Legal Advice Upcoming AMA: Kimberly Robinson, Supreme Court reporter for Bloomberg Law. |
- Upcoming AMA: Kimberly Robinson, Supreme Court reporter for Bloomberg Law.
- Accidentally 'drink and dashed' yesterday, would it be stupid of me to go back today and pay the tab? (EU)
- I haven't paid taxes in 3 years. I want to come clean but I'm terrified. How fucked am I?
- Bounty Hunters entered my home and arrested me. Wrong guy?
- [FL] Ambigous HOA volation, Not receive response from HOA
- My wife was arrested at a routine traffic stop. Turns out she's unknowingly had a warrant out for her arrest since 2014.
- (QLD, AUS) Niece's daycare passed on my sister's bank details to debt collectors.
- [WV] Surveyor sent invoice for more than 3x the written quote
- Landlord of my apartment trying to charge me $320 for a new microwave
- A friends parent is threatening me with a restraining order because her son contacted me.
- (Louisiana) Hospital heavily medicated fiance, told him to sign a paper saying it was for the meds, ended up being consent to send him 1.5 hours away
- Is making servers donate their tips one Saturday a month to charity illegal?
- I’m getting a 20k fine for using 911 for a non emergency
- Left my startup on bad terms. They’re now about to sell. I still have shares and don’t want to get screwed.
- I have been blackmailed by a Tinder date. What should I do?
- New employer doesn’t want people drinking water while on the clock?
- Trust account hijacked, BoA refuses to help, complete nightmare.
- State of Maryland is threatening to garnish my paycheck for 2016 income taxes, but I have never lived or worked in Maryland
- Friend donated car to brother. Brother "floated" title to someone else. Car was in accident. Need advice.
- [Pennsylvania] Employer threatening termination for testifying
- [MT] Biological parent with no custody rights picked up my daughter from school
- Paternity Fraud (California) - Father learns that 2-year old daughter is not biologically related through DNA test.
- Neighbor tried to kick my door in
| Upcoming AMA: Kimberly Robinson, Supreme Court reporter for Bloomberg Law. Posted: 01 Oct 2019 05:06 PM PDT From Kimberly: I report for Bloomberg Law on cases at the Supreme Court, following the cases through orders and oral arguments, all the way to decision days. I also keep track of the justices and what they're up to around Washington, D.C. I've been a reporter with Bloomberg Law for the past seven years, where I've covered hot-button issues like abortion, affirmative action, and LGBT rights. Before that, I worked as an associate at Morrison & Foerster LLP. We are quickly approaching First Monday, the first Monday in October that annually marks the beginning of the Supreme Court's new term. This Monday, I'll head downtown to the courthouse to report on the first three oral arguments of the term. We expect the Court to issue rulings on protections for LGBT workers, the Second Amendment, and the Trump administration's plans to wind down deferred deportation for "Dreamers." So what would you like to know? What's up with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg? Will she retire anytime soon? How has the explosive confirmation hearing of Justice Brett Kavanaugh affected the Court? Will the newly reconstituted Court overturn Roe v. Wade anytime soon? Proof of life: http://blawgo.com/MoZfgVL This AMA will start tentatively around 12 or 12:30 ET, on Thursday, October 3. Note: Any questions from this post will get ported over to the AMA post. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 02 Oct 2019 02:07 AM PDT So there's this bar me and my bf semi-regularly go to, recently they changed the way they serve drinks. You used to have to go to the counter, order, they gave you your drink, you paid then and there, done. Now they have a server who goes to your table and it all works like in a restaurant. Except yesterday we kinda forgot that when we finished our drinks (a cocktail and a beer, about $4 all in all) and left. This morning it kinda occurred to my bf that we forgot to pay. I know morally going back and paying is the right choice. But what if they won't take the money and instead want to get the cops involved? Because right now they don't have any identifying information of us aside from descriptions, but if I go back and essentially confess, that's pretty damning, so should I go back and pay our tab? Edit: this all happened in Eastern Europe, part of the EU. Update: I felt really guilty so I went back there around opening hours. They were extremely above and beyond nice about it. Apologized and explained the situation. They said it was nice of me to come back, but there was nothing missing from the till so there's no bother. I'm pretty sure we didn't pay so I insisted, but they were like "Don't sweat it, if you really didn't pay then this round was on the house." Tbh I'm so embarrassed I probably won't go back there for a long while, but I am glad I tried to do the right thing. Thanks for all the advice. [link] [comments]  |
| I haven't paid taxes in 3 years. I want to come clean but I'm terrified. How fucked am I? Posted: 02 Oct 2019 03:37 AM PDT I'm 25, from NY and living in a foreign country now. I got a job and moved here right after college, so I've been here from 2016-2019 (present). Since coming here, I haven't filed taxes. As an American I'm tax exempt here for the first 2 years, but I'm at least supposed to report income to the IRS. There's so many guides online on how to do it from here so really I don't have any excuse, but if I were to give one I was just extremely confused and overwhelmed and due to that and anxiety and depression and everything going on I just... never filed.... I've been making about $26,000 per year. Since I was tax exempt from 2016-2018 I don't think I *owe* anything from those years except for penalties, but I do need to file this year as well. I don't know what to do. We don't get what would be considered an official income sheet or W-2 in America, just a small piece of paper that shows what we've earned over the past year (it looks super informal). I know I need to get in touch with an accountant to make sense of everything, but do I need a lawyer as well? I'm terrified I'm going to go down for felony tax evasion and this fear is what's prevented me from coming clean earlier (stupid, I know. But I feel like throwing up every time I think about it). Please help me, I'm technically a criminal but I'm not a bad person. I'm just very very stupid. I'll pay whatever I owe and more just please tell me I'm not going to jail. EDIT: I'm in Japan. [link] [comments]  |
| Bounty Hunters entered my home and arrested me. Wrong guy? Posted: 01 Oct 2019 05:46 PM PDT In California Early this morning I woke up to a knock on my door. I went to see who it was, as it's not the worst neighborhood and when I looked through the peep hole through the apartment door, it looked like police. I opened the door and they said something along of the lines that I was arrested and they were bail enforcement? I knew I had no warrants or anything, but when I tried to talk they cut me off, and told me to stop resisting. They got more aggressive and louder the more I tried to ask questions. Finally hoping to sort it out at the station I let them cuff me to not make a scene where my landlord would want to evict me (getting arrested can cause landlord issues). It wasn't until I was in the back seat of their wanna-be police car? (Old crown Vic with yellow lights?) that they asked me questions on who I was and realized they had the wrong guy. They turned the car around and drove me home and quickly left but still kind of treated me like a criminal. English isn't my first language I am a legal citizen, and at first I was confused but now I'm getting ready to go to the police station and maybe try to file a complaint? I'm not sure what to do but it was scary as I totally thought they were legit and had guns and tazers. I'm 20 years old. [link] [comments]  |
| [FL] Ambigous HOA volation, Not receive response from HOA Posted: 02 Oct 2019 06:50 AM PDT I've received an HOA violation that just says "Clean House" as the violation. I wasn't sure what it meant, so I had the house pressure washed and confirmed via their official online system (per their instructions on how to resolve it) and asked if there was anything else to let me know. A few months went by with no response, and then I got a second notice. I then sent an email to the address on the notice to ask what "clean house" meant. But another month or two went by with no response. I then got a "final notice" with the next step being "legal action". However, I haven't heard from the HOA. The letters say "For security, no calls will be accepted in regards to violations". Of course I called and it just went to voicemail anyway, and haven't heard back. How can I protect myself so that I don't get fines or "legal action" for a violation that I don't know how to fix? Edit - after emailing them the first time, I did receive an automatic "This email is a confirmation of receipt. Your email will be reviewed by our Violation Specialists" response. However, nothing after that. Is that confirmation email enough to protect me in the event they hit me with a fine without any further follow up? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 02 Oct 2019 07:14 AM PDT This is my first time posting here, so hopefully I give the correct information. We are located in Black Hawk County, Iowa. My wife and I were driving home the other night and she was pulled over for not having her lights on. After running her license, they informed her that she had a warrant and took her away in handcuffs. We weren't able to get much info right away, other than the fact that it was related to an owi charge back in 2012. The warrant was served in 2014. After looking into it a bit more, it appears something must have gone wrong with one of the payments towards her fine, which has been paid off for several years now. She was unaware of this, and just continued paying until she received notice that it was paid in full. However, she changed her address around this time, and while she notified the courthouse of the change, she must not have done it correctly, because her missed payment triggered a notice/court date sent out to the wrong address, which she never received. So now she's facing contempt /failure to appear charges. She has some paperwork from that time, but not all of it. My question is whether or not we should involve an attorney to represent her. I don't really know how serious this all is. Is it crucial for her to have good legal council in this case, or will it end up likely just being a simple fine? I'd appreciate any advice at this point, because I'm just in the dark about all of it. [link] [comments]  |
| (QLD, AUS) Niece's daycare passed on my sister's bank details to debt collectors. Posted: 02 Oct 2019 01:14 AM PDT Made a throwaway to get some advice on something on my sister's behalf, as she can be very passive and I want to gather as much information and a concrete plan to help urge her to take assertive action against a daycare. My sister, a single mother, is currently studying full time so she's on Centrelink benefits. Someone made a false tip to Centrelink that she is living with a dependent (she is not, it was probably out of spite), and Centrelink suspended her benefits. Long story short, she finally got her repayments renewed - and back pay for the time suspended - today. During this time she was unable to pay the daycare she sends her daughter (2yo) to during the day to attend classes. She discussed this with them last week (Thurs, Sept. 26) when her payment was due, and they assured her they were happy to defer her payment until this week when she got paid. Since she got paid today, she immediately debited the money (some $300) to the daycare, but when she checked her bank to make sure the payment went through, she discovered a bunch of strange direct debit transactions in various small, random amounts, adding up to roughly $80. These mysterious direct debits began on Friday Sept. 27, and have been ongoing until today. She called her bank to try to figure out what these were and through this found out the daycare had passed on her private bank information to a debt collection agency. Her current plan is just to close down her entire bank account and make a new one, and immediately withdrew her daughter from the daycare (and try to ask for compensation from them in the process). As I said, she's fairly passive. I'm not a passive person, and am royally fucking pissed on her behalf. I'm trying to urge her to figure out if there is a legal avenue she can take, both for her own sake, and for the sake of other parents who are at risk from dealing with such an ethically, and possibly legally corrupt daycare centre. Both our mother and I agree that passing on private bank information to debt collectors is illegal, and our mother is urging her to contact an ombudsman, but isn't sure how or what sort. I'd like any help just making doubly sure what they did is absolutely illegal, and in formulating a plan of action my sister can take to bring proper consequences to this daycare. She spoke to them on Thursday, received emphatic reassurances they were sympathetic to her situation and were willing to wait one small week for payment, and then they immediately turned around the same day or next to get debt collectors involved, putting a black mark on her name financially and leaking incredibly private information to a third party. Their actions are disgusting, should be illegal if not, and considering they're supposed to be an institution caring for very young pre-school age children, incredibly concerning. [link] [comments]  |
| [WV] Surveyor sent invoice for more than 3x the written quote Posted: 02 Oct 2019 07:09 AM PDT I recently became a homeowner in WV and one of my first orders of business was to fence the yard. I found a local surveyor and he sent me a contract that included his full fee schedule but nothing that indicated how much I could expect to be charged for the actual work I needed. Not wanting to sign what would effectively be a blank check, I asked for an estimate. It was at that point that he sent me the fee schedule with the highlighted portions linked above, and also provided the following in writing "If the pins are there $400-$500 if pins are missing it will be by the hour because I don't know how far I have to go to find some property corners." This is my first home and I know little-to-nothing about surveying so this all seemed fairly normal. I signed the contract and a few days later I received a plat map. A few days later, stakes appeared on the corners of my property and I erected my fence. A week later, I receive an invoice for the amount of $1,085 with the description of services that reads "Research, field survey, locate corners, process field file, make rough drawing, & email to customer". This invoice is not itemized, just one grand total. Before I can even begin to get angry about this invoice, I receive a second invoice for $633.75 with the description of service that reads "stake & set corners" also not itemized. In total, he is charging me $1,718.75. At no point during this process did anyone contact me to indicate that the cost of services would exceed his written quote. When I asked why the charges were so much higher than his quote, he stated that "The estimate of $400-$500 was if we found all corners and didn't have to locate any corners or set any" he goes on to claim that only one of the corner pins was present on my property. Do I have any legal grounds to pay less than what I am being charged? I am happy to pay the $500 he quoted me, or even 50% more than that amount as I understand sometimes unforeseen circumstances come up, but more than three times the amount he quoted me seems absurd. How do I even know he is telling the truth about the missing pins? When you take your car into the shop and they quote you $500, they don't decide to do an additional $1,200 worth of work and hand you the bill-- they discuss it with you first. Is this not how contractors operate as well? Forgive my ignorance but this is all so new to me and I don't want to get taken advantage of. Thanks in advance! [link] [comments]  |
| Landlord of my apartment trying to charge me $320 for a new microwave Posted: 02 Oct 2019 10:49 AM PDT This morning I realized my microwave wasn't working, I went and told the office and everything seemed fine. Then maintenance comes to look and says he was told to tell us that were gonna be charged $320 for a new microwave. We've only been living in this apartment for 1 1/2 years and there's only been normal use of the microwave, we certainly haven't done anything to cause it to break. Do they have the right to charge us for that? It seems like they should be the ones replacing it if their microwave craps out like that. Edit: Arizona [link] [comments]  |
| A friends parent is threatening me with a restraining order because her son contacted me. Posted: 02 Oct 2019 07:50 AM PDT So basically my friends mother doesn't want her son talking to me because I used to do drugs and she doesn't like that, we are both 17 btw. She still treats him like a baby looking through his phone and computer making sure she controls his life, hell she recently gave him a bedtime because he was staying up too late. A 17 year old has a bedtime. However that isn't really relevant. He contacted me about a week ago to ask me how it was going, how everything was etc. Well his mom saw his messages with me and for some reason called the fucking police. The police then call my dad while I am at school telling him that I should not contact their kid. Even though if she even read the messages it shows he was the one who contacted me first. Now she is threatening a restraining order, and I know my old friend doesn't want this, so does she have a chance or is just some deranged lady that doesn't like me? The only reason I think she might have a chance is because I used to do drugs and she has screenshots of me and him talking about drugs, and that just gets me nervous. The police know that I had done drugs, and my school/parents talked the police out of the situation saying they will handle it, but I am sober now, but will the police still do something if she makes a big enough deal about it? (NY State) [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 02 Oct 2019 08:30 AM PDT TL;DR at the end And please bear with me.. I'm extremely sleep deprived due to the stress and I've been mentally shut down since this started. If I repeat myself, I apologize. I read over this several times so I think I got all the double statements. But in case I missed one or two, I am sorry. This happened here in Louisiana, USA. Specifically Acadia Parish... My fiance admitted himself to the hospital on Friday (9/27) because he felt like a danger to himself (He has depression and what we believe to be bipolar). When he got there, we were all under the understanding it would be the typical 24-72 hour hold. Not the case... When he was admitted, they didn't take any of his things. He called me from the room while having a meltdown because he needed a smoke and everyone was treating him like a criminal. I began to talk him down and ground him again when a nurse came in. He offered him a patch to help. Fiance declined and said he wanted to go outside. "You can handcuff me to a wheelchair and have this guy [security guard in the room] go with me. I just want to go outside." Nurse said no and left. 2 minutes later he came back. "Hey. I have something that will make you feel so good that you won't want that cigarette." I had a feeling they were sedating him at this point because he started to get upset. He said no. I talked him into it, telling him it will help him and to please trust the hospital. He took the shot after a few minutes once he heard that I was crying. Five minutes later, in the background I heard a different person say, "Here. We need you to sign this to verify that you received the medication, please." Fiance told him no. "Everything is blurry, I can't read that. I'm not signing anything without being able to read exactly what it is." (Meds were already kicking in and causing severely slurred speech. He sounded drunk) I told him to just sign it and that they needed it for their records. The nurse snatched up his phone when she realized he was on it and hung up without a word. I called twice that night to make sure he was fine. No one would answer anything. I kept getting told, "We will call you back." Didn't happen. (Should note that he was NOT being aggressive. He was just annoyed and scared. He never once threatened violence nor did he yell, but you could tell by his tone that he was annoyed and scared.) Next morning I called again to check on him. I call my step mom freaking out telling her what happened. She goes down to the hospital and raises hell. She found out that he got transferred an hour and a half away in the middle of the night. I call the new location and the guy immediately answers every question I had about him. He wakes him up and gets him on the phone. Fiance tells me, "Babe, where am I? I don't know where I am. I don't know how I got here. I don't even know how long I have been here. What the hell happened?" When I told him exactly where he was, he freaked. Y'all remember that paperwork the hospital pushed him to sign about the meds? It wasn't for meds... After the medication kicked in, they had him sign a consent form to transfer him to a totally different parish, and moved him while he was knocked out. They also told the new place he is borderline insane and demanded a 15 day psych hold. Thank f**k the doctor there has some sense and knows he doesn't belong there. His new release date is Saturday. I saw him on Monday. He had told me about the crap they pulled before he was knocked out. Security guard kicked his belongings, including a bag of tobacco like a soccer ball across the room, spreading them EVERYWHERE. The hospital sent 2 male nurses, a female nurse, and two security guards into the room after they drugged him and forced him to remove his clothes. He remembers nothing after that. My question with all of this.. do we have any possible case if we want to go after the hospital? Pretty sure borderline sedating patients, telling them the paperwork they are too drugged up to read is one thing, and having them sign something totally different is a little illegal. I could be wrong, but this just doesn't seem like it should be a thing. TL;DR - Fiance went to hospital for 24-72 hour suicide watch. They drugged him up, convinced him the paperwork they needed signed was for the medications. Instead, it was a consent form to be sent to a facility an hour and a half away. They didn't notify family before or after the transfer. He remembers nothing and was placed under a 15 day psych hold. (New doc is releasing him Saturday). Would we have a case if we try to go after the hospital? [link] [comments]  |
| Is making servers donate their tips one Saturday a month to charity illegal? Posted: 01 Oct 2019 10:28 PM PDT Work at a pizza place in Illinois, recently got a new GM. New GM is starting a promotion once a month called "community night," and on this night servers have to donate their tips to a cancer charity. Typically servers make $4.95 an hour plus their tips. I usually make $100 or more on Saturday nights. GM says that on community night servers will be paid minimum wage ($8.25/hour) to compensate for having to donate their tips to charity. This sounds ridiculous to me and the other servers and possibly illegal. Is it? If it is, what can I do about it? THIS IS PART OF THE POST ANNOUNCING COMMUNITY NIGHT ON THE COMPANY'S FACEBOOK PAGE, NOT SURE IF IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE BUT I THOUGHT I WOULD POST IT ON HERE. ---I ask that you and your family come dine with us on December 7th. As you walk through the door, there will be a piece of paper for you to write a short note giving a stranger who is fighting cancer an anonymous gift of hope and encouragement. All tips that are left for our servers and drivers will be donated to SIH Cancer Institute. [link] [comments]  |
| I’m getting a 20k fine for using 911 for a non emergency Posted: 02 Oct 2019 12:52 PM PDT I understand all this could have been avoided had I not been in a hurry. So I was in the middle of the pasture with flat tire going flat faster then I could air it up. So I went to this little car port with a cement slab that had a gas compressor under it and decided change it there, I got my spare out of the back and jack it up in a hurry. Now here's where the fuck up happens, I roll the spare over there and take the other tire off and get down on my knees and align the bolts with the holes put it on there I gave it one good push to be sure everything was on there good, when I did this the pick up fell off the jack and when it fell my hand was under the tire. So I'm sitting out here with no one to call, so I call 911 they sent someone out, they got it off my hand and everything. No broken bones, thank god. But I'm being slapped with a 20k fine! That is bullshit Is there any way I can fight this ? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 02 Oct 2019 11:13 AM PDT About a year ago I left the startup that I helped build from the ground up. Most of my shares have vested. I had nothing against the team or their mission, but I got an offer from another company that I couldn't refuse. I left on good terms with everyone but one person. We'll call him Frank. He was very upset that I was leaving the company and verbally abused me on my way out. I didn't care much because Frank was known to be a hot head. He was one rung under the CEO, but it didn't worry me because the CEO was supportive of my decision. Fast forward to now and the old CEO, who I really liked, has stepped down and Frank has taken his place. Frank is now selling the company. I received notice of this and was told I need to sign some documents. There's documents are all massive and I feel way out of my element. Having left on not so great terms with Frank, I'm a little leery of getting screwed. Who can I reach out to that would review these documents and advise me on what's best to do? Is there a particular type of lawyer that handles these things? Do I have to sign these documents to get paid out? Am I being too paranoid? TLDR: Left company on bad terms. I have shares and the company is selling. They're asking me to sign a bunch of documents that are way over my head. Who can I contact that will help review these docs? Edit: Location is Midwest, USA. If the specific state maters, I'll update with that info too. [link] [comments]  |
| I have been blackmailed by a Tinder date. What should I do? Posted: 01 Oct 2019 02:16 PM PDT Throwaway account for obvious reasons and I apologize for the length. So, last December I met a woman on Tinder and we dated for about a month. I accepted a job transfer with my company to another state and we broke things off with a promise to stay in touch. I moved away and that was that. We remained in contact for a few months and she came to visit me once or twice and then things just fizzled out. and we didn't talk for about 2 months. I subsequently met someone else who happens to work with me (I know, bad idea. We are both managers in the company) and we really hit it off. We started to date and we really enjoyed each other's company. Then one day, out of the blue, this old Tinder date shows up on my doorstep ready to move in. She says she quit her job and was ready to start a new life with me. I never gave her the impression that I wanted to continue a relationship and hadn't even talked to her for months. Now she as at my house with all her belongings and a smile. I had to go to work so to avoid an argument, I told her she could hang out at my house until I got home from work and we would talk. Well, half way though my work day, this woman showed up at my work and started to yell at my coworker that I have been seeing for the past few month. Causing such a scene that I had to call the police and escort her out of the building. Apparently I had left my computer open and she read all of the messages that me and my coworker had been having and and flipped out. When I got home that night from work, Tinder lady was in my apartment and had made herself right at home. I called the police again and had her escorted out of my home. Now, here is where it gets interesting... Fast forward 3 months. I haven't heard anything from this Tinder date and had pretty much written her off. Then I get an email from her stating that I owe her $1,000 for all the money she spent on me since she met me. Money spent on things like the occasional dinner she paid for and the cost of her unannounced travel to visit me. I told her to pretty much get lost. A few weeks go by and then I got a nice long text message from her stating that she has downloaded all of the texts and pictures I had on my computer from my coworker that I was dating and if I don't pay her the $1,000 then she will send them to the CEO of my company with a letter detailing my involvement with a coworker. (A fireable offense). I ignored her hoping that she would go away. Well today I got another message from her stating that she has forwarded all of the pictures and messages to my company CEO and has also sent them as private messages to all of my coworkers Facebook feed. My company CEO called me and was livid. I was told that I will not be fired, but my promotion to COO was off the table for good and my co-worker is being assigned to another office. Do I have any recourse with this Tinder woman for the loss of a promotion that I have worked my whole career for? UPDATE #1: I live in Nevada. [link] [comments]  |
| New employer doesn’t want people drinking water while on the clock? Posted: 02 Oct 2019 01:44 PM PDT This may not be illegal, but I'm looking for advice on how to approach the issue. The grocery store (located in Maryland) I've worked at for the past 5 years just got bought out by a new company. We went to family owned to being owned by a new family but with 5x more stores. Anyways, these people think their store is the best, most compassionate, ethical place ever. During orientation the manager mentions that they will give employees loans with no interest rate if they fall into hard times "I'VE NEVER SEEN A COMPANY DO THAT BEFORE, WE CARE SO MUCH!!" Quickly followed with "no drinking anything out on the registers! How unprofessional would it look if you were sipping on a straw in front of customers? Hahaha" like excuse me what? You want us to talk to our customers and do all the lifting, bagging, etc. but we aren't allowed to drink until we go on break? On average the shifts are 6 hours with a 15 minute break. So how can I approach this issue without leaving a bad impression on the new company that hired us all back? There's no way we can comfortably do our work when we aren't allowed to drink water. Half the job is talking. Thanks for any advice! [link] [comments]  |
| Trust account hijacked, BoA refuses to help, complete nightmare. Posted: 02 Oct 2019 01:29 PM PDT My mom (73 years old) has a living trust set up with several accounts, one of which was a BoA checking account with >100K in it that she pays her living expenses with. Last year, my mom had a bit of a mental breakdown (got diagnosed with breast cancer and house got flooded) and changed her trust such that her sister was the new successor trustee should she pass away or become incapacitated (we won't get into the undue influence component) right before ending up in the ICU. She recovered and has been doing well since then. I have a current notarized DPOA (done this year) for me to manage her finances (including banking and trust; also was the prior trustee on all trusts before last year) and the trust has a clause that POA supersedes management of finances. I have been helping her manage finances and pay bills etc over the last few months and during her recovery, and we have been planning to make a new trust but weren't rushing because her sister told her that the previous one was invalidated because of the hospitalization (this was a lie). My mom logged into her online BoA account yesterday and the trust account had mysteriously vanished! This prompted us to call BoA fraud dept, who said that the account had been transferred to her sister's name (as the new trustee). They told us we had to go into a branch in person to reverse this and figure out what happened. My mom repeatedly told them she did not authorize this. We went this morning at opening (12 hours after learning about this missing account). BoA called their fraud and legal departments and we learned that yesterday her sister had taken two fraudulent physician letters saying my mom is incapacitated and thus her sister assumes trustee control of the account. Her sister then changed the account into her own name and transferred it out of my mom's profile. We explained the situation to BoA and my mom was sitting there right in front of them explaining as well. We also brought the current DPOA which specifies me as the DPOA. BoA says there is nothing they can do because the account is not in my mom's name anymore so we can't do access it in any way. They also said that the trust has no mention of what to do if someone is incapacitated and then regains ability, so that this change is permanent and we can never change it back. I explained that (1) she is not incapacitated and that those letters were done in fraud, and (2) that I could take my mom straight to her MD of 30 years (who she just saw 3 weeks ago) to get a letter saying she has full capacity and has not been incapacitated. They said this would NOT be adequate and that we would need to get the doctor's who wrote the fraudulent letters to write new letters, but they won't even give us the names of those doctors so it makes it impossible. We spent 3 hours there this morning and are at a loss of what to do as they are refusing to help anymore. Sister is not taking any calls or responding to text messages. She is also holding mom's jewelry collection, housing deed (in trust), and has access to all of her other brokerage accounts (also in trust). My mom now does not have a single penny to pay her bills or anything (obviously we will take care of her for now). Mom is scared her sister is going to transfer everything else into her own name like she did the bank so we are trying to get ahead and put holds on the account. She have also scheduled urgent appointments to create an amended trust but the bank said even with that she can't get the money back because the account is not hers or her trusts anymore. They also refuse to honor the current DPOA which was in effect long before this recent change because they did not have it on record last night when the account was changed. What do we do? Who can we talk to? If we need an attorney, what type should we look for and anything special we should ask? Any other advice? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 02 Oct 2019 07:45 AM PDT In 2016, I was a college student and did an internship in Connecticut and lived there as well. Since I didn't know where I was going to be living when I went back to school (in NY), when I finished the internship, I changed my address with HR to my parent's address in Maryland, so that the company would send my W-2 to them and I wouldn't need to worry about the change of address. Now Maryland is claiming that I owe them income taxes for 2016. Here is what I know or they have told me:
I am not sure what to do. How do I resolve this? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 02 Oct 2019 09:48 AM PDT Edited to add location: DFW area, Texas. As the title says, I had a friend who wanted to give away a car. It was a well running car, and he thought my wife and I could use it. I told him no, but my brother could. My friend signed the "seller" portion of the title and gave it to me to give to my brother. I delivered the van to my brother within a week, and gave him the title so that he could fill out the buyer's portion. Less then a month later, I found out that my brother sold the car on Facebook. It caused a big fight and he never would give me details. He flipped it to someone else without ever registering it in his own name. Now (3 months later), we find out the car was in a bad accident in August. 2 people were injured. I have no other details. A personal injury lawyer called my friend (who was the registered owner). He gave them my name and contact as the last person in "possession". Now they are calling me. I don't know how to proceed. I haven't picked up the phone yet. Other details: my brother is fine with me giving them his name and contact, as he thinks he can just "pass the buck" to the person he sold it to. I'm not so sure about that, so I haven't talked to the personal injury people. I'm aware this is a very serious situation. I appreciate advice on next steps. [link] [comments]  |
| [Pennsylvania] Employer threatening termination for testifying Posted: 02 Oct 2019 01:00 PM PDT Hello! A previous coworker quit and won unemployment. Now my employer is trying to fight this. The coworker has told me I will be subpoenaed to testify about my employer trying to block their pay. My employer has just called me and told me that I will be fired if I testify. I am wondering if this is legal or a form of retaliation? What can I do about this? [link] [comments]  |
| [MT] Biological parent with no custody rights picked up my daughter from school Posted: 01 Oct 2019 02:45 PM PDT My daughter's biological parent picked my daughter up from school in the middle of the day. This person lost all parental rights, including physical custody, several years ago. A month ago she moved to the same town and began building a bit of a relationship with my daughter. This was allowed by me including occasional unsupervised outings. My daughter is 14 if that matters at all. My daughter has not returned home, the school says they are not liable. Small town cops don't perceive much of an issue and are refusing to help. What are my options moving forward? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 02 Oct 2019 10:40 AM PDT Acronym: MOC = Mother of Child A family member of mine recently took a DNA test after having suspicions regarding paternity and learned that his 2-year old daughter is not biologically related to him. We would appreciate any legal advice and knowledge before speaking with our attorney. Background: - Father (23 yrs old) and MOC (21 yrs old) are separated, never married. - Father and MOC both share joint physical custody of child, where child alternates from one parent to another every week. Parents live in different cities (an hour away from each other). - Biological father of child hasn't made effort to contact or reach out. Unsure of who biological father may be since MOC won't cooperate. - Father has financially supported and bonded with child since the day she was born. He would like to remain her father and continue to see her. - MOC is currently pregnant with another man's child, jobless, and lives with her family. - Father's name is on daughter's birth certificate. - Father's daughter will be turning three in a couple weeks. Questions and Concerns: - Does the MOC have leverage in gaining primary/full custody since DNA results show that the father isn't biologically related to their daughter? - Does she have the power to take the daughter away from the father? - Can the MOC demand child support payments from father that is sharing joint physical custody with daughter? - Will the joint physical custody even remain despite the DNA results? - Would the daughter's biological father have the ability to take her away if he wanted custody? (If he were to show up in the future) The father of child wants to remain her parent/legal guardian with joint physical custody and visitation rights (if viable). He would like to gain a firm understanding of what needs to be done/accomplished in order to keep his joint physical custody and prevent the MOC from demanding money and preventing him from seeing his daughter. This would help him be prepared for his meeting with the attorney. Thank you for reading and would gladly appreciate any advice. My family member's daughter has become an integral part of our life and we would be heartbroken to see her taken away. She will always be a part of our family, despite what the DNA results say. [link] [comments]  |
| Neighbor tried to kick my door in Posted: 01 Oct 2019 09:21 PM PDT Texas. Long story short, my insane downstairs neighbor came up to my condo this morning and was kicking my door repeatedly and banging on the window while yelling profanities. I caught the whole thing with my Nest camera, which I had bought a few days ago due to her being an issue. I only moved in 2 weeks ago. I called the police and they came out but said they couldn't arrest her because she didn't cause damage. Is this accurate? It was terrifying and I got it on video. Do we not assume she was attempting to break and enter? Why does she not even get a slap on the wrist? Surely you can't go try to beat someone's door down whenever you want. She has progressively been getting crazier towards me because of my walking sounds. I know this is irrelevant but I have ptsd from a long abusive relationship, and this is affecting me. I need to know if I should push the issue with higher ups at the PD or what. I don't feel safe in my own home. [link] [comments]  |
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