Legal Advice Dealing with horrible and loud neighbors that are painting me as a racist in texas. How do I protect myself legally? |
- Dealing with horrible and loud neighbors that are painting me as a racist in texas. How do I protect myself legally?
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| Posted: 04 Nov 2018 06:59 AM PST I have lived in my apartment for 3 years and never had a real problem with my neighbors. A few months ago some new people moved in the apartment above mine. The last few months have been hell. They have parties every night even week nights that never end before 3am. They are loud way past our community quiet hours. They have some sort of bass they like to turn on that literally shakes the ceiling (their floor). I have recorded it. It wakes up my 2 year old. Do you know how hard it is to get a 2 year old back to sleep during a loud upstairs party. They leave trash outside their door for days so that smells and drips down. It has ruined my outdoor rug. I took pictures. They drop cigarette butts from above right on to my porch. They regularly park in the reserved spot I pay for monthly. It is a special fee not everyone pays but the apartment offers reserved spots. They are an extra $50 a month. The minute I leave they pull their car there and refuse to move until I threaten to involve the apt. Manager. They have a gigantic pairs of dogs that are aggressive and they let them run around without a leash even though the apartment has a leash policy and the city does too. They like to empty their bleach another cleaning supply water over the railing and directly on to the front stoop of my apartment door. I have 3 times walked out to sticky pinesol or the alarming and strong smell of bleach all over my front walkway. It ruined my potted plants outside. I have reported all the incidents. I have tried to ask them to cut it out. They don't care. I recently called the police nonemergency line about the noise and it turns out I am not the first to complain that day. The police came out and found some illegal drugs in the apartment or on one of their guests (I am not sure of how it was found. I stayed in my apartment) and arrested someone. Since then they have taken to recording me any time I leave my apartment. They have been calling me racist and threatening to put it in the internet and get me fired. The woman of the couple has followed me to my car with my child in my arms and yelled about how I am impeding her ability to exist in public because I am racist. She says I call the police on her for doing nothing. I only called the police about a noise complaint at 1am because they were having a loud party and had refused my request at 12am to maybe keep it down a little because my daughter was trying to sleep. I understand I am white and as such have no idea of the struggle. I would never dream of telling them how to live life. I just don't want them to leave trash that seeps down my front door (leaving trash outside is against apartment policy) and ruins my things, park in the spot I pay for monthly, and play loud music I can clearly hear in my home during quiet hours. She had thrown her dogs poop bags at my car. They have really upped the bleach game too. It has gotten on a few spots on my door and I am scared they might throw it at my car. I have asked my apartment to move me but it isn't feasible right now. I can't break the lease for at least 3 more months. I can't lose my job and I am not sure how protect myself legally. They are actually my paid space right now but I am scared to have them towed because I don't know what they are going to do. I pay for that space. I have proof. The sticker on the front inside window matches the marked spot. If I tell the apartment they will have the car towed but I'll look like a racist. All it takes is one video and a lie and I am ruined. I want to add that there are racist out there who deserve to be called out and the overwhelming majority of those videos are true and tragic and the white person in those videos deserves all the bad things that happen to them but I think wanting to be able to sleep in the early morning hours and park in my own space that I pay for is reasonable. But maybe not? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Nov 2018 11:40 PM PDT Final Edit: About to go into meeting, and am changing accounts as described there. That's now the account I'll check for replies to pms about advice being given and such, and will update from if I'm able. Once again thank you everybody! Edit: Thank you everyone for the advice and kind words in some pms :) I reached out to an adult I met while working who would have no reason to not help, simply asked if they knew a lawyer would I could use. They set me up with a lunchtime meeting today with their lawyer! I suppose that was the obvious thing to do but I guess I was too overwhelmed to realize. Will be showing them this thread and all of the suggestions here to get their opinion, though I personally read everything in the links shared with me and it sounds like I'm going to be alright. I'll be replying to specific comments once I post this update but don't have time for all of them, so overall - thank you so much! Depending on the case and circumstances if things can settle privately I'll try to provide an update down the road :) 2nd Edit: Should add because I've seen a few comments and pms about this, my mother was aware of the TV before I bought it and had no issue with it. She was at the store with me when I first saw it and talked to the sales person about it. I know this isn't very important, but just to say I did consult a parent before purchasing and thought it over for a few days. I don't know if that matters when arguing over his claim it was proof of my immaturity or not, or if any of that matters because he still stole my money, but there's that. I didn't know what flair to use, if the one I chose is wrong my apologies, I will change it. Also sorry for the novel I'm sorry for this being so long, I've rewritten this three times now trying to avoid adding certain details but they're just unavoidable. So, third time's the charm: Edit - Location: United States of America, California I am a minor in the entertainment industry. While certainly not a J Law or Swift, I am in the public eye. I still live with my family. Recently (I don't want to say how recent), I've found success, and am now making more money than my parents combined. This doesn't sit well with them. They aren't poor but also aren't rich, I would consider us an "Upper Middle Class" family not counting my income. As time has gone on and I've found more success and as such made more money, they have become increasingly bitter about it. Last week my father stopped just being bitter. My father created my bank accounts when I was young. He's my parent so I never saw any reason to not trust him, until now. Five days ago my father closed my accounts and transferred all of my money to himself. I told him that was illegal but he said he's my legal guardian and has the right to decide if I'm mature enough to handle my own money or not. He told me my recent purchase of a new three thousand dollar TV (which was for the family living room) was proof I wasn't capable of being responsible with that amount of money, and so he was going to watch over it for me until I was of age. My mother is, if not complicit, in denial. She refuses to talk with me about it and tells me I don't know what I'm talking about. Since my father took the money, he's been getting a lot of nice things, including a very expensive new watch, a new couch set for his space, and as of this morning a new, fairly expensive car, and I know he didn't have enough on his own for any of those. I don't know about the watch or car but I found a copy of the delivery slip that said "No returns or refunds" which he had signed. It was $15,000 alone. I know the best course of action is to get the police involved but there are two problems with that. For one, while not critical, having this known to the public would do a lot more harm. I know that may seem ridiculous but if at all possible I want to keep this from getting out there, which is why I'm on Reddit anonymously. Grasping at straws, I know. The problem that's a lot more pressing, is that anyone who could side with me won't. We have a family lawyer who I've been acquainted with and have the contact information for, but they're a family friend with my parents and I've never personally needed their services so I can't see them helping me against my parents. Especially considering I now have nothing to pay them with. I do have a manager, and they were the first person I called. We met at their office four days ago and without actually saying it, they told me in painfully clear terms that if I wanted any more of a career I would accept that my father has only my best interests at heart, and would drop it. I am NOT accusing my manager of anything to be clear here, but there's no denying they have no interest in helping me, whatever their reasons may be. The only person helping me is my close friend who's my age, but all they can do is help me think up a solution. It was their suggestion to come here though, because we have no idea what the best course of action is. There's another major hitch, that being while i should have more money coming in next week, it would have been transferred straight to my bank account. Seeing as that doesn't exist anymore I have no idea if I'll even be able to get any of that money. I tried asking my manager about this but was given a "don't you worry about that dear," type of response and nothing more. Am I screwed? 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| [Colorado] I’m at the end of my rope. I have a restraining order and he violates it almost weekly. Posted: 04 Nov 2018 08:33 AM PST I have a permanent restraining order against my ex boyfriend. It's been in place since March. He has violated it in every way imaginable. I've filed about 15 police reports. All of which were thrown out for not enough evidence to take to court. He's smart, he messes with me in ways he knows can't be proven. He drains my car battery (stole my extra key fob), impersonates me on Instagram and posts intimate pictures (without exposing genitalia which is what counts as revenge porn), puts nails in my tires but knows it can't be proven that I didn't just drive over a construction site, calls my phone and harasses me from random numbers not tied to his. The list goes on, way on. But that's not what I want to focus on. Because there's nothing I can do for these previous incidences. What can I do now.? What other options do I possibly have? Police just patronize me and go through the motions when I file reports. There is little to no follow-through. I just moved, and I'm terrified he'll find me here. I joined the Address Confidentiality Program. I've deleted social media. I'm hiding my car in a parking garage until I can either sell it or change my plates. What can I do to ensure he gets in trouble or gets locked up? He's a sociopath and will not stop. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 04 Nov 2018 07:28 AM PST My roommate and I are in university, she came back from summer break with a dog that our building management wouldn't let her keep. She moved to another apartment pretty quickly, but told me she'd keep paying rent here until she found another tenant to replace her. Well she hasn't found anyone in the first month, and now it's the beginning of the second month without her, and she doesn't want to pay rent here anymore because she doesn't live here. She told me that I should pay it, and whenever I find a new tenant (I guess she's not looking anymore), that they would just refund me the difference when they moved in. I'm pretty sure her name's still on the lease, we don't have any updated lease in the apartment web portal, nor did I resign to be the sole tenant of the apartment. What is my recourse? Edit: I'm in Maryland Edit2: Here's the portion of our lease that talks about moving out early. [link] [comments]  |
| Gun charge, don’t own gun and no gun found on video or search Posted: 04 Nov 2018 06:05 AM PST I'm asking from a throwaway account for a friend(yes really) that has been accused of pulling a gun on someone in a shopping center in southern Maryland. Basically he was accused of getting in a parking dispute that he is being accused of instigating, flashing his gun in his waistband, and then pulling it out saying "I am going to murder you" to the accuser before driving away. It was early morning and there were no witnesses. My friends story is that the other guy started the dispute over nothing as he was trying to leave his parking spot. He was In his car backing out when the victim opened his car door and got out. The victim approached my friend and called him a motherfucker, so my friend got out of the car (he should've stayed in the car) and an argument ensued, in which he thought he was possibly about to be robbed. Keep in mind it was 4-5am and pitch black outside with no witnesses around. My friend got back in the car and left Now this friend does not own a gun, nor do I even think he knows how to operate one. There is video evidence from a nearby store security camera of the two getting in an argument and of him slightly lifting his jacket, but no gun was visible or present in the video . I believe he said he lifted his jacket because he had $200 cash in his pocket and wanted to make sure he didn't leave it in the car where it was visible-because he thought he may be getting robbed.The police searched his house and found no gun, and there is no gun registered to his name. He has actually never owned a firearm in his life. During the search my friend was arrested and taken to jail. He was released on bond. With the whole basis of the charges wrapped around the idea of a gun actually being present, but there not being one present in the video or in a search, etc., how likely are the charges to survive a preliminary hearing (1 week away)? I don't see how a prosecuter could keep the charges just off of the accusers statement and nothing else. No evidence of gun at the scene and no evidence that a gun exists at all. My friend is still very nervous because of the severity of the accusations and the fact the police has already gone forward and searched his house. Edit: Being charged with: -dangerous weapon with intent to injure -concealment of a dangerous weapon -1st and 2nd degree assault (not sure why because the accuser never claimed that he was ever touched, and the video doesn't show any physical contact) Edit#2: he has hired an attorney as of several days ago. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 04 Nov 2018 12:55 AM PDT Hello there, I am living in Perth, Western Australia and I'm currently 17 (18 in December) My mother got with a man who was a drug dealer for years and let him in the house on an almost daily basis, now I didn't mind because they were keeping me out of it in the beginning and going to another house to do whatever they were doing (dealing I presume because that's all they did). My mother became hooked in only a few months and was very, very money hungry, loved having power over the people she sold to, over me and her boyfriend as well. The first time she involved me was when I was 12 and she made me count about $4,000 that she was given that day, I said sure because I didn't want to let her down, even though I really did not want to do it. She made me weigh 'the stuff', the taught me how to tell if 'the stuff' was good or not, how to quickly count money, how to tell if the money was real or not- Awesome things like that... It became child endangerment when she stuffed four packages of 'the stuff' into my bra when I was around 14, she said to me 'no one will ever look on a 14 year old girl, we should be okay.' She did this to me multiple times, making me reach into my bra in front of addicts, more dealers and just gross people I didn't want to associate with. Another example which I think is crucial is she let a known paedophile into the house, he made moves on me for years, I told her and her boyfriend I was uncomfortable with this man, and also another man who tried to have sex with me when I was 15. My mother and boyfriend did nothing and continuously let these people into the house. She was very manipulative and would constantly say that she would 'kill herself if I ever left' and 'I need to obey her, she birthed me, I have no choice but to stay with her' Shit like that. I have already been to the Detective running her trail, she already has charges of Police and Organised Crime finding large amounts of money and weapons... The Detective said if I write a statement against her, she will most likely go in for Child Endangerment and Child Abuse. However with the money my grandmother has stated she is going to take the blame for it, even though she is in Ireland and has no bank transactions providing evidence for this. Please help me figure out what legal actions I can take so I can stand up for myself, and make her realise I won't let her get away with abusing me. [link] [comments]  |
| I just got a paycheck from a company I left in 1991 Posted: 04 Nov 2018 11:53 AM PST The paycheck arrived at my parents' address, which must have been on record. I recognize my employee number, and the salary looks right. I don't intend to cash it, but am concerned about tax liability and unknowns. Advice on how best to handle this? [link] [comments]  |
| "Friend" borrowed ~$2500 now claims he doesn't owe anything. Posted: 04 Nov 2018 12:34 AM PDT I'm pretty sure Small Claims is the answer to this but I'll give you guys some context since I find this subreddit useful. Friend borrowed approx $2500 said he'd pay back from his Schwab account when we got back from Vegas (Oct 11) and if not worst case scenario, the Monday the 15th from his Bimonthly paycheck. He went to New York for work that Saturday and I asked him to write me a post dated check before he leaves which he agreed to, but never followed through. Monday came around and he had said his Mom was going to send him more clothes via the mail since he would be in NY a couple more weeks than anticipated and she would mail the checkbook to write me a check. Time went by, we had a couple more conversations not related to the money. then he disappeared. Completely ghosted me, blocked me from Facebook, ignore my text and calls, and when I use a new number, hang up when he knows its me. My friend was able to find public info for his parents and I explained this information to his Mom (she's chinese and I know he respects his parents). She didnt want to get involved but she knows Im the friend he went to Vegas with. She told me she'd talk to him because I was trying to avoid suing him. Lo and behold, a little little while later he messaged me telling me he doesnt owe me anything and im just a degenerate gambler. He also threatened to go to his buddy whos a cop if I try to contact him on any other "spoofed" numbers. TLDR:. Friend borrowed $2500, now says he doesnt owe me anything and im basically making it up. What I do have are various texts with him acknowledging he owes me $2430ish. (We spoke on the phone to get to $2500 for the plane ticket, etc.) So if I go to Small Claims court, how solid is my defense, and what are rhe kinds of things he will try to do to wiggle his way out of this? I find it amazing that he threw away what I thought was a cool friendship over stupid shit like this. Any advice would be awesome, except for the advice of DONT LEND PEOPLE MONEY U LEARNED UR LESSON blah blah. I made a bad judgement call based on his ability to pay back. My bad. [link] [comments]  |
| Wasps in wall! Landlord is meh Posted: 04 Nov 2018 09:26 AM PST I've been renting the same apartment for 5 years and consider myself a good tenant. Always pay on time, never cause a problem, keep a clean apartment, etc. For the past month I've been seeing a few wasps in my apartment. I reached out to my landlord, they had an exterminator come out a week later and spray. Since then it's only gotten worse. Today alone I'm up to 16 wasps. I've pinpointed the room where they are entering and my landlord keeps saying they have no idea how they are getting in. I know they don't want to spend the money to open the wall they are in, but I can't keep living like this. I read my lease and it doesn't say anything about pests. Can I withhold my rent until this is fixed. Or what other options do I have. I'm in Connecticut. [link] [comments]  |
| Can my employer require me to eat meat, and how do I prove a "sincerely held belief"? Posted: 03 Nov 2018 09:14 PM PDT Minnesota. I'm a 5-year employee of a food manufacturer. I work in a position which sometimes interacts with outside vendors and customers. My company often schedules meetings over the lunch hour, with food provided, typically samples of the food that my company sells. Almost all of that food has meat in it. I'm a Hindu vegetarian, and I don't eat meat. I'm happy to bring my own food or simply abstain from lunch. It has come to management's attention that I've been abstaining from company-provided meals, and they think it reflects poorly on the company if their own employees won't eat the company's products. My manager told me that when in a meeting with customers or outside vendors, the new policy is that I must eat at least some of the company's products, "enough to seem like a full meal". I spoke with HR, who informed me that ethical vegetarianism wasn't sufficient to bypass their new policy. Then I told them about the conflict with my religious beliefs, and HR originally didn't believe me when I said I was Hindu, saying that it was awfully convenient. For context, I'm white. I converted about 8 years ago, and I've been vegetarian since that time. HR consulted another employee who is also Hindu, and in his opinion, I was not legitimately Hindu (his personal beliefs are more restrictive than mine). HR is now asking me to provide evidence that my beliefs are sincerely held. They asked me to bring a statement from a "priest or pastor", or find some other way to demonstrate that I am legitimate. They also challenged me that not all Hindus are vegetarian, which is true. Vegetarianism is strongly encouraged, but not required, by my branch of Hinduism (Hinduism, in general, doesn't mandate anything - it's more like "the best way is X" instead of "anything but X is forbidden"). One other complication: I do mainly private practice at home. I've travelled to Hindu temples, but they are far enough away that it's not a regular occurrence, and none of the staff there would know me. The nearest temple of the branch of Hinduism that I follow is 4000 miles away. I'm generally not open about my religion because I know people would react negatively, which unfortunately makes it difficult to provide evidence. What are my options? Quitting isn't an option for at least another 3 months because my husband is between jobs, and I'm not in a spot where I could easily find an equivalent job. [link] [comments]  |
| My friend got arrested last night Posted: 04 Nov 2018 07:40 AM PST So my friend got arrested last night at a football game for "being drunk" but she wasn't. They didn't even test her to see if she was they just arrested her because they thought she was. Is this legal? [link] [comments]  |
| [TX] Parents not providing any education, very controlling. What can I do? Posted: 03 Nov 2018 11:26 PM PDT So, very long story short (feel free to check my post history), me and my siblings somehow haven't been exposed to any form of education whatsoever for almost 2 years. (I'm 16 years old.) Skip to bottom for tl;dr. It started off innocently enough with traditional "homeschooling" awhile ago, but very slowly devolved and decreased in frequency over time, until we eventually ended up doing literally nothing. For almost 2 years now (idk exactly), we are completely left to our own devices. Every kid besides me in this house (I have 3 siblings) does literally nothing all day except watch YouTube and play video games... not kidding. It was incredible how subtle the progression of "less and less" ended up finalizing at "nothing." It wasn't until much later I consciously realized what actually just happened. I try not to waste time on that crap and at this point I'm attempting to manually school myself, but my siblings are a different story, as I said above. They are the most sheltered, unaware people on the planet, beyond what I thought possible. My 14-year-old sister has as much knowledge of the world as at best a 6 or 7-year-old (not intelligence, but knowledge, lack of cynicism and """innocence"""). Our parents are very strict about what we are "supposed" to know (sex, politics, drugs, swearing etc), but I've managed to learn a lot of it behind their back through the internet (obviously enough to make this post). We don't even own a phone btw, except a flip to call them if they leave, we just have PCs and tablets. So basically we are extreme outcasts which adds to the sheltered-ness, especially of my siblings, we don't know anyone IRL outside of family and rarely leave the house. I'm just confused as to what I should do at this point. I very casually asked a couple of times about when we are resuming the homeschooling (this was awhile ago) and it was put off each time. Also, it was really shitty even when we had it, my parents really suck at it or they were just half-assing it every time. The homeschooling laws in our state are lax, but "the curriculum must include the five basic subjects of reading, spelling, grammar, mathematics, and good citizenship." We do literally nothing, so it technically doesn't conform, even though we've (somehow) been left alone. I'm afraid any attempt at a "serious talk" with my parents will ultimately reveal that I'm not as squeaky clean and uninformed as they believe and attempt to enforce. And that I've been, as I predict they'd call it, "doing very naughty things behind [their] back." I honestly don't know what would happen after that, if my monitoring would increase... or worse. If I fail to convince them this isn't right and take action, I essentially lose everything and gain nothing. CPS has been suggested, which makes sense. I'm worried about the actual consequences of contacting them however, and I'm not sure if it's the ideal option. Potentially, my parents will simply do the absolute minimum required like give us 10 minutes of surface information on each of Texas' "required" subjects every day, or something similarly half-assed. If they somehow managed to force us into public school idk how well that would go or where we would get placed, due to our age and being behind. Also I might become monitored way closer by them as retaliation, which means I could basically lose ALL contact with the outside world. tl;dr: Parents are believed to be "homeschooling" but doing literally nothing, siblings and I sheltered as fuck, I suspect the reason they act strangely is probably due to this. Any talk with my crazy strict parents (ignorant about online stuff) could possibly result in worse as I'd probably reveal I'm not "pure" and unexposed to various things. WTF am I supposed to do? What are my options? [link] [comments]  |
| Kids keep trespassing in yard parents won't do anything. Posted: 04 Nov 2018 09:36 AM PST So, we have new neighbors that moved in 2 months ago. They (she?) Has 3 kids probably 8-11 years old. Kids are huge assholes. I mean that seriously. On day 3 of them living there, one of the kids strolls up my driveway while im doing work on my car, scares the crap out if me while I'm under my car and says "nice car bro". I mean who calls an adult like 30 years older than them "bro"? Wtf. So anyway, we have security cameras. Every day like clockwork, when we left to go somewhere, the kids would jump the fence separating our property and hang out our deck, or playing football in our yard (they have a tiny yard and probably wanted more space). The problem is our whole yard is a disaster zone from a major remodel and there are holes, soft spots, rocks, nails, etc everywhere and we are just counting our days until one of the little jerks gets injured and the mom sues us. They kick balls at our car too.. so far no damage. We talked to her about it as friendly as possible but she didn't really seem to care "boys will be boys". Etc Yelled at one of the kids and he (10 yr old?) Actually told me to F off. Kids these days wtf. Kids continue to do it after we talked to the mom. Doesn't appear to be a dad in the picture. We live in a very upscale neighborhood so i don't really want to cause a scene and call the police here (if they would even doing anything about minors). Any other options? Im not trying to be a jerk I just dont want them on my property. Above all else, I'm worried about potential retaliation. They look in our windows and stuff every now and then and scope our house out TLDR: title basically New York [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 04 Nov 2018 09:19 AM PST Location: Ontario My girlfriend works in a mall kiosk. Every open and close shift employees take a picture of the cash in and cash out amounts. The cash register can be opened by anyone. They are slightly changing the process to open the register through cash only sales but still only requires authorization first thing in the morning. Recently money went missing (a few hundred) and it's under investigation. The employer then stated that stolen cash from here on out will be split amongst all employees and taken from the total payroll. This seems highly illegal, I'll probably call the ministry of labour tomorrow to make sure but wanted extra insight. It seems like this like confirms that it's illegal but there might be more nuance to it (I'm not sure): https://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/es/topics/deductions.php Thank you for any help, if I'm missing any info I can provide it. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 04 Nov 2018 12:52 PM PST Background: I live close to the mountains in Colorado where it is required for disposal companies to supply households with bear-proof trash cans so that animals (bears, raccoons, coyotes, etc.) can't get inside them and ingest something potentially dangerous to their health and to keep the communities looking nice. The problem is, our trash cans are getting knocked over and broken into an ABSURD amount recently. The first offense was a fine of $100 which my roommates and I already paid, the 2nd is $250 which is already coming our way, and today it happened for the third time which is a $500 fine that the city gave us a notice for this morning. At first I thought it was maybe one of my roommates not closing it properly, but now it is most certainly animals breaking into our trash cans (https://imgur.com/gallery/TN1bycr). I ordered a replacement trash can only last week and it was perfectly functional until today/last night. The city keeps issuing us the successive fines, even though this is undoubtedly out of our control. I don't want to keep paying fines just because our disposal company has a crappy design for a "bear-proof" trash can. After the second offense, I reached out to the city to see if I could talk to someone about it possibly not being our fault, and all I heard back was that I can take it to court to get it repealed, and no other advice and I am not well-versed in the legal system. My landlord isn't the most helpful guy in the world and we don't have a place in our house to secure the trashcans throughout the week until trash day. What can I do? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 04 Nov 2018 10:49 AM PST landlady gave these 5 houses and the land they sit on to her grandaughter and her husband years ago under the condition that she retain leasee rights for 3 of them til she died. Well she just died at 100 years old. My house and the one next to me share a septic tank which barely works, open sewage on the ground when my house and the neighbors are all using water at the same time, and the same power meter. I have half, about 100 amps or whatever and neighbor has the other half. Very much not up to code these days but might have been in the 70s when they were built. So rather then ask me to leave which gives me 30 days minimum they have said they are calling the county to get them to come tell them what they need to do to get the units up to code. She says this will likely have my house condemned and i am out in less then a week if not immediately. I have been here 3 years and a have a disabled 3 year old. They told me this before my landlady had even been buried. i called them to tell them my water had gone off, i have a well not city water which is powered by a water pump, and they refused to fix it saying the place was going to be condemned anyways. my buddy fixed the water so i would have it though which is nice. word on the street is they have told another of the renters they have a 2 bedroom for rent and mine is the only 2 bedroom they own. I know a ton of this is against north carolina tenant laws i'm just curious to what extent. i have already called the county and talked to the guy i need to talk to but i did not file a complaint, yet. i will be doing so after i move so they cant move anyone else in until they get it up to code. i have had to buy a small camper and start remodeling my moms back porch to get a place for me and my family to move in a very very short amount of time. i'm already over a grand out of pocket. 500 for the camper, 300 for 3 months paid up storage unit and another 375 for materials to get her covered back porch livable. i am about to be out even more to get power and water hooked up the camper and onto the porch for my sons equipment. where do i stand should they get even more shitty with me and i choose to fight back? [link] [comments]  |
| EU flight delay of 9 hours - made me miss a funeral Posted: 04 Nov 2018 10:30 AM PST Hello! I really need help figuring out if I should still be pursuing this, or if I should just drop it. A short summary:
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| Neighbor found out we are moving and removed all limbs from a tree in our back yard Posted: 03 Nov 2018 03:47 PM PDT Our neighbor has a pool and has hated the trees along our property line (our side) for years because of leaves blowing into the pool. We really enjoy the trees for the filtered light and shade they provide for our patio during summer. I've explained that they are free to trim branches on their side as they see fit as long as they don't damage the tree. They have done this a few times over the years but have been upset because we wouldn't pay for it. We recently moved out of our house to allow prepping the property for sale by painting, carpet, landscaping, etc. They apparently found out and approached our realtor about taking out the trees. He declined on our behalf because of the aesthetics they provide for our backyard and patio area. This morning I showed up to check on the progress of the fixups and discovered that they absolutely butchered one of the trees, removing every single limb and leaving a 20ft trunk stub. We clearly can't put the house up for sale with this ugly thing in the yard and will have to pay to finish the removal process for them in the next several days. Based on other interactions with them, I believe this "trimming" was malicious and not an accident. Some of the branches they cut off were definitely on our side. The trunk slightly curves probably over the property line, but regardless, I understand that they should not be able to materially harm either the health or aesthetics of the tree, both of which clearly happened. I strongly suspect they used day laborers and not an arborist to perform the work, as they have done that in the past. Tree is 12+ inches diameter at chest height. It's an Ailanthus, which I understand is considered invasive or undesirable in some places. What recourse do we have for getting them to pay for the remainder of the removal? I don't know if removing the tree myself would prejudice the case in some way. Does the tree species matter? We're moving and remaining friendly with them is not a consideration. San Jose area, CA. [link] [comments]  |
| [LA] Does my college have the right to charge every residence on our floor 3 grand due to vandalism? Posted: 03 Nov 2018 06:45 PM PDT I go to a private college in New Orleans Louisiana. Today I got this email and understandably, I am upset. Good evening, I hope this finds you well. Due to the vandalism that occurred on the 6th floor of [redacted] hall, we had to bring in a contractor to paint over the vandalized areas. The contractors will start painting on Monday, November 5th @ 10 a.m. sharp and this process may take up to three days to complete. In the times that the contractor is in the process of painting, each resident can shower in the gymnasium on campus and use the public bathrooms downstairs on the first floor. To pay for the vandalism each [redacted] hall 6th floor North resident will be charged up to $3000 on their student account for the impacts of the vandalism if the vandal is not found before November 9th. If you know anything about who could have contributed to the condition of the 6N bathroom, you can report in a number of ways: Is this legal? If not what can I do? Update: pictures of the vandalism. http://imgur.com/gallery/M6x9mLb Update 2: There is in fact a community damage clause.
Thanks everyone for the feedback it seems that I am most likely stuck paying some sort of fine. I'll continue to update if anything interesting comes from this. [link] [comments]  |
| Wife committed involuntarily. [Update] Posted: 04 Nov 2018 01:25 PM PST The original post is here: https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/9tpmfi/wife_committed_involuntarily/ It would seem CA law provides immunity for certain classes of workers for using 5150's, even if they were used incorrectly out of malice, if the physician lied on their report, etc. My wife's psychiatrist effectively used a 5150 to punish her for using an illegal drug therapy (that has worked for her) in the past, and then refusing to take prescription medication. After she refused prescription medication, he threatened her with a 5150 hold. My wife was incredulous at this claim, and so he went ahead with it to "give you a break and teach your husband to get his act together". Her conversation lasted 10 minutes. In order to be 5150'ed in the state of CA, you have to show: - ideation. - intent. - means. - an active plan. In short, the "requirements" for a 5150 are that the individual is ready to commit suicide. While my wife admitted to having suicidal thoughts on Tuesday in her appointment on Friday, she also stated that she wasn't feeling suicidal at the moment, nor did she have a plan to do it, a way to do it, or any intention to do it. They then discussed prescription medication. My wife admitted to trying illegal drugs for experimental therapies that have been shown to work, starting two years ago. She said she wasn't sure if she would continue doing it moving forward, but she admitted to using MDMA on Monday. He then tried to convince her to go on a prescription. After she said she wasn't interested in taking a prescription, he threatened her with a 5150. After my wife responded incredulously, he took that as a challenge and decided to 5150 her on the spot. So yeah, he 5150'ed her because she challenged the idea that the illegal drug therapies she had taken in the past are likely better than a prescription, and that she doesn't need a prescription at this point. So it seems that "requirements" are only requirements for certain classes of people and her psychologist isn't one of them. My wife was sent to a facility, and predictably, she was released first thing in the morning (when another psychiatrist talked to her) and she was given an apology from the second psychiatrist. So my question is this: how can someone who is clearly in their right mind be denied due process (and strip searched twice, restained to a gurney and wheeled through public areas in a hospital, and be kept against her will, all because she refused a fucking prescription? How does this happen in CA, USA, in 2018? How does the state defend malicious use of this statute? How is this not a clear violation of the constitution that allows the state to endow individuals with the ability to revoke someone's rights entirely and deny them due process? What legal recourse do we have? Are we really just forced into commerce for tens of thousands of dollars because this guy wanted to teach my wife a fucking lesson? If I express dismay, will some asshole psychiatrist simply be like, "oh, I feel threatened and you're a danger, so 5150 for you." There are tons of reports online about these kinds of experiences. W. T. F. So I guess the moral of this story: don't talk to psychiatrists in CA, and if you do, don't refuse a prescription from a psychiatrist or you'll find yourself being detained, humiliated, and shamed for it. [link] [comments]  |
| I’m almost 18, and I want to leave my crazy parents. What should I do with these circumstances? Posted: 04 Nov 2018 11:21 AM PST I have a few questions, and this post will be quite long because of the complexity of my situation. I'll try to summarize as much as possible. I'm grateful for any advice I receive. Thank you. My parents have been mentally abusive to me since I was young. They've also been physically abusive but rarely. I'm almost 18 and I have a little brother who is 9. I'm worried that when I move out he'll get hurt. My brother talks about wanting to kill himself. Should I call CPS when I leave? I believe my parents sell weed illegally. I know for sure that they smoke it. Should I tell the police? What would happen if I did? I'm also worried about how I can leave without having to get the police involved because of how violent my parents act. Is it appropriate to ask the police to come to make sure I'm safe when I'm trying to leave?? I haven't been to the doctor or the dentist in years. I believe I last went to the doctor at 11. I'm not up to date on my vaccinations because my parents won't take me. My school's social worker told my mom I needed help for depression, and she did nothing. Could my parents get in trouble for (medical) neglect? My parents have kicked me out before as a minor because of my boyfriend. He's very smart and is going to be the top male of our graduating class, but they don't like him because he's biracial. Is getting kicked out something I should mention to CPS or the police? I have a savings account in the bank for college, but I don't know how to get access to it or if I can get the money out at 18 without my mother's permission? How can I check on this or who should I contact without my mother knowing? I feel that I should add that: -I'm a female. -Because of my parents I don't have a driver's license or a job. I think this is important to add because people usually tell me to drive away or save up. -My immediate family knows how crazy my parents are and do practically nothing. -My aunt has offered to let me live with her and my cousin. If anything else is needed or if something I listed somehow breaks rules please let me know so I can correct it. Thank you again for your time. ♡ [link] [comments]  |
| How can I get my SSI away from my mother without her knowing? Posted: 04 Nov 2018 11:18 AM PST So my mother is a narcissist, and I've been trying to get away from and completely cut off contact. Unfortunately, my mother is in charge of my SSI, and I'm afraid that she might have a tantrum and take it out on my roommate and I if she discovers she's no longer receiving my payments. She closed the account that was originally sending me SSI so that she could continue controlling my finances. She hates the idea of not having control of me, and is currently trying to only send us bits at a time to force me to resume contact with her (then she can berate me for saying fuck you and blocking her number). My mother isn't mentally fit to run my finances, and I am trying to learn to take care of myself without her help. I want social security to give me full control of my SSI, but I don't want her to know, or worse, have them call her and telling her, then her manipulating them (like she's done with past therapists and psychiatrists) and convincing them that she's the only one who can care for me. I live in Washington, and she's in Texas (I believe, but she may still be in France). [link] [comments]  |
| Friend keeps having to deal with people blocking her driveway Posted: 04 Nov 2018 10:29 AM PST I have a friend and her husband who live in a NYC borough and are facing a constant problem with cars parking outside and blocking their driveway. The latest incident had someone park their car there and then the engine die, so her husband could not leave the house when he needed to. There is a sign outside the house that says "No Parking Anytime", posted by the city; this law applies to the entire street, but she still sees people parking at the end of her driveway, mostly to eat their drive-thru orders from a nearby McDonald's. My friend tried to purchase a couple signs to add to the gate of their driveway ("No stopping", "No blocking driveway"), but her husband cancelled the order because he fears that it is illegal to post them. If that is the case, is there a city agency she can talk to in order to help fix this problem? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Nov 2018 09:53 PM PDT Maryland - So I had a date with a boy Friday night and things got kind of out of hand. My parents like to meet any boy I go out with and it can be extremely embarrassing so if it's just a casual thing and we're not "dating" I like to go out with them a few times before bringing them home. But technically I wasn't supposed to be on this date is my point. So we went to a movie and everything was chill. So he was supposed to drive me home right afterwards but he said maybe we should drive around because it was still early. I told him I really needed to be home but he said just 15 minutes, so I figured it was ok. So 15 minutes turned into half an hour and I was telling him I needed to go home. He said it was his car and he drove and he paid so I should just relax and let him make the decisions. I was already uncomfortable at this point but then he reached over and started getting handsy which I was not comfortable with at all, and I told him to pull over. He wouldn't. So Igor really scared and told him if he didn't let me out right there I was gonna call 911 and he freaked out and threw me out right there on a busy road. I didn't know what else to do because I would really be screwed if my parents knew I'd been out without their permission so I called my brother, and I was really upset because I had no idea where I was. I dropped him my location and he came and picked me up. I was really freaked out and we're close I knew he wouldn't spill on me so I told him everything that had happened. So he dropped me back home, and while I was in his car the boy was still calling and texting me, which my brother really didn't like, because he'd heard me pick up a call from the boy and tell him to stop it. So unbeknownst to me he then got his two friends and went to this kid's house and had some kind of confrontation with him. He did not touch him or come anywhere close to that. But he and his friends said some really stupid stuff that they'd never ever follow through on (they're on the debate for Gods sake) but stuff like "If you keep calling my sister you're not gonna enjoy the consequences" and "you think it's funny to trap girls in your car? You want to know what it feels like to be trapped in some guy's car who's bigger than you, because I can make that happen" just stupid stupid dumb stupid stuff they shouldn't have said. They figured since they're a couple years older than him it would be enough to keep him from repeating this kind of behavior towards girls. So I know I was really stupid to ever get in a car with this guy on the second date in the first place and go out with him without telling anyone where I was going. But the kid's threatening to sue my brother now. His uncle is a lawyer. A scuzzy personal injury bus bench lawyer, but a real lawyer. I just want to know if my brother has any real reason to worry because he's been a real sport about not saying anything to my parents even though this kid keeps writing threatening to sue him. Obviously I just care about protecting my brother. So any advice about how to proceed to stay ahead of any legal anything that could happen to him would be super appreciated. He's 17. Thanks. Edit - I don't know who downvoted the helpful comments, but thank you, they're helpful! [link] [comments]  |
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