Legal Advice GF's dad filled out her mail-in ballot, forged her signature, and sent her a photo of the completed ballot with the caption 'If anybody asks, you voted.' |
- GF's dad filled out her mail-in ballot, forged her signature, and sent her a photo of the completed ballot with the caption 'If anybody asks, you voted.'
- The mother of my 4 year old daughter cheated on me with a heroin addict. Just found out she let him move into her apartment, and my daughter just told me he touched her genitals.
- [FL] Is being homeschooled a "good enough" reason to call CPS?
- I’m considering filing sexual assault charges against my coworker.
- Is this considered harrassment if some one follows you around everyday you walk your dog and he keeps asking for your phone number even though you yell no and to go away?
- Hit by women who ran a red light. Cops told me traffic footage would determine liability. Three days later, they say no traffic cameras were in place, cannot determine liability. Any recourse? [CT]
- I put an original drawing on a subbreddit and a guy is now selling shirts with my content on it.
- My brother (an American) is in prison in Mexico, says he is innocent. His girlfriend and also a cousin of ours are getting requests for money for his release
- School whitholding loan money
- My game publisher is holding my game hostage
- Suspicious circumstances around a relatives death
- Won the jackpot, lottery company refusing to pay
- A company has illegally distributed a song owned by my family through iTunes. How to proceed?
- Car rental service refuses to provide a physical key, forcing you to rely solely on a cell phone app to unlock and start the vehicle. Due to traveling to an area with no cell service, I was unable to access the car, had to pay for an hour+ cab ride home, and charged for the vehicle recovery
- My best friend’s necropsy results
- I broke up with my SO last week and now they are threatening to press charges on an incident of make-up sex as sexual assault, unless I seek counseling. (US-NC)
- Got hit by a car on a bicycle with no car insurance and attorney said I can’t sue, but I’m still in pain everyday and only 20(f) with no guidance
- Not sure whether to contact CPS
- I received a letter from a nearby city telling me that they discovered my property was annexed to the city 21 years ago (AR)
- Is there a legal obligation for me to see my half brothers if we have custody with different parents?
- (NJ) Neighbor moved security camera inside my apartment.
- My apartment has no wheelchair accessibility during renovations
- My ex (F21), who I live with, threatened to file a false domestic violence report on me (M21)
| Posted: 03 Nov 2018 11:09 AM PDT My girlfriend was furious. Not only is this obviously illegal, but it's a huge breach in trust for my girlfriend and it totally defeats the purpose of voting for her, her brother, and everybody else that this happens to. To be clear, my girlfriend and her parents DO NOT share political views, and they know that. I just want to know what action can be taken to potentially block the ballot from being counted and/or what can be done to press her father to understand that this is a serious crime and a clear breakdown of the Democratic system. Edit: This is in Arizona. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 02 Nov 2018 06:51 PM PDT I live in Oklahoma. Today, I picked my daughter up from school and she's really sick, coughing and crying. I went by my ex's work and asked if I could go by her apt to get her cough medicine and clothes. She gave me the keys but told me to please excuse the mess. I get inside and it's all changed around from how it used to be. My daughter's room has been stripped of all it's furniture except for the bed. The walls of the entire apt are covered in Polaroids of my ex and her heroin addict boyfriend naked and in various sexual poses. My ex has promised me she would never let him move in, but I find his mail with her address there and his clothes everywhere. My daughter says she needs to use the bathroom and does. I tell her to wipe, but she says she doesn't want to because it hurts. I asked her why it hurt and she said he hurt her down there. I grabbed all my daughter's clothes, ripped all the photos off the walls for evidence and left. I haven't questioned my daughter anymore because I didn't want to mess up her testimony. I've called the cops and now I'm waiting for them to arrive. I want to kill him but I know that would probably just result in my daughter going to foster care. If they can't find evidence of him touching her, what can I do? [link] [comments]  |
| [FL] Is being homeschooled a "good enough" reason to call CPS? Posted: 03 Nov 2018 07:24 AM PDT Throwaway. Orange County, FL. So I [15F] have been homeschooled for most of my life (I went to preschool and we tried public school for a year but the curriculum for the grade I tested into was behind what my mom was having me do so my parents took me back out). I'm fine with this, my family is otherwise normal, no Duggar type situations, and I have a number of friends who go to public/private/charter schools. One of my friends who goes to public school, we'll call her Alice (also 15F), I guess didn't tell her parents I was homeschooled? Or it never came up. So I was at her house and stayed for dinner the other night and during the course of small talk mentioned my family is going on vacation in the beginning of December. Her mom was like oh you're just skipping school?? So I was like no I'm homeschooled. She then started asking weird questions (are you allowed to date? Can you wear pants? (I was wearing a dress that day but it definitely wasn't a Duggar style dress lol) Do you go to church?) Alice texted me that after I left that her mom was really concerned about that and wouldn't let it go and she overheard her mom telling her dad they may call CPS. So I guess I just want to know what to expect or if it's worth telling my parents? If CPS shows up do we need a lawyer or is that suspicious? Since I'm not a little kid can I just say hey I like all of this I'm good and it'll go away? I'm wondering if I shouldn't go to Alice's house anymore and stoke the fire. That's basically the relevant info/question but I'm going to list how "normal" we are (which sounds weird even saying) and why I decided not to go public for HS below:
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| I’m considering filing sexual assault charges against my coworker. Posted: 03 Nov 2018 09:46 AM PDT I'm a 19 year old male who works in a restaurant. The person who I would be filing charges against is I believe a 23 year old gay male. A few of the instances that I can name that he has done are: • kissing me against my permission and persisting on it • pinning me down on one of our booths after clothes and "joking" dry humping me and would not stop • going behind me at a crew party we have had and tried to undo my belt without my permission • sending very sexual videos of him in the bathtub to myself and other coworkers as well I can't say that it has necessarily had an effect on me mentally, but I am looking out for others. I don't want this to continue to happen to other workers who may come through. I have taken the complaint up with the GM of the store and when he asked me if I wanted to get corporate involved, he basically persuaded me into not getting them involved or pressing charges since it would have to lead to an investigation. The GM did sit down with this coworker of mine and I'm not sure if my confidentiality was kept while complaining due to the fact that a week later this coworker came up to me and said "I know it was you." This all happened a few months back and the physical nature has stopped and I don't receive any snapchats anymore from him since I removed him but I still get sexual comments said to me that still make me uncomfortable and I'm looking to possibly press charges due to the fact that I just don't want this to happen to anyone else. He is very sexual towards all of the workers there, especially the males but even the females too. I'm not sure if I have too much to work with and I'm not sure if everything I would even want to say has been said. Any advice? Location: Ohio [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Nov 2018 11:39 AM PDT this guy does this everytime I walk my dog its creepy as he is 50+ and I'm only 17+ I tell him no and I even say "go away creepboy" because he won't leave me alone and he does this everytime I have to walk my dog. Even if me and my dog are jogging he will be on the otherside of the street I never bring my phone when I walk my dog because it gets annoying in my pocket but what can i do? is it not harrassment if someone repeadly follows you around and asks for your number 24/7 daily everytime they see you? Is that not also creepy? Should i ask my neighbor to use their phone like run and get them if and when this happens again and call the cops? Georgia [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Nov 2018 06:52 AM PDT As stated above, I was stopped at a traffic intersection waiting for me light. My light turns green and I proceed into the intersection about half way before a car T-bones me while running a red. My car is totalled, I get a minor concussion, and my girlfriend hurt her leg. Cops are on the scene very quickly and her car ends up a ways from mine as she was moving much faster. I don't get a chance to talk with her as I'm far away and rather dazed. Both my girlfriend and I give cops our statements but they say they'll look at traffic footage to determine liability. I find out the next day that she claims she had a green light so it's our word against her's. I'm not worried because the traffic footage should clear everything. Three days later the officer emails me saying there weren't traffic cameras, but traffic sensors at the intersection and that no footage exists. However all of the cops were wearing body cams. I've never had so much as a speeding ticket in 12 years as a driver. Is there any hope to assign blame to this lying driver? I live in New Haven CT. [link] [comments]  |
| I put an original drawing on a subbreddit and a guy is now selling shirts with my content on it. Posted: 03 Nov 2018 04:16 AM PDT I'm a 17 years old schoolboy from Italy, so my English may be pretty bad. I didn't put watermark or signature of any type because I didn't made the drawing for selling it, but this guy is now making money from my work. I'm writing on this subreddit because I want to know if I can shut the shirt selling down or if I can have a percentage. This is the link to the shirt ohttps://qualifiedfashion.com/zelda-1?s=hanes-5250&c=Black&p=FRONT This is the link to the subreddit Thanks to everyone [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Nov 2018 08:53 AM PDT My brother moved down to the Rosarito area in Mexico about a year and a half ago. He was living in San Diego but wanted a lower cost of living. He is a vet living off his disability. He was arrested about two weeks ago on a charge that was something along the lines of drug possession with the attempt to distribute or something like that. My brother does smoke pot and party and I wouldn't be surprised if it were true; however my brother says he is innocent. His girlfriend received a call asking for $25,000 to release him, and then another call asking for $15,000. A random cousin who has our same last name also received a Facebook message saying he was in jail and asking for money for his release. He is in jail in Tijuana. My parents said they hired a lawyer and I think he seems pretty reputable. I just want to know how common this is, what are the chances he will get out (he has a court appearance on 11/22) and if there is anything else we can do to help him? Edit: We are pretty certain that it is my brother and that he has been arrested. The lawyer is reputable and worked in a similar high profile case a few years ago. I'm mostly curious if anyone knows how this could play out. My brother says he is innocent. It's possible of course that he isn't, but he's usually the type of guy to try and justify himself ("oh well I only had a little bit of pot on me" or "well i wasn't that drunk") rather than flat out say he is innocent. Additional info: The attorney said he received official copies from the federalis regarding the case about a week ago. The "investigative period" is over on November 22, then my brother will get a court date. According the lawyer, that should be within about 90 days of the investigative period ending. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Nov 2018 07:53 AM PDT My college is not giving me the money from my federal loan. I received my notice I owe the money and I don't owe the school anything yet it has been almost 2 weeks since I was supposed to receive the money. Is there anything I can do. This loan was to help me pay rent so if I don't get it I'm going to end up homeless. What can I do? Located in Michigan [link] [comments]  |
| My game publisher is holding my game hostage Posted: 03 Nov 2018 08:49 AM PDT I have a card game that was backed on Kickstarter a couple years ago. My publisher has given me a list of reasons why the game keeps getting delayed, and keeps making change demands long after the game was supposed to be released (last December). After I declined his most recent demand because the text he wanted to add literally won't fit on the cards, he wrote back "If we're on a tight time crunch in your eyes I'm willing to overlook this if you're willing to commit to the expansion" Is this any different from saying that he will continue to delay the production unless I commit to working with him? Is this legal? What are my options here? Please help, this has been driving me insane for years now. [link] [comments]  |
| Suspicious circumstances around a relatives death Posted: 03 Nov 2018 10:15 AM PDT A relative died recently, initially we thought the relative died of natural causes but we've discovered some suspicious circumstances around the death, the house mate is lying for one thing, he's made up multiple lies about where he was the night relative died among other things and it sounds like he's covering himself, the walls are paper thin and neighbors upstairs and next door have said they heard people in the apartment the night my relative died, they also heard shouting coming from the apartment, banging and people cleaning during the night, there's allot of other things that don't add up. All of this only came to light days after the relative died. There where no obvious marks or injuries on the relatives body but as said relative presumably died alone and had no illness they were sent for a post Mortom, the results will take over two months to come back. My relatives have decided not to take this information to the police, one of the relatives has even gone into the house to look through dead relatives belongings, clothes, drawers etc to see if they can find anything. They said they'll see if anything shows up in the post mortom and if something does, then they'll tell the police what they know. They've been told by several people to report this yet they refuse to do so, if it was me id be straight to the police but im not immediate family and ultimately its up to the immediate family to report it. They state that there's no point, the police wont do anything and they'll only look stupid going in and saying something. I should also note that the housemate was regularly abusive and manipulative to dead relative, stole thousands of euros, relatives clothes etc. Im just wondering what others would do in this situation? Im 100% certain the family have no part to play in the death, they were in total shock at the information they received, its their handling of this whole thing which I feel is totally negligent. Im also concerned that if something did show up in the post mortom and then the relatives had to speak up, they could be investigated as they withheld information and went through the apartment. It could sound as though theyre hiding something even though theyre not. Maybe im over reacting and over thinking the whole thing and should keep my nose out. Any advice? An outsiders perspective on this would be very helpful. Thanks im in ireland [link] [comments]  |
| Won the jackpot, lottery company refusing to pay Posted: 03 Nov 2018 05:42 AM PDT Throwaway account, I live in Ireland, I got the following advertisement from Groupon advertising "€6 for a Lottoland online scratchcards bundle (67% off) Bundle includes: one game of Chris Tarrant's Millions | 25 games of Raid the Piggy Bank | ten games of 777 | one game of 33 Chances | one game of €100,000 Cash" and bought the deal, when I went to redeem it, even though it said this nowhere on the advertisement (you can check the t&c's at the attached link) I wasn't allowed as I already had an account, I set up a new account with Lottoland and redeemed my groupon. I played and had a small win of 25 cent which went into my account no problems, following this I won the jackpot of €7,777 and my account was immediately closed. When I contacted customer support I had forgotten why I had opened a second account as I had bought the groupon some time ago and just assumed I had forgotten my password or something, so the below conversation is based on this premise: Their livechat customer service agent: "Ok i have found the Account from the last screenshot you have provided and have found notes fro the relvant depertment that have stated on this player account that this account is closed due to a violation of our terms and conditions of Lottoland as a player may only have 1 player account and 2 is not allowed - 2.2. Players are not permitted to have more than one Player Account at any one time. If an additional account or accounts are opened by a Player and/or Payment details are used in multiple Player Accounts, Lottoland will be entitled in its sole discretion to close any such accounts without notice. Lottoland shall be entitled to inform EU Lotto who shall be entitled pursuant to the EU Lotto terms and conditions to void any bets made by that Player or to void any IWG participations of that Player." I responded that I didnt think this was correct, particularly it seemed odd to close an account after a winning the jackpot but not after winning a negligible amount and received the following response Their livechat customer service agent: "Let me explain that irrespective of the reasoning of opening another account it is clearly indicated that player are not allowed to open a duplicate account for many reason in line with licensing and regulations morepover we have many player who have the same issue who contact us when they have these issues and we sort this out for them, this is not a case of winnings but a case of opening a duplicate account whihc when the player contacts us and if we have not seen the duplicate it automatically is closed as a violation of our terms and conditions" I asked to escalate and recieved the following response: Their livechat customer service agent: "As stated above if you were unable to login you must contact us and we assist numerous players in accessing player accounts no doubt i can escalate this but they relevant department will re-iterate this and will not let you open the player account as it is a duplicate and as when signing up you have agreed to these terms and conditions. Ok i will escalate this for you please allow upto 3 to 5 working days - i will confirm this has been escalated in the next 24 hours by email" Ahead of my next correspondence with Lottoland I was wondering if there was anything that I could do, i.e. I forgot to mention the Groupon angle and I assume this would be relevant, surely they are advertising partners and shouldn't let me buy a coupon and then find out that the only way you can use their product is to open a second account? And only after you've bought this coupon? I do have screenshots of the win, the closed account, my conversations with customer services and a pdf copy of the groupon itself. Basically it would be great to get access to the jackpot I won, do I have a chance?! Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
| A company has illegally distributed a song owned by my family through iTunes. How to proceed? Posted: 03 Nov 2018 10:15 AM PDT Back in the 50s/60s my grandmother released several 45s of R&B songs she wrote with my grandfather. They were released on a small vanity imprint, not through any major record label, and were never licensed or sold to any other music company. One of her songs has turned up on a 2016 digital compilation album being distributed on itunes. The "label"/company is identified on iTunes as "Six Week Smile", and they have released a variety of comps called "Rare and Forgotten Female Vocalists". NO amount of googling is turning up any kind of information as to who this label/company is or how to contact them. Realistically it's doubtful that such a great deal of money has been earned on the sales of this track that there would be major financial compensation, but the family is fairly perturbed that the music is essentially stolen. Probably whoever did it found the 45 and just figured no one would ever notice this had happened. How would we even go about attempting to put a cease and desist on this, let alone recoup stolen money? What are our options? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 02 Nov 2018 08:05 PM PDT I feel dumb for posting this here when I look at the severity of other posts on this sub, but not really sure where else to turn, and despite best efforts, Google has failed me thus far. I use a car rental service in NYC who recently underwent a policy change whereby they are no longer providing a physical key to access/start the car, instead forcing you to rely only on a cell phone app to both unlock and start the car. I was unaware of this policy change at the time of booking the reservation. I've been a customer since they were just a pilot program, and use them quite often to travel from NYC to NJ, as my brother is handicapped and unable to use public transportation. I was one of their top customers, both in duration and frequency of use, as a result. Upon beginning the reservation, they had refused to provide me the key. There was no communication or correspondence or email regarding the policy change at any point. The first thought that went thru my head was "well what if my phone dies?" to which their response was that it is my responsibility to ensure that doesn't happen, and if it was something I was truly concerned with I should no longer use their service. Their cancellation policy is to charge you the full amount of your reservation ($175) if cancelled less than 24 hours in advance. Considering I didn't learn of this new policy until I was at the garage at the start of the reservation, I would be subject to full charge. Ultimately I ended up getting in the car and driving to my destination, an apple orchard. But when it was time to leave, as I opened my phone to use the app to unlock the car, I realized I was in an area with no cell service. I could not access the vehicle. I went to the main building and one of the staff allowed me to use their land-line to call the rental company (the number was thankfully in my recent calls list), and when I explained the situation to the customer service rep, I was told it was my fault for traveling to an area with poor cell service, as if I could've known in advance that this would happen (I'd never been to this place before), and I should not be using their cars to go to places with no cell service - pretty much the same spiel they gave me when hours earlier I questioned the policy using a dead phone as an example; I don't know if it was the same person, or if they were aware of my earlier call and that drove this response. The orchard staff also helped with calling for a taxi all the way back to the city, which cost 200 dollars. And now the rental company is trying to charge me for "vehicle recovery". Is this legal? I just cannot comprehend how it is reasonable, safe, or logical to refuse to provide a physical key to unlock and drive a car that you've paid to use. Battery dying, loss of cell service, even a technical issue with the app itself (there have been at least a dozen times in the last 2 years where I've tried to use the app to end the reservation and it has not worked, so I've had to call customer service to close out the reservation manually) are all putting customers at risk of being stranded like I was. And even if there is no legal issue here, am I still liable to pay for the vehicle recovery? Or does all this just boil down to really bad customer service? TL DR: A $175 car rental is now turning into a $700+ expense because of a policy change to no longer provide physical keys. [link] [comments]  |
| My best friend’s necropsy results Posted: 03 Nov 2018 10:06 AM PDT USA legal question here, state of Washington. My puppy (a year and a half old) died suddenly while my wife and I were on vacation. She was at a boarding place we trusted implicitly, with cameras you could watch any time from their website, great employees, decent prices, etc. They were the best - until we started asking questions regarding her death. They told us at least two different stories (my wife did most of the talking with them over the phone, so I'm not sure if they lied more than once). Even getting her remains took significantly longer than we were lead to believe. My question is this: do I have a legal right to her full necropsy report? The performing veterinarian apparently can't release them to us as we didn't order the procedure? I'm very emotional and very confused, and those aren't exactly complementary states of mind. Any advice helps. Can provide more details if needed. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Nov 2018 10:44 AM PDT US- North Carolina. Hi everyone, I was referred to here by someone else, but I am crossposting this from /r/rapecounseling. I know the action I did was wrong and that I deserve to have this threat looming above my head every day. To explain what happened, my ex and I (together at the time) were at a standoffish point in our relationship because she had previously threatened to starve herself had I not talked to her. This was an ongoing thing because at the time, I made it clear that I did not want to be in a relationship where threats were made to accomplish or manipulate the other into doing something they didn't want to do. Despite this, we still ended up pulling strings on each other, later described. One night, we got close to having sex, but despite her invitation, she backed out last minute and later said she just wanted me in her room because she was desperate to have her feelings validated. We were trying to give each other separation and time away, as well as time to reflect on the actions she had attempted before (starving herself). She didn't want sex so much as just having me there to get back into a relationship. Despite this, I told her we could just consider it make-up sex, to which she agreed. So we had sex that night after that agreement. This was where I realized my mistake. Forward a few days later, I came to talk to her again that I still wasn't sure if having sex was the right thing to do, or that if it really made it okay to be together like this. She got upset and told me that what I did was the equivalent of assaulting someone. We both came to an agreement to both seek professional help when we could, and that she wouldn't press charges. Fast forward to last week, I was curious how she was feeling about the professional help, and whether she was still good with following through. When I asked, I got met with a rage of insults and demoralizing comments about myself, and she later said she did not care about the counseling anymore. At this point, I decided that I had enough of the abusive comments and manipulation from her end, and broke up with her. I went to her apartment to pick up some of my belongings, told her to not contact me, and made it a point to never return to her apartment. Wednesday night, several of her friends came in contact with me and showed me screenshots of their conversations with her. She was telling each of them that she was ready to commit suicide because I broke up with her. They were asking me to step in and tell her to stop, since "I understood her best." So I unblocked her briefly to message her and tell her that what she was doing wasn't right. She continued to try to get me back into a relationship, or else she would kill herself. At this point, I called 911 and explained the situation to the officers over the phone. While they could not force her to go to the hospital, she voluntarily chose to go speak with someone there. I informed her father over the phone about what I had to do, what she had said, and where she was now. Today, a friend of hers sent me a letter from her saying that while she will begin speaking with a therapist starting next week, she will now press charges unless I seek help of my own (through psychologist, counselor, etc). I let them know that I still had plans to follow through with it even though we were apart, because I knew my actions were wrong to begin with, and that I do have anger problems I need to sort out. Her doctor at the hospital was baffled that she wasn't pressing charges. This whole situation is really messy and pulling strings on each other even in the end, and I just want to make sure this last thing is done so she'll finally leave me in peace. With that being said, does this even count as assault, and what sort of information should I reveal to my future counselor or psychologist? I know there is a potential for them to report certain things under certain circumstances. I plan to start seeing my on-campus counselor this coming Friday. TL;DR, ex and I had make-up sex, I later told her I wasn't sure if it was the right thing to do or if the relationship was really okay, and she called it sexual assault. I broke up with her last week, and she threatened to kill herself last Wednesday. I called the cops to get her help. Now that she is recovering, she said she will press charges unless I seek professional help. What information should I be revealing to my future counselor such that I don't put myself at risk of being reported on? And does this even count as sexual assault? I just want to get the help I know I need, and so that she'll finally leave me alone. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Nov 2018 11:52 AM PDT I live in Pennsylvania and in August 2017 I was riding my bicycle to work on the shoulder of a main road. An SUV was coming out from a side street and turned onto the road I was riding on but did not stop at the stop sign before turning, which ultimately led to him not seeing me and hit me dead on. The man stopped and there were multiple witnesses. I laid on the ground crying because I couldn't move as the pain was unbearable. An ambulance and the police arrived shortly, taking me to the hospital and also giving the man a citation for not stopping at the stop sign. My bike was destroyed and his car was messed up. I got an attorney shortly after and started physical therapy. Unfortunately I had no car or license to drive at the time and could not work enough to save money, so actually getting to the appointments was an issue on top of the fact that they sent me to a terrible doctor who wouldn't listen to me for anything and didn't help me. I ended up stopping therapy because I was so depressed and wasn't getting better. My attorney took months to tell me that since I had no car insurance that I would have to go through the home owners policy. I live with my (very unaffectionate) grandparents who have limited tort and would not help me at all. Apparently I cant sue because of the limited tort on their policy and was told I should no longer pursue this case. But my problem is that I'm still in pain every day of my life and I'm living as an old lady while I'm only 20 and it's ruining my life. What can I do? [link] [comments]  |
| Not sure whether to contact CPS Posted: 03 Nov 2018 07:21 AM PDT This is in Ohio. My daughter has a friend that may be in a bad situation. The friend is 11 yr old female. Her parents are divorced but spends most of her time at her mother's place and weekends with the father. We became close because she was my daughter 's best friend for a long time and she would practically live with us on the weekends. She told my wife she wished she was her mom and told me that I was basically like her dad. Her situation is that at her mother's house, she has a stepfather who is possibly abusing her. He punishes her using extremely strict/archaic methods like having her stand with her nose on the wall for long periods of time. I have never met the mom or the stepfather. I know the mother takes the stepfather's word/side on everything. She also has a brother (stepbrother?) who is mean and might hurt her. She had a bruise from him once. The worst part is the girl told us that she feels like the stepfather "like likes her" Recently, the girl's behavior has changed. It could just be her age and teenage drama, but she became extremely jealous of my daughter's other friends, stopped talking to my daughter for a while, befriended on of my daughter's other friends and excluded my daughter, etc. I know this isn't super relevant, but I'm worried it could indicate a worsening situation at home. Just to summarize the facts: She said she feels like her stepfather "like likes her." Possibly abusive/mean bother who is a minor. No accusation of actual touching or sexual abuse. Archaic cruel punishment methods used. Recent change in behavior that could be tween drama. Location is Ohio. Should I contact CPS anonymously? If they don't do anything, it could make things worse by increasing the stepfather's anger and causing additional punishment. Thanks in advance for the help. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 02 Nov 2018 08:27 PM PDT Today I received this letter telling me that in 1997, eight years before I owned the property, that the property was annexed into the city. There is a public meeting at the end of this month---so I am clearly not the only one affected---and I need to understand what this means so that I can be prepared to ask proper questions when I have the chance. My greatest concern is that the city is going to try to hold me liable for back property taxes from 2005 through 2018. When we purchased the house it was represented as being outside city limits. We have also always been excluded from being able to participate in certain city services such as trash pickup, we have a septic system because the city sewer system does not serve our neighborhood, and we have never been able to vote for city related matters such as the mayor, school board members, city tax rates, etc. Honestly, I don't want to be considered inside city limits, but I suppose if I must, then I must, but my first question is: has sufficient time passed that my property has been considered and treated as being outside city limits, that the annexation back in 1997 can be consider nullified, especially if the city failed to do things it was required to do for my property? I know there are laws in place regarding things like fences that stand undisputed for X number of years actually becoming new property lines, etc., but I know virtually nothing of laws that govern land jurisdictions. My second question is, if I cannot argue that the annexation is not valid because it failed to be fulfilled or because my property's status as being outside city limits has been the reality for at least the 13 years I've owned the property, what will it mean for my property to now suddenly be considered part of the city? I assume I should be able to demand city services, such as their sewer system being run to my property, use of their trash pickup? But I'm also assuming I will now have to pay the additional property taxes assessed to those inside city limits? At present I pay property taxes as a resident of the county who lives outside city limits. Any advice or pointers as to where I might find guidance would be greatly appreciated. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Nov 2018 10:55 AM PDT I'm 15 years old and live in NM. I have custody with my mom so I live with my mom and step dad except for every two weeks when I visit my dad for four hours. I think this is below what is court ordered but I'm fine with that since I am not very fond of him. The problem is, my dad has two other kids with my step mom. And she's been a problem ever since right after my parents broke up (not divorced, they weren't married if that's relevant) when I was born. I've had custody with my mom and my time per visit with my dad has slowly gone down more and more because of problems I have with my step mom. She has always favored my brothers and puts me down any chance she gets. She called me a bastard over text with my mom once. Things like that. The point is, she has been so stressful to me that my visits have gone down from friday night-sunday morning to just friday night. This was fine with me until recently. Now that I'm old enough to understand the complexities of most of this stuff, she now just takes off with my brothers during visits, not letting me see them. My dad doesn't do anything, he's just a puppet. And it bothered me but I didn't care too much until recently. I have gone 2 months without seeing them and I didn't see them until last night's visit, when she showed with them up 15 minutes before I left. I got into an argument with her and she said if she has stuff to do, she's gonna do it with them regardless of me. This really pissed me off and it hurt. And being 15, I don't have long to see them before I go off to college. My brothers are around 9 or 10, I wouldn't know since I never see them. Is there anything I can do at all legally, even to just threaten my step mom, to have them bring my brothers for all my visits? I know I'm still a minor, but in that case, could my mom do anything? Really, the only thing I want here is to see them. Thanks Edit: I also haven't looked into the actual case with my dad's court ordered visits. Could this maybe be highlighted in there? [link] [comments]  |
| (NJ) Neighbor moved security camera inside my apartment. Posted: 03 Nov 2018 10:09 AM PDT Hi legal redditors. Thanks in advance for any advice. I live in a legal basement apartment in NJ. My upstairs neighbor legally entered my apartment with our landlord because we were not home and one of the boilers was not working. We are fine with that because on our lease it is specified that in case of an emergency our landlor has the legal right to enter the premises and take care of the issue. My neighbor was with him because he does side work for him as a handyman. We have a security camera because our daughter is high functioning autistic and we have an indoor cat that almost got mauled to death by a raccoon, so we got the camera to feel safer and keep our apartment and family secure. The camera is in the living room and it points towards our entrance. It is an Arlo camera that detects movement and noise and captures it for 15 seconds and keeps doing so every minute and then it automatically uploads everything to Arlo's cloud which we pay for to have access to all the footage. The problem starts when I was reviewing the footage I noticed that my neighbor entered the apartment covering his face with a magazine (he already knew about the camera) and then after a couple of sequences the camera started recording but pointed towards the wall to the left of the original position where I had the camera, and then it stopped recording for 15 minutes which indicates it was disconnected and then reconnected. The last footage captured by the camera shows my landlord walking towards my bedroom before going off, I am assuming my neighbor disconnected the camera and then followed my landlor into my bedroom. When I confronted my landlord about it I asked why they moved and disconnected the camera he said nobody did anything to the camera, then I asked in a nice way if our neighbord had moved the camera and he said yes but immediately corrected himself saying no again. I have footage of this because I confronted my landlord over the phone while he was still inside my apartment and the camera captured all the audio. Is what my neighbor did illegal? Honestly I find his behavior (covering his face) very strange and suspicious. A couple of weeks ago he came knocking on the door telling me my cat had gone outside the apartment and pooped on side on the lawn. I told him that it was untrue because we go to extremes to not let the cat outside and pointed towards the camera and told him I had proof he was lying, he felt uncomfortable while he saw the camera and his gesture changed to shock. There have been other similar issues but I could not use them against him because I have no proof of such incidents. What should I do? [link] [comments]  |
| My apartment has no wheelchair accessibility during renovations Posted: 03 Nov 2018 07:33 AM PDT I live in Oakville, Ontario and my apartment is having some renovations done to the sidewalk out front of the buildings. One building is completely blocked off by wet cement and the other doesn't have a curb cut for people with wheelchairs. The only other doors are accessible by stairs. I don't have a wheelchair and this has actually been like this for a few days but I didn't realize it was a problem until I saw a woman in a wheelchair struggle to get down an 8 inch curb from my window. My apartment office is closed, the AODA report line is closed, and Service Oakville is closed. I'm especially worried if there's a fire and people won't be able to get out. What should I do? [link] [comments]  |
| My ex (F21), who I live with, threatened to file a false domestic violence report on me (M21) Posted: 03 Nov 2018 01:12 PM PDT Long story short, she's upset because I'm thinking about breaking the lease because I'm sick of being screamed at every day. Also she hit me and shoved me last night and I'm afraid that's going to continue. What do I do? EDIT: I live in Arizona in Maricopa County [link] [comments]  |
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