Legal Advice (update) nearly 3 months later about the kid I didn't know existed for ten years |
- (update) nearly 3 months later about the kid I didn't know existed for ten years
- My ex is HIV positive and he did not disclose this before we had unprotected sex. What can I do?
- (UPDATE) Received a reckless driving ticket on private property.
- Ex-employer paid my vacation time out at $12/hour instead of $17 because they "didn't feel comfortable"
- I own a residential property in New Jersey (My parents house through whom I inherited) which had not had a tenant in over 2 years. It was pretty run-down but still I had it boarded up and locked down to keep out squatters.
- Business Next Door Installed High Powered Lights That Shine and Blink into my Home
- My brother, 19, has been in a relationship with a girl, 16, who originally told him she was 18.
- I loaned a close friend a substantial sum of US dollars and cryptocurrency. I have in writing (text messages) his guarantee of full repayment (i.e., promising the loan was risk-free). The money was due last summer and I've been waiting ever since. Do I have any legal recourse here?
- Can I report my rape a year later?
- Who is responsible for paying professional cleaning/hazmat cleanup fees when a tenant dies? - Illinois/Chicago
- I have a horrible credit score because of a ambulance bill from when a minor.
- stepmother is trying to retro charge my sister for rent
- Mother taken advantage of by travel agent for $50,000 (MN/FL)
- Got the charges for "friends" marijuana
- Alaska Airline Lost My Luggage And Sent It Across The Country. To Compensate, They Promised Reimbursement. Please Help.
- Threatened to be sued for copyright infringement after winning software at a competition
- How to dispose of firearms owned by felon family member currently in prison? [Georgia]
- Uncle is going to get deported, is there a way we can send his stuff back to him?
- (Washington DC) My strip club refuses to pay me the money it owes, saying the IOU is "expired"
- Local police favoring family (West Virginia)
- My boyfriend has gone from a volunteer to an employee at an animal shelter, but...
- I tried to cancel health insurance (NY, US) and they wouldn't let me. What can I do?
- Payroll discrepancy.
- Am I legally allowed to sue a company if they refuse to deliver a package that I paid for?
| (update) nearly 3 months later about the kid I didn't know existed for ten years Posted: 04 Jan 2020 10:48 AM PST It's been almost 3 months now and I thought I'd come in real quick to give an update. Overall, the kid and I are doing great. I really expected the adjustment period to suck but I feel like maybe this poor kid really needed some structure and stability and totally glommed onto that. I try to just give her as much of my love, patience, structure and stability that I have to give. I've been learning a lot about attachment, trauma, and everything. It's been overwhelming but every night, no matter how exhausted I am, I get into bed and I thank God for her. I wouldnt trade her for anything in this world. I tell her every night she's my favorite thing. Legally things are kind of boring. I did the DNA test, unsurprisingly got the result that she's mine biologically. The emergency order is still in place. Had mom is still in jail, she was offered the option of going to rehab and refused. She'll be in jail for at least a few more months, and after she's out we will make a parenting plan for visits with help from the social worker. Realistically i think she'll die before she gets clean. That sounds like a horrible thing to say but it is how it is. It's been a wild ride. It's not easy. But it's joyful and it's really changed my life & made me want to be better in a lot of ways. [link] [comments]  |
| My ex is HIV positive and he did not disclose this before we had unprotected sex. What can I do? Posted: 03 Jan 2020 10:38 PM PST I'm sorry if this post is all over the place, but I am so hurt and confused. Also sorry about the formatting. My ex knowingly exposed me to HIV, and is basically saying that his doctor gave him the all clear, so he felt that he didn't have to tell me. The thing is, I have no proof of this, no proof he's taking his meds, and he refuses to cooperate with me when I ask him for information. I found out about this about a week ago, and I have an appointment on Tuesday to get tested. This whole thing has sent me down an emotional spiral, and has caused me to miss work, have panic attacks, and generally just freak out. My ex is taking absolutely NO responsibility for this, and in fact threatened to sue ME if I told anybody he is HIV positive. I am at my wit's end with this, and I want to know if there is anything I can do from a legal stand point. Please help! Edit: located in California Edit 2: I just wanted to say thanks from the bottom of my heart for all of your help and education, I feel a lot better about my next steps in this process. [link] [comments]  |
| (UPDATE) Received a reckless driving ticket on private property. Posted: 04 Jan 2020 11:55 AM PST Before my court date came up I went around to the different county records offices and found an up to date plat map, confirmed with several people that my driveway is not a road. I even had a friend come by who usually does drone photos for farms and had a nice photo of the entire property taken showing the driveway with a GPS marker so that it can be lined up with the plat map so there's no confusion on if my driveway is or is not a road. Two days before my court date I received a call asking if I want to take a deal on the reckless driving and avoid the court time etc, I said no and confirmed the date with them. Court date rolls around and my "10:30AM" time is just an estimate apparently so I wait around until 2PM, right before I'm finally called up I'm offered the "deal" one last time. Again I decline. This is where it gets odd and I'm not 100% sure what happened but the Judge opens a folder and briefly reads it then calls up the county attorney, they talk for about a minute then my case is dismissed. So that's it, I asked a sheriff outside the courtroom if it's possible to talk to the Judge about it and I'm told the best way is to write him a letter. Not sure what he read in the folder but I guess it was enough for him to see it was a pointless ticket. I did not see the sheriff who wrote me the ticket anywhere either that day. So I guess we did it reddit! Or something, who knows but now I get the fun of trying to figure out what my insurance wants as proof so my rates don't jump because of the ticket. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 04 Jan 2020 06:52 AM PST I'm going to try and make this as simple as possible. I live in Louisiana, and I was a retail department manager for the same company for 2 years. In the second year, I never used my vacation time and had accrued almost 30 hours. In June of 2019 I announced that I was going to drop down in my position to pursue my own personal business, but wasn't sure if I was going to drop down to a part time sales associate or a full time team lead. I would lose my health insurance if I dropped down to the SA, so that was the major issue I was struggling with. I was approved by the district manager to take all of July off to deal with things with my business and then make my decision on staying. Unbeknownst to me, my boss, the store manager, changed my pay rate the day I left to the Team Lead position of $12/hour even though it wasn't decided what position I would be returning at. July 28th, I told them that I would be returning as a part time sales associate ($9/hour), and need to get the proof of my insurance ending so I can get new coverage outside of open enrollment. My boss said he couldn't provide the proof of loss of coverage and couldn't get the benefits department to give it to me either. Just said I would get something in the mail when it ended. Well, a couple of months go by and I keep following up with my physical therapist (who I see 2x a week), and they say my policy is still active. So I keep going. I realize I wasn't paid out my vacation time, so I get back in touch with the district manager who starts looking into the issue. Turns out, I was paying for my insurance out of my vacation time for a few months, so it was never paid out in cash. She talks to the benefits department and determines they will pay me out that week. Here's the kicker, the REGIONAL manager says he doesn't feel comfortable paying me out at my $17/hour rate that I worked for 2 years because it was apparently changed in the system by my boss to $12/hour, even though I have never worked at the company for $12/hour. I have a full email conversation of the benefits department saying I needed to be paid out at my old rate, and them saying they "aren't comfortable". I said screw it, I don't think thats legal and theres no HR department for the company, but I didn't want to add fuel to the fire. Fast forward to now, I got a call from my psychologist saying the insurance was terminated July 28th, and I owe them $400. I also get a call from my physical therapist for the same reason, saying I owe them $1800. I have proof from my ADP (payroll company) log in, that I had paid for the insurance out of my vacation time through November. But it doesn't matter since it was reported as cancelled in July. The major question is, what can I do? Do I just say screw it and pay it or fight my previous employer? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Jan 2020 10:16 PM PST Then a week ago I got a call from a lawyer asking for the Homeowner. I said I was and he starts going on about reaching a settlement for an incident. Apparently his client had 'been' in the residence and made it halfway up the stairs for who knows what and tripped and fell. He had a neck injury and fractured arm and wants to reach a financial settlement from me to cover medical expenses. The lawyer said the stairway was in an unsafe condition for a rental property (which it was still logged as with the state) so I now have to pay up for something that seems to be not at all my fault. I went to investigate the property and found the back door's lock forced open. (Door opens inward, two planks nailed to the outside the trespasser would of had to duck through) And one of the lower steps of the stairs had been split down the middle. Definitely a natural split, not a clean cut with tools so as to make it look like the stair had given out. Additionally, the previous tenants as well as myself knew about this particular step as a squeaky one but never thought it might actually just break someday. What can I do in this situation? I know that if someone slips and falls on your section of the sidewalk they can sue you for not keeping the sidewalk clear but since this guy literally had to break into the house to get injured do I have a case to make? Edit 1: The trespasser has agreed to meet with me in his hospital room today with his lawyer present on the possibility of dropping the charges so wish me luck! [link] [comments]  |
| Business Next Door Installed High Powered Lights That Shine and Blink into my Home Posted: 04 Jan 2020 01:42 AM PST The day I went on a trip for the holidays a dog training center that moved in next door this past year, installed new super bright LED lights that shine into my house. We had emailed them immediately that we need to come to an arrangement where the lights are angled differently - they appear on a hinge. Then we were gone for the holidays. As soon as we walk in the house upon our return, we realize that they have another light installed and this one blinks. http://imgur.com/a/BXI6RmE (gif of the lights) I walked over to the business and asked if they could turn off the lights, as we just got home from a trip. The worker said that we must be tired, but she would call and see if she was allowed. We left. Lights remained on - as they are set to a timer. I have emailed the business asking for them to call me in the morning. My best case scenario is that they angle the lights differently so they don't shine in my house anymore. This is my optimistic, best case plan. What other options could I have, if polite discourse doesn't work? Edit: I'm in Texas Update 1: I sent three emails to the owner, one including the video shown above. They have a maintenance man who adjusting one of the three lights at 8am this morning. He angled the one blinking light downward slightly. I am curious how it will appear tonight. Update 2: http://imgur.com/a/KbSrd00 They installed hoods on 2 of the 3 lights. And adjusted the angle on the 1 blinking light. They are attempting quick progress. On the hooded/non-angeled light, I can still see the bulbs directly - so I am worried that isn't fixed. The third light, probably directly impacts me much less than my two other neighbors. [link] [comments]  |
| My brother, 19, has been in a relationship with a girl, 16, who originally told him she was 18. Posted: 04 Jan 2020 09:54 AM PST Hi there, My brother has been dating a girl with whom he met at the restaurant where they both work (Los Angeles, CA). He is a server while he attends college and the girl is a hostess who told him she attends another nearby college in the area. His school is about 30 miles away so he only works weekend shifts. The girl worked weeknights and the occasional weekend day so they were not together at the restaurant too often - I'm guessing the staff didn't know. They have been dating about 6 months and from what he said, are sexually active. Last night at around 9 PM, the girl and her parents came over and let's just say shit hit the fan -- the girl was bawling her eyes out, her parents were extremely loud and threatening .. it was pure chaos. We found out the girl is only 16 years old and attends the local high school - she even had a fake ID that looked perfect to the naked eye. They threatened to press charges for Statutory Rape and we are terrified. I don't know what to do. Do we go to the police first? Or contact an attorney? If it helps, my brother has texts from her stating her age, and her facebook says her fake birthday. We are in a very bad situation and if anyone has any advice, I would be grateful. Thank you! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 04 Jan 2020 09:08 AM PST Between October 2017 and April 2019, I periodically lent a close friend of mine cryptocurrency (BTC and ETH). He told me the funds were being used to make markets and provide liquidity in cryptocurrency exchanges overseas, and for about a year and a half he paid me handsome interest on my loans. I never pressed him for more information / proof about the use of the funds, but in hindsight my guess is he was actually using the funds to either gamble on sports or as leverage to speculate on cryptocurrency prices. We always discussed our transactions over text message, and I was always clear / explicit in the terms of the loans and our arrangements / expectations. Over this period, we established trust and a healthy business relationship. In addition, we've been friends since freshman year of college (I'm 26), I've met his family, we've got lots of mutual friends, etc., so him ghosting me wasn't really a concern. In May 2019, I lent him $25k in US dollars, and approximately $20k worth of BTC and ETH. The US dollars were due in September 2019, and the BTC and ETH were due in June 2019. He claims (but has not provided evidence / proof) that his cryptocurrency is currently locked up in an exchange, and that for various / vague security reasons he's having trouble gaining access to his account on the exchange. Further, he claims he's having bank / wire issues, and that's why he's been unable to send along the US dollars. I've been patient with him because we're friends (or used to be friends, at least) and I'd prefer not to escalate the situation (get lawyers involved, reach out to his parents, etc.), but at this point I need to seriously contemplate alternative measures to recoup these funds. For months, he's provided every excuse under the sun to justify delayed repayment (bank issues, travel, illness, etc.). At this point, I'd like to operate under the assumption that he won't repay me unless I seriously escalate the situation. What I've come to this subreddit to understand is any legal options I may have, whether I have a legal right to recoup these funds, etc. In terms of documentation, all I've got are text messages in which he promises complete repayment and characterizes the loans as risk-free. I'm happy to provide the actual language if helpful, or to provide any additional information if needed. Thank you in advance for the help! [link] [comments]  |
| Can I report my rape a year later? Posted: 03 Jan 2020 09:34 PM PST {Throw Away for obvious reason} Ok, so I got raped.. um, last December or Last November last year. I can't remember, I honestly blocked out as much as I could because of how hurt I was. I was 14, and he was 42. My mom used to rent out a room in our house to him. One night I was sick, I passed out because I took Benadryl. Next thing I know, I wake up sore, my virginity gone and to find out he finished inside. I shouldn't have trusted him. He always been a creep. He used to stare when I was 8 and up too. Idk how i never noticed until i was looking back recently. Anyway, he has recently moved out, and I'm not so scared. Is it possible to try and go forward? Would it hold up in court? Thanks in advance. Please no mocking or anything in the comments. I know, I should have reported sooner. I was just scared to. I had to live with him.. Please help me with advice [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 04 Jan 2020 06:37 AM PST A relative of mine recently passed away in her apartment. It had been several days (if not more) since her death before anyone discovered her, so her apartment is in need of professional cleaning to handle issues related to a dead body being on the floor for some time. My parents are currently trying to work out all of the death-related issues with the landlord, but money is tight and they are worried that they will end up having to pay an expensive cleaning fee. My relative was the sole occupant and lessee of the premises. I currently do not have any more information about her lease. My gut instinct is that the landlord is responsible for cleanup because it seems to me that the landlord bears the risk of a tenant dying on the premises when it leases it out to individuals, and a proper cleanup will enable the landlord to begin leasing the property to a new tenant. But, that could be totally wrong. Generally speaking, are landlords responsible for paying professional cleaning fees when a tenant dies in the premises? Or, are the relatives of the deceased responsible? [link] [comments]  |
| I have a horrible credit score because of a ambulance bill from when a minor. Posted: 03 Jan 2020 03:46 PM PST Ok so I live in Texas and when I was 14 I had a ambulance get me twice from school due to me having a seizure. Well being a minor we thought it would charge my mother, but it didn't. When I turned 18 and got credit karma I found out my score was 552 and held two derogatory marks from the ambulance bills. Is this legal, I was a minor when it happened, so why would it go into my account or should I take some sort of legal action against the creditors. I'm sorry I don't know about this stuff due to only being 18 years old. [link] [comments]  |
| stepmother is trying to retro charge my sister for rent Posted: 04 Jan 2020 03:05 AM PST My kid sister has been living with our stepmom for about 6 months now and the original agreement was she pay whatever she can to help out...my stepmother adamantly refused to have a lease or a written out agreement for her own reasons. So my sister paid about 100$ a week until she lose her job about 3 weeks ago, so she stopped paying. Now our stepmother has given her a 3 day notice, stating she owes 450$. She is unclear on how to proceed since there was no formal agreement and she has no place to go. [link] [comments]  |
| Mother taken advantage of by travel agent for $50,000 (MN/FL) Posted: 03 Jan 2020 02:45 PM PST In September of 2019, my mother and an old friend she recently reconnected with who both live in Minnesota traveled to Spain and France for two weeks. My mother informed the travel agent she wanted to spend no more than between $6,000-$10,000 total for the trip. My Mother's friend agreed she didn't want to spend more than $5,000 for her portion. My Mother's friend recommended her travel agent for my mother to use. My Mother's friend has some sort of agreement with this travel agent where their accommodations were supposed to be free due to 'points' my Mother's friend had with this travel agent. My mother was told the only expenses she would owe for their stays would be cleaning fees and that she would cover the security deposits. All other costs of the trip were to be equally split between my mother and her friend. After reviewing my Mother's accounts over Christmas, I realized a third-party company, on behalf of a travel agent my mother used, has charged my mother more than $50,000 total between her credit card and checking account beginning from before her trip, right up until the end of December. The travel agent is unable to provide invoices for the majority of the $50,000 charged to this third-party company. I was informed that because my mother's credit card and debit card have low daily limits, the travel agent partially paid for expenses for the trip with my mother's credit or debit card and then used funds from the third party company to pay for the rest of the cost. According to the travel, the $50,000 plus was my mother having to repay third-party company for costs they incurred when booking travel and fronting money for my mother. The travel agent informed me that my mother and her friend opted to not stay at hotels so my Mother's friend's point could not be used, so they were billed for their stays. Further, it turns out my Mother's friend did not pay for any portion of her trip as the travel agent is claiming my Mother said she wanted to pay for the trip as a gift, something my Mother never said. My Mother's friend has not offered to reimburse my mother for half of the expenses. The travel agent gained access to my mother's credit and debit card numbers by having my mother sign a letter of guarantee for payment. My mother had this letter notarized and provided it to the travel agent who was dishonest about the need for such a document. My mother did not understand the document she was signing and providing to the travel agent. Further, my mother did not authorize any of the charges that took place on her accounts after she returned from her trip. The travel agent who defrauded my mother is based out of Orlando, FL and the third party servicer is said to be based out of the Dominican Republic, but all of the charges on her account are listed as taken from Florida. The travel agent is able to provide information concerning account for around $20,000 of the $50,000. The travel agent is claiming $20,000 is related to two properties that are in a travel insurance dispute as the properties were dirty, moldy, and inferior to how they were presented before arrival. The travel agent is claiming that $20,000 is being held in escrow until the travel insurance pays out to the broker/servicer third-party company in question above. She says that when the insurance pays out to the third-party company, my mother's $20,000 will be reimbursed. The travel agent will not provide me with any information about where the money is being held in escrow or with what company. The travel agent is unable to account for the remaining balance my mother paid to the third party company. Further, the travel agent never provided my mother with any estimated costs for the trip, receipts for purchases, or any information related to the total cost of the trip. I have filed a fraud report with her local police, the FTC, and disputed the charges through her bank for the credit and checking account transactions. However, I am worried they will not accept this as fraud as the travel agent has my mother sign the guarantee of payment form and my mother volunteered her account information. I have also cancelled the card used for this fraud and opened her new accounts with a new bank. My main question is does my mother have any case if she needs to civilly sue either her friend of the travel agent if the bank refuses to recognize these transitions as fraud? Apologies for this being rambling, it's quite a strange story, I will answer any questions to help clarify. TL;DR - My mother took a trip to Spain and France via a travel agent who ended up charing her cards over $50,000 under very strange circumstances. The charges are being disputed via her bank, but the bank doesn't know if they will be refunded to my mother. What are her chances if she choses to civilly sue? [link] [comments]  |
| Got the charges for "friends" marijuana Posted: 04 Jan 2020 01:30 PM PST Long story short, only medical marijuana is legal where I live. I made a poor decision and let friends smoke in my house. When we went out to get food, to my ill luck, the cops showed up while my brother was there. I was informed to go back home, my "friends" dropped me off on another street and drove off even though they left marijuana and bongs that all belonged to them in my living room. Because it was my house, I got three charges 1.) possession of schedule l, prohibited acts, and improper supervision because my brother was home. I have some social media posts that back up my claim that it was all theirs and the cops knew someone dropped me off and ran. I'm a good person, never gotten so much as a speeding ticket, not off into drugs, high gpa in college, work in a good field, involved in many on-campus leadership roles and clubs, I just made poor decisions and hung with the wrong crowd. By the grace of God I was not arrested and they are misdemeanors. My court date is in over a month, I know I plead no contest but should I get an attorney? and does anyone have a similar experience? I really don't need this on my record I have a lot planned for my future and I need to go to grad school, I just made bad choices. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 04 Jan 2020 09:08 AM PST This was involved in Washington State, USA. This incident actually happened to my girlfriend, but i am posting on her behalf to try and get some advice. Basically, my girlfriend got back from visiting family in California and when she arrived back here in Washington her luggage was sent to Minnesota. This was a mistake on the airlines behalf, no idea how, but it was their fault and they knew this. To compensate they promised my girlfriend they would get her luggage back the next day and $100. Specifically, they told her to go buy clothes and hygiene products for herself up to $100 and bring them the receipt and they would reimburse her in full. This sounded great and she accepted their offer and waited til the next day. (She did not go out and buy a bunch of things though because she didn't believe they would reimburse, good thing too). However, the next day came and she got an email from the airlines. The email states that instead of being compensated her $100 reimbursement they promised, she will instead be getting a $100 discount code for her next flight with them. This is bullsh**. My girlfriend won't be flying anytime soon again maybe not even for the year and the code will be invalid by then. Its literally worthless to her. The code itself can't even be sold or given to anyone either because it's linked to her name only. Thankfully she got her luggage back and all her belongings, but the airport shouldn't have promised reimbursement then totally go back on their word. If we had gone ahead and bought things it would have been a total waste of money. So, my question is, what can i do? Is there someone of higher official i could contact through Alaska Airlines in order to get the $100 reimbursement? My girlfriend already called the main customer service number and they said they cant do anything about it. Obviously, they don't owe it to us since we got our luggage back but it's the inconvenience that it happened. They should easily be able to compensate and reimburse her. That's crazy if they can't. Are we basically out of luck on this? Any advice given is greatly appreciated. Thank you. [link] [comments]  |
| Threatened to be sued for copyright infringement after winning software at a competition Posted: 04 Jan 2020 05:21 AM PST I'm the co-owner of a 3 person company in PA. Back in Feb of 2019 my company took part in a competition co-sponsored by a large software company (let's call them LSC) which, as one the prizes, advertised 3 free licenses to an expensive piece of their software. My company won the competition, as well as the licenses (among other things). When contacting LSC to send the licenses to us, they told us that they will do so soon, but never did. We did not follow up since we don't really need the software anyway. Fast forward to December 2019 and I receive a cease and desist letter from a law firm representing LSC, claiming they have detected a pirated copy of exactly the same software we won, running on a computer connected to my company's network. They threaten to sue for copyright infringement (up to $150k + attorney fees), but are willing to settle if we purchase their expensive software for over $15k. We did not ever run this software at my company, but we get frequent visitors here, so it is theoretically possible one of them had a pirated copy on their machine and was connected to our guest network. They sent us the identifier of the computer running the alleged pirated copy, but it doesn't match any of our computers. I told the lawyers that we own three licenses to the software, so there would be zero reason for us to run a pirated version of it (at a three person company) and that the identifier of the allegedly infringing computer doesn't match any of ours. I also followed up with their representative in charge of sending us the licenses that we won, and he admitted that something went wrong in getting them to us and that he will send them over soon. This was three weeks ago and we still have not received them. Meanwhile their lawyers realized that the licenses we won were never issued and are not backing down from their demands. We cannot afford to pay the $15k. What can we do here? Is there any wrongdoing on their part in advertising the licenses as competition prizes and then never sending them? [link] [comments]  |
| How to dispose of firearms owned by felon family member currently in prison? [Georgia] Posted: 04 Jan 2020 03:52 AM PST Hello. Bit of a back story here but A few years ago, my dad was arrested for some pretty serious crimes and was bailed out a few days after. As I was a minor then, I was taken by CPS and sent to live with my mom and stepdad. During this time period he lost his job (was arrested multiple times over the period of two months and once happened while he was at work) and consequently was evicted from the house we lived in. He took all of his stuff and any thing I didn't take when I went to CPS and put it in a storage unit and moved around with friends until he ultimately went to prison. During this time, he made my sister (then I believe 18) and I power of attorney over his bank account and storage unit. Mine didn't come into effect until I turned 18 a year ago. Basically he, my sister, and I were the only ones allowed access to the unit and we were the only ones allowed to make changes to the account (change gate code, the lock, etc) His dad was paying the monthly payments until he recently fell ill and warned me in the coming months he'd stop paying it. That's fine with me as I have no contact with my dad and have been meaning to cut my name off his stuff but hey, life happens. I decided recently that I'd go through it and get my stuff and just let the storage place auction the rest. Opened it up after not seeing it in years, and there's two firearms. There's no telling if they're registered (I'm pretty sure he bought them off Craigslist or something similar) or even legal in any capacity. One is a pistol and another is some kind of automatic rifle. Not sure. Don't know much about guns. I didn't touch them or the bullet cartridges with them. My sister was with me and touched them to see if they were real. I closed it, locked it, and called my stepdad to ask what to do. He told me to tell the people that own the units, my mom says go to police since my dad is technically a felon (he's still in prison for another decade plus) and my sister (paranoid ex drug addict) says we should just leave them and I need to forget my stuff in there because "the cops will make it look like we own them illegally" (taking that with a grain of salt) So. I don't know what to do. I don't know what would happen if the people go to auction it and see the guns like fucking loaded and if they'll contact me or what. But I am completely unsure of what to do here. Any advice is seriously appreciated. For what it matters I'm currently 19 and my sister is 21. Edit: as far as selling/keeping the guns, I'm not interested in keeping them and know absolutely nothing about gun safety and/or transactions. Also think I should mention that the pistol has a homemade silencer on it. It's one of those giant flashlights hollowed out. I remember him making it when we lived together but I thought he got rid of everything after being arrested. As far as I know, they were never used in the commission of a crime. He's ex-military and we lived in the countryside so there was always guns in the house. His felony charges are sex offender related [link] [comments]  |
| Uncle is going to get deported, is there a way we can send his stuff back to him? Posted: 04 Jan 2020 12:26 PM PST I am unsure if this is the right place to post this, if theres a better subreddit to post this to or some sort of organization or something I should reach out to please tell me. My parents immigrated to the United States before I was born. We currently live in Wisconsin. About a year ago, my uncle immigrated here too, and lived with us. A couple days ago, however, he was pulled over by a police officer and was it was discovered he wasn't actually here legally. None of us were aware of this. He is in jail currently, waiting until his court date. He is going to be deported. We're all upset by this, but know that we can't do anything about it. However, my uncle has a lot of sentimental items at our house still. He isn't able to take them back over the border with him, and the police say we cannot ship him anything whatsoever addressed from us. Is there any sort of way he can get his stuff back? Is there anything we can do? [link] [comments]  |
| (Washington DC) My strip club refuses to pay me the money it owes, saying the IOU is "expired" Posted: 04 Jan 2020 08:58 AM PST Last year, in the throes of a midlife crisis, I decided to pick up an occasional shift as a dancer at an upscale strip club. I have a full-time day job, as well as family obligations, so I work fairly irregularly, which is pretty typical with my independent contractor status and the industry as a whole. On Dec. 31st, I got a text message from one of the managers telling me that I had to turn in all my "funny money" that night or it would be forfeit, on the orders of the club owners. Strip club "funny money" is basically scrip -- at this club, whenever customers pay for a VIP room or a private dance on credit card, the club charges them an additional 20% credit card "service fee", and pays the dancers with an IOU to be redeemed later at 90% face value. For example, a private dance is $150; if the customer puts it on credit card, he gets charged $180. The club takes an additional cut and the dancer gets $90 in funny money, which, when redeemed, is actually only $81 in actual cash. Oh, and the dancers are expected to tip out the security/ "VIP hosts" from that. Yeah, it's bullshit. So, I had to hurry my ass into the city to exchange the $1059 I had in strip club funny money, mostly in $20 and $1 denominations. I had 3 $100 bills. When I got there, they told me they'd stopped accepting the $100 denominations either a week, 2 weeks, or a month ago depending on who I talked to. (I last worked the weekend of Thanksgiving, so about a month ago, and I hadn't heard anything about that policy then.) So I could only turn in $759, thus getting $683 for my work. The reason was that the $100 denoms were now officially "expired and withdrawn from from circulation," which seems super bullshit considering there's no expiration date printed on them, and I wasn't informed about the possiblity of these things ever expiring. No earlier text message from management, no signs in the dressing room... Nothing. $300 is not a life changing amount of money for me, but it's certainly enough to make me feel pretty cranky, especially considering that $300 was after the club took their 50% cut. This practice is fairly common in the industry, but this is the first time I've heard about funny money "expiring". There's a half-ass disclaimer printed on the bill that says "This bill can only be used for table dances, [private] rooms, tipping dancers and staff". Other strip clubs treat scrip like this as a gift card, which from my understanding, cannot expire until 5 years after activation under federal law. According to what I've found on Google, an IOU under any other form (gift certificates and credit memos) is legally valid for 5 years, so telling me without warning that I can no longer redeem my money is pretty bullshit. What legal recourse do I have? I'm pretty sure if I try to file small claims or something, I'll get fired and I'll lose future opportunities to earn money at that particular establishment. [link] [comments]  |
| Local police favoring family (West Virginia) Posted: 04 Jan 2020 06:49 AM PST
EDIT Alright so I showed my friend that I was posting this. She had the following to add, correcting some of the stuff I said: ((So it was apparently my friend's vehicle involved in the wreck) So the police officer actually didn't change the report. It was his Leutinent, who wasn't even THERE... and he didn't even talk to the police officer! He just changed it based on looking at the picture he said?? Which made no sense because it clearly shows the car in the one way. And we tried to talk to him and no matter how much logic we presented, even eye witnesses, he said he just didn't believe it. And he's definitely the corrupt one. The sheriff though listened to all of this, and he said he doesn't have the authority to do anything about it?? Like what?D Meanwhile insurance company trying to speak to anyone in the police force and no one will return their calls, nor mine when i try to get a copy of the witness statements. Every time we call they say they are out or on vacation. [link] [comments]  |
| My boyfriend has gone from a volunteer to an employee at an animal shelter, but... Posted: 04 Jan 2020 12:37 PM PST I apologize for the awkward title, I wasn't sure how to begin this whole thing. This is my first post here, so please bear with me. We live in Michigan. My boyfriend has been volunteering at an animal shelter every Friday and Saturday morning for the past year or so. Recently, the owner offered him a position as an employee. She texted him his first schedule today, and told him she is only going to pay him for specific days, and expects him to keep volunteering on Fridays and Saturdays. I'm just wondering if this is legal. It seems to me that if he has been made an employee, that he should be paid for every hour he works there. Any advice or insight into how labor laws would apply to this situation would be greatly appreciated. [link] [comments]  |
| I tried to cancel health insurance (NY, US) and they wouldn't let me. What can I do? Posted: 04 Jan 2020 06:53 AM PST I live in New York and in early December I tried to get health insurance because I don't currently get any through my job. I called a number that goes into a large system of networks and got "Multiplan". They charged $252 a month with a $100 sign up fee. They claimed sign up fees are now universal (which I now know they aren't). I paid with my card over the phone. AFTER I paid they told me that the insurance would be effective tomorrow. I asked can I have a longer period in case I change my mind. They said yes, I have 30 days to cancel. When I get the paper work I realised it is NOT what we discussed over the phone. For starters the plan is a shared plan, so it's not technically insurance. I call up to tell them I want to cancel. The women says I will be refunded in 24 hours. I then get insured by a reputable insurance brand, but it doesn't become effective until Jan 1 - like most insurance when buying in open enrollment. When my card isn't refunded by the dodgy insurance people I call up again. The women over the phone then claims that "New York state won't let our company cancel your insurance until you prove you have insurance somewhere else" she also claim "we can't refund you until after 3 weeks as we need to investigate if you've made any claims". I know both of these are BS and I try to push back. I also try to get her to send me something in writing to confirm that I have cancelled the insurance. She tells me "that's not how this works". Eventually I get an email out of her where I can send something. I send an email to ask for my money back stating I would like to cancel. No reply and no bounce back either. This morning I wake up and my card has been charged the monthly $252, despite the fact that I proved I have insurance from another company. Straight away I called my bank to tell them. They are in the process of disputing the charge. Of course the multiplan company only has customer service 9-5 Mon-Fri. What should I do? I know I should cancel my card, but I would really like the original $352 back as well. Am I just being unrealistic? Edit: Spelling and added in a detail [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 04 Jan 2020 01:09 PM PST Tl;dr: Employer isn't paying for hours shown on time card. Details: I work for a hospital in New Jersey and we're required to punch in/out and approve our electronic time cards each pay period. On my current paycheck I was only paid for 36hrs and noticed I wasn't paid for one of my 12hr shifts (the time card I approved included that 12hr shift so I should have been paid 48hrs). When I inquired, I was told that the shift in question landed at the end of the pay period and is actually for the next pay period. I argued that it shouldn't be shown on this pay period then. My question is, are they obligated to pay the hours that are on the time card or can they move it to the next pay period without telling employees OR showing that it's for the next pay period. I'm not usually such a stickler but I'm going through a nasty divorce, my ex hasn't been paying any child support or alimony in 3yrs so I rely on calculating these hours so I know what my next paycheck will be and this screwed me over with my budget and paying bills. [link] [comments]  |
| Am I legally allowed to sue a company if they refuse to deliver a package that I paid for? Posted: 04 Jan 2020 01:26 AM PST 2 Weeks ago I ordered a 300 Dollar microphone from a Company's site, they took my payment and they told me that it would arrive in less than 1 week, the package did not arrive and now they told me that I will have to wait 2 months to get my package delivered, am I able to sue them? [link] [comments]  |
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