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- Worcester (MA). Renter died before I could move into the room. Can I still move in?
- Roommate (19F) has locked me out of our appartment while I (19M) was in hospital. She won't respond to me and I don't have my landlords information. What do I do?
- Bought a Stripped Ar-15 Lower reciever online had it shipped to my local FFL so I could go and fill out all the paperwork to have it transferred into my name, and gun store lost the gun and is telling me tough shit sorry nothing they can do. NEED HELP PLZ
- Won my unemployment denial appeal in NY. Worried my employer will appeal.
- [US MT] My best friend's stepmum has microphones planted throughout the house.
- Class Action: Zantac
- £11 million inheritance being changed slowly over 4 occasions to have have a *very* distant family member who happens to be a solicitor/lawyer take 95% of it
- Can an employer ask for a bonus back when an at will employee leaves the company?
- Do I have to use my personal phone for work without compensation?
- Landlord refuses to let me leave although a Lease Agreement has not been signed.
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- Request for 2 day holiday in December refused for "no holiday in december" but co-worker has 3 weeks off holiday from the 6th to 24th
- My girlfriend was served summons yesterday by her ex for third party custody, despite no relation to child - Missouri
- (Ontario) Signed purchase agreement, occupancy date was July 20, condo is still not done
- My abusive ex lived with me rent-free, and is now demanding I pay him money for the things he bought for the house. Help :(
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- Custodial parent recording/listening to phone conversations between non custodial parent and 14 year old without consent. Washington State (ICWA)
| Worcester (MA). Renter died before I could move into the room. Can I still move in? Posted: 03 Dec 2019 06:44 AM PST I decided to rent a room from someone I met on Craiglist. We met at the house the first time and again a few days later where I gave him 3 months rent ($1575) He gave me the keys and signed a receipt for 3 months. On the move in day I learned he had died earlier that day and the door had a new temporary lock put on that my keys could not open. Later I found out he was not the person on the lease and had no right to rent the room to me. I think his ex wife was the lease holder. I already filed a police report. Police confirmed he died. This happened 3 days ago and I fear the nightmare is just beginning. Do I have any right to try to move into the room still? I really needed that room. Thanks in advance. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Dec 2019 08:33 AM PST Hi again, Essentially the situation is my roommate locked me out while I was in hospital to bring in a new roommate. I don't have my keys or landlords information at this time. Is there anything I can do? I'm being discharged in a few hours. We both signed the lease as co-tenants and this is in British Columbia if that helps. Edit: I contacted the strata and they will be in touch with my landlord soon. Thanks for all your help! Edit 2: The appartment is only allowed 2 occupants, it is a one bedroom. Edit 3: I understand that this is not an ideal situation but I am only trying to protect myself ( I am still on the lease.) [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Dec 2019 06:30 AM PST Bought a Stripped Ar-15 Lower reciever online had it shipped to my local FFL so I could go and fill out all the paperwork to have it transferred into my name, which is how buying any serialized Firearm online works, well the guy who sold me the firearm told me that the store had just gotten the gun into their store because he saw it was transferred to them through their FFL, so I went down to the store to pick it and have it transferred from them to me, well they say the firearm isn't their and they have no idea where it is, I call the seller back and he tells me and confirms me once again that it did transfer to them and they had it at one point whether they do now or not they did the other day at X,Y,Z date and time because it all shows in his system which he proved to me and showed me. local FFL shop tells me they got it but cant find it and it must have gotten lost. WTF they are now telling me I have to take it up with the seller, which is wrong... if they take possession of the gun and transfer it through their FFL it's their responsibility now, but they are telling me basically tough shit sorry. Now this has me thinking that someone at the FFL is trying to steal my gun or cover up that someone else has stolen it which is not ok as I'm not gonna take the financial loss of and most importantly I'm not gonna take the legal responsibility of having a gun I bought be missing, even tho it was never transferred to my name. What should i do? am I an any legal risky situation? I dont think I am because the gun was never transferred into my name... I think im gonna call the ATF. what do yall think? Edit: plz nobody do anything about this themselves plz let me handle this, plz don't try and help and call my local offices for me as you dont have any of the information needed and it would only make things worse. I will be calling and handling this matter myself once I get the information I need from this thread and a friend who deals with these types of things, then I will handle it. I thought this would be obvious and wouldnt need to be said but a redditor has messaged me informing me they will quote "take care of it for me just send them the city I live in and my name so they can call for me" plz dont attempt to do that like i said u have none of the required information needed and you would only make my situation worse. [link] [comments]  |
| Won my unemployment denial appeal in NY. Worried my employer will appeal. Posted: 03 Dec 2019 05:07 AM PST So I won my unemployment denial case before the ALJ in NYS. I didn't have a lawyer and neither did my employer. He was seriously unprepared and the judge narrowed the reason for termination, saying I had acted on poor judgment but not to the degree of misconduct. My employer was rattling off random reasons I was a bad employee and the judge was only interested in them firing me for refusing to a phone call, unrecorded, about accommodations and an argument w/a coworker. The judge asked why I didn't just record them covertly and I told her I was trying to be fair and give them warning. They didn't warn me I'd be fired for refusing. They have a blanket "no recording" policy which I told the judge made me nervous to record w/o permission, but I DID want any discussion regarding accommodations properly recorded. They wanted the conversation off the record. So I won and I'm owed $3500 from the state. I have been keeping up on my records and applying for jobs (hard because I work in a niche field). I REALLY just want another job because this is insanely stressful. The judge was great and when I got frustrated she'd kind of nudge me to shut my mouth; I think she didn't appreciate how unprepared my employer was. The judge did rule in my favor but now I'm worried my employer will appeal to the next level and I'll have to repay what I'm given. Do they frequently appeal again? What do the odds become as it moves up the chain? How do I repay the money if they decide against me? I've been nothing but anxious since they fired me a month and a half ago and I want this to be over. Plus I'm bored shitless without a job. [link] [comments]  |
| [US MT] My best friend's stepmum has microphones planted throughout the house. Posted: 03 Dec 2019 11:17 AM PST A few months ago, my friend's dad divorced his first stepmother and married his second. His second stepmother actually asserted dominance. A month or so later, she had set up microphones throughout the house. He made sure to tell me as soon as he could. Naturally, he likes to be away from the microphones as long as possible. Apparently, his parents actually review the microphone feeds and use them to punish him for some wrongdlings. Once, they used it to bar him from dinner. He snacked on pizza, if I recall correctly, and his parents said that he had "dinner" at 2 pm. There are some areas without microphones, but a majority of it has microphones. Is using microphones in this way illegal? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Dec 2019 06:33 AM PST I'm an Oregon/USA resident, and my Facebook feed is full of "Sponsored" ads by legal firms frantically seeking clients to participate in lawsuits that I presume are class actions, representing clients who have suffered "damages" as a result of taking Zantac and suffering various cancers now associated with taking the over-the-counter remedy for heartburn & too much stomach acid. i had actually been taking Zantac for over 10 years, before being diagnosed with bladder cancer requiring 2 separate major surgeries. The surgeries were both successful in removing the cancer, but they took a considerable toll on my overall health, my lifestyle and my pocketbook. Accordingly, I am very interested in signing-on with a class action lawsuit to recover commensurate damages. However, before doing so, I'd like to know more about how class action suits work before signing-up with one of these law firms. What should I look for in a law firm? And what should I look out for? How can I find out more about a particular firm before signing up with them? How do class action lawsuits even get started? Who decides which law firm gets to represent the universe of qualified clients? It doesn't make sense that every ambulance chaser in the phone book can represent as many clients that they can convince to sign-up with them willy-nilly, 10 here and 25 there, etc. Any advice would be super appreciated. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Dec 2019 05:02 AM PST DISCLAIMER, I live in the uk and am not educated on this subject and have only heard of this through other family members (e.i. Dad, grandmother etc) who are also not truly educated on this subject and this happed over a year ago. From my understanding this is what I think is how the situation unfolded. My great aunt/uncle and two direct relatives of them who I don't know and never met were said to have a combined worth of around £11 million, I don't know if this is the exact amount but I know it is an extremely large amount of money. Sadly the two direct relatives and my great uncle died leaving all of what they owned to my great aunt Vira how is the only one I ever met out of the 4 of them. When it was said that she was dying many distant relatives came out of the wood work who I didn't know, and they had have never even batted an eye at my great aunts existence. But my grandmother used to be very close to Vira and in the original will my grandmother would of got around 50% of the inheritance and my grandmother would of split it between my dad Two aunts and all of her grand children which there is 7 of and that would of been a life changing amount of money for my family. A soon as the news broke of Viras health problems and her time was limited, this extremely distant relative who had basically no connection tho the family started to work his way into my great aunts life. He would take care of her and help do menial chores around the house and because of my aunts declining health she didn't realise that he was doing it to get into the will and after a while he convinced her to sign a new will where he was included. My entire family knew why he was doing it but didn't do anything about it because she lived so far away and no one else could get up there regularly to help her out so we let it go on. On the days we did visit he would try to avoid us at all cost like he would hide upstairs until we were all in the living room the bolt out of the front door. Bit over time he changed the will again and again until the 4th time where he was entitled to like 95% of it or Somthing obsurd like that and I don't know if no one realises or no one was notified but after she eventually passed I found out about it and my family was furious but apparently couldn't do anything about it because she had done it in increments. We all just accepted it and moved on but the bitterness never left. So as my first time ever posting on Reddit I thought I would share this and ask if there's anything that we could do but if not it's fine we will just be salty for a while longer Edit: just realised there is r/legaladviseUK but I don't know how to change it so it's staying here [link] [comments]  |
| Can an employer ask for a bonus back when an at will employee leaves the company? Posted: 03 Dec 2019 06:33 AM PST A friend of mine works at a chain wine & liquor store. Employees of the company can take tests on different types of alcohol and receive a bonus for passing. My friend is looking for other work and they are asking for the bonuses back. Would she be obligated too despite being an at will employee? We are in the state of Kentucky. [link] [comments]  |
| Do I have to use my personal phone for work without compensation? Posted: 03 Dec 2019 07:36 AM PST My employer offers compensation for Supervisors and Foremen, but not anyone under those people - where I currently am positioned. I work a maintenance job (not union) that requires me to be out of my "office" for a large majority of the day and may receive multiple calls during the normal workday (though some days I do not receive any calls) and I need to consistently check my work email on my phone. I am also on call twice a month but do not receive any sort of reimbursement. I am working on getting a copy of the company's policy to see what it says, but my questions are can I demand reimbursement? And can I be fired for refusing to use my personal phone for work if they do not reimburse? I work in ND, the company is based in MN and operates in both states. [link] [comments]  |
| Landlord refuses to let me leave although a Lease Agreement has not been signed. Posted: 03 Dec 2019 06:44 AM PST So I live in the State of Oklahoma and have lived with this landlord for a few years. He is absolutley cheap, a hoarder, and will do anything he can in order to just make something "work" instead of actually fixing it. I have not have a working laundry and drying machine since moving into the current house I'm living in. However, I also NEVER formally signed a Lease written by him. When I first moved in I signed a Lease Amendment stating that I will work for him 10 hours a month so my rent would drop by 150$ since i couldnt afford full rent at the time. The amendment DOES say the lease should end in may 2020 and it does mention cost of rent as well as a lease start date. However, that is it. There is no rules, regulation, or anything aside from stating that I will work for him in order to reduce my rent and length of lease. Is this amendment legally binding proof as a lease for not letting me leave the house? Like I said I never signed one, just created a written amendment in order to help my living situation. Any help would be greatly appreciated, I have to try and take care of this today. [link] [comments]  |
| Can I get a restraining order for cyberstalking? Posted: 03 Dec 2019 07:31 AM PST I've have this ex that we broke up when I was a teen about 4 years ago. Since our breakup he has tried to renter my life every couple of months. I tried to be friends with himbut pretty quickly that didn't work oht becuase he want more. Fast forward to now, he keeps creating new social media accounts to friend me. I have around 12 accounts that I've blocked in total from him. Most recently he contacted me saying he still loved me (I'm in a 3 year relationship at this point) I told him to stop contacting me and I blocked him again. Couple months later he friended me through Instagram (which I blocked) and now 3 days ago he friended me through Facebook. (Which I've also blocked). I'm really tired of this game and truthfully I'm scared he's gonna try and show up at my work or college. Can I get a restraining order for this? Any other legal actions or advice? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Dec 2019 11:29 AM PST I received a bill from a towing company stating that I owed 2500 dollars for storage fees since 10/2/19. It had all my cars information including VIN and license plate number. The letter also stated that I had 14 days to declare an opposition on the sale from 11/18/2019. I called the towing company and asked why I was getting a bill for storage fees if I had possession of the car and I was never towed. She then told me to then ignore the letter. Since there was a 14 day deadline I obviously did not ignore it so I went to the DMV. They inspected my car and removed the authorization that was placed. From that day on I thought it was over. I then received a call from my car loan bank, saying if I was aware of the authorization and if I had the vehicle. They thought it was strange as I was making the payments on it still. They said I had nothing left to do and that everything is in order BUT they told me that the towing company is still stating they have the car. I called the towing company and they put me on hold about 4 times and then just claimed that their system went down and to call back later. What should I do? Should I show up and request to pay for my "towed" car and when they have nothing to show for it should I threaten to sue? I am not sure if it's a scam or just incompetence but I don't want this to go by like nothing happened. Location - California [CA] [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Dec 2019 09:03 AM PST I've posted about this landlord here before, and this is just the tip of the iceberg as far as what he has put us through. I have sent him an email specifically stating my ohio revised code. He has expressed several times in emails and texts that he will send us a payment of $1000. He has a return address for us. We have even given him permission to send it via Venmo (although I think at this point that might be a bad idea). We have received no letter stating damages, nor did we cause any. We do not have a copy of the lease with his own signature on it. I don't know why we didn't think to be sure we had his signature, I guess we just assumed that we sign it and pay him and enter into a contract for the year. Will a court even see our case? Should I speak to a lawyer? What kind of lawyer handles this sort of thing? Any help would be appreciated. $1000 is a lot of money for us. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Dec 2019 10:29 AM PST For about 2 months a co worker has been saying shes gonna take a bunch of time off in december and a few weeks ago she put a holiday form in and got from the 6th to the 24th off and then suddenly in the break room a notice has appeared saying "no breaks in december 2020" and I dont work much and wanted to take the 13th and 14th off to relax as I keep taking unpaid days off due to anxiety and stress and I've been told of I do it again I may be asked to leave so I put in a holiday form on the 30th last month asking for those two days off and I've received it back denied with "no breaks in december", and my co worker still has her 6th to the 24th off, theres been no notice about this change at all and I feel extremely neglected as the last few holiday forms I've put in for the past yeah get rejected without a reason and once until I prove with evidence that no one else is taking that day off they allow me to take it, yet other people in my work team can take breaks left right and center and I feel incredibly anxious whenever I want to take holiday as fighting for my holidays gives me so much anxiety EDIT: spoke with my manager saying I was fed up, turns out she was allowed it by the sub manager who just doesnt care and has been given a notice to leave since theres been other things under the covers hes been doing and getting away with that's not very legal friendly Thanks for you comments even though this was posted in the wrong sub [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Dec 2019 10:49 AM PST As the title states, my girlfriend was served summons yesterday by her ex, petitioning for third party custody despite not being the child's biological father. The child is 4.5 years old. I am desperately searching for information and guidance as the implications of this feel devastating and would significantly impact our development as a family as well as be tremendously detrimental to who I believe is the sweetest kid I've met. He deserves to be nothing but happy, and I am terrified this will impact him in so many ways. Some background: My girlfriend dated this guy on and off for 6 years, and for the four plus years I knew her, it was an very disfunctional relationship. Along with his constant infidelity, he was also emotionally and mentally abusive (something that has been exceedingly evident since the commencement of our relationship as she continues to heal from her past relationship.) She would confide in me and some other close friends and family throughout the years about how he would manipulate her, make her feel guilty for his infidelity, control her, etc. He also knowingly gave her an incurable STD, without her knowledge, though he was already on medication. There were woman who would show up to their house and because of it all, they lived together on and off. In the most pertinent instance, he was at the very least communicating with multiple women, which led to yet another break in their relationship. Though i believe it was brief, in that time she had a one night stand in which she became pregnant. Upon learning about the child, there existed the possibility it was her ex's child, and my girlfriend and him began communicating again. Once the paternity test revealed he was the not the father, he kicked her out of their home and abandoned her while pregnant. Her car was in his name due to previous credit problems, but she was solely responsible for making payments and was her only means of transportation to work, and he had it repossessed. She moved in shortly after her son was born and remained there for 10 months before their contentious relationship resulted in her moving out again. She would reside in her own apartment for 14 months, before moving back in. She remained there for almost 2 years, during which time there were several more instances of infidelity, until the most recent one, when she was provided definitive evidence from the other woman's husband and then directly by the other woman. (He again negated to inform the other individual of his STD which he passed on to her and then was passed on to her husband. It also resulted in the dissolution of that marriage where three other kids are now effected. Who knows how many other woman have been unknowingly effected by this incurable lifelong disease.) There is a laundry list of horrible things this man has done to her and others. He has ruined her life in so many ways and I'm doing everything I can to help pick up the pieces and give both of them the life they deserve. He doesn't deserve to have any of this happen, hes the happiest, sweetest little 4 year old. He has never shown any interest in this child until now. There were several attempts during their relationship in which she attempted to get him to adopt him and he never made the slightest attempt to pursue it. The proposed parenting plan outlined in the documents she was provided are beyond egregious and have been incredibly disheartening to her. I am entirely convinced that the sole motivations behind this are to continue to manipulate her, cause monetary distress as he owns a business and makes considerably more than she does. I also believe that he believes that this demanding plan is a means to force her to interface with her (the plan stipulates only she would be allowed to transport him the hour drive between residences and I could not participate or be present), in an attempt to get her to come back to him, that it would be easier if they were together or something similar. And also to save some face in his community for the fall out of his actions, in that this would show he was attempting to do something right. He is petitioning for custody Mon-Wed and alternating weekends, meaning every other week she would see her son one day. He would get alternate years of her sons birthdays and holidays in which she couldn't see her son wake up on Christmas morning for example. There is several other assertions that are incredibly troubling such as having to speak about the other party in a positive light and make her son excited to see the other individual where the consequences for infractions could be loss of custody, which is objectively insane. It's like having to speak highly and influence others to view ones rapist in a positive light. She will constantly have to be involved, exposed, in communication with someone who spent 6 years manipulating and demeaning her and she'd be forced to let some man who has demonstrated countless times his lack of moral fortitude and empathy for others, raise her son. It would inhibit the development of our family structure and my relationship with her son, who has on several occasions and completely unprompted made statements about wanting me to be his father. I want to give these two the best life I can. She is moved into my home, I have a good job, we put him in preschool, he is happy and wants to learn and is thriving. A guardian ad litem was appointed for him and we are worried they might reintroduce her son to him, which he hasn't mentioned in months. We have been together for 5 months, but as I mentioned I've known and been a close friend of hers for nearly 5 years. I can provide any other information anyone might request, but I am desperate for information regarding situations like this. The paternity test stated there was a 0.00% chance her son is her ex's biological child. It was always known to everyone I know that he was not the father and never portrayed that he was. They lived together on and off for years at his home and most certainly provided financial assistance. The case was filed in his county, in Washington, MO, though we live in St. Louis. He is doing this just to continue to ruin her life. If anyone can please help with any information that could even possibly be helpful, it would mean the world to us. We just want to move passed this and move on with our lives. It doesn't seem logical he would have any kind of rights, but an attorney did take the case and that's what makes me nervous. Thank you in advance for any attention you give this. I know it is winded. [link] [comments]  |
| (Ontario) Signed purchase agreement, occupancy date was July 20, condo is still not done Posted: 03 Dec 2019 11:39 AM PST On mobile, first post. First time buyer. As title stated, I signed a purchase agreement for a condo on March 2019. The vendor gave a tentative occupancy date of July 20. The tentative occupancy date couldn't be met and the date was extended to August 15 with a written notice sent on July 10. Since August, the occupancy date was extended to October 25 (I was notified of the change 3 days before August 15) and then to December 18 (notified on October 24 through vendor's lawyer, no notice) Currently, the vendor has said the occupancy date has to be amended again, but has given no date. According to the Tarion Addendum, since the builder extended the first occupancy date every time without giving a 90 day notice, the first extension (to Aug 15) should have been the firm occupancy date. (If I'm reading the Addendum right). Is there anything I can do to receive compensation for well... anything? Or am I stuck waiting this out? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Dec 2019 06:22 AM PST So I began a relationship with a guy a while ago, things progressed quickly and we decided to move in together. I bought a house, paid the deposit with my own money, and continued to pay the mortgage, bills and food shops with my own money. He didn't work, and didn't contribute financially in any way. He did put a couple of things on his credit card (about £1000 worth), but as I loved him I continued to pay for everything as he was out of work and I wanted him to love me and see me as a good girlfriend. Within a couple of months, he became abusive and aggressive. I asked him to leave because I didn't want that environment for my children (my children are from my previous relationship). In time the abuse became so bad that I felt I had no choice but to completely end the relationship, after which he came over and assaulted me. I had to block contact, but he began harassing me and my friends, demanding the money back for the items he bought. I explained to him that I couldn't afford to pay him the money, as I work part time as well as raising my children. I told him he could have the items back and I would go without until I could afford to replace them. He is now issuing threats to take me to court and "make a shit storm". I'm really worried and need some help. [link] [comments]  |
| Bank gave me more money than they should Posted: 03 Dec 2019 06:50 AM PST Hello, I have recently canceled one of my saving accounts. I have been aware that they will charge something for early cancellation, but I am fine with that. I had there around 500 euro and fee was 100 euro. In the end I was expecting to get around 400 euro. Month passed and today I have received payment from that bank.To my surprise they send me 700 euro! Am I supposed to do something about this? Czech [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Dec 2019 12:28 PM PST Hey guys, I'll try to make this brief. My wife and I were looking to remodel our basement. We wanted a drywall ceiling put in, and a full bathroom added and also an egress window. I have used this phone app in the past, and so I used it to find a remodeler. The company I found at the time had good reviews (probably fake) and had the apps "trusted contractor" seal of approval, saying they had background checked him and checked his license. There's no way they did that, as I've come to find out. The guy asked for 50% up front, which I gave him. He then started on some work, and completed a backsplash upstairs and asked for money to buy materials, which I didn't bat an eye at for some reason and paid him. He then was going to "lay plumbing" for the bathroom and pulled up the downstairs carpet. I asked him to leave the subfloor. He ripped it up, saw some cracks in the concrete, and told me that if I didn't pay him $5,000 to fix the concrete and add a sump pump, that he'd leave my basement torn up, and he'd exercise a clause in the contract he had me sign that said I owed him an additional 30% for jobs unfinished. I paid him to keep him working. The day after I paid him, he disappeared. All of his license info and addresses are fake. He has 8 judgments from the state of Kansas for doing the same thing there, he can't even legally work in Kansas. My question is; is the company that made the website/app liable for any of this? We trusted them when they said they did a background check on him. I have a screenshot of their little "seal of approval" they gave him. If I can sue them, how do I start? Their website states that any legal action has to take place in Colorado, and I'm from Missouri. They also have some disclaimers in some fine print on a page I would never see that worry me. Something about how they're not liable for anything... I'm hoping to keep any legal action as cheap as possible, since that guy took a good chunk of my funds. I'm not looking to profit, just get my money back primarily and stop this from happening to others. Sorry it wasn't that brief. [link] [comments]  |
| [WA] Landlord wants to withhold owed rent Posted: 03 Dec 2019 06:44 AM PST About a year ago, my wife and I moved into a rental house. We were only asked to pay a small security deposit (about a quarter of the monthly rent) and the last month of rent in advance. Yesterday, we moved out and did a walkthrough with the landlord. The landlord is upset about a dirty/stained carpet, which she said probably needs to be replaced. We had installed a TV wall mount that the movers were unable to remove from the wall. The landlord wants to have it removed professionally. Finally, when removing some tape from the wall, a bit of the paint chipped off. The landlord would like to have this repainted. All of the above seemed somewhat reasonable (except for perhaps the carpet, which might only need a deep cleaning instead of replacement). Later that day, my wife asked the landlord about the security deposit and the last month of rent that we happened to have paid twice (didn't know November would be our last month). The landlord replied she was dismayed at the state of her property and would be withholding both until the repairs were complete, so she could deduct the costs from the rent if it exceeds the security deposit. From what I understand, withholding more than the security deposit is not legal. Furthermore, I understand the landlord is looking to sell the house and I'm afraid she might charge us for fixing up the house before it is put on the market. Bottom line, I understand the landlord is not used to seeing the house in such a messy state, and I understand her frustration. This was her first experience as a landlord. However, I'm unsure of the best way to proceed. I'm hesitant to call her out on withholding the rent in order to avoid even more conflict, but I don't want to wait only to find out she has spent all of our rent and security deposit on repairs. What should we do? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Dec 2019 08:18 AM PST I worked for nine years for a federal defense contractor in North Alabama, primarily doing work for the Prototype Integration Facility out of Redstone Arsenal. I was fired, and subsequently informed by temporary contract companies in the area that I had been "blacklisted" and they could not place me in any company that had contracts associated with my previous company. I was in good standing with the company, had led several OCONUS trips to modify military aircraft without incident, and I had never even been late in close to a decade. I was placed as a supervisor in the back shops area that did component repair and overhaul after returning from one of these trips. The previous manager in that area had failed in every conceivable way to organize and track millions of dollars worth of inventory, and had barely any records maintained in accordance with policy for critical safety items for aircraft. It took over a year to get everything reorganized and operating properly. Myself and my manager put in a lot of hours and were quite proud of how well we had the backshops running. Then comes an incident with a tail rotor blade for an apache helicopter. We opened an old box to find this one blade that had been damaged, which led to a pretty intensive investigation and ultimately myself going through a warehouse the company operated that had over five hundred tail rotor bladed improperly inspected, or more aptly, not inspected at all, but labeled as if they had been. Most of these tags were a few years old, nowhere near my time in the backshops. Nearly every one of them where labeled as "fails inspection", which in itself is wrong, but I can overlook improperly filled out tags as long as they are accurate. This is where the problem was, most of these blades were perfectly fine. They showed no sign of damage, many had extremely low hours, and could be easily installed on aircraft that needed them. At the time they were a critical shortage item, globally. A lot of aircraft needed them. Turns out, the blades that had been coming through the shop while I was a supervisor were some of these blades the company had already been paid to inspect and repair. We were reworking without knowing it. I was told by one of the very high up managers of the company that I was not to share my findings with anyone whatsoever, and I only sent the spreadsheet I had created to my direct chain of command when they demanded I do so. After I finished inspecting and documenting everything at that warehouse I approached the project management team that oversaw Apache helicopter work and suggested that they tell the government about this before they find out themselves, because I felt there was no way to hide this, and if the company got ahead of it, the end result would be less people losing their jobs. I was fired two days later, along with my direct supervisor and an inspector that had questioned the improper tagging. We were all fired the same way, they had us come to the office to "help" with something and took all of our electronic devices simultaneously, clearly so we couldn't save any information about the incident. We were all given the same letter placing the blame of the entire tail rotor effort at our feet, saying we cost the company millions, endangered soldiers lives, even though we were not even in the same country when the improper work was done. We were then escorted off the property and told we would be charged with trespassing if we were ever found to be on their property. I was told by a few employees later on they heard the managers say that we "talked to much", and "should have kept our mouth shut", was the reason we had been terminated so abruptly. Ended up a few months later the entire management team was fired by the company president, presumably because the government found out about this issue we had tried to bring up. This all happened a year ago or so, and all three of us that were fired consulted a law firm in the area. They really didn't seem interested in our situation, only focused on if we had evidence of time card fraud. It didn't go anywhere. I'm having real trouble finding work in the area. It seems that last management team had a ton of contacts with local aviation companies and my last name seems to preclude both myself and my wife from working with any company that has DoD ties. Is there any way I could get access to emails sent from.the old management team and see if they "blacklisted" me and my wife like I was told? My wife of three years worked for the same company for eight years, she was furloughed right before I was terminated, then laid off, even though they were actively recruiting numerous people for her old position. She was told later on that they "didn't want to work around her schedule", when she applied for a job there again. A little backstory there, 7 years ago she went on a road trip with the company, and her team lead drunkenly barged into her room and raped her. She got pregnant and kept the baby, who knows me, and only me, as Daddy. She blames herself for "not struggling hard enough". Makes my blood boil to even think about, but the company swept it under the rug and fired her lead at the time. She should have went to the police instead of HR. When they said they "didn't want to work around her schedule", they were referring to the time she asked if she could come in 30 minutes late, like lots of other parents, so we could get our daughter on the school bus or dropped off at school. She was denied this and furloughed, then fired. TL;DR Evil company did bad things. [link] [comments]  |
| Landlord is Moving Homeless People into Our House Posted: 02 Dec 2019 09:40 PM PST Oregon here. My partner and I have been renting a room from a guy who owns his house/condo. There are two other tenants living here as well. The landlord lives in the garage. Anyway, out landlord has a tendency to bring homeless people into the house and let them stay wherever. They have robbed him in the past and are always lingering around upstairs where the actual tenants live. Anyway one new homeless guy in particular has pretty much taken over the house and calls himself the landlord caretaker. Because he wants a room of his own, he started harassing a 77 year old tenant to the point he wrote up an eviction notice for him, because they got in an argument. Then he tried to have his car towed on our private driveway. The landlord, angry that I told the guy his car was being towed, told me I had to "pick sides." Then he threatened to evict my partner and myself because we did that. We are on a year lease. The landlord is partially blind, and I help walk his dogs and things of that nature. Rent is current and we have no other problems. This homeless guy keeps quoting case law because he's an ex con saying they can do this and that and can evict anyone however they want. The bottom line is that he also is a known thief and everybody feels unsafe. We have asked the landlord to remove him but he refuses and says we can all leave instead. Are we within our rights to withhold rent because we do feel unsafe living here? We have a room door that shares the same master key with the other tenants. The landlord has already entered our room during the summer to turn our AC while we were at work to "cool the room." Now we are concerned the homeless people could enter our room at any time. It's a crazy situation i know. We are planning to move but now that we are in the dead of winter, do we have any recourse? Thanks for your feedback! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Dec 2019 01:37 PM PST My fiancé [29M] and I [26F] have been living in a 3-bed apartment with his childhood friend, Rob [27M] for about two years now. Fiancé and I are on the leased, Rob is not. In college, Rob was the fun party friend. Post-college, he never let it go and has spiraled into full-blown addiction (alcohol, weed, pills, etc.). Since living with us he's gone to jail for three months for DUIs and got into a near-fatal drunk driving accident. We had hoped either situation would have been his rock-bottom "maybe I need some help" moment, but nope. He would get better for a month or two, but never really fix the root of his problem, and walk right back into his old ways. Earlier this year we told him that he had to start taking his addiction seriously, go to some meetings, consider rehab, just drink less often, or he wouldn't be allowed to live with us anymore. On top of that, he's a terrible roommate who never contributes, smells bad, and steals our food. My fiancé finally found it in himself to kick Rob out. He kept wanted to give him chances to get better, but sees that living here is only enabling his current behaviors. We gave Rob 30 days to move out. As they're family friends, Fiancé called Rob's parents prior to kicking him out to give them a heads up. Even so, we overheard his mom telling him to just wait it out until the end of the lease—well beyond the 30 days we gave him. What action can we take to get him out of the apartment without him being on the lease? TLDR; My fiancé and I have been living with our friend for two years. Sadly, he refuses to take any action about his alcoholism/addiction and has become increasingly difficult to live with. We finally gave him 30 days to move out due to not taking his addiction seriously. He is not on the lease, fiancé and I are. What action can we take to kick him out if he refuses to go? Edit: We're in Minnesota [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Dec 2019 01:33 PM PST My 14yo daughter lives with her dad. She has since we broke up when she was 2. He was awarded physical custody due to the requirements of The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), as he is an enrolled Native American and I am not. There are no restrictions on my interactions with her. My daughter has told me many things that concern me about her father's behavior over the course of the past few years. She is frequently berated and called names. Often with references to being terrible (specifically, a bitch/liar) just like her mom(me). She's still being spanked for minor indiscretions (something I have always been wholeheartedly against), as well as having her things, social life, and relationships with myself, husband, and her siblings restricted or completely taken away on a regular basis. My daughter informed me last night that her father has been recording/listening to our phone calls, and because of the last conversation her and I had, she is not allowed to speak to me unsupervised. She was able to call me unsupervised last night, because her father briefly left and her step mother's mom who lives with them had her call me and tell me what's happening and why she hadn't been allowed to take my calls in the past 2 weeks. (This woman is an oasis for my daughter in that house. I appreciate her dearly for doing what she can to shield my kid as much as possible.) As I said before, I have no restrictions set by the court on my interactions with her. Her father is listed as physical custodian, but we have equal access to communication and decision making privileges. I am aware that Washington is a two party consent state. Neither my daughter or I knew we were being recorded/listened to. I'm also aware that minors cannot legally consent to many things but a parent can for them. So, my question is, is he considered a party to the conversation, thus being allowed to legally record/listen to our calls via parental consent? And just to clarify, the talk between the two of us that he is objecting to involved her being very upset with him about removing her from the basketball team because she "back sassed" him and I acknowledged that it sucked and wasn't fair, then proceeded to console her. He felt I should have yelled at her too. [link] [comments]  |
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