Legal Advice (IL) I [22F] was raped by a minor [16M] |
- (IL) I [22F] was raped by a minor [16M]
- I was hooking up with a married colleague, she called me over, got me drunk/wasted and then BEAT ME UP, breaking my skull and left me bloody and naked on the street.
- One of the walls in the room I just moved into is a curtain
- I've called to cancel my sprint account several times in the past two months. They acknowledged the cancellation each time. Today, they emptied my bank account anyway. What can I do?
- Ex-Wife is trying to blackmail husband after being divorced for 19 years.
- Husband filed for full custody after agreeing to DV protection order
- Can my boss fire me for ordering food when I'm not scheduled?
- Parents trying to refinance their house, lied to the bank saying that I was the one to give them a gift of $X,000.
- My mom is dying of cancer and is currently in a nursing home, which all her money is going towards.
- Peeping Roommate Won't Leave
- (OK) Gal is trying to say I need to relinquish rights
- My child [14] is asking to live with me, other parent in another state is not willing to agree to that arrangement.
- Elevator in the Movie theater I work at hasn’t been serviced since 2016. The permit inside the elevator says the permit expires in 2017. Is this an OSHA violation? The website says elevators must be inspected every year. What should I do? I have to ride the elevator multiple times a day
- Younger drug-addicted cousin and GF just had a child, trying to become foster family for baby but GF wants money or room/board
- Tinnitus after earwax removal by audiologist?
- Contacted last night by an investigator from the FTC. Unsure how to proceed
- [WI] Caught in a bar underage by police raid, payed the ticket and now the bar is suing me almost two years later
- while at a job site, I parked my car on the street with the windows down. When I came back to my car a sprinkler was on and aiming directly into my window. My car is now malfunctioning.
- My roommate is moving out- I’m signing the lease and paying a new security deposit. Is the landlord obligated to do a walkthrough before I pay a deposit? (CO)
- Victim of a hit and run. Later saw the same car drive in my neighborhood a week later
- [NY] Possession of a personal oxygen system.
- My father is applying for Medicaid but has credit card debt. Can he tell the companies that they simply will never be paid?
- Employer making an issue of my time off request to attend doctor's appointments for chronic illness
- Camera pointing at my yard/house from the neighbors
| (IL) I [22F] was raped by a minor [16M] Posted: 31 Jul 2019 10:18 PM PDT (Illinois) Won't go into too much detail about the assault itself, but I (22F) was roofied and raped by a 16 year old, a friend of my brother. I was told that no one would believe me because I was the adult here. Wanted to ask - if I go to the police, would I be charged with statutory rape? I wouldn't report this if there is any chance I would be. Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 01 Aug 2019 06:34 AM PDT I[32M] was hooking up with a colleague [29F] . We are located in New Jersey , but the company is multinational and has offices everywhere. She is still legally married but separated for reasons unknown, she did not want to divorce the guy and insisted we continue this relationship just as it is. I want to settle down. While I continue to meet her 2-3 times a week, I meet a girl and start liking her. Things moved fast between us and I wanted to tell the colleague that it is gonna be over. I guess she got the hint. Came over to pick me up for a romantic evening. I am a functioning alcoholic , in therapy. Proceeds to drink with me and gets me completely wasted. Next thing I know , I am on the street , all bashed up naked , bleeding from face , both eyes swollen. I needed surgery to fix and I am seriously physically hurt. I have no idea who did this, but she later confessed that she went to an ex boyfriend who came over and beat me. I was so drunk out of my mind, that I don't recollect anything. I manage to get temporary disability at work . But I want to press charges. I have a few questions:
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| One of the walls in the room I just moved into is a curtain Posted: 01 Aug 2019 08:31 AM PDT This is the picture used to advertise the room. I was aware of the low-wall, I couldn't look in-person so I went through a housing agency, NYhabitats. Cleary this was a big mistake. This is what I showed up to.. I feel like I have been falsely advertised to as I absolutely would not have paid to book this room had I known it was missing a goddamn wall. Is there anything I can do here? I signed to rent this location for 6 months because I figured the low wall wouldn't be that bad. This is a thousand times worse, there is not even a door. I'm not even sure this space qualifies as a separate "room." Without the curtain there would just be furniture in the middle of an open space. Thanks. It's Queens, New York locationbot. EDIT I'll need to talk with tenant advocates to know what to do next. I hope but doubt I'll have any useful and accessible means of recourse. It seems that the curtain wall is legal, but is this not false advertising? My leasing this location was predicated on the first linked picture, and if I had seen the actual state of the room I would not have put money down on it. It seems unreasonable that such a major change isn't reflected on the advertisement. EDIT EDIT The room marked N/A behind the kitchen is being used as a bedroom which is definitely against room code. I would guess that room is supposed to be a closet/pantry. I cannot tell yet if this is a sublet approved by the owners of the complex, or something done under their noses. I assume the latter. It seems quite a lot of important information was left out of the listing! I would like to find out the specifics of this situation and determine what might be done, but I absolutely cannot act until I know I'll have a place to sleep because I don't doubt I could be on the streets in minutes if I tried to bring all this straight to my landlord. My goal is to safely break from this "apartment share registration agreement", and instead just pay to live out the month so I can find something in-person now that I live in the city. I signed this agreement under the presumption the room appeared as it did in the listing. I would really like to have my agency fees refunded as well, but I'm not very hopeful. I have almost no real idea what's going on here and I'm beggining to suspect that's intentional. Supposedly the wall was torn down after I booked the room, but how could such a significant change occur without my being notified and without intent to change things back? Decently sure that if a landlord knocks down a fucking wall in between signing on and moving in that breaks Tennant's rights. Off topic but fucking assholes. If they'd been honest with me about the reality of the situation I'd likely be okay with it, except for them omitting to inform me my room would have only 3 walls of course. LivindadreamQueens2019[link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 01 Aug 2019 09:36 AM PDT Each time I call them, they agree that I cancelled service on a previous occasion and swear to God that it's cancelled for real this time. Today, they emptied my account to $0.00. I had my balance fully paid when I first cancelled and have no contract with them. What can I do? Is this something the BBB or FTC could help with? [link] [comments]  |
| Ex-Wife is trying to blackmail husband after being divorced for 19 years. Posted: 01 Aug 2019 03:37 AM PDT Throwaway account for obvious reasons. My husband and I have been married for 17 years. He has been divorced from the first wife for over 19 years. Out of nowhere he has been getting these kind of messages since April. She is getting more threatening and more belligerent. My husband has not responded to any of the messages and doesn't plan to. We have screenshots of all her threats. We do know she just got divorced from her second or third husband and is hurting for money. Currently we are overseas. The divorce between her and my husband took place in Texas and our home of record is Texas. The ex-wife is in NC. Will contacting a lawyer do any good? What state? What could be done? Should we just ignore her? Unless she makes something up, there isn't anything she could share that would "ruin his life" nor could she have tangible proof, as again there is nothing to share. We calculated the time difference and she seems to be sending these messages at around midnight to 0200 EST. Just a guess but we're thinking she's intoxicated. Regardless, it's threats and a demand for money. What's our next step? Edit: Called NC law office. Lawyer instructed all family members to block her and ignore. If she persists and makes contact somehow, it will become a police matter. She has committed a crime. [link] [comments]  |
| Husband filed for full custody after agreeing to DV protection order Posted: 01 Aug 2019 06:20 AM PDT To begin with, we reside in Mississippi. My husband and I have been separated for over two years now, and we share two children. I filed for a no-fault divorce not long after I moved out, and after agreeing to the terms of the divorce, my husband then decided to pull his agreement by saying that he did not have the papers adequately explained to him. (He declined to have an attorney.) This year, our relationship has become highly volatile. I was seriously injured in an argument a few months ago, and last month, he came to my place of work after threatening to find me and harm me. He was caught trying to sneak into my place of employment away from main entrances. This prompted me to file for a temporary ex parte domestic protection order, which was granted. The hearing for a final order of protection was continued twice due to scheduling conflicts with our respective attorneys. On Monday, he signed an agreement to the protection order, basically opting to stay away from the children and I so that he would not have to report to appropriate law enforcement, surrender his firearms, or be reported to NCIC. Yesterday, I was served with divorce papers. He is seeking full custody of the children, where I pay child support, every single expense related to the children, alimony, his car note, his mortgage, and basically all of his debt. He filed under fault grounds for desertion and cruel and inhuman treatment (???) Needless to say, I lost my marbles when I read the papers. My children are terrified of him and were so grateful that the protection order was granted, so the prospect of him even seeing them at this point is heartbreaking. We have an emergency hearing next week about these matters. I guess I need to know now if there is a risk that he could win, despite the DV protection order, despite the fact that he has never paid to support these children, and that he tried to get out of seeing them as often as he could. I am their mom, and I am terrified by the thought of losing them. I need reassurance while I wait to hear back from my lawyer. [link] [comments]  |
| Can my boss fire me for ordering food when I'm not scheduled? Posted: 01 Aug 2019 10:02 AM PDT I work at a fast food restaurant and my boss threatened to terminate my employment if i was caught on the property when I was not scheduled, even if i was just ordering food. I was wondering if that would even be legal to do, given the fact I would be a customer if i was ordering food. Edit: I live in Indiana [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 01 Aug 2019 08:00 AM PDT (UT)Hope I can make sense of this because I still don't understand the situation. Bank asked my dad in order to refinance hes gotta have money in the bank, my dad said he had no money to put in the bank. My mom had a stash of $X,000 (cash) saved, so she gave that to my dad to put in the bank. Bank calls dad saying hey we noticed a $X000 cash deposit, where did that come from, instead of telling the truth that my mom had the money he said that I (son) gifted him that money. Dad tells me that a banker is going to call to verify that I gave him the money, all he is going to need is a note with my signature about the transaction. They want this info because money laundrying is a big thing at the moment. I was furious and disappointed that they would rope me in their lies. I try to be an honest person and lying about money especially to banks seems too risky to me. I just bought a house and recently signed some closing papers about getting involved in fraudulent activities resulting in fines and imprisonment, scares the crap out of me. My fear is that if the bank does any investigation then they will find out I didnt give my parents the money and I can get in trouble. (Lose house, job, etc) Needless to say my parents are mad because their refinance process is on hold and is now depending on me verifying the lie, they have given me the silent treatment, mom has hung up on me furiously. So am I overreacting or am I correct in fearing this recorded lie will get me trouble? Edit: thanks everyone for chiming in, I feel a lot better telling my parents to back off, that I'm not getting roped in their situation. For a moment I thought I was overthinking and overreacting but from your comments it seems like I wasn't. [link] [comments]  |
| My mom is dying of cancer and is currently in a nursing home, which all her money is going towards. Posted: 01 Aug 2019 07:07 AM PDT So, my mom has stage four cancer, and is unable to take care of herself. She is now in a long term care nursing home. All her money she was receiving is now going towards the nursing home. She has about 6k in credit card debt. I am her POA, is there anything I need to do about this? Location is PA. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 01 Aug 2019 09:03 AM PDT I need your help here. I can't even believe I am dealing with this and so so stressed out! I own a 3 bedroom home and was renting out a room to a friend for the last several months. Everything was fine until I rented out the 2nd room. Long story short, the original roommate (James) had placed a hidden camera (that looked like a key fob) in the new roommate's closet. We had no idea the camera had been placed in there until James left a box at his door with a broken camera and a vague note about destroying his trust and that the guilt was eating him up. Long story, the new roommate messages him to get more info and he admits that he hid the camera with the express intent to see him naked or in a sexual act. New roommate doesn't feel safe or secure in the house now . I've wondered if it's happened to me or if he's tried before? The new roommate went and talked to the police and a lawyer just to see what his rights were and the situation but really wanted to handle the situation as easy as possible and not make this messy with the police and what not, especially as James already has some stuff on his record. We sat down with James, explained the situation and that he needed to be out by the end of July. He fought us on it then finally agreed. He was concerned about his belongings and being able to find somewhere for them. I told him the stuff could stay until mid august if I didn't have a new tenant moving in. Last night I had someone stop by to look at the place, fell in love and wants to move in today if possible! He just moved here and staying in hotel for now. James blew up and said he won't be out until the 11th, saying that we all agreed he could have a full month living there. He also generally paid me $700 rent mid month...after this went down he refused to pay me as he wouldn't have $$ to move out. So I got screwed out of the $$ days before I was supposed to have it and could really use the $$. Now he's trying to say that we are threatening to blackmail him because if he's not out we will go to the police for the rent that's owed and also regarding his illicit recordings. Also if he doesn't move out, I could lose this renter that's looking to move ASAP. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!! I'm pretty worked up so hopefully this is coherent. [link] [comments]  |
| (OK) Gal is trying to say I need to relinquish rights Posted: 01 Aug 2019 05:36 AM PDT To a child, that I am not even on the birth certificate for. She says her intention for requiring it is so that her husband can adopt the child. She hasn't told me in regards to legally, why she needs "my" signature when I'm not on the birth certificate. I work with paralegals and lawyers so I'll be getting some assistance looked at there as well, but I figured I would also come here to help in the brainstorming of what her intention is. My hypothesis was that the paperwork she wants me to sign, will act as an admittance to being the father, which would then possibly slam me for back pay child support, or various other state fees if the child received state medical assistance. The child has also been raised by her current husband since birth. Edit: thanks to those that posted. It was from a certain lack of understanding on my end that simply needed some clarification. The avenue I'll take is to see the paperwork she is requesting that I sign, have it looked at by an attorney, then make a decision from there. Me and her never had any animosity towards each other so if it can be something simple and I can help them be a proper unified family without getting thrown under the bus I'll happily do so. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 01 Aug 2019 12:41 PM PDT First, I want to start off by being as upfront as possible. I'm not sure how much I can disclose, as I'm concerned if the other parent comes across this post it might take a turn for the worst, as they have previously made it extremely difficult for me to see our child, and I would hate to have them cut contact and hide. Last legal court document is in the state of CA, it's 50/50 physical, legal custody. This was originally done around when our child was around 2-3 years old. After a bit of time, the other parent wanted to move to another state, which required me to agree to allow our child to go with them. I agreed with the request, and every summer I fly our child out for the summer. This has been going on for 10 years, but the last 3 years my child has been asking if they could live with me, I of course said yes, I would love to have them with me. We agreed that we would have a talk with the other parent when they were ready to have this discussion, as it is something that they struggled with bring up with their other parent. But finally this year they made the first move of bringing it up, the request was shot down without discussion, it basically boiled down to "this is the way it is, this is not up for discussion". Ultimately the end of their conversation ended with "the adults will talk about it" and that was the end of it. I really don't have a good relationship with the other parent, they seem to hate me, even after 14 years, so the upcoming conversation I fear will go nowhere. My child has mentioned just simply not returning by refusing to board the plane, I feel if it went that route it would not end well legally speaking, but I want to do right by them. What are my options? The other parent lives in Kansas, and I was told by our child that they will be moving soon, but they were not supposed to tell me per the other parents instructions. [link] [comments]  |
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| Posted: 01 Aug 2019 10:45 AM PDT The story is just too long to be told in full detail, I'll do my best to keep it short. Its still going to be long. My wife and I adopted her 14 y/o cousin because her parents life was just a total trainwreck. Her dad was in prison and mom had just drank herself to death at 40 years old. One of her sisters was taken from the home due to sexual abuse: hence 'dad' being in prison. That was 10 years ago. Our adopted daughter is doing very well and we're so proud of her. Unfortunately POS prison dad was let out a few years back and jumped right back into my daughters younger brothers life. Started smoking meth with the kid when he was 15 and basically unleashed an addiction monster in the boy. The kid went from a 2st string football playing freshman in highschool to the streets in about 4 months. Here's comes my actual question: younger brother partnered up with another street tweaker in the last year and got her pregnant. Shes in her early 30s and she gave birth to a beautiful baby boy 3 days ago. Of course theres meth along with whatever else in the babys system so CPS was instantly involved. We didn't even know she was pregnant but my wife went to the hospital the first we heard to basically BEG them to let us foster the baby and hopefully adopt. Mom won't hear of it. Her response was "where was everyone when we needed money and a place to stay?? Now we got something you want and you come crawling back".... she wants money or for us to pay their rent/deposit on a place for her or shes going to let the baby be adopted by another family. Young cousin was apparently silent throught the exchange. My wife stayed for hours begging the woman to make the best possible choice with her child but the woman just wants $$$. She finally told my wife that she had already found a family to adopt that is giving them some undisclosed amount of money AND a place to stay near the baby while he grows. My understanding is that its not legal to offer money to a mother for a child after its born: a potential adoptive family can provide resources DURING the pregnancy but not afterward. I feel like this lady is trying to bluff my wife and scare her into giving money. Basically we're trying to figure out the best option for this child. We have the means to take him in and raise him. Neither of us can stand the thought of family, a NEWBORN BABY no less, being SOLD off. I'm very good working with my hands and technology but the law is above me. We're in AZ. I have a 15 year old felony conviction but I've had my rights restored since and have a great career now. My wife has a totally clean record & is a stay at home mom with our young 5 y/o daughter. We have TWO spare rooms to choose from for a baby: we WILL NOT offer the other room to people actively using drugs so we WILL NOT offer them a place to stay. Not near our daughter. No f*@king way. We want to keep this child near his family somehow. Any help or advice would be so SO appreciated [link] [comments]  |
| Tinnitus after earwax removal by audiologist? Posted: 01 Aug 2019 03:32 AM PDT I went to an audiologist to get impressions for custom earplugs. She said that my ears needed to be cleaned of wax or she couldn't take accurate impressions. So I paid for earwax removal. It felt good at first when she used the water device to start cleaning it out. But when she prodded this instrument into my left ear that's when I started to feel intense pain. She told me it would not be painful at all, so I was a bit startled. She also looked confused and asked me if I felt any pain. I told her yes and she just brushed it off to "my ear being a little tender" from the procedure. I began developing an extremely loud ringing in both ears shorty after the removal procedure. It is more prominent at night and has caused anxiety, insomnia, and headaches. It has been 7 days since and the ringing has only gotten worse. After getting these symptoms I began to do more research. I found a research article showing that chronic tinnitus can result from cerumen removal. One of the most alarming things I saw in the article was from Table 1, "Patients Whose Tinnitus Began As a Consequence of Cerumen Removal Procedures Performed by Clinicians." All the patients represented in Table 1 complained of ear pain during the cerumen removal procedure that initiated their tinnitus. Just as I did during mine. The duration of the tinnitus for these patients ranged from 3 months to 7 years. This is the first time ever seeing her or any audiologist in general. Should I just wait it out and see if it gets better? Should I contact this audiologist or go see a physician? I'm unsure of what to do. [link] [comments]  |
| Contacted last night by an investigator from the FTC. Unsure how to proceed Posted: 01 Aug 2019 09:12 AM PDT Hello. I'm going to try to make this as brief and vague as possible. I worked for a company for approximately 6 months, from Oct 2017 - Mar 2018. In those six months I realized this company was a terrible fit for me and I questioned many of their business practices, so I left the company on my own accord with no incident. This company has a pretty bad reputation, from my understanding. Anyway, in late 2018, an old coworker sent me an article about a class action lawsuit that was opened against this company. Frankly I wasn't surprised, but didn't give it much thought other than that. Yesterday evening, a man called me, he said he was an investigator with the FTC and wanted to ask me about my time working for the company. He asked me if I still communicated with anyone at said company, and if I have ever been spoken to by any lawyers, both of which I answered no. He said it "sounds like we can continue our discussion", and I kind of panicked and asked him if he could call me back tomorrow (today). I would like to cooperate with the investigation, however I don't know if it is in my best interest to. I disagreed with many, many things going on at this company, but I don't know/can't remember if I may have signed something that would allow the company to come after me if I did talk to the investigator. I do know that all training materials/employee handbooks were considered something of a secret and we were not allowed to photograph them or bring them off of company property. I also asked the investigator if I would remain anonymous. He said I would unless the case goes to trial, in which case I may have to testify in court. However he said in his 10 years at the FTC, this had only happened one time, and the vast majority settle out of court. I have asked for advice from a few people in my life, and have gotten a mixed bag of answers. Some say this is politics in action, some encouraged me to cooperate so I could be entitled to part of any settlement, some were skeptical & encouraged me not to talk to the investigator. Basically, I'm wondering if I'd be shooting myself in the foot by talking to this investigator? Could this company come back and sue me? Is this worth me getting involved in? The investigator will be calling me again in ~7 hours. Thanks for reading ETA: I am located in FL, not sure if this makes a difference [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 31 Jul 2019 01:54 PM PDT During my junior year of college I stupidly followed some friends to a bar while still 20, and under the legal drinking age. This bar had a reputation for having lenient policies on IDing and often let underage students in. I had a fake ID at the time but there was no bouncer so I walked in without a problem, and I think I was able to purchase a drink without using it (though it has been 2 years so I may be mistaken). I had a few drinks then suddenly police officers showed up at both the entrance and the backdoor and more came in requesting ID's. Two of my friends that I was with, who were also underage, ran out while the officer was distracted. I wasn't so lucky and was grabbed and sent to the back of a police car, where I was breathalyzed and booked with only a city ordinance violation for being in a tavern underage. I went to city court for the ticket and plead guilty, paid the fine and haven't thought about it for two years until today when a letter showed up to my parents house. The letter states that the bar has a right to legal action for any damages caused by me being there underage. They are requesting $800 to settle out of court or they will be pursuing the suit and fines could be up to $1000. Should I be worried about this, or is it just a attempt at a cash grab and nothing will be actually done? Is the bar liable because I was never IDed? A Few Extra Details That May Help My name on the letter they sent me is incorrect as they have my middle and first name switched This isn't the highest class establishment and I doubt that they would have saved security footage of the night While I did have a fake ID on me I hid it and the police never found it [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 01 Aug 2019 06:06 AM PDT I'm currently a sider for a small construction business. We were at a fairly nice new development that consists of several houses that surround a central grass/community area. I parked my car on the road near the curb of the grassy central area with the windows down because it is very hot right now and I didnt want the inside of my car to get too hot. I went to work siding a house for maybe an hour or two when my coworker let me know the sprinklers had come on and one was aiming directly into my window. The inside of my car was absolutely soaked and now it is malfunctioning and will not drive. Who is at fault in this situation. I guess I feel that I didn't do anything negligent and because the sprinkler was aiming into the street it's not entirely my fault. This happened in Oregon. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 01 Aug 2019 06:50 AM PDT My roommate has lived in this apartment for five years. My boyfriend and I just moved in last September. We never put ourselves on the lease, it was just the roommate on the lease and us (my boyfriend and I) paying half the rent. Now he's moving out when the lease ends next month, so we decided we will keep the apartment and sign the new lease. My boyfriend and I already let the landlord know this, we payed $50 each to apply. When the landlord emailed us after applying (all contact has been through email), he said we've been approved and it's understood that we would be taking the apartment as is, all that's left to do is pay the security deposit and sign. We emailed back saying that before we pay a deposit we would like a walkthrough, as there are damages that were here when we moved in and it wouldn't be fair for our roommate to get his deposit back with the apartment not even being looked at until after my boyfriend and I move. He didn't reply for weeks, so we emailed again asking when the deposit is due and if he can do a walkthrough. He told us when the deposit is due within ten minutes but ignored any mention of coming to look at the apartment. Is he legally required to come and do a walkthrough to note any damages BEFORE he gives our roommate his deposit back? It seems sketchy to me that we are taking the apartment as-is AND paying a new security deposit. If I take a video and photos of the apartment and email them to him, will this hold up when it comes time for us to move out and him give us back our deposit? Like I said, it's all on email so we have proof that we requested a walk thru [link] [comments]  |
| Victim of a hit and run. Later saw the same car drive in my neighborhood a week later Posted: 01 Aug 2019 12:21 PM PDT So I was a victim of a hit and run (State of GA) and I gave the police the license number of the car that hit me but couldn't give them the make of the car. The cop later said that they couldnt find the plate in their system. I'm 100% sure I got it right cause I chased the car on foot as it drove away. The police recommend I follow up on crash investigator. A week later I see the same car driving around my neighbourhood. Same license plate I gave and now I know the make and model of the car. Should I call the cops again? Confront the driver next time I see him? [link] [comments]  |
| [NY] Possession of a personal oxygen system. Posted: 01 Aug 2019 08:37 AM PDT My uncle needed an oxygen machine to survive and bought himself an oxygen system to fill his own tanks. Unfortunately, he has passed and I now have possession of this oxygen system and tanks. I have been told that oxygen is a controlled substance and I have done some research but can't find anything specifically to New York and haven't seen any federal laws against it. I was wondering if it is legal for me to be in possession of this equipment and if it really is a controlled substance. I have no clue what to do with this system. It is a DeVilbiss iFill Personal Oxygen System. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 01 Aug 2019 07:32 AM PDT My father is in a nursing home in New Jersey. I have POA. I've begun the Medicaid process for him. In gaining access to his finances, he has 4 credit cards with about $50k total in credit debt. Because of the Medicaid financial qualification, there is no way he can ever pay them off and I don't have time to negotiate with them—it's possible the payout they'll accept will be too much anyway. My question: is there a letter or notice that can be sent explaining the situation and notifying them that this debt will never be collected? If so, what specific pieces of information should be included? [link] [comments]  |
| Employer making an issue of my time off request to attend doctor's appointments for chronic illness Posted: 01 Aug 2019 06:30 AM PDT Location: NJ, USA Background Info: I had a career driving commercial motor vehicles. Last year, I used up all of my FMLA and state short-term/temporary disability time while getting diagnosed with a chronic medical condition. At the end of that whole process, turns out I have a disqualifying medical condition and has my CDL revoked as a result, and was terminated from my position since I could no longer do it. Current Issue: I was hired 80 days ago by my current employer. The company has approximately 75 employees. During my interview I disclosed the reason I had left my career as a truck driver -- I developed a chronic medical condition that disqualified me from performing my job and resulted in loss of license. About 20 days into my job, my supervisor was changed. Our new supervisor held one-on-one meetings with each person in my department to get to know us and our backgrounds. I took this opportunity to disclose, again, that I had a chronic medical condition and would sometimes need time off to see doctors. I indicated I would do my best to provide advanced notice and schedule appointments in the least disruptive way possible. All was good... Until now. I need to see three specialists in a city about 1.5hrs from me. I work 8am-5pm, M-F. I'm hourly pay. These specialists don't offer evening or weekend appointments. I scheduled two of the appointments for the same day, and one for late afternoon. My supervisor is currently on vacation in Europe and won't return until the day of my first appointment, and a week prior to my other two. So I filled out my forms for unpaid time off - one to leave early, and one to be scheduled off - specified on the form they were for doctor's appointments - and spoke to her fill-in. Her fill-in is my original supervisor. He signed off on them no problem. I emailed the completed forms over to HR, and CCd both my current and former supervisor. This AM I have an email from my supervisor, who is in Europe on vacation, indicating I am to add the days to the department's time-off list but we "can discuss" at our next meeting - which isn't until after my first doctor's appointment, and a week prior to the second. I am trying not to read too far into this email, however, in my mind there isn't anything 'to discuss'. I need to go to these appointments, so I'm going to go. I can't schedule these for hours I am not at work. Taking 1.5 days off, unpaid, hardly seems unreasonable or worthy of discussion. I'm worried that this is going to result on a write up or other type of disciplinary action, or that this is the start of a larger problem... What steps should I be taking to protect myself and my job going forward? Beyond getting doctors notes as proof I actually went to the doctors, are there any forms I need to ensure my appointments are considered a "reasonable accommodation" and therefore protect me? During this meeting when we "discuss" my time off how can I ensure I don't sound aggressive or like I'm being insubordinate? TL;DR : Supervisor seems to be objecting to my needing unpaid time off to go to doctors to manage disclosed chronic health condition. How do I cover my ass if this leads to disciplinary action or my eventual (wrongful) dismissal? EDIT: So I just looked up our corporate "structure" and read over employer handbook and as it turns out we don't even technically have anyone designated "HR". We have accountants and accounting administrators, who deal with our payroll and time-off etc. So now I'm not even sure who to discuss this with beyond my direct supervisor. [link] [comments]  |
| Camera pointing at my yard/house from the neighbors Posted: 01 Aug 2019 09:05 AM PDT I live in Florida, not inside any city jurisdiction. My neighbor has put up a camera on a tree in their front yard, ostensibly to watch the road, but since we can see the camera from our windows in our kitchen and living room, we assume they can see our house and inside whenever we have the blinds open. These neighbors have been completely unreasonable since they moved in last year, though they did put up a privacy fence earlier (which this camera now looks over). Do we have any legal recourse here or are they totally within their rights? [link] [comments]  |
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