Legal Advice - Mentally ill man invaded our home, caretaker just watched |
- Mentally ill man invaded our home, caretaker just watched
- My (f18) mom (49) has legal guardianship of me, even though I'm an adult. I would like to remove it.
- I really think that making out my Will is going to kill me.
- One of our subreddit moderators quit, and is now claiming we're "stealing her intellectual property" because we're keeping the wiki she worked on
- SOS = Help Needed. My stalker has published books using my name and pictures
- Landlord won't let me inside until I'm tested for Covid-19
- Someone sent a resignation email to my work impersonating me
- [NYC] Girlfriends bath tub backs up with sewage every day. Has to scrub it clean each time she wants to shower. Super has refused to do anything since September. What are our options here?
- Rental agreement signed and deposit sent for 2 bedroom apartment. Just found out one of the bedrooms is locked by the owners!
- I think my boss is sexually harassing me, but HR is telling me he "legally" has not done anything wrong... is this true?
- My (27F) apartment’s handyman (60ishM) has been watching me through my window. What rights do I have to get him to stop? Washington State
- How can we be sure that our children do not get placed with our families in the even of our death?
- My(26F) roommates (27F, 27M) have been acting increasingly odd and are now trying to force me to sign a "roommate agreement" [NC, USA]
- Am I being harassed?
- Neighbor left note on door
- [CO] Apartment complex left my spouse and I on a lease almost a year later and we are just now finding out about it. It is running our life.
- My employer is trying to file a voluntary resignation without my consent. (CA)
- My boyfriend (23M) has sent our sex tapes to his friends.
- Just found out both my children now, 26(F) & 24 (M) were sexually abused by dad's ex- girlfriend's son (27) for 2.5 years 13 years ago. All were minors. Is there any way to hold them legally responsible now? What can I do?
- I was forced into a new job title and pay type by my employer.
- Roommate is an "occupant" who will not leave
- Could I install a security camera to check that my landlords aren’t illegally entering my home?
- (MA/TX) 10 year divorce process or is my boyfriend not being honest
- Parents stole $3,000 from my bank account, 17F and don’t want to give it back.
- [MA] Bank not concluding $XXk check deposit fraud investigation six months later
| Mentally ill man invaded our home, caretaker just watched Posted: 16 May 2020 10:01 AM PDT So this happened yesterday. My brother and his girlfriend came to visit us and our kids for the first time since quarantine began (they've been isolating entirely and so have we, we decided to take the slight risk to finally see family for a day). Normally, we keep our doors locked, but this time we left the front door unlocked for a bit after they arrived. My brother and I are both big dudes, so I feel pretty comfortable having the door unlocked for an hour or so. After a bit, we were all hanging out in the rear of the house (the front door opens to a short hallway next to the stairs) talking, and nothing is amiss. At one point, my wife noticed the front door was cracked open. We assumed my brother hadn't quite closed it all the way. She poked her head out to make sure our cat hadn't run out, and noticed a man we've never seen in our neighborhood before, just sitting in his car right across the street from our house, looking at her. She gave him a weird look and closed and locked the door. A HALF HOUR LATER, it's time for our youngest to take a nap (he's 2). She gets him up for a piggy-back ride upstairs, and as soon as she gets upstairs she starts absolutely screaming "There's someone in our house!" Apparently some guy was in our nursery, just sitting in my wife's rocking chair. So while my brother ran upstairs, I grabbed a weapon. My brother physically forced the man downstairs and out of the house, and when we tried to get him to stop and sit down, he just wanders off. Didn't run, didn't speak, just slowly walked off in a daze. The man across the street starts yelling "It's okay, he's with me," etc. and between the confusion of that, and the fact that we don't want to be grappling with strangers during a pandemic, we didn't restrain the man. Probably should have, but we were all just shocked. As the intruder wanders down the street, the other man starts telling us that they're from a group home in the area, and he's the guy's 'caretaker' or something. He said he was with him, WATCHING HIM TRY OTHER HOUSES in the neighborhood. He won't give us a reason why he didn't stop the guy, or call the police. Something about "I thought he knew someone around here" was the best we could do, but his accent made it difficult to understand everything. He just didn't seem concerned at all about the fact that a man, who was apparently in his care, had just let himself into a stranger's home during a pandemic, and hung out inside for a half hour. Ultimately, the police came and got all our information, and after a bit of a search, they did find the man and take him into custody, thankfully. The guy seemed to be pretty out of it, we couldn't tell if he was extremely drugged up or just really mentally incompetent, but the caretaker told us he was 'psychotic' so that makes me feel even worse. I suppose, as home invasions go, we're thankful that this was an ultimately benign incident, but we sure won't feel right for a while. Obviously we'll be more vigilant about locked doors going forward, and the odds of this are pretty minimal, but I'm not entirely sure where to go from here. (Yes, we fully disinfected the kids' room immediately) My plans are: Get the name of the group home and speak with them directly. I want assurances that his 'caretaker' is fired, at least. I'd also like to press charges against the caretaker, if possible. Any functioning adult should have known that what was happening was wrong and done something other than sit outside and twiddle their fucking thumbs. I'm not sure charges against the intruder are very useful, if he's mentally incompetent. I'm also curious about whether a restraining order is a good option? I've contacted the police and requested some follow-up, and was told that tickets were issues, but I'm not sure how much that means. We're in Michigan, btw. Is there anything else I should be doing? Sorry for the wall of text, but this was just such a weird incident, I wanted to get it out there and make sure there's not something else I should be considering. Thanks, y'all. TL;DR: Mentally handicapped man from nearby group home enters our home unnoticed, goes upstairs and chills in our kids' room for probably a half hour or so. Man's caretaker sat outside and watched and did nothing. [link] [comments] |
| My (f18) mom (49) has legal guardianship of me, even though I'm an adult. I would like to remove it. Posted: 16 May 2020 03:28 PM PDT I'm an 18 year old girl who lives in Vermont. Shortly before I turned 18 in January, my mom requested the court for legal guardianship of me. I told her how uncomfortable this idea made me, but she would yell, scream, and tell me to "suck it up". She told me that there are two ways she could take guardianship of me, and those were involuntary guardianship and voluntary guardianship. In the involuntary guardianship scenario, we would both be appointed lawyers, and we'd have to fight it out in court. In the voluntary guardianship scenario, we would sit down with a judge, talk about the ramifications of guardianship, sign some papers, and have it be a done deal. I went with the voluntary guardianship option, because she threatened to punish me, not help me pay for college, and just make my life a living hell. However, I may have recently discovered that this is not a true voluntary guardianship. I was researching laws surrounding legal guardianship in Vermont, and I discovered that a voluntary guardianship would only have occurred if I had been the person to request it. Otherwise, it is an involuntary guardianship. If I am correct in my findings, then this means my mom filed for guardianship under my name, without my knowledge or consent. Am I correct in believing this? Am I missing something? One day I may petition the court to dissolve legal guardianship, and this would be very helpful to know. I'm not exactly well-versed with legal matters, so please bear with me. [link] [comments] |
| I really think that making out my Will is going to kill me. Posted: 16 May 2020 01:11 AM PDT TLDR at the end My folks left me their house and property in their wills, now, a relative is pressing me to make out my Will, even going so far as to offer to take me to a lawyer (I don't drive). Problem 1) By law, I need two witnesses. I don't want my relative to be one of them, but I also don't want to upset or offend her by bringing along two friends of mine when she does take me. In the event that my friends are willing to help me, should I ask them if they're willing to bring me to a lawyer instead? Problem 2) In my parent's wills, it was stipulated that my husband will not inherit the house/property, etc. So my question is, do I have to stick by my parent's edicts, or can I, as the legal, deed carrying owner of the house, ignore that part of my parent's wills and have his name put on the deed, thereby making him the first beneficiary? I tried to google the answer but I'm not very tech-savvy and might have looked right at the answer without realizing it. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you TLDR: Can I, as the legal owner of my home, leave it to my husband if I die before him, regardless of the fact that my parents wrote in their wills that he wasn't to inherit anything? Update: I'd like to thank everyone for your advice (some folks have asked me where i live. Im writing from Connecticut). You have all given me not only great advice, but peace of mind as well, and for that, I thank you. I'm going to start making calls on Monday. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 16 May 2020 06:46 AM PDT The background: One of our most active mods resigned a couple of days ago, and removed the wiki for the subreddit before she left. One of our new mods reinstated it. The ex-mod then contacted us with the claim that we are "stealing" her "intellectual property" and that she wants it taken down. In all fairness, she was the primary (and possibly sole) author of the wiki in its current form. However the wiki was mostly links; there's some text but I'll be reworking that anyway at some point. The question: What, if any, rights does she in fact have to the wiki? I'm not worried about the repercussions, but I'm intensely curious as to the copyright/IP aspect of it. Location: Reddit? I guess? For the sake of the argument let's just say [NJ] because that's where I am. Not sure where the ex-mod lives, and not sure it makes a difference. [link] [comments] |
| SOS = Help Needed. My stalker has published books using my name and pictures Posted: 16 May 2020 07:56 AM PDT Hello All, I am in need of desperate help. My stalker has published books online using my name as an author and her's but also used my picture as the author's picture. If you google my name, the books pop right up. They are useless books, not a single one sold and have no literature in then, just only the cover page. I was able to get them removed from majority of the websites. Amazon was very helpful and removed them immediately. But Google is being a total pain in the a**. Literally its as if they don't want to help me and couldn't give a rats a**. I have provided them all the evidence but they refuse to delete them from Google Search and Images, when it has already been removed from the third party websites. They keep telling me to go back to the third party websites, and the third party websites tell me that they have already removed it and this is Google's issue not there. Can someone please help me with this? Thank You [link] [comments] |
| Landlord won't let me inside until I'm tested for Covid-19 Posted: 16 May 2020 07:18 AM PDT Last week I traveled 45 minutes out of the city to take care of family. Today LL tells me, I broke city, state, and federal stay at home orders to travel and that I MUST produce negative test results to LL in person. Also, LL will call the police on me if sees me on the property. LL knows I haven't been there because LL has been coming inside my home for over a week, with no permission. I would like to at-least grab important prescriptions and my safe. What are my rights? South Louisiana [link] [comments] |
| Someone sent a resignation email to my work impersonating me Posted: 16 May 2020 09:07 AM PDT My job is considered essential but I've been at home right now for a little over a month and counting because I have a bad medical history so I'm high risk of complications if I get COVID-19 This morning I got a text from a co worker asking if I put in my 2 weeks. After telling her I had no idea what she was talking about she went on to tell me another co worker (let's call her Carol) told her she was checking the work emails and there was one "sent by me" to my work from an outside email address. It was a very lengthy email thanking the company for my time, apologizing for being home, and submitting my resignation. This was not me. Carol also sent a screenshot to one of my managers phone letting him know I'm quitting. There have been many incidents, including personal property destruction, in the past that always point towards Carol but there has never been proof. I am willing to bet my life that Carol is the one impersonating me and sent the email. Is there anything I can do? Any way I can trace the email or prove it's this Carol? Everybody is itching for a reason to make this person go but being in a union makes things astronomically more difficult. I don't even know if this is right sub I should be posting to, I just need help. P.S. I have a copy of the email screenshot and I should also mention my manager believes me and believes it's Carol and is planning on discussing it with the main manager when he returns to the store on Monday then they'll bring in Carol for questioning. I don't want this person to get away with it again or a slap on the wrist. This is not ok, this person is crazy, and I am willing to take legal action if I have grounds. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 16 May 2020 08:55 PM PDT Title basically says it all. Girlfriend and her roommate are super non confrontational. She has been bugging her super since September. She says he sent someone in March to fix it but it did not resolve the problem. This is a Class C violation, want to know best actions to take. (i just started dating her btw, did not know her back in September) [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 16 May 2020 09:55 AM PDT Hello Reddit, I'm moving to a new city (Alberta) next month and will be renting a condo. Two weeks ago I signed the lease with the condo management company without going in person or seeing a video of the place (big mistake) because of Covid19. Today, I finally got the chance to video-chat with the current tenant and found out that one of the bedrooms is locked by the owners and not available for use! The original ad stated 2bedrooms, and I have emails with the condo management company that shows the ad. However I realized now that the number of bedrooms is not stated anywhere on the lease agreement. Only the address of the suite is on there. Does this mean I have legal rights to the entire place? I have reached out to the person at the condo management company and she says she's looking into it and it was her first time hearing this. But I feel like they'll just chalk it up to "inaccurate advertisement". What are my options? Any advice is much appreciated! I'm moving in a month so hopefully there's enough time to sort this out. Thanks in advance!! UPDATE: The condo manager got back to me. Apparently the owners are overseas and won't be able to open the locked room. The unit was intended to only have one bedroom by the owners but the condo manager didn't know until today. They have offered to give my deposit back. Thanks everyone! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 16 May 2020 06:39 PM PDT Throwaway account for obvious reasons. Massachusetts, USA. TL;DR at bottom, and I will try my best to keep this short. I [26F] have been working for the same company for almost 4 years, and have been at my current location for the last 9 months. My boss [50's M] joined about 2 months after I did. He was creepy from day one, and made comments here and there that made me uncomfortable but I brushed them off as cultural differences. However, the comments/actions began to get progressively worse, and here are some that stand out:
I reported this to our HR manager [39F], who shared this with my boss's boss (my 2-up, [40M]), her boss (the VP of HR for the company), and my 2-up's boss (another VP). Everyone was very sympathetic, but when the HR manager and I spoke, she told me "legally, nothing he has done can be considered sexual harassment; it's only sexual harassment if his behavior is corrected or he is told to stop, but continues to make inappropriate comments", and at this point he had not been told by myself or anyone else to "stop". When the HR manager, my 2-up, and myself had a meeting, they said they wanted to rectify this but would handle it however I felt comfortable. I said I would rather be the one to tell him to stop, as I worried he would retaliate against me if it came from someone higher up and it seemed like I might be trying to get him in trouble. When I listed examples of comments he made that were inappropriate, he said he was only kidding and this is his "dry sense of humor" and "not everyone can handle it". He said "apologies if any of it made [me] uncomfortable". Since I had the conversation with him, the comments have stopped, but communication has been very limited altogether, and I am noticing ways he is trying to...micromanage me? There have been a few instances of him overruling decisions I have made, telling my direct they need to consult with him and not me before making final decisions, asking me to run simple and menial spreadsheets by him so he can "tweak as necessary before we implement", etc. I have reported this all to HR as well, but nothing obvious enough to look like clear retaliation. A couple other points that may or may not be relevant/complicate matters:
TL;DR: Boss has made sexual comments to me (calling me attractive, asking me if I liked being tied down). HR and his boss were sympathetic, but told me "legally" he hasn't done anything wrong, and it is only sexual harassment if he is told to stop but doesn't. I have since told him to stop, and the work dynamic is now less than ideal. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 16 May 2020 01:40 AM PDT I've lived alone in my microstudio apartment in Washington State for just over three years now. The handyman "John", who lives in the building too, has made me uncomfortable since I moved in. A year and a half ago after hearing he had sexually harassed a former tenant, I spoke to the office about his behavior. I was told "he's worked here for over a decade", and they've "never had any complaints." Nothing was done. But in the three months following my complaint, "John" inspected my apartment four times (to check fire alarms twice, to check smoke alarm, and to spray for bugs were their reasons). I don't make maintenance requests to avoid having him in my apartment and being alone with "John". But today I had an urgent maintenance issue. As he works, we talk about what strange times we're in under the pandemic, and I mention how my Covid-19 symptoms hit me hard back in March (I had multiple symptoms but no cough, so I was unable to receive a test). He said he watches me through his window and could really tell how sick I was. I was as polite as possible to keep the situation calm and get him out ASAP. Now, I am really concerned. I feel extremely violated and unsafe. He's been watching me so close that he knew I was sick; that's more than an accidental glance into a neighbor's window. I've closed my blinds permanently today and am going to stay with my dad for the foreseeable future. What can I do to prevent this from happening again? I'm concerned the office will not care. Do I file a police report? Do I have any rights? I really don't know where to go from here, so any insight will be so very appreciated. (Edited to add spaces between paragraphs for easier reading) [link] [comments] |
| How can we be sure that our children do not get placed with our families in the even of our death? Posted: 16 May 2020 08:36 AM PDT Edit:Thank you to everyone who offered advice, we are going to contact a lawyer to set everything up as well as it can be and are going to cut off all contact with our families. My husband and I both come from abusive families. We have 3 young children and we want to be sure that if we both die they are not sent to live with our family members. Our close family friends are willing to take custody of them in the event of our death but legally how do we make sure that happens? I am positive that both sides of our family would fight for custody of our children, not because they care for them but because they would come with substantial life insurance policies as well as our assets which are modest but much more than our families have. (Edit to add, our family and friends are in Kentucky but we travel for work and don't have a specific home State.) [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 16 May 2020 07:41 AM PDT I'm wondering what the current eviction rules are with the situation going on in the world. I have heard a rumor that people aren't able to be evicted in my area right now (North Carolina, USA) but I am unsure if this is true. Also I'm wondering what office I could call (magistrate, DA, etc.) to verify the current eviction process. I have been paying my rent on time and have proof, they would be evicting me for 'personal reasons.' I live with a married couple and the house belongs to her mother. None of us have a lease. Now they are trying to force me to sign a roommate agreement and I plan to refuse. More detailed info below. I feel my roommates (27F, 27M) have been trying to coerce my into a relationship with them. I moved in August. We never had a written agreement because we were supposed to be friends. They convinced me to have a tracking app on my phone when I first moved in, and after I deleted it recently (because they were being hostile about me going places and not getting anything for them) she completely went off the deep end. She said my boyfriend can't visit anymore. She changed the wi-fi password and said my rent never included it (after saying the reason my rent went up $100 is because internet went up). She sent a bunch of crazy messages trying to make rules for me like writing my work schedule for them. It's like she is trying to punish me for not letting her track me. I've been trying to distance myself from them since around January because of their (mostly her) weird behavior. Sending me good morning messages with pet names and emojis. Saying "give me a hug!" and doing other things to pressure me into physical affection. She had a very weird reaction when I told her my boyfriend and I are now "official." Being super dirty and messy to the point where I can't do my 1 dish because both sides of the sink is filled with theirs, but they bitch about my 1 dish. I posted recently about it in r/relationship_advice if you look at my post history you can get more detail on how they are. I know the 'roommate agreement' they want me to sign is going to include a bunch of their rules that are completely overbearing to ask of a roommate. I really feel as if they are trying to treat me like their girlfriend or child. I plan on refusing to sign the agreement. They said in a message "Oh and don't worry about it we're not going to evict you just as long as you sign the roommate agreement and pay rent on time." So obviously they are going to have her mom evict me if I don't do it. I was wondering, is it possible to even be evicted in NC right now? I don't want to sign it either way, but I want to know what to expect. TL:DR; Roomies (27F, 27M) that were supposed to be my (26F) friends have been trying to treat me like their girlfriend and are mad that I am not going along with it anymore. They want me to sign a roommate agreement after not having one and I plan to refuse. Are they able to evict me with the current situation going on? (NC, USA) [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 16 May 2020 07:24 PM PDT In May of 2019, I was told by my supervisor I "needed to be careful about how I was dressing at work," as some female coworkers approached her and wondered why I was wearing so many dresses and styling my hair nicely. She told me this a week after one male coworker told me I "looked sexy" and another male coworker kissed me on the cheek. I went to HR, and our HR supervisor told me that I always dressed very professionally and had done noting wrong. I have this all in writing. Our HR supervisor lost his job a few months ago. Recently I got a text message from a male coworker who said I "needed to watch my back" as several women at work were talking about a photo I posted online wearing a swimsuit. This was not an inappropriate photo and I violated no work rules. He refused to tell me who was talking about me. I've been getting random friend requests from fake accounts that these female coworkers made. I have no proof who these women I work with are, but I have very strong suspicions. Honestly I feel like I'm being harassed. I'm at home because our building is shut down due to COVID and it feels like a very hostile work environment. Am I wrong to feel that these women are harassing me? Is my male coworker threatening me? I'm scared to talk to our new HR person because I don't want to seem like I'm causing problems, but I don't want to continue to be bullied. I don't want to lose my job. What should I do? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 16 May 2020 05:55 AM PDT So this happened this morning as I was on my (27m) way to work. I noticed a letter taped to my door from my neighbor claiming that the massive pine tree in the SW corner near our property is actually ours and that the previous tenants moved the fence when it was built to hide it. There is also supposedly trash left over from them in that corner. The letter was saying it was our responsibility to clean the trash as well as either trim or cut down the tree. We have lived at this house for 2.5 years and this is the first time hearing about it so I'm a bit suspicious about this and want to know what actions can I take to: 1) make sure that I am not getting scammed by them to do their property management 2) sue if possible the old tenants for lying if the claims are true 3) proceed to get a tree cut down that is not accessible via my property due to the fence that is supposedly placed in the wrong spot. I am more than willing to do this and probably would have not questioned it if the person just asked me casually instead of threatening us at first contact. I plan on doing my own investigation into my property line and the supposed trash prior to responding to this guys letter. Any advice would be greatly appreciated Edit: I am in Georgia. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 16 May 2020 12:03 PM PDT [CO] my spouse and I rented an apartment in CO with a 12 month lease from Feb 2019- Feb 2020. Around May of 2019 I found out that I got a job in WA and we were starting the process to move. Because we were planning on moving only a few months into our lease, we had to either pay the penalty of ending our lease early or essentially find someone to take over the lease. After talking to their leasing staff, we had come to the agreement that if we found someone to take over our lease, we could use a roommate addendum to allow my spouse and I to transfer all legal responsibility to a willing party. If you're unfamiliar with a roommate addendum, it means that we can legally add someone onto our lease as a roommate and then said roommate would remove my spouse and I as residents accepting the remainder of the lease. In the state of CO, a roommate addendum voids any preexisting lease which means that my spouse and I wouldn't have any legal obligation to this apartment or to the third party. This form is often used in situations where you have a roommate that you don't want anymore, but they're on the lease. Well anyways, fast forward to a few weeks before we move (June 2019) and we find a willing third party to take over our lease. We explain the whole situation to this person and they agree to be added as a roommate onto our lease and then within the same sitting, remove my spouse and I and accept all legally responsibility for the remainder of the lease. It should also be noted that this person had to apply to the apartment complex, they had to meet all of the rental criteria, and then in person, fill out the roommate addendum with us there. Anything past that is fully between the third party and the apartment complex. We transferred keys to this person and went on our way. Now fast forward to a few days ago. My spouse and I both get a notification that an account has been added to collections. We pull up our credit reports and it appears that a past due balance of almost 8k has been put into collections from this apartment complex. Assuming it must have been a mistake, we try to contact the third party that took over our lease. Immediately, this person blocks us on all social media platforms and begins to refuse to have any contact with us. I then call the apartment complex and explain the whole situation and they advised that because the account already went into collections, our file is on an offsite storage unit and we are "going to have to be patient" until they're able to find it and verify that there's a copy of the roommate addendum. In the last few days I have contacted the apartment complex numerous times and if I'm lucky to have them answer the call, they give me some bullshit answer about how they haven't looked into it yet. Through this, I have also tried to contact their property management company and it's owned by a private company led by a woman who doesn't have contact information literally anywhere. I was able to track her down on LinkedIn, but she's also not responding to my messages. To summarize, here's a breakdown of the situation: -Spouse and I rented an apartment w/ 12 month lease (CO) -We needed to break our lease and worked with the complex to legally break it using a roommate addendum -We found a third party willing to take over our lease and with approval, this person took over the remaining 7-8 months -Almost a year later, my spouse and I receive a notification that an account from this apartment has gone into collections -We start contacting third party and apartment and almost immediately either got ignored, or were given an answer to just be patient -We were never notified about this account prior to it going to collections including a move out statement, a past due balance, email or phone call. This account was never visible on either credit report for my spouse and I and we had literally no knowledge of any of it until the other day -We unfortunately do not have a copy of the roommate addendum (stupid, we know) but have the entire conversation with third party starting at their initial inquiry all the way to the last words of where the apartment keys are located -We've reported the account that went into collections as "not our account" back to the 3 credit bureaus If you've made it this far and are wondering why does this all matter? Well my spouse and I just recently applied to a new apartment here in WA and we were denied b/c of the account that went into collections. Both of our credit scorers dropped over 20 points each and this whole situation has royally fucked up our lives in less than a week that it's been brought to our attention. Please help. [link] [comments] |
| My employer is trying to file a voluntary resignation without my consent. (CA) Posted: 16 May 2020 01:38 PM PDT I was furloughed from a management position at the the beginning of this pandemic and my employer has recently sent me an offer of rehire. The offer is for an entry level part time position with a $7.50 per hour pay cut and a 100+ mile commute (round trip) and no additional benefits. I really don't think I can afford to accept this offer as I was only just making ends meet in my previous position. My additional concern is that if I do not accept this offer within seven days they said they will file my termination as a voluntary resignation, which could make it so I no longer qualify for unemployment insurance. I'm not sure how to handle this but it was my understanding from hiring and firing employees in my previous position that it is illegal for an employer to file a voluntary resignation without the consent of the employee. Also I am in California if that helps at all. Thank you in advance and I hope you are all doing well. [link] [comments] |
| My boyfriend (23M) has sent our sex tapes to his friends. Posted: 16 May 2020 09:11 PM PDT My boyfriend (23M) has sent our sex tapes to his friends, from what I know only 2 other men have the tape. He claims to have sent it to the group chat by accident but I honestly don't believe him. I've already kicked him out and told him to not contact me but the damage is done already. (I am a 23 y/o female) I don't know what I can do legally since I did consent to recording it although I DID NOT CONSENT to him sending it to anyone. I'm scared that everyone will see it or that he or one of his friends will post it. Is there anyway I can sue him or at least scare him using the justice system? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 16 May 2020 10:00 AM PDT It came up when my son said he was going to confront his molester and tell him he forgives him and ask him why he did it. Needless to say, I was ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATED. The very worst part of all of this is my son thought I KNEW! He thought their dad or his sister had told me years ago. Another huge problem I have is that my ex did NOTHING and let the girlfriend and molester stay for another year or two. The kid went after my daughter even after he was caught! I don't know where to start, what to say, who to contact. I'm pissed off at all of them, even my kids, for keeping this from me. I want satisfaction. You guys can't begin to imagine the bullshit my ex put me through when I came to my kids. Finding all this out now sends me to dark places. The events took place in Delaware from 2004-2007 [link] [comments] |
| I was forced into a new job title and pay type by my employer. Posted: 16 May 2020 08:35 PM PDT I've worked for a large corporation for 9.5 years. The first 7.5 years were in the retail branch, 6.5 of those in management. About 2 years ago, I accepted what was basically an admin assistant role in an outside sales (pretty much door to door) channel. About 6 months into that role I was asked to share information about a manager in an internal ethics investigation. The manager was aware of the investigation and had an idea I participated. He told multiple employees that he was going to end my career as a result and told me I was being surplussed/laid off as he was moving my role to to a different location 12 hours away. The investigation and HR branch became aware of this retaliation and prevented him from laying me off. They did, however, allow him to move the location of the role and made me a floating (substitute) admin assistant, meaning I filled in for other admin assistants. They justified this by saying there were more sales opportunities in the new location. They also assigned me a new supervisor. There were 3 floating admin assistants total. After a year and a half of success in the floating role, about 2.5 months ago I received a phone call telling me that the floating admin assistant positions were being eliminated. I was not given the option to take a severance payout. I was told I had to transition into a door to door sales position in the same channel. My pay went from straight hourly to 70% salary, 30% commission. The new pay they are giving me will result in around a $7000 per year pay cut as I can no longer make overtime, not to mention what I will lose if I don't hit 100% commission. The regular admin positions (the position I had prior to my boss's retaliation) were not affected. I have severe concerns about my abilities to be successful in this role, which started today. The sales duties are in no way similar to the administrative duties I had before and are not a good match for my skill set. I'm in Montana. Do I have any ground to challenge any of this legally, especially considering that my job role changed as a result of participating in an investigation? Is it worth consulting an attorney? If I was still a regular (non-floating) admin assistant I wouldn't have had to change. Thanks for any advice you have! [link] [comments] |
| Roommate is an "occupant" who will not leave Posted: 16 May 2020 03:07 PM PDT I have a roommate who moved in October 2019. She is not a co leasee. She is defined as an occupant in the state of Pennsylvania. Since she has moved in, my life has been a living hell. I have no moral issues against pot but you are not allowed to smoke it in our complex. It's specifically in the lease; no pot and no cigarette smoking in the apartment. And she does both. I've lived here for 5 years and never received a complaint. Since she has moved in, I have received 3 official complaints from the complex. She has also received a complaint for de wiring all the smoke detectors from the ceiling. On March 21, she gave me a 60 days notice she is moving out via Facebook Private message. I have a screenshot of this. I told her that her time is running out and she needs to be out by June 1 as I have a new roommate moving in. She refuses to move out. Do I have any legal grounds to have her removed? Does my complex have any legal grounds to have her removed? [link] [comments] |
| Could I install a security camera to check that my landlords aren’t illegally entering my home? Posted: 16 May 2020 12:20 PM PDT First off, my landlords have a long history of shitty behavior with me and my neighbors. They called the cops on the black couple who lives next to me for smoking cigarettes once, claiming they thought it was weed. They're like 85 years old and don't believe COVID is real, just to paint you a picture of what they're like. They frequently show up at my door for literally no reason. I have a chronic health condition and they say it's to "check on me." I've come home before to things being slightly out of place like something moved on my counter or the blinds shut when they were open before I left. I have no way of proving they came in obviously but that's my suspicion because no one else has a key to my place and I live alone with no pets. They also will sit in the parking lot where I live or park behind the fence line and watch their tenants. I know they do this because I've seen their cars and they will text me when they're out there if they see something I'm doing that they don't like (it's usually to close the back door which I keep open to watch birds). Since the pandemic, I have set stricter boundaries for obvious reasons and this INFURIATES them. I no longer answer the door for them if it's something they can tell me over text or a phone call (it always is). All of a sudden they want to come "inspect for mold" themselves, not with an environmental inspector or anything and I told them that it can wait until this subsides. As I said, they think the coronavirus is a hoax and never wear masks or any PPE and my health condition puts me at a high risk for it. They retaliated with me saying no to this by removing my back gate and part of the fence. They said they were doing this to all of their properties, but this was a month ago and I'm still the only one they've done it to. I filed a police report when this happened because this seemed like harassment (especially with all of the other shit that they do) and was told "interactions between a landlord and tenant don't count as harassment." What has pushed me over the edge was them calling me mentally ill because I won't leave my house or let them in during this pandemic. They left a letter outside of my door yesterday which had mental health organizations on it and then told me that I'm being delusional and a hypochondriac. I feel like everything they've been doing is illegal and definitely unethical, but after being told by law enforcement that it wasn't makes it hard to do anything concrete to stop it. I've been thinking of getting a security camera anyway and was wondering if I caught them driving by or sitting in the parking lot all day if that would be any better as proof of them harassing and illegal coming into my place. I live in KY, USA and would appreciate any advice or help on this. Thanks!! TL;DR- could a security camera help me prove that my landlords are harassing me? [link] [comments] |
| (MA/TX) 10 year divorce process or is my boyfriend not being honest Posted: 16 May 2020 04:59 PM PDT Hi! So this is sort of an odd question but I figured it's worth a shot. My boyfriend got married 11 years ago when he was 18. They split up after 6-8 months from what I've been told. He was in Texas at the time (where she lives) and moved back to Massachusetts afterwards. They have no property together or cars or any other assets. No child custody to worry about. He says she is refusing to sign all the paperwork and he has been trying for 10 years. He says he has a lawyer down in Texas figuring it out. I have zero experience with divorce nor do I know anyone who's been through the process. However, if he wanted a divorce, she can't just deny it to him. He said it's really complicated being in two different states. It just seems insane to me that a divorce with no children or shared assets could take 10 years! I've tried getting the truth out of him but this is all he gave me. I know no one knows the specific situation but does this sound realistic? Are divorces over state lines really that complicated? Any legal perspective would greatly help Thank you [link] [comments] |
| Parents stole $3,000 from my bank account, 17F and don’t want to give it back. Posted: 16 May 2020 12:27 PM PDT So I have saved up around $1,000 in my savings and I got the $1,200 from unemployment plus my $600 everyone receive and I've been getting around $117 every week. The unemployment insurance claimed they want my money back, because I'm in high school. This doesn't exactly make sense to me because even though I am technically in high school, I take college classes through PSEO. Ontop if that I turn 18 in about 10 days, so the $1,200 I receive I will get to keep regardless because even if they have it to me early I'll be an adult soon anyway and they haven't asked for the $1,200 back or the $600. Separate from this, I had ran away for around a month for my own personal reasons, and lived with my friends family who provided me everything I could have possibly needed and her mom even offered me a job at her work, help pay for a car, making allowances from chores etc. I plan on moving back in when I'm 18, I ended up getting myself caught and going home. I ended up leaving again and I'm waiting out the days till I'm 18 to go back, because I do not want them to get into any legal trouble. My parents took the $1,800 all out of my bank account almost instantly when I got it, this was when I was staying with my friend. They claimed it was because they could get in trouble by allowing me to use my money while running away. They took the money out of my account and transferred it into their account. The second time I ended up running away was because they figured out when I was 18 I was going to go back home, they knew this bc my friend only dropped off a few things while I waited out a month. From this my mom took everything of mine, phone, laptop etc. She told me I had to stay in the room until I was 18 and eat and drink I'm there, everything, and proceeded to look through my room for drugs because I've been taking too long in the bathroom and it's suspicious. Of course she did not find anything. Now they are refusing to give me the money back because the unemployment insurance says they overpayed me, but even if that's true I believe that's my matter to worry about when I'm 18 and not their job. My mom said I couldn't get anything back unless she sees an appeal saying I can keep the money, including my own damn savings. They are playing this game because I decided to move out of a toxic household, even though I made it clear I would visit more then once a week, would still go to high school, college etc and not become some slug. Before I left the second time, the day I left my mom told me I would be a high school drop out, despite me taking full time college classes, called me a chronic drug user, only bc I smoke weed sometimes, said I was going to get pregnant since I haven't been taking birth control pills, I'm a virgin and etc. the amount of fucked up shit they say to me, I've been depressed and suicidal for years, but I felt happiest when I was living with my friend. I felt like I had a family, I take 150 mg of Zoloft that caused me to go to 130 pounds to 110 pounds in two weeks time, keep in mine I'm a tall girl 5'8. I guess what I'm asking is can my parents keep my money from me? How would I even be able to get it back? What is you guys advice? I've been trying as hard as possible to keep fighting and etc but as someone who's been suicidal for years, I'm not afraid of death and it seems very peaceful to me. I'm left with nothing, not even a phone or close. I've been couch hopping. I don't have my own computer, due to that I failed all my college classes. Everything right now seems so worthless, and again I will say that I genuinely would just like to die because I have been through so much already that I'm tired of dealing with this fucked up world. >> I'm adopting by my sister( the one who took my money) and her husband. She straight up told me he didn't want to adopt me at first. Both my parents are dead, both died before I was 10 and I met my dad once at birth and my mom twice, she breast feed me once. They both died from heroin overdose, my dad died in a car my mom died in someone's apartment. I am just the result of some fucked up druggies who couldn't have cared less about what happened to me. My sister really didn't have a choice to adopt me, and living at home and seeing how different I'm treated compared to their actual children is just a daily reminder of my life. My sister mom has told me my entire life that my life isn't that bad, get over it etc, and even denies and invalids my feelings. As you can see this upsets me and I could go on and on. I guess I really just want to know if I will get my money back, and it really comes down to that. It will help me make up my mind I suppose. I'm going to figure out how to attach photos from the conversation of me and my mother. I also have photos of proof that my dad hacked into my phone, Apple ID and changed my password, my gmail and accessed all my passwords from their etc. Ontop of that reached out to all my friends parents saying I'm a chronic drug user etc. [link] [comments] |
| [MA] Bank not concluding $XXk check deposit fraud investigation six months later Posted: 16 May 2020 12:15 PM PDT My dad had a mortgage with MortgageBank and a checking account with BigBank. In October 2019, my dad wrote a check from his BigBank account made out to MortgageBank for $XX,XXX to pay off a mortgage. My dad put this check in the mail, addressed to MortgageBank. Somehow, an unknown Joe Schmoe came into possession of the check. Joe Schmoe presented this check to a BigBank location for cashing. BigBank cashed this check for Joe Schmoe despite the fact that it was made out to MortgageBank and this person was not MortgageBank. My dad realized this in November when he received a bank statement. He immediately reported it to BigBank. My dad filed a police report in December, and at some point emailed a copy to BigBank. BigBank began an investigation but has not come to any conclusion. My dad has periodically followed up with BigBank. There was some back and forth with no resolution. My dad filed a complaint with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency in late March. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency responded that my dad would have 60 days to get back to them once BigBank concluded their investigation. A representative of BigBank told my dad they hoped to respond by a date in early May. This representative later said they hoped to respond by a date in late May. We are not optimistic. My dad would rather not pay a lawyer $350/hour (but could). My dad briefly spoke to a lawyer who said if BigBank receives a letter from a lawyer, they may respond faster. No letter from a lawyer has been sent yet. My dad is a senior citizen. I can't help but think that BigBank is giving him the runaround waiting for him to forget about this issue, forget details that could be important, or die. Could this constitute elder financial exploitation? Are there any extra resources available for seniors? [Thankfully, my dad reports to me that he is keeping records of all communication.] My mom called the MA Attorney General's Office to inquire about the situation. She reports that they said that my dad can file a complaint and they will mediate. The complaint form has a section for stating the desired outcome or resolution. The MA Division of Banks also accepts complaints. The consumer complaint form says they cannot become involved in complaints where one is represented by an attorney. The form asks "What action by the financial institution or company would resolve this matter to your satisfaction?" For both the MA Attorney General's office and the MA Division of Banks, what would be reasonable to ask for? Should one aim (somewhat) high and expect it to get negotiated down? Or would that risk getting the complaint thrown out completely? Any insight you can offer into this situation would be very helpful! Specific things that we are wondering here:
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