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- Reporters are harassing us after a friend's tragic accident and posting inappropriate photos and quotes. What are our rights?
- I gave my friend POA and now I want it back but he’s making it difficult
- [UPDATE] Buying a house. Seller's daughter commits fraud to stop it. Succeeds. Final update.
- [Update] Airport Confiscated Insulin
- my wife saw on facebook that that there is a warrant round up currently going on, so she looked up my ID -_- and found nothing then entered hers and found that she actually had one in a Bordertown that she not only hasn't traveled to but is 380 miles from where she lived while in high school.
- [UPDATE] Wife got married as a joke in Vegas in 1997
- My quadriplegic brother (30) won $3 mil in lawsuit, but has no control over his money and has to pay a large fee every time he uses his money. Is this normal?
- My career is destroyed because of lies
- A computer company sent me a computer I didn’t order, I called them and tried to give it back but they had no record of it and said they don’t do that.
- Serious accusations against my teacher GF.
- My girlfriend is being forced into marriage without her consent
- Our Gardeners forged a check my mom gave them
- My ex is manipulating my children's visitation schedule to raise my support (Indiana)
- Can a hashtag hand over copyright?
- Fired for Discrimination?
- Ex wont allow me to take my kids on a cruise. How do/Can I get the courts to pass a decision?
- [California/India] Huge debt, returning to USA.
- Neighbor had a survey done and then put up her own property stakes
- My boyfriend’s shady brother took my car and says he wrecked it, and it has been missing for a week in Georgia.
- Is there any downside to giving ex-wife account numbers for kids' custodial College accounts?
- Called out a popular YouTube channel for promoting ‘exclusive’ and ‘new’ clothes now selling in a huge supermarket brand. Threatened with attorney
| Posted: 28 Feb 2019 08:48 AM PST I have a friend who lost limbs after a tragic accident. Somehow, the media was on the scene and took photos, splashing them over several outlets with a sensationalized title. They have been constantly harassing me, my family, her family, her friends, her coworkers, and her neighbors by calling daily. They camped out at the hospital grounds and followed us around, and some even snuck upstairs using our names, which is definitely illegal. We called the police and hospital security multiple times but by the time they got there, the reporters ran off. It has been such a hard time for her and everyone close to her. The last thing we need is to be followed and harassed. Finally, after the 5th call, I asked the reporters to find it in their hearts to take down the photos of my friend that were partially exposing her private parts and lost limbs, so she can maintain her dignity. I also politely, but sternly, asked them to please stop calling everyone as we were still processing what happened. Of course, these "reporters" are the actual scum of the earth, devoid of a soul. The one I spoke with said they would remove the photos and stop calling. They did neither. The photos are still up months later and they called for another 2 days. I told them that I did not want anything I said to be published and that I am an anonymous friend. Instead, they made up quotes, saying that I said she was healing well when she was not. Even though I never game them my full name, they already had it and plastered it all over the article, including under a photo of her with another made-up quote. After it was published, I got 50+ calls and messages from acquaintances berating me for sending photos to the media, when I did no such thing. I was nowhere near the accident. That took another few days to clear up but I felt that was slanderous and purposefully misleading. This happened in NYS. I have a very low opinion of reporters at the moment. They made my life and my friends' lives so much more difficult in an already difficult time, just to sell a sensationalized story. Do I have legal grounds to sue them for (1) harassing us (we have 2 official police reports with witnesses), (2) publishing nude photos without consent, and (3) misquoting under my full name without my permission? [link] [comments]  |
| I gave my friend POA and now I want it back but he’s making it difficult Posted: 28 Feb 2019 07:41 AM PST Long story short, my friend wants to go to law school but has no experience. He asked if he could be my power of attorney to get some experience and I agreed because I wanted to help him out. But I'm not happy with what he's doing and I can't figure out how to make him stop. When we were out for drinks with friends one time, he saw the debit card that I was using and said it was a bad bank. Next thing I know, I'm trying to use the card and it's not working. Turns out he pulled all my money out, closed the account and opened a new one with a different bank plus a credit card with the bank. When he gave me the new cards I explained that I liked the old bank because they have branches in my home state I can use when I go home for summer from school. The new bank doesn't. I also really don't believe in credit cards and never wanted one (I have enough student loan debt anyway). But he said this bank was better and credit cards make more sense and he was doing me a favor. He also requested all my medical records from the student health center and let it slip in front of friends that I'm taking an antidepressant. A girl I like in our group doesn't believe in them and now she's not really talking to me anymore. I've brought up to him that I'm kind of not happy with this arrangement but he said he needs the poa for a few more months to show his law school applications that he has relevant experience, especially if her can't get a legal job this summer between our junior and senior years. I'm having car trouble and he keeps trying to involve himself in the repair process and bully the mechanic and it makes me super uncomfortable but I don't want to hurt his chances at law school. I'm in California. [link] [comments]  |
| [UPDATE] Buying a house. Seller's daughter commits fraud to stop it. Succeeds. Final update. Posted: 27 Feb 2019 04:59 PM PST To preface, here are the other threads: Well, it has been a wild ride. After my last post, I met with my attorney, who immediately sent out the paperwork to get the eviction started. It gave the squatters 30 days to get out before we started court proceedings. The 30 days came and went without much word from anyone. After the 30 days, I went to the property and it was empty at the time. I broke in through a window, had a locksmith come out to change all of the locks, disconnected the garage door, and barred any other possible entrance to the property. They somehow got back in the next day. Being completely over it, and on the advice of my lawyer, I boarded up the windows the next time I came by and it was empty (two days later). I posted a notice to contact my attorney and left it at that. A few days later, my lawyer got a call from their lawyer (a family friend), threatening suit. My lawyer fired off all evidence that they had no lease, no claim, and no common sense. It further outlined that everything was in my name, they abandoned the property within the 30 days notice, I was willing to go to any means necessary to go after their assets, and they were insane. After that email I haven't heard from the seller, squatters, or their attorney. I assume it is because their lawyer was doing them a favor and didn't know all of the facts. In the two months following this, I moved in. I lived in a full blown construction zone, and let the contractors work around me. I weighed my options on what I could do as far as recouping my losses. I found that the squatters (as I assumed) have nothing of value, and beyond a small claims suit it is not worth my time. I found a forwarding address for the seller, but decided not to go after him unless he makes a move first. I really don't want to spend $20,000+ chasing down damage that equate to less than that. I am in negotiation with the broker to settle. If they refuse, I will definitely follow up with suit as I feel it is my best bet to recoup my lost money. Construction just finished a few days ago and the house is gorgeous. Right now, I am sitting in my new living room with my wife and kid, watching movies and enjoying life. Justice wasn't really served, and shitty people don't always get their comeuppance, but it is what it is; you can't squeeze blood out of a turnip. This will be my final update, as I am sure nobody cares about a meager settlement, or lack there of. Thanks for everything, LA. Dear location bot: California. [link] [comments]  |
| [Update] Airport Confiscated Insulin Posted: 28 Feb 2019 11:17 AM PST They found her medication the day after her flight. They were not able to confirm where it had been for the past 24 hours and so we filed a claim for the package. There were three new packages of insulin pens and 4 vials of steroids. She just received a settlement for just over $2400 for this. Thank you everyone for your advice! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 28 Feb 2019 07:21 AM PST the warrant is for failure to provide insurance and was back in 2007 on a thursday when she was attending high school, but because her school only keeps attendance records for 5 years hers is no longer available. how can she prove this wasn't her? she called the county clerk and is waiting on the judge to call her back (judge gets in after 10am). obviously if they have a photo the person they pulled over then she would be able to prove she doesn't look like who ever had her id but I don't think they would have a photo of who ever it was that they pulled over. any advice? [link] [comments]  |
| [UPDATE] Wife got married as a joke in Vegas in 1997 Posted: 27 Feb 2019 03:35 PM PST Quick update to my original post https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/as5sqf/aznv_just_found_out_my_wife_was_married_as_a_joke/ We just finished up with our initial meeting with the attorney. We all agree that we are going to try to get an annulment. The guy has such a common name that it's going to be close to impossible to find him. They will do a search, followed by a publication. Then the petition for annulment will be filed. Annulment is best case scenario because it will be like it never happened and we can go about our lives. He thinks she has a good chance of it being approved since they never lived together, filed taxes together or even consummated the marriage. The tricky thing is if the judge doesn't approve the annulment. Because of our marriage, adoption of our kids, tax filings, etc., we might be in for a world of shit if she has to file for divorce. Let's hope it doesn't come to that. I'll update again when it's over! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 28 Feb 2019 09:34 AM PST Edit: located in Florida, USA A user on r/personalfinance suggested talking to a lawyer, but I don't know how to do that. If anyone with legal knowledge knows if this is illegal and I need to tell my brother to speak to a lawyer please let me know. My brother received 3 million dollars after going through court. I don't know the details on that matter, but if the details are relevant I can find out more. I was just recently told by my mother that the money my brother received is being managed by an individual that will write them a check for what my brother needs, but will also charge a large sum for every check that is written. Is this normal? I just want my brother to be in the best financial position possible, I'm worried that this individual who's managing his money isn't the kind of person that should be doing so. I asked my mom if my brother is able to cancel this and have his money back himself and she said yes, but I worry this is not the case. What information do I need to know or make them aware of so that he's not being taken advantage of? He has a 9 y/o daughter as well, and if there's any way he can make better use of the money to provide a better future for her it would mean so much to have someone provide some insight. [link] [comments]  |
| My career is destroyed because of lies Posted: 28 Feb 2019 02:14 AM PST I never posted here and I never thought I will. But I really hope I will get some help with this. I made another post (can be found in history) saying I made a 'friend' at this new workplace. He is literally my coworker (i am with him and another person in this office, but that person rarely comes here-he's our superior, whatever). Anyway, I am in my 20's. This guy, Z, is much older than me. But due to my continuous involvement these months and last year, I got a promotion. So basically I got a few extra bucks in my salary abd he remained the same. This made him very angry. Considering i'm much younger, he always mocks me and dares to sometimes yell and disrespect me. The thing is, he is old friends with the boss (our superior). Our boss is generally a really fair person, so he did promote me because of my results and didn't promote Z in that period of time. I just found out Z spread horrible lies about me to the entire workplace. I heard before about him doing this but I said it's just 'rumours' and they come and go. However, he insisted and made up horrible lies about me - such as me 'offending' my boss and mocking him about his disability and making him an idiot etc. Also, Z completely made up events and stories that shared with my boss privately. Until my boss had enough. He called me in his office and scolded me. He said he can't trust me anymore and that he ALREADY took my promotion away and degraded me. He said I need to 'review my atitude' otherwise I 'can't be trusted at all anymore'. Of course I cried and I was shocked. These things were really so so made up. I couldn't even believe what I heard. And of course m my boss didn't believe me at all. He just scolded me then told me to leave the office. Now half the office doesn't even talk to me anymore and they all gossip me. And for what? For a well-made plan from a fanatic that wanted to revenge on me for actually DOING SOMETHING for this company? What can I legally do? Is there anything that can be done legally? UK. Thank you [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 28 Feb 2019 09:25 AM PST Just today, months later, the company left a message wanting to talk about the computer that they mistakenly sent me. What are my rights? I sold the computer months later, after I made a Reddit post attempting to find the owner. Am I going to be legally responsible for this? I tried to do the right thing immediately but they wouldn't even entertain that it was possible that they could send me a $2000 computer by accident. Michigan [link] [comments]  |
| Serious accusations against my teacher GF. Posted: 28 Feb 2019 04:49 AM PST My GF is a high school teacher of 10 years in Arizona, lets call her Miss T. In the last 6 weeks she has had a couple of issues with 1 student, lets call him John. She caught John smoking a marijuana pen at school. She confiscated the pen and turned it and him into the front office and left it at that. The school did not punish him. A couple of weeks later she wrote up John for a dress code violation in which he lost some privileges like had to sit in detention for a lunch period. There was another incident that I'm forgetting at the moment. Over the last month she has come home almost daily telling me about how John and his friends are constantly trying to bait her into stuff in class by asking leading questions to get her to slip up. "Miss T, do you think Lisa is too fat to join cheer?" Stuff like that. Well as of yesterday John, who is a known troublemaker at the school among other teachers, accused Miss T of threatening him with a gun, claiming she said she would "shoot him if she had a gun on her". Now I wasn't there for this but I know without a doubt there is no way she said what they are claiming she said. She met with administrators yesterday and recorded the conversation on her phone which I listened to, I heard the exact quote from admin that they are claiming and by the sounds of it based on the tone she is going to get fired over this accusation today, possibly lose her teaching license too. What kind of precedent does this set that any student can make up an unfounded lie about a teacher they don't like and the automatic response is to punish the teacher? She has committed her life to teaching, it's all she has ever done. The questions is, does she have any rights to sue the child, his parents, and the administrators and school district for loss of income, slander, defamation of character, ect if she gets fired over this? Edit: So she did contact her union and a representative is there with her. She has been in the interview for nearly 3 hours. They took a break and she texted me and said it isn't going well. [link] [comments]  |
| My girlfriend is being forced into marriage without her consent Posted: 28 Feb 2019 08:45 AM PST Hi, I am in a committed relationship with my girlfriend of 2 years. I will not specify our exact ages, but we are both minors. I am ethnically white, and she and her family are Hmong, an ethnicity originating from South East Asia. I do not have a lot of knowledge about their culture, and I only recently learned of this; any knowledge I have is coming from my girlfriend. Essentially, she tells me that her parents want her to marry a rich man from Thailand. He is still "looking at other girls", but that if he chooses her, then she'll be forced to move to Thailand and marry this man. She has told me that the same thing happened to our cousin and the same thing has almost happened to a lot of our friends. A male friend, who is also Hmong, almost had it happen to him but my girlfriend tells me that males are allowed to refuse and females are not. She tells me that her cousin is only 15, and that she was forced to move to Thailand, and that she may be pregnant. I do not know what to do, I am scared and I need help. She has to be a year older for it to happen, and her birthday is in July. Is there any legal action at all I can pursue? If not, what is my best option here? Thank you. I am willing to provide any extra information required. [link] [comments]  |
| Our Gardeners forged a check my mom gave them Posted: 28 Feb 2019 08:09 AM PST My mom gave our Gardeners a check for 100 dollars. It clearly says one hundred dollars in the written part of the check but inside of the box where the number goes they put a line to make the 1 look like a 7. However on the original copy we can see that it says 1 and they they definitely wrote an extra line to make it look like a 7. We contacted them immediately and they're acting like it's not their fault and the bank accepted the check but our bank says the check wasn't deposited it was cashed. The problem I have with this is if it was truly deposited why would the bank deposit $700 when the written part of the check undoubtedly says one hundred. We're about to go to the bank as soon as it opens and file a claim. We know they'll handle it. But any advice on what we should do about this situation would be greatly appreciated. It's super stressful. My mom has bills and things she needs to handle and now her account is all messed up because of this. Thank you for your time. [link] [comments]  |
| My ex is manipulating my children's visitation schedule to raise my support (Indiana) Posted: 28 Feb 2019 07:55 AM PST I have two children, ages eight and nine, with my ex who i was never married to. I have been seperated from her for several years and we were ordered to follow the Indiana parent time guidelines (iptg). Initially when we went to court to have child support ordered, the judge took into consideration the fact that I was taking the children far more than the minimum visitation order. As a result my support was set very low, but the visitation order still matched the iptg standard guidelines. My ex was not happy with the support amount ordered, but I continued taking the children frequently (two to three overnights per week) over the next several years as it reflected the support order. My ex decided in October of 2018 to change the visitation schedule and begin sticking to the iptg minimum recommended visits. She hinted that her primary reason for doing this was to raise my support. I've since received a court date, scheduled for next week, to have my support reevaluated. I didn't contact a lawyer as I had assumed I wouldn't be able to do much about it. However, today my ex began sending me text messages clearly indicating that she wants to resume my more frequent visits after the new support has been ordered. I'm beginning to wish I would have consulted a lawyer. Is it too late? Ultimately my main concern is visitations. I want to see my children as much as possible and it looks like my ex is going to work with me on that, but the whole situation of having my support raised doesn't feel fair to me. I've contacted some lawyers but haven't heard back yet. Any advice? Thanks. [link] [comments]  |
| Can a hashtag hand over copyright? Posted: 28 Feb 2019 05:25 AM PST I make it a point to regularly do that boring thing no one else does: read fine print and the terms of service. Today on a Delta flight, something caught my eye. Delta has been promoting their new hashtag #skymileslife and encouraging passengers to tweet photos of their vacations. The fine print on their ads however, says "by tagging photos with #skymileslife, user grants Delta Airlines a royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual license to display, reproduce, and create derivative works." Essentially, Delta is saying that by simply using a hashtag, I am handing copyright of the image and content over to them. Further, they claim that I will be liable for attorneys fees if I tag an image someone else owns and they sue Delta. Is this even remotely enforceable? Is this legal? Have you heard of anything like this done before? Location Bot: Ohio [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 28 Feb 2019 06:37 AM PST Yesterday 02/27/19, I got fired from a company. While being fired my boss was explaining to me in these exact words. "Having someone on our team with depression is an embarrassment to the company. Customers want to come in and feel good, when customers deal with you and see your scars or your wrist they want to leave because you make them feel uncomfortable. You're depression has had an huge impact on why we're firing you. How do we know you'll still be able to perform?" yeah, so I went home feeling pretty crappy about myself. Started calling new places to apply to and when I do. Other places in the Mall are explaining to me I will probably never get another job in the mall with the way my former boss had talked about me. For those of you that work in retail. I was over my sales goal yesterday by 487%. I got promoted to co-manager after my second week. And got close to 85 Transfer Out's done within the first week I got promoted. Still sound like my depression is affecting my selling? I could come up with 101 reasons to prove I have been a hard worker since day 1. I could have multiple people tell you that I spent more time on the floor making sales and doing my job, despite my mental health issues. I had told my former boss over and over again that having a job and a set schedule helps me control my depression, it gives my mind a distraction. In their pan flit when you walk in right away it says "We do not discriminate and are very diverse." Doesn't firing someone for a mental health issue sound like discrimination? and what about him going to other company's giving them personal information about their employee and what the boss choses to do about him/her? Breaking any confidentiality. Or is there no legal issues and this is just A very shitty situation? [link] [comments]  |
| Ex wont allow me to take my kids on a cruise. How do/Can I get the courts to pass a decision? Posted: 28 Feb 2019 07:15 AM PST I'm (m) having custody/vacation issues with my ex. We're in NJ, USA. Sorry this is not on my main account, I didn't want to share too much personal details on it. TL;DR at bottom. We have 2 children together. Ages 8 and 6. I want to take them on a cruise. She refuses to let me. The exact wording of the custody agreement pertaining to vacations is: "Each parent will make a vacation request 30 days prior to the intended vacation date when the vacation is to be one week or longer. Prior to the departure, the vacationing parent agrees to provide the non-vacationing parent with a written itinerary that shall include but not be limited to, arrival and departure times, emergency land and cell phone numbers, physical location and names of persons in the traveling party. Each parent shall be entitled to two (2) week consecutive or non-consecutive uninterrupted vacation with the children during each calendar year. There are no travel restrictions" Her arguments about the cruise is that the kids will need passports (the dont, I checked with the cruise ship's website). I should add at this point that I'm a foreigner (legal resident, stable job that I've been with for 4+ years, been in the USA over 20 years etc). Cruise ships are "not designed for children" and it would be ok if "it was a Disney cruise". She will not allow the children to travel with my current girlfriend etc. I cant afford a Disney cruise. I want to take the kids to the Bahamas. I dont want to spend thousands of dollars for the airplane trip, hotel, car rental and the cruise itself and then have her refuse to allow me to take the children. It is not an adult cruise by any means, they even have optional child care sections (that have to be paid for separately) so the parents can "let loose". The cruise does have a gambling area and alcoholic drinks for purchase. No personal drinks allowed to be brought on board. TL;DR: Ex wife will not allow my kids to go on vacation with me on a cruise when my custody agreement says that I have to travel restrictions. How do I present this to the courts so they let us know how vacations are to be planned/authorized? [link] [comments]  |
| [California/India] Huge debt, returning to USA. Posted: 28 Feb 2019 09:45 AM PST Not sure where to begin with this. I graduated from a Californian university in Computer Science, did a masters in A.I. programming and was in the process of working toward a doctoral degree. Trouble is, I had an accident and ended up in a hospital for several months. I was uninsured. Between the degrees and medical debt, I was probably close to $500,000 in debt (though I really don't know the exact figure). I did the mature thing, and ran away. A job opportunity came up in my field in India and I moved there. That was now more than 14 years ago. When I moved, as you imagine the debt collectors started hounding me, even at my foreign phone number. I never received anything physically so don't know if they know where I live currently, but they certainly have my Indian cellphone number. So, again I did the mature thing and forwarded this cellphone through a sophisticated loop of auto-answering bots which were a combination of pre-recorded sentences/phrases, with a fairly rubbish listening AI that provided responses. This phone number forwarded to a swarm of other numbers, all of which essentially gave the debt collectors new numbers, all of which I owned and interlinked to each other and were capable of looping indefinitely. I also wrote the software specifically so that if multiple people contacted me simultaneously, they got connected to each other. This happened several times. I dumped a lot of the recordings to local storage and over the years uploaded a few of them to youtube (You may have heard of a similar channel idea 'this is lenny' but mine were never popular, and the account is now deleted.) Anyway, to my question. An opportunity has arisen in America in my field now , and it'd be paying enough that I'd be willing to pay my debt back. As time went on I cared less and less, and almost forgot about the whole situation as I was never bothered. I have a job, career, property and family here. However when this job appeared and I applied, the company has indicated I'm an ideal candidate (to the point of telling me salary + signon bonus). But, the debt has disappeared from my credit report. In fact, there's almost nothing there, it's a completely blank slate. I've tried pulling my credit, 2 agencies can't ID me and the other score is like 300, but it's complete blank. Free services can't ID me so can't sign up. Question: If I return to America, how much trouble would I be in? I'm guessing I would eventually be caught? How long does it take debt to "reset"? I'm even up to date on my US taxes and have been filing my FBAR/Tax returns (and paying them, I have never been entitled to a refund… as you can imagine.) [link] [comments]  |
| Neighbor had a survey done and then put up her own property stakes Posted: 28 Feb 2019 10:57 AM PST Hi LA, first post here. Rules on mobile weren't too helpful, so mods please let me know if I need to change anything. This is in Washington State, King County if that matters. This will be long so please hang with me! I live on a street of 8 homes: 4 on the north side of the street and 4 on the south side. I reside on the south side and have a great relationship with all of my neighbors. Our street is divided by a median that has old birch trees (I assume they are birch but am actually unsure - they're about 60-70ft tall if I had to guess) and a bunch of apple trees. All of the trees go right down the center of the median in a single line and the median is about 10ft wide. I used to mow our median and prune the trees that are on the median, as well as maintain the gravel road that services my home (and the other three homes on the south side). The north side takes care of their own gravel road. The two home owners that live at the entrance of our street do not get along at all. The home owner on the north side of the street is, from what I've heard from neighbors, extremely litigious and has filed suit against the neighbor to the south for trespassing (used northern neighbor's yard waste bin to place a few branches before pickup came) and sued her neighbor behind her (accessed from a different street) for a lot line dispute. I looked her up in public records and can see she's had several other suits with other parties, but none from our neighborhood that I recognized. Recently (about 8 months ago) neighbor to the north had a property survey done and stakes were placed, clearly marking her property. A few days later, neighbor to the north went outside and placed additional stakes in the median, as she claims that she is responsible for 15' from the property stakes. The stakes that were placed just happen to go beyond the trees in the median. I've discussed this with several neighbors and they/we are concerned that she will remove the trees eventually as she feels they are a liability. She recently approached all neighbors and asked us to pitch in equal shares to have the single cottonwood tree at the entrance removed. She had several bids from tree removal companies and eventually, because the bids were too high (in my opinion) I recommended a tree company I've had great results with in the past. His bid, made out to /in the name of the neighbor on the north side of the property, cane in almost $1k cheaper. She elected to enter contract with him and the tree is to be removed next week. I've looked on county records and see that the legal street is on the south side of the median and goes two homes in. The third home has an easement through their property so that the fourth home has access. The homes to the north of the median appear to all own up to the center of the median with easements to allow the homes further down the street access. I'm really uncertain and uneasy about this whole predicament. I could be overthinking it, and if so please let me know. My main concerns are the following: 1- can I call the county to anonymously let them know a neighbor is putting up property stakes beyond what's clearly and professionally marked as her own? 2 - if it turns out her stakes are in fact incorrect and she only placed them to intentionally make it look like the trees are all in her property, and the neighbors all contribute to have this cottonwood tree removed on false pretenses, what are the ramifications? Treble damages for trees is something I've been reading a lot about on here and I think the neighbor to the north is savvy enough to drag us all into it so that the brunt of it doesn't fall on her. She is fully aware that the neighbor to the south planted the cottonwood tree decades ago (I have this in a text - neighbor to the north blames neighbor to the south of deliberately planting a "dangerous" tree decades ago. Neighbor to the north has lived here less than 5 years), so that's mainly why I'm worried. 3 - anything else I should be wary of or have concerns about? I agreed, verbally, to contribute to the tree removal (~$500 per household - only the neighbor to the south refused to contribute) as I do recognize that cottonwood trees are brittle in winter and their seeds are a pain to clean up in the summer. I also agreed, reluctantly, as I didn't want to be the only neighbor to not contribute. LA, what should I do? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 28 Feb 2019 02:09 AM PST My boyfriends shithead brother "borrowed" my car Friday night. While my boyfriend was at the father daughter dance with his eight-year-old, his brother and I went to get something to eat at a bar and grill while waiting for my boyfriend to meet us there. It was after dark when we headed there and we were only going a half of a mile away, but I don't see as well at night as I used to, so he drove us to the establishment. My boyfriend showed up at about 830, and we needed to get the kid to bed, so we paid up and got ready to leave. Since I had two beers while waiting, I said that I did not want to drive the car home, and because we were so close to our house, we decided to come back for it in the morning. My big mistake here, and what I did that made this whole thing possible, was to forget that his brother drove us there, and still had my keys. I went to sleep forgetting that they were not in my purse. We got a call at 6 o'clock in the morning from the brother, and my boyfriend drove 40 minutes away to pick him up by the side of the road. He says that he lost control of the car, and that it was wrecked by the side of the road in Georgia, on the 400. He says that he was walking away from it because he panicked, and the police department, Sandy Springs, picked him up and questioned him in their car. He says that it was clear to them that he had been driving that car, but since they could not prove it, they let him go. (This sounds unlikely to me.) When my boyfriend picked him up, they drove up and down the 400 and did not see the car anywhere. I have called towing companies that work along that road, and have not been able to find it. I called the police, who sent a patrolman out to my house, and he used his computer to search, and cannot see where the car was impounded anywhere. Monday morning, my boyfriend went to Sandy Springs Police Department, and asked about the incident. His brother said that they took his ID and gave it back to them, so we were assuming that there would be some sort of a record of them talking to him. No such record exists. My boyfriend's brother is not a good person. He was living with us for a little while because my boyfriend was giving him work at his company. He was hoping that if his brother moved to Georgia and stayed with us while he got on his feet, he could be pointed in the right direction. He has stolen from people in his family before, and lies come easily to him. We have no way of knowing if any of the story that he told us was true. For all we know, he may have traded my car for drugs. When my boyfriend spoke to Sandy Springs Police Department about this, they said that because he was given the keys by me, there's a complication in reporting it stolen. What they suggest, is that we pursue here in Georgia is something called "Theft by Conversion". Im not really sure how to go about that. I was told that I am supposed to present the brother with a letter that says that I'm demanding the car back, and after a certain amount of time I can report it stolen. I need to know if that needs to be presented to him in a way that proves that he received it. I also need to know exactly what it needs to say, and I can't find any examples. The only information I can find about cars and Theft by Conversion have to do with people keeping rental cars too long. Honestly, I'm pretty lost, and it's been almost a week since I've seen my car. Any help would be appreciated. [link] [comments]  |
| Is there any downside to giving ex-wife account numbers for kids' custodial College accounts? Posted: 28 Feb 2019 07:53 AM PST Background We have been divorced four years. Three minor children. While we were married, I made sure to put 2K each year into a Coverdell account for each kid. We are in the US. Since the divorce, every year I ask ex wife to help put money in kids college fund, and every year she says she can't, I think due to the fact that she doesn't handle money well. Our base salary is about the same, but she spends far more than I do. So I have put in 24K in there in the past four years, and she has put 0. I asked her a few weeks ago if she was going to help contribute this year (since the April 15 deadline is looming) and like I expected, she she said, no, I don't have any money, etc. Yesterday, she suddenly said, sure, I'll contribute, give me the account numbers. I said, I don't think you can just wire money into their accounts, so write a check for the benefit of each girl made to Ameritrade, like "Pay to Order of Ameritrade FBO Child 1's name" and I will deposit it. I can send you a screen shot to verify the deposit and your cancelled checks will be additional proof. And she says no and insists on the account numbers. Since I have been the only one putting in money for four years, and since she doesn't handle money well and out of the blue wants to put in 6K after saying there was no way she could, it makes me nervous to give her the account numbers. Is there any downside to giving her the account numbers? Can she somehow sue me for control of these custodial accounts? Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 28 Feb 2019 11:13 AM PST So my wife and I saw a post of a famous YouTube channel claiming to have released a brand new range of clothes which was EXCLUSIVELY selling in a popular supermarket retail store across the country (US). We made a few comments about how the dress was identical to one we had been bought by relatives from a UK store approximately 12 months ago. The designer who worked with the YouTube channel has said a number of questionable things, but ultimately attempted to gain my wife's personal details under the gimmick of offering free clothes to delete all the posts and comments and then threatened her with court action. The designer and the YouTube channel to my knowledge have none of our details, but the retail store have been in touch with my wife asking for images of the clothes, which we still have and have time stamps etc, we still even have the clothes in immaculate condition... What, if any, legal ramifications have we got ourselves into here? Trying to just state a truth about lack of 'exclusivity' in Instagram and r/quityourbullshit may have spiraled out of control TL:DR called out someone for trying to pass clothing we've had for a year as a new and exclusive item and have since received threats of an attorney reaching out to us [link] [comments]  |
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