- I work at a car dealership as a salesman. I signed a pay plan. I was 5 minutes late the other day, as were a couple people so it was annoying to management, so there punishment is that anyone who sells a car gets paid a "flat", regardless of gross made.
- I live in North Dakota and am 91. My son wants to move me either in with him or into a home. I believe my municipality are siding with him as they think I'm unfit to live alone.
- Neighbors tree fell on my house. They cut the tree down and left it all over my lawn. There is almost an entire weeping willow on my lawn. They are telling me it’s my problem now. Is this legal?
- Landlord is selling house and expects us to just move out with a year long lease.
- My father took my legally owned firearm and won’t give it back.
- My HOA won a civil suit that I did not attended for missed payments that were paid
- Neighbor is building a fence through my driveway.
- Just found out about a lien from overdue child support... In 2013!?
- Couch surfers
- Accidentally Accepted an Invoice - am I screwed?
- My mother claimed me as a dependant when I'm not in her care. Is there anything I can do about this?
- I was recently fired in what I believeto be retaliation for reporting my boss's friend to HR
- Collections Agency claims I'm on the hook for 35k from an appendectomy I had 2 years ago due to an insurance mixup - I have not been notified for 2 years.
- In NYC. Part of a labor union, Resident physician in a NYC Hospital. Currently in negotiations with the hospital lawyer for a fair collective bargaining agreement. As it stands our wages are 3 standard deviations below the NYC average.
- Georgia: Law that requires access to drinking water in schools?
- (Update) My future SIL is asking for my phone records for her restraining order against my fiance's stalker, am I legally allowed to give it to them? (California)
- My sister has cancer because her doctor failed to deliver test results two years ago. Can she sue for medical malpractice?
- Help! My former boss has never given me a paystub over a period of 3 months that i was employed there, he was collecting taxes and said he was paying on my behalf
- UPS says keys were delivered to location, apartment complex can't find them, they're trying to charge us
- Amazon Support Employee Won't Stop Contacting My Younger Sister
- (FL) I need proof of my abuse to pay for college
- Divorcing a charming pedophile...
- [OH] Neighbors dog got into a fight with my dog on my property. Tried to be nice but they won't help out with bills totaling around $1400.
- Used car dealer here. Sent in car to mechanic for work, asked for a quote. Mechanic did work anyway and expects full price [NC]
- Sex offender working at a gym with a childcare facility at my previous job
| Posted: 11 Aug 2020 06:11 AM PDT *anyone who was late The pay plan lists out explicitly how you are paid, and deducted. They need to make it competitive with other dealerships so that they can keep good sales people around. The only reason anyone suffers the misery that is car sales is to make a paycheck. A flat is a minimum amount that you can make on a deal, which in our case is $100. We get paid on 30% gross front end profit. So if the gross on the car is $1,000, you get $300. If the gross is $5,000, that's $1,500. If the gross is below -$2000, like common on new cars because there is not much mark up, the minimum you can make is $100. Well I made a $5000 deal on this truck, and because I was late, they are trying to only pay me $100. They are literally robbing me of over $1400. They have a deal log where they put all the deals and the gross. It was actually $5,336 front end gross. This is not only unfair, it seems down right illegal. There are already other ways they steal money from us on the pay plan. If I don't get 10 appointments in for the month, it's a $500 hit. If I get a bad survey, it's -$250, and you can get several a month, but they are also avoidable if you do your job right. These are also absolutely bullshit, but it's at least on the pay plan. This is not on the pay plan. Is this legal? Would this be worth getting a lawyer for? Edit: there is 2 lines on my pay plan that does say "this is not a contract of employment" and "(Store name) reserves the right to review and change this pay plan at any time, with out notice" I can not imagine that this literally means they can decide not to pay you when ever they feel like it. I'm not opposed to getting another job, but would prefer not to. I'm not going to take this laying down though. It would be the stores loss, as I'm consistently top 5 in both sales and over all gross. If it was something fair, like you can't take a fresh customer unless you have an appointment that day, which would be more than enough to motivate me especially, as fresh ups are my bread and butter, or taking 5%, maybe even 10%, hell, even splitting your first deal of the day. Taking ALL of my commission? I could --- bad things I won't list here---, but it should be down right illegal. And a good, fair manager wouldn't even consider this kind of punishment for one of their top people. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 11 Aug 2020 10:20 AM PDT Hello, I am 91 and live in North Dakota. My son, who I adopted when he was 13, and his wife, believe that I cannot take care of myself anymore. I've had a fall this year, because I was going to the bathroom at night and tripped over my cat, who I didn't see in the middle of the hall. We are both OK. After this happened my son began to insist that I get a live-in nurse to take care of me. I don't have any health issues, can walk fine. So, I refused and I thought that was the end of that discussion. Last week he came to visit me and informed me that he's putting my house up for sale and that I need to choose whether to live with him or in a home. I didn't even know that he could do this, but I rang my municipality and talked to the housing/deed people there and they confirmed that the house is on the market through the realtor. They had no answers for why my son was able to do this for me. So I now come to you Reddit. I love this home, I have owned it for 50 and change years. I have memories here with my wife, who died years back, and I DO NOT WANT TO LEAVE. He should not have access to my finances in this way. What can I do to keep my house.? Thank you. [link] [comments]  |
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| Landlord is selling house and expects us to just move out with a year long lease. Posted: 11 Aug 2020 11:43 AM PDT I woke up the other morning with a text saying "I need to sell the house due to financial issues with coronavirus" and they wants us to just move out as they says they need to renovate the house. We have a signed lease until December 31st 2020 and have had no issues until this text. None of the tenants have replied to her except asking to see our signed lease which she has not sent to us. I fear she might try to file an eviction to get her house back, the lease says nothing about her being able to kick us out if she wants to sell the house. We live in northern Colorado (Loveland). [link] [comments]  |
| My father took my legally owned firearm and won’t give it back. Posted: 11 Aug 2020 06:48 AM PDT This is in Indiana. A little while back I had to move back in with my parents for about 3 months. After moving in my father took my gun out of my things and hid it away from me. At that point I didn't think much of it because I was living in their home so no big deal. Fast forward to today, I have been moved out of their house for over a year and he still will not give me my gun back. He told me that he firmly believes I should not have it and is not going to give it back. Im not exactly sure what to do at this point. Do I get the authorities involved? Is this something that he can legally do? The firearm is registered in my name. [link] [comments]  |
| My HOA won a civil suit that I did not attended for missed payments that were paid Posted: 11 Aug 2020 08:43 AM PDT Last month my wife and I were served with a civil suit from our home owners association. Last year my wife did not pay any of our HOA fees for our home. This is one of the bills she is responsible for. It was the first I heard about it. We had a tough year financially with a new baby and medical bills for our other child. We talked about it and it is not an issue, things happen. She started to pay again in January of this year and has made every payment on time. The civil suit was for the amount of all of 2019's payments and late fees, all of 2020's payments and late fees ( she already paid these on time and have digital copies of the cashed checks), and 800 in legal fees. Around 3200 in total (we do not have high HOA fees). This was a shock to me, but my wife and I put the money together to pay what we owed. I sent a certified letter to the home owners association with the entirety of the 2019 payments and late fees. Once I saw that it was received, I called the HOA. The head of the HOA stated that she did receive the check and that they already deposited it. She stated that it was their procedure to add the next years payments onto their civil suits, but she sees that my wife paid them. She stated that all I needed was to pay 200 dollars in legal fees. I was told that she would email their lawyer and tell them to cancel the case. I asked for her to copy me on the email. She did. The email to her lawyer states " XXX has paid his past due balance in full. I believe there is a hearing scheduled for this week. We do not need to collect a judgement, so please cancel the hearing, and close this file.". The lawyers office responded in their email back with "Will do." I immediately send the check for the legal fees and see that it was cashed two days later. The court date passes last Wednesday and I didn't think anything of it. Last night in the mail my wife and I receive letters from the court that the HOA won the case and I owe them the full 3200. I feel like I was swindled. Their lawyer must have showed up even though he was told to close the case. I have check stubs and that email but I am not sure how to move forward. I don't want to pay them twice, but I also don't want to deal with them anymore directly. It says I have 30 days to appeal. Do I just do that and bring all of my evidence to the court, or should I contact the lawyers office or the HOA to deal with it that way? Edit: I live in Pennsylvania [link] [comments]  |
| Neighbor is building a fence through my driveway. Posted: 10 Aug 2020 06:11 PM PDT I was driving by one of my rental properties a few minutes ago and noticed the new neighbor that just bought the house next door is building a fence through my driveway. The house is over a hundred years old and i am guessing the driveway has always been there. There has to be some sort of easement to allow me to access my garage. I am in Iowa if that is needed.fence [link] [comments]  |
| Just found out about a lien from overdue child support... In 2013!? Posted: 11 Aug 2020 06:19 AM PDT Florida, USA. Been paying child support since 2009, set up through the county to take it automatically out of paychecks. In 2013 I lost my job and wasn't able to find a new one right away, so fell behind on payments. They threatened to suspend my driver's license, I finally got a new job set up, paid back everything that was overdue, thought this fiasco was over. None of the paperwork they gave me from the time said anything about a lien. Now it's 2020 and I'm refinancing a house with my wife, so I called the court to get a form saying I'm up-to-date on child support. They tell me I'm not and that I owe $700 due to a lien they've been charging interest on since 2013. Is this insane? She couldn't tell me what the lien is on. My wife originally financed this house herself so I know they don't have a lien on my house. I sold the car I had in 2013 so they don't have a lien on the car... I've switched bank accounts since then, I've always gotten my tax refunds... What the hell do they have a lien on? And why have they never contacted me to collect on it? I even look up this crap on the court records for the child support case and there's nothing about a lien until yesterday when they noted my request for lien payoff. I'm confused, frustrated, furious, that I'm being told I owe $700 for interest on something they didn't tell me about. I would have paid it off back in 2013. They've mailed me plenty of other paperwork. They just sent me a $22 check because somehow child support was overpaid the last few months during my pandemic unemployment. Any advice? Is there any chance I could get this dropped or am I going to be stuck paying all that interest? I feel like they take advantage of people not knowing about the system and it sucks. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 11 Aug 2020 02:53 AM PDT I live in New Mexico,, I had a ex friend I lent a helping hand by allowing her to stay at my home for 2 weeks till she was able to find elsewhere, she moved out 2 wks ago but had left some clothing behind i have boxed her remains while doing that i found some of my belongings in her stuff that was not given or borrowed to her. Needless to say I dint trust her anymore and never want her to step in my home again.. now she claims that she left alot more than what she with saying she will bring a officer to escorts her to retrieve what was left over.. i have her suff packed by the ready for to collect. Can a civil standby allow her to go through my home and basically lie about whats her and what mine.? I Don't want her in my home period if I refuse her entering can I get in trouble with law enforcement? [link] [comments]  |
| Accidentally Accepted an Invoice - am I screwed? Posted: 11 Aug 2020 12:36 PM PDT I'll make the post short and just respond to comments, since I don't know what's relevant and what isn't. I have a very small business, I'm located in Canada. I got a call from 411 SmartSearch alleging I had used their business before, and if was time to renew it. I did not, but I didn't know that at the time, as I had used 411 before, but NOT 411 SmartSearch. The amount is about 800. I'm a polite person, and thinking this was indeed the one I had used before, I let them continue. At the end, he asked how to send the invoice. I responded I didn't know what sending it "to my attention" meant, and he gave me a runaround answer, saying that I could then pay it if I wanted to, at my convenience. I accepted and gave them my info. Come getting it in the mail, my eyes bugged at the price. I just ignored, as I was still under the impression this was not binding. I then got a late fee notice. I responded that I made it clear I didn't know what he meant by sending it to my attention, and in addition I had never recieved any services, so I wouldn't be paying. She responded that since I accepted the invoice, I accepted the payment and legally had to. I requested she send me the voice recording of me accepting, and she said she would. That was a month ago. This morning, she called saying she had sent it, and pressured me to pay again. I said I'll be listening to the recording first, and hung up. In the recording, I do accept, but it was doctored, as a considerable chunk of conversations is missing. in addition, she sent the second conversation I had "confirming" my purchase, which lasted about two minutes. Not the first one that lasted at least 7 minutes, in which he blatantly lied about me using their services and simply renewing my yearly account. So now to my question - do they have a legal leg to stand on? And regardless of if they do or don't - what's my best approach? Completely and totally ignore any calls? Hang up? Should I verbally tell them I won't be paying, or will that put me in hot water TIA any responders!!! I'm panicking right now [link] [comments]  |
| My mother claimed me as a dependant when I'm not in her care. Is there anything I can do about this? Posted: 11 Aug 2020 11:18 AM PDT Let's just jump right into this. So, I'm legally an adult, 19 next month. I was removed from my mother's care and put into the foster care system when I was 16 because she did some illegal shit that I won't go into. I aged out of the system and then moved in with my dad when I turned 18. Time rolled around for the COVID-19 Stimulus Checks and my dad told me to fill out the form for one. I fill everything out and oops! Apparently I've been claimed as a dependant. I mention it to my dad and he said he didn't claim me considering I'm not dependant on him, I cover my own costs, y'know. Someone's claimed me, though. We talked to DCS about it and they say they haven't claimed me considering I was no longer ward of the state. Our eyes direct immediately to my mother. The woman has done this before with my other siblings and honestly I'm not sure why she wasn't our first assumption, especially considering she tried to register a credit card under my name before as well. Is there any legal action I can take to get the Stimulus Check and get this worked out? I'm sure that this isn't legal, at all, so there has to be something I can do, right? Thanks for any help. [link] [comments]  |
| I was recently fired in what I believeto be retaliation for reporting my boss's friend to HR Posted: 11 Aug 2020 07:26 AM PDT Long story short, I reported my boss's friend to HR for saying racist, sexist, homophobic and overall vile sexual things. He almost gets fired for it, but in the process everyone learns it was me that reported him. The very next day, my boss drastically changed my job function, and less than two weeks later I was terminated for "destruction of company property," (I accidentally scratched a product when readying it for photographs) with no prior disciplinary problems, no verbal warnings, nothing. So I am here to ask should I seek legal action? Should I file a grievance with the EEOC? I'm not a protected class, and the comments he made weren't necessarily about me (but we had a very young receptionist at the time, [early teens] and I didn't want her to have to hear the things he said), but is reporting a coworker to HR a protected action? I can provide more info if needed. Thank you. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 11 Aug 2020 05:53 AM PDT What a fun morning this has been. Looking for any legal advice I can get. Currently living in North Carolina, the appendectomy also occurred in North Carolina (albeit a different city). This morning I went to check my credit score and noticed it had dropped ~150 points due to a collections agency. Knowing that I was not behind on any payments, I called and was notified that the charges had come from a hospital where I had had an appendectomy 2 years prior (I was living in a different city in NC at the time). I call the hospital for information, and was able to put together the following timeline:
I have no idea how I am set to proceed. I have collected a timeline from the hospital, obtained my old insurance details, and am getting sent the itemized bill. The hospital recommended that I attempt to file with my old insurance company (who has provided me a document certifying my coverage during that time). Is there any legal courses of action I can pursue if the insurance denies my claim? It is insane to me that a hospital can go over a year without catching a mistake to ask and immediately be granted a refund, while I can be sent into bankruptcy over not being notified in a timely manner. Please help. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 11 Aug 2020 10:28 AM PDT 1) Is the union required to provide a lawyer (they do have on staff) to negotiate with the hospital's lawyer. Someone of equal training, experience, etc. Right now the union provides our union rep who is not a lawyer. To me, it would seem like, if I were paying the same amount to be seen in a medical office, I'd prefer a d doctor over an NP/PA. We have brought this up to our union rep, however, they have consistently said they don't need a lawyer to negotiate with the hospital. [link] [comments]  |
| Georgia: Law that requires access to drinking water in schools? Posted: 11 Aug 2020 06:55 AM PDT Is there a law in the state of GA that requires schools (including private schools) to provide access to drinking water during school hours? Due to COVID, water fountains have been turned off at my children's school. My kindergartner finished her water bottle by 11am, which means she went through lunch and recess outside in the heat without water. When she asked her teacher how to refill her water bottle she was told that there are no options and she should just bring two water bottles tomorrow. When we picked her up she was crying, hot and very thirsty (arguably dehydrated). I called her teacher who confirmed what my kindergartner had relayed. We obviously sent her with two water bottles today and have put in a request to talk to the principle about the new policy of no access to water (we want COVID safety too but there has to be a reasonable solution here). When we talk to the principle, we would like to know if we can provide him with any laws stating that it is illegal not to provide children a source for drinking water during school hours? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 11 Aug 2020 01:19 PM PDT Original Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/hslrhh/my_future_sil_is_asking_for_my_phone_records_for/ Hey everyone, I'm just updating for those who were slightly interested. So, I ended up getting my own attorney, and the advice he gave me. Was that I'm not obligated to give my phone records over, but if I do that I need to blackout any other numbers I don't want my harasser to get ahold on. I ended up skyping with her lawyer and my attorney and we all agreed to not include my phone records. They both concluded that if our stalker wanted to use those texts, they would submit their own phone records to prove it. And if they don't, it means it wasn't that important anyway. Even though we all agreed on this. My FSIL was NOT happy about this. She still wanted to phone records, because she was afraid they already subpoenaed my phone records. Which they haven't. No amount of talking or reasoning with her made it through her. Not even her lawyer. So, my relationship with my FSIL is very strained right now. The court day was about a week ago, and it came and went. The week leading up to the court date was emotional and it sucked. Both harassers (fiances Ex and her brother) tried their best to hide their identity and make our lives a living hell. The day before trial a giant email was sent out to all my coworkers and Dad. It contained my nudes and a threatening message, " I told her over and over again. To LEAVE him. Well, what does she get? What she DESERVES. I know 100% of all of you work or have worked with (Fiance) as a writer. If ANY of you decide to work with(angelAngeline), do a project with (AngelAngeline) or even stay friends with her. I will come after YOU, your wives, girlfriends, and company. I will photoshop and torment your loved ones with the possibility of infidelity, crime, or worse. I know all of you have high stakes (AngelAngeline). Her last client (client's name). I ruined his marriage by sending nudes to his email and personal work phone. His wife of course found out. And now he is suffering because (AngelAngleine) didn't listen. I hope no one trusts her. Now it's your turn. If I catch any of you giving (AngelAngeline) a job. You're gone. And you better keep (Fiance) around. Once he and I are back together he needs to make a lot of money in order to keep up with my high status. And don't even think about using this in court (Fiance). No one is going to really think it's me. I hope all of you have a wonderful day! Stay. Away from (angelAngeline). If you know what's best for you all. She's just a dirty whore, and a loser. :) " Messages and threats like these are frequent. And I've had these so many times the last 2 years, that now I have to warn any future clients. And I now have no hard feelings for people who decide to cut me out of their lives. And honestly, I'm used to this at this point. Also, unfortunately I lost a client because of this. And I had my Upwork profile suspended because my Ex client reported me. She managed to find my public Upwork profile and started harassing the clients I was working for. I'm still working with UpWork to remedy the solution. We already went to court, and unfortunately, my FSIL decided to dismiss her case without prejudice. The judge we were assigned to had a criminal background and needed solid evidence that our male stalker was harassing her. The harassers were using VPNs and fake numbers to harass her, and even though we have proof that he was harassing us. It couldn't be carried over. After she dismissed the case, our harasser tried pinning all of the harassment on my fiance and I. To try and make my FSIL pay for all their court fees. They provided a giant itemized bill of over 40k. these jerks tried arguing that my FSIL was liable for all of it, and the bill included the last 2 court cases they lost against my fiance and me. so, Out of this entire thing I managed to lose some clients, my dignity and my FSIL refuses to talk to me now. It sucks. But hey, life isn't fair. The only thing I can do is keep my online life extremely confidential. And any clients I work with online, I will have to warn them about my stalker. Lol. On the bright side, my harassers are 40K in debt. And that Ex still doesn't have my fiance. Plus, even though all of this happened, I work in an industry that doesn't care about leaked nudes. Mose of my colleagues and clients still want to work with me. And I had a good day today, surfing. So, not everything is bad. Thank you for everyone who gave me advice and those cute badge things. You guys were super helpful. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 11 Aug 2020 10:24 AM PDT Asking on behalf of my sister who does not have a Reddit account. She had STI tests done in July of 2018, and her doctor told her that they all came back negative. Fast forward to last week, she went into the same doctor's office for a Pap smear. The doctor brought up her positive HPV test from two years ago which, of course, shocked my sister. They argued about it until the doctor finally admitted they had failed to inform my sister of the fact that she had HPV. Now, she has been diagnosed with cervical cancer as a result of the HPV going untreated for so long. Can she sue her doctor for medical malpractice even though it has been two years since the STI tests? Doctor and sister are both in Texas. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 11 Aug 2020 06:41 AM PDT Ive been trying to see my paystubs since still employed at the job. He would refer me to an online square account but none of my sign up attempts went through , because i was "not being paid through the square app". March 18 was my last day of employment due to covid concerns. My last pay was made through venmo after he had once again taken out taxes. A considerable amount of "taxes" had been taking out every 2 weeks but i have never seen any record of that being made. My 2 other co workers recieved cheques. I received cash in an envelope with the written amount of my bi weekly wage before and after taxes. The taxes was taken out and i received the remainder. Should i be worried? Shouldnt i atleast be able to see a w2 or something?? Its been months and he always responds with pomises to send the paystubs but still nothing. My most recent request to see them was yesterday afternoon. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 11 Aug 2020 05:39 AM PDT Location: Georgia I overnighted keys to my apartment complex on Monday, and there was confirmation of delivery on Wednesday. The tracking number states it was released by the driver (no signature requested etc), and I verified with the UPS claims line that the address I intended to send to was the correct one. The complex is now trying to charge us $200 for the missing keys that they can't find, on top of $500 for paint touchups for the walls. Am I responsible for paying for the lost package as the sender, or is that up to the apartment complex since UPS has it marked as delivered to the correct location, but they just can't find it? [link] [comments]  |
| Amazon Support Employee Won't Stop Contacting My Younger Sister Posted: 11 Aug 2020 01:26 PM PDT About a week ago, my younger sister, P, reached out to Amazon's "Chat with Us" service to ask for assistance regarding refunds for 2 items she purchased since they had defects. The Amazon assistant she was connected with will be referred to as V for this post. She wanted to know if she would be able to get a full or partial refund on the products. He said since she was being polite to him, he would give her a full refund on both products. P thanked him for his services and left him a positive review. The next morning, V emailed her attempting to have a casual conversation. He asked if P would give him her social media handles so he could keep in touch. My sister was worried about being scammed or solicited through her social media, so she asked him for his social media handles so she could initiate contact. He sent her his WhatsApp and other social media information, but she never added him nor initiated any sort of contact because she was uncomfortable with the fact that he has access to her personal information. Three days later, P received 2 calls from unknown callers. Since the caller ID couldn't recognize the numbers, she didn't pick either call up. An hour later, she realized she also received a text from a number she didn't recognize. Turns out the calls and text were all from V. We know that because he identified himself as such in the text. His text reads as the following:
She didn't reply to his text. Two days later, which is today, she received 4 more calls from his number. She was asleep at the time, so she didn't pick any of the calls up. Any advice on how to go about handling this issue? My sister, P, is planning on calling Amazon later today to report V's behavior. Is there anything else we can do besides that to protect ourselves? We're located in California if that helps. [link] [comments]  |
| (FL) I need proof of my abuse to pay for college Posted: 11 Aug 2020 07:10 AM PDT I'm a senior in high school who's currently applying to colleges. My family consists of a single mom and four dependent children, so we don't have much money. I'm applying for aid, but they are asking me for my Father's financial information, which would be impossible for me to get. I can request a waiver of noncustodial information, but only if there are "exceptional circumstances" like documented abuse. My father was abusive and we kicked him out six or so years ago. Three years later dcf showed up and asked everyone in my family questions about the abuse, later that day police detectives came to our house and took down statements from all of us. It's been nearly three years since that happened, and I don't know what came from it, but I know dcf has records of that investigation, and I need access to them so I can pay for college. How do I petition the court for them? TLDR: I need access to a DCF case so I can get a noncustodial waiver for college finical aid, how do I petition the court for access to the record? [link] [comments]  |
| Divorcing a charming pedophile... Posted: 11 Aug 2020 12:48 PM PDT Hi! It's my first time posting on here. So my ex and I were married for almost 8 years before I found out he has a thing for kids. He'd molested a friend's kid and kept it a secret for 3 years, and he'd done the same to a cousin. She was brave enough to tell someone and now the bastard's in prison. I've been working on getting a divorce, but I have a couple questions I can't figure out on my own. So my ex is charming. REALLY charming. Charismatic, extroverted, strikes everyone as a solid, trustworthy eagle scout who grew up to be a storybook cowboy. People look past his mistakes with a "he made a mistake buy he's really a good guy!" Even with this, he went from a 60-year potential sentence to a 5-7 year sentence, and he's talking to a judge about getting out after less than 3 years. People just think he's a good guy. He's not. He even calls himself a high-functioning sociopath! He talked for ages about blowing up congress, assassinating Obama, was emotionally abusive, sexually abusive (marital rape, though I don't have any kind of proof), etc. It started as stuff his family and I didn't take seriously but got bad enough that i'd been considering divorce before I found out he's a pedophile. Anyway, my question is how can I make sure I get full custody of my kids? He's so likeable to people who don't know him, and the strongest witnesses to his dangerous behavior are his family members so I can't count on help from there. I'm terrified that he'll charm a judge like he's done before and get partial custody or unsupervised visitation! What can I do to protect my babies? Also, I got married in Wyoming but am an Idaho resident. Do I need a lawyer with more experience w/ Wyoming law? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 11 Aug 2020 02:11 PM PDT I'll try to be brief but this was a fairly complex situation. We moved into a new place in October of 2019. We share a driveway with our neighbors that splits off into two parking areas behind our respective houses. We noticed immediately that they had dogs that they allowed to off-leash roam behind the houses and onto our property. We informed them immediately (twice) that our dog IS NOT dog friendly and their dogs absolutely cannot be allowed to run up on her. They said it wouldn't be a problem. Incident 1 happened in January. My fiance took my dog out front on her harness, not seeing the neighbors Pitbull was hanging out on their front porch. The pitbull ran into our yard and our dogs got into a fight. The neighbors were not outside with the dog and it took them a few minutes to realize what was happening and call her back. According to my fiance, the neighbor across the street did witness this happen. No person or animal was injured, so we assumed they would learn from this and change their behavior (wrong). Incident 2 was the first of June. I was getting ready to lwave for work and took my dog out. This time, I did not have her on her harness as she is trained and the neighbors are always at work by the time I leave. I no more than stepped outside before I heard their backdoor swing open. I hollared for my dog and she did as she was trained to do and laid down beside my feet. The pitbull ran onto my side entryway and started sniffing at my dog, who turned and snapped at her. This turned it into a complete fight and while MY DOG was trained and stopped as soon as I raised my voice, the pitbull was not trained and would not release my dog. This went on for 25 minutes before we got them seperated via hose. My dog was badly injured and I had been bit by her (my dog) while trying to seperate them. The police were called by my neighbor but, and this was an absolutely stupid move pn my part, I was more concerned with getting my dog to the Emergency Vet and getting to the hospital to get my bite wounds tended to, that I told the police noone was at fault. I also know our City has very very strict Pitbull laws that woild have resulted in their dog being seized and likely euthanized. They lied to the police about the breed, but I didn't challenge it. The total bill for my dogs care was just over $1000 and my trip to the ER cost me about $400. We presented the neighbors with the vet bills and told them we only expected them to pay half, since we don't exactly live in a well-off neighborhood and we knew that it was a lot of money. Its been two months. The dogs owner (daughter of the person who actually let the dogs out) has since moved out of her mothers house and taken the dog. We haven't seen any of the money. Is it worth contacting a lawyer? Is there even any legal recourse possible since I made a poor call when the police showed up? I'd be glad for any advice. Thank you in advance. Flairing this with small claims as that seems most fitting but I'll be glad to change it if I'm wrong. Edit: Important details I forgot to mention: -Their dog recieved NO injuries during the fight. -They STILL allow their other two dogs to roam off leash and into our backyard. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 11 Aug 2020 02:09 PM PDT Located in North Carolina- Title says it all. I dropped off a newly acquired car with a power steering issue to a new shop I haven't worked with before. I very clearly said "please give me a call with a quote before doing work". I got a call at 9am, missed the call, returned it at noon, no answer. Mechanic didn't leave a message, I didn't recognize his number because I haven't worked with him before. Issue ended up being a power steering pump. Parts came to $230 for a pump and a belt, labor for 8 hours came out to around $750. I didn't give him permission to do work on it. I was very clear that I needed a quote before work was done, and he acknowledged it. I spoke with him in person and explained I didn't want that work done because if it was more than $500 I would've done the work myself or wholesaled the car. I'm mechanically inclined and I'm not sure in which world it takes 8 hours to do a power steering pump. He offered to do payments, I told him no. I recommended he take the parts off and give me the car back. He told me he'd have to charge me double labor for the time to take it off. I offered to pay for parts and half labor, he declined. I offered to sell the car to him at a wholesale price. He declined. I've never experienced this with a mechanic before. I always maintain professional relationships with all my business associates. My conversations with this mechanic have been calm and professional so far. I haven't threatened anything, such as legal action or what not. What are my options here? I'm not interested in paying for this work that I didn't ask for. If he had called and told me it was nearly $1,000, I would've taken it back and done the work myself. He currently holds the only key and recommended I settle my debt soon before he charges storage fees. [link] [comments]  |
| Sex offender working at a gym with a childcare facility at my previous job Posted: 11 Aug 2020 02:06 PM PDT So last night I saw posts about girls recommending to look on a watchdog website to see a map of sex offenders around you, so I curiously looked at my hometowns map. My hometown is really small so there was not a crazy amount of names to go through plus everyone knows each other so I wanted to see if I knew anyone. Welp I found an old coworker of mine who still works at the gym I worked at. She is a janitor but there is a childcare facility within the gym which she has been in frequently while there were children inside. I posted on my Instagram story the map of my town and expressed how shocked I was with finding people I knew including a coworker but did not disclose anything else, but this led to a lot of my old coworkers (many who still work there) to wonder who I was talking about. Anyways, this has also led to parents finding out and getting pissed that their children have been around her. She seems to be a tier 2 offender meaning she's had to register for 20 years. What she's done was just purely disgusting. They should've done a background check and it was completely irresponsible to have someone like that around children. I've looked it up and saw that they can't work within 1000 ft of a childcare facility. She's been working there for 4 years. My question is what can the parents do about it and how far can they take it? And what are the laws about sex offenders and working by children even though it's not directly with children? They've already contacted management about the situation and they're having a meeting today. This is in California. She's been charged with lewd and lascivious behavior with two girls (9 & 11 y/o) & letting her husband r*pe them. [link] [comments]  |
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