Legal Advice - update - Colorado - What do I do with my house? Just leave the keys on the counter? |
- update - Colorado - What do I do with my house? Just leave the keys on the counter?
- Landlord asking for 6 months of rent upfront before signing lease in CA.
- Took in a very sick cat stray cat. 8 months later one of our neighbors is claiming that the cat is theirs.
- Suing My Wedding Photographer
- My step dad just died, my mother took care of him for years. His grown kids never visited. Now they’re kicking my mom out of their shared home in less than two weeks?!
- Neighbours pushing the boundaries
- Airline refuses to pay the seat difference and wants to force me to take a voucher
- Company mistakenly cut down 6 pine trees on my parents property.
- Rights for disabled person in hospital being refused his caretaker present
- restaurant server took my personal information
- Did this cop do anything illegal?
- I'm named on my ex husband's foreclosure
- Can my mom legally take out loans in my name??
- Ex secretly recording my phone conversations with daughter.
- [CA] We have a flea problem in our apartment. Our landlord is moving very slowly to fix it. What can we do?
- How to charge for vandalism ??
- California divorce and probate
- Is there anything I can do about this creepy guy stealing my pictures and saying we are in a relationship?
- I think my ex-employer paid me with money from a PPP loan. Can I legally cash it?
- I want to leave my wife but don’t trust her with custody of the kids.
- Required to Execute Will (GA)?
- I Need To Save My Mom From an Abuser
| update - Colorado - What do I do with my house? Just leave the keys on the counter? Posted: 10 May 2020 07:54 AM PDT I want to thank everyone for the advise on my last post and to give a brief update. I spoke to an attorney about it and she started looking into it. First thing she said is that I am still the owner and that the eviction process was never completed. She also told me there's still a lien on the house, which is where it gets interesting. My mortgage was ultimately sold to a 2nd mortgage company which no longer exists. The 2nd mortgage company that had my mortgage was absorbed by a 3rd company, which went bankrupt and collapsed. Because I've been maintaining the property and paying property taxes, coupled with no leinholder asserting their rights she believes she can get the leinholder removed from the title. So as it turns out, I may end up owning my home free and clear after all. Unfortunately she doesn't know how long everything will take, so I don't anticipate an update for a while, but thank you all! [link] [comments] |
| Landlord asking for 6 months of rent upfront before signing lease in CA. Posted: 10 May 2020 07:44 PM PDT My sisters and I are looking to lease a single family home in Glendale, CA. We submitted our application and the landlord is concerned by our financial situation. I am a graduating student and one of my sisters is unemployed, but the other has a job. We lost both our parents, but we have a beneficiary IRA worth roughly $300K each where we will be making our rent payments from. The landlord said that she is concerned that 2/3 of us are unemployed and is asking for six months upfront of rent, plus a security deposit of both the first and last month of rent, totaling close to $30K. We included our beneficiary IRA account manager's letter of explanation, showing that we have more than enough to pay. In fact, we could technically pay a year in advance. But we have read things about it being illegal for a landlord to ask for six months of rent upfront. We have been approved for another place, asking for the standard security deposit of one month of rent with no months upfront. She is the only one making these demands. The terms of our beneficiary IRA are that we must take mandatory disbursements and we can pull from the account without paying any penalties. Is it illegal for her to ask for six months upfront of rent? Even if it's not, we believe it is an unreasonable demand and will be taking another offer. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 10 May 2020 01:31 PM PDT My partner and i moved into an house in New Orleans over a year ago and we noticed a group of stray cats in the neighborhood and we found out one of our neighbors feeds them, never lets them into her house but she says the cats belong to her. A few months later one of the cats started hanging out on our porch and wouldn't leave. He was/is missing more than half of his tail, had fleas, open sores on his body and a terrible wheeze/cough. Eventually we decided to take him in. Over the next 3 months we took care of him, took him to the vets for his wheeze and wounds. On a number of occasions we would let him outside only for him to turn around and come back into the house. We allowed him to be able to leave whenever he wanted but he never left. The neighbor would comment as to how "healthy" the cat is looking when she saw him on our front porch. We found out the neighbhor had been evicted due to not paying rent on time (She told us this). She turned up today claiming the cat - we said no. The cat was still in no condition to leave as he was still wheezing. We had a shouting match at the door and claiming that "the cat has been living out here for 10 years!" She tried to push past us to get into our house... We told her that if she can prove she owns the cat then by all means we'll give him back. We have his injuries/bills documentated should we need to go to court. What I'm worried about should she somehow prove it (not sure how she will) can she claim for more than just the cat? i.e any monetary losses? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 10 May 2020 05:50 AM PDT I need to sue my wedding photographer/videographer because it's been a year and a half since my wedding and she never delivered my wedding video or half of my photos. We had a contract that said like 6-8 weeks for photos and video and it's been way past that. (Our wedding was 9/16/18) I haven't heard from her in months and I have tried reaching out a few times a month for a year with no reply. We paid in full 7 months before the wedding. Our main priority is to get the rest of the photos and the video or at least all the raw footage. If that's not possible (like if the video and photos are lost or damaged) then we would like a refund. My parents said we should take her to small claims court, but she lives in Idaho and we are in Oregon. So I don't really know how that works. She has a lot of reviews on her google review page and BBB profile that have very similar stories to mine from the last year or so. (After we hired her.) What is the process for small claims court in another state and should I pay for a lawyer? Any advice would be appreciated, thank you. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 10 May 2020 08:18 PM PDT Please, forgive typing and format issues as I'm so hurt and sick right now. Step dad left estate in NV, to youngest daughter and son. Begged them on his death bed to take care of my mom. My mother and him didn't get married but they were together over 15 years. With the last few having my mother split time helping me, due to chronic illness, and him with his heart failure. It's been hard but we did it as a family. She was told after he died that they couldn't sell the house for at least a year. Now this weekend the daughter went into the home, ransacked through stuff without my mother there, and took a bunch of stuff. Not only ruining mom's self quarantine, as our state isn't open yet, but also throwing things of my mother's into trash bags with trash. After my mom carefully packed up photos and comic books they wanted. Today they called together and informed her she needs to be packed up and out by the 21st. They have to renovate and sell now. They were very cruel with the way they spoke to my mother who's still reeling from the loss. I know everyone grieves differently but it's hard to see their grief when they barely spoke to their father for years. Now that there's money on the line and a way to have power they are the most involved people. I just feel this is so wrong and want to know what, if anything, her rights are in this situation? She's being left a used car and a little bit of money, we were informed she could use to rent storage for her stuff. But the rush just seems so wrong. Thanks for any info. [link] [comments] |
| Neighbours pushing the boundaries Posted: 10 May 2020 11:03 AM PDT Moved in to my current residence in British Columbia, Canada about 2 years ago. Our neighbours loved the previous owners and were very good friends, they mention it all the time. About a year in, they approach us saying that our fence is 6 inches in to their yard and they'd like it moved / rebuilt sometime. They had mentioned it to the previous owner who just left the fence as is (our neighbour says previous owner couldn't afford to move it so they let it go). Fast forward to now. After not mentioning the fence since that first time they are now going hard on the issue 'we will help' 'we notice you're not on that side, might as well do it now' 'materials are cheap' etc. My questions are: Should the fence have been disclosed at time of purchase? (Were previous owners legally obligated to tell us if they knew?) Am I legally obligated to move it? (I believe the first step will be to have the property line surveyed... and if the fence is over and they're still crying over these inches, I'm willing to do it. Just really don't have the desire to with the way they've approached it) I'm surprised at their desire to have this done now when the fence has been there many years. Any help with my questions is greatly appreciated! [link] [comments] |
| Airline refuses to pay the seat difference and wants to force me to take a voucher Posted: 10 May 2020 12:27 PM PDT Back in February, I bought a flight from Mexico City to Los Angeles for my wife in economy plus. She got downgraded to basic economy without being told so at check-in. She only realized it once she boarded and saw the seat. I called the airline but they said it was too late to do anything, and that I should file a complaint. That was on Feb 28. Once my wife arrived, I wrote to the airline (Aeromexico) to complain and they reply back on March 4th, offering to either take a voucher for the price difference or a cash refund equivalent. I took the cash option and sent back my credit card, passport copy, and other documents they requested on March 30. On April 30, Aeromexico writes back saying that due to Coronavirus they can only offer a voucher. I tell them immediately I don't want the voucher because I'm not planning to travel. Today, they write back saying that basically it's my only option: " Thank you for your reply.We are sorry to know about your reluctance.Unfortunately due to the Coronavirus crisis we can only provide the compensation in the form of a transportation service voucher.I will be looking forward to your acceptance of this settlement.Best regards, " Is this legal, and do I have any recourse? [link] [comments] |
| Company mistakenly cut down 6 pine trees on my parents property. Posted: 10 May 2020 01:38 PM PDT So about a year and a half ago, a neighbor of my parents hired a company to come out and cut down some trees on their property. Unfortunately, they also cur down 6-7 pine trees on my parent's property. My mom was heartbroken as it blocked visibility from neighbors and created the illusion of isolation. We live in Indiana and I was wondering if there was any monetary restitution that they could seek. [link] [comments] |
| Rights for disabled person in hospital being refused his caretaker present Posted: 10 May 2020 07:54 PM PDT My family is dealing with a really difficult situation and we are wondering if anyone has any ideas or people to contact. My uncle who is disabled from a brain stem injury and fully dependent on my mom - his caretaker, translator (she reads his lips), and decision maker regarding his health - had to go to Swedish Hospital in Edmonds, Washington for an emergency kidney stone operation. He's in there alone and they refuse to let my mom in. He's been there for a few days now, and keep in mind he has brain damage and can't communicate on his own and she is legally his decision maker, and they won't let her in to be with him. People giving birth get one support person to be with them so why can't my uncle have his one person that has taken care of him for 30 years be there with him? It also says on their visitor policy page that people with my uncles conditions are allowed their advocate / support person. She keeps reading them this but they are ignoring her still. The hospital social worker is no help either. He's extremely high risk for getting an Pneumonia from aspirating due to swallowing issues. AND he's in a double room with someone else. This is why they say my mom can't come in. But can't they move him to a single room? Also this is putting him at a greater risk of exposure to Covid from that person he's sharing a room with (my uncle is so high risk for this). I've heard over and over the hospitals are empty. He can't communicate to the nurses if he is in pain or uncomfortable because they don't know how to communicate with him and my mom isn't there to be the middle man. They let her in for one hour. She could tell that he was visibly uncomfortable and under stress, while the nurses, who don't even know him said he was fine and relaxed. They literally threatened to call the police on my mom because she is insisting to be let in there. She doesn't care if once she goes in she has to stay, which sounds like that's the policy for pregnancies. Anyways the hospital is blatantly refusing my uncle to have his caretaker and decision maker present to make sure he is being properly cared for (for example they were about to give him medicine by liquid in his mouth which would have caused him to aspirate). At this point my mom is getting so frustrated because he could very well get even more sick from staying in there without her taking care of him - he's very special needs. Any guidance or resources would be much appreciated. [link] [comments] |
| restaurant server took my personal information Posted: 10 May 2020 08:40 PM PDT Hi! So today I placed an online order at a restaurant through my phone. I have an rewards account with this restaurant, so my name/phone number/email is in their system. I did curbside pickup and an employee brought my food out. 5 hours later, I get a text from the employee that brought my food out, saying he got my number from the system & asked me out. I am just wondering if this is legal? (location: Tennessee) thanks! [link] [comments] |
| Did this cop do anything illegal? Posted: 10 May 2020 04:10 AM PDT Hi all, I'm a 16m and my brother is a 12m. Earlier today my brother and I went for a walk around our neighborhood, we went on this really small neighborhood trail that goes through maybe a 1/2 mile max. My brother and I get to the end of the trail and we hear someone walking up on the trail towards us. A guy comes up on the trail finally around the corner and he's maybe late 20s, bald, really fit, with his hand on his gun that's on the outside of his waistband. He's wearing jeans, and like a workout/ spandex shirt. He walks towards us with his hand on his gun and asks us who we are and what we are doing there. I tell him we went on a walk to get fresh air and to get out of the house for a little. He says were not allowed to be there. I told him were sorry, we didnt know this was private property/ we'd been walking this trail our whole lives. He said theres a new law that only people that live in the neighborhood gets to walk along the trail. I said our address is at (...) which is on the block. He looked frustrated and his tone shifted from more "concerned/ assertive" to angry. He then pulled his gun out from his holster and pointed in our direction towards the ground. He then said, "you guys should be lucky that I'm a cop and that from a far I could see you guys are kids and that phone you were holding was a phone and not a gun." (I'd been texting on my phone while walking on the trail earlier) I really didnt know what to say, i just laughed and said yeah. I laughed because I was extremely uncomfortable and I really dont know what he meant at the moment. He then told us to follow him back to the road and he was going to call the police. He put his gun away, and we followed him, but I kept telling him, you can call our mom, and I told him we can literally walk up the street, our house is about 5 houses away from the trail head and that he can talk to our mom. We got to the trailhead. And there was a group of people (3ish people?) standing in front of the house across the street of the trailhead. It's like they were waiting for us to return? He then asked me if I had an ID. I gave him drivers license and my school ID (I know I should've given him my ID sooner but I literally just got my ID 2 months ago and wasnt thinking clearly cause I was honestly pretty freaked out). He then said he needed to run my drivers license number in his phone. A minute goes by and he says "okay you're free to go" and he walks towards the group of people. I ask my brother if he wants to go back but then he started crying and I'd realized he must have peed his pants while walking back. So we went home. Now my brother and I have been arguing all day about whether we should tell our mom. My brother is embarrassed about peeing his pants. And he still thinks if we tell our mom about today that shell call the cops to report the incident and then well get in trouble for "trespassing" from the cops because they'll follow up and maybe it is true that now that area is private property. I keep telling him we WERENT trespassing and if we were we would have gotten in trouble then and there and if it so happens to be private property now we TRULY didnt know. On the otherhand we both agree and are nervous about telling our mom and then her calling the cops to try and report him and then police getting mad at us for wasting police time or blaming us for making it up. He didnt hurt us. He just pulled his gun out and pointed it towards us on the ground. But there was no one around to see/ no proof. The only witnesses we have is the people in the house across the street from the trailhead (who we now assume called the police/ maybe he lives there and is a cop??) But all what they saw was him taking my ID. Also my brother and I agree that were not sure if he even did anything wrong. Apart of me is extremely ANGRY for how he handled his firearm considering were literally young teenagers going on a walk on a neighborhood trail and he treated us like we were doing drugs or stealing or causing damages or hurting someone. It was bizarre. Did the cop even do anything wrong? Is my brother and I being over dramatic? Should we tell our mom and try to report him/ is there anything to even report? Should my brother and I just let it go and move on? Also, was he even a cop? I told my girlfriend about the situation and she said she thinks he probably wasnt even a cop??? Also my gf says that she thinks what he said to us was sort of a weird threat about possibly shooting us and should be reported?? Thanks. Also before anyone accuses me of being anti cop our dad was in the Marines for 15 years before he passed away a couple years ago. So I have 100% respect for cops and military. But I feel extremely uncomfortable by this situation and I dont know what to do. This happened in San Diego suburbs, CA btw if it makes any difference. [link] [comments] |
| I'm named on my ex husband's foreclosure Posted: 10 May 2020 03:27 PM PDT My ex and I divorced ten years ago. During our divorce settlement, he was required to either sell or refinance our house within three years. When three years came up, he asked me to give him a break until our youngest child finished high school; he was 16 at this time. I informally agreed, ie I did not sue him, for the next two years. That was stupid. Two more years go by and he does not sell or refinance. I was in the process of relocating to another state at this time so I didn't sue him then either. I kept telling him he needs to refinance and I do not want my name on his mortgage, I want this over with, especially because he missed mortgage payments often so my credit is now shit. He tells me I need to sign a quit claim deed so he can sell or refinance. I was not able to travel back halfway across the country to do that, so I gave my youngest POA and he signed it under my name. (He was 21 at the time.). Nothing happened. I want to buy a new house but can't because I'm still on his mortgage. Cut to 2019. He has completely defaulted on his mortgage and they are foreclosing the house. I could not even get in contact with my ex, he would not talk to me or any of his family members. The attorneys can't even find him in order to serve him. I have no idea what is happening, I only found out he wasnt dead because he talked to my youngest when he asked if he had died. I kept getting letters about the suit, finally in January of this year I got served (they mailed the papers down here). He is named as the "primary" defendant but I'm named too. Is there anything I can do to get off of this? My name was supposed to be off the mortgage 7 years ago per our divorce agreement. (I have heard nothing since, probably because of Corona). Btw I am posting on behalf of my mom, I'm the youngest mentioned in the story. Also the state the mortgage is in is Pennsylvania [link] [comments] |
| Can my mom legally take out loans in my name?? Posted: 10 May 2020 09:22 AM PDT My parents got divorced when is was twelve. As a part of their divorce decree, each parent had to pay half of my undergrad that wasn't covered by scholarships. Years pass and I (17 at the time) finally have the chance to go to college. For the first semester, my dad pays for his portion in cash and my mom takes out a subsidized/unsubsidized loan in my name. This pattern continues throughout my undergrad with the only change being that my dad shifts from paying in cash to paying via ParentPlus loans. Now I (20) have finished my undergrad and am on my own for grad school. I will have to take out loans to live (because college doesn't pay enough for you to live off of). Two days ago, an argument happened between me and my mom and I got kicked out of the house. I am concerned that she may tell me that I have to pay for the loans that she took out in my name. Is what my mom did legal?? Edit: I and my mom live in Alabama if that determines anything. [link] [comments] |
| Ex secretly recording my phone conversations with daughter. Posted: 10 May 2020 12:42 PM PDT [California] - Found out today that my ex-wife is secretly recording my FaceTime calls with my daughter using her boyfriend's phone. I normally have unmonitored visits but due to Covid we have been keeping to conversations via FaceTime. I have a snap of the phone in recording mode that I took when my daughter showed me. She's only 7 but she believes the phone has been in the room during most of our conversations the last few months. I've contacted my family court lawyer. Anything else I should do? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 10 May 2020 12:39 PM PDT My SO and I have lived in a small 1-bedroom apartment in California, in a fairly small building (6 units total), for a few years. About 6 months ago, we noticed fleas in our apartment. We have no pets and all hardwood/tile floors, but we thought at the time that the fleas were due to a friend's dog coming into our apartment one time for about 30 minutes. (We're now almost certain the dog visit was unrelated, for reasons laid out below.) For about 4 months after that, the fleas appeared sporadically. We'd have a week with a lot of them, we'd vacuum and clean intensely, then we'd find none for about a week, then we'd see them again later. It's also worth pointing out that I never seem to get bit (or never notice getting bit), but my SO's bites swell up and itch instantly, so she's been miserable dealing with this for months. Because we thought the dog visit was the original problem (and because that dog visit may have been against the rules of the building, though somewhat unclear), we paid to have a company come out and spray the apartment for fleas on our dime rather than bothering our landlords. We followed the instructions, picking up everything off of the floor except furniture and vacating the unit for 4 hours while they sprayed and let it dry. We saw no fleas for about 3 days, but after that they were back, despite the fact that we vacuumed thoroughly every day and emptied the canister in the dumpster outside immediately each time. We contacted the pest control company and had them come out and take another look. They confirmed that we still have fleas (and that they were actually fleas and not another insect), and after looking at our unit and the building, they said the likelihood was very high that there was a host or hosts elsewhere in the building. This could be rodents or other animals crawling into the openings under the building, or a cat or dog in another unit. This is where we finally brought our landlords into the loop. The building owner lives in one of the units, and we see him around, but we're really supposed to go through the property management company for maintenance requests (though this was ambiguous -- the owner seemed to like us coming directly to him with these things in the past). The pest control company wrote me out an estimate for them to take care of potential rodents under the building, and asked me to give it to the property managers so they could contact him and pay to have it taken care of. Here's an overview of what's happened since then (if you don't want details, you can skip these bullet points for a brief summary):
The bottom line is: as of yesterday, our building owner was telling us that he wants us to be "comfortable" and doesn't want us to leave, while still strongly implying that none of this was their fault and that we weren't doing enough to ensure that the fleas would actually be gone. He frequently asks us if we're harboring an animal, even though we're absolutely not. (I haven't informed anyone that we did have that dog visit once, for 30 minutes, 6 months ago, because it should be painfully obvious that the problem had nothing to do with that, and yet somehow I don't think they would respond well to hearing about that.) I informed them that my SO is in pain, with dozens of bites on her legs and thighs and no end to the problem in sight, and they seem to be responding by telling me that if spraying my apartment doesn't cause them to go away, they there's just no way to fix the problem. I also informed them that we have a few weeks more of this before we're gonna move out and find somewhere else to live, but we've been looking and it's extremely slim pickings in our area right now, for obvious reasons. Also, I would feel awful if someone else moved into this apartment and had to deal with this problem, along with a property management company that has no interest in fixing it. What are my options here? In California, if our apartment has a flea infestation and it's not our fault, aren't they legally responsible for fixing it? Is there any way I could contact the city or the county to force them to actually do something about it? If they just keep blaming us for not "following the rules" of the flea spray service, despite not being told about them in the first place, do we have no recourse? And if we do end up moving out and living somewhere without a flea infestation, how can I hold their feet to the fire to ensure that no one else has to deal with this awful problem? (Also, if folks have experience with pest control and dealing with fleas, if we've been sprayed 3 times in 2 months, vacuumed and emptied outside every day, is it still normal to keep seeing fleas all over? Is having some of the baseboards covered really the problem? How are fleas getting in our toilet just minutes after we flush it and see it void of fleas??) Thank you in advance! Edit: One other question: I've heard that in California you need to give 30 days notice before vacating a unit if the lease is month to month, which ours is. I've also heard that you don't need to give any notice if your landlord fails to fulfill legal responsibilities affecting our health and safety as tenants. Would that apply here? Do we need to meet a burden of proof if we leave in fewer than 30 days? How does it work? [link] [comments] |
| How to charge for vandalism ?? Posted: 10 May 2020 08:14 AM PDT My boyfriend's (18M) ex (18F) keyed my car. I (18F) am staying at a hotel in Florida. She broke my right back light, and keyed the back, passenger's side, and really did a number on my driver's door, as well as keying 'bitch' in the back. I asked the hotel front desk worker about it, and it turns out she also went into the hotel and asked for a key card to my room. I called the police and they saw her on camera keying my car - but you can only see her arm moving, not her hand on my car. They said that because its not 'clearly' her (you can very much make out the license plate of the car she drove) and her hand cant be seen directly on my car, that I couldnt press charges. However, she has been harrassing us for some time, this is just the first time it has gone physical. So my question is, would this seriously hold up if I charged her for it in court and could I get it on her record - or is it a lost cause ? [link] [comments] |
| California divorce and probate Posted: 10 May 2020 08:32 PM PDT Hi, I've had a hell of a past 2 years. Roughly two years ago my mother passed away with no will. My sister and I are the only two heirs left to inherit my mothers estate. About a year after she passed away i married my wife. Well one year into my marriage we are now separated and are considering getting a divorce. My sister and I have not been too active in pushing probate and have not really officially started probate. We have an attorney selected, but haven't started the process with them. I was wondering how all this will go down. Is my wife entitled to any of my late mothers estate if she passed away before we were married? Would it be best to settle things with my wife before settling the estate? I currently live and was married in California, however my mother passed away in a different state that is not California. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 10 May 2020 06:12 PM PDT I'm 14. Some guy stole pictures of me off Instagram. My profile was public but I just set it to private. This guy photoshopped himself into my pictures. It actually looks like we took the picture together. He used some filter over it. I don't know this guy, personally. He did go to my school, was in the grade above me and never talked to me, I just saw him in the hallways, never had any classes or anything with him. He moved out of state two years ago. I never talked to him or friended him anywhere. I don't know why he did this. There is also a fake account with my pictures that goes by a fake name that also DM's him. He posted some birthday shoutout for me using the photoshopped pics (it's not my birthday, my bday is in November) and said I can't believe we've been in a relationship for almost a year. I found The picture Today under the quarantinelife hashtag and it has almost 400 likes. I asked people from my school if they know about it and none of them knew he was doing this. None of my friends remember his name either (it's not on the Instagram account) they recognize the face though. They think he's buying likes. How do I get this to stop? [link] [comments] |
| I think my ex-employer paid me with money from a PPP loan. Can I legally cash it? Posted: 10 May 2020 04:00 PM PDT Okay so I'm normally a lurker and I just read previous posts to answer my questions, but this is a pretty unique situation. I live in a small town in Wisconsin and for the past three years I have worked at the same local theater. It's a very small movie theater that doesn't get much business. I quit this year in the middle of March because I felt unsafe working with COVID-19 going around in the US. I handed in my letter of immediate resignation on March 18th and explained the situation to my manager and went my own way. Today, in the mail, I received what I assumed was my last paycheck since they never mailed it to me and I never went to pick it up since the building was closed. When I opened it, it was a check for way more than I should have been paid for my last 2 weeks. When I looked a bit closer, I realized the check was from the PPP loan they must have been approved for to keep paying their employees. It's quite a small check (under $400) but it would be very helpful right now. I texted my old manager right away to explain that I thought it was a mistake. The conversation went as follows: OP: "Hey, so I just got a check in the mail from the theater. I'm assuming it's from the small business loan thing, but I don't think I should have gotten one. I just wanted to let you know since I think it's a mistake. Just let me know what to do with it." MANAGER: "It's not a mistake as far as I know" And that leaves us here. Am I legally allowed to cash this check? I could really use the money right now but I technically quit so I don't work there anymore. The only reason I could think of for me getting this is that my manager never officially turned in my letter of resignation. The place is run pretty poorly and it's a very small place so it isn't run very professionally. We don't have an HR department and I don't even have my actually boss's number as he is a pretty laissez-faire guy. TLDR: Got a check (from the PPP loan I'm assuming) after quitting my job at a very small local theater. Tried to do the right thing but my manager told me it's not a mistake. Can I legally cash the check? Or will I have to pay it back? [link] [comments] |
| I want to leave my wife but don’t trust her with custody of the kids. Posted: 10 May 2020 05:45 AM PDT I wrote a novel just before but have decided to make this really uncut and abrupt. My wife abuses me emotionally, verbally and in the a handful of times physically. We have a 3 yo and 1 yo. She has hit the 3 yo out of anger a handful of times. She has screamed at both kids for what I see as just being kids, the usual difficulties of parenting. I am petrified to leave her because I don't think anyone including my friends or family will believe the life I live and how she treats us and therefore at best I will have 50% shared custody of the kids. I can almost guarantee she will abuse the kids more and more as they get older. My kids are my everything and the reason I take the abuse almost daily so I get to see them every day and can ensure their safety. She is a great mum 90% of the time but has some mental health issues like anxiety which cause episodes which results in the abuse. The kids are also her everything and I know if I tried to leave her she would fight tooth and nail to have as close 100% custody. My honest best case scenario would be for her to go away and get better I don't care how long it took, and I would welcome her back and forgive her. What are my options?!?!? I live in Australia. [link] [comments] |
| Required to Execute Will (GA)? Posted: 10 May 2020 07:32 PM PDT My father is very ill and will likely pass away in the next few days. Other than a SEP IRA my dad has nothing titled solely in his name. My mother is the designated beneficiary of the IRA which isn't large, $50k. Everything that would go to my mom is already titled w/ rights of survivorship. My father has no debts. The will calls for everything to go to my mom. Do we need to file anything with the state? It seems pointless as there would be no assets to probate. Thanks [link] [comments] |
| I Need To Save My Mom From an Abuser Posted: 10 May 2020 08:44 AM PDT Not sure if this is the place to do this, but I can't think of anywhere else to ask. All of this is taking place in North Dakota (ND) A few years ago, my mom started dating this guy, who I'll call Jack (nowhere near his real name). I knew from the get go something wasn't right about him, but I kept my mouth shut, because he made my mom happy. Over time, however, I learned enough to confirm my fears.
By the time I got to know this guy, it was almost impossible to talk to my mom about him. She was in denial about him and what he's doing. However, in the time she was dating him, she became a horrible alcoholic. She would always call me and cry in her drunken state talking about how horrible everything was. Eventually, my mom and Jack moved halfway across the state, as Jack was offered a once-in-a-lifetime job. They packed up and took off, telling only a handful of people. Today, I called my mom to wish her a happy Mother's Day, only for the call to start with her sobbing uncontrollably. She was begging me to come get her, to take her away. Jack has been abusing her. In what way, she didn't say. But she did tell me she was scared, and desperate to get away. She said she was willing to leave everything behind, including her personal belongs, important documents, and all of mine and my brother childhood photos. I told her she needs to call the police, but they had just stopped by before I called. Jack had lied to them, telling the cops she had accidentally taken the wrong medication for her MS, causing her to be delusional. Because my mom has a criminal record of substance abuse, so they believed him. The cops told my mom if she called again, they would arrest her. I need to help her. I'm scared of what he's been doing. She has no way to get away, as she no long has a car (Jack 'borrowed' it to someone over three months ago) and she terrified of using her phone to get herself any help, as Jack will know. I need to get her out safely, along with those important documents, as she has no other way of identifying herself otherwise. I don't care about the other material things, and I hardly care for the documents, but she needs those. Anything will help at this point. UPDATE: Just got off the phone with my mom. Something happened, you could hear it. I called the cops myself. UPDATE 2: Sorry this took so long, I had to get ready for work after I posted the last update. I just got off the phone with my grandmother, who I called right before I clocked in. I told her everything that happened so she could let me know what's going on. According to her, my mom is in the hospital right now for injuries and a really high amount of alcohol in her system. At least I know she's safe for now. For those who are wondering why I didnt go get her, she is a 4-hour drive from me and I'm an essential worker. I would do anything to drive to her, but that could cost me my job, which could cost me my home. [link] [comments] |
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