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- Fire fighter assisted police by bringing bongs to police after I denied them access to my house
- My abusive ex boyfriend is saying he is going to press charges on me for assaulting his two year old son because I finally broke up with him. I did not ever lay a hand on that child and he has no proof that I did other than his word. What can I do to defend myself?
- Renatl Company Failed to Disclose that We've Been Paying Neighbor's Utility Bills for Years
- Roommate moving in girlfriend over my protest (Texas)
- Being sued in small claims court for opening mail
- Repeatedly contacted by child on reddit (suspect developmental issues)
- Car Shop Joy Rode My Vehicle. Have Dashcam Footage
- Landlord needs access to laundry room in my apartment “as he pleases”.
- I have to testify against my rapist soon. Any advice?
- My apartment is freezing cold. Heat is provided by building as part of lease.
- ND - Can it be too hot in an apartment?
- Website stole my 3D model work that I made for school. My name is still attached. Advise?
- I was molested in a hot spring in Germany. The police say that theres nothing I can do. Is this true?
- Mother in law has been arrested and she claims not to be told why, we need to find her warrant
- Can my employer deny my PTO during holidays because I am a woman without kids?
- Divorce Case: Property not being sold, as stipulated by decree
- Stolen design being sold online
- Recently divorced and now possibly homeless?? (MS)
- So, my truck just burned to the ground...
- Birth Certificate
- Stylist screwed up hair and refuses to give refund.
- [WA] Divorced parents, dying child
| Fire fighter assisted police by bringing bongs to police after I denied them access to my house Posted: 24 Nov 2019 09:18 AM PST In Wisconsin, I recently had a house fire. The fire department showed up and extinguished the fire. I have no problem with that whatsoever. In a spare room I had a box of old used bongs. There was nothing else considered drugs or paraphanalia anywhere in the house. Just an old box. First, a fire chief comes up to me asking for my signature consent to search my house. I assumed they already saw it since it was right in the open in the spare room. So I denied the search. Then a cop came up to me and said "the fire Dept told me about a box of bongs in there. You can either walk through the house with me now and let me grab it and just give you a paraphanalia fine, or you can have me get a judge to sign a warrant." The decision was easy, get a fucking warrent. Then 15 minutes later the cop comes up to me and says the firefighters brought them the box of bongs and proceeded to give me a paraphanalia fine... What was the point of even asking me twice if they were going to do whatever they wanted anyways? How does that firefighter know that those bongs had the residue in it? He fucking didn't. He grabbed a box that he had no business grabbing and brought it to the police after learning they weren't allowed in my house... So, do firefighters have additional rights where they can just assist cops however they want when a cop doesn't have the right to do something? I'm probably getting a lawyer. And I'm coming for that firefighters job [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 24 Nov 2019 09:02 AM PST Please help me. He has a great lawyer as his family is wealthy and I most likely will have a public defender as I have little to no money. It is very obvious I didnt hit the child (in fact I cared for it far more than he did) and I dont want to face felony charges because this man is unstable and wants to get revenge on me for leaving him. I have hundreds and hundreds of unanswered texts and calls that prove him unstable if that helps any. They all say things like "I just want to be with you baby do u really want to force me to do this" and "Please call me baby". Then 10 minutes later hes calling me a good for nothing whore lol. I live in Virginia. [link] [comments] |
| Renatl Company Failed to Disclose that We've Been Paying Neighbor's Utility Bills for Years Posted: 24 Nov 2019 09:00 AM PST We recently had new neighbors move in behind us (beach town, front house, alley house situation), and when they moved in, the owner of that house (who they are renting from) kindly told us that we may have been paying for the utility bills for BOTH houses. He said that when the rental company that we rent from took over this house, he informed them that the bills were lumped together and should be separated. He does not own the house we rent, and has nothing to do with the rental company. The bills were never separated. We have been paying for the back house's utilities for 2+years. Shortly after the new neighbors moved in, he asked the company again to separate the bills. They finally did, but never said a word to us, either about the mix-up, or the rectification. Our electric/gas bill used to average $70-90 and our water bill averaged $100-200 a month. They've now both dropped below $20 each. We've sunk (conservatively) $130 more a month for 2+ years into utilities than we should have. I thought it was weird that our gas/electric company would send us notices about our usage being "higher than surrounding neighbors," considering that we're a married couple (no kids), surrounded by families, and this was never a problem in the past. However, I had absolutely no way of knowing that the bills were tied together. I just chalked it up to being California beachside living expenses. Is there any legal recourse, considering that the rental company never told us about the bills being tied together, despite knowing this? [link] [comments] |
| Roommate moving in girlfriend over my protest (Texas) Posted: 24 Nov 2019 07:36 AM PST My roommate and I live in Houston, TX. My roommate and I signed a 15 month lease in late August. He has informed me that he is planning on moving his girlfriend in for the last 11 months of our lease (in less than three weeks), whether I approve it or not. We are both on the lease. We are not allowed to have guests for more than 14 days in any given month, so her moving in would be a breach of our lease. My first plan of action is to try and get the leasing company to let us out of our lease. If they refuse, what are my options? Paying for two apartments isn't really feasible, and living with him and his girlfriend (who I don't know at all) will only cause resentment given the way he's handled the situation. [link] [comments] |
| Being sued in small claims court for opening mail Posted: 24 Nov 2019 12:52 PM PST I live with a girl and a guy that I was friends with in high school and the girl has turned into the devil since we moved in together. We've had many arguments over taking out the trash, washing dishes and her aggressive dog being let loose in the house. It finally came to a breaking point when her dog attacked my boyfriends dog and she got mad at me for bringing the dog into its home. I've asked her multiple times to not have her dog loose in the house. She put a letter on the fridge saying she was breaking the lease and it was up to us to find a new roommate and she was leaving Jan 1st. Me and my other roommate obviously said no because we couldn't afford that so instead she's now suing my other roommate for opening her mail which was a sewer bill we all pay on. She's suing him and saying she won't drop it unless we let her out of the lease. What should we do? (Located in WV) [link] [comments] |
| Repeatedly contacted by child on reddit (suspect developmental issues) Posted: 24 Nov 2019 02:48 PM PST Hi, I am an adult that resides in PA, USA. For the past week I have been repeatedly contacted by a child on this website. Our initial contact began on another subreddit where he was trying to start trouble. Admittedly, I took the bait at the time. Unfortunately after the discussion, his behavior escalated into repeated attempts of contact reminiscent of stalking. His main motive seems to be that he wants to talk to me and share information, but it has been perverse. I have been contacted by about 6 different accounts, and have been subject to gratuitous and unprompted details of his life, his hobbies, his family, comments about me and how I look, comments on his mother's body and how she looks, and attempts to get me to click links (which I have avoided). The subject of these links appears to be related to animal gore given his description of them. He later shared that he is 14 years old (which let me know to stop responding at this point), and looking at his comment history he has access to pornographic subreddits and interacts with such adults regularly. There are some legal implications to this behavior as well as deeply unnerving conclusions to draw about the quality of his life and potential developmental issues. I have declined messages from most of these accounts, but the last time I was contacted was earlier today, and I feel that I should probably do something to alert his family. I was able to lift his IP from the initial time we communicated via comments and link-sharing on reddit, and his exorbitant sharing of personal information did allow me to find a method of contacting (what I conclude to be two options:) either his school or his parents. I was a teenager on the internet once too, and when you're that young you do enjoy messing with people, but my concern is that contacting his parents could prompt more abuse or home life problems that are causing him to lash out in this way (and potentially target/stalk women online) in the first place. Do you have any advice for what I should do in this situation that is within legal limitations, or nothing at all? Thank you. [link] [comments] |
| Car Shop Joy Rode My Vehicle. Have Dashcam Footage Posted: 24 Nov 2019 12:19 PM PST Hey guys, Picked my car up (which is a bit of sporty car) from my local tire/oil change place and when I got into it I noticed it smelled badly of burnt clutch. I checked my dashcam and just prior to me arriving a technician had taken the car out to drive it around. This was most likely not a legitimate drive as the car had already been test driven and was ready for pick up. On the video the individual driving the car drives almost 3 times the speed limit down a residential neighborhood (70+) among other things. Extremely dangerous and someone could've been injured given the location that he was doing this. Poorly shifting which explains the burnt clutch smell. I am going to speak to the manager when he is in on Monday, I called the shop as soon as I saw the footage. My family is suggesting I see what they can do to make this right since there are small things that are within the scope of their shop that the vehicle could use (brakes ect.). I already plan on contacting the police about the situation given how fast he was driving and that my vehicle is somewhat unique (out of state plates) and I don't want to get pulled over later if someone called them about the incident. Would it be better to work directly with the shop? Then move on to legal representation if they aren't being helpful? Or engage legal advice earlier rather than later. I don't know how well issues like this work in court and as such I'm inclined to work with the shop. Thanks for any advice you can give me. My location is Ohio Cleveland area. [link] [comments] |
| Landlord needs access to laundry room in my apartment “as he pleases”. Posted: 24 Nov 2019 08:01 AM PST I am in New Jersey. I posted about this previously so I will summarize. Basically there is a room in my apartment that I assumed was a closet during the showing. Once I moved in my landlord revealed that it is HIS laundry room, and he needs access to it ONCE a week, on Saturday. I felt slighted obviously but I didn't want to be problematic and I need this apartment to work out for various reasons so I agreed that it would be no issue if he uses it on Saturday. This morning (Sunday) me and my girlfriend were in our underwear. And he just walks in. I told him it was unacceptable. I sent him my states tenant law handbook, stating that him walking in violates the covenant of quiet enjoyment. I requested an amendment stating that he can only access on Saturday during a specific timeframe. He refused, stating that the laundry room is not part of the rental and he can access as he pleases. To give more context, I want to explain the apartment layout. We are renting the first floor, and he lives on the second floor. We share an entrance. When you enter the front door, the staircase to his apartment is immediately to the right, and if you walk straight down a hallway, you come to my bedroom door. Further down the hallway is the door to his laundry room, and at the end of the hallway is the entrance to my kitchen and living room. In every mention of the space in the lease it is APARTMENT, not HOUSE SHARE. Does the fact that we share an entrance give him the right to use the hallway in our space? I need to know my options, please help me if you can. Thanks! [link] [comments] |
| I have to testify against my rapist soon. Any advice? Posted: 24 Nov 2019 04:01 PM PST Edit: I am in Canada, I don't want to get any more specific than that but this is just a general question anyway This is a disciplinary hearing not a criminal trial (as usual, "not enough evidence" for charges) so there is a panel of experts instead of a judge and jury, but the format remains mostly the same. It should last 3 days, I have my own lawyer as does the rapist. I will be examined and cross-examined by each. Do you have any advice on how to dress, how to conduct myself, whether I should be taking my ativan before taking the stand or not? My lawyer will of course give me her own advice but I'd love to hear of any experiences you've had with this. Anything that's worked well for your clients and pitfalls to avoid. Thank you! [link] [comments] |
| My apartment is freezing cold. Heat is provided by building as part of lease. Posted: 24 Nov 2019 09:59 AM PST I live in ohio. For the last month there has been an ongoing problem of inconsistent heating in my apartment building. it's an old building with steam heat, and i have been in contact with the management for a while about this problem. they have told me it has been working but according to other tenants in my building too, the heat is not working, and usually doesn't start working until january. is there any recourse i can take? our apartments are freezing and we don't know what we can do. when we call the landlords the problem gets fixed for a night and then gets shut off. their offices are closed on the weekends so all weekend we have had no heat. [link] [comments] |
| ND - Can it be too hot in an apartment? Posted: 24 Nov 2019 07:01 PM PST Hello Legal Advice I'm having a bit of an issue with the heat in my apartment. I moved in last February, and at the time my apartment rested at 80 degrees F after I double checked all of the vents were closed, and the heat turned completely off. The strange thing is that I am on the first floor. Between February and March alone, maintenance checked my thermostat and vents, and gave me a new AC unit (not sure why?). It's now freezing cold out and while it sounds nice to have my apartment sitting at a toasty 80 again, it's not. I have no control over the heat in my apartment whatsoever. I can crack a window, but in ND the temperatures drop below 0 and we aren't allowed to keep our windows open. I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do. What options do I have? Is there such a thing as a law requiring a landlord to keep the heat at a certain level? I know it sounds ridiculous. [link] [comments] |
| Website stole my 3D model work that I made for school. My name is still attached. Advise? Posted: 24 Nov 2019 02:22 PM PST I'll try to keep it short and sweet... I made a 3D model for a college class and uploaded it online. A random website, which I presume to be a scam site, stole my work and put it on their website. They didn't even bother to change the name of the file, which has my first and last name on it (I've got a very unique name, so It's definitely me). From what I can tell it doesn't look like they are selling my work, just using it as an example. What should I do? Let me know if I need to be more specific or if I need to make any clarifications, thanks. :D [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 24 Nov 2019 06:44 AM PST I (21F) am from Asia went alone to a public hot spring bath in Bad Wildbad for the weekend. TL;DR A man, M (47M) followed me up and down the stairs, joined me in a small pool sitting very close to me, and the touched me on my thigh and ass three times. I have already made a police report but the police say that there is nothing that can be done at this point, and I can only wait a few months and hope that the judge issues him a fine. I'm hoping reddit can help tell me if theres any way to get my justice. It was my very first time in an all nude mixed gender public bath. My s/o and I had discussed whether its suitable for me to go alone, and he encouraged me to try. I first met M in the largest public bath but we didn't interact. Aftereards, I went up the stairs because I thought it led to more baths. I had covered my body partially with a towel. M walks up the stairs behind me. Maybe he followed me, maybe not. He tells me that it's a sauna. I didnt wanna go to a sauna. I walk down the stairs. I walk into a small room with a small tub. He came down and sat on my left, just a few centimetres away. He tried to make conversation but it was clear I wasnt interested. (Because it's weird af to talk to someone when you're both nude) His right fingers grazed the side of my thigh once. I thought it may be the water and when you lose grip on the seat. I moved away and told him: "your fingers are touching me. Stop it." Then it happened a second time. I moved away again. Then it happened a third time, and this time there was more contact then just fingers. I felt his palm touch me near on my upper thigh, near my ass. I was so scared and uncomfortable that I rushed out and went to look for women and staff, which helped me catch him. One of the other guests came forward and said that she often saw him target and act inappropriately on younger women. Right now, the police are telling me that they have his details but there's nothing I can do about it. I am told to just wait a few months for the Justice to review this case and possibly just issue him a fine. I will be leaving germany by the end of January and it is very distressing to hear that nothing else can be done. I have cPTSD, which I have been living with and controlling, but this incident has left me unstable, and I really worry for the sake of my mental health. Thank you Reddit for helping. [link] [comments] |
| Mother in law has been arrested and she claims not to be told why, we need to find her warrant Posted: 24 Nov 2019 04:51 PM PST So we don't have a lot of information because we are receiving it 2nd hand through her partner. She lives in the Corpus Christi, Texas area and was up in the Austin area for a concert. She and two of her friends were accused of stealing (I don't know by who or what they allegedly stole) so they were detained and body searched. Her two friends were released, but when they ran her name, they found that she had a warrant out for her arrest in the county where she lives, Nueces County. So she was arrested and booked up in Williamson County, just north of Austin. We can't even talk to her without paying outrageous fees and going through a convoluted system since it's a private prison. She was appointed a public defender but has yet to speak to her. Her court date is set for Dec 19 with a bail of $5,000. According to her, they would not tell her what the warrant was for, only the charges that they tacked on at the concert for "theft of property" or something like that, despite the fact that they found no evidence of theft and her friends were released, and they were going to release her, until they saw the warrant. Mind you, this is second hand information. My husband and I have been trying to find a way to look up her warrant or even the record of her arrest, but have had no success. How can we look up her warrant to see what charges she was booked with? Secondly, she is disabled and receives social security, if found guilty will she lose disability and need to re-apply or will it be withheld until she is released? We are all at a loss for what to do next since this has thrown everyone for a loop. She has lived at the same address for the last 10 years, and claims to have never heard a peep about this warrant. Is that the norm, that a person with a warrant in the county where they reside would never even have the police come to the residence on their driver's license? It's my understanding that it never came up during traffic stops either. Any input is welcome. Thank you for your time. [link] [comments] |
| Can my employer deny my PTO during holidays because I am a woman without kids? Posted: 24 Nov 2019 06:22 PM PST I'm having my PTO retroactively denied by my new approver because the other people in my division have 'other obligations' or 'family obligations' by which they mean children. She also assumed that, because of my age and the fact that I'm living independently, I don't have a good relationship with my family, and therefore wouldn't have day of holiday plans. My PTO was approved by a previous supervisor verbally in August, but our company is since going though a restructure, meaning I now have a separate person approving my PTO. The new Approver stated the above, also ignoring my previous agreement with my past supervisor. I tried to work a schedule out with the only male in my division who doesn't have kids, as I thought that we could compromise, but they denied me on the fact that he has "previous engagements" but has not asked for specific days. Is this discrimination and do I have recourse? Edit: I'm in Washington State, US [link] [comments] |
| Divorce Case: Property not being sold, as stipulated by decree Posted: 24 Nov 2019 04:26 PM PST My 35-year-old stepdaughter completed her divorce about 5 months ago; the decree stipulated that a piece of raw land be sold and the assets evenly split. The property was originally only owned by the husband, who has been adamant that it not be sold. The decree states: "The parties shall immediately list the marital property...for sale. The sale proceeds shall be...." The ex-husband is stalling on contacting the realtor and engaging in protracted debates with my daughter on the sale price. He is insisting on an unreasonably high sales price. The realtor says she can't list the property until both sellers agree on a price; she won't even speak to my stepdaughter on listing the property until the ex-husband calls her. (The realtor has a copy of the decree.) More info: 1) My stepdaughter is foreign born, with poor English and very diffident. The ex-husband dominates all conversations with her. (They divorced after he took up with a 20-year old woman.) 2) I found the divorce lawyer and recently paid her $5000 fee. I have handled many of the discussions with the lawyer; my stepdaughter, who has lived out of state for 18 months, has only spoken face-to-face with the lawyer twice--in trips back to Hawaii. 3) The ex-husband failed to pay the property taxes on the property. It had a $15,000 lien, which I paid. The decree states I am to receive the money and the lawyer's fees from the property sale, so that explains my $20,000 interest in this sale. The decree states, under "Failure of Party to Perform," that one can file a motion to the court for execution. I have repeatedly called the divorce attorney to inform her of the lack of progress on the sale; her secretary just informs me that my stepdaughter must call her, which my stepdaughter is not doing because of her diffidence. My stepdaughter told me she left a message with the lawyer saying she wants the terms of the decree enforced. Questions: 1) Should the attorney be more responsive here? Should I get a Power of Attorney from my stepdaughter so I can represent her in getting to attorney to take this matter to the court, since my stepdaughter is so uncommunicative? 2) Can I take this matter to the court myself, with a POA, and not use the attorney, who might not be interested in working on this case anymore? 3) Should the decree have included more specific language on the sale? Should it have stipulated that if H and W do not agree on the sales price, then the property shall be sale for its assessed value? Should it have included timetable for the sale? The decree's language on the sale terms seems unduly brief. The ex-husband, cleverly, is not refusing to sell. He is just stalling and repeatedly being hard to reach. Thanks for opinions. Hawaii [link] [comments] |
| Stolen design being sold online Posted: 24 Nov 2019 07:48 AM PST Hi guys, I'm graphic design from France (excuse my bad English). Last year I was working in Germany as freelancer for a client, working on a pretty big project. I worked in total 6 months for that client. I designed many visual contents. But after few months, my payments were getting delayed more and more. I kept working under pressure of not getting paid because it was my only client at that time. It ended with me not getting paid for the two last months of my work. I let that bad experience behind me because I had to pay rent and had no other income. Now after a year I can find my design being sold online on a huge platform. I couldn't believe my eyes but it's sold everywhere in Europe, at really exorbitant prices, and I never got fully paid. Does anyone know what I could do? I need to precise that I'm not rich, and I unfortunately don't have thousands of euros for legal counsel. Thanks for any good tip! [link] [comments] |
| Recently divorced and now possibly homeless?? (MS) Posted: 24 Nov 2019 08:38 PM PST My (ex) husband and I bought a house together 3 years ago. Since then he, me, and my daughter (currently 5) have lived there. This summer we filed for divorce. We agreed (verbally) I could stay there until either 1) I found somewhere else in the school district or 2) I could stay until my daughters first year of kindergarten was up, so I didn't have to move her schools mid year. Our divorce finalized about a week and a half ago and my name was taken off of the mortgage. We sleep in separate bedrooms and usually don't interact much. I came home from a weekend trip out of town and he told me I had to leave and I had three days to get my things. I told him no because I don't have anywhere to go yet. He called the police and the police told me I had to leave or he could file trespassing charges. Is this right?? Do I really have to just grab what I can and leave the house I've lived in for three years? I'm at a hotel for tonight and my daughter is with my parents. But I have no idea what I am going to do.. [link] [comments] |
| So, my truck just burned to the ground... Posted: 24 Nov 2019 09:49 PM PST I owned a 2014 Dodge Ram Eco Diesel pickup truck. Tonight, with my wife and two young sons, it stopped on the freeway, started smoking, and burned to a crisp. Family got out ok, thankfully. Last month on October 29, Fiat Chrysler of America issued a recall stating that some microscopic cracks could develop on the EGR valve, and that could cause a leak of coolant, and that may result in fire. "The company will notify affected customers and requests that owners of the trucks monitor coolant levels and see their dealer if the levels are "consistently low."" I did not receive notification. What should be my next step? Am i just outta luck? I have car insurance, but do i have any recourse with FCA? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 24 Nov 2019 08:14 PM PST I was born in Japan, and I need to get my birth certificate however I'm not sure where I can get this. Is this something I can get at the Japanese Embassy? [link] [comments] |
| Stylist screwed up hair and refuses to give refund. Posted: 24 Nov 2019 11:27 AM PST I got my hair colored about a week ago. The stylist was sweet and promised me a balayage color that would fade out from my natural roots. She constantly kept talking about how beautiful it would be for my wedding and she threw in a deal for a deep conditioning for free. The total ended up being $350 and I was not happy with the results. The color was foiled at the top by my roots and it looks as I got my hair done months ago and it has grown out. The toner she used was also darker than my actual hair color causing it to look worse and other parts of the blonde were straight up yellow. I tried to get in contact with her for a week and she never admitted to fault, always saying it was the lighting and the way my hair was slicked back in a bun. She didn't text me back for days and I finally got a response after having to go to another salon to pay yet another $350 to get it fixed and was also told my hair was breaking off and there was no evidence of any conditioning. She once again said she could add highlights to make it how I wanted it and claimed she had texted me and I didn't respond. She's now saying she doesn't do refunds as stated in her booking listing which I have no record of. She finally said she could fit me in to go over my hair and make it how I want it but at this point it's been a week and I'm no longer comfortable letting her touch it. Can I take her to small claims court to get my money back? Location: California Edit: balayage is supposed to be painted on by the stylist. When I say it was foiled in, she used foil only on the front pieces because she ran out of whatever plastic she was using to separate the pieces on the rest of my head, it created a straight line across my hair giving the appearance a blunt line of outgrown color. As for the conditioning, it was free hence why I didn't have any issues with it, I simply stated what the other stylist told me, she was concerned at the breakage and it had been a week since I had gotten my hair done. [link] [comments] |
| [WA] Divorced parents, dying child Posted: 24 Nov 2019 08:15 PM PST My brother is divorced and shares joint custody of his son (4y.o.) with his ex-wife. Tragically, my nephew is dying of cancer, likely in the coming couple of months. The mom wants him cremated because of her religion and my brother (different religion) is ok with that. Originally they verbally agreed to divide the cremains and each do with them whatever gives them most comfort. Now the mom is going back on this and wants to keep them all herself in her home. Is there anything my brother can do? It's all such a terrible situation. [link] [comments] |
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