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- Police broke into my home because my child cried during the night while I was asleep
- Woman has stolen my daughter and won't return her. Police refuse to help.
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- Amazon withdraws tens of thousands of dollars from my 401k
- I own a moped, my parents want it.
- One of my (25 F) coworkers bought me a bracelet from Tiffany’s as an early bday gift. Didn’t accept and now he’s (45M) acting problematic
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- Previously unknown daughter of father wants in on inheritance
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- UPDATE: Movers exceeded delivery window
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- Neighbor has “claimed” my property is his. And other crap. What can I do?
- The house I was renting was lost to a forest fire 2 days after I paid rent, do I get my rent back?
| Police broke into my home because my child cried during the night while I was asleep Posted: 11 Nov 2018 06:41 AM PST This has been a really weird morning... not sure if I chose the correct flair I have a 5 year old who stays with me during the weekends. He sleeps all night without any issues (except for the very rare nightmake/sleep talking). Lastnight he was the happiest little kid in the world because we put up our christmas tree. I put him to bed around 9pm and watched some movies with my fiance who lives with me. Around 3am I got sleepy and wen to join her in bed. She gets up around 4:30am to go to work and leaves around 5am. At 6:30am I am awoken by a single low knocking sound. I get up all sleepy thinking its my kid jumping on the bed (at which point I usually just get up, make sure he brushed his teeth and put some cartoons on to buy me a few more Z's). As I exit my room I am greeted to 4 cops staring me down across the hallway. I dont immediatly register what is going on and wonder if I should serve them a drink. One cop asks me who I am to which I reply with my full name and ask what is going on. He continues his interrogation, asking If I live with a woman. Fear slowly starts to creep up to me, thinking she was in an accident. I answer that I live with my girlfriend. The cop asks me if I have a son to which I reply yes. He asks me where he is. At this point I lean over the wall and I see my door busted upen. I am thinking someone killed my fiance and took my kid so I look at the cop, turn, head down the corridor to bis room and slowly open it fearing the worst. I see my son in bed, still tucked in and looking at me as if nothing happened. i come back down the hallway and tell the cop "he is there, what is going on!?" The tell me to step out into the dining room and I put my hands up as I walk past them. 2 cops walk into my room and check inside. I sit at the table and the cop sits next to me as another watches over us. I look to the door and theres the lady that guards the complex I live in with another lady i have never seen before just peaking into my home. The cop questioning me tells me someone heard a child crying and called the police. He says they got there at 5am, which would mean they got there just as my fiance left for work. He claims they called at my door for an hour and a half and no one answered, then they heard detonations inside and decided to storm in. They never went outside my window to call me which would have done the trick. My apartment has weird acoustics and I cannot hear knocking in the living room from my room, if the door is locked, especially since my front door has a protective gate that doesnt allow for knocking. He asks me why I didnt hear him and I told him I must have been deeply asleep. He asks if I am under the influence of drugs and I say I just went to bed late because I was playing red dead redemption.cop gives me a case number (not sure what they are called) and tells me to give that to administration so they fix the door (thats not how that works) and they leave. As the cops leave I could hear them talking with one of the ladies who was saying the child was crying too hard for it to be nothing. The cop told her there was no evidence of abuse or wrongdoing and she just couldnt believe it. I asked my son if he was crying and he said yes. I asked him why and he said the fan stopped working... So now I am sitting in an apartment with my son and a broken front door. I fear when I go outside I'll be judged by my neighhbours as the child beater or worse. I have been trying to understand the timeline of events. I went to bed at 3am and my fiance got up at 4:30 then left at 5. If the cops got there at 5am as they claim, then the call must have happened around 3:00 - 4:30. My son must have stopped crying before my fiance fo up and didnt resume his crying for the rest of the night. The cops get here at 5 and hang outside my door until 6:30 when they hear the "detonatios" NOT a crying child. My son had no signs of having been crying and he even stood next to me on his own during the police questioning. Is the police right to have broken into my home like that, leaving my household exposed and then just leave like nothing happened? What about the detonations they claim they heard in my apartment? Was that just an excuse to burst in? He sort of implied the detonations where heard outside and got them freaked out. Location: Puerto Rico [link] [comments]  |
| Woman has stolen my daughter and won't return her. Police refuse to help. Posted: 10 Nov 2018 04:45 PM PST For some background information: I live in California. I am a single father. My daughter is 7. Her mom and I had a nasty divorce battle which ended a month ago with me getting full custody of our daughter, and her moving to Arizona to live with her new pothead boyfriend and his 2 kids. This woman, let's call her Lisa, lives down the street from me and used to babysit our daughter. Lisa also has a daughter who is my daughter's classmate. Lisa strongly sided with my ex-wife during the divorce, and testified in court about how great of a mother she was. So obviously, after the divorce ended, Lisa hasn't spoken to me. On Friday, I went to pick up my daughter from school and couldn't find her. I inquired with the principal's office, they said that if she doesn't turn up in 15 minutes, they would call the police. Which they did. However, before the police arrived, another teacher mentioned that Lisa had picked her up. I called Lisa, she said "yes I picked her up" and then hung up on me. The police arrived, determined that because the child had been located there was nothing for them to do, and left. I called Lisa again and she didn't pick up. I went to her door and she didn't answer. So I called the police again. By this time it was about 4:00. The police said they would look into it. Then the officer called me back about an hour later, and said that she had visited the home. Lisa told him that I was being an abusive parent, and the mother (my ex-wife) had asked her to step in and take care of her. This officer also started questioning me about my parenting, clearly thinking that I was being abusive in some way. At that point I drove to the police station, and spoke to a different officer. He told me to bring in paperwork showing that I have full custody. I couldn't find that yesterday, but I went in first thing this morning, and offered to show them this paperwork. But the officer refused to look at it, and said this is a civil dispute and we can't get involved. I asked to speak to the chief, who wasn't there, but another officer who said he was a supervisor told me the same thing, and said "All we can do is make sure she is in a safe place, which we have done. This is a custody dispute that you can pursue in court. We have given you a final response, don't contact us about this again". Those were almost exactly his words. So now I am at a loss of what to do. This woman has essentially stolen my daughter, and the police are refusing to do anything. I have left a message for my lawyer who handled the divorce, but he probably won't get it until Monday. Any advice would be very helpful right now, because I barely slept last night and I am stressed out. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 11 Nov 2018 09:06 AM PST The vehicle: http://imgur.com/a/y2fg1Mq Windshield: http://imgur.com/a/5icaTD2 Update: Wife is getting replacement quotes and we're only looking at about 150 to 180 dollars. Will probably just pay for repair out of pocket and file police report. I'm not confident we'll recupe our losses, but fingers crossed. Most important thing is getting the wife a safe windshield. [link] [comments]  |
| Amazon withdraws tens of thousands of dollars from my 401k Posted: 11 Nov 2018 08:26 AM PST I worked briefly for Amazon several years ago. Amazon has this policy that you get 401k employer contribution only if you stay for more than 3 years with the company (I didn't know about this policy until few days ago). I left Amazon more than 5 years ago and my 401k employer match was shown in my account all these years. Few days back they decided to remove the 401k employer contribution which more than $10,000. Is there any legal time limit within which they should have removed the money? Can I challenge the delayed action? [link] [comments]  |
| I own a moped, my parents want it. Posted: 11 Nov 2018 09:00 AM PST Long time reader first time poster. I'm 17 and I own a moped in Virginia. I pay the insurance, property tax, and my name is on the title. I have paid for all repairs and I pay for gas. My parents provided half of the money for me to purchase it but they have no paperwork for this. They want to take it away from me and sell it. What do I do to keep my daily driver? Edit: I've had it for 1.5 years and put about 2300 miles on it if that's important. I'm the only driver. I turn 18 in 4 months. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 11 Nov 2018 12:18 AM PST Crosspost from r/relationships. Suggestions on how to protect myself legally would be appreciated. (I'm in Chicago.) My coworker found out that my birthday is coming up and he decided to buy me a a bracelet. I was kind of shocked because although we are work friends, we aren't besties. He put it in my desk and left a note that said "Happy Birthday! You deserve it." I pulled him aside to thank him for the gift (and to also not call attention to it) and told him that although it's beautiful I can't accept it. He asked why and I said it's just too expensive and I don't feel comfortable accepting it. He told me to keep it and said he wouldn't accept that answer. So before I left work, I left it on his desk when he wasn't looking and left. The next day he pulled me aside and asked why I accepted gifts from other coworkers but not him. I explained to him that it was because usually those gifts cost less than $10 bucks. Later that day he sent me a long-winded email that he was deeply offended by my behavior and that he just wanted to be nice and that I deserved it. He wrote that the bracelet was a drop in the bucket and not a big deal for him financially speaking. I told him it wasn't personal and that I would deny a gift like that from anyone unless it was from my husband or a family member. The following day he apologized to me and brought me coffee and a muffin. I told him it was no big deal and accepted the coffee and muffin (even though I didn't want to.) That night he started texting me which was strange because he never texts me at night. He said he ended up giving the bracelet to his wife and that she loved it. I was confused as to why he was telling me this information and wasn't exactly sure how to respond so I just said "I'm glad it found a home!" He texted me and said it "but it would've looked great on your chocolate skin." At this point I stopped responding because I felt uncomfortable. I began ignoring him at work, too, and began working from home more often. Fast forward to the following week. I bumped into him while I was with my husband at the grocery store. He invited both of us over for dinner, and my husband accepted. I plan on getting hit with a "stomach bug" that night so we don't have to go. I told my husband everything after that. My coworker sent me an text saying that "we needed to talk" but I haven't responded. What do I do? Should I continue to ignore him and hope that he gets the point? **UPDATE: I texted him back and said that his behavior is making me feel uncomfortable and that I would like to keep things professional. I also mentioned that I would take it to HR if he continues his behavior. His response: He called me and said that he's "disappointed" that I'm threatening him and that he was only trying to be friendly. He also said I should "think very carefully" about what I'm about to do. He wants to meet for coffee tomorrow. ** [link] [comments]  |
| Parents are divorcing and my mother is saying my property is now theres to split? Posted: 11 Nov 2018 12:24 AM PST I moved out of my parents house 2-3 years ago. They are officially divorced and are splitting the belongings in the house. Knowing this I figured I'd come by and grab my old belongings as they're worth a substantial amount of money 15k+, so i told my mother I was coming to retrieve items that belonged to me like my old year books, medals, a piano, tv, computer monitor, comic books (~13k), etc. she acknowledged what i said and we talked about something else. A day later however, when I arrived only my dad was home and I started to pack anyways. Here is the thing, they share the house until it's sold according to them so my mother currently resides in my old room. Later in the night she returns home to see that I've packed my comic books which were in her room. She immediately started threatening me stating "you went into my room without telling me... you will regret this." I started recording because she charged me at one point so i have about 10 minutes of footage of her screaming at me and telling me I'm a horrible son, you aren't a man, worthless, etc while I walk away from her. However, intermittently throughout the whole tirade she kept stating that my property was no longer mine and that it was everyone's to share. I have her saying it on record about 4 times. LA what should I do? I'm a young adult with 0 legal experience, but will I be in trouble legally if I take items that belonged to me from this house? Is there any legal basis to it? What should I do? TLDR; parents divorcing. I told her in advance I was coming to get my belongings back. She uses my old room. Went into old room, got them back. She got mad, insults me, charges me, and tells me that the belongings are no longer mine. What should I do? [link] [comments]  |
| Power Company Blocked The Road To My House - Now They Want Me To Pay To Fix It Posted: 11 Nov 2018 10:10 AM PST So this began a couple years ago when my neighbors house burned down, In the ensuing clean up the power company removed the old fire damaged electric pole that had served the house and put a new one on the other side of the street. In doing this they placed a guy-wire (supporting the pole) directly in the middle of the town owned road leading to my house, leaving only enough room for me to squeeze by in my small pickup. At the time I talked to the town council and mayor about the issue and was told they would notify the power company of issue. So a year passes with no response from the power company, then this past July I get an email from them stating they have identified the issue and are working to resolve it. So I respond to the email giving my contact and offering any help I can. A few weeks later they tell me to file an application that will allow a work order to be opened to fix this. I file the application, and a few days later I show a group of their engineers the issue, and get a few comments such as: "we really messed up on this one". After that a surveyor shows and marks the easements/property lines. Then a few weeks later I get a long pdf detailing the project that identifies the customer as myself and demands immediate payment of ~$2000, before work can begin. I then get a bill for the same amount with a due date of 12/1/2018. I've talked to a couple of real estate lawyers and they both said I have a case and I was wronged, but I don't have the money to retain them. Additionally winter is setting in and I only have enough propane to heat the house for a couple months (because the road is blocked, the truck can't access the property). I'm really just asking if I can take this to small claims court and how I could do that, or if there is some other avenue to get this resolved? One of the lawyers said if I want it done quickly I was just going to have to pay, other wise it could easily take a year or more. A few extra details: this is in Colorado, I never signed anything, this issue is entirely on town land, and I am the only party harmed directly. Thanks for reading and any help is much appreciated [link] [comments]  |
| Previously unknown daughter of father wants in on inheritance Posted: 11 Nov 2018 08:05 AM PST On a throwaway for this one. My mother is 54 (Slovenian), shes the sweetest, kindest person I've ever known. Can be strict and demanding at times, sure, but you have to be sometimes. She never steered me wrong. My father is 79 (Serbian), he is smart and kind to a fault. He also has Parkinson's. The last two months had been really rough. He started losing touch with reality. Coming into my room at 3 am screaming random shit. Not recognizing my mother or my sister. This is the most heartbreaking period in our lives. The straw that broke the camels back, was about two weeks ago, when he locked himself in a room and contemplated killing himself with a knife, because he was so confused and paranoid. We had broken down the door and had the emergency services called. He got locked up in a psych ward. We have been visiting him everyday. Sometimes dad is there, but other times hes just talking total nonsense. Its so hard to sit there and listen to that kind of talk. We're going to talk to the doctor again tomorrow, but it doesn't look like its going to get better. FFW to today. We just finished our family meal. It was Saint Martin's day so my grandparents were at our house and we had a traditional dinner. It just wasn't as merry as I remember other such events. Anyway we just finished up and we hear the doorbell. A woman from Serbia (whom we knew and have met before) was at our door. She tells us shes my fathers daughter from a previous marriage. We knew he was married before, but we didn't know he had another daughter and that we've actually met her before. I've seen her maybe 5 times in my life. We've seldom had any contact with her. We didn't think much of it, why would we expect a "random" 40 year old woman to call or visit. She and her husband drove for 5h from Serbia and dropped by our house unannounced, interrupting our quality time and dropping bombshells all over the place. She is here of course, to make her presence known for the inheritance. Shes unemployed, her husband was in jail at least one time. They talked a bit and then they left. They left for Serbia. They didn't go visit my father, even though the hospital is 15 minutes from our house. I'm in disbelief. I don't think my father has a will, but as I understand it, if there's no will, my mother and all three of his children all get equal shares. My mother and father are not married. Can he write a will now? What if he doesn't want to write it because of his delusions and paranoia? What if he isn't able to? What even is the extent of such a will? To sum up: What is the best course of action? I'm so sad and angry that these kind of people take advantage of such things, but mostly its just agonizing to watch my mother go through even more pain like this. Edit: Sorry for not making it clear. He lived with us in Slovenia, but for the past two weeks hes been in a hospital (also Slovenia). Hes ex wife and daughter are both Serbian. [link] [comments]  |
| Downstairs neighbor bounces ball off ceiling when floor creaks [Santa Cruz, California] Posted: 11 Nov 2018 01:35 AM PST So, a new older woman moved in below our two bedroom apartment and she can't stand noise. It's just me and my girlfriend, and my bedroom/office is above the neighbor, and our main bedroom is on the other side. The room above hers is basically my bedroom with all my clothes and all my stuff, even though I sleep in the other one. Apparently my neighbor can't stand it when I step over her room in the evening, anytime after 8pm. That's all it seems to be. The house has been dead quiet with my girlfriend sleeping, and as soon as I step into the room above hers the neighbor will bang on the ceiling. It's like walking in a minefield where I have to avoid spots on the floor that creak often. She's come up to complain several times. The very first time, I went and bought a noise-proof mat and rug to go over the floor of the bedroom over hers, and I made sure to be more quiet, use headphones while I'm on my computer, etc. I spent $400 on all that because I tend to stay in that room late and use my computer and read, and I just have to be in there since I work from home in there as well, sometimes late. Even after putting down the noise proof mat, she would still bang on the ceiling when I came in, or got up or went in the bedroom. I've literally tip-toed in the office and the first creak she'd bang on the ceiling. After the first month I was getting worried she might complain to our landlord or something so I preemptively emailed them with a picture of the noise proof mat and rug, and just let them know that it's as simple as the floor creaking and I'm not going to stop using a room because of this. I told my landlord I was going to start just living my life normally and pretend she's not banging on the ceiling because I simply need to feel free to walk around an apartment I pay rent in. It's been months since then and she got worse. She has some sort of ball, maybe a tennis ball or basketball, and instead of hitting the ceiling she's bouncing that off of it. I've literally heard it through my headphones while sitting silently reading, not making any sound. I think she's doing it just to harass me at this point, though she seems to start doing it when I come in the room. At some point she even started getting up and bouncing the ball off the side of the house where we sleep at 6am. She's woken me up from it a couple days. Now, I wear earplugs when I sleep and I bought the alarm clock for deaf people that vibrates your pillow to wake you up. That solved that, but it's still incredibly annoying that I'd have a neighbor that would even think to do that and it kind of worries me how far she'd go. I don't think she's been doing it lately, but she still bounces the ball off the ceiling, even in the last hour actually. She's come up to talk to us twice and I tried talking to her. I told her I'm literally just sitting in that room not making noise, just sitting reading. I told her that if the sound of the floor creaking is too much, then she should move somewhere where she doesn't have upstairs neighbors. That's something you just learn to deal with, as I've had to in the past as well. It's just the kind of normal noise you have to deal with in apartments when you live under people. She just got frustrated and left, but she seems to think that the only solution is for me to not go in the room above hers past 8pm. I live my life out of that room, so I can't just avoid it. I don't necessarily want to sue her, but I want to protect myself because I could see it looking bad on our side if an old woman complains about the noisy couple upstairs, and I just want to be able to prove my side of the story. I've already emailed the landlord a while ago with proof I spent $400 on noise-proofing rugs, so I think that was a good start, but should I do anything else? Talking to her seems fruitless, and I think it's time to give up trying to reason with her if she's going to bounce a ball off the bedroom we're sleeping in to harass us. At this point I just go in the bedroom and try to ignore her ball-bouncing because I just want to live my life normally and use a bedroom I pay rent for. Thank you! [link] [comments]  |
| Ex telling children not to listen to me; to kill our family pets Posted: 11 Nov 2018 09:09 AM PST In Florida. So I walked in on my children talking to their father the other day. My youngest son kept saying "fuck them," and "fuck that!" I walked into the room to see what he was so excited about. Some backstory. We have around 4 or 5 small furry animals. Two of them died last week as a result of my middle child and eldests actions(2 separate events.) I could hear him saying how those animals are gross and it is good they are dead that the kids should kill the rest of them. He did not know I was listening to the phone call. Then while talking to our middle son he asked what the youngest was getting in trouble for(saying fuck repeatedly.) He said "oh fuck her you guys don't have to listen to her!" I know a little bit about parental alienation. Does this count? Can I tell my ex he can only talk to them on a recorded line? I plan on sending him a text to stop telling them these things. But it is fucking ridiculous this man has made my life ridiculously stressful. What other actions can I take? Should I not say anything to him and catch him telling the children this? Tldr; ex husband telling children not listen to me and applauding them killing our pets. What action or recourse do I have? Edit: our children did not kill the two rats who died. One of them forgot to feed or water the first rat and then three days later our son was holding another one and our dog bit the rat. The ex did not know we had them until the kids were telling him how they died basically saying good they are gross you should just kill the rest of them. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 11 Nov 2018 06:52 AM PST (I'm in the UK) As long as I can remember my parents have been pretty keen on using violence as a method of discipline. As I grew older my mum, and after a couple more years, my dad stopped using it as I had got good enough at basic self defence to stop them. It wasn't like the "daily beatings" kind of story you would associate with child abuse, but they were very stubborn and if I didn't do what I was told immediately it usually wouldn't end well. They also used my anxiety and depression (undiagnosed as they blackmailed me out of seeing a doctor by saying the RAF checks mental health records when recruiting drone pilots (one of my dream jobs)) against me by casually mentioning things that they know put me into a downward spiral. I ended up getting into PC gaming when I was 11-12ish as a way of escaping reality and avoiding interaction with them. This started off great as it allowed me to completely remove myself from anything they might be saying. Soon I was talking to friends over discord/Skype while playing games a lot more than watching TV with my family. We then moved house a couple times and they moved the PC to right behind the sofa for the TV, which stopped me from escaping any bad things they were saying resulting in some pretty bad panic attacks from my mum chanting about me being a failure behind me while I try to talk to my friends. It also opened the door to me friends hearing my dad doing stuff like hitting me for being slightly late going to bed because I was finishing a game or something. Generally they heard something bad every month or so. Fast forward a few years of this and it brings us to present day. My dad insisted he was going to come to my cadet's rememberance service I was parading in to "support me" I told him I didn't want to come, but he insisted that he was supporting me and I should appreciate that. I then told him again I didn't want him to come because my friends were there and they knew what he did to me. He then responded by saying they only knew because I had screamed. Luckily I accidentally gave him the time for the rehearsal so he didn't know when to turn up. Later when everyone was getting lunch I asked him why he thought it was my fault that my friends knew and that it isn't my fault he decides to use violence for everything. After that he goes on a pretty long monologue on how it's all my fault and I should be grateful. At least I assume it was going to be fairly long, but by the 30-40 second mark I had punched him in the face, giving him a black eye and I think breaking his nose. Is it possible that I could get in trouble for assault or something as it wasn't self defense? Also what would happen if I told the police everything he's done? Would I be able to stay at the same school/lose inheritance and all that stuff? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 11 Nov 2018 05:42 AM PST We adopted a dog together and separated about a year later. We paid in cash for the dog then split the least of things. I filled out the application and signed all the paperwork, however wrote my exs name under a question about where the dog would going we separated. I know, real stupid. We have "co-parented" the dog since the break up and now he has to move out of state. The dog is licensed in my name, vet is in my name, pet insurance, and day care are in my name. I understand dogs are considered property, do I have any chance if we wind up in court I may get to keep him? Edit: we are in Virginia. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 11 Nov 2018 10:36 AM PST So my ex girlfriend moved to Kansas a couple years ago. We broke up there and she started seeing a guy for about 3-4 years. They broke up and we recently started talking. Her ex sent me naked pictures of her, some she had no idea where being taken, and sent them all to me. They were over 18 at the time, but there's still laws against this right? It's in Kansas. Thanks in advance guys I'd really like the help to see if there's anything we can do to the guy. [link] [comments]  |
| Dad schedules visitation with me and does not show up Posted: 11 Nov 2018 11:06 AM PST Today I was supposed to have visitation with my dad (which I do not want to have) and the last few visits have ended in arguments and only lasted 5-30 min and he always waits until the last second to tell me anything to make me anxious. Today when I drove to Starbucks to meet with him, he was supposedly going to pick me up and I was going to spend from 10 AM until 8pm with him, but when I showed up my paternal grandfather was there trying to get me to go with him, I talked to him for a bit and discussed how me and my dad could fix our relationship because I told him I don't feel comfortable around my dad. He kept asking me to go with him which I refused. He then called my dad on the phone and told me that my dad is in LA but decided not to come back because he thought I was not going to show up for visitation. Is there any way I can stop visitation? It's seriously fucking with me, i get bad anxiety every time and he argues with me on text, telling me that my mom is texting him from my phone and then pulling stuff like this. It ruins my weekends and affects my ability to function in school, I can focus when Im anxious and can't stop thinking about our visitation or other issues. Edit: I'm 17, state of C.A. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 11 Nov 2018 07:32 AM PST First of all, this all takes płace in Germany. Tldr; My aunt was born in Poland as Elżbieta in the city Chorzów, but after she had married (to a native German man) and left Poland to live in Germany her first German ID said her name was Elisabeth and that she had been born in Königshütte. Now the state/hospital doesn't acknowledge that Elisabeth is the same person as Elżbieta and refuses to give her any legal documents regarding her husband, as she apparently isn't the person he had married. Alright, so. My aunt was born in Chorzów, Poland under the name Elżbieta. Her birth certificate confirms that. In her early adulthood she married a German man and decided to leave Poland to live with him in Germany. The marriage certificate also says that her name was Elżbieta at that time. When she moved to Germany, she only had her passport with her, so she went to the city hall to get her ID done, and the people who were responsible for that had changed her name and city of birth to their German equivalents (without giving any documents that would confirm that). And when she came to pick her ID it said that her name was Elisabeth and that she had been born in Königshütte (German name for Chorzów). She thought none of it as it essentially meant exactly the same thing. The situation had never been a problem anywhere, and it was never brought up again. This was bout 50 years ago. A week ago my aunt's husband died in hospital due to a rather sudden and quickly-progressing illness. And when my aunt wanted to get any documents regarding his death and illness from the hospital to organize the funeral and perhaps get some money support from the city, the hospital refused to do it as her ID says "Elisabeth" and the marriage certificate says "Elżbieta", and she has to prove that she's the same person first. We've looked through all the documents she has stored through all the years, and there's a visible gap between her life in Poland and her life in Germany after the marriage, regarding the name written in those documents. There isn't a single legal document that would confirm or in any way acknowledge the name change from Polish to German. Where can we go to fix this, or what sort of documents should we get that would confirm that she's the same person? [link] [comments]  |
| UPDATE - Baby born in Canada to US parents while on a trip Posted: 10 Nov 2018 04:42 PM PST It's been a while and I have to say, having a kid has been awesome and a great way for me to get off reddit. Anyways, as we spent a couple additional days in Canada than we intended. We quickly realized that we would not have any official documents for the baby. However, per CBP we can come to the US showing hospital records. Anywho, the border crossing was easier than I could possibly imagine, The officer looked at our passports, I showed him the baby hospital doc and boom that was it! We are now back home sorting insurance, doctors and all other good stuff parents have to do. Thanks all for your comments! [link] [comments]  |
| Girlfriend's mother who worked in HR at my job accessed my medical records to break us up Posted: 11 Nov 2018 11:18 AM PST Location is Illinois, USA. Hello and first of all thanks for your time. Alright here goes summarized story time. I ended up dating a girl and her mom just happened to work in Human Resources at my place of employment. While I was depressed I made a statement at work that concerned my boss. I was put on two weeks paid leave where I would have to go see a psychologist. This seemed true as I worked in a department of 30 or so people and everyone asked me how I had enjoyed my vacation when I had returned. I reached out to the girl I was seeing to tell her that I was getting help and I received "Fuck you. My mom told me why you're going to a psychologist and that you are seeing a psychologist or you will lose your job" and then she blocked me. I had received some surprised texts from the college roommate of this girl I was seeing and she told me that she tried to talk to my ex-girlfriend about me and what was happening, but cited that her mother told her all these things which made her think negatively of me. The college room mate told me what the girl's mother had told her verbatim, and while it was close to the truth, it was twisted to make me sound "psychotic" or "crazy in the head" so that she would stay away from me. I reported this to my boss, the director of my department and the lawyer. In an e-mail, the lawyer apologized to me in which they said things like "I apologize for this unprofessional and unfortunate incident" and "Please know I was very clear with the individuals who had knowledge of your administrative leave and return that all facts surrounding the situation were confidential and were to remain confidential. The conversation that took place is complete unacceptable and Human Resources Director name here and I will address this matter ASAP tomorrow". After the investigation was completed, the lawyer told me that they found out that the mother had read the information on a report that was going to the board of individuals that oversees our business. Her job was basically a database information specialist. I don't believe she should be reading confidential documents to person's that lead our business. I also question if she could use the very same software that she uses in her daily job to simply "look me up" rather than actually reading it off a confidential document, which I found strange they did not discipline her for that either. I have looked into the law of HIPPA thoroughly but as a normal person not educated in law, I don't really understand a lot of what I read. My questions in this scenario are: Would this be considered a defamation of fame? I actually had to leave this organization because my name was so damaged and people started treating me differently. My relationship with this woman's daughter was very public knowledge in the organization as everyone enjoyed when I showed up and I was a helpful employee. Can I sue either the organization or the mother for violation of HIPPA? Like I said, I read into a lot of what HIPPA is about but I can't actually say for certain if my employer must protect my health records under these laws. The employer did employ people whom would by law have to maintain strict confidentiality to all things related to health care so I thought this means the employer also must respect HIPPA laws when it comes to employee health records. These health records were also ONLY generated at my employers request, and then my privacy was violated by my own girlfriends mother and nothing seemed to be done about it. I reported the entire thing also and there was no discipline at all. Can I sue for negligent or intentional infliction of emotional distress? I worked with the employers legal entity throughout the entire scenario, yet it seemed like the HR department was just protecting its own. The lawyer and all parties involved already knew that I was in a really bad place as one of the comments that I had made to my supervisor that prompted my paid leave insinuated that I did not care if I were to die. I have had to fight with severely depressive and suicidal thoughts ever since this happened. The psychologist I was seeing said he felt like this girl was probably the first person I have ever known in my life to make me feel "love". Could this be seen as negligent or intentional infliction of emotional distress since the mother accessed my health records to get information to use to defame me to her daughter and break us up? Thanks in advanced for any advice given. Before I left the organization I did print off the e-mails surrounding this incident and other things to prove my case if I ever pursued a lawsuit. I withheld pursuing a lawsuit for a while because I still care for this girl but I don't think being a nice guy in this scenario will be very rewarding in the end. TL;DR Dated a girl who had mom that worked in HR of my place of employment. Got depressed and put on paid leave to see a psychologist. Mother accessed the health records that were generated from this and spewed it to her daughter in a form that makes me sound psychotic or crazy in the head so she would stop seeing me even though my employer promised confidentiality. Questioning if HIPPA policies apply. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 10 Nov 2018 09:38 PM PST TL;DR: Friend works at Starbucks. Manager is making her go into work to open the store. The area around the Starbucks is under mandatory evacuation due to wildfire. Air quality there is terrible and the direction of blaze could shift towards the store. This has gotta be against OSHA rules and regulations, making them work, especially because of the air quality. Anything she can do about this? RIght now, Southern California is experiencing a major wildfire around North Western LA County / South Ventura County. So, a friend of mine just recently texted me letting me know that her manager asked her to go into work (Starbucks) in the morning to open up the store and work a full shift, probably 4a-12p. Because this is location specific, I'll give the info. The store is in Calabassas, she lives in Thousand Oaks. Because the 101 freeway is closed from Calabassas (her exit for work is where the closure starts) all the way to Camarillo, she now has to take the 23 freeway north, to the 118, take Topanga Canyon down to Woodland Hills then cut across to Calabassas. Probably about 30 miles out of the way. While it's an inconvenience, here's the kicker. The residential area (let's estimate 5 square miles) around her workplace is under a mandatory evacuation due to the fire, as well as multiple areas around Calabassas and her commute to work. Meanwhile her manager thinks it's perfectly safe for them to open the store. The store is also at the foothills meaning if there's a wind shift, which is predicted soon, the blaze could push down the hill towards their store. Despite that, the air quality is awful. The smoke out there is thicker than molasses, definitely unsafe to breathe for ANY amount of time. She told her manager that it sounded like a bad and unsafe idea to open the store, and her manager decided to ignore the text. (left her on read) If she does end up going to work, does it violate any OSHA rules or regulations and is there a possibility that she can press charges on her manager for endangering her and her coworkers, especially in these conditions? Apologies on any typos, had to draft this up ASAP UPDATE: She went to work, manager went on major power trip claiming they could still work efficiently in heavy smoke conditions. Find below my response/question to Xkrysis so we can further this. I'd like to let her know what the best course of action is if she doesn't quit first. [link] [comments]  |
| Tow company is calling my Jeep Compass a truck rather than a car and overcharging me Posted: 11 Nov 2018 04:04 AM PST My car got towed from an apartment parking lot that I thought was a bar parking lot. The tow company wants to charge me $220 because they're classifying my Jeep Compass, a compact SUV, as a truck rather than a car. A car would only be $90 to retrieve. Do I have any legal ground to fight them to classify my Jeep as a car in small claims court? This occurred in Cleveland, Ohio. [link] [comments]  |
| UPDATE: Movers exceeded delivery window Posted: 11 Nov 2018 11:55 AM PST Original post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/9tncim/movers_exceeded_delivery_window/ Although the original did not get any traction, I just wanted to provide an update for anyone that may be needing to move interstate. My movers finally arrived 16 days after pick up; I was originally told 3-7 days. I did incur living expenses and some damages to my things. The delivery group ended up being a completely different company from who I had originally hired, but they were excellent. Through this I have found out:
Overall, my experience was horrendous. Next big move I would glad pay double (I paid $2.5k from Texas to North Carolina) to have my things delivered on the promised day, or sell everything and start anew. Thanks for reading! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 11 Nov 2018 08:09 AM PST I moved upstairs and introduced myself to him. Apologizing in advance if my kids or I made any noise because we didn't realize how hollow the floor sounds. Seemed like an ok guy. Fast forward a few days and my whole apt smells like weed. I go outside to pinpoint where and it's coming from his unit. I have to open my doors and windows to let my apt air out. Happens all day so when the next day came and it reeked again I went to management to speak to her in private. Informed her and let her know I'm not going to tolerate this so she said just call the police anonymous. The thing is he has children and I have to live above him for a year. So he'll retaliate im assuming. Idon't want to get cps involved either. I asked if this keeps up if she can just move me to another unit. She just says I'll leave a notice on his door. Idk if it ever happened but I haven't smelled it. But while this is happening, I keep hearing him scream at his kids for hours. Theyre hysterical and he keeps going in and out of their rooms to scream at them. Its got to the point where I wanna go downstairs and break the door down because I can tell their terrified. Ive gotten a compilation of audio clips of him screaming and them crying because our floors and walls are so thin you can hear everything. I keep withholding action because I feel like I should just mind my business. Last thing that happened was my kids were playing that shark song ok YouTube but they hooked it up to my Bose. So they had a lottle dance session for an hour during the weekend. Our neighbor gets his system and puts it against his ceiling and blares it five times as loud to give me the hint. I turn ours off and five minutes later he turns it off. I'm just wondering, what the hell do I do? He's a hot head and if ever knocks on my door now I'm gonna have built up anger because of the way he treats his kids. I don't want to tippy toe around my safe dwelling either [link] [comments]  |
| Neighbor has “claimed” my property is his. And other crap. What can I do? Posted: 11 Nov 2018 11:48 AM PST My neighbor put up a fence on 3 sides of his property and illegally attached to ours which is 2-3' on our side of the property line. He has planted trees on our side as well. We live in NC. Also, it seems he sold his house to his parents who have a mortgage on the property as a 2nd home, but his parents don't reside there. What can I do to get him off our property as he has threatened to shoot my husband? He is a volatile jerk and any thing we do we want to be handled by a legal professional. Can we report his parents for the illegal mortgage? Would it do anything? Thanks. [link] [comments]  |
| The house I was renting was lost to a forest fire 2 days after I paid rent, do I get my rent back? Posted: 11 Nov 2018 08:00 AM PST So I lived in Paradise Ca, the town that was destroyed earlier this week by a forest fire. I had paid rent 2 days before this happened and was wondering if I'll get that back? I lost everything in the fire and every little bit will really help me. Ive asked friends that are lawyers and have gotten multiple answers. Some saying ask my land lord and others saying not to bring it up, what do I do? Also I assume ill be getting my security deposit back in full, am I right in that assumption? [link] [comments]  |
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