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    June 11, 2019

    Legal Advice (OK) Mom passed away and things aren't adding up.

    (OK) Mom passed away and things aren't adding up.

    Posted: 11 Jun 2019 04:44 AM PDT

    I'm not really sure what to make of all this and I could really use some insight on the matter. Evidently my mom passed away last Wednesday June 5th...I say evidently because my brother and I weren't notified until yesterday evening of her passing.

    I'm not entirely clear on the details because the circumstances are not adding up and I'm afraid if I try and explain the chain of events... it'll become extremely confusing but I feel like the manner in which this was handled seems fishy.

    We first learned of the news from a friend of our mother's who says she recieved a phone call yesterday (4 days after my mother's passing) from someone claiming to be a sheriff of the county my mother resided in, informing her my mother had passed away and asked if she happened to have keys to my mother's house because they were trying to locate next of kin. (See...weird huh?) He claims he found her number by going through my mother's phone (which would've been with her in her house, where they found her so why do they need keys) She told them she did not have keys but they could try calling her children (me and my brother) or her brother (my uncle) and that our numbers should also be in the same phone.

    My mother's friend calls me to ask what was going on and did something happen to my mom and while I'm talking to her, my uncle calls me... which is odd because I haven't spoken to him in over 10 years and I wasn't even aware he had my number. He immediately goes into this whole story about how my mom passed away last Wednesday of a massive heart attack in her home and the police from her town contacted him after they were sent to her house to do a welfare check and found her. They supposedly went through her phone and saw he was the last person she talked to so they contacted him first. Then without skipping a beat or even giving me a chance to process all of this, he goes on to tell me that my mother had informed him on multiple occasions that she was leaving everything to him and that he was to make sure my brother and I, were to receive none her belongings and he kept mentioning his good friend Sheriff Whats-his-nuts ( fake name for obvious reasons) and HIS attorney have both informed him he was not to contact my brother or me about the situation and that since my mother left him everything, he needed to remove what he wanted from her home and donate the rest to Salvation Army. He was making arrangements to have her cremated and would let me know if he decides to do a funeral... then he hung up.

    How is that even possible? Can he do that? I mean even if by some crazy off the wall chance my mother lost her mind and created a legal living will that named her brother... who's almost 15 years older than my mother by the way... the executor of her will and she left everything she owns to him...is there not some kind of reading of the will my brother and I are required to attend? Is this how this stuff goes down? I really can't be involved in making funeral arrangements for my own mother? Never once had our mother ever mentioned she had a will and I can not fathom her leaving everything to my uncle. But my feelings aside what is the legal process here? How could I find out for certain if there even is a will?

    The situation gets a little crazier because after I called my brother, he calls my uncle and is told the same thing... they argue a little over the phone and it's now turned into my brother and I are allowed to accompany my uncle to my mother's house, and "rummage through what's left to see if there's anything we want" but it has to be this coming Wednesday because he has meetings all day Tuesday (today) with a probate attorney to iron out the details of my mother's estate. To my knowledge he's already taken her dog and her brand new car, into his possession.

    This makes me think there is no will. If there was a will like he originally claimed, and my brother and I were to receive nothing... how are we all of the sudden allowed to look through what's left?

    I'm extremely uncomfortable with this situation.

    The most disturbing part of this whole ordeal is, I know my mother was working on the legal details of an invention she recently had patented and was in the process of interviewing manufacturers to fabricate her invention. She reviewed all the legal paperwork with my brother and me a few months ago...I'm worried that's why my uncle is in such a hurry to hire a probate attorney, and throw names of law enforcement friends of his (he himself is a retired police officer) which would also explain why it took him 4 days to notify my brother and me about her passing.

    Isn't there some kind of chain of command that has to be followed when it comes to notifying next of kin? Is there a certain legal process that needs to happen when a person has a will?? Or even if they don't?? Sorry for the long post. I'm still trying to understand all of this. It just doesn't seem to make any sense. Who should I contact first? The police in her area? An attorney? What do I do?

    Update: I can't respond to anyone now that its been locked but to answer a few questions. No I haven't seen the body though my own eyes and neither has my brother. He and I are getting together today to get a lawyer. This is in fact very real and I'm not making it up at all. I created a new account in hopes of not being recognized as this is turning into a very tricky situation. My brother and I are both very overwhelmed at the moment and we're in a bit if a situation where we aren't exactly sure who we can trust. As far as my motive behind mentioning my mother's invention...evidently that was precieved as making this entire thing seem like a made up story. All I can tell you is, sorry I didn't disclose that in a manner which made it more believable for you. I guess I'm poorly communicating the events i've been through recently and to be honest, I'm trying more so to get actual advice, not to make sure you believe me.

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    [UPDATE] [Ontario] Do I have to return a foster puppy if the fostering agency no longer exists?

    Posted: 11 Jun 2019 09:02 AM PDT

    Previous Thread

    I wanted to thank everyone who urged me to have my contract looked at by someone more proficient in ambiguous contracts. My wife passed it onto a colleague who immediately noticed red flags and is going to investigate further.

    More interestingly, I brought the contract to my vet as well as my puppy to schedule chipping. The vet wasn't familiar with the company but made a few calls and was made aware the company faced legal issues for animal cruelty and allegedly the owner is prohibited from owning or caring for animals by the SPCA. I don't know how legally binding this is but apparently it can be enforced by the RCMP. The owner is not the breeder I was speaking to, she was just an employee of this company.

    My vet doesn't speak from any authority of law but said it's possible the assets fell back to the owner and because he cannot care for or own animals, it's exceedingly doubtful a "return to owner" scenario could be enforced. I will hold off on spaying until we're certain but we'll cease communication with the breeder at least as none of this concerns her.

    This is all the updated info I can gleam from phonecalls and from my vet's account, so nothing is absolutely certain for now. We'll keep our puppy indoors or within eyesight whenever outside to avoid potential unlawful collection. I hope nothing worrisome comes of this but things are pointing in our favor.

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    Dreading being the Guardian to my severely disabled brother and sister.

    Posted: 11 Jun 2019 09:29 AM PDT

    Massachusetts, USA

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    I'm a 20 year old male in college. My younger twin siblings (17M, 17F) are both severely autistic and have down syndrome. They are nonverbal and need constant care, and my brother isn't even fully potty trained. My parents are divorced, and mom has hinted at wanting me to take them in to which ive firmly stated no. My dad has insisted I live my own life and NEVER take on the burden. However, both want me to become their guardian once they're 18.

    I honestly have no clue what that entails. I believe they said they would still be in charge of medical stuff for them. I'm nervous as to what toll that will take on my life. Will this be a minor inconvenience, or is it a huge responsibility that will prevent me from living far away from them, require I care for them constantly, etc. I have already lived 20 years envious of friends with normal lives, I don't want this to follow me into adulthood and waste my life the way it did to my mom and dad. It got them divorced and both of them seem to always be at whits end. What exactly does Guardianship entail? HELP!

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    Got a bill for unpaid child support - I don't even have kids.

    Posted: 10 Jun 2019 07:04 PM PDT

    Hello,

    The NY Child Support Processing Center has sent me a bill to pay for child support, and I am certainly sure I have no kids. The thing is, they've been trying to collect from me since 2006.

    Quick story: I have a first and last name extremely common within my ethnicity, thus, this is very likely a situation where someone who hasn't paid child support (asshole, pay out your dues) is getting mixed up with me. However, I have no ties whatsoever to the state of NY (no prev address, phone number, employer, etc.) to be linked to this individual other than First/Last name. I'm sure there are thousands of other guys with my First/Last name in NY and nearby states - why would you come find me across the country?

    NY has attempted to collect from me four times (2006, 2009, 2014, and now). In 2009, they contacted my employer to garnish my wages for child support (failed, as my employer alerted me before this occurred - they knew I had no kids). In 2014, my state refused to renew my driver's license due to unpaid child support in NY.

    Time after time, I've been trying to get a hold of anyone in "NYS Child Support Processing Center" to clarify this situation (via email, certified mail, phone). However, all attempts are limited/blocked as soon as they find out I am not the parent (they said they can't provide information to non-relatives; yeah, but they can come and collect $4K+ from me!?).

    I thought I was done with them back in 2014, but I just received another letter in the mail today asking to pay the full past due amount. I find it odd that NY didn't bother to collect for 5 straight years. According to the Dept of State, I am not eligible to receive/renew a US Passport if child support of $2,500 or more is due, and I sure as hell did receive one within the last 5 years.

    It's been 13 years since this ordeal began (switched employers, addresses, phone numbers during this time frame, yet they still find me), I don't know what else to do other than 1) flying to Albany NY and show up a the Child Support Processing Center, or 2) wait until the kid turns 18 and child support ceases (and I surely hope it's only ONE child).

    Are there other resources I'm not aware of? Thanks.

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    [LA] Forced to Work Off the Clock - Denied Promotion Due to Pregnancy (Direct Evidence)

    Posted: 11 Jun 2019 05:59 AM PDT

    Not me, but my wife who works for a prominent Dollar store chain. Very Long Post, TLDR at the bottom.

    I was a former store manager for a small retail chain that sold art and home decor a few years ago before landing work in my career field, so when my wife discusses her job with me I always hear things that don't seem right to me. Some are small things but they seem to be escalating quickly the longer she works there (about 2 months now)

    She was originally hired at a different store, but that store is staffed by folks whom have been there for years and years and there are no open promotion spots available and very very slim chance that any current higher positions would be opening. Another store the next town over was quite short staffed due to turnover rates and my wife was asked to help that store out by working there a few days a week. After the first week she was asked by that store manager if she would like to transfer to that store permanently and that she was strongly considering her for an Assistant Manager position.

    My wife was excited that she was possibly going to move up so quickly and jumped at the chance. I did warn her that if they are short staffed due to high turnover, that she should prepare for some hostile or bad work environments but if she thinks she can handle it then go for it.

    It didn't take long for the picture to start revealing itself. First red flag for me was that a customer who had purchased a gallon of milk earlier in the day brought it back revealing that it was spoiled and wanted to exchange it, she was denied the exchange and became upset and wanted to "speak to a manager" The manager on duty was the one she was already speaking to and so the customer asked for her superiors phone number, she was told "we don't give out phone numbers or any contact information" So she asked for the phone number for corporate and was told "We don't know their phone number, sorry" My wife stepped in at this point and asked the lady for her phone number and that she would get a hold of someone who could help and call her back. My wife then called the Store Manager who said that she was not going to give the woman an exchange and that she (my wife) should have stayed out of it and not gotten involved. Later on that day my wife texted me laughing that the District Manager called and chewed our the SM for not giving the exchange and that the lady had called corporate etc etc.

    Next issue that arose was my wife had come home and put down a bunch of receipts on my computer desk and started filling out the 100$ gift card surveys, I asked her wtf she was doing all that for and she was told that her Store Manager told her that if a customer doesn't want their receipt to put it in her pocket and take them home and fill out the surveys so that their store numbers look better and that she was required to do a minimum of 10 per day she worked. To me that sounds a bit like fraud but I dunno, I suppose you could just not claim the 100$ if you won? This is also working off the clock in my opinion, but there is more evidence of that to come.

    Now we get to the bigger issues. Inside the office of the store is a large sign that says "You must clock out at 10:15 no matter what!!" I learned this because my wife stated something about clocking out at 10:15 and I asked her if she clocked out at 10:15 what took her so long to get home to which she replied that even though she clocked out at 10:15 she didnt get done closing the store until about 10:40. I told her that she should never work off the clock for any reason and that she needs to amend her time sheet to document that she was working up to whatever time she was working and not to clock out until she was ready to walk out the door. I also told her that it's incredibly illegal for someone to force you to work off the clock and that if she talks to you about it to record it. Low and behold yesterday the store manager brought her into the office and told her that she was going to write her up for not clocking out and my wife started recording the conversation. She got on the recording that she was being written up for insubordination for not clocking out at 10:15 to which my wife replied "It's illegal for us to be told to work off the clock" to which the SM scoffed and said "Listen, I know what the laws are but it's okay because by 10:15 you should be done with almost everything and the only thing you need to do is shut down the registers and lock the doors so it's only 5 minutes worth of work at most" My wife replied that there were still customers in the store until 10:20 so they could not even begin closing until then to which the SM told her "Well, you should do a better job of engaging with the customers to ensure they are out of the store at 10:00 when we close and no matter what you HAVE to clock out at 10:15 so that we don't go over our hours" These aren't paraphrases, this is directly from the recording that I listened to. My wife noted that on the 'write up' the SM made no mention of the reason only that my wife did not follow an order given to her by the manager on duty, not what the order was or why the order wasn't followed. She also did not put the warning in her file, she wrote it, had my wife sign it, and then took it home with her. I don't know if this is policy for that company but every company I had been a manager for we had to write very detailed write ups with what exactly happened and why and we also had to have another manager either within the store or from another store on the phone as the write up / coaching was happening. We also never took them home, we simply had them sign it and put it directly into their files.

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    So thats major fuck up #1. Major fuck up #2 is that if you recall my wife was told she was being highly considered for promotion to Assistant Manager, so let's begin this story now -- My wife is pregnant, but she has already had a few complications with the pregnancy so we're not telling anyone until we feel more comfortable that nothing is going to go horribly wrong. Unfortunately she had to take some leave from work for a hospital stay which required her to let her Store manager know that she was pregnant and the SM flipped her shit and began yelling at my wife that she should have told her before she was even transferred that she was pregnant, that it was required that she tell her that when she found out, etc, etc and was generally very upset that my wife didn't tell her for the rest of that day.

    My wife called HR and asked inquired about if she had to disclose she was pregnant to her manager, and the HR rep said that no, she is not required to tell her manager about her pregnancy until she files for maternity leave and that even then she didn't have to but it's pretty obvious why someone would need maternity leave.

    Yesterday during the write up for not clocking out at 10:15 instead of 10:40 when she was actually done working the Store Manager told her that she was going to stop the training for her to be an Assistant Manager because and this is an actual quote "We're going to stop training you for now because you're pregnant and you will need to be gone for 2 months in January so we won't be promoting you this week." Yes, thats right, "this week" she was told last week that on Monday (the day she was written up) she would be promoted in the system to Assistant Manager, but when that day came she was written up for not working off the clock and told she wouldn't be promoted because she was pregnant. All of this was recorded on my wife's phone (Audio)

    What, if anything can my wife and myself do in this case? She has lost out on a significant pay increase and increased working hours due to this, and was reprimanded for not breaking the law. I told her not to quit because if she quits she may be giving up her rights and instead call HR / District Manager and let them know what happened, I told her I wasn't sure if she should let them know that its all been recorded but I absolutely feel we should start taking legal action soon.

    Any Advice?

    TLDR : My wife has a recorded conversation of her boss telling her that she will not be getting the promotion she was told she'd be getting because she is pregnant, and that she was being written up for refusing to work off the clock.

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    I just found out that my license has been suspended since 2012 for a red light camera ticket I never knew about.

    Posted: 11 Jun 2019 01:24 AM PDT

    So, here's the story...

    I was submitting a background check for a potential employer and the company doing the check told me that my ID was invalid. So, I called the DMV to couble-check and they told me that my license has been suspended since 2012.

    Apparently I received a ticket from a red light camera. This is the first I've heard of it. I had moved around that same time, so I'm assuming that they mailed the ticket to my old address after I moved.

    Strange thing is, I've updated my address with the DMV and purchased car insurance from Progressive and nobody ever mentioned my license status until this job background checked me.

    Now, the court says I owe them $1,265. This was just told to me over the phone, I still have not seen the ticket. They've had my current address for years, and yet they've apparently never made any effort to contact me about this.

    I can go in during their open court hours to speak with a judge about it, but I want to make sure I know my options and am prepared as possible. What should I do?

    EDIT: Oregon, USA

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    Real estate told us we have to leave because of demolition commencing next door 18 days into lease?!??

    Posted: 11 Jun 2019 06:33 AM PDT

    Going to try and explain this as best I can. Please be gentle.

    My partner and I signed a 12 month lease for an apartment above a shopfront in NSW AUS. We move in 18 days ago costing over $1000 to do so. Most of our money is now tied up in the bond and we continue to pay rent.

    We have been told today that the adjoining building is going to be demolished and we need to move out. The real estate agent who told us even pushed us to do a viewing of another property (sub par) and when I questioned if we could stay on he said no. He assure me that the land lord is happy to waive our lease agreement due to the impending demolition.

    We have done our research and it turns out that our landlord also owns the building next door that is going to be demolished. Further more they have had plans to demolish our building as well since 2015.

    The owner appears to be part of an investment group or property development group.

    The real estate agent claims he knew nothing about it. We were not told any of this when we signed our lease 18 days ago.

    We have nothing in writing, only phone communications. I've since sent an email requesting details.

    What are our rights here? Are we entitled to compensation?

    EDIT: Thanks everyone for your 2cents. It really means a lot to us in the present situation. Going ahead with some free legal advice tomorrow and will make the next move from there.

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    My dad works for my bank, and pulled all of my bank records. Is there anything I can do to prevent this?

    Posted: 11 Jun 2019 12:42 PM PDT

    USA, OH

    So, I turned 18 last August, and started my first job at the end of that month. My mom and I went to go set up my new non-custodian account, so that I would have my own, independent bank account. This all went perfectly fine, we pulled all of the money out of the old account and moved it into the new account where my paychecks would be going.

    I can't drive yet, and don't have any car-related bills, so I've been steadily saving money over the last few months, roughly 2 grand by April/May. Until recently I had only been working part time while I was going to college, but during May I started working full work weeks. That's not strictly necessary, but it explains why my balance usually didn't increase by a whole lot month to month, usually only increasing by $2-300 each month.

    My dad works in the mortgage underwriting department of my bank (it's actually a credit union if that makes a difference at all). A few weeks ago, he pulls out a big packet of paper stapled together and says something along the lines of "You go to x restaurant a lot." Or something like that. I'm immediately confused, so I ask what he's talking about? Turns out he went and pulled my entire banking history, every transaction in or out of my account (I believe all the way back to when I opened it). He and my mom went through it all with a fucking highlighter.

    Once he showed me that, I said something along the lines of "How did you get access to my bank statements!?" He said something like "I can pull anyone's bank statements I want." He read me off a few other charges from it, back to at least January. He said they hadn't looked up where any of the charges came from, but frankly I don't care. I said something to my mom a few weeks later about how that was way over the line. She just said "Okay" and completely blew me off like she couldn't give two shits about my privacy.

    My thinking is this: Sure, my dad has access to all of that, but he has it so he can decide whether to approve someone for a loan. If I called the Credit Union and told them an employee had pulled my banking records for personal reasons, and then contacted me about them. I really doubt they would say, "well, he is an underwriter, so he can do whatever he wants."

    At this point, they both seem like they have no intentions of respecting my privacy or any logical boundaries. I've started using my PayPal for everything I can online, so that if they do it again it just says PayPal. But, honestly I feel pretty powerless at this point. Is there anything, short of switching banks, I can do to prevent him from having access? I don't want to get him fired either, cause that would completely destroy my family. I've got 2 younger siblings, and one more on the way, and my moms a stay at home mom. I'd absolutely get kicked out on the spot, at least.

    tl;dr: I'm 18, and have an independent bank account. Dad works for the underwriting dept of my bank. Used his position to pull all of my bank records. Neither parent gives a shit about how big of an invasion of privacy that is. Can I do anything to stop them from doing it again?

    I didn't know what flare to use, but if another one fits better, I'd be happy to change it

    Edit: In just a couple minutes you've all been super helpful, I really appreciate it. I'm probably going to look into moving out and transferring banks as soon as I can. I think I need to move out before I can switch banks, because my parents would blow up if they found out I switched banks. But I'll add it to my high priorities. Thanks again, I really appreciate all the advice.

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    I have received many offers to buy my Instagram handle, how do I go about this without getting scammed?

    Posted: 11 Jun 2019 11:09 AM PDT

    Hello all, as my title says, I've received quite a few offers over the years asking to purchase my Instagram username. I got it about 6-7 years ago, it's a one-word slang term, and I have branded myself as an artist under this name.

    Recently, I've been receiving more and more offers looking to buy it from me. One that I received this week wants to go through escrow, which I know nothing about, but it sounds more promising than any of the others. His starting offer was $1,500 but I have been offered more and ideally would like to sell it for more than that. He seems open to negotiations.

    As a broke college student, I need this money. I am willing to rebrand myself and sell it, but I need to make sure this is not a scam. So, I figured I'd see if anyone has any helpful information as to how to go about this. Any type of advice would be great.

    Thank you!!

    Edit: I am located in Illinois, unsure about the other party.

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    [TX] ex girlfriend continues to make Facebook statuses ripping me apart and discussing my private life in her comments

    Posted: 11 Jun 2019 05:33 AM PDT

    Hello, For the past 2 months my ex who is a severe alcoholic (wrecked 2 cars in the last year) has been calling me to try and ask for "help". I was notified by another person that she was making absurd posts on her account. I came to learn that she has been falsely calling me abusive and has even befriended another person who had sexually assaulted me in the past. They are making jokes about it publicly as well and have encouraged local men in the community to have me attacked if I'm seen out in the nights. I'm terrified because I have a night job and my ex and her friends can find me. Is there any way i can make a report of slander against them?

    Thank you in advance.

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    Neighbors sprayed a chemical all over their yards which killed all of the wild rabbits and made pets sick.

    Posted: 10 Jun 2019 02:38 PM PDT

    I live in a suburb near Dallas Texas. Where I live we have a LARGE population of wild hare rabbits. Last week our neighbors sprayed something all over their yard.

    They did not use a company to spray their yard. We saw them outside with those back pack tanks just spraying all over the place.

    Next day we found 4 baby rabbits in our yard not moving. They were breathing and were alive. Responded well to food and water, but all died within a day.

    My cat started laying around the house and throwing up everywhere and my dog outside was doing the same thing.

    I pack them both up in carriers and go to leave the house and notice several dead rabbits in my yard and my neighbor's yard. Two in mine and one in theirs. These were adult rabbits and not babies like those that died in my house.

    I grabbed one of the dead rabbits and took it to the vet. I used to raise rabbits and know that cat and dog diseases do not typically affect rabbits.

    Vet ran some tests on the rabbit and said it died of some kind of chemical poisoning. My dog and cat were suffering the same thing. They gave my cat a shot and said my dog was mostly over it but wanted to keep both overnight as these kinds of chemicals can suddenly cause a reaction.

    When I get back home my wife and sister both say that they found a few more dead rabbits and mice in the neighborhood. The neighbor behind us and to the side of my neighbor all state their dogs were very sick. I told them what happened with mine and they took theirs to the vet.

    I went to talk to our neighbors and they said that they never sprayed anything in their yard and to leave them alone...

    I checked my security camera at my house and caught a 45 second clip of my neighbor walking past the camera with the spray backpack on.

    I am guessing that they bought some kind of concentrated insecticide off amazon or ebay and did not properly dilute it before spraying their yard. The likelihood of them using some kind of illegal chemical is much less likely than simple ignorance.

    We called animal control who collected the dead animals and disposed of them. I gave the animal control officers my video of my neighbors spraying their yard and they have had several officers over at their house since.

    I am wondering if there is any way they can be responsible for the cost of the vet bills? Currently its close to 500. I have no kids so nothing to worry about on that front.

    My doctor said I should come in for tests either way as something that can kill several rabbits and make dogs and cats sick would probably have adverse effects on humans. Which leads me to my next question. How can I go about making the police let me know what the chemical was? My doctor really wants to know for obvious reasons.

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    Fraternity attempting to sue me for charges I am not liable for...

    Posted: 11 Jun 2019 09:34 AM PDT

    Hello everyone I was hoping to get some insight on what I should do in my situation. I currently do not have a lawyer but I have a court date coming up next week and have a couple of questions. The opposing law agency wants to mediate with me before the court date.... but here is some background.

    Part 1:

    I was apart of my fraternity for three years under good standing. At the beginning, I signed a paper with personal information stating that I would pay my dues each semester. Each year I got a doctors note from my family practitioner with the reason on why I would not be on the meal plan. The management agency that runs our finances were sticklers on the notes attempting to get my doctor to release medical reasons that are protected under HIPA. The agency eventually budged after I submitted four doctors notes and I was removed from the meal plan. Fast forward three years. I visited the house twice during a week at dinner time. At this time, one of the members of exec thought he saw me eating dinner. This member proceeded to tell the management company what happened without first speaking to me. I learned of this situation approximately a month and a half later when my final payment was $800 more than what I was anticipating on paying. I reached out to the management agency to discuss why I was being charged for the meal plan. They told me that I had been seen eating dinner when I was not supposed to be and terminated my exemption. They also claimed that they sent certified mail to my home state address but was never signed for. I told them I would not pay this amount because they have no proof I ate dinner on the nights I was accused of. This is where it gets a bit interesting. The management agency proceeds to tell me that I need to pay the money for the meal plan or they will not let me sign a lease inside the fraternity house. I tell them no. Then the manager of the agency attempts to make a deal with me. She offers that if I pay $500 of the money I "owe" I can sign a lease to the house. I shut down this deal because I do not want to do it. I do however pay the rest of my dues that I owe but NOT the meal plan.

    Questions:

    1. Do they actually have any argument to get me to pay this money or is it just hearsay?

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    Part 2:

    My last semester in college I participated in an internship in my college town. I was working fifty hours a week and did not have time for the fraternity. I told the management agency I was graduated and that I will not be participating in a ny events. I had all the hours necessary for my degree but I wanted to take an internship. The agency said I needed to submit paper work of my degree audit even though I was instilled as an Alumni the semester prior. I never submitted this audit because I was tired of being hounded by them. I received the court notice from the lawyer about three weeks ago with the amount they want me to pay which is $2700. This beaks down into $1,900 for dues and $800 for the meal plan. I am not so confident about this argument since I didn't submit the document on time but I did not participate in any events with the fraternity that would give them ammo for their argument. All they have is a paper I signed four years ago stating I would pay.

    Questions:

    1. Should I fight this part or will it ultimately cost more than what I could mediate?
    2. Can I ask for an extension on the court date? I will be out of town on vacation.
    3. Being a recent college grad, I can lawyer up but it will take a hit on my finances. Should I lawyer up?

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    Thanks ahead of time for your help!

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    (NY) My neighbor is selling copious amounts of drugs and is becoming more and more violent towards me and my family

    Posted: 11 Jun 2019 08:03 AM PDT

    My neighbor has been slinging drugs for at least 2 years now out of his house. There's times where my street looks like a drive thru with all the cars parked around waiting to pick up. One night I was standing outside of my car and his little brother walked up and asked me if I'm "waiting to be serviced". Now he's yelling threats at me when I park my car in front of my house telling me to "get the fuck out of here" and I'm at the end of my rope with this guy. I reported him to the police around 6 or so months ago and it doesn't seem like much was done or that they couldn't obtain any proof. I feel unhappy and more importantly unsafe in my own home because of this guy and I just don't know where to turn to

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    Fedex went against their rerouting policy and sent my package to someone claiming to be a Samsung employee

    Posted: 11 Jun 2019 11:22 AM PDT

    Hey everyone, long time lurker, first time poster here with a bit of a predicament on my hands.

    I live in WA and recently ordered a phone directly off the Samsung website. Said phone was ordered on a Friday with the expectation of being delivered to my place of residence on the following Thursday. Well Thursday came and no package had arrived so I called FedEx to inquire about the whereabouts of my package. To my surprise FedEx told me that the shipper(Samsung) had requested the phone to be re routed on the Tuesday, two days before my package was scheduled for delivery.

    So with this newfound knowledge I call up Samsung to find out why they had decided to reroute my package and the person I spoke to said that they didn't request the package to be rerouted and that I need to call FedEx and ask them why they rerouted my package but when I called FedEx back they insisted that the shipper was the one that rerouted the package and that I need to talk to Samsung about it.

    So with being stuck in a loop of misinformation I head down to my local FedEx shipping branch to find out what the hell is going on and while I'm there I'm told that a person by the name of Charles called FedEx with my tracking number claiming to be an employee of Samsung and had my package rerouted to Miami, FL. I tell the employee that this is a mistake and after doing some research she relays to me that FedEx security had intercepted the package before it ever got to Charles.

    Now Samsung is based out of NJ, and on their website it clearly states "Once your Samsung.com order ships it must go to the address provided at the time you placed your order." Also on FedEx's website it states that they can't reroute a package if the shipper has restrictions against it. And I also spoke to a customer service representative from both companies who confirmed to me that those are the correct rules.

    So with that being said I'm wondering if I have any recourse to hold somebody accountable for this debacle. I was never notified of an address change on my package and FedEx clearly broke one of their rules on the rerouting of packages. If anyone can give me some advice that'd be truly helpful as I don't really have anyone else to ask. Thank you in advance for any response.

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    Boss refused to file an accident report.

    Posted: 11 Jun 2019 09:25 AM PDT

    June 4th I was kicked in the stomach by a cow. I had a couple scrapes but felt otherwise alright. Despite this, I asked to file an incident report in case anything was internally damaged. My boss shamed me in front of my colleagues and mocked me in subsequent days. The bruising worsened but once it subsided, I felt a lump in the area where I was kicked and I have some symptoms of a hernia. What are my options?

    Edit: I am in Florida, US.

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    I want my husband to adopt my daughter

    Posted: 11 Jun 2019 08:21 AM PDT

    This is in salt lake county in Utah, my daughter is 4 years old and my husband and I started dating when she was 2 weeks old. We got married right after she turned 1. He has been caring for her both financially and emotionally since she was 2 weeks old paying for everything, I was a stay at home mom for the first year and still he payed all the bills, food, clothing, medical and everything throughout our relationship. There is no father listed on her birth certificate. She has 2 possible bio dads. The one is a registered sex offender for a child related charge and the other is a meth addict with 3 warrants out and 5 kids he owes back support on. I was in contact with them during my pregnancy and was always willing to allow them to doctors appts, the birth, and up to 2 months after her birth I was contacting them asking if they wanted to see her/ be involved etc. My husband and I plan to move to the east coast in the next year and I want him to legally become her guardian but I also don't want to risk either of these strangers being granted any kind of custody since she knows my husband as her dad and that's who has been providing for her. I'm wondering what the chance of that is and if there is anything I need to do to assure this.

    EDIT to add neither possible bio dad has ever reached out to me and haven't shown any interest in being involved in her life since I stopped reaching out in 2014

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    Is "Mandatory Overtime" actually legal? and Can I be forced to use Sick Time to cover it?

    Posted: 11 Jun 2019 10:47 AM PDT

    To start off, I work for Amazon and I live in New York. Lately, we have been severely understaffed to the point where it is chaotic. Instead of hiring more employees, they have been assigning "Mandatory Overtime" shifts almost every single day. They give you last minute notice to sign up on your own to choose your availability but if they still don't have enough people, then it is assigned against your will.

    I have worked 12 hour shifts almost every day for the last month and never complained but now one of the mandatory over time shifts I was assigned was on a day off that I was given a special schedule accommodation for because I am a student, which I thought was completely unfair and illogical.

    I mentioned this to my manager and was told that if I cannot work that I have to use my sick/personal time hours to cover it... I am just trying to understand if any of this is actually legal or not. I can't wrap my head around having to waste sick/personal time that I've earned to cover a shift that is not part of my regular 40 hours.

    Does anyone have any insight on this? Thank you.

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    Aunts trees MUTILATED because neighbor wants to put fence on her property

    Posted: 11 Jun 2019 04:18 AM PDT

    My aunt lives out in the country where her neighbors are about 500 yards from her house. One of her neighbors owns an awful lot of cattle (they're all rescue and none are used for food) on not too much land. I know he's not allowed to have 20+ cattle on about 7 acres of land. (I believe the law is something like 2 acres for the first 1 and another additional acre for every 2 more)

    Because of his cattle, he wants them to have as much space as possible. My aunt came home from work one day and noticed he'd staked out of fence on her property. Mind you that my aunt does not have a lot of property and the area between her house and the edge of her property on that side, is about 20 feet. She didn't like this and told him to move the fence. He obliged but threw the middle-aged version of a temper tantrum.

    He kept the fence as close to her property as possible and took a good 500 square foot area on his property that was fenced in right next to her property and filled the section with farming equipment and hay bales to give her the worst view possible literally giving him way less space for his animals.He also cut off half of the branches on the pine trees planted on the side of her land. She planted these trees with my grandfather before he died and it really upset her that this trees are now in disarray.

    She's unsure as to what legal action she can take against him. Can she sue for harassment? Destruction of property? I really want to help her out and I know you guys are the ones to ask. This is in Michigan so I'm not sure of the law differences.

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    Dad passed away and his ghosting landlord eventually turns up saying we owe a ton in damages.

    Posted: 11 Jun 2019 12:04 PM PDT

    First, thank you to anyone that reads this and replies. My dad unexpectedly passed away recently. He was renting an apartment and left a couple month's rent for the deposit. The landlord was ghosting me for over a month on the deposit/any communication.

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    Finally checks in saying we owe thousands of dollars in damages. Just provides his own list, no documents. I know this is subjective, but I honestly think for being there for a few years, that place was in great condition. My dad never even put a nail in the wall, just lived very simply. There's definitely a lot of things he's asking for that I consider ridiculous (and these items are news to me), but light bulbs and a string that came off the light in the closet.

    Anything that has regular wear for it's age, he's charging me the full replacement cost. One such thing is the thermostat whose cover came off because the plastic deteriorated, although it still worked. This thing is easily from the 70s. Wish I had a photo but regretfully didn't take it.

    Anyway, so not only is he saying he's keeping the full deposit, but saying we owe him almost $2k for other items.

    I'm not sure it's worth it to hire a lawyer to get any of the deposit back. My dad didn't create a will and has nothing left after we paid for his funeral. But now that this guy is saying we owe him money, I'm not sure if I need an attorney just to protect us from this. The lease (which expired over three months ago; the landlord never resigned but we kept paying) is only in my dad's name. So I believe he can only try to sue his estate, but he doesn't have one as far as I understand.

    I'd appreciate anyone's input. Also, when my dad was alive, the previous tenant used to come by and say she never received her deposit. She seemed a bit erratic and maybe unstable so didn't think much of it, but even if she wasn't well, she may not have been wrong. Thanks again.

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    Edit: forgot to add location - State of Illinois

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    [UPDATE] Parents are running with kids.

    Posted: 11 Jun 2019 09:24 AM PDT

    https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/brj5sb/tx_family_law_adopt_two_nieces/

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    We called CPS on May 27th, CPS met with the parents on May 31st. CPS told the parents to let the girls stay with us while they could do an investigation and they would set up paperwork for us to have some kind of rights in the meantime. CPS also mentioned to us that they have a lot of concerns with the parents current situation. CPS attempted to meet up with the mother one time after the initial contact but did not fill out any paperwork, so nothing was ever official. The parents have not contacted us or the girls during that time except for about 5-10 texts. Today the parents showed up at 8 am unannounced and wanted to take the girls to breakfast, My girlfriend and I were already at work and let them in remotely through the front door. After about 30 minutes, we see them carry trash bags of stuff out of the house through our doorbell cam, we arrive home around 10 am and see that all of the girls stuff is gone, we text the older of the girls and she says that her parents told her they were going on a road trip to New Mexico and would be gone a week. We called CPS and didn't really get anywhere, CPS said we had no rights and they are the parents and can do what they want with the kids as long as no danger is present. We called the mother's work and she quit yesterday. CPS has done basically no investigation since the first meetup but talk to the parents and girls that one time.

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    Is there anything we can do to get the kids back to us?

    I don't believe they will be back in a week, I believe that was just something the parents told to the girls.

    Do we have to wait this out? We feel very hopeless.

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    UPDATE: We received word that they were running away and going to start a new life somewhere else.

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    Being pursued for a debt that isn't mine

    Posted: 11 Jun 2019 01:00 PM PDT

    Hello all, basically me and my wife received a housing allowance to build a fence. The amount was over 3 grand. The check is made out to the attorney's office witch we used to close on the house. We use a big DIY retailer to do the contracting. We inform the manager who is ringing us up for the fence that the total amount is more than what the check is made out for. That we would need to pay the difference. She messes up and charges the attorney's bank the full amount. After weeks of trying to get the charge cleared up and the difference refunded to the bank we think we are done dealing with this. A couple of weeks later we get a letter in the mail from a debt collector. This debt is for the full amount of the fence witch we had paid for a month or so ago. We call the attorney's office. They informed us that the retailer charged them for the full amount twice. The attorney's office received a refund for one of the amounts for obvious reasons. For whatever reason this equates to the retailer going after us for debt that was never there. Whatever advice anyone could give on how to properly navigate this would be greatly appreciated. We have called the attorney's office and got proof that the transaction went through on their end. We are sending a dispute to the debt collector. If there is more that should be done I would appreciate the insight. I am located in North Carolina.

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