Legal Advice (LA) Multiple cops knocked on door, after midnight, looking for a stolen Macbook. Disgruntled macbook owner is now stalking my house across the street |
- (LA) Multiple cops knocked on door, after midnight, looking for a stolen Macbook. Disgruntled macbook owner is now stalking my house across the street
- [Georgia, USA, family court] At my wits end with custody of my daughter. I've done everything the court has asked me to do while my ex has done none of it, and now it looks like she's going to get primary custody.
- Landlord unrestricted access?
- USPS Lost my mother's Green Card Paperwork and no one wants to take responsibility
- Who has right to the ashes, spouse or parent?
- Neighbors taking a foot of our Property
- A neighbor tried to add me under his gym account, instead they mislead him and made a new account under my name and allowed him to sign for me. Now debt collectors are calling me.
- Neighbor is cutting the corner on his easement by 10 ft. Can I put boulders on the edge to keep him inside the easement? [Arizona USA]
- [NJ] AT&T rep added unauthorized cell phone (probably his) to my plan?
- Landlord is trying to keep our entire security deposit of $1400 by charging us everything from re-painting to yardwork
- My guess diagnosed with Ms last Monday disclosed to her job Wednesday and was fired Friday.
- Mom passed away with more debt than assets, no spouse (NV)
- Retail Chain attempting to force my sister out of her job after giving birth (NC).
- Abusive ex showed up at my work
- My mother's personal belongings were accidentally cremated with her, do I have any recourse?
- My mother has been emotionally, financially, and possibly physically abusing her mother in California. I have notified what I believe are proper authorities but I don't know if I'm handling situation correctly, and I'm trying to find out what I should expect in upcoming weeks and months.
- Someone left their boat at my late fathers NJ property and they refuse to move it, what can I do? (im selling the building).
- Pool Contractor Contact has me underwater
- My Dad Died At Someone's House, I'm in My Early 20s Confused... How Do I Secure His Belongings (WA)
- Fake church and charitable donations
- [NM, US] Found out the company I work for has been having me lie about our product being FDA approved
- My gf ordered items online which have been refused at the customs, seller refuses to refund
- [Oregon] Neighbor's bamboo rubbing against my house
- I got subpoenaed to court as a fact witness for this family I worked with. It’s 2:30pm and I’ve been sitting here since 9am. Is there anything I can do?
| Posted: 08 Sep 2020 11:26 PM PDT I stayed up quite late with the kids tonight and as we were getting ready for bed, we had to cops knock on the door. I asked who it was multiple times before they finally answered BRPD. I see two police cars around my house and another car a house down. The police officers said that a macbook is pinging to my address. I tell them I do not have any macbooks in the house. They start asking what I do have and I tell them that I have two PCs and three ipads for the kids. They asks if they can come in so they dont have to come back with a search warrant and I agreed. They look at my computers, my ipads, asking me for receipts that I provide as quickly as I can. I just didn't have a receipt for one of the ipads bc I bought it from costco but I can show them when the device was listed but they told me all of that was fine. They search my home (looked under mattresses, checked backpacks, a money bank that I keep my server tips in etc.) , even though I am obviously very annoyed that they are in my home. My kids are running around naked because we had just gotten done with bath time and was getting into pajamas. One of them makes a comment that they think it was weird that it was turned off before they were even able to knock on me door, after they had pinged it a fourth time. Two of the three times they pinged it, they said it showed at my address. I had told them that the lot next to my home, that I do not own, serves as a parking lot for the whole neighborhood and I have a bus stop in front of my house. It couldve literally been someone just passing by. The main officer told me he honestly didnt know how it worked and asked if I was familiar with the process, if it were accurate, etc. I said I guess, I've never owned a apple product besides the ipads that I bought for the kids school. He asked for some identification and takes my phone number. He told me that hes wearing a camera, its been recorded that I had been cooperative, they searched the house and didn't find anything but he had to take down my info to show that he made contact with me. They left and went to knock on other doors, going back to talk to the person in the car in between houses. They, I guess, called it quits and after a final chat with the other car, that car drove off and they also left. Now that not police car has doubled back and is now parked across the street obviously watching my house. It's super creepy. Am I allowed to be harassed by this person? Did I screw up letting them in my home in the first place? I do not have their laptop. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 09 Sep 2020 07:41 AM PDT So let me preface this by saying that I'm a recovering drug addict. The mother of my child and I both have a history with drug abuse that lead to both of us losing custody. I got my ass into rehab though, and now this October I'll be 2 years clean and sober. I've done everything that DFCS has asked me to do and more, but it also looks like this October my ex will be getting primary custody, even though she will only be 6 months clean by that time. When DFCS got involved, they gave us very specific (and not very pleasant) things that we needed to do to get back with our daughter. They wanted each of us to get into a 12 month, residential treatment program. Complete the program and 12 months of clean drug screens. It doesn't sound like a lot, but 12 months in a rehab ain't no walk in the damn park. So I did it. I got into a 12 month program, finished it, I've got almost 24 months clean now. I also joined numerous other support groups, 12 step programs, one on one and group therapy. I found out after I joined my program though that my ex convinced them to let her do a different program, an accountability court. It allowed her to stay home, no residential anything. There are no kids at residential programs, so she was already at an advantage by staying home because she could have some kind of supervised custody, while I could only have weekly visits. She has not done well in her program. She has relapsed and gone on several benders. She has failed drug screens, gone to detox, lied about going to detox, gone back in, and come back out and relapsed again. Her most recent relapse was May. Not in may mind you, but three weeks of the month of May. So this October, when I will celebrate two years clean and sober, she won't even have a quarter that time. When we went to court last month, they gave my ex unsupervised, extended, overnight visitation with my daughter. This case should have ended months ago, back when I graduated from my program. But it hasn't, and they keep giving her more chances. My lawyer has called her out, DFCS has called her out, the lawyer assigned to my daughter has proclaimed in the court "get her out of the mother's house NOW" and the judge just keeps giving her more chances. I took a year out of my daughter's life because that's what they asked me to do, I knew it was the right thing to do for my daughter. But I missed out on a bunch of her life, because the court asked me to. And now they aren't even holding up their end of the deal? In the last court hearing, they gave my ex overnight and unsupervised visits, something that they didn't give me until I had 9 months clean and sober. They also said they are planning on closing the case and making a final decision in October, when my ex finishes her program. They gave her the unsupervised/overnights because she was living with her parents and they felt okay with it, but she just announced this week that she's moving into her own apartment with her new boyfriend, somebody that none of us even knew about and is essentially a complete stranger to my daughter. The year that I spent not living with my daughter has really strained my relationship with her too. She's only three, but now she's pretty much grown up with her mom and my parents. I was just somebody she got to see for a few hours on the weekends, and it is difficult now. They are hesitant to make changes to my daughter's schedule when it gives me more time, but not when it gives her mom more time. When I had an opportunity to get more time with her, the courts told me that they don't want to mess with her schedule too much because it could upset her. When the ex had an opportunity, the court told me it's only fair to the mother to make time more equal. In fact, the ONLY time that I've actually made any kind of progress in the case is when my ex has relapsed. So it wasn't because I was doing the right thing and they did the right thing in turn, it was my ex fucking up and them having no choice. I don't know what's happening. It could be because I'm a man looking for custody in the South, or it could be because the judge is the same judge from her treatment court. Maybe it's a combination of both. I know that they are expediting her custody time, and ending this next month. After that I won't have anything, no say, no courts, no lawyers. I have a public defender now, and I feel like he's at the end of his own rope too. What do I do? I've done what they asked. My ex hasn't. They won't give me full custody, which I should have been granted when I finished my program. Instead, they're drawing it out until my ex finishes her program. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 09 Sep 2020 08:54 AM PDT My property manager told me during our walk through that he wants to put a lockbox on my new home for a once a month pest control service. They don't have appointments, the pest people just give 24 hours notice when they are in the neighborhood. I am really uncomfortable with random pest guys having the code to get into my home and further more don't feel once a month indoor spraying is necessary for my place. It does say in the lease that he can enter to make repairs but with 48 hours notice and there is ZERO mention of a lockbox with essenitally unrestricted access in the lease. I have never lived anywhere where the landlord and I did not make an appointment for a repair. And I have never lived anywhere that required monthly pest control indoors so when I read the lease I did not imagine that would be an issue. Can I refuse this? I may be out of town and I don't want people in my home when I am not there. Also, as a single woman this makes me feel very unsafe. I also have had extreme chemical sensitivity in the past and spraying my home with chemicals is not good for someone with my immune system issues. I live in Colorado. He thought my concerns were ridiculous. I would appreciate any advice. [link] [comments]  |
| USPS Lost my mother's Green Card Paperwork and no one wants to take responsibility Posted: 09 Sep 2020 11:55 AM PDT Texas, USA My mother is not a citizen of America and her green card is expiring, she sold plasma, worked in food delivery and received help from my father so they could afford the hefty price tag of over $1000 dollars. After paying for this she waited quite a long time and finally after a month she became worried and contacted immigration. They told her they sent off the paperwork and she needed to contact USPS since they did their part on the shipping portion. When contacting USPS they told her they lost her mail and there was nothing they could do. What can we do? 2LDR: USPS Lost her paperwork and won't refund her and immigration won't resend the paperwork or refund. [link] [comments]  |
| Who has right to the ashes, spouse or parent? Posted: 08 Sep 2020 11:53 PM PDT My friend passed away a couple weeks ago (while living in California.) She and her wife were living with her (the deceased's) mother. After she passed, her wife was devastated and her mother is now making plans behind the wife's back to force her out of the home because the wife is 'too sad' while she (the mom) has to go back to Canada for an emergency. Due to the nature of the passing (stroke during surgery, brain bleed to brain death to being let off life support), while the mother and wife agreed how to go about the funeral and to cremate, there wasn't a discussion on who'd keep the ashes long term, because until recently the wife, who is also a friend of mine, assumed that for a semi-longterm period of time, they'd still live together as a family unit. Just an hour ago the wife found an envelope, which had paperwork about the permit of keeping the ashes or something on those lines, under the mother's signature. It was done without the wife's knowledge or agreement, but I thought, under Cali law, since there was no will/executor, it should have been up to the spouse and nearest family anyways? (There were no children). The wife is devastated and hurting, since she already knew of the plan behind her back to push her out. She wanted to take the ashes with her. Now she's under more distress cause it seems her MIL done all this underhandedly and will take them all to Canada, without even having the balls to talk to her child's surviving spouse. What can the wife do? I'm so worried about her and this isn't helping. Edit: this apparently double posted so I apologize. [link] [comments]  |
| Neighbors taking a foot of our Property Posted: 09 Sep 2020 09:06 AM PDT Hello, my parents bought a plot of land and when they wanted to construct on it, the land plotters told us that there was a fence taking up a foot of our property. My parents tried discussing this with the neighbor when we first got here and the owner never did anything (he was renting the house). Some years passed and he died and the property was sold, during this time the fence fell and the bank came to fix it. We tried talking to them and they said that the property belonged to a bank. To my knowledge it has been sold 3 times already, today my mother tried talking to the new owner again and he refused to come to an agreement, he said he was just reselling the property. I wanted to know what my parents can do about this issue. My parents want the fenced moved off our property. How can they go about this? Thank you. State: Texas [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 09 Sep 2020 07:32 AM PDT Location: Los Angeles/Burbank, California Flair reason: I'm listing this as a contract question because my problem is more with the account creation than with the debt collectors calling. I have to get the account creation issue solved before I tackle the debt, and the debt amount is manageable, I just don't want to pay it until I get everything settled. Context: My neighbor was my workout buddy for the longest time. I had gone to his gym with him for a few years previously at which time I was signed up for a membership under his account. So he had the main account and I was a "child" account. Not an actual child, but the account was under his name, and so he paid for his membership and child accounts, and I paid him. I ended up having to cancel that membership for about a year because I got a job that didn't allow for the same workout schedule. Cue to when this started in Sept. 2019 after I got a new job and can go back to the gym with him. So what happened is that my neighbor had tried to get me added to his account as part of a holiday sign up special(Black Friday I think), but the person he talked to, without informing my neighbor, instead signed me up for my own separate account and mislead him into signing my paperwork for me and adding his payment info to "my" membership. Around January, my friend had an identity theft scare and canceled his credit card and got a new email. It wasn't until March when they stopped me from entering the gym unless I payed my gym dues. Now I have a membership that I did not authorize that is under my name but I did not actually sign anything for, I didn't personally sign or review any contract agreements, I didn't sign liability forms or anything. I didn't want to give my credit card info to anyone unless I personally signed up and reviewed the contract due to having bad experiences with gyms in the past. I just don't feel comfortable giving any payment info to anyone about an account that I did not physically sign up for. I was ok paying my neighbor my monthly fees as I had before, but not giving my payment info to them. I was in the process of working it out with the gym the very same week in March when COVID-19 started closing everything down, gym stopped answering my calls and emails, and I put it all on ice figuring I'd handle it when COVID-19 got better. Well yesterday I receive a call from a debt collector trying to pay the unpaused membership fees. I told him this whole story and he pretty much told me to file identity theft paperwork that needed to implicate my friend who was mislead into thinking he was signing paperwork for his own account, or taking it up with Crunch Fitness. I'm not going to accuse my friend of identity theft, so that options out. Now the problem is I can't get a hold of anyone at the gym as they're still closed, but I DO NOT want this debt to keep accruing or impact my credit score. The gym in question is a pretty big gym that has tons of locations, so this all seems very shoddy for a place like that. What are my legal options and is there anything I should consider when moving forward with this? I kind of feel like I could end up needing to get a lawyer or be able to sue or something. Just feels like a breach of contract or protocol. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 08 Sep 2020 04:27 PM PDT This is in a rural area, and he has a 15 ft wide easement through my property that does a 90 degree turn. Over the last year, he has been cutting the corner more and more to the point that now he is 10 ft into my property, ie 10 ft past the edge of the easement when he turns the corner. I'm actually okay with him cutting the corner a little. He has a big truck and it's a sharp turn. But he's been driving more and more off of the easement. I put up a moveable fence (self supporting cattle fence) about 5 ft in from the easement edge and told him if he ever had a dump truck come in he can move it. Well the existence of the fence pissed him off, and he knocks it over every time he drives by. I asked him to pick it up when he leaves (diplomatically assuming he had a reason to knock it over) and he had a texting rage fit. So now I want to put up a barrier that he can't knock over. I probably won't be a dick and force him to make the 90 degree turn-- I've give him some room to cut the corner. Boulders or a concrete curb. But what is within my rights and what could he push back on? I think the prescriptive easement time-frame is 10 years in AZ, and even if you count the previous owner cutting the corner too, it hasn't been an issue for 10 years yet. How do I prevent prescriptive easement problems? Edit: Thanks everyone. I really appreciate your responses. I think I saw most of them before the comments got cleaned up. I'll discuss with my wife the level of warfare we are ready to engage in, but I do really like the school bus idea. Or my father in law's old Lumina. I'm shooting for putting it there right at the edge and letting him feel the pain, and then asking him if he wants to work out something better on respectful terms. But my wife is not as keen on this. I'll post an update if anything exciting happens. [link] [comments]  |
| [NJ] AT&T rep added unauthorized cell phone (probably his) to my plan? Posted: 09 Sep 2020 07:15 AM PDT My fiancé and I got our own cellphone plan a couple weeks ago. I called *DATA# to check on my plan and noticed a third cell phone. I called AT&T corporate and they confirmed they added the number without authorization. The rep mentioned to us that he changes his cell phone 3x a year. We already have the number removed. Is there anything else we should be concerned for? Personal information, credit.. we just don't want something coming back to bite us legally. Thanks. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 08 Sep 2020 10:12 PM PDT We lived in Phoenix, Arizona in a 4 bedroom 2 bath with a large yard. The backyard also contained a 2-car garage, a 1-car garage, and a storage shed -- the sheds/garages had NOT been touched nor inspected by the landlord prior to us having moved in; in fact, they were still locked up from the previous owner, and our landlord told us to break those locks. Our deposit was $1400 (the amount we paid in rent). Prior to moving in, the home was given a "rental quality" remodel. The workmanship and quality of materials used in the home were average at best, and in some cases it was obvious they had seriously cut corners. Due to COVID, our landlord did not want to inspect prior to move-out, so I made it a point to send her literally dozens and dozens of photos to show her our progress of emptying the house. My goal was to give her no reason to take our security deposit, except in the case of carpet in a back room which was damaged by a puppy. I literally was never given a response from her, despite providing tons of information and asking if there was any feedback. Two weeks after having moved out she sent us a itemized list of $1742 in damages. She specifically asked me to not fill holes in the walls (holes from items which were hung, nothing outside the realm of normal), yet on the list she charged us $375 for paint/patch. We lived there for 4 years, the house needed painting in any case. She also charged $150 for yard work, despite the yard looking better than when we had moved in, and I had sent her probably 2-dozen photos to show her the work I had done to ask how it looked. I could dispute literally every item she listed, despite the damaged carpet, which I also sent her pictures of to make her aware. I called her, and she had no points of agreement with me. Furthermore, she continued to add other issues, including the fact that the UNUSED, NON-FUNCTIONING swamp cooler faceplate had been knocked off the control panel, even though I left the faceplate on a shelf next to the panel. It was literally the most petty stuff she could come up with. What are my legal options here? I tried desperately to show her evidence prior to our move out so we could handle stuff prior to moving. She has "offered" to let me come and do the work myself for cheaper, which is not going to happen because a) I moved to a different city b) the time to do that was prior to us moving out. [link] [comments]  |
| My guess diagnosed with Ms last Monday disclosed to her job Wednesday and was fired Friday. Posted: 09 Sep 2020 12:18 PM PDT She told her work on Wednesday then on Thursday was asked to provide a doctor's note...on Friday they told her she was a liability to the business and that they did not want her on the floor and sent her home with a mandatory 12 month unpaid leave....then we get an email from loan officer( going through a refinance) saying she got an email from her now former employer saying friday was her last day and is no longer employed.....do we have a case for discrimination and/or wrongful termination? Any help or guidance is greatly appreciated thanks!! [link] [comments]  |
| Mom passed away with more debt than assets, no spouse (NV) Posted: 09 Sep 2020 10:03 AM PDT Hello! Hoping to get some guidance. My mom passed away in July and has way more debts than assets. Like maybe $3k in total assets and easily $20k in debt (not including student loans). She didn't leave a will or executor. My understanding is that as next of kin I am the de facto executor. I spoke with a "call a lawyer" line and she basically told me to just walk away because I can't settle it. Before this, I called everyone she owes and told them she passed. She had no spouse. I know I'm not responsible for her debts. So my question is basically: does that sound right? I can just leave it and won't have anything come at me? She passed in NV and I'm in AZ. [link] [comments]  |
| Retail Chain attempting to force my sister out of her job after giving birth (NC). Posted: 09 Sep 2020 09:57 AM PDT My sister gave birth one month ago via c-section. She has appropriately informed her employer of every step throughout her pregnancy, even her c-section the day of. The department that manages FMLA, etc. has handled her paperwork as they should. However her manager and coworkers have been coercing her to either conform to a completely different schedule or quitting all together. She's been cleared by her OBGYN to return the second week of October (doctor's note has been submitted), however her manager scheduled her to work this weekend and her coworkers persisted in echoing this even after directly sending everyone the paperwork. Her manager has told her she either has to accept and work the graveyard shift (7 days on/off) starting this weekend or else she will be "resigning her position as shift lead". She normally works day shifts and is unable to work graveyard shifts due to not being able to find childcare. All of these communications are via text and she's saved them, but is unsure of her next steps. I have been her advocate and supporter throughout and so I want to help her navigate this as best as possible. [link] [comments]  |
| Abusive ex showed up at my work Posted: 09 Sep 2020 12:16 PM PDT Not sure what to do here. I used to be in a relationship with someone 2 years ago. He was extremely abusive and sexually assaulted me many times. It was never documented until he threatened to shoot up my high school. I told the police officer everything with screenshots of texts and pictures. After that he left the school and I didn't see him for 2 years But now he is coming by my work 2-3 times a week for an month now. He stares a lot and specifically orders things so that way I have to hand it out to him. He has been with his new girlfriend about half the time and the other half he was alone. He hasn't done anything wrong except stare, but I feel really uncomfortable and I'm scared he might do something. Is there anything I can do? A ppo or restraining order? I live in Michigan [link] [comments]  |
| My mother's personal belongings were accidentally cremated with her, do I have any recourse? Posted: 09 Sep 2020 02:46 PM PDT My mother died from COVID a couple of weeks ago. After her passing, I called the hospital and let them know which funeral home we would be using for the cremation. I asked about her personal belongings that had been in her room and was told they were being sent with the body. I called the funeral home and asked about how to pick them up and was told I could get them when I picked up her ashes. Fast forward to today, when I picked up her ashes, and was told there were no belongings. After some calls to the hospital, it seems that the funeral home wasn't aware that her belongings were in the body bag, and since she was COVID positive and wasn't embalmed, they didn't open the bag at all. They say it is not standard procedure for the belongings to be put in the bag with the body but the hospital says it is. How do I determine who is responsible? Do I have any options? I know it won't help as the most important things were sentimental, but I feel like some justice is owed to me. There were several pieces of jewelry, her cell phone and kindle, as well as a few small items. We are located in Tennessee. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 09 Sep 2020 02:02 AM PDT First off I know I have dropped the ball by waiting this long to speak up and I feel really guilty because of that, but please understand my relationship with my family is troubled at best and there were five years of my life that I had no contact with any of my nine siblings or my mother. I am also currently in therapy, on meds, and I'm doing my best to get my grandmother to a safe, comfortable and happy place. This post is not about me though, but I just think that information is somewhat relevant. My grandmother is bipolar and was awarded SSI benefits because of it in the early 2000s. I do not know when was diagnosed or when she started receiving SSI because my mother stopped allowing my siblings and me to see grandma in 1997. In December 2005 when I found and contacted my grandmother she was already established in a facility for people with mental health issues, but it was not the type of place that committed people or anything like that. In fact it was pretty cool place where she had her own apartment and was 100% free to come and go as she pleased. Her treatment was separate from and not required by her facility as requirement to live there. She lived in the facility on her own until 2017 when she had some sort of accident causing her to be hospitalized temporarily. I have been told that my grandma was not same person after the accident, for example she would forget/not know who she was. Somewhere along the way they found she had liver cancer, but she was never diagnosed with any sort of dementia, amnesia, alzheimer's, or any other sort of new mental issues that would require full time care. She ended up beating cancer but her mental state did not improve, and she began to have problems controlling her bladder causing her to wear diapers full time. In 2018 my family decided she could no longer live alone because she would wander around town in middle of the night, she would not eat, bathe, and would leave dirty diapers hidden around her apartment. She was placed in a facility that provided full time care but after she had accident at dinner table she was told she had to wear diapers all the time so she left and went missing for a few days. It was Sept 2018 when she went missing and after she was found my mother began the abuse. I left out things that I do not think are relevant to the abuse, even though there are things that my mother did that were shady they weren't illegal or abusive. Currently my grandmother lives with my mother, father, and two of my younger sisters. She still is on SSI, still has not been diagnosed with anything new, and was deemed fit to make her own medical decisions. My mother tried to get my grandmother to give her permission to access grandmas bank account but my grandma wouldn't sign anything and when my sister took my grandmother to the bank for new debit card grandma said she didn't know her pin, and somehow instead of changing it they left the same. I was not there and I do not understand why the pin number stayed the same but I do know that my mother kept possession of grandmas debit card, and has been using it to transfer money from my grandmothers account to my moms PayPal account. I know this because my grandmother's bank statements come to my sister's house where I am staying, so last week I opened statements from the last few months. I do have permission from my grandma to open her mail, but even if I didn't I would take whatever punishment I was given without question if it meant my grandma's money would stay her money. Right now the balance of my grandma's account is about -$1000 because my mom transferred over $1600 to her PayPal, and balance was -$235 at beginning of the month. It is not the first time she has overdrawn my grandmas account, and the stimulus payout my grandmother got in April was also taken by my mother. I know that my mom is not my grandmothers payee for SSI, and even if she were she would have to document where the money went as well as give my grandma $30 a month for pleasure expenses of whatever that my grandma does not get. I also receive my grandmothers mail from her two credit cards that are now in collections and could be payed off for a fraction of the $4000 "my grandma" owes. I cannot prove my mom is responsible for the outstanding balances but I know it was her. That takes care of financial abuse. At my mom's house my grandma has her own room, bed and tv and access to the bathroom, but there are those toddler gates set up so my grandmother cannot freely roam the house or go outside. There are locks on the fridge and cabinets so she can't eat when she feels hungry, my mom says she cant afford for my grandma to eat as much as she wants. My grandma still supposed to be in diapers because of incontinence, which leads to most of the emotional abuse. She doesn't always wear a diaper and I have heard my mom yell at her for having accidents while sleeping. My sisters that live with my grandma talk about her like she is wasting their oxygen and refer to her as "that crazy bitch" even if my grandma is in the same room. She is punished by not being leave her room and treated like a toddler who is purposely misbehaving. My parents apartment smells like urine regularly because my grandma is responsible for cleaning her own mess. According to my mom my grandma still doesn't always know where she is or who she is so I do not understand why my mom still treats the way she does. There is no way for my grandma to contact anyone, and my mom ignores my great aunts emails asking for any sort of update about my grandma. On top of all that my grandma has run away from my mom's house and told the police my mom was abusing her. Social services investigated but nothing happened as a result. Earlier this year my little brother was living with my mom and according to him one day he heard my grandma scream so he went upstairs to see if she was ok and he saw my mom had my grandma by the back of the neck and was forcing her to bend over the bathroom sink. My mom told him that if he didn't like it he was free to leave at anytime and she mocked his mental issues. My little brother was extremely torn about what to do and afraid of my mom's retaliation physically and was worried about being kicked out. He ultimately decided to call the police but two days later and when the police investigated they said claim was unfounded. My brother was kicked out of the house as result. Since then I have no idea how grandma has been treated. I do know that my grandma qualifies for food stamps but she is not on them, I know that there has been no contact between my grandma and her therapist since at least Dec 2018, I don't know if my grandma has been for a cancer screening at all since she stopped chemo or even the last time she saw a doctor at all. So that about sums up the abuse parts of everything, I could keep going but it would become redundant I think and this post is long enough. Here is what I have done to help my grandma since Friday: I called adult protective services and explained everything I said here. At first they said it could take up to 10 business days before they saw my grandma but called back and told me its emergency case and it would only take them three business days. I am waiting for them to investigate and call me back. I filed fraud complaint with the inspector general about my mom taking grandmas SSI online and am waiting for response. I talked to Social Security also, they said they were going to mail my grandma a letter saying they suspect fraud and she needs to call. I asked what would happen if she never got letter or never called and was told her payments could be frozen. They also put a note in her file saying that my mom should not be authorized payee for my grandma and it would be smart for my great aunt of someone else to apply to be payee before my mom gets the chance just in case. Today I talked to my grandmas bank, I was not expecting any kind of access to her account but I tried to get them to at least change account so my grandmas card would be declined when there was insufficient funds and was not surprised when they said no. I called local police department and reported my mom for financial abuse and got an incident number. I have started to look for a safe place for my grandma to stay also. The last few days have been wild and I am doing my best with all of it. I just want to make sure that I am not doing anything that will hurt my grandma first off. Also is there anything I could do that I haven't done or anything I could be doing better? Lastly what can I expect to happen? Like will my mom have to pay my grandma back or what other consequences could she face? I think that is all. Thank you for any advice you may have. TL;DR I'm trying to help my grandma because my mom is total piece of shit. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 09 Sep 2020 11:43 AM PDT Feb-2020: My late fathers friend verbally asked my father to leave his boat on his property until he figures out what to do with it and my father agreed. Its been some time now and the boat is still there. Im closing soon and the buyer wants it removed, I called the owner and he didn't answer. What can I do about the same? Can I call the township and tow the boat? Am I responsible for costs? If I drove my car to some random road and left it there, I assume the township would tow the car and I would have to pay any fees to the towing company to get my car back, can I do the same with the boat? Will the town come tow it, or should I just move the boat to public property, leave it there, and have the owner deal with it? (no part of the boat is mine, not the boat, nor the trailer its on). [link] [comments]  |
| Pool Contractor Contact has me underwater Posted: 09 Sep 2020 05:19 AM PDT We are looking at building a gunite pool with decking and a gazebo. We received a copy of the pool contractors contract and it has two items that seem strange. First, is verbiage that says the contractor is not responsible for errors or omissions of subcontractors hired by the contractor. I thought that taking responsibility of the subs was one of the main roles of a contractor. I assume if I accept this I should verify insurance for each sub that he uses. Also, there is hold harmless language around any loss, damage, injury, death during construction and after regardless of contractor negligence. This includes any damage to neighboring structures not owned by me. So before I have a lawyer review and potentially rewrite this, I'd like some idea if this type of contractor protection is normal. [link] [comments]  |
| My Dad Died At Someone's House, I'm in My Early 20s Confused... How Do I Secure His Belongings (WA) Posted: 09 Sep 2020 01:43 PM PDT My father had no life insurance and no will. I am next of kin. He had a motorcycle in the driveway of the house he died at which has since been stolen after his death. The lady he was dating when he died got heated with me on the phone when I asked her questions pertaining the things she said to police in the police log and then claimed she doesn't even have to give me my father's belongings. I don't want to believe this is true. The motorcycle had a temporary plate and she claimed she couldn't find the title. Luckily I have the VIN and pictures of the bike.(not from her because when i asked her to send the pictures she did not - however luckily enough i knew someone in the area and they took pictures of it for me) He died many states away from me so I have to fly there to get his belongings and unfortunately I could not secure the motorcycle he had in her driveway before it was taken. Many things she said to the cops vs what she has said to me over the phone have been inconsistent. I've been considering getting a lawyer however I've always lived in poverty since birth and don't really have the cash for it. So yeah I'm going to report the VIN as stolen to the DMV. I'm going to get whatever belongings she allows me to have when I fly out this weekend but I don't like how she was seemingly holding the idea of her being able to keep everything and that she's only giving me his personal possessions "out of the kindness of her heart". Btw the bike was stolen days after I told her I bought plane tickets to go secure the belongings as well as the bike. Sometimes she seems chill and wants to help me out, sometimes when I question why she said weird things to the cops and why it took so long to report a hanging body at her house she becomes very defensive and irritable and I can't help but get angry because I'm only in my early 20s here dealing with my dad hanging himself at someone's house that I've never met. I set up a GFM a while back when I originally thought I could get the motorcycle before it was stolen but do you guys think this is enough cash to lawyer up after plane tickets and such? I raised $4,000 which came out around $3800 after GFM fees. My question is: Does she have the rights to my father's belongings if he had everything he owned in her house when he died at Aurora Heights/Spokane, Washington? Thank you. [link] [comments]  |
| Fake church and charitable donations Posted: 09 Sep 2020 07:25 AM PDT From about 2013 to 2018 I donated a lot of money and sound/music equipment to a church as in purchased new from retailers and "gave" to the church. A little over $40,000 worth of gear that I personally bought and donated. I have all the receipts for my purchases. I left the church in 2018 and later found out that it wasn't registered as a 501c3. I claimed all those expenses on my taxes for those years and got returns back from the gvmt due to the size of the donations. I have not been audited, however this really rubs me the wrong way and I am wondering what my legal actions are for getting the gear and equipment back. Can I take them to claims court for lying about thier status and getting my equipment back? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 09 Sep 2020 10:37 AM PDT I've recently started working for a company where I've been asked to sell face masks. My manager had told me that the owner wants for me to tell each potential customer that the masks are FDA approved, which I have done for over 2,000 sales attempts over the past three weeks. I was filling out a procurement form to have our masks listed when I was asked to prove that our product is FDA approved, only to find no such proof. The "certification" I was given is just a confirmation of registry and clearly stated that it does not denote FDA approval or even FDA affiliation. Having trusted the company, I didn't think I would need to have read the small print of the certification I was given, but to have found this out after having lied to thousands of people, I'm worried about the possible legal ramifications that could fall onto me as a result. I don't give a fuck about the company being in hot water, they did this to themselves, but I want to make sure I'm not held accountable for any part of it. I emailed my manager about my findings and I told him I won't be making the claim any further. I took copies of the email for myself. I'm hoping that's enough to keep me out of hot water but, I'm here to ask what else I should do. [link] [comments]  |
| My gf ordered items online which have been refused at the customs, seller refuses to refund Posted: 09 Sep 2020 05:48 AM PDT We live in Italy. My girlfriend (she's Filipina) bought some beauty items from a seller in Thailand (who is from the Philippines), problem is that the customs in Italy rejected the parcel because they said it's not something bought for personal use (she bought soaps from a brand that you can only find in Asia and was planning on sharing all of it with her family, as they love this brand).
The problem is that even if the products were not that expensive (around 250€) the costs of shipment were incredibly high (a parcel from Thailand to Italy...). We'd like to at least get back the money she paid for the products. Any advices? Edit : italian customs are right about refusing the parcel. Goes against their rules. No problem with that. We'd just like to get the money we paid for the products back (or at least a part of it) if the seller happens to get the products handed back to him. Not looking for any refund on the shipping fee but just the merchandise itself. [link] [comments]  |
| [Oregon] Neighbor's bamboo rubbing against my house Posted: 09 Sep 2020 10:47 AM PDT Location: Portland, OR (Multnoman County) About two years ago, my neighbor planted bamboo along a shared fence line. In the last few months it's grown so tall that it rubs against my house every time the wind blows. The sound keeps us up at night and I'm concerned it's going to damage the paint on that side of my house. The bamboo does not hang over the fence onto my property except when the wind is blowing. I have spoken to the neighbors personally, and it didn't seem to have any impact. They were not open to maintaining the bamboo, and were extremely upset that someone had built our house within view of their kitchen window (house was built in 2000, I bought it in 2011). I'm wondering what, if any, options are available to me to keep their bamboo from rubbing against my house. I'm very hesitant to trim it myself, as this would require me reaching across the property line. Is there a legal approach I could take that would require them to address the problem? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 09 Sep 2020 11:32 AM PDT (OH) I'm really pissed TBO. I find it to be very disrespectful of my time. They've taken so many people back before me. Like people from CSB who just now showed up (feels like they were given a heads up to head over because they were going to be going on the stand. I've already submitted a summary of services and private attorneys who subpoenaed me still wants Me here. Is there anything I can do? Any kind of petition or motion or like idk freaking anything at all to get me in and out sooner or released From having to be here?! [link] [comments]  |
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