Legal Advice Check from house sale bounced |
- Check from house sale bounced
- UPDATE: [NY] Check was stolen and forged for $13,000. Bank will not reimburse me.
- My truck was stolen from a Firestone shop two weeks ago. Firestone failed to notify me of the truck missing. Is there any advice that can help me? They are claiming non negligence in this incident.
- Landlord sold house- realtor allowed new owners to show up and begin moving in yesterday before my lease is expired
- Father died unexpectedly yesterday and family is taking things from the house today.
- Turned 18 a couple days ago and parents want me out in 2 days, but don't want me to take any of the stuff I have as they say its still all theirs, what do I "own" and am able to take with me regardless.
- Negligence could have led to our newborns death. Second opinion saved her life. Seeking advice on grounds for lawsuit?
- Father died in hospital, clerk stole $1k+ worth of property.
- My employer is telling me that the reason I have not had any federal taxes withheld on my wages is because of Biden?
- Not allowed to leave work unless i have a positive review
- Neighbors threatening to "intervene legally" to take control of my grandparents' care. They live alone and my grandmother is lucid and very intelligent but careless.. grandfather is losing it. My grandmother also just subpoenaed for a 1981 murder on top of everything. I don't know what to do.
- Medical office is making appointments for me and never telling me.
- My girlfriends parents are making her write a letter to give to the authorities
- AL: Bar opened within 250 feet of my apartment complex. The noise is killing me.
- HOA members want to take private property lakeshore through adverse posession
- A senior man is stalking my partner. We don't know what to do.
- Should i have a lawyer when i got to the police station to make a statement?
- My dad passed in August. He an I owned the house together. (Joint tenancy with right of survivorship). He was on the mortgage, but I am on the deed. His wife is refusing to speak to me. She’s living in the house.
- Dad put business under my name and called us partners. He ran the business while I "shut up and listen" now I'm in trouble and don't know what to do.
- Fathers passed but had a hospitilization delay
- Fiancé was in a stolen car, high speed chase & ran on foot.
- Landlord ignored letter of dispute over illegal charge, sent debt to collections.
- What is my Mother entitled to?
- My boss used the company card to buy designer handbags. What should I do?
- Removing my ownership from a startup I no longer want to be affiliated with.
| Posted: 18 Feb 2022 05:21 PM PST Long story short, our real estate attorney sent us the check from the sale of our house. We went to deposit it and it bounced. Yes, it should have been a certified bank check, but we really can't control that. We got in touch with him this morning, he acted surprised and said he'd handle it. He has since ghosted us. Our selling agent went to his office ( we're no longer in the area) and it was dark and locked. What in the world do we do? The only thing I can think of is to go report this to the police, since it seems like he stole $77k from us. This seems extreme, but this is a pretty unbelievable situation. Any other options for us? We've been putting offers on houses banking on this money for a down payment. We're in CT. [link] [comments] |
| UPDATE: [NY] Check was stolen and forged for $13,000. Bank will not reimburse me. Posted: 18 Feb 2022 06:26 AM PST Background 5 days ago I posted that I had been the victim of check washing for $13,000, and my bank continually denied my dispute, telling me there was no proof and I would not be getting my money back. I asked reddit for help. https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/sqxo1p/ny_check_was_stolen_and_forged_for_13000_bank/ Update I got lots of good advice, but I decided to try one thing at a time, and the first thing I tried was a CFPB complaint. I filled it out and told them my story. The next day I got a phone call from an "executive something something" at chase who had heard about the CFPB complaint and would be personally overseeing the case. I told her my story and she left her number with me. Today, 3 days later, I woke up to see $13,000 had been returned to my account. During this process I discovered that the fraudulent and misspelled check was cashed at TD Bank, so it isn't Chase's fault. Chase was able to provide me with the routing number of that bank, and today I will be heading down to the police station with that number. Hopefully a detective can use that and the name on the fraudulent check to catch the guy who did it. I'm not holding my breath, but it's the least I can do to prevent this from happening to someone else. To make sure this didn't happen again, I called Chase and requested checks with carbon copy sheets, and they are on their way now. Until then I've begun taking photos of each check I write. I also write in cursive to make it harder to alter. Someone mentioned Chase had a bill pay option where they would print an check for you and mail it, but Chase has told me they only send those to businesses, and would not be able to send them to an individual such as my landlord (Edit: I just checked and it looks like the Chase guy was wrong and I can use this to send to individuals). Thank you everyone who gave me advice and upvoted my post for visibility. It feels like such a relief to have that money back so I can invest it all safely in dogecoin. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 18 Feb 2022 03:57 PM PST Hi everyone. January 19 I dropped off my truck at Firestone for a simple oil change. Work was to be performed the following day on January 20th. I did not receive a call that my truck was ready so I figured it took an extra day. The following day 21st I called and I was told that a tech broke the shift gear and the truck is currently not usable. That was the first act of negligence, not notifying me they broke my truck and made it unusable. They also did not have the part in hand and it was discontinued so they had to search for it at junkyard sites. I followed up the next week and I was told that they can't find the part so the truck is sitting at their lot. I had a very busy week last week so I could not give Firestone a call, I finally called them Wednesday February 16th and was told they would call me the next day. Thursday February 17th I get a call, the store manager said "a tow truck showed up and took your truck two weeks ago, we assumed it was you." I was in shock, how does a tow truck just take a truck from them and they don't notify me about it. Well today the 18th I find out through the area manager that the truck was taken overnight. This again happened two weeks ago. Firestone for two weeks did not notify me of my missing truck, I only found out cause I called for an update. Firestone is now claiming non negligence because they assumed I took it even tho I never once said I was towing my truck. Is there any legal action I can take? I mean the negligence on this is everywhere. I'm considering contacting an attorney but not sure who the proper one would be. I'm located in St. Paul Minnesota. Thank you! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 18 Feb 2022 05:03 AM PST I have lived in a home for almost 5 years. Never late on rent etc. January 21, 2022- my landlord TEXT me that he sold the house and the new owners required immediate acquisition of the house. I was told I had 30 days until the end of my lease. (My year lease turned into a month by month after the end of the first year) Side note: this was in the middle of back to back snow and ice storms, and I'm a single mom of 2… so I could have drug my feet in moving. My 30 days isn't over until the end of February 20th. Not only have I had to pack my stuff and move it, but I also had to get the other house livable. All within 30 days… I am almost done but have had to shower at the old place bc I had to find and replace a hot water heater. Yesterday, literally in between trips… I received a text from a neighbor - of 3 cars and 2 uhauls at the property… and they were inside the house and garage!! Without my consent. Trying to begin moving in! I called the police, who did tell them they had to leave…. But the realtor has now messaged me as if I'm some sort of bad person and am acting out of line by simply wanting my 30 days of privacy and peace to move my kids and I. They have asked me and bothered me via text multiple times when I'd be done and I told them multiple times I need my full 30 days. Then this happened…. They lied and said "they just wanted to see if they could store some stuff in the garage…" (realtor said this) but my neighbor sent me the pictures. And the cop called me and said "they had their entire life there outside of the house. And the inside is empty so they wanted to move in…" The entire driveway and garage were blocked with their vehicles and uhaul was out front… some of my stuff from inside was out in the trash. So I KNOW they were inside my home. What do I do? I don't feel safe to shower there. I went to a friends. They have broken my rights as a tenant. The realtor was in the wrong, that I know. UPDATE: (2/18/22 2:30pm) 1) I'm in West Virginia for those asking 2) I have gone and obtained the copy of the police report. I called the realtors broker and informed them of everything that happened and my intent to file a report with the Real Estate Commission office regarding his license, as well as the WV State Attorney General Consumer Protection Division. 3) I'm considering sending a message regarding cash for keys. I went and got the rest of my stuff this afternoon. I'm a little nervous to send it. [link] [comments] |
| Father died unexpectedly yesterday and family is taking things from the house today. Posted: 18 Feb 2022 02:54 PM PST So throwaway because I don't want this tied to my original account. My 41F) father died unexpectedly yesterday in a car accident in Indiana. I live in NY and my sister (39F) lives in LA. He is not married and has no other children. He also left everything to me and my sister. Today I was informed that his family members want his house "to stay in the family" and pressuring my sister to allow a cousin who is a single mother with 5 children to live there. This is a very nice, expensive, lake house. I own my home and I am well aware of the cost of owning a home. I do not have "owns two homes" income and my sister definitely does not. I cannot imagine a single mother with that many children can afford the rent to cover the mortgage, property taxes, insurance, etc. I do not want that burden on me, and it will fall to me. I also found out today that they were in the house. They called my sister and asked if there was anything she wanted and that they were taking things they wanted. Furniture, music equipment, electronics, etc. Not one person has asked for permission. I only found out because my sister told my mom and mom called and told me. I understand things need to go through probate but I am not sure what my legal options are to stop them from going through his house and just removing whatever they want. I have never experienced anything like this and I have no idea what my options are here. Any advice will be greatly appreciated! Sorry if this comes off with less information than needed. I'm typing this while I'm floored, angry, and mourning. I'm happy to answer any other questions. Thank you in advance! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 Feb 2022 08:30 PM PST Mains things are, My phone- was paid for initially by my mother but I've been paying the bill for around 7 months, the account the phone is registered to is under her name. My computer- was a gift from my grandmother 5 years ago Cloths-Bought by mother or are gifts/hand-me-downs from relatives Desk-was bought by me with money my mother gave to me. Monitor-was gift from a relative meant for me, given to my mother, which she then gave to me. These are the things I care about mainly, any advice is greatly appreciated. EDIT: Thanks everyone for the advice, posted this before i slept and woke up to a locked thread haha, ill make sure to get all my papers and change bank accounts, i also called my uncle and am gonna give him the big stuff that i cant carry with me out the door when my parents arent home. I know everyone is saying that i cant be evicted but Im pretty sure my life would be hell if i brought the cops into and "forced" them to let me stay, just for the best i assume. I also did have a job but had to quit which is where some of my money is from, thanks for the credit advice too, didnt really think about that. again thank you all! still getting used to being 18 so standing up for myself is a little hard [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 18 Feb 2022 08:07 PM PST Hello! Recently had an extremely terrifying event while birthing our daughter this week. Luckily everything ended well and our daughter is strong and healthy. We have been encouraged by many to seek a lawsuit but I don't know what the offense would be. Seeking advice! On 2/14 my wife's water broke around 2am, she had been having contractions for days prior. We rushed to the hospital where we originally scheduled the delivery. My wife told the hospital staff the baby was bridged, her water just broke and was sent to triage. The Nurse did a papsmear swap, and told her she did not break her water and that she simply peed herself. My wife explained it was far too much liquid to be urine and stated she currently was leaking liquid in the hospital bed. The nurse lifted the blanket and told her she wet the bed. She was then told to call the hospital in the morning to book an appointment for 2/18. Knowing she wasn't crazy, we sought a second opinion from a different doctor at 1:30pm on 2/14. The doctor told us her water did break, her liquids were dangerously low and she needed to deliver immediately. We rushed to a different hospital and had an emergency c section at 4:30pm on 2/14. Ultimately our baby is safe and healthy and nothing occurred to our daughter but it did leave us severely distraught Due to the utter negligence of this hospital. Are there grounds For a lawsuit? Are there any similar cases someone can refer me to? [link] [comments] |
| Father died in hospital, clerk stole $1k+ worth of property. Posted: 18 Feb 2022 02:07 PM PST My father was in a hospital in Las Vegas, NV for 1 & 1/2 months due to COVID-19, and had passed away last month. When we called the hospital, and the person answering the phone said we had already picked up his belongings (we hadn't). The belongings that were stolen were his watch, phone, and wallet with ID and credit/debit cards. A day or two after he passed, I woke up to a charge on my father's bank account. Someone had charged his federal bank card and bought coffee and snacks in a facility inside the hospital. I filed a police report with my local police station, and called the hospital and escalated this with some sort of Department Head. She said that she saw his items go in a storage closet, but she did not witness them go out. The Department Head then assigned someone to look through the entire room full of patients belongings, and said they hadn't found my father things. The hospital staff then decided to look through the camera footage inside the coffee shop that was in the hospital, and they found the thief using my father's stolen federal bank card and using it to by the coffee and snacks I mentioned earlier. We (hospital staff & police) further concluded that the person who stole the belongings was a clerk employed by the hospital, and she was fired. To this day we do not have the items that were stolen. Is there any legal recourse possible regarding the hospital itself? Edit: Spelling [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 18 Feb 2022 07:42 PM PST I started at my current employer last April. I got my W2 and noticed my box 2 is empty. I started looking through my paystubs and federal taxes have never been withheld on any of them. Once I caught this, I immediately contacted our HR rep. I told her when I hired on and signed my W4, I wanted to claim 0 exemptions so that the most amount of taxes would be withheld during the year to ensure I would not owe anything back at tax time. She is saying "everything matches in the system" according to how I filled out my W4. I asked her to send me a copy of the W4 so I could look at it. Once she emailed it to me, my SSN is not on the form, and the bottom part for the employer to sign is also blank. I pointed that out to her and said the IRS would not accept an incomplete form like that, so that is why I have not been paying taxes. She said the W4 is not submitted to the IRS, they just input the info into our payroll system. She keeps repeating that I need to "Google the new tax laws under our current presidential administration" to see why I am not paying taxes. I have no idea what she's talking about. Can anyone help me out on what I can do to correct this? I find it incredibly difficult to belive that no one in the US is paying federal taxes because Biden said so. [link] [comments] |
| Not allowed to leave work unless i have a positive review Posted: 18 Feb 2022 07:08 PM PST So im a server at a sports bar thats a franchise that has locations in the southern US. Our basic job is never enough for them. They're always pushing us for more to fill their bottom line. Every day its something new with them, but lately they have been pushing reviews. Each shift you work (i.e. if you're a double, twice a day) they will not let us leave until we recieve a 5 star review that mentions us by name. I have a strong feeling that this is illegal but i cant afford to risk my job by saying something. What should i do? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 18 Feb 2022 09:21 PM PST TLDR: this is really long and I'm so sorry about it, but I don't know where to go for help. I need help. Please refer me to the right place/subreddit before outright deleting this, please... I don't know what other subreddit to post this in. I don't know where to go for help or who to talk to. I'm going to spill the situation as best as I can here, and hope someone can give me some steps I can take or recommendations. I'm including some nuanced personal details that may seem ancillary and unnecessary, but they're all pertinent to the legal and ethical "conflict" I'm in right now. I'm 35 and live in Denver in an apt and work as a data scientist. Grandparents live in Wheat Ridge in a home they've owned for 40+ years. My grandfather has been getting progressively worse in the last two years with memory and speech. My grandmother recently told me he was diagnosed with dementia over a decade ago. He's 76. His dad died (he was 103..) early 2020 and then his brother later in the year and since then, he has declined dramatically (they flew to florida for the funeral by themselves, yet today he can't barely go to the store). He can talk about the past almost fluently, but will frequently get lost and not be able to return to the story; my grandmother says he's also been telling her the same story several times and she has to keep reminding him. His working memory is shot and he ends up doing the same tasks and getting tunnel-visioned on things. Both of them used to be police officers. My grandfather was an electrician before that. Right now, their house has no heat because they don't have a furnace and my grandmother told me that my grandfather refuses to pay to get it replaced (they have the money). Their relationship is very controlling; I've never once seen my grandfather physical or even verbally abusive to my grandma (they're loving), but he is dismissive, avoidant, and controls everything about their finances and always has, and my grandmother will not stand up for herself or push back against my grandfather even when necessary for his or her safety. "He gets upset and angry," she says quietly. She's told me in the last couple weeks that my grandfather, because it's cold and they have to use space-heaters, is repeatedly attempting to plug multiple space-heaters into the same circuits/outlets and they are frying. Then he's trying to diagnose and fix the issue like an electrician would. My grandmother said there's a trail/dark mark across the wall from some outlets and some outlets have "soot" around the edges.... when I told her she MUST stop him from plugging space heaters into outlets like that (only 1), she responded with the quote above. If me or the neighbors or anyone else tries to tell him he needs to do something, he may nod and acknowledge it and say he'll get to it, but if you push, he'll get edgy. A couple months ago my grandfather got lost driving. I got a call from my grandmother randomly at midnight one night and she just chit-chatted with me about all sorts of things without saying anything (we talked frequently about politics, history, etc.) until I asked, "wait, it's midnight, where the hell is grandpa?" she said, "oh he got lost trying to find the DMV." I freaked out, obviously, and told her that it's at least 5+ hours since the DMV has closed and she was like, "Yeah... I told him he should just pull over and call AAA to tow him home [he drives an EXT Ford Excursion]. He was upset.". That ended up happening... he called AAA and got towed home. I insisted we go to see his doctor that he hasn't seen in years after this and we went.... on the way there, he talked up his relationship with the doctor like they were friendly and had known each other for a long time (he has no friends! he hasn't has any friends since he retired and stopped responded to friends decades ago, my grandma told me... I don't get it..). But the doctor treated us just like any other patient... she remembered him, but had no relationship at all with him. Not rude, but not particularly friendly. She told me his MMSE from a visit to a different doctor that they went to after his driving incident... score of 9. She said it was 22 last time he took it 2 years ago. This doctor's appointment was just before Christmas. Since then, we (me and my brothers and my mom, who flew in from MN) had a Christmas dinner.. which was just awkward. My grandfather wouldn't stop fiddling with wiring, outlets, and the breakers. even when nothing was wrong. he couldn't even focus on the fact that we were there... wouldn't open presents, etc. He just HAD to fix the wiring.. whatever was wrong with it. My grandparents have two kids. My mom, and my uncle, her brother. They are upper-middle aged. My uncle has a family and is married with two kids and they do well for themselves. Candidly, he is intelligent and capable, but narcisisstic, dismissive, domineering, and my grandparents don't want me to involve him and though I ask my grandmother over the phone if she has or will please call and talk to him, she says she prefers to call me and not him. My mom is caring, but also narcisisstic (vulnerable), histrionic, and a child at heart, even in her wise years. She moved out of state two years ago to live with a man who later dumped her, stalked her, and threatened to kill her. She's still out in MN. She is not capable of making good decisions (according to my grandparents, and I agree) and my grandparents, to this day, pay for many of her bills, including >$1000 per month just for a storage unit for my mom...for at least 5+ years now. My mom has no ambition/drive to come take that off her parents plate or ween herself off of their dole. My mom is also diagnosed Bipolar I, with mixed features, and is unmedicated. She's manipulative and suspicious of everyone, including of my grandparent's neighbor, Trish (the one who called me), who has lived there for decades next to my family, and has been friends with my mom since they were kids. My mom is mentally unwell, but the moment she hears about all of this, she will rush in to take control. Trish called me yesterday to tell me that her and another neighbor have been having to do tasks for my grandparents (I had no idea). She said they are very concerned with all the things I listed above, They told me they are considering "intervening legally." I don't know what to do here. I don't blame them! this is a hazard to my grandparents, to my neighbors (fires, etc.). Trish said that she thinks I'm the better one to make decisions (over my mom and uncle)... which is odd because I haven't talked to Trish in a long time, but she just knows my family in general. I guess there's paperwork I could print-out to take some sort of control over decision making as long as I have witnesses or something but I have NO IDEA WTF TO DO even if I were to take that sort of control. I don't know SHIT about end of life planning. I don't know SHIT about advanced directives. I don't know if I'm prepared to be responsible for these kinds of decisions, which my grandparents' CHILDREN should be taking the initiative on, but they're just not.... Both my mom and uncle know the condition of my grandfather (and my grandmothers' lack of concern) because my mother was there at Christmas, my uncle visited last year (he even had to call me to pick him up at the airport DIA because my grandfather was supposed to pick him up but got lost going almost to Wyoming instead). He flew back to Florida after a few days of helping my grandfather with bank stuff. I don't talk to anyone in my family often other than my grandma. My mom has never called to check in on me since leaving for college... just... it feels like there's no connection between my family members (which sucks to watch play out) and because of that, no real initiative anywhere in my family to step in and take care of them, and maybe I'm guilty of that too. Trish set up a meeting for this Monday with the other neighbor and we're going to chat. Either I'm going to have to sign up legally to take care of them (causing a big problem with the family), or call my uncle... or my mother... either way, my grandmother will be a little upset at first if I call my uncle, but thankful I bet because she's getting frustrated with my grandfather's behavior and lack of ability to hold a conversation. My grandfather is... probably not going to take it well. I don't even know what "decision" to make once I have it? Do I call "A Place For Mom" like on the TV commercials? He will think we are taking advantage of him, I have no idea how that will go. Their fear of being taken advantage of is directed at my mom and my uncle, which makes sense, given how absent they've been and continue to be. That puts me in a really fucking weird place that I don't know what to do with. My grandmother told me in the last couple months that they have an old will.... written back in the early 1980s. Is that even valid? They have no advanced directive and have done basically no EoL planning. They've been house-hermits it seems like, for years and years. I didn't realize how isolated they have become... their "best friends" are the clerks at the grocery store. They have a reasonably-large estate (over $1M worth of accounts and assets) that has no planning done, no will, no advanced directives, my grandfather is losing it mentally, grandma can't stand up to him, neighbors are about to call the city and intervene, their kids (my mom and uncle) don't seem to care and they don't want to involve their kids anyway... everyone seems to think I'm the best one to make decisions here, but I have no clue what the hell I'm supposed to do and frankly don't know if I can do this responsibility correctly. I'm not the best person for this. If anyone made it through all of that and has any words of wisdom for me or legal recommendations, people I should talk to, a number to call...I'm a bit lost. thank you all for your time. Bonus: I forgot about this so I'm adding it here and in the title... this is 100% true and I need help... My grandmother told me on the phone that she got a subpoena from the city about a murder that occurred in 1981. My grandmother told me over the phone (just a day or two ago) that this happened recently. She was delivered a subpoena by the defense for a perpetrator they caught using DNA. The woman he murder was a good friend of my grandmother she told me (crying... she was really upset), named Sylvia Quayle. My grandmother said at the time she was a police officer was standing outside the house to watch the perimeter of the crime scene to keep people out, but wasn't allowed to go in because of her relationship. She doesn't remember much and she's fucking devastated by it. She said, "I haven't had nightmares about what happened to her in years." So now, they caught the guy, and the defense team is subpoenaing my grandmother and might ask her to testify? On top of everything I just described above... how the fuck can she do that? I have no idea what to do here legally... my grandmother will just drive herself to the defense attorney office and I told her she probably needs a lawyer or something to go with her. Does she? What if something my grandmother says fucks up the case and the man who murdered her friend goes free? I'm. so. lost. [link] [comments] |
| Medical office is making appointments for me and never telling me. Posted: 18 Feb 2022 01:10 PM PST Like the title says. My general doctors office is making appointments for me and not notifying me until the day before. I've had this issue with this office for several years and I'm fed up. Twice I've spoken to the administration and it doesn't change. It feels like they're trying to take advantage of the insurance system. If I can't show up because I haven't been given proper notice of the appointment they can still bill the insurance. Am I just screwed or can I take this further legally? Ty in advance. [link] [comments] |
| My girlfriends parents are making her write a letter to give to the authorities Posted: 18 Feb 2022 10:36 PM PST I just graduated high school last year, and my girlfriend is graduating this year so she still lives in her parents house. Her dad just got out of prison after being there some time for having sexually assaulted my girlfriends step sisters. It goes without saying he's a shit person and horrible father. My girlfriend's mom does whatever he says anyway (she's crazy about him and it sucks), and now that he's out and living apart from the family because there are minors in the house, he wants to go back to living there. So my girlfriends mom and dad are making her and her siblings write letters to give to the authorities about how they forgive him and want him back home or else they will take away their stuff. If my girlfriend and her siblings end up doing this for them, how much will it help bring him back to the household? I'm scared for my girlfriend and her siblings safety. [link] [comments] |
| AL: Bar opened within 250 feet of my apartment complex. The noise is killing me. Posted: 18 Feb 2022 09:33 PM PST Not sure if this is the right place for this or not. Recently a bar opened up within about 250 feet of my residence which is an apartment complex. I live in the city in a none entertainment district, I know my county has a law that states no establishment shall be granted a liquor license if they are within 500 feet of a residence, single or multiple family. My biggest complaint is the god awful noise every weekend. I get really bad migraines and the thump thumping has caused me to be physically ill the last two weekends. I've contacted county officials but haven't got anywhere. Is there anything I can do, I can't really afford to move. [link] [comments] |
| HOA members want to take private property lakeshore through adverse posession Posted: 18 Feb 2022 10:50 PM PST I live in an hoa that has a landlocked community lake. Half of the lake has official commons grounds with properties by the shore not owning that land. The other half of properties own land and lakeshore. There is a gentlemens agreement that all members can walk the perimeter of the lake. The lake was recently re-excavated due to how gross it got and everyone paid for said lake. Some residents did not realize that the entrie perimeter wasnt commons and now want to claim it through adverse possession, even though there is permission to walk the entire lakeshore. They are stating they paid for the lake and should claim all lakeshore, because they thought the whole perimeter was commons as they have always been permitted to walk/use. The lake is over 30yrs old and was excavated previously as well. Do they have a case? [link] [comments] |
| A senior man is stalking my partner. We don't know what to do. Posted: 18 Feb 2022 08:04 AM PST A man who looks like he is in his 60's (as per her description) has been pulling up out the front of my partner's driveway and driving slowly past her house for days now. At first she ignored it, thinking it a little weird. Then he started pulling into her driveway. Yesterday, she approached his car and he wound down his window. She asked if he was lost or if she could help him, he said nothing and just held up a $15 Google Play gift card. My partner told him he had the wrong address to which he responded "Oh, do I?" and she said yes and went back inside. This man continued to drive slowly past her house, and eventually pulled up and parked at a business across the road, so she went to her neighbour, explained what was happened as she pointed to the car across the road. He said he's noticed the car a few times as he was shoveling snow. When she pointed at the car, the old man reversed out and promptly took off. This was when she called the police, who said they will send a patrol out. I don't know if they did. My partner has since purchased some tools to defend herself and set up a phone as a security camera. Half an hour ago we caught this guy pulling up into her driveway. The car remained there for about three minutes and left. What do we do? Neither of us know what is going on and she is crying and frightened. He won't stop. EDIT: Neighbour got footage of the guy and noted his license plate. Police caught up with him. He said he got the address from a girl he was supposed to meet with online. This story is untrue - he's been pulling into the driveway for less than a few minutes several times a day. He was told not to return but I still get the feeling he'll be back, and if that happens I hope the police can do more. [link] [comments] |
| Should i have a lawyer when i got to the police station to make a statement? Posted: 18 Feb 2022 09:17 PM PST In my previous post I explained how an accident by my husband caused cps to get involved. To recap, my husband fell asleep while watching our toddler and she escaped our apartment. Cops were called. And i was at work. When we spoke to the police after i rushed home, the officer asked if we could come to the station on monday to make a statement. Should i get a lawyer? The cps worker is already making us look awful. I also dont have enough money for a lawyer until our tax return comes in so i'm just asking if i need one. And what is a statement exactly? Are they going to question us and can anything happen once a statement is made? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 Feb 2022 06:22 PM PST Please forgive me for this layout, but it's a mess right now. My dad didn't have a will, and his estate that didn't have a specific beneficiary is being handled through my probate attorney. She's doing a lot of things to cut me off-won't allow me to have basic things like photographs, planned his celebration of life without me, reported me missing and estranged to probate court. There's the background to the problem. Because of the type of title, the house is not part of probate, and she has no homestead claim. She has consistently refused to share information regarding the mortgage company. This seems like a simple fix, but even the clerk of courts doesn't have this on file because the original mortgage company went bankrupt years ago and the company that bought the mortgage was never updated in official records. She has openly refused to share this information. This is the last thing she text to me the day after my dad died. She has emailed since, but only in reference to updates for my dads interment into Arlington. My attorney reached out for this info, and she only sends a cropped statement proving she's paid the mortgage. We've pressed for more info, but she's out of town and can't get to it. While I was initially ok with trying to figure out a rental agreement, her reporting me missing and estranged has pushed me past this point. She has no agreement in place. She is gatekeeping information. She is not speaking to me. What can I do here? Is this a call to police and an order to vacate? Are there ramifications to her paying even though she's withholding information? My attorney was unclear as this isn't her area of expertise. I don't want her in the house. I don't want to sell it to her. This has to end. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 18 Feb 2022 07:36 AM PST [INDIANA]Due to trusting the wrong people, over paying employees, bad money spending, bad credit management, my dad has ran the business to the ground. He started another business under my step mom's name and is recommending I file bankruptcy. I have a meeting with the lawyer about bankruptcy on Monday but I have no idea what this means for me. I have no idea what to do. If all this falls on me what does this mean? What about the customers? Creditors? Am I going to lose my house? Is there anything I can do from here? To protect myself? I'm lost and depressed about this and I haven't slept or ate and I've been stressed. I'm only 24 and my dad has owner multiple businesses and sold them... apparently. I trusted him and now he's leaving me to have this all under me and he said he wants his name not connected to the company. Man i really don't want to ruin my life due to this. I'm beyond lost [link] [comments] |
| Fathers passed but had a hospitilization delay Posted: 18 Feb 2022 09:27 PM PST Father had shortness of breath and chest pain and went to local hospital. Because of covid he did not get a room and had to be in the hallway for two days until he saw a cardiologist. He ended up having a heart attack while waiting. When he finally saw the cardiologist they realized that he needed emergency open heart surgery and was flown to another city's hospital that specializes in that surgery, he ultimately ended up passing away after was seemed a promising recovery at first. At the original hospital and we have this audio recording with cardiologist permission saying that it was a low risk surgery. My mother was getting all the paperwork including doctors notes from the first hospital and wanted to pursue legal action. Any legal grounds for that to happen? The delay in treatment or doctors downplaying the surgery itself? Thanks for responses. [link] [comments] |
| Fiancé was in a stolen car, high speed chase & ran on foot. Posted: 18 Feb 2022 08:25 PM PST So this is a very messy situation so please bare with me while I try my best to describe what happened. My fiancé's friend came to pick him up in his car (that was stolen) it was my fiancé and his two friends. I got a call at 12:18 am from a cops phone. It was my fiancé telling me he was arrested and he loves me and he's sorry. He didn't give me any details, didn't tell me why he was arrested. Well In the morning I went online and saw a bunch of post about 3 suspects that were involved in a shootout between cops, they then drove off which led to a high speed chase, they crashed the car and ran on foot. Eventually all 3 were caught. I saw the charges and only my fiancés friends were charged with attempted murder, all 3 were charged with unlawful firearm possession, all 3 were also charged with fugitive from justice, and the friend of was driving. I guess my question is what is my fiancé possibly looking at? He already has a felony. The chase started in OR and ended in WA. I know it's really up to the judge.. But I need to know what could possibly be the worst thing that could happen and possibly the good thing that could happen. [link] [comments] |
| Landlord ignored letter of dispute over illegal charge, sent debt to collections. Posted: 18 Feb 2022 11:15 AM PST California - In 2019, we were charged by the property management illegally for essentially building upkeep. We disputed it at the time and didnt pay it. Since moving out, they have moved to collect. We recieved our moveout statement and the only charges due was the amount from the bill we disputed. We sent a letter of dispute to the property management and the property group that owns it. A couple days after we get a call from collections on the matter. I inform them that we have a dispute on the charge, they then go to investigate. While my letter of dispute was never answered and i never got any of the things i listed to be sent to me, the collections emailed me back with a formal collections notice and screenshots taken of our billing statements. These only show that we have been charged this amount and not what it was for or any proof that we are responsible to pay. My imediate question is - would there be any benefit to contacting the collection agency and explain that the statemebts provided are not sufficient and i still have yet to recieve anything from my dispute. Would there be any benefit in telling the collection company that we refuse to pay as the charge is illegal due to california tenant codes? What is the duration of time since original debt before the collection agency has to take it off your credit report (I believe for some things it is 7 years). [link] [comments] |
| What is my Mother entitled to? Posted: 18 Feb 2022 03:36 PM PST My Mom and Step Dad had been married for 9 years, then separated for 3 years, and now have been married again for the last 11 years. And during all the time that they've been married these last 11 years. My Step Dad has always controlled 100% of the money in the household and only gives her money when she comes to him asking for it so she can buy something specific. She has asked many times to have more control of the money and access it, and not only when he deems it okay. And as of today, he has said she has been cut off from the money entirely and he'll be making the necessary purchases himself if he deems it worth the expense. My question is, is this legal? Can he do this to her and keep all the money to himself and force her to have to come to him for anything and everything? They live in the United States, in Washington State for reference. I'm willing to give more detail if requested, but I really need some advice on what to do here. She can't keep living like this, being held prisoner financially. [link] [comments] |
| My boss used the company card to buy designer handbags. What should I do? Posted: 18 Feb 2022 03:51 PM PST I work at a non-profit. We live on donations and grants. My boss is the Chief Operating Officer. I do her Mastercard expense reports. In January, she purchased two designer bags (Valentino to be precise) for an employee's work anniversary but shipped them to her home address. Our deficit is $400k and we can't afford to pay our clinicians over time (we're in healthcare), so I think this is extremely unethical and possibly fraud. The total cost of the handbags is about $2k. Should I report her for fraud? Should I alert the state ethics people? Bonus: a coworker did a quick Google search of said boss lady and turns out a different state filed an ethics suit against her for stealing time from a state-run healthcare program; she paid a fine of $500. This was within the last 5 or 6 years. Knowing this, I think I should turn her in but I've never run into this issue before. Please share your thoughts. Thank you in advance. [link] [comments] |
| Removing my ownership from a startup I no longer want to be affiliated with. Posted: 18 Feb 2022 04:54 PM PST Hey r/legal advice, So long story short, in grad school I became affiliated with a startup company that my PI started along with his neighbor and was compensated with equity in the company. I have since graduated and haven't worked with them for several years now. Recently I was told I needed to send them a W9 so they could file company taxes as I have 1.5% of the "common units" aka ownership im the company and the accountant needs the information of all owners (they want to declare losses themselves this year). Fine, though irritating given I already submitted my taxes. However, I don't want my ownership anymore as I do not trust them, don't want to be affiliated, and suspect they'll have their own IRS issues if they actually declare losses as they're suggesting given they just buy nonsense and have zero customers or profit. I requested that my common units be donated evenly amongst all owners and that I get confirmation that I no longer have any ownership in the company. It's been a while now and I haven't heard back. Am I off the hook moving forward or do I need to do something else? Thanks! [link] [comments] |
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