Legal Advice Hi, I’m Madison Alder, and I’m a reporter covering judicial nominations. Right now we’re in the midst of another Supreme Court confirmation battle. AMA! |
- Hi, I’m Madison Alder, and I’m a reporter covering judicial nominations. Right now we’re in the midst of another Supreme Court confirmation battle. AMA!
- Our neighbor crossed the line. What legal options do we have?
- Can my college force me to keep my balcony door closed?
- The city has sent me a violation stating my house is too close to my neighbor’s house. What are my options?
- Do I still have a college degree?
- Ex wants 13 years of child support for a child I didn’t know.
- [Update] AirBnb is requesting $600 for damages I didn’t do.
- A corgi puppy scam website is using photos of my fiancé and I with our corgis in their testimonial section. What can I do to get the photos removed? [California]
- Landlord’s contractors broke into my place
- Flooding problem. Cost to fix is several hundred thousand dollars. Being told I can't go after sellers, and it's not the City's responsibility. Do I have ANY options? (North Carolina, USA)
- NJ - have a check made payable to 2 parties (AND not OR) - other party refuses to sign under any circumstances, what options do I have, if any?
- Can someone force me to be their dependent on their taxes?
- Underage child does and sells drugs, can we call the cops without us getting in legal trouble
- Went to the ER and was told I still had medicaid active from when I applied back in 2017. What can I do?
- CA. DMV wants me to hire a lawyer to register a truck.
- (Oklahoma) Attempted murder is making threats from prison and will be out in a few years, what can I do?
- What kind of legal obligation does an employer have to speak with family after an employee passes away?
- House turned out to be modular?
- Neighbor’s construction workers
- Is there a way to legally hold a spouse responsible for intentional property damage during divorce? (MD, USA)
- Drug Tested at work one month ago under arguable "reasonable suspicion." Crickets ever since.
- [MI] (CCR/HOA) Home improvements need approval of review board that dissolved years ago
- [WI] Just bought a condo, association rules say cats must be declawed?
| Posted: 29 Sep 2020 07:01 AM PDT At Bloomberg Law my beat is the judiciary. That includes everything from how the courts operate, to judicial trends, to the way judges are appointed and confirmed. I've been a reporter with Bloomberg Law for three years where I've also covered health care and employee benefits.So what are your burning questions, Reddit? How fast can this process happen? What happens to abortion access?Proof of life: https://aboutblaw.com/TnE [link] [comments]  |
| Our neighbor crossed the line. What legal options do we have? Posted: 29 Sep 2020 02:08 AM PDT Apologies for the length; I am rage crying right now and just the act of typing this up is helping. My husband and I live in a small college town where housing is very expensive. As adjunct university professors, we truly lucked out by getting to rent half of a nice duplex for an insanely reasonable rate. This is possible because our half of the duplex is owned by a good family friend, who gives us an affordable rate out of the goodness of her heart. This living situation has allowed us to begin building our careers and stop living paycheck to paycheck so we could start a family. We now have a beautiful five year old, who is autistic and nonverbal, but also happy, healthy, and smart. We love her so much. The other home in the duplex is inhabited by "Kara", whose mother owns that half of the building. Kara has always been quiet and pleasant and while we don't know her well, we've always had friendly exchanges with her and she's been a good neighbor. Kara has had a hard life (a bad marriage, some legal troubles), and we have always just figured she had some unfortunate obstacles in her life and were glad that she was enjoying a quiet and content life with her pets and garden. For about five years, we've gotten along well and had no issues. Unfortunately, Kara has lately developed an unhealthy fixation with our daughter. People marvel all the time over what a happy girl we have, but she does have the occasional tantrum or crying fit, usually if she's tired or if she doesn't get something that she wants (e.g. like climbing on the dining room table or getting to watch more television). Typical kid stuff. Kara would hear our daughter cry from next door (usually for less than three or four minutes and than she would calm down) and started texting us asking if our daughter was okay, and if she could help. We always told her that we are fine, thanks for thinking of us, and our daughter is over it and currently looking at a book while scarfing down a Pop Tart, etc. Lately, Kara's texts have gotten intense. "Why is your daughter crying? Is she okay? Is she crying because of something I did?" (Which baffled us, since we don't know how she thought she could upset our daughter if she was unseen and unheard next door.) Then we started noticing that Kara was writing these sorts of messages on days when our daughter never cried. The messages started changing from "Is everything alright? Can I help?" to "Did you give her enough water today? Are you making sure she has enough exercise? You need to do these special breathing exercises with her." It was very annoying, but we just chalked it up to neighborly, albeit nosy concern. Then last week after I told her that our daughter actually hadn't even cried that day, maybe she heard the TV or something, Kara wrote back and said "You need to take your daughter to the hospital right now. I can hear from her crying that that something is clearly wrong with her health". I looked at my daughter right after reading that text and she had fallen asleep on the couch after watching a Raffi video and eating an apple. She was FINE. I wrote back a terse message saying that our daughter was alright, that I was sorry that she seemed to think we were neglecting our parental duties but to please rest assured that we love our daughter and have her best interests at heart. She wrote back later asking if we had taken our daughter to the doctor yet. By this point I was over it, and just ignored her texts. She started writing to my husband more, and he was nice but turned down her offers to teach us how to parent autistic kids (she had a job in early education at one point in her life) and also wanted to give us medical advice so we could take care of our daughter better, because she worked as an EMT "fifteen years ago". (Our neighbor is 31.) At one point she texted us and said that she had a relative "die from autism and being nonverbal" and she had to say something to us if it meant saving a life. Today she started texting both of us first thing in the morning, and knocked on the door twice. She wanted to give us books on parenting autistic kids and later, asked if she could take our daughter out for a walk. My husband told her no, we are keeping her bubble small because of COVID-19. We hoped that was the end of it for today. No such luck. This evening, after our daughter had been asleep for a good half hour or so, Kara texted me and said "You need to calm down! She can't calm down until you calm down!" The room I was in was silent. I wasn't even listening to music, let alone crying or causing my daughter to cry. I told her that no one was upset and her behavior was inappropriate; not only was she reacting to things that aren't happening, she was crossing major boundaries and needed to stop. She asked me to go speak with her in person and I declined, saying I was uncomfortable talking to her, and that I am very concerned that she is hearing things. I told her she had been bothering us all day as we were trying to teach our classes via Zoom, and she was disruptive and should go find out why she's so convinced things are happening when they aren't really happening. She stopped writing to me, and then texted my husband, offering unsolicited advice to help with crying children, offering to babysit when we teach, offering to have our daughter over to help calm her down when she gets upset, and then after he started ignoring her too, wrote to him and told him that my crying (I still wasn't fucking crying!) was upsetting our daughter and she'd like to take our daughter for the night "I know this might be hard for your wife and she won't like it, but you can bring your daughter over, which will allow you to take care of your wife while I care for your daughter. Will you help me separate your wife and daughter tonight, as a favor to me?" My husband told her that we were FINE, that her request was bizarre and inappropriate, and that she needs to stop texting us because her behavior was over the line. We are so shaken that she won't leave us alone and that she thought any of that was okay. We don't know what to do. Is anything she did illegal? We can NOT afford to move, and even if we could, doing it right after our teaching started and with a special needs child, all during a pandemic...it would be hell. But we are legitimately nervous our delusional neighbor will escalate...not to mention that I'm FURIOUS that she asked my husband to conspire against me so she could have a slumber party with my baby, since she's convinced I'm a soggy hysterical mess who's upsetting my baby. Ironically, her words actually ended up being a self-fulfilling prophecy, since now I AM crying, out of frustration and stress. Who knows, if Kara hears me actually crying, maybe she'll try to break into our home to "save" my daughter from me. So now I'm crying as soundlessly as possible and seeking help on Reddit. EDIT: this is going to sound fake as hell, but all I can report is what really happened. Right after I posted this, the doorbell rang, followed by knocking, and then another doorbell push. I can't even begin to describe how much dread and panic we felt, since it was around 2 AM. (Not to mention new levels of "Are you fucking kidding me?")It didn't stop, so my husband went downstairs to tell Kara through the door that he was going to call the police...only to find that it WAS the police. Kara AND HER MOM, who is visiting, called for a child welfare check. They said that we had been letting our daughter cry for days and they were very worried. They also said that they couldn't always hear our daughter cry, because we had put up soundproofing to hide her crying from them. It may sound like maybe we must have something to hide if Kara's mom is involved. BUT we realized that Kara texted my husband right as he was texting me after I said I wanted to call the police, and somehow he responded to her instead of me, and referenced talking to the police. Kara's response was "Oh, I would never call the police on you!" And we thought maybe she didn't realized what had happened...but now I wonder if her mom figured out one of us wanted to call the cops and then tried to protect her daughter by calling them on us first? That's the only explanation I can think of, because...our daughter HAS NOT BEEN CRYING FOR DAYS. The police officer even told us that it was an anonymous call, but when she pulled up, there was an older woman waiting in Kara's driveway checking to make sure the police sent someone. We have had Kara muted on our phones but not blocked, since we wanted to be able to collect any insane texts she might send. The police officer was very kind and hopefully understood the situation. She was really professional and I 100% understand that she was just doing her job. We sent screenshots of EVERYTHING to her. We have nothing to hide (except for some not so stellar housework, as we've been busy trying to prepare for the start of school). Our fridge is stocked, our child is fed and smiley, and unlike Kara, we have no jail record. But just the feeling of being investigated is so horrible and stressful (although we understand why it might need to be done), and now we know this crazy bitch and her mom are absolutely willing to try to get our kid taken from us based on...delusions? Kara's mom trying to protect Kara from going to jail again? Now that this has happened, what can we do? We do NOT want to see these awful women who are turning our lives upside down, but can't afford to move. We are afraid to bring garbage bags or recycling out to the cans in case we see them. If our daughter starts yelling or making some of her non-verbal sounds, I'm so worried that Kara and her mom are adding it to their list of "evidence" against us. We canceled all our teaching today even though it probably looks terrible to all of our new students because our nerves are torn to ribbons, and we also want to sweep/vacuum/mop etc. in case CPS comes to make sure our daughter is okay. We can't move right now because of money/ work. Can we do anything to: a) protect ourselves (more than we are already doing: avoidance, ignoring her texts, documenting everything) b) get them to leave us the fuck alone? We are so tired and heartsick over the fact that someone is accusing us of not caring for our baby. Kara's previous arrests are for stalking. Is there any chance that even though she hasn't broken any laws with us that because of her legal history her current behavior could help us get a restraining order? [link] [comments]  |
| Can my college force me to keep my balcony door closed? Posted: 29 Sep 2020 05:29 AM PDT My school leases an apartment complex from someone. They then rent the complex to the students. I live alone in a 1 bedroom complex. Yesterday it was really nice out so I had my balcony door open to let in fresh air and the RA told me to close my door because they get annoyed when people leave their doors open as it drives up the A/C and heat cost. (Bare in mind these apartments are not cheap and everyones thermostat is locked so I am unable to adjust my heat as I would like). It was 75 degrees out.. I literally was just trying to get some fresh air. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 29 Sep 2020 08:45 AM PDT At the beginning of the month a city zoning employee inspected my house and told my fiancé that my house is too close to my neighbor's house. He apparently said he'd never dealt with something like this before and that we'd be getting reinspected later. Yesterday I received a notice stating the violation needs to be corrected within 10 days (how is that even possible?) and that my neighbors received the same documents and violation. These also included the property plans the surveyors of both houses signed off on. My house was built this year and I've only been living in it for one month. My neighbors house was built four years ago. I've contacted my builder who has not yet responded, and my real estate agent who said she would be contacting her legal department as well. I'm not even sure how to proceed here. I don't understand how this was allowed to happen in the first place. And I'm not sure who is liable here and which parties need to get lawyers. This is in Minnesota Update: First, just wanted to thank the people who have taken the time to read and respond to this mess of a situation. I've also heard back from the builder and he is saying he was aware of this issue when he built this house. My neighbor's house is, indeed, built too close to the property line (my house was built well within the property lines). The builder pointed this out to the city when getting approvals, and the city let it pass. So he is getting all of the documents and proof ready and sending it to me and the city. I'm still not really sure where this new information leaves me, as some people in the comments have said the city giving approval might not get anyone off the hook or stop them from going through with enforcing the violation. I will wait to see what steps the city takes after presenting them with the new documents. I'm reluctant to hire a lawyer myself at the moment since (I think) this needs to be fought by the builder. [link] [comments]  |
| Do I still have a college degree? Posted: 29 Sep 2020 09:10 AM PDT Background: About 14 year ago I was hit by a drunk driver. I suffered a pretty bad brain injury. I have quite a bit of memory loss, Episodic Memory or personal memory, but I also have an extremely hard time spelling and sounding out words. I can read and write but I sometimes have to use dictation or spell correct. I'm told this wasn't the case before the accident. It's been years and for the most part I know things about my childhood, family and past but I don't actually remember them. I don't feel any type of familiar ties with family because I don't remember them at all. But I do remember mathematics, history, books I read and even film/tv/songs from the 80s. Edit: Bot says I need a Location. I live in the US. Specifically Kentucky. The Degree was in the education field. Question: I earned my degree before the brain injury. I'm wondering if I can legally claim or put my degree down on an Application if I have memory issues. I've been avoiding looking into this for years because I'm scared if the issue. It's important to note that a few years, 2-4 I think, after the accident my wife and I declared bankruptcy and my student loans were discharged based on the injury. So do I still have a college degree? Is this something that can even be answered outside a courtroom? If I list a degree am I committing some type of fraud? Would like just some informed opinions or theories... [link] [comments]  |
| Ex wants 13 years of child support for a child I didn’t know. Posted: 29 Sep 2020 05:29 AM PDT When I was in my 20s, I dated a girl for a few years. Things ended amicably when she moved to another town for a job opportunity. We had different goals, so it didn't make sense to pursue the relationship further. That was about 14 years ago. A couple of months ago, I got a letter from someone saying she thought she was my daughter, and that her mother is the ex girlfriend. Turns out, this girl had been going through some old letters and notebooks and other sentimental things her mother had saved, came across my name and put 2 and 2 together. I own a business in my small town, and since my name is on all my property and business records, I was not difficult to find. I called my ex and asked what was going on. She told me that she discovered she was pregnant shortly after moving away, but since we had both talked about not wanting children for a long time, she decided not to tell me, and to raise the child by herself. She had financial help from her parents. Anyway, I've seen Summer several times now, and she's great. I want to be a part of her life, but her mom now says that if I want to pursue any legal right to see her, she will take me to court for 13 years of child support. I want to support my child, now that I know she exists, but don't have the means to pay what should have been paid over 13 years. Her mom isn't struggling for money. She has a good job and a house in a nice suburb, I think this is just a push for control over me getting to know my daughter. Is there any way for me to have a legal claim to my child without paying support for the 13 years I didn't know about her? [link] [comments]  |
| [Update] AirBnb is requesting $600 for damages I didn’t do. Posted: 28 Sep 2020 08:23 PM PDT Well after I refused to pay and they reviewed the evidence, AirBnb decided not to pursue me financially. They told me there was not sufficient evidence that I did the damages. So instead they banned me from the platform for life for doing the damages. It is incredibly annoying but frankly I don't care that much, my husband can create an account if we ever need one again. If we ever decide to give them money again. Moral of the story: Take pictures and videos when you leave your Airbnb or Vrbo rentals. Also fk AirBnb. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 29 Sep 2020 11:04 AM PDT Like the title says, there is a corgi puppy scam website that is using photos of my fiancé and I with our corgis. Under each of our photos, there is a fake positive testimonial saying that we got our corgis from them. To add to this a little more, I run an Instagram account for my corgis and they have a large enough following (200k+) where if we take them for walks, they sometimes get recognized. There have even been a few times when my fiancé and I get recognized as the parents of our corgis. I have already had three of our followers reach out to me to ask about my experience with using this scam site. One follower even put down a deposit after seeing our photos on the testimonial page and is now trying to get their money back. I feel horrible to have played a small indirect part in this. I already tried emailing the scam site and asked them to take down the photos. I only received a one-worded response that said, "Hello." They have a phone number as well but I don't want to risk giving them my personal number. Is there anything I can do from a legal standpoint to get our photos removed from this website? [link] [comments]  |
| Landlord’s contractors broke into my place Posted: 29 Sep 2020 08:05 AM PDT So i live on a ground floor apartment with roomates and we all happened to be out except for one but she was on her way out. Shes pretty strange and likes to sit in her car for like 30 mins to an hour before actually leaving so while she sitting outside of her window in her car she sees a man cut our window screen and open the window, head inside the apartment while 2 others go through the door and she freaks out and calls me and my SO and the police right after. So while the police were on their way shes scared for her life so freezes up and is hiding in her car and she sees one guy jump through the window and run off. After the police come and everything settles.. nothing is missing, window was left wide open and then they find the truck that my roomate was describing that she thinks she saw them leave out of, down the street. They find contractors at a similar address and same tactic.. ripped the window screen open to get inside. Police calls the landlord and so do we and he offers a settlement of 1000. I dont feel like 1000 is right but I'd really like to know my options. I havent signed anything, SO said she counter offered 1500 just to see what they say and they agreed pretty quick but nothing signed. Edit: I live in silver spring MD [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 29 Sep 2020 05:54 AM PDT My husband and I just bought our home and soon after, during a rainstorm, our entire backyard flooded. Rushing water, up to 20" high, enough force to pick up our shed and move it. It's happend two more times since June of this year and neighbors say it's been a thing for the last ~10 years. We investigate and it turns out there is a 48" stormwater drainage pipe in our back yard, behind our fence and layers of trees. We immediately think it's City property and ask them to inspect it for blockage. They say it's our property, installed by the builder, on our lot & our lot only. We have no HOA. It's personal property. We call the real estate attorney who handled our closing and he says we don't have a chance at winning any sort of case against the sellers for withholding this (we have proof the seller knew as he made a claim with the city 6 years ago and it's public record). Our city actually has a program for this where they cover 100% of the cost! But our project is too expensive for their residential program, so it would have to be a capital program. But it can't be a capital program because it doesn't affect any public property. (Although there's a $3M project happening in a very affluent neighborhood that doesn't appear to affect public property either. Which irks me). Even if I did have $600k-$1M lying around, I'd need a permit from the City to replace the drain pipe or dig a ditch or tear my house down and make it a retention pond. This pipe was only ever supposed to be for our neighborhood and worked just fine for 40 years until our area developed and now this little residential, private property drainage pipe takes in 200 acres of water from apartment complexes and restaurants and office buildings and it's not anyone's fault and entirely our responsibility to fix it. There has to be something. Some angle. Something that someone has missed. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 29 Sep 2020 06:24 AM PDT Ok, short version - ex-boyfriend and I bought a house a few years ago, then broke up. We ultimately decided he would stay in the house, and 2 months ago he refinanced in his name and I signed a quit claim taking my name off the deed. There was a balance in the escrow account on the original loan, which was refunded as a check, and was mailed to my address, not my ex's. It's made payable to both of us, with AND between our names, which if I understand correctly means we both need to sign the check. I emailed him to work out a time to go to the bank together and received no response. After a week I started to get suspicious, because he was the one really pushing to get this done, so I thought it was weird that he'd be dragging his feet on anything that would really end any reason for us to have further contact with each other. So, I called the mortgage company and found out that the day that I emailed him, he called them and reported the refund check lost/stolen, and asked them to issue a stop payment and send the new check to his address. They had not actually issued a new check when I called because their policy is to do a 30 day wait before issuing any stop payments. I advised them the check was not stolen, that I, 1 of the intended recipients, had it in my possession and was trying to make arrangements with the other party to deposit the check. The person I spoke to put a note in the file but couldn't guarantee that if my ex called back again, and got the right person, that they wouldn't issue a new check. So right now, I'm basically calling them every couple weeks to see if anybody has requested a stop payment again, and when the answer is no, emailing my ex to set up a time to deposit the check, to no avail. I also confirmed they will not split the amount of the check in half and issue individual checks to each of us, so that's not an option. I suspect that he was planning forging my signature or maybe trying to do a mobile or ATM deposit and hope the bank wouldn't catch the missing signature, but obviously I have no way to confirm that. So my question is, what, if anything, can I even do at this point? Obviously I can't legally compel him to sign something he doesn't want to sign, but could I potentially sue him in small claims for half the check amount? And I'm assuming that if he did intend to try and get a new check and deposit it without my signature, I couldn't take any action until he actually attempted it (successfully or not). It's not a lot of money, only a couple thousand, which I wasn't even expecting and don't particularly care about. But I also don't like the idea of anybody depositing a check made out to me without my signature. So, what do? [link] [comments]  |
| Can someone force me to be their dependent on their taxes? Posted: 29 Sep 2020 11:17 AM PDT I do not speak to my father anymore, but I have a feeling that he has been claiming me as a dependent on his tax returns, even though I have been filing myself as an independent. I wanted to know if he is allowed to do this, and more importantly, if the IRS will check whether he can claim me as a dependent. Thank you! Edit: The bot asked me to include my location. I am living in New York State in the US. [link] [comments]  |
| Underage child does and sells drugs, can we call the cops without us getting in legal trouble Posted: 29 Sep 2020 07:19 AM PDT My child, 14, has admitted to selling drugs and taking drugs (various kinds, some harder than others). This is very worrying to us and we've attempted to talk to him many times, impose punishments, therapy, etc.... He was also sent into rehab due to possession in school...if anything though, he came out worse than he went in unfortunately. Lately, cars have been pulling up to our house and he would leave for a few minutes and be right back... we're pretty sure that this is one way he's selling drugs and he's all but admitted it. Question is: How can we get the authorities involved? Since it's getting done at our house, we have worries that we'll get in trouble because we are the parents. We see things happening, catch him outside smoking drugs, etc... How can we safely navigate this legally? Edit: we live in the USA, KY Note: looking for legal advice, not parenting advice if possible please. Note 2: things attempted and still being attempted: IOP (school forced), Therapy (2 years...but for more than just drug abuse), rehab (judge forced), punishments (groundings, taking away electronics, instilling curfews, etc...), communications with him (letting him know it's not ok, attempting to get him help, attempting to get him into other activities, letting him know we love him, stop giving him "money" (buy things he needs etc., but not money itself). [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 29 Sep 2020 03:53 AM PDT I was completely unaware that Medicaid was renewed automatically and have unknowingly had it while not qualifying off and on for the last couple of years. I've had a plan through the marketplace so I'm hoping that proves I acted in good faith. What's the worse case scenario for me here? I live in IA by the way. [link] [comments]  |
| CA. DMV wants me to hire a lawyer to register a truck. Posted: 29 Sep 2020 03:11 AM PDT The truck owner passed away over five years ago. His truck has been sitting parked since then. He was living with his sister who shared ownership of the house along with two other siblings. His sister had power of attorney over him. His sister did nothing with the truck even though there were offers to buy it. She went into a depression and has now been placed in a nursing home. I was asked to clean up the neglected house. I was given the truck by the dead owners other sister who also is one of the property owners. Went to the CA DMV to register this truck and was told that any power of attorney that his sister had expired the day he died. I was told to hire a attorney to settle this. I cannot afford an attorney. I am a disabled senior who really needs this truck. It runs great . just needs to be registered. any advice would be greatly appricated. THANK YOU. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 29 Sep 2020 03:16 AM PDT hello all I'm in Oklahoma; When I was 12 my brother tried to kill me by shooting at me. He got arrested and charged with few things on top of the attempted murder, having drugs, stealing a car, assault on a police officer. He got sentenced to 60 years. but the prison website says that all the charges except for the attempted murder and car theft are remaining and the others have been reduced to parole. He currently is only going to serve 10 years, and we are on year 5. I still live in the same town, but don't talk to any of my family because they are a bunch of drug addicts like him, but unfortunately my sister knows where I live and drops by randomly to ask for money. Well the other day she came by and showed me some Facebook messages. Somehow my brother got a phone in prison and sent her pictures of himself in his cell so she knew it was him. Here's where I am afraid and don't know what to do. The text from him said I tried telling her to go to the police but she refuses and she deleted the texts after she showed them to me. I know I can't go to the police because I have no proof and my sister refuses to tell them about the texts. I called the prison and they told me "There's no way anyone got a phone in here." and told me there was nothing they could do, they wouldn't even confirm he was there... I know he is, it's on their damn website. What else can I do? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 29 Sep 2020 10:42 AM PDT Employer in international, headquarters are in Texas, passing of employee was in Florida. My father passed away about a week and a half ago. My sister and I have been calling each day to my fathers employer to get information. today being the 8th business day trying to get a hold of someone from HR regarding life insurance information, questions about health insurance for my mother (will she be offered COBRA? Etc), with no one calling back. We left a voicemail almost every day along with calling. The company is aware of the passing as they sent flowers to my mother and send an empty box with a return label with no instructions ( we are assuming this is for his laptop but since no one calls us back we don't know). We are concerned that the clock is ticking with life insurance but we have zero information because all information was digital that my father had and we have no passwords or access. What kind of legal obligation does the employer have to call us (the family) after their employees passing? I can't imagine they have absolutely no obligation, there has to be something right? Don't they need information with payroll and things like that too? Do we reach out to a lawyer to send a letter if this continues? We are frustrated and want to know if we will even get some sort of call back. Thanks in advance [link] [comments]  |
| House turned out to be modular? Posted: 29 Sep 2020 04:01 AM PDT I bought "stick built" house according to the paperwork. 5 years later it Turns out it's a modular, and worth less than I paid/ owe. Can I get out if this loan? [link] [comments]  |
| Neighbor’s construction workers Posted: 29 Sep 2020 09:53 AM PDT EDIT: properties are located in NYC My family member's neighbors recently had some concrete work done in front of their house. They had their sidewalk completely broken and repaved. However the neighbor's construction workers paved the sidewalk in front of the neighbors slightly higher than the adjacent piece of sidewalk, which is in front of our property. Now, when the rain falls, the water from the neighbor's sidewalk drains onto our sidewalk and sits there like a puddle. It leaves a stain when dried. There were no puddles on our sidewalk before. We had the sidewalk in front of our home redone last year to fix that exact drainage problem, and now, through no fault of our own, has come back. We notified the construction company of our concern but they dismissed it. Our neighbors are nice and we don't want to create any bad blood between us. What course(s) of action can we take and what are our remedies? TLDR; neighbors had construction work done on adjacent sidewalk to ours. Pavers made neighbors sidewalk higher than ours and rain water is pooling on our side leaving stains that we never had before. What are our options to have the work redone or to be compensated for damages? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 29 Sep 2020 12:32 PM PDT My sister discovered her husband cheating on her and announced she was planning to divorce him. From that point he has basically gone crazy. He removed parts from her car (in her name only) and used a hammer to bang on the engine parts to destroy them. He made up a fake story about my sister threatening him and used it to get a temporary protective order from her, which effectively kicked her out of their house. She took her RV (in her name only) to stay in an RV park temporarily and once he dropped his protective order case, he used a crowbar to force his way into the RV while she was out, damaging the door and frame. Whenever she calls the police, they tell her that he is "allowed" to destroy her property because it's "marital property". He also won't let her into the house to get her personal belongings out, and the police say they "aren't taking sides" and won't help her get her things back. So is there any way we can legally compel him to fix the car or pay for the damages? Is she just SOL because she's married to the offender? We are in Maryland, USA. Thank you. [link] [comments]  |
| Drug Tested at work one month ago under arguable "reasonable suspicion." Crickets ever since. Posted: 28 Sep 2020 06:36 PM PDT Hello. I am in Minnesota. I was given a reasonable suspicion drug test at work five weeks ago. The reasonable suspicion amounted to a supervisor claiming it smelled like weed. No additional observations, even after conducting a behavioral assessment. I stayed past the end of my shift to take the drug test, after being marched to the bathroom in front of my coworkers. They told me I would be contacted when the results were in. It has now been five weeks. The company hasn't contacted me. Even the drug testing place hasn't contacted me to confirm my prescriptions. HR has claimed to a coworker that they are having trouble getting the results back from the lab. Here's where some backstory will help. The drug test was spur of the moment - far after hours for normal businesses. The lab tech came on site to do the test. She stated that the chain of custody form she had with her wasn't in the proper format, but her supervisor could probably fix it. I have reason to believe this error is why this has taken so long. Yet I'm the one not getting paid. Is this legal? I still haven't been contacted. The company has no results, but hasn't contacted me. It's been an excessive amount of time to go without pay (non-exempt), especially considering I haven't failed any test or violated policy. [link] [comments]  |
| [MI] (CCR/HOA) Home improvements need approval of review board that dissolved years ago Posted: 29 Sep 2020 08:38 AM PDT TLDR: Do I need approval for home improvements from an Architectural Review Board that was disolved 15 years ago, and if so, how would I do that? Long version: I live in a small neighborhood that has a CCR (Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions) document, but does not now, nor has it ever had, an HOA. In addition to retrictions and prohibitions, that document outlines a number of things that must be approved by an Architectural Review Board, such as decks/patios/fences/playhouses, essentially any improvements to outside of the home. It further defines that board as the Developer and two other people that the Developer chooses so long as the Developer still owns any plots unless the Developer relinquishes it in writing. There is nothing in the CCR that describes if or how this review board is to be maintained after that. All of the plots were sold and the corporate entity that was defined as 'the Developer' was disolved 15 years ago. It is my understanding that no review board has existed in any form since then. So, back to my question: Since this board does not exist, do I need any approval to do things like putting in a back patio or a playhouse that the CCR says is subject to Architectural Review Board approval. If so, who do I get approval from? There is no Homeowners Association to talk to about this question. I did a little research online for reference and found this ruling by the Michigan Supreme Court (Stuart v Chawney) that said the defendant was not at fault for failing to submit plans to a similar review board, because, like in my case, there was not an active review board or HOA. That seems to imply that I would be in the clear, but I am not a lawyer and may be reading too much into the ruling in that particular case. Thanks, any help would be greatly appreciated! [link] [comments]  |
| [WI] Just bought a condo, association rules say cats must be declawed? Posted: 28 Sep 2020 07:51 PM PDT I just purchased a condominium in Dane County, WI, and in the association documents it is said that cats must be declawed. this was not mentioned in the original documentation i received before putting an offer on the condo. does the condo association have any authority to force me to declaw my cats? [link] [comments]  |
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