Legal Advice Update: Bullied by coworkers who knock my cap off my head a dozen times a day. |
- Update: Bullied by coworkers who knock my cap off my head a dozen times a day.
- My tenant passed away. Am I required to give her son free reign to access her unit?
- Just purchased newly built home on pond lot and pond was removed one week after moving in.
- [NC] A lady in my city is scamming nannies into providing 48-72 hours of childcare, then dipping out and not paying them after. She goes by several aliases online to continue her charade on multiple platforms. How do we go about reporting her/helping the nannies get their earnings?
- Cop ran red light without emergency lights
- I was robbed. I know who did it.
- [NC] UPS and FEDEX are delivering other people's packages to my house. Their physical locations are unstaffed and they say they can't do anything. What do I do with their mail?
- Specialist called my mother regarding my (25F) appointment
- Paternity test in the mail from an ex over 13 years ago. She has tested multiple men that have not been the father and there is no way I am. Are there any legal repercussions of not taking it?
- My [19F] doctor keeps calling my mom and talking to her about my health
- Employer threatening me if I refuse to work for free
- landlord’s house rules are crazier than a nunnery
- [NY] Tree service asking for more money 1 hour into job, can I break the contract?
- (Minnesota) Had ridiculous issues with phantom 911 calls through centurylink even with the phone unplugged. I now received a phone bill for $700 that contained a number of directory assistance calls. Legal action possible?
- [NC] Is it legal to require 60 days notice from a tenant to not renew a lease, but only 30 days notice from the landlord to raise the rent?
- 11yo Neighbor
- Is it legal for someone to take a "candid" video of me in public (I'm 17)?
- My Father is declaring bankruptcy. He owes my Mother upwards of 50k in child support arrears. How will this play out?
- Got a concussion by a bully cant file charges
- Can my son refusing to come home be considered a lock out? [16 year old - Florida]
- Ex-love interest and friend say they left a laptop at my place, charged with felony theft
- Can you own a language?
- I run a very small business. When do I have to start paying taxes?
- Employer has been stealing wages and COVID loans / PPP to launder money to a family member. He gifted me an iPad that is full of detailed evidence. What now?
| Update: Bullied by coworkers who knock my cap off my head a dozen times a day. Posted: 04 Sep 2020 05:44 AM PDT Update (former post) because I used your advice and it helped. When I went back to work I talked to my boss about the bullying and them knocking off my cap and I said it's making me miserable but again he didn't care. So I said that what they are doing is harassment and because they make fun of my speech impediment it's discrimination and if he doesn't do anything he's responsible for it. I saw he was pissed but still he talked to his boss. Then when he came back he yelled at me and the bullies for creating trouble and I thought we were going to be fired but that was it. But then the next day the owner came (that rarely happens) and he talked to my boss and then to me, he told me the bullying would stop and to tell him if it didn't. At first the guys who were bullying me were moved to another part of the shop so they wouldn't be with me but the next day one of them was fired, not sure if it's over the bullying. Anyway it's good now thanks to you and I don't need to find a new job. Edit: thank you very much for all the awards, that's very kind and I appreciate them but please don't spend your hard earned money on me, donate to your favorite charity instead! Thank you everyone again. [link] [comments]  |
| My tenant passed away. Am I required to give her son free reign to access her unit? Posted: 03 Sep 2020 09:01 PM PDT I own a duplex in Connecticut that I inherited from my grandmother in 2017. I live in the unit that my grandmother used to live in, and the other unit was occupied by her longtime friend who then became my tenant. Sadly, she passed away earlier this week. I knew her for several years and she really was a lovely woman. She paid rent on time and we never had any issues except for when it came to her son. He has substance abuse issues, mental illness and is chronically homeless despite her attempts to help him. He would sometimes come to stay with her over the years and it would always end in turmoil with him stealing from her or her having to deal with the fallout from his excessive drug and alcohol abuse. Then he would usually disappear for several months at a time. From what I hear, they had a difficult time finding him to even tell him his mother had passed. After I received word, I immediately had the locks to the unit changed and I already have a Ring doorbell with camera in place. Her son is her only child and heir so I don't have any problems at all with him obtaining her belongings, but I'd much rather have the unit clean out be a highly supervised process with lots of other people present. My fear is that he will get into the unit and then attempt to establish residency as I know he has nowhere else to go. I know that this is likely a very difficult time for him and I'm not trying to be unkind, but with all of the Covid restrictions regarding evictions, I know I'd never be able to get him out and he'd be free to wreak havoc on my property and my life. I saw on the Ring doorbell that he attempted to access the unit today and had a swearing fit when he found it locked. He then called me and I expressed my condolences, but advised him on how I want the apartment cleanout to go. He freaked out saying that my keeping him out of the unit was illegal, he has a right to enter his mother's home and that he was going to call the police (he never did). I admit I don't know much about landlord/tenant laws. She had a month to month tenancy with my grandmother and I just continued the same. Nothing has ever been an issue until now. Am I wrong here? Do I have to give him free access to the unit? Am I within my rights to demand a supervised clean out? I appreciate any help you can give. If it matters, I don't plan on renting the unit again. TL;DR My tenant passed away. Her chronically homeless son wants to gain free access to her apartment to clean it out. I'm afraid he will attempt to establish residency so I changed the locks and advised he can only clean out the apartment under supervision. Am I within my rights to demand this? [link] [comments]  |
| Just purchased newly built home on pond lot and pond was removed one week after moving in. Posted: 04 Sep 2020 04:46 AM PDT Purchased a spec home in a new addition on a lot that backs up to a pond. There are around ten occupied homes in the addition and we were the first ones on this pond. We had our offer accepted a couple months ago and just closed on the purchase 2 weeks ago after waiting on the home to be completed. One week after living there and with no notification e came home one day to see the pond drained and equipment moving dirt around. The pond hadn't been finished and we assumed they were simply grading the perimeter for seed. Just yesterday after noticing they were seeding all the way across the bottom, we realized this was no longer planned to hold water. We contacted the builder and they explained that it was being converted to a dry pond or detention pond. More or less, a drainage ditch. I can't imagine this decision was made and carried out in less than a weeks time since after we closed on the sale. Our concern is then, since the builder/developer sold us the home listed as a pond lot, but with intention to remove the pond, is there any legal action we could take. This will surely decrease the resale value of our home as well as nearby lots. Located in northern Indiana. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Sep 2020 07:35 PM PDT [NC] There is an ongoing scam taking place in my greater metropolitan area regarding a woman seeking childcare. Her scam goes as follows: She posts help wanted ads for childcare on various social media platforms and other websites. She typically seeks 48-72 hours of straight childcare coverage for three children, then doesn't pay for it. To continue her scam, she goes by multiple names/aliases. She has scammed many caregivers and especially preys on those who are not native to America. When asked for payment, she comes up with a variety of excuses why she cannot pay and ghosts the nannies. Where do we (nanny community) begin? Would the DOL be able to help if it is a private nanny gig? This has happened to many nannies, should we consider a class action law suit? Higher a lawyer? Currently we are alerting the community throughout various nanny groups on social media. That's how I found out about this. I personally have not been contacted by this woman, but we have a list of her aliases that she uses to scam others. Please help and thank you in advance! [link] [comments]  |
| Cop ran red light without emergency lights Posted: 04 Sep 2020 12:57 AM PDT As the title says, cop ran a red light without his emergency lights and t boned me. I'm in California. I had the right of way with the green light. This just happened 2 hours ago and I'm lucky to be alive. Currently typing this outside the hospital as I just got released with a bump in my head and a cut in my left knee. All scans and tests came back negative. Sadly my car is totaled but I walked out alive and well. I also managed to get witnesses at the scene who side with my story of the cop running the light. My brothers got me a lawyer while I was in the hospital, what should I be expecting moving forward? [link] [comments]  |
| I was robbed. I know who did it. Posted: 04 Sep 2020 08:36 AM PDT My boyfriend and I are in between moving into a new place. For the time being, the majority of our stuff was placed in a storage unit. Wednesday we went to the storage unit to start moving our stuff into the new place. The lock was gone and our stuff was gone. Everything from furniture, several boxes of clothes, TVs, DVDs, to stuffed animals, bedding, my birth certificate and college diploma. Almost everything we had. Maybe this is tmi but the fucker even stole my *** toys. It's over $10,000 worth of stuff. The only things that were left was a box of my notebooks/diaries, my boyfriend's shoes and our matress. One box was turned over and clearly smashed through. The box of notebooks had been ripped opened when previously it was taped. Luckily the owner of the storage unit was there and he immediately started going over security footage. We called the police and filed a report within an hour of the discovery. This is what was found on the camera: On Saturday, a man in a blue truck drove to our storage unit. He moved stuff from our storage unit to a different storage unit in the same facility. Then he replaced our lock on our storage unit with a new lock. On Sunday morning he was in the same blue truck waiting at the gates for the storage unit to open. The owner was there to unlock the gates. The suspect went to his own storage unit, loaded up our stuff in his truck and drove off with it. On the camera we identified several objects in the back of his truck that are ours. Owner remembers this interaction and was not suspicious of it because he recognized Suspect as the son of a woman who rents the storage unit from him. Owner gave the police the name and address of the woman. I was in the room during this exchange. So basically, Suspect was taking stuff from our storage unit, putting it in his family's storage unit, and then loading our stuff from his unit to his truck and driving off with it. He made several trips like this, all within the course of a few days. Based on the recorded time of the footage, we actually just missed passing him making a trip by hours. So it was all very recent. So I had the name of the Mom (renter of theif's storage unit) and her address. I went on White Pages and found her son's name (Suspect) and address. I looked Suspect up on Facebook and found pictures of what he looks like. I went on Google Maps and found out what Mom's house looks like and what Suspect's apartment looks like. On Facebook, Suspect posted pictures that look to be taken in front of Mom's house and inside his own apartment. I called the police department to try an add this information to my report, but the person taking down the information didn't want it. What can I do? I have browsed a few pawn shops next to Suspect's address. We have been scouring Facebook Marketplace, craigslist and ebay for our high value electronics and furniture and nothing has come up. Where else would robbers sell stolen goods? Suspect seems fairly well off (moreso than me and my bf who are barely above the poverty line) and this does not seem like methhead behavior typical of my town (Springfield, MO). It feels like it was planned out but I am not an expert in thievery. Yes, we have renter's insurance who will cover much of what was stolen. But right now I'm thinking of personal items like the necklace my now estranged mother gave me, my grandmother's old sweatshirt, my favorite limited edition Starbucks mug or my framed senior year pictures. And I want to bring justice to the criminal. TLDR: I have the name, address and pictures of the person who robbed my all of my belongings. It is a complete stranger to me. Police seem reluctant to help. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 04 Sep 2020 12:06 PM PDT This is a cross post from the UPS subreddit with more detail. I'm at my wit's end because I feel both bad for the people who aren't receiving their items and I'm also unsure of what I should legally do. This has been going on for six months but it has happened in the past. UPS and FedEx are currently dropping packages off at the wrong address- my house- for addresses that range from on my private lane to across town. A few of them have only been marked with a number such as '264' and that's it. In some cases I only know it's from one of these services because I've caught their vans leaving but they never stop. Both of these companies tell me there is nothing they can do if I do not provide a tracking number or equivalent. Unfortunately, the first few packages were clearly labelled for my neighbours so I simply gave it to them. Others I tracked down on Facebook. However, the number of packages is now sitting at 8, with three of them in my garage. The biggest problem is one of them is only labelled with a house number, nothing else, despite my seeing the UPS van throw it in the garden. Which leads to the second complication- the two other packages were carelessly dumped in the mud and the cardboard is so soaked the labels have turned to mush. Between these remaining 3 packages, the monetary value is at least $2000. And neither company will do anything to stop these bizarre and presumably unethical deliveries nor will they just take the damn things back. After visiting their field (?) offices one is completely shuttered and the FedEx office is inside another building that is currently not enterable by the public due to Covid. I am at a loss of what to do. People are losing out on serious money and it shouldn't be my responsibility to fix these mistakes. I am also concerned because I don't want to be accused of mail theft. What legal responsibilities do I have here and is it something I should go to the PD for? Sorry if this is the wrong flair. [link] [comments]  |
| Specialist called my mother regarding my (25F) appointment Posted: 04 Sep 2020 07:08 AM PDT I had an appointment to see a specialist through the hospital I go to. They called and I could not return their call immediately so they called my mother about my appointment confirmation and cancelled my appointment through her. When I called to clear it up, she said she called my physicians office and she was my "second point of contact", which if i remember she is just an emergency contact. I did NOT submit any paperwork to the specialist to call my mother. I am on her insurance policy if that clears it up. Is this a HIPAA violation? When I worked in medical care we could not confirm appointments with anyone else besides the patient/ legal guardian unless otherwise stated. Located in Ohio. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 04 Sep 2020 08:00 AM PDT I'll try and keep this short. I'm writing this for my SO with my account. Located in North Carolina. I noticed an envelope from DSS in a stack of mail from my PO box I check less often than I should, and when I opened it there was a letter for a paternity test for a child. I missed the initial date but called them back to see who they were looking for (I am the III in the family and the letter was just addressed to my full name. My dad passed 2 years ago and legal mistakes have been made in the past due to this) they confirmed I was who it was addressed to. The letter is for child support. They told me DSS had become involved with the child, and there had been multiple men tested but none were the father. They want me to take a brief period off work during the week and come in, pay $25, bring an ID and answer questions and confirm I am not involved. While I'd usually be happy to do this money and time with Covid are tight, and I know I've not seen her since her oldest child was born. IF I am thinking of the correct ex, which is the only one that fits the description of having kids and the possibility of multiple fathers/DSS involvement. Tldr; ex is trying to have me take a paternity test for a child I know is not mine. Are there legal repercussions for me not showing up for said test? [link] [comments]  |
| My [19F] doctor keeps calling my mom and talking to her about my health Posted: 03 Sep 2020 06:58 PM PDT I live in BC Canada. I've been wanting to change doctors for a while now but this has pushed me to do it sooner than later. In two recent incidents, my doctor has called my mother and talked to her about my health. Though it doesn't make a difference in my life as I am close with my mom and tell her everything, I feel very uncomfortable with him calling her and potentially doing this to other patients. The first call was a couple months ago when he called her and said something along the lines of "I've refilled the prescription for the young one" (paraphrasing). The prescription in question was my birth control, and though I am fortunate to be able to talk to my mom about that stuff (she took me herself to my first appt to get it prescribed), I know a lot of women out there would be punished/in danger if their parents knew they were on birth control. The second incident happened today while I was at work. I tested for covid a few days ago and I received a voicemail from my doctor today that it was negative. My mom also received a call from him telling her my test was negative. Again, this doesn't really effect me, but he should not be contacting my mom about my results especially since he left me a voicemail already. I'm debating reporting this because I'm pretty sure it's illegal/unethical, but at the same time I know that my doctor is closer with my mom and is (rightfully) assuming that I would not be affected by him talking to her, so I don't necessarily want to have him fired and ruin his life. Plus, like I said I am planning on changing doctors so it's not like this will be a permanent problem. What are my options here? [link] [comments]  |
| Employer threatening me if I refuse to work for free Posted: 04 Sep 2020 08:05 AM PDT I posted recently about this issue (sort of), some of you may have seen. In any case, I apologize if this is long, but I'm just not sure what to do here. I'm a caregiver for a disabled man. I work for him two days a week, 16 hours both days (it's a very easy job). He goes through a company that allows him to pick his own staff and schedule us himself, from what I understand the company just handles our pay. But every few months, they come up with a reason we can't be paid on time. It's always "Oh there's something that hasn't cleared the system yet, you'll get paid when it does". Usually takes an extra week or two. This has happened again, and payday was a week ago. We've still received nothing. Today, I sent a group text to my fellow staff, the house manager, and my client's case manager stating that after today, I won't work again until I've been paid. My next shift isn't for six days so they have time to figure something out either way. The house manager and case manager responded blaming me for the delay, saying it's because I took a vacation on short notice (I gave almost a month's worth of notice, as if this doesn't happen frequently anyway), saying if I refuse to work it will take even longer, threatening me with neglect, and saying things like this is "the nature of the job", "we take an oath to care for our clients", "expect the unexpected", and "hang in there". It seems obvious to me that they're trying to paint this as being my fault, make me feel guilty, and scare me all at once. The house manager also said "the pandemic is crazy", which has nothing to do with any of this, so. I'm just wondering, what happens here? What repercussions if I refuse to work, if any? What do I do next? This is a decent paying job, good hours, just shit management. Location is KY, US. [link] [comments]  |
| landlord’s house rules are crazier than a nunnery Posted: 04 Sep 2020 01:03 PM PDT landlord is turning this house into a nunnery Is my landlord crazy? Im 22 and just moved into a house in jersey My mates are new too. my land lord has a long list of rules here are a few - people from the second floor and attic can not enter the kitchen which is now exclusive for the people live on the ground floor. me and my mates from the second floor and attic have no kitchen. -no visiting the first floor. - no reuse-able plates or Tupperware or utensils . Only ones that can be discarded right away. - nothing hung or taped onto the walls -windows must never be opened - no overnight guests - no showering after 10 - bath mats must be dragged from the bathrooms to be left in our rooms. no bathmats are allowed to be left in the bathroom. -nothing can be left in the bathroom not even soap - no liquor no smoking - we have cameras all around the house but not our rooms or bathrooms - we have to give our mac ids so her husband can check our browsing history. no watching things illegally, no porn. - no food or snacks can be stored in our shelves - no electrical appliances , no microwave oven or mini fridge, toasters, electrical blankets, kettles, fans , heaters. - rooms must be perfectly clean and in tip top shape when inspected. those are only some of the things that have happened and here are some things that have happened Ive been here for almost two weeks. recently my landlord told us that we would have her husband and her visit after three to reroute wifi. Her husband shows up at 1:55 while some of us are in zoom meetings for class, and begins to look at our rooms right away. he looks at my friends room and yells at her for having a poster and threatens to evict. we also have these tiny devices in our rooms. and hallways. we have no idea what they are. we were told we has free laundry but we don't. you have to put coins in the laundry machine. The girls who live on the first floor get free coins. the girls who live on the first floor can enter our premises to use our bathrooms but we cant step one foot in their territory. [link] [comments]  |
| [NY] Tree service asking for more money 1 hour into job, can I break the contract? Posted: 03 Sep 2020 11:48 PM PDT I hired a tree service company on 9/1/20 to take down unsafe trees, trim dead branches on other trees. I paid $2000.00 upfront for a $8500-9000 contract. They were supposed to start on 9/2/20, but it was a little rainy, so ok, it will start the next day. He shows up, an hour late, at 9am. No big deal. One hour into the work, he knocks on my door and wants another 2 grand, can I do it by the end of the day? I said, no, I paid $2000 before you started and you have cut a few branches so far. He and his worker do some more work, almost three hours. He knocks on my door again and says his truck hydraulics aren't working, and will need $1500-2000 more so he can order parts, have them overnighted. He will then fix the truck and complete the job. My response was no, I am not comfortable paying more money before the job is done, it wasn't the agreement. (I mean, it was nowhere even close to 2 grand worth of work!) He proceeded to continue to ask, I continued to say no. There was no aggression on either part. I even consulted with my adult children, son was there, daughter via text. They both said don't do it Mom. This went on for 1&1/2 hours, him asking, giving reasons why, me continuing to say no, you are not getting any more money. He literally begged, while apologizing for begging. The amount went down as the time ticked on. $2000, 1500, 800, 500, 200. I just kept repeating, I am not paying any more money for work not even done. Why would I pay even $200 to you (the last amount he begged for) when you need at least $1500? Do I have two sucker stamps on my forehead? He finally left when I said I'm done, going inside. Can I break the contract? I am so uncomfortable now. Even if I take a loss, I just want him to pick up his bucket truck and never come back. The work done was absolutely not $2000 worth. I have a giant bucket truck on my property with a kiddie pool under it, which he had with him. I believe the truck leaked fluid to begin with and have been scammed. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Sep 2020 06:57 PM PDT I've filed complaints with the BBB, AG, and FCC. Had to close/reset service to resolve the prior issue and now after receiving this bill It feels like I'm running out of options here. We've literally never placed a single call from that number, let alone 911 or directory assistance calls. Is there any legal action available to take here? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 04 Sep 2020 01:07 PM PDT This seems ridiculous. Based on those terms the tenant does not have the opportunity to opt out of the new lease if the landlord makes an unreasonably high rent increase. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 04 Sep 2020 11:51 AM PDT Over the last several months, I've spent a lot of time with the 11yo boy who lives downstairs. His father has been in jail his entire life and they have never met. His mother overdosed on heroin in 2017. He lives with his grandmother. Grandma had three kids - one died, but has a daughter. The other died, but had my neighbor. There's one left, but he is in and out of rehab and an unmedicated, dangerous bipolar man accused of murdering his wife and stealing from Grandma. Grandma had a stroke a couple months back and the boy stayed with Grandma's sister. The dead son's daughter seems to be the one in the family that isn't like the rest. Sober, educated, working. She shows up to make sure the boy does his homework and has groceries to cook for himself. I've taken to letting him hang out at my place for food and videogames and to keep him away from the drug-dealing 12yo's in the apartment complex behind us. Over this time, I have absolutely grown to love this child. He is smarter and deeper than any 11yo in my family and we often have conversations about pain, and choices, and the path he is on with the neighborhood kids. He's began to shun the hooligans, preferring to be with me than them. I want to be clear that I have a daily relationship with his grandma, her sister who is staying with her as a caretaker, and his aunt who is busy but as involved as possible. My concern is this-- Grandma doesn't make it, the elderly sister won't be around much longer, the aunt is a nurse working 14hr shifts. What can I do? How do I ensure that when the inevitable terrible reality comes crashing down, this beautiful child isn't lost to the system and unaccessible? Can the grandmother name me as guardian in the event of death even though I'm not family? How easy or difficult will it be to get this taken care of? I know I have not beein involved with this family for very long, but my feelings for this boy are very real. It's keeping me up at night. Under normal circumstances, I would obviously wait a while and make sure the relationship with the family is much more solid, but strokes often reoccur and I fear waiting until it's too late and losing him to the foster system. I am a single man and never wanted kids and I am absolutely shocked and quite emotional about the way I feel for this child. I think a big reason I didn't want kids was the sacrifice, but I already sacrifice my personal life and frienships to be an influence to this child and I've never felt more secure in my decision. This is what's right. This is someone who needs me and I love him. I would get a second job and a cheaper place with a longer commute to work in a heartbeat to become this boy's legal guardian. I plan to sit down with the aunt and broach the subject sooner than later. [link] [comments]  |
| Is it legal for someone to take a "candid" video of me in public (I'm 17)? Posted: 04 Sep 2020 01:01 PM PDT Stumbled across a video labelled as "candid" that someone took of me at 17 while I was out in public. I'm wearing leggings and the video zooms in on my butt/crotch. How can I report this to the police (can I even report this)? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 04 Sep 2020 12:53 PM PDT Both my parents live in California. They divorced in 2006, when my father was quick to avoid child support payments to my mother. since then, he has made a career for himself making decent money and has paid child support for the last couple of years. both me and my sibling are over 18. recently, he has began filing for bankruptcy, in what my mother assumes is a plot to avoid paying the huge amount of debt he owes to her. Will he be successful in having his debt reduced? is it worth it for my mom to pay for a lawyer? things have been made more challenging for her due to the pandemic, any advice or foresight is appreciated. Thank you [link] [comments]  |
| Got a concussion by a bully cant file charges Posted: 04 Sep 2020 10:28 AM PDT Im in 10th grade one of my bullies pushed me into a wall and i got a concussion from it and now my head hurts so bad my vision gets blurry i cant focus well or balance and im forgetting stuff. My mom tried filing assault charges but the school just called my mom and said because its on school grounds we cant file assault charges. the best they can do is make sure i wont see him in class. What do i do? is this even possible? I have a concussion and he gets next to no consequences. this is in texas btw Edit: my sister had his snap he said oh well to giving me the concussion and his reasoning for it and this is copied and pasted was "he just robbed me for $20! we were in the car together and i realized i was missing my $20 and i just knew it was him" I in no way ever touched his money, what is the max i can do to him? is suing for injury possible? I was unable to go to school today due to my concussion and they sent me home Edit 2: My mom says she tried contacting the local police and the sro officer and they both say theres no way i can press charges, i feel so helpless the only thing thats going to happen to him is he'll get in trouble in school and be completely fine outside of school his parents wont give a shit. They say cause its on school property they cant do anything. [link] [comments]  |
| Can my son refusing to come home be considered a lock out? [16 year old - Florida] Posted: 04 Sep 2020 11:24 AM PDT My son lived with me for over four years before moving back with his mom a little over a year ago. He and his mother ceased communication with me roughly four months ago. On 8/17 I was informed that he had been arrested and is being charged with 20 felonies for breaking into and stealing cars while armed with a knife. The CPS investigator let me know that his mother refused to take custody of him upon his release from the juvenile detention center that he is currently incarcerated at. I stated that I would pick him up and he can live here upon release, but that I was concerned because he still refuses to speak with me. (Sidenote: he told the JDC administrator that is because I made him do homework and participate in extracurriculars and it's too hard.) After expressing my concern the CPS investigator told me that if I don't pick him up or make arrangements for him to live in alternative housing prior to release that she would file a case plan against me and it would be considered a lockout. I reiterated that I am willing to allow him to live with me and do not want him in alternative housing and she insists that it is still a lockout even if he refuses to come home with me. Can anyone provide clarification on if I will be in trouble if I am making the effort to have him with me and he refuses? [link] [comments]  |
| Ex-love interest and friend say they left a laptop at my place, charged with felony theft Posted: 04 Sep 2020 08:40 AM PDT I was seeing this girl, lets call her Ashley. Her and her friend, lets call her Bailey were over my house having drinks and sitting outside in August. We went to dinner and has more drinks. Bailey drove. Bailey had her laptop for an online summer class, that wasnt working well and I helped her try to fix it. Later that night, we continued drinking. Ashley said she had to run home to take care of her cat but she'd be right back. Both Bailey and Ashley left. I saw Bailey location and they went to Ashley"/ "exes" place so I told them not to come back, ever. They said they left a laptop at my house, but they didn't. I checked everywhere. I got a call from a police officer and he asked me to look again. I obliged. Still nothing. Now I find out I have a felony theft warrant thats been outstanding for 2 months. Wtf? How can they charge my simply based on their statements? I fully cooperated. They did not leave it at my house. Ive been contacting attorneys. What can I expect? Is there any way to get rid of the warrant without being charged? Edit: Ohio [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 04 Sep 2020 01:44 PM PDT If you create a language can you own it? Or can you only own certain phrases, and graphical representations, etc. Location: Idaho, United States [link] [comments]  |
| I run a very small business. When do I have to start paying taxes? Posted: 04 Sep 2020 01:39 PM PDT Edit: I'm in the USA. I have an Etsy store selling pins and inexpensive jewelry I make by hand. For the first couple years, it was just something very small on the side, and I made less than $100 a month in profit. Since it was so small, I figured I didn't need to register it as a business and pay taxes. But now the shop has gotten more successful and I'm now at an average of more like $300-$400 a month, and I've brought my sister on as an employee (I pay her a salary). Is my business at the point where I have to register it and pay taxes? If so, how do I do that? And what sort of things do I have to register or update? Also, I pay my sister over PayPal because it's simple. Do I have to go through a payroll company or is it fine for me to just give her money directly? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Sep 2020 09:17 PM PDT Hi, Bear with me, this has been a continuing mess since COVID hit. My employer has two small businesses in two different US states. He started the second business a few years ago, and at that point scouted me and asked me to take over running his original location. I run all of the day to day operations at the location, but do not have any equity or partnership stake, and the financials have always been one combined business checking account. He is a notoriously challenging person to work with in our field and has bad relations with all of his former employees, but we have always been able to strike a middle ground and have had a very close mentor relationship. Until, that is, the pandemic. My location is in one of the worst hit COVID regions, and his is in one of the best, so the pandemic effected our locations very differently. While he was less majorly impacted, I had to pivot to a much less profitable model to stay open (under his guidance) and the location's margins have been slashed. Meanwhile, his location has been able to resume its original model and is more profitable than either of the two have ever been. The gap in the two locations' financial situations caused him to decide that I would figure this out better with "more skin in the game," and said he would be separating the finances into two separate accounts and I would be responsible for mine and he for his. He also said my payroll may be heavily affected by not having enough gross income to afford it, even though he skewed the two accounts (I know now as of today) where mine contained 3.57% the amount that his did. Still, I asked what that meant in terms of equity, and was told still no equity, but that I would be (somehow) solely liable financially. During this period (a few months ago now) he also told me that since I have been managing his business here, he has been paying a family member of his, A, whom I have never met, a full time salary with health benefits, and that with splitting the accounts A would be added onto mine, not his. I was shocked, as I have not been able to "afford" to hire another employee since before COVID, not knowing we were paying a phantom employee to claim they were working full time at the business that I manage. Now 6 weeks ago, I open my paycheck and my pay (which was never very high to begin with) has been cut to half of federal minimum wage without notice. An annual salary of under $7,000, when I work between 45-75 hours a week. He said earlier repeatedly that we were denied PPP coverage and if he took away my salary I could just work harder to make more revenue, and cut myself checks weekly to complete my salary. All of this sounded incredibly fishy and I felt like I needed to find legal counsel on how to proceed, and then found this today: He left me a few iPads for me to use for the business (to connect to squarecash etc.) He connected them to his cloud because he couldn't be bothered to find the login information for some of the apps on it and told me I could keep or sell them, they were mine to do with what I please. As I've been trying to compile what I need to show an attorney if I go that route, I fired one up and it is FULL of HUNDREDS of messages with A outlining an ARRAY of illegal activity, including diverting the PPP that we *did* in fact receive solely to A (literally messages saying "Good news, I got the PPP. It's all for you. Just give me a few weeks and I can start getting it to you"), reallocating tens of thousands of dollars out of revenue to their joint account, and even buying the A a HOUSE under the LLC's name using a government COVID loan for close to $200,000. There are also images of many tax documents where they are sorting out how to lie about fake employment details to get A additional unemployment from us (A makes etsy type crafts as primary income, and seems to make decent money off of it, more than I have ever made), debating the number of hours to pretend A is working, lying about financial documents to preserve the timeline of the loans and the purchases, amongst many other documents. Is this even usable to submit to a lawyer? If he gave me the device, and connected it to his cloud, I don't know if you'd still need a warrant to use them legally or something? I found an attorney through some professional connections, but is this something I want to take on? I want this situation to be resolved and stop him from doing it to future employees, but this seems like it will be a mess and I don't know if I want to commit to it financially, emotionally, and professionally. Basically, I don't even really understand what my options are let alone what's the smartest thing to do right now to protect myself, get back the money that I'm owed, and get out and far away from this situation. Somebody please help! ETA: Typing this out / reading it back I feel like I probably sound at least a little stupid. Just wanted to reiterate that not only has this person been a mentor to me, but that I have a team of people working beneath me and until I saw all of this evidence and the extent of it, I thought there could be a reality in which I could handle this without costing them their jobs. They've since been made aware, confidentially, that we will not be continuing business after this month and that I will help them with resources to locate new employment. [link] [comments]  |
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