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- 2019 Best of Best of Legal Advice Winners
- Dentist broke my wisdom tooth then denied my insurance
- 17 Year-Old Sister With Eating Disorder Needs Immediate Medical Attention But Refuses to Go to Hospital
- My stepfather is legally adopting me this month. I have to notify my birth father, but he will not give me his mailing address.
- I have been falsely accused of "drugging" someone. I need real help!
- Landlord publicly displayed mt SSN [Washington State]
- [UPDATE] I didn't get paid last week, I don't think I'm getting paid this week. Can I walk out and claim unemployment? (MD)
- Can my "Step mom" legally marry my dad while he is "unconscious/incapacitated"?- California
- Can bio dad come back and claim post adoption?
- Fighting with no contact parents over my bank account
- Landlady made us move to remodel, wants us to pay for things we haven't damaged, & plans to send more bills past the 21-day window
- 3yr Restaurant GM and I walked out because the owner garnished my wages illegally?
- My landlord hasn't paid the electric bill so service will be shut off in 3 weeks if he doesn't pay up. How can I make sure he pays?
- Co-worker took jacket from holiday party and then lost wallet
- Boyfriend's ankle monitor breaks or malfunctions so often. His new job is in jeopardy. [MA]
- My job requires me to be on site before my scheduled start time but doesn't pay me for this time
- Wife won money now she wants a divorce
- Locksmith and electrician lurking in my apartment (Massachusetts)
- [Missouri] I didn’t get a survey on my property when I bought my house, and now I have a 53 year old woman harassing me.
- Former employer erroneously deposited money into my account..
- PA- My manager illegally takes a portion of our serving tips at the end of every shift- help!
- After a settlement in small claims court, I the plaintiff, have not received my check after 30 days of the judgement, which was an agreed settlement in court. I contacted the defendant and they said to call their lawyer.
- Someone is trying to sue me, but no contact has been made. [TX]
- 70 year old Dad wants me (M 37) to take guardianship of his newborn
- “Opt out “ payments
| 2019 Best of Best of Legal Advice Winners Posted: 03 Jan 2020 12:06 PM PST Hey folks, as I was fashionably late to posting the voting posts so too am I fashionably late to posting the winners. In any event here you are, your 2019 BoBoLA winners! Links to the voting posts are included and contest mode has been turned off, but I obviously can't stop you from voting more at this point so I am including vote counts as off the time I make this post. Starting with your 2019 Prima BoLArina: /u/DPMx9 with 16 votes Your 2019 Prima BoLArina Understudy: /u/elitist_ferret with 19 votes The 2019 BoLA post of the year: We have a runaway winner here, Legaladviceuk Op: "I may have reintroduced BSE back into the UK for money. Is this a problem or am I okay because I'm married to my Wife who actually did it, I merely helped with the coverup?" with 54 votes and the closest challenger in the 20s. The 2019 Best Title: Wow, folks this is a close one, depending on how you refresh it and how Reddit has fuzzied the voting you can get different winners, BUT, I refreshed it 10 times and 7 of the 10 times the winner was: First of all, I'd like to say I'm not a pedophile with somewhere between 28 and 36 votes. The 2019 Update of the Year: Another insanely close one, again, if you refresh you get different winners, but the winner 6 of 10 times was: (Update) The exceptionally stupid ending to the cat scam saga-cat now has a no contact order. with between 25 and 28 votes The 2019 r/legaladvice comment of the year: Yet another close one, with three comments in the running, but our winner 4 of 10 times (with the other two each pulling 3 wins) is /u/Eeech with I have a counter proposal. You can cram your presumption of my gender up your ass along with your demands from attorneys offering free advice, and I'll lock and remove your post instead. The comment got 45-50 votes in my refreshing. The 2019 Gold Fringe Award goes to our friend from the UK and his/his wife's work to reintroduce Mad Cow to the UK. With 38 votes. With regards to the Trickle Truth Award, You have spoken: The one and only Boba Fett post with 37 votes. Your Best "Parent" goes to these grandparents taking in a "disowned" kid with 44 votes. And last but not least, the Best MS Paint Drawing of 2019 was this gem from the brief break in the tree law moratorium with 28 votes. See you all out there and start saving up these gems for the 2020 awards! Leave me alone /u/locationbot, I'm somewhere around DC, VA, or MD! [link] [comments]  |
| Dentist broke my wisdom tooth then denied my insurance Posted: 03 Jan 2020 06:32 AM PST I went to the dentist to have two wisdom teeth removed on one side of my mouth. I shopped around for dentists in my area who took my health insurance. I found one and asked multiple times if they took my insurance. They said yes and scanned my card. Everything was a green light. I went to my appointment and everything was going smooth until the second tooth. He broke the tooth in half. The roots are still in my jaw. He told me I would have to come back once it healed up and he will get it out. I got a deductible bill in the mail for $800. It showed what my insurance covers and my deductible. Deductible was $80. I sent in my check and that was that. About a month later I got another bill in the mail saying that the dentist actually does not cover my insurance and I have to pay the full amount. I went there to fight it and it was a different receptionist and she kept saying "I never said that" " that wasn't me". I actually had to say "I don't care who it was, me saying "you" means your business told me they accepted my insurance ". In the end I walked out because I was getting pissed. I also recorded that conversation. The bill went against my credit which lowered it substantially. Is there anything I can do? My tooth is still in my jaw. This was in New York up in Syracuse. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 02 Jan 2020 04:04 PM PST Throwaway account. Location is Ontario, Canada. My younger sister has had anorexia for 2 years. She went to the hospital previously in September - November of 2018. Came out, hated my parents for putting her there. Still suffers from the illness, is now medically unstable and has trouble walking up and downstairs and all of her body hurts. No longer in school. I think her organs are starting to shut down. Parents can't convince her to go to the hospital. They're scared to push her to go because a close friend of hers committed suicide recently and they don't want to lose her the same way. My understanding is she can't be forced to go to the hospital (i.e. through police or ambulance) without proof of her condition and that she can deny her condition if we call 9-1-1. I go back to university in 3 days. I need to see her in the hospital before that. Any information on how I can get her there before any more damage is done would be great. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Jan 2020 05:46 AM PST I'm (23) in FL, the estranged birth father is in KY. I have to give him notice of the adoption once it has been processed, and the paperwork instructs me to use self service unless I absolutely cannot find his address. I've called family members and no one knows it. Someone gave me his phone number, and I explained to him in no uncertain terms (via text, he won't answer my calls) what is happening and why I need his mailing address. He is refusing to cooperate, insisting that I am threatening him (I've assured him that I'm notifying him of the adoption and nothing more, and that I have to do this by law.) I don't believe any records online will be accurate or up to date—he's an addict and in and out of prison. At this point in time, can I reasonably move on to constructive service? I'm apprehensive because I have been able to get in contact with him, I just can't get a mailing address out of him. Thanks for any advice! [link] [comments]  |
| I have been falsely accused of "drugging" someone. I need real help! Posted: 03 Jan 2020 08:27 AM PST Edit: I already have CDA, but apparently need a new one that I won't be able to afford because Ill lose my current retainer. I was hanging out with a girl before going to a show. We had discussed and previously chatted about doing MDMA before going. she said she had experience in using it before. She was a nurse and was worried about a drug test. So she would not smoke weed, but did not mind doing cocaine or MDMA because they leave your system so quickly. The night of the show she comes over, but little did I know she had not eaten anything or drank anything all day. She did not smoke anything, just took a small amount of pure MDMA. maybe .1 g... maybe less. It hits her like a train on an empty stomach, she says she needs to go home, on the way home she tells the uber driver to take her to the hospital bc she does not feel good. He can't, pulls over and calls 911 for liability reasons. She goes to the hospital and is fine, just dehydrated... Tests positive for MDMA and nothing else. Freaks out because she is up for her Nursing boards AND had custody of her kid (I didn't even know that part) and threw me under the bus, saying she didn't know she took it. She testified in the hearing that I put it in a blunt and we smoked it. That I secretly sprinkled MDMA in a blunt and we smoked it. Though her tox reports show no Marijuana AND the science behind taking a flame to a salt like drug like MDMA will destroy the product rendering the chemicals useless, basically you can't smoke MDMA in a blunt or joint... She also tried to claim after smoking the MDMA she became basically mute and lost the ability to express she wanted to leave. That she had no control over her body.... after smoking a blunt with MDMA.... What is the kind of expert I need to testify something like this? Honestly, I don't even know where to start, and cannot believe this is going to trial even based on the simple science behind the "victims" testimony.... I'm terrified. [link] [comments]  |
| Landlord publicly displayed mt SSN [Washington State] Posted: 03 Jan 2020 07:16 AM PST I'm in the middle of a messy move-out from a room that I have rented for many years from from this guy who seems to be going a bit nuts in his aging brain. Long story short, he weirdly showed up at my parents house (I'm an able, working, 31 year-old man) and upon making no contact with them because they were at work, taped a copy of the move-out notice to their front door, face-out, with my social security number and name clearly written on it. In Washington State, does a landlord, or anyone who has requested my social for legitimate reason have any sort of responsibility to NOT PUBLICLY DISPLAY my social security number or to maintain its confidentiality? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Jan 2020 07:58 AM PST I didn't get paid today. The owner fired the other two office people. I called the MD Dept of Labor Unemployment Office and I am ineligible to get unemployment benefits because I have not worked enough over the past 18 months (I took a year off for the last quarter of 2018 and the first 3 of 2019). My almost 3 months at this job does not count towards the benefit period (bullshit IMO). Just wanted to post an update in case this helps anyone else in the future. I'm pretty sure I'm going to walk out because of the other shady shit going on here. Thanks to all that contributed! [link] [comments]  |
| Can my "Step mom" legally marry my dad while he is "unconscious/incapacitated"?- California Posted: 02 Jan 2020 04:07 PM PST Background 1: Ive posted a lot about this before. Dad had a stroke, he should be recovering but its going to be slow. We dont know to what point of recovery he will reach etc etc. Right now basically hes a zombie in a hospital bed due to lack of better words =. Background 2: Dad and "step mom" were religiously married in India, but not legally in India or in the USA. Went to a conservator-ship attorney today and my step mom insisted on coming along. Initially when the stroke happened (5 days ago) she was telling me not to call any lawyers and in any case she doesn't want anything regardless of what happens to my dad. Today she started asking that she wants to be on the conservator-ship. Luckily the attorney recommended since the marriage is not legal I be the sole conservator (temporary 3 month)- this is great. Then my step mom asked if there is any way for her to legalize this marriage while my father is not cognizant. Our attorney did not know, and suggested she look into it. I am starting to get spine chills here. I dont like the way this is going. Especially because with discussions with her (my dad has been an abusive person), she is still deciding what she wants to do in the outcome of this stroke. Leaving him has been mentioned. She has mentioned, see his status and then potentially leave him (is he back to normal, is he close to normal, is he mentally incapacitated, is he a vegetable). Additional fact: Right now. I was told the lion's share will be going to me because I am listed as the beneficiary on his accounts. She did mention the house which is worth quite a bit would be split if the marriage is legal I know so far I am only looking into conservatorship which is primarily maintaining dads finances, but her money hungriness + her discussion of potentially leaving + her asking if she can legalize the marriage without him, leaves me to this major question: Can my "Step mom" legally marry my dad while he is "unconscious/incapacitated"? I dont want her to some how get "in", get control of a major set of the assets, and then jump back out. *** I had a brainfart and wrote step dad. He is my biological father [link] [comments]  |
| Can bio dad come back and claim post adoption? Posted: 03 Jan 2020 09:22 AM PST Throwaway, just in case. My wife and I adopted 2 children from foster care several years ago. They are close in age but not twins and they come from the same mother. She listed one man as father for both of them as they seemed to be in a relationship at the time. They both went to jail and the children were placed in the foster care system. After having several foster parents in their short lives, they finally came to us and we kept them as they are the most amazing kids. After the adoptions were finalized (California) we realized that the man the bio mom is currently with, looks just like one of the children. We got this information from one of the child's previous foster parents. After some searching on social media, we think that the new guy may actually be one of our daughters actual bio dad. Question is: would this guy have any legal rights to claim the child if he began to question that he's actually the father of one of them or was that negated when we legalized the adoption? Thank you. [link] [comments]  |
| Fighting with no contact parents over my bank account Posted: 03 Jan 2020 12:51 PM PST When my parents kicked me out at 18, they had a bank account with both mine and their names that had my money in it. I went to make my own account in the same bank and asked the bank to transfer that money into it. They refused and told me that they needed authorization from my parents, as their name was also on the account, and it didn't matter that I was 18. Then I got some advice from a redditor that said that was bullshit, and it's my money and that if I go to an atm I can transfer it to my account, so I did. Now I've received an email from my bank that says I need to call them in regards to that account. I checked my mobile app a few days later and there's negative $6, probably from my parents making an enquiry or something. Now there's $.01 in it. What should I do? Can I get in trouble or be reported for stealing my own money somehow? I live in New York State. EDIT: Bank called again twice so I picked up. They seem a little confused and basically said "you shouldn't have been able to do that", and that they want me to put the money back in the savings account so there isn't legal trouble. As they explained, it is totally my money and is supposed to go to me, but the "custodian" of my bank account has to be the one giving it to me. According to their own regulations, there is no automatic age limit where the money totally becomes mine. I could be 50. But they say "most custodians transfer it over by 18 or 21." Okay but my mom's a shit head and won't do that, and apparently never has to do that, even though they agree it's my own money. I just can't access it. I refused to transfer the money back and told them to call my mom to discuss her changing her custodian status to give me full control over the account, but I'm not sure if she'll comply. I'm waiting for a reply now. I'm not rich enough to "hit the gym and lawyer up" and I don't fancy a couple years of legal battles for what little money is in that account, but what options/laws do I have? I'm in the right here aren't I? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Jan 2020 09:44 AM PST In California, Contra Costa County. Husband & I lived in a condo for almost 4 years til our landlady sent a move-out notice so she could fully remodel and put her family in the unit. The only damage left when we moved was one broken mirrored sliding closet door and a 5-inch crack in the shower enclosure. The shower crack was there when we moved in but unfortunately it wasn't documented. Mind you, the lease specified this shower couldn't be cleaned with anything but liquid soap, as anything else strips the cheap caulking and lining. We never got a copy of the condition report when we moved in. We requested a pre-moveout inspection that she conducted, but she didn't give us a physical itemized statement with the required Civil Code 1950.5(f)(2) language. Instead, she texted an itemized list, including "dusty patio; dust in drawers; dust in refrigerator". It's my understanding those things can't be on the list as they're normal wear and tear and can't be deducted from the deposit. After moving out, she sent us a physical itemized list with two estimates--one replacing the entire shower enclosure, and the other replacing 3 mirrored sliding closet doors. Someone from Home Depot signed the sliding door estimate, saying that they do not install single door panels. The itemized list said that the total we owe against our security deposit was "TBD" (to be determined). Is the remaining life of an item supposed to be considered when calculating repair cost? I contacted her multiple times asking when the shower and sliding doors were initially installed, but she wouldn't respond. Tomorrow will be 21 days from when we vacated the premises. Last night, she sent us an email with the 'current total' we owe, saying that we owe the full cost of replacing all 3 sliding closet doors as she's given us opportunity to repair them ourselves but we haven't done so. She also says she'll send us her receipts within 14 days after she obtains them, and claims that the shower repair must first be approved by the HOA that doesn't meet until later this or next month. None of this seems legal, especially considering how she violated Civil Code 1950.5(f)(2). I went through our lease and discovered she didn't complete the "Condition of Premises" section where she was supposed to "check all that apply", including the claim that tenants agreed to the specified condition. The only thing checked was an item specifying the shower not be cleaned with anything but liquid soap. Are we liable for the full replacement cost of items if they were not new when we moved in? Is she required to calculate the cost with consideration to the remaining life of the item(s)? Is she allowed to bill us the full cost to replace 3 sliding doors when only 1 was damaged? Can she send us another bill in a month for the shower, which she thinks we're supposed to pay full cost to repair? Our lease says that all parties involved must mediate first in the event of dispute. If she doesn't send us a valid estimate amount tomorrow, can we demand that she mediate as she's not made a good faith effort to be fair or follow the laws as specified? I'm at my wits end with this lady. [link] [comments]  |
| 3yr Restaurant GM and I walked out because the owner garnished my wages illegally? Posted: 03 Jan 2020 06:43 AM PST I have been in the restaurant industry for over 10 years, I am an experienced and proficient bartender and FOH manager. I have worked a number of places including Shanghai, Florida Keys, etc etc. I have been at my current job as a GM for almost 3 years. I have not received a raise in my entire time being employed there. For more than a year I have been the ONLY FOH manager and have more responsibilities than I have time for. I work 40+ hours a week consistently and in the summertime 50-60. I am a good manager, a good boss to my employees and I have been extremely loyal and reliable throughout my employment here. SO I am a salaried employee and I left town to go visit family for christmas. I was gone for 6 days. On my most recent paycheck, the owner (who controls all payroll) did not pay me my full salaried amount, the check was cut in half. He has never discussed any type of vacation policy and has never garnished my wages like this in the past. He did not mention that this would be occurring, I had no idea until I received my check. I live on a tight budget and to have 1/4 of a month's wages to unexpectedly disappear is...just awful, especially after the holidays. So I walked out. I packed up everything I had purchased with my own money and was never reimbursed for (mostly bar equipment), I collected everything on my office desk and left my work keys on the desk as I walked out. The entire time the owner just sat in the office and didn't say a word. He obviously knew what was happening. I feel so disrespected and under appreciated its unreal. 3 years and he does me dirty like that and then doesn't say a single word? Doesn't call? Text? Nothing? Just throws away arguably the most valuable employee in the business and for what? Because I have a family on christmas? Screw me right. SO I guess my question is, is he legally able to withhold half of my paycheck even though I am on salary? Even though I was gone 6 days I still worked at least one day of each week in the pay period. Can I file unemployment under these circumstances even though I quit? And technically I never said "I quit" I just walked out without saying anything. Any advice would be appreciated. Apologize for the mild rant, but F that man I'm so pissed. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Jan 2020 11:08 AM PST I live in NYC. Got a letter from ConEd saying that the landlord for our building owes almost $20K in electrical bills for the building. Landlord has until the 25th to pay or electricity gets shut off. Luckily we each unit pays its own electrical bill for each individual apartment, so my apartment will have electricity if the landlord doesn't pay, but the common areas (hallways, laundry room, stairwell, etc.) will not. This is dangerous as our building is a walk up and it will get pitch black dark at night. Also we use key fobs to get into the main entrance and amenities (everything except our own unit), so we will not be able to get in or out of the building itself if the service is shut off, unless someone happens to prop the door open, which also makes the building way less secure. That + pitch black stairwells is not good news at nighttime. Also I assume I'd have to worry about pipes freezing and whatnot. The bill is way too high for us tenants to pay. I contacted management (not landlord) and sent a copy of the letter. He says he will "take care of it asap" but aside from calling ConEd to make sure it is paid, is there anything else I should do? Any legal action we may need to take? This is a building with I'd guess 20-30 units in it. If the electricity is shut off, do I have grounds to break my lease? [link] [comments]  |
| Co-worker took jacket from holiday party and then lost wallet Posted: 03 Jan 2020 10:54 AM PST We had a Company Holiday Party, and a fellow employee (who I did not know) walked out with my jacket an hour before I left. The company has camera footage of him leaving with my jacket. When they brought it up to him. He said the jacket was in a friend's car, but later "recalled" that he left it at Friday's and called them to get it back. He was able to return my jacket and keys but the wallet was gone. The wallet had approximately $380 worth of Cash/Gift Cards (it was right before Christmas). What are the steps I need to do? Should I file a police report? Do they help me recover the value of what was lost? Do I ask him to give me the money directly? Do I have to take him to court? What would I need to do this? A police report? The footage from the party? Any and all help is appreciated. Thank you! [link] [comments]  |
| Boyfriend's ankle monitor breaks or malfunctions so often. His new job is in jeopardy. [MA] Posted: 03 Jan 2020 10:15 AM PST My boyfriend has a GPS ankle monitor and a midnight-5AM curfew. He's been doing everything right but the thing breaks or stops working roughly every 2 weeks. We keep getting calls from his PO that he has to visit the nearest court asap for a replacement. He's on his third monitor in less than a month. He just started a new job and we're worried how much this is really affecting his life. He keeps getting pulled out of work, or we're woken up at 4 am by frantic phone calls. My general question is, is there a period of good behavior he can show to a judge that may one day get it removed, or are bail conditions set in stone until the case is over? More specifically, is this normal to have so much issues with an ankle monitor? [link] [comments]  |
| My job requires me to be on site before my scheduled start time but doesn't pay me for this time Posted: 03 Jan 2020 01:47 PM PST This post relates to Pennsylvania, USA. I'll try to be as detailed as possible: my current job requires me to check-in through security then walk approximately 10 minutes outdoors to another building in order to get to my assigned work station, during this time I am on company property under company rules (no phones, food, etc). During this time I am not allowed to clock in until I get to the main building. I was told during orientation for this job that I will have to get to work at least 10 minutes early each day in order to avoid being late for work. This is a major US logistics corporation with very stingy management. According to the Department of Labor website, "In general, "hours worked" includes all time an employee must be on duty, or on the employer's premises or at any other prescribed place of work." Should I be getting paid for this extra 20 minutes of time I spend each day at work? [link] [comments]  |
| Wife won money now she wants a divorce Posted: 02 Jan 2020 07:01 PM PST My wife won a good chunk of money in a competition and immediately wants a divorce. Am I entitled to any of that money since we are married? We live in Canada. [link] [comments]  |
| Locksmith and electrician lurking in my apartment (Massachusetts) Posted: 03 Jan 2020 07:38 AM PST Throwaway account My apartment has the circuit breakers for all of th and units in my building. I received an email yesterday night from the property manager to let me know that another unit was having an electrical issue and they needed an electrician to come into my apartment to see the circuit breaker. They also told me that the key they have for my unit wasn't working, so they were sending a locksmith. I'm currently on vacation and received a notification from my security cameras of a man walking around my kitchen and living room for about 8 minutes. I've since found out that this was the locksmith, which is unsettling because you need to go up a flight of stairs from my front door to get into my kitchen and living room- so there shouldn't have been any reason why he was there. Additionally, 15 minutes after he left, I was able to see that the electrician showed up. I also saw him rummaging around my kitchen. In the footage, I also see him go into my bedroom for a few minutes. The property managers were not present with either third party while they were in my apartment. Additionally, it wasn't until after I moved in that I was notified that all of the units' circuit breakers are in my apartment.
I'm still on vacation and am not able to see whether anything was stolen. Pretty rattled, so any advice would be appreciate. Thanks [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 02 Jan 2020 08:16 PM PST In October of 2018 I bought my first home with my boyfriend. We went though a real estate agent we hang out with. He told us, since our home was listed as a double lot, and we had a fence around the entire perimeter, that a survey wasn't very important, maybe a few feet different but nothing to worry about. We saved our money for the closing cost, and unknowingly made the biggest mistake we've ever made. This started with an empty lot bordering our fence. We wanted to purchase the lot to reduce the mosquitoes in our back yard and have a place for a greenhouse, the empty lot was terribly unkept and was truly an eyesore to everyone on our little dead end road. We called the assessors office, they gave us the name of the owner of the lot next to our address. After some googling, we had a woman's phone number and we called her the next day. She wasn't aware she owned the lot, and told us she had lost it in bankruptcy. Turns out, the woman we contacted lived in our home in 2012, and was the last person to own it as a double lot, she thought the bank took it during her bankruptcy when they took the house. The lot we thought we bought was half of the actual property we owned. And being dumb first time home buyers, we never thought to look at the measurements in our title. The man that sold it to us bought the house out of bankruptcy, fixed it up a bit and sold it, thinking he purchased a double lot like it appears. Anyone that looks at the house would think it's a double lot, our walkway to our door leads to the other lot, and our entire driveway is on the other lot. We contacted this woman on October 20th, and by October 30th she was a nightmare. We agreed to pay her $5,000 for the lot, she went to pay her taxes the next day and found out the assessed value was $40,000. I still don't understand that price, because larger lots in better areas are not assessed that high. Once she got this information and payed the taxes, she decided she's going to build a house on what was originally our side yard. Which, for the record is a 35 foot wide lot. A few weeks pass and we talked to everyone involved in the selling of our home. Everyone pointed fingers to other people, or blamed us for not getting a survey. She had a survey done a few days before thanksgiving, and her property is one foot from the edge of our home. The sidewalk leading to my back yard (which is the only entrance to the entire back of my property) is hers. I own one foot of concrete by my home, one foot of concrete on a two car driveway that my walkway leads to. On December 24th, she removed the front part of my privacy fence and put up galvanized chicken wire "fencing" to separate the lots, as well as private property signs. I've never been so embarrassed in my life. Today she came by and said she was going to cut my sidewalk so our concrete wouldn't be on her property. She's sent us text, left voicemails and even showed up at our house unexpectedly, she seems to know when I'm off work and always drops by when I'm home alone. I'm not a big person, I get intimidated easily and she's really doing a number on me. Anytime I hear a car door close I have to look out the window to make sure it's not her or her family members. Her sister decided to try to introduce herself on Christmas Eve, but we weren't home. When my neighbor asked her what she needed she was incredibly rude to him and kept asking him "do you live here?" "Do you own this house?" I don't know what to do. I've tried everything to be nice to her, but I truly believe she is crazy and hoping to build a two story, 23 foot wide house, 6 feet from what I thought was my dream house, the start to my life. Is there anything I can do to stop her, or to get out of my house so I never have to deal with her again? Or did I just spend all of my savings to be in the most embarrassing situation I've ever dealt with? Reddit you're my last hope. [link] [comments]  |
| Former employer erroneously deposited money into my account.. Posted: 03 Jan 2020 07:38 AM PST I originally posted this in r/jobs, but was directed here. Not sure what would be the correct flair. I am in New York. New York City specifically. I was laid off several months ago and I saw that my former employer accidentally deposited what would be my bi-monthly check into my account. It not a pay out or any money owed—I believe it was just done out of error. I already contacted them on how to return the money and they said that the payroll company could refund the taxes and the FICA but not the Net Pay as it has been deposited into my account. What does this mean? Will I be responsible for these taxes now? Will the addition of this money be added to my W-2? They want me to write a check or transfer the money to them. Also they are a small company that hires an outside payroll company to do their payroll. Edit: Location [link] [comments]  |
| PA- My manager illegally takes a portion of our serving tips at the end of every shift- help! Posted: 03 Jan 2020 09:48 AM PST Hello! Thanks in advance for reading and reacting to my post, any insight is extremely helpful, I'm stuck and don't know what to do. I work in a restaurant that pools tips- the tip pool is split up based on each persons role- for example, front-servers make a slightly higher portion of tips than back-servers, bussers make less than them, etc. My manager who ALSO gets paid a salary, is taking a significant amount of the portion of the tip pool- he gets paid better than / equal to the front-servers. He also gets percentages from all the parties booked, even when he isn't working. Lol. Literally Hundreds of dollars taken from the workers. Everybody we work with is under the impression that it's illegal for him to be taking our tips. Is this true? Is there anything I can do to fix this issue legally? Talking to him and the owner both did nothing, the owner has complete knowledge of what goes on but "let's him keep running things his way"
The fucked up part about this, is that everybody working there has been just dealing with this for years and doesn't seem to mind. They are all hopeless thinking nothing can be done. Is there any way to pursue the money that was taken from us legally??? HELPPPP [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Jan 2020 12:54 PM PST Quick background on the case: A dry cleaner/clothing repair shop destroyed a pair of $400 shoes that I asked to merely be resoled. They spray painted them a different color and dripped lacquer all over then. I asked for $297 (half price of shoes, cost of repair, cost to file). During the trial, the judge asked us to try to settle so that we might both be happy. The defendant yelled out $150. I agreed on this. The judge had me give my address to the defendant for the check. I haven't received it. I've called their business, texted, no response until today from a receptionist at the business to call their lawyer. What are they planning? What can I do? This is in New York State. Thank you! Edit: it has been exactly 30 days since the trial and judgement. [link] [comments]  |
| Someone is trying to sue me, but no contact has been made. [TX] Posted: 03 Jan 2020 10:44 AM PST Back in October I started receiving buisness cards from a lawyer on my front door trying to contact me. We called the number several times with no answer and just a voicemail. We moved in November to a new house, and I got a text from my old landlord this morning with a statement taped to the old front door. Saying from small claims court with a case # and said that I've been sued. It said this had been filed August 13th and that I needed to reply 14 days after. We were living here in August.. I don't understand why this is being posted so late or if it's even legal to be posted on a door like this. If we had moved out of town I'd had no clue. It also said issued and given under my hand and seal of said court at office the 4th of October. When I've never recieved anything but cards. What do I do? [link] [comments]  |
| 70 year old Dad wants me (M 37) to take guardianship of his newborn Posted: 03 Jan 2020 09:05 AM PST Throwaway account. Backstory: I'm 37 and recently married with no kids but my wife and I would like to start a family soon. My Dad (70) and Stepmom (55) just had a child (using in-vitro). It was a surprise to the rest of the family but clearly an intentional decision on their part. She doesn't have any other family and my dad doesn't have any siblings. My brother (35) and I are his only family. He keeps trying to tell me that I need to "step up" for the family and take guardianship of my new half-sister. But this seems like a pretty big decision given how old they both are. I love my father very much but he is not in great health and it's unlikely he will live until 88 when the child is of legal age. My stepmom is in better health but does not have great employment prospects so I'm worried that even if she lives, there wont be enough money. What exactly does guardianship entail legally and what can I do to protect myself before They live in MD. We live in DC. I'm worried that this is pretty big ask to make to my wife at the start of our marriage. I haven't agreed to anything so welcome any and all advice and follow up questions. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Jan 2020 10:42 AM PST I belong to a golf club that bills me a "voluntary" building improvement fee every month to my account. If we don't want to pay this voluntary contribution, we have to reply to the billing email every month with "opt out" in the message . Is this legal? I live in the state of Georgia. Thanks [link] [comments]  |
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