have to wake up at 5am for work so he had 2 of his workers play really a really loud TV in the units beside me. It woke up my me and my son. Nobody lives in there yet but he pretends they do. He then cuts out the power to my apartment while im at work so my groceries go bad. He did this a few times. If I have an issue with something not working, he will wait until the inspector comes which forces him to fix it. This takes weeks. Lately he has been sending me notices to do renovation on my unit. I had to take time off work to go to court and deny this request. He is trying to make my life hell to get me out of here. What can I do to stop this? I compiled a lot of evidence but I cant afford a lawyer that will go against his. Its not about the money to him at this point he lives in a 8 million dollar home, he just wants to destroy my life until I leave. Help [link] [comments]  |
| [TX]Sold a Car Last Week - Lady Called Because She Had Concerns About Title Posted: 10 Aug 2018 09:49 AM PDT Texas: On 8/1/2018 I sold an old vehicle. I sold it to a gentleman (let's call him David). He paid cash ($2100). I signed the title over to him, but we did not fill in his name as the owner on the title - he said he was going to give it to his brother, but wasn't sure if he would keep it in his name, or his brother's name - so I suggested we leave that blank, and he could fill in later. I submitted a notice of vehicle sale to the TXDMV and included his name and address in that report. Today, I received a call from a lady. She had some concerns about a car she purchased. My name was on the title, but when she looked me up on facebook, she realized I was not the person that sold her the car. I asked her when she bought it, and told her I sold it to a guy on 8/1. She bought it on 8/9. (Not that it matters, but she paid $4500). She had some concerns because there was some paperwork in the glovebox that the mileage was 180,000. But, the mileage on the car was 130,000. Also, the indication on the title was that there were 130,000 miles. I asked her to send me scanned copies of the documentation. The individual that sold her the car altered the mileage on the back of the title, he never filled in his information as the owner. Instead, he put her information in there. He had a bill of sale to her with my name on it. He forged my signature on the document. He also had a transfer of title document with my name and forged signature to her. I told her that I will be contacting the sheriff's department/police department. And, I suggest she does the same. She texted me to tell me that she's already at an attorney's office. Just curious what other steps I should take? I'm considering pressing charges against this guy for impersonation, forging my signature on an official document, and (not sure if I can) altering the mileage on the vehicle and on the title under my signature. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 10 Aug 2018 06:19 AM PDT My parents have been going through a nasty divorce for the past 2 years now with the mediation date being stuck in legal hell. As the title says, late last night while me and my mother (the only two people who live in our house now) were sleeping my father drove up to the house (despite a restraining order being placed against him by my mother) and broke into my mom's car using a key he had previously stolen when he invaded the house a few months ago and took legal documents. Yes, this isn't the first time it's happened. He also has people I assume he has hired to drive by the house every few days and watch us. I'm leaving very soon for my next year of school and I don't want to leave my mom here alone while this psychopath is pulling shit like this. I don't have all of the details about the legal battle between them but I know that there is no progress being made at all even after 2 years. The local police do know about what is going on but they have no evidence to press any charges against him and they cannot visit him or anything since his residence is out of the state. The best they said they can do for now is send a squad car through our neighborhood on its patrol twice a day. I guess I'm just looking for a course of action I/my mom can take? I can't say anything directly to my dad because he is paying for college, my car, insurance, etc and he knows this. I feel powerless. I'm not sure what else to say so I will try to answer any questions in the comments. EDIT: Thank you for your comments everybody, even if I didn't respond to you I have definitely read and am thankful for the help. We are going to change our locks and I'm going to save up money to buy some security cameras and shop around with the information that you guys gave me. Thank you again. [link] [comments]  |
| I'm worried someone may kidnap their wife Posted: 10 Aug 2018 05:20 AM PDT I dont usually post nor read this subreddit, except for what hits the front page, so I'm sorry if this doesnt meet the usual standard. The short version of my problem is that a friend of mine left their husband in the middle of the night and filed for divorce, something they been asking him for, for months. He is now withholding important documentation until they meet face to face. He has a past of violence so I'm concerned. If it helps, we're in California. Edit: Thank you for your helpful words. I didnt know people could be so aggressively kind. I will be calling the police as a precautionary measure. Thank you. [link] [comments]  |
| [CT] Major Tech Company Fired Me and Is Telling Unemployment I Quit!?! Posted: 09 Aug 2018 11:21 PM PDT Long story long I was with one of the worlds largest companies for a few weeks short of 6 years. Due to job related and created stress / mental illness I took a doctor sanctioned medical leave of absence in January of this year. Once I came back I was told I now had to be put on a "documented coaching" to improve my manager / peer relationships. I thought this would be easy and just a bump in road. At the end of the "documented coaching" which was only supposed to last a month, which turned into 3 months, I was told I was did not improve to my managers standards even though I was THE top performer using the companies metrics. I still have copies of all of my managers concerns. My manager began watching my every move and even required me to inform a manager when having to use the bathroom, which is not company practice as we are all adults. The one time they failed to remember I requested to go to the restroom they said I was a liar and that I didn't inform management. I confronted my manager and said we have security cameras everywhere and we can go back and look at the time stamped footage of me discussing needing to pee. She changed her tune and said that I needed to improve my communication because the interaction was not memorable. Being concerned about the situation I called HR when this started and the HR department said it would be highly unlikely I got fired seeing as the documentation my manager had on me was lacking good reason, however HR can only recommend outcomes. On May 31st I was locked out of my employee access and the next day I was called into speak with management letting me know I was terminated. Stating I did not meet the goals set forth for me. At this point I was pretty upset but I decided this will be a new chapter in my life and that I will go on to do better things. I was told I would recieve a good reference and was paid my accrued vacation time. I filed for unemployment in my state and had an initial mail hearing inquiring about the nature of my termination. The state decided I was entitled to unemployment because I was terminated without misconduct. I now just received a letter from the state's unemployment office saying that I have an in person hearing his coming Monday because my former employer is claiming I committed willful misconduct and that I "voluntarily left suitable work without good cause attributable to the employer, including leaving due to a change in the conditions of employment created by the employer". From what I gather "wilful misconduct" includes three subspecies: (1) deliberate misconduct in wilful disregard of the employer's interest, (2) a single knowing violation of a reasonable and uniformly enforced rule or policy, and (3) absenteeism without good cause. None of which I have committed. Secondly I did not voluntarily leave the company. I have all the paper work given to me and the separation letter on company letter head. This sounds like they are claiming I abandoned my job when I clearly did not. So after all this do I now need a lawyer to help fight this? [link] [comments]  |
| Unmarried couple who bought a house together - splitting up – aftermath Posted: 10 Aug 2018 11:19 AM PDT I bought a house with an ex and its time we went our separate ways. Right now, things are amicable and her request is to be taken off the mortgage immediately and to be paid back her original down payment (just under $10,000). I'm quite fine with that. What is the best and most proper way to remove her from the mortgage contract and come up with a contract for her to be paid back her original down payment? I cannot refinance since we bought a distressed property and have a seller-financed loan with a 5 year term with three years left on it. We have joint tenancy. I imagine taking the girlfriend off of the loan with the owner of the mortgage won't be an issue. I am probably two years away from fixing up the house to where I can get a traditional bank mortgage on this property. Also, I have sunk all of my savings into fixing and maintaining the property so I cannot come up with the money to buy her out. If it makes any difference- we are located in Washington state. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 10 Aug 2018 09:43 AM PDT Hi guys, okay so I need some help. I just graduated from college in May and I recently was offered a job in the food packaging industry to work for their marketing department. I have everything squared away with the job offer except the NDA. So basically the NDA states: "Unique competitive advantage" includes company knowledge of status, name, standing, reputation, and position in the relevant market place which company has accrued over time as a result of its trade secrets, confidential information, and business goodwill. "Customer" includes any present client, purchaser, vendor, dealer, supplier or any other person, which currently or has had a previous business relationships with company at any time during the (12) months prior to the date of Worker's termination and for whom worker performed services, had a business relationship, and/or made professional contacts with on behalf of company. "Competitor" or "Restricted business or activity" includes businesses or related activities which are in competition with company in the relevant market, meaning that the business or activity derives more than 10% of its gross revenues, in the aggregate, from food packaging, including but not limited to containers, packets, shakers, and other portion control packaging. Restricted period of time is 18 months immediately following workers termination or employment. "Restricted geographical area" means the United States of America. My questions is essentially, would I be able to work for marketing agencies that have clients in the food business after I leave this job? I plan on sticking around at this job for at least a couple of years but don't want to get myself into any legal bind that would hinder my future career opportunities considering I am fresh out of college. Any advice would be WONDERFUL. [link] [comments]  |
| What rights do I have as a trust beneficiary? Posted: 10 Aug 2018 07:25 AM PDT My mom died when I was 8 years old and she & my father set up a trust to benefit my sister & I. I was told as a teenager that the money in the trust was going to be used to pay for my secondary education. Well I completed college (yay!) and my father never touched the fund. He won't give me any info about my trust and is really weird about talking about it. The money eventually went unclaimed and I had to reclaim it. The check was sent in my name to his address (as I was moving back from college and don't have a permanent address). I don't even know how much the check is for!!! Now he's giving me the run around and won't give me the check. It's been at least 3 months or so. When we argue about it, he says I owe him money from the trust since he paid for my school out of his own pocket and that's why he's not giving me the check. What can I do about this? Should I contact a lawyer? Is there somewhere I can get a copy of the trust rules? I don't want to go overboard, but there's a substantial amount of money in that trust that I could really use right now. I'm located in Atlanta, GA. [link] [comments]  |
| [NY] Quit a startup after vesting, now company ignores my requests to exercise my stock options Posted: 10 Aug 2018 07:56 AM PDT I quit a company at the end of July, on my last day I signed all the papers to exercise my stock options, I handed over the check with the full amount of my vested options and told the CEO/HR that I was giving my two weeks notice. After some discussions with HR and the CEO we decided I would just finish that day and leave. The following week on August 2nd after not seeing my last check sent and not seeing my check for the stock options cashed I contacted the company and they ignored my emails and then contacted me saying I had to sign a termination agreement. The termination agreement was very simple and it just basically said I didn't have any code/hardware from the company. So I suggested we meet and I could sign the document when they hand over my last check and my stock certificate. They didn't go for us meeting and said I had to sign it as send it and I would get my last check right after I signed it and that stock options are still going threw the lawyers. Given that the termination agreement didn't say anything that I would considered bad for me, I signed it and then the next day got my check, but since then they have ignored my emails about the stock options. My contract also has a mediation clause, so not sure how that will work. How does it work with a mediation? What should I expect from lawyering up? Other small details: I heard from someone inside the company they said I was fired. They reduced more hours from my paycheck because of PTO than should have. They held my last check until I signed the termination agreement. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 10 Aug 2018 10:28 AM PDT I work in a salon and get paid commission for the services I do on clients with no hourly pay. I get hourly paid when I work as the receptionist. We have set times for both. Example,10-2 I am available for clients and commission work. 2-6 I get paid hourly for receptionist duties. We have this strict long cleaning list that is over kill that needs to be completely daily. Technically it's the receptionist or whoever's on the clocks duty. Of course others chip in as needed. Today I had down time during my commission hours. My manager told me to do some of the cleaning list. I told her that I am not on clock. She said every one there is expected to help. There were 3 other girls there that are on the clock. I wasn't. I did the cleaning anyway, with out getting paid on the clock. Now I don't want to be annoying or seem rude bc "i'm not helping" but technically the law is that I don't have to bc I am not getting paid for it, right? I feel as if my boss would get annoyed if I mentioned that it is against the law. What should I do if this is a continued problem? [link] [comments]  |
| My mother forged my father's signature to transfer $9,000 of my education fund to my stepbrother Posted: 09 Aug 2018 09:04 PM PDT This is my first post, please forgive any formatting errors. TL;DR: My mother, who I have disconnected myself from years ago, has transferred my university savings fund into my half brother's account by forging my fathers signature, and I start school in a couple weeks. What do? Before I begin explaining my more recent issues, a lot of backstory is required. Some of this may not be necessary, but most people wouldn't believe me if I just called my mother a bitch and went on with it. If you want to skip a bit of life story, you can jump to the fourth paragraph and it'll mostly still make sense. My actual legal questions are in the last paragraph. Any criticism of my post is appreciated (formatting, writing, grammar, etc). My mother and father conceived me while engaged, then decided it was best they went their own ways without ever marrying. My father agreed to allow my mother to have custody, as she was in a better place to care for me at the time. Fast forward about 11 years, and my father (who was now better equipped with a stable relationship, house, and a new job that required less traveling). It is also important to mention that he had ended up moving from my home province Ontario to Alberta for a business opportunity when I was little, and would frequently fly back to Ontario to spend time with me. It was at this point that 11 year old me was given the option to move to Alberta with my father. Now normally it would not be a good idea to move a kid to the other side of the country, but the circumstances were a little different for me. In the time that I had been living with my mother, she had found a husband, had 3 other kids, and became a successful Real Estate agent, making a considerable amount of money. I was also struggling in school. I had absolutely no interest in any of my classes and hated every day of my life. My mother was never home and I spent most of my time in my room watching TV. It was also around this time that her relationship with her new husband (who I have nothing against, he is a great guy and still treats me better than she does), began to sour. Fights became common, and my mother was vicious. She called the cops on him a few times, often hitting and screaming at him. I would be left to care for my siblings until the fighting died down (not like I was the only one though, my grandmother would frequently step in but most of the time she was not there when it started). Around this time I was also learning of some of the things my mother had done. How she had gained her place as a Real Estate agent, and how she had screwed other people over to gain success. So I talked to my father, telling him that I was ready to get out. The decision was made, and the court battle that ensued was horrific. The worst part was that I still lived with my mother during the duration of it. At one point I was asked to write a letter to the court confirming that I did want to move. As my mother had seen it shortly after, I was shown it and questioned about it endlessly. That shit hurt. Long story short, I got to Alberta, my grades increased, I started making new friends, and my life got a lot better. During this time my mother never really let go of her spite towards me and my father. We still talked, though she didn't call nearly as often as my father did, but we had a semi-functional relationship. For about 2 years I would fly out on vacations to see everyone. Then, after I learned that my siblings had been grossly mistreated by both her and her new dickhead husband (who she also divorced when he was no longer of use to her), I had a talk with her over the phone for the last time then hung up in a rage. I haven't talked to her since. Fast forward a few more years. Most legal issues have been resolved. My mother is ordered to pay about $100,000 in due child support and legal fees (she kept dragging my father into court for stupid things, then refused to pay anything when she lost). I haven't talked to her in about 4 years, though I have been visiting to see other family and my siblings by staying at my stepfather's house (after their divorce, he settled to have the kids every other week so I can still talk to and see them). I have now made it through high school with good enough grades to get early acceptance to a great university for an engineering degree. Spending that last couple months sorting out scholarships, savings, and loans, I was told that my father and mother had started a joint savings account for me when I was little, and it had finally matured. I was sent an account number and tried to open it. Nothing. We called the bank that we had the account with and found that there was about $200 left in it, and that 6 months ago $9000 had been transferred from my name to my brother's. Well shit. Here we go again. While she has done similar things in the past, she has never done anything so blatantly illegal. I'm worried that if she is sent to jail, which she has now avoided many times, that it will leave a terrible impact on my siblings. They are all younger than me and they are not nearly as aware of the issues she has. I don't want them to suffer anymore. I especially don't want them to be dragged into something like I was. One of them has already stopped talking to her. He is only 12. Would it be better if they were taken away from her? She isn't necessarily abusive despite the emotional manipulation she put me through (and probably them to some extent), but she is not a role model I want them growing up with. That kind of sounds stupid coming from a 17 year old kid though; I'm still not sure if I have any place saying what is or isn't good for them. I don't need the money for this year as I am mostly covered by scholarships and other savings, but if I don't get the funds back I will eventually need to take out a loan. I don't have a problem with my brother getting the money either. I still care about him to no end and have no doubt that he will be able to find a school as good as mine or better. It mostly just comes down to the fact that she committed a pretty serious crime. Again. And I want her to leave me alone. I want my siblings to be okay. And most importantly I don't want to find myself back in the system that has been tormenting me for most of my life. We sent an email saying that we have seen what she has done, and she replied by saying that he signed it himself, and that the funds were never for me. Which he obviously denies. She also claimed that the $100,000 she was ordered to pay was for my education. This is not true, I have personally seen the documents from when she was ordered to pay. For the time being we have frozen the account, and my brother will not be attending post-secondary for another two years anyways. I effectively have a year to sort this out before I need the money. Now, my father has spent many years in this system too, and has a pretty good idea of how to deal with her bullshit. But I'm tired of this. I'm about to go into an extremely intensive course and I don't want to worry about things like this anymore. What is the easiest way to deal with this? My father has already brought it to the local police, and I'm sure he will go through the correct motions with our now very familiar lawyer, but I want your advice. If we can prove that the signature was forged, what would happen? If not, is there any way to get the money back? If we take her back to court we will likely not get any sort of compensation for the legal fees, as it took many years to finally get the money she was ordered to pay last time (not because she didn't have the money, there was lots of evidence to prove otherwise). We don't have any issue talking to a lawyer about this, but I want to hear what you all have to say. Reddit has always been of great help when trying to figure stuff out in the past. I figured I'd ask directly this time. Thank you! [link] [comments]  |
| Was struck as a pedestrian, insurance is avoiding paying anything due to my income (Ontario) Posted: 10 Aug 2018 05:17 AM PDT Hi guys, I'm from Toronto and back in January I was crossing the street on a green and was struck as a pedestrian - totally the driver's fault. I got off extremely lucky, but had to take a month off work and returned with adjusted duchies (limited hours a week). Luckily I work for a pension trust which covered 75% of my income as sick leave and I never topped up the 25%. However with the remainder of my luck, the paralegal screwed up my file, stated I was back to work getting paid (as normal) and calculations were completed in a different way by the driver's insurance company. After speaking to my lawyer, the insurance company of the driver made more errors, but in summary she is saying due to my higher level of income 2 mths prior to the accident and my coverage, I'm going to be entitled to $0 based on the normal calculations and can only sue based on a situation where I have permanent physical damage/disability etc.. I look at this way - I was struck in an accident, suffered some physical pain, but it ultimately caused me to suffer a financial loss of 25% of my income due to being off work. What can I get the lawyer to do in the next steps? This doesn't make sense I'm entitled to nothing as I suffered a loss due to someone's driver error. Canadian/Ontario advice please! EDIT - DAMN IT MY COWORKERS FOUND ME [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 10 Aug 2018 01:28 PM PDT Mother in law died, already bought "two chambers" in a mausoleum, wanted to be placed besides father. Get to service, another whole family now exists in other chamber, and the cemetery says we need to downsize urn to fit in the "two chambers" meaning now one. Virginia. We have a copy of the contract, and getting a lawyer. [link] [comments]  |
| What constitutes as Parental Kidnapping? Posted: 09 Aug 2018 09:24 PM PDT Hi all. I'm a 29 year old female and live in California. My husband and I recently decided to get a divorce. We have a beautiful one year old son, and I would die if I had to leave him. My husband recently filed for divorce first. My mother-in-law is also here and the two are harassing me. They throw out my food, turn off the air conditioning, call me names, record me without my permission when I'm on the phone, and so much more. One time, my mother-in-law even slammed the door shut on my hand. I want to move back to my home state, but I don't want to leave my son there with them. They threaten me that they are going to take my son out of the country and keep him there. I want to know if I can take my son to Chicago without letting my husband know. Would that count as parental kidnapping and potentially harm my chances of getting full custody in the future? I really have nowhere else to go, and I was hoping to get some advice. I have an appointment with a lawyer this week [link] [comments]  |
| [NC] Bank account closing, bank will not release funds. What do I do? Posted: 10 Aug 2018 01:14 PM PDT Hello guys, I deposited a check into a newly opened online bank account (Ally Bank). The check was from my work (school district in NC). The check went through fine and the funds were made available. This was around July 3rd. On July 26, I received a phone call from the bank telling me my account was going to be closed because they cannot verify my identity. Well I sent them my passport, my state ID, my driver's permit, a copy of my utility bill, and my lease. They said all of it was invalid and could not verify my identity. So, I asked about the funds in my account and they said I would not receive them and they are confiscating it because they cannot prove my identity. This is an online only bank so I cannot go into a branch to prove my identity and I sent them all the identity things I have already. At this point, the bank won't even speak to me. They just hang up on me. They tell me they have no information for me whether I will ever get the money or how to get it or what will happen to it. They will not tell me how I can verify myself or anything. I asked to speak to someone higher and the banker said there is no other person to speak to. Honestly I thought this whole thing was a scam at first for identity theft or something but I have called the number from the bank's website and all of this is legitimate. My question is, do I have any legal actions I can take to get my funds from my account? Is this something lawyers handle? If so, what kind of lawyer? I'm very ignorant about a lot of this as I am relatively young and never dealt with anything like this. I am a teacher and that is 2 months of my salary so I am freaking out. TL;DR--Bank closing my account because they say they can't verify me despite me sending in all my photo IDs. Say they can't tell me anything about getting my money or when my account will be closed and hang up on me. Do I have any options to get my funds through the legal system? The sum is ~$4.8k. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 10 Aug 2018 10:20 AM PDT Ga, USA. I had a tree fall on my house and I'm struggling to pay the deductible. So I decided I need to sell a car I had been planning to fix up in order to pay the roofers to fix the roof of my house. I've got a REAL PERSON coming to look at my car this weekend! He's very interested and I think we're going to make a deal. I've never done this before, and I need some help with what to do.
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| Posted: 10 Aug 2018 12:25 PM PDT They were not married when he died, but were engaged to be married. When he got sick and went into the hospital, he was expected to get treatment and make a full recovery, but obviously that didn't happen and he died approx 3 years ago after a few weeks in the hospital. His fiancée strong-armed him into giving sperm samples to put on ice. He was against the idea, he expressed to us just how against the idea he was, but she apparently sat in his hospital room all day and wore him down on it when he wasn't in shape to resist. He was expected to make a full recovery by everyone including his doctors, so he may have just figured it was a moot point since he wasn't going to die anyway. Now, 3 years later, we've found out that she has been doing IVF to try to get pregnant with his sperm. As far as we know, she had 4 sperm samples to begin with, made 3 attempts at IVF, a total of 1 embryo was created from the 3 attempts (doctor said it was very low quality sperm), she had the 1 embryo implanted, but it did not take. There is 1 sperm sample remaining. I'm wondering if the family of the deceased in this situation have any legal rights in regards to having a say over whether she can proceed with trying to get pregnant with his sperm. I don't have any additional info as to what kind of documents he may have signed at the time, etc. He died without a will, and his father became the executor of his estate. The father-executor never had any idea about any of this. Also, he was a NJ resident, but was in a hospital in NY when he gave the sperm samples. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 10 Aug 2018 05:36 AM PDT Last year I was a college freshman at a public university in Maryland. I lived on a co-ed dorm, that had a unisex bathroom and shower room. The showers were separated into stalls with curtains, but no locking doors. There was an issue last spring where a guy (I'll call him Jake) got caught using a recording device in the shower area. He uploaded recordings on a file-sharing site, and while you couldn't see faces very clearly, it was easy to identify who the girls were. One was my roommate, and she was really upset when she found out. There was a hearing with the school ethics committee, and Jake was suspended pending further investigation. We all thought he was being expelled, but I just found out from someone who knows him that he is coming back to school, he just can't live on campus. My roommate is really mad, and she wants to call the police. My question is, is it too late to do so? Also, the video got taken down and I don't know who has it. Edit: more questions-
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| Question regarding summons while under house arrest Posted: 10 Aug 2018 07:15 AM PDT So a friend of mine was supposedly the cause of a traffic accident, and due to charges from it is under house arrest for 1 year (ends in early september). Anywho one of the other parties of the accident is suing him and he's supposed to go to court in another city before his house arrest ends. I guess the people in charge of his house arrest have already told him he can't go, but surely he can get some sort of extension until after his house arrest ends about 2 weeks later? This is in NRV Virginia. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 10 Aug 2018 12:51 AM PDT Here's the situation: A wife dies 15 years ago, leaving a will that names her adult children and husband as beneficiaries of a trust. Husband is executor, but never informs children that they were named in will as beneficiaries of trust. Husband withdraws most of the funds over that time period. What course of action can/should children take? *************************** Edit 8/10/2018 11am Eastern *************************** Thanks for the responses. More info: This was a pass-through trust defined in the will. The trustee is a bank holding the funds in a managed account. The will specifically states that the husband and the two children can both withdraw funds based on (very loosely defined) need. However, the husband never informed the children of their ability to do this, and did not provide the children a copy of the will upon the death of the wife/mother. Children were both adults (25+) at time of mother's death. [link] [comments]  |
| [GA] Prevent my in-laws from getting custody of my kids should my wife and I die Posted: 10 Aug 2018 11:07 AM PDT Hey all, My wife and I have two wonderful daughters under the age of five, and are planning to get a will and any other necessary documentation and planning for the unlikely event that we both suddenly die. We live close to our parents and they are active in our lives and the lives of their grandchildren. The thing is, my wife's parents were physically and emotionally abusive to her and her siblings, and walk the edge of financial abuse in their relationships with older friends and relatives. We're happy to keep a family relationship with my in-laws (this isn't a "go no contact" situation), but would never trust them with our kids. I know children are not an asset that you can just bequeath, but is there a way to provide similar instructions upon our death? On paper, my in-laws are well-off and upstanding members of the community. We will be meeting a lawyer at some point in drafting a will, so we plan to ask then, but my understanding is this might be family law rather than inheritance law, so would we need to see a specialist? The "non-legal" approach we have considered is having my wife write up a letter documenting the abusive episodes in her past and giving it (notarized? sealed?) to trusted parties to use if this unlikely case occurs. Downsides are this feels like libel/slander/defamation/whatever, seems icky and underhanded, and might not work in court anyway? Thank you for any help you can give me. This has been a minor cause of stress for us ever since our kids were born [link] [comments]  |
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