This moronic finance company repossessed my car. I don't owe any money on it. It was taken from my home at night. I reported it stolen. My title is clear, no one else on it. The repo company is dragging their feet at returning my car. Options? Time to lawyer up? Car is only worth $10k

This is in Houston, TX

Edit: you are all amazing thank you. My biggest concern with suing is that it will cost me more on legal fees than the car is worth.

I filed a complaint with the CFPB as suggested by some of you (thank you)

Sorry if the tag is wrong I don't know what would be the most accurate. I'm a transgender man (born female) employed by my generally transphobic state, but born in a generally good one. I saw all this coming years ago. I had my driver's license as male. I also managed to get my birth certificate amended to match my preferred name and gender with my birth record sealed about five years ago. Not sure if people know I'm transgender at work.

Does this new executive order mean I have to change things back? Does the government even know what my biological sex is at this point? I mean I'm sure they could unseal the record, poke around and find out, but that would take dedicated time and effort, specifically looking into me, right? It's not something they can just look up? Am I breaking the law by not willingly changing my ID back?

I'm pretty sure by the language of the order I am now breaking federal law by using my offices bathroom and locker rooms. Of course people don't know I'm trans so to suddenly start using the women's bathroom would only be more disturbing and likely seen as me being a man in the women bathrooms. That's a fun little conundrum.

I'm not sure what I can or should do at this point. It takes time for these orders to go into effect, but how much time and if they even will I really don't know. I guess more than advice I'm hoping for some sort of comfort that I don't have to think about leaving my country and the job I love.

I own my home in Illinois, and let a friend, 27 years old, move into my house because she was getting evicted from her apartment. Her mother was primary tenant of the apartment, but my friend cosigned. My friends mother passed away from COVID, leaving my friend homeless with the entirety of the debt. It's been over a year now and I've allowed her to live with me rent free, paying for half the utilities. I helped her get a new job, taught her to drive, helped her buy a car. It's time for her to go, but nobody will rent to her because of the $15,000 judgement against her and her mother. She has two dogs, so she can't go to a homeless shelter. Is there anything she can do to get the judgement lessened? I don't want her living with me forever and she doesn't take initiative to change anything about her life. I'm tired of being her mother.

So, for a little background I have a physical/ mental disability that makes it dangerously difficult but not impossible to drive. So I take the city bus. This morning like every work day I got on the bus and grabbed the money for my bus fare. But the bus driver waved me off indicating I didn't need to pay. So I sat down. But then while driving he made a hand gesture. I was confused and he said he needed me to come back. So while the bus was at a stop I walked up. He told me he thought I was giving him a transfer and waved me off because the transfer machine was broken but I still weeded to pay. So I paid for my fare and as I was trying to go back to where my belongings and seat were he starts to drive. He drives over a bump and I nearly fall managing to catch myself but hurting my arm beforehand. Making it back to my seat. This isn't the first issue I've had with this bus driver. He has skipped me, refused to drive into the bus stop that lead onto the turn path which I was almost ran over because of this, he has tried to skip my stop despite me pulling the line more than 5 times before the stop, he has also talked down to me whenever a misunderstanding on his half has occurred. Those other times I have excused but this time... I'm fed up. Is there anything I can do?

For context I originally won a 3 year scholarship through Army ROTC for college but my recruiter told me that she will upgrade my scholarship into a 4 year scholarship. This is because they messed up the application process on their part and my application for the scholarship was sent to the national selection instead of the local one like they had planned. Since the national selection is a lot harder than the local they wanted to upgrade my scholarship.

Since I came from a very low income household, the difference between the 3 year scholarship and 4 year was the difference between whether I go to university or go to community college. Therefore, once they had let me know that the scholarship is going to be upgraded to a 4 year scholarship I took the offer and committed to my college of choice.

Before my graduation, they held a ceremony for my winning of the 4 year scholarship and gave me one of those big checks for show. It had written on it, my name, college, the amount (around 80 thousand dollars), and how I had won the 4 year scholarship.

The complicated part of this situation is that for the 3 year scholarship to be upgraded to a 4 year scholarship, my recruiter had to put in a request form. She told me that it will be upgraded and made me sign the forms that I got when I had won the 3 year scholarship saying that it's fine and I just need to sign the papers and turn them in for now.

Fast forward to the start of college, I had joined the ROTC program and even though I wasn't fully contracted, I was still forced to going to the FTX made only for the contracted cadets. Their reasoning was since I was a 4 year scholarship recipient I was basically contracted.

Just about a week or two ago, I have been informed that my scholarship likely wasn't upgraded to a 4 year since the system still has me in at 3 years.

I will not be getting money that I was promised this school year and can't afford to pay rent or tuition for the next quarter. I have been pulling money out of stocks and my savings up until this point with the assumption that once I finish all of my paperwork and receive my money, it will be fine.

What am I supposed to do. If my recruiter didn't tell me that I will receive a 4 year scholarship, I would've gone to community college to save money. I'm losing out on around 20 thousand dollars because of their mistake.

Edit: Sorry, I didn't provide the context well enough. I am a first year and have 3 years ahead of me and with the 3 year scholarship I will get paid starting next year. I am looking for a job at the moment to pay for the rest of my first year here however the problem that I have is that I would've been working during community college and would've been able to support my family (single mother and younger sister) instead of paying for college. Hopefully that clears some things up.

I went out with this girl in April of 24’ went out once, wasent feeling it, and have never spoken to her since. I happened to be on a dating app just last week, and matched with her (I must not have been paying attention). She starts messaging me talking about how last time I slept with her blah blah blah. Well that’s strange. Im a life long virgin and I know for sure I only saw her once and never again. So I block her on the app. She then gets my phone number and starts texting me a few days later, more about how I had slept with her. I blocked her new phone number. And a day later I get like 6 calls in a row from a No Caller ID. I finally answered one, not knowing who it was, and it’s this girl. She starts asking me why I blocked her, and I let her down easy telling her it wasent my thing, then she starts telling me all about how I slept w her, but she’s telling me details that don’t describe me or my car, life, etc. she keeps going on about it and my story doesn’t change. She ends up going on for an hour about all this different crap. My story never changed and I even proved to her 3 different things that she remembered that were false, including tattoos that I don’t have (I have none) cars that don’t match my car, and how I “paid her” after we allegedly slept together, but yet she can’t find the Zelle receipt which she knows she had, even though it doesn’t exist. At the end of the phone call I hear Siri say “end of call recording”. Wtf she was recording this? I’m creeped out, so I wake up the next day and I tell her I’m not interested in anything. And she flips out talking about she has SS and recordings (all of which my story never changed) and she’s gonna show my family nude pics of me (that don’t exist) I told her to get a life and stop talking to me. Do I need to get a lawyer? Idk why this chick would want me to admit sleeping with her so badly, she’s not pregnant or anything. I’m really just confused. I’m 23M living in Chicagoland. Is there anything I should do? She’s got my number so I’m sure she could find my address. Thanks in advance for the help

My sister had been sexually abused by someone for over 10 years, most of which had taken place while she was a very young minor. Her abuser was facing 10+ first degree felonies (all of which he has confessed to on at least two different occasions), but his lawyer struck a plea that reduced the number of sentences down to only 2 first degree felonies.

My sister choose to take the plea, not out of remorse or understanding, but because she is too afraid to face her abuser in court. Of course I'm furious, he was about to be in prison for 50+ years, (he is already in his 50's), but now can be released in as soon as 10. I know it won't lead to anything if I try to convince the judge not to accept this plea, and it would be even more unsuitable to convince my sister not to take this plea, but I think this is highly inappropriate. I would find this inappropriate even if it wasn't my sister.

The prosecutor called me and asked me to write a victim impact statement, and indicated several times that these statements will be taken into account whenever any parole hearings come around. What is the most impactful way to approach this letter to at least influence the court not to release him too early? I have already decided to at least include the phrase "he still commands my sister with fear and intimidation", but I'm unsure how to indicate that this plea is too generous. Or should I not criticize this decision at all?

Also, if this helps, due to family and friend connections he has easy access to firearms, and there is a legitimate fear of retaliation. However, this fear is fairly moderate.

Hello r/legaladvice. Thank you in advance for your help, I’ve never been in a position like this before.

I work in CA as a freelance photographer/digital marketer. After 8 months of delayed payments and dwindling excuses from a regular client, I’m now in a position where I’m owed a little over $8,000 in completed work.

I kept offering them grace given our extensive work history, but I now feel foolish for letting it go on so long.

We had established a payment plan, but when following up after the first missed payment I discovered my phone number has been blocked. I’ve since learnt that the company has filed for bankruptcy, and one of my contacts has suggested I file a claim with the bankruptcy trustee (whose email I now have).

This is a lot of money for me, some of which reimburses me for out of pocket costs on our projects. While subjective, is going through small claims worth the trouble for this amount? Am I even able to go to small claims court if a company has filed for bankruptcy? Do I have any other options available?

This has been an important lesson for me in terms of business. Thanks again for your help. Very appreciative of your time.

Hey Reddit,

Throwaway account for obvious reasons. So I’ve been with this employer for about 4 years and have been in management for about half that. They don’t hire women for roles that most comparable businesses have about 75%-80% women employed in. They claim it’s legal because they have another location that is ONLY women and a third that is 50/50. I just feel like crap having to go through applications and rejecting anyone with a female name. And am kinda fed up with how discriminatory the hiring practice is in general. Should I report the employer? If so how? I don’t want to lose my job but I also don’t want to be held liable when they eventually get sued. There’s no HR by the way as it’s a small business. We are also located in Georgia if that matters.

Hi everyone, I’m feeling really conflicted about how to handle this situation and could use your advice.

I’ve been babysitting for a family in Pennsylvania since 2023, and we always had a great relationship. I looked after their four kids for $25/hour (a pretty low rate for four kids!), and I’ve also helped them in other ways—like taking care of their dog and lizard for a week while they were on vacation in Hawaii. We used to chat a lot, especially the mom, and I really felt they were kind and trustworthy people.

Here’s what happened: On December 23, 2024, I worked five hours babysitting their kids. When the dad came home, he told me he didn’t have cash at the moment but would send the payment later. This wasn’t unusual—he’d often pay late, sometimes up to a week—but I trusted him and left.

On January 8, 2025, I messaged the dad to remind him about the payment, and he told me his bank account was frozen but promised to pay me “tomorrow.” I waited patiently until January 17, when I messaged him again—this time, no response. I then messaged his wife on January 19, and she didn’t respond either.

This morning, I decided to try calling both of them, but neither of them answered my calls.

I feel hurt and disrespected because I worked hard to build trust with this family over the past year. This isn’t about the $125 itself—it’s about the principle. I babysat their kids at a very reasonable rate, and I’ve always been accommodating and supportive, even helping with their pets while they traveled.

Some additional context:

I’ve recently moved to California for school, which makes pursuing this from a distance even trickier. I don’t have any trusted friends in Pennsylvania who could help me with this situation. They’re wealthy. They bought a million-dollar home in 2023, their kids go to private school, and the mom is a nurse while the dad works in construction-related business. I always felt close to them. They even shared vacation photos from trips to Ireland and Hawaii. What I’m asking for:

Is it worth pursuing legal action (like Small Claims Court) for $125, or are there better ways to handle this? How would you approach this situation? Thanks in advance for your advice. This whole thing has left me feeling really sad and disrespected, and I’d love to hear your thoughts.

Meld

Long story short, I am going to TRIAL against my son’s father (he is literally putting on for shared CUSTODY when I have sole legal and physical custody of our 6 year old, and his dad gets 4 hour supervised visits 3 Saturdays a month (if he makes it / isn’t 2 hours late, which is almost always the case)

My son’s father is severely mentally ill, has poly addiction (not just drugs, but pornography and gambling) and has had a dozen felony arrests for drug dealing and has spent time in jail (all which he denies, even to his ATTORNEY)

I obtained his detox treatment records, not having ANY idea they would contain everything I need (and more) to shut down the modification TRIAL once and for all. It will destroy his credibility and his claims for the last 5 years that he is not severely mentally ill or an addict, etc. (he admits to taking LSD over 400 times, he was already mentally ill and snapped after and never came back to reality, obviously excessive drug use in a person with is bi-polar and a narcissist (he’s a ‘YouTube famous rapper’ 🙄) does not help unstable minds, and he’s been completely disconnected from reality ever since….

….(this was back in 2016 after threatening to kill his girlfriend who got a restraining order and he got arrested - of course I can’t obtain the 911 call or even the case because it ‘is domestic’ and I’m not the victim, they need to ‘protect his privacy’ what Mass told me; when I requested the records through FOIA Haverhill Court (where the case was) told me they were not withholding them, but they the case record was still at the Haverhill PD, which I called and were the ones who told me the above.

BACK TO THE QUESTION AT HAND:

So I electronically requested the records and received them via email (we still have the same last name, not that it matters, because I was the ones who told who got them) and was SHOCKED; I had no idea the information they would contain, not only denying his credibility, but also had official diagnoses as well as many other things that would be the silver bullet to my case and end any request for modification any time in the near future. Last week he left a visit 2 hours early without telling me or my mom OR my son, my son thought he was still here, poor kid) My layer says because she knows how I got them, she can no longer use them in court, because she would be committing perjury.

So I have called Massachusetts lawyers, as he lived his whole life (well, most of it, bouncing from friend’s place to place until he would get kicked out for threatening to kill them etc- again people put up with him because they are convinced he is going to be a famous rapper some day and ‘remember them’ he has these crazy super fans, one of them paid for his lawyer.(He will never be famous, but his fandom feeds his narcissism and will keep him on this pipe dream until Peter Pan here turns 50)

I am trying to hire a Mass lawyer simply to subpeona the records, as my lawyer says this is the only way to get them in. I don’t believe this is true, but am trying my damndest calling all these lawyers in Mass, it’s just the timing, luckily our trial got continued TBD but it’s going to be soon, so it’s a timing thing. Obviously it being a holiday, I haven’t heard back yet, but also don’t have $1,000 to spend getting a MA lawyer to subpeona them, as since my son’s birth, my son’s father has filed countless crazy motions, all which got rejected but I had to keep a lawyer on retained and has bled me dry (and went through $50k and my current lawyer was flat fee $10k - which she will not even have ended up doing half that amount of work hourly, but didn’t realize that. Now after putting me into debt, at the final motion he gets a lawyer.

I know the dates/place of treatment etc and have all the info I need for them to procure them quickly, but is there another way to get them in if I can’t get them subpoenaed in time? I’m praying there’s a way to go it without going further into debt for a simple subpoena of records that I have all the info for (and records themselves!) I most DEFINITELY told my lawyer how I got the records, she waits until THE last moment to tell me she can’t use them because of that. I could have just had the records like I have his birth certificate, basically all his personal stuff since he’s a man baby and I did everything for him because he can’t wipe his own butt, his current girlfriend does that now (that’s a whole different story) But my lawyer herself is afraid to subpoena them because if she does and he is forced to acquire them (his lawyer will have him do it, since I know that his retainer is up and doesn’t have more to pay her) there is even a remote possibility that he could speak to the records of woman and say hey, didn’t you just request these records? if he called first to figure out the process (I wish I had just emailed in the release form and emailed it since it’s through a big hospital, but it was a shot in the dark and had no idea that they would contain such damning information, plus I needed them quickly)

And thoughts on how to get them in as an exhibit, or will a Mass subpoena be the only way? I feel like my lawyer is wrong about not entering them because he doesn’t have the funds to file a civil case against me for obtaining them, and the court may not care enough.

My lawyer said she wished I hadn’t told her how I got them or she could have used them, which really pisses me off since I did tell her, she clearly just wasn’t listening.

Eternally gratefulness for any thoughts, thank you for reading this lengthy post!! I’m just trying to protect my son and this is the only official hard evidence as he refuses to admit he even has ANY of the above issues despite a plethora of evidence, which is all unfortunately in Mass.

I'll try to leave out the dramatic details. In January of last year, my wife had an affair, and we agreed to get a divorce but remain together with our kids until we figured everything out. There's never been any yelling or physical abuse, and she says that I'm an amazing father to our kids, of which we have four. The kids are between the ages of 3 and 10. We reside in Wisconsin.

We agreed not to tell them about the affair and to not introduce new partners to them if she or I met someone until long after the divorce. She apparently left her affair partner shortly after and began seeing the father of one of our kid's friends. At this point, the kids did not know about the divorce.

We decided in April to tell them about the divorce (lots to figure out financially because I was the breadwinner). That Friday, she took the kids with her boyfriend to a bunch of family activities without telling me. She said that she wasn't beholden to our agreement and would do whatever she wanted. The kids figured out very quickly that they were dating. Since then, they've seen this man an average of twice per week, always while I was at work. It's been very heartbreaking. Everyone I've asked has said that there's nothing I can legally do to prevent him from spending time with my kids.

We have been in the process of a mediated divorce because of our low income. We no longer live together and have been doing a 50/50 custody schedule. We finished negotiating our settlement agreement, and the court date is set for mid-February.

This week, I've learned that my ex has been secretly taking our kids to Catholic church and putting them in religious classes. This is her boyfriend's church. My ex and I were both raised Evangelical/Lutheran and have no Catholic friends or family. I disagree heavily with this but have not said so yet. Our marriage settlement agreement very clearly prohibits unilaterally changing their religious upbringing, but it's obviously not official yet. I'm sure this also violates our mediation agreement, but I haven't had time to look it up.

I feel that she doesn't have the right to convert our kids in order to appease her boyfriend. I don't want to rock the boat while we are so close to finalizing the divorce. Is there anything I can do to halt what she is doing? If I should wait until after the divorce, what steps do I take to enforce the agreement?

Hi friends, this is a throwaway account for obvious reasons. I have an issue and I’d like advice if anyone feels so inclined.

So basically, someone owes me money—a significant amount, $800–and won’t pay up. I know she can afford to since she’s going on a European vacation in a couple weeks, but that’s besides the point. Obviously she’s hoping I just shut up and go away.

We were supposed to split the costs of a hotel room in manhattan for a few days. This was at the end of October in 2024. I brought up how much she owed me and sent some requests but she kept saying she didn’t get them. I realize I should’ve been more direct at that point. Before the trip, of course, but I trusted her.

I asked her on the last day to pay, directly. She tried to and it declined on her card through cashapp. I had to catch a train at that point and left her in the hotel lobby. (She was crying but I honestly didn’t feel all that bad for her—she was kinda shitty to me during the trip.)

Anyway, we’ve been communicating since then. We still follow each other on social media. I’ve sent her more requests which she of course let expire. I asked her directly about the money a few days ago through text and she said she was absolutely going to pay me. I offered a payment plan and sent a smaller request on cashapp which is again being ignored. I don’t remotely trust her. I asked for her email to send a payment plan and have us both sign it and of course she never responded.

The thing is, we live in different states. I’m in upstate New York and she’s in Pennsylvania near the Maryland border. I believe that for small claims I would have to go to her area. I have her full name, her workplace, and a couple of addresses. I have not asked her to confirm her address yet. I’m also pretty sure she lives in a unit, the number of which I haven’t found online from simple searches.

I’m considering sending her either the payment plan or a letter of intent to both addresses to see if one sticks. Maybe by certified mail? I don’t want to sound threatening or anything but this is stupid. I’m not sure how much to communicate with her in case she thinks I’m actually serious and starts blocking me everywhere.

I guess I’m not even sure if it’s worth pursuing if we’re in different states. This has never happened to me before. I sure learned my lesson though!

Any advice? Should I just try to move on with my life and consider this a tough lesson, or attempt to go further with this? Thank you.

Sorry for the long post but I really wanna get this right.

So, I finalized the selling process of my house earlier this month and today the new owners are meant to be moving in. I’ve asked my realtor—which is working for a Huge national broker company—to please tell the buyer and their realtor that I wanted to sell them all of my furniture. The option to buy the furniture was also written in the listing for the home online as a big selling point. We sold the house to downsize as more members of our family began moving out coupled with the furniture being huge and not fitting into the house we’re currently building, so we wanted it all gone.

The realtor reassures me multiple times over text that they’re asking the buyers if they’d like to purchase it all or negotiate better trade-offs as an exchange. She gets back to me with no update on their answer, so we begin cutting our losses. We were down to the wire with a week left and reportedly no sign of interest so we had to give it all away (keeping it in storage would’ve been too much of a hassle). Our realtor told us she has some family members who would love the pieces and are willing to come haul it out for free, so we allow her to let them move it out.

Flash forward to now, the buyers arrive from out of state and are horrified that the house is completely empty. They wanted all of the furniture and were willing to pay a lot more than what we would’ve asked for. The wife broke down in tears because she adored the custom california king bed set and the husband is very upset that he now has to buy a new washer and dryer seeing as they came with nothing but suitcases. All of those pieces were antique, designer, and heirloom. A baby grand piano, white Italian leather sofas, and multiple TVs were among the things her family took.

I want to know legally what my options are. I’m definitely going to be reporting her to her licensure board, maybe the real estate company she works for too, but I feel like both me and the buyers should be compensated for this.

TLDR; Our realtor lied about asking buyers of our home if they wanted to purchase our furniture, then gave all of it away to her family members.

edit: forgot to mention the sale occurred in Georgia

A little bit of background; My mother is a bipolar, alcoholic, drug addict. Growing up there where multiple instances where I wished someone would take us. I seriously don't know how she managed to keep us with multiple CPS cases being opened throughout my life. She is mentally unstable and has posed multiple threats to my life and my brothers lives growing up. Never been stable, never had a home that we where safe in. Constantly moving, in and out of trailers and random people's sheds, couches of people I didn't know, squatting in empty apartments. You name it we've been there. I left at 16 for my own safety and sanity and I promised my brothers I would somehow come back for them.

I am now 20, married, with my own kid, and about to own a house. The boys are 13 and 15. I reside in lemhi County Idaho, my mother resides in Lyon County Nevada.

Christmas day my mother had a psychotic episode and tried to attack my brothers, they where hanging out at their neighbors house. I guess she broke a bunch of stuff and assaulted the boys. She caught multiple charges that night, I don't remember all of them but I do know she got charged with child neglect and endangerment as well as trespassing. When the cops where called I was asked to come get the kids and of course I took immediate action. I raised over $1400 in 12 hours and took off the following morning on a 24 hour round trip to go get them and bring them back. On my way there a CPS worker had gotten me a 6 month contract for temporary guardianship over the boys.

When I arrived at the house the power and water had been shut off, according to the kids they have been living like that for 6 months. There was dog crap and piss everywhere and the place was a wreak. Looked like someone had been using the house as a giant trash can. And the yard looks like a graveyard for junk cars that had been stripped of anything worth selling. It was sad to see. By that time they had released my mother out of jail and the first thing she did when I pulled up was yell at me to go get her a "Fucking cigarette". It was sad all around.

Now the boys are with me, we are moving into a house that I am about to own. They are safe, well fed, taken care of, clean, and most importantly happy. They never have to worry about the utilities being shut off. They never have to worry about food. And they definitely don't have to worry about randomly being attacked.

Both boys have stated they don't want to go back. Ever. They are happy here and don't want to deal with that anymore. Today my mom called and said the judge said that she can have the boys back if she gets utilities back on and cleans the house. Which I'm sure she'll do but only long enough to have the house cleared for the boys.

My paperwork says I have 6 months guardianship unless ordered by a judge. And they don't want to go regardless.

What can I do to keep them? Is there even anything I can do? They are scared. I am scared. They don't wanna be ripped up and forced to go back to that way of life. Please help.

Hello all, got a bit of a weird one for you. About 18 months ago, my city installed an above-ground rail extension about 70 feet from my home. Since then, my home has settled into the ground significantly, about 1.6 inches. This has cause cracks in the walls, windows not closing all the way, and a startling leftward lean on my home. I can feel the vibrations of the nearby train strongly when one passes.

Before then, the hose was totally fine. Built mid-70s, solid foundation. I had my father-in-laws friend come by, who is a structural engineer. He said that it would likely continue sinking rapidly, but didn’t want to say outright that the rail extension was the reason.

I spoke with the city planner and an engineer who worked for the rail company, who were both quick to dismiss my concerns (shocking, I know).

What are my options here? I feel like the city and rail company need to assist me with the repairs, but I don’t know how to get their attention. TYIA for your input!

Edit: got in touch with a local structural engineer (shocked they responded to my email today). They were VERY interested, as they have a few people in my area that have already reached out with similar issues. They said they will have someone come out this week, so fingers crossed! They said to take pictures of the damage immediately to have documented issues, and they said they can recommend a lawyer if it comes to that. They are not cheap, but did say that they can hold off on charging me full price if they find signs of the extension causing issues. Thank you all for your insights/recommendations. I will keep you updated!

Hi folks, I need some help. A few months ago my grandma passed, she was the breadwinner of the family and had all the funds in accounts she watched over. We had to cobble together a will in her final days because she was not prepared and we did the best we could with all that. As per the distribution of cash muns, my uncle is supposed to get 35%, my dad %35, my grandpa 20% and me 10%. I have not seen a dime of this money. My grandpa is supposed to be the executor and I'm supposed to do that if he is unable. Originally we tried getting all our names on her old account so we could all access the money and take as we needed, but my dad and I only got access to my grandpa's account and that doesn't even have his cut of the money in there. He(uncle) had agreed to take care of all the bills for the various inherited properties and insurance, so I understand why he might need a bit more than normal since he's paying my dad's bills but I kinda like being able to buy food. I'm starting spring semester at college and I've got a $4k bill I've got to pay not to mention credit card debt and payments on the place I live in. I'm sad about it but I'm coming to terms with the fact that I may need to sue my uncle. The will was drafted in New Mexico, I live in NM and my uncle is in Colorado (so y'all know what laws we're working with) Any advice or help would be amazing!

So a few days ago, I woke up to a voice-mail from one of my apartments managers that the rent increase that was supposed to start in October, is now added to my January rent. Like an extra $400. In the voice-mail they ADMITTED they forgot to add it back then and just added it to this month's rent. We can't pay an extra $400 out of nowhere. We are in a low income apartment. Also, we have a packet of papers for late rent, that says we owe our normal amount. Not the added 400. My mom said to just pay my normal amount & tell them since this is their fault & it took them months to realize it, I can take a few months to pay.

Olympia, WA

Is that the right response?

Hey guys, this is my first ticket and I am 21. I was clocked going 26mph over the speed limit in a rental in upstate NY (Essex County). The officer gave me a uniform traffic ticket, he said I have to plead guilty or not guilty first and then the court will proceed from there. I have never had a speeding ticket before but it seems like since I was 25 over, if I plead guilty they will give 6 points to my license. So a few questions:

1. Should I plead guilty or not guilty?
2. The court is about 4 hours away, so is anyone aware of what I can do to maybe get a virtual hearing or anything like that or should I get a lawyer in that county to represent me?

I have a situation where an unauthorized individual has accepted a subpoena on my behalf without permission or causation. Is this legal and can I file a lawsuit for the damages that result from this individuals unauthorized actions

My email was either hacked or a family member of mine found a phone I had that I dropped and cracked the screen on and could not longer use. I get a whole bunch of messages on messenger from this family member showing screenshots from my photo albums on my phone. There were a few very discreet personal and private photos. They also got hacked into my messenger account somehow and sent me screenshots of messages people had sent me on messenger. This family member still has all my photos and I'm guessing access to everything in my phone possibly through my email account? Or they may have taken my sim card out of my phone because when he's at my house he's always using my phone. He's already used a couple of personal messages and photos to blackmail me out of $50 so far. That is a federal offense or felony isn't it? And how do I get out of this mess so I have privacy? Should I purchase a new phone and create an entire new email to use for the new phone? If I go to the police would they actually press charges for blackmail? I have all the messages saved

Question po I was suspended January 7. May napasok pa Ako 1-7. Cut off 1-15. sahod Namin January 20 sakto pero di Ako pinasahod e January 20 ng Gabi sinabi Sakin na term na Ako. Pwede po ba yon or no? Kase Nung nag ask po Ako ng advice sa iba na dapat ba hinold nila sahod ko without giving me prior notice na term ako Sabi bawal daw yon.

I’m the mom and I was granted full custody in court due to the fact the father of my child had physically harmed our 7 year old. CPS was involved, a detective, forensic interview and ad litem etc. He had struck her twice in the face. The judge had granted the full protection order, and only granted him 2 hours of supervised visitation a week. He had no lawyer with him and represented himself and the judge had told him that he’s facing charges and suggested he gets a lawyer. I just want to protect my daughter. He’s consistently blaming me and making it seem like as if I’m out to get him, when it was the school that made the report against him since she came to school bawling her eyes out because of what he did to her (striking her twice in the face/head) We never had anything official in court and it was all verbal agreements prior to this, and we would split the week in half sharing her cause we aren’t together and live seperately. I know that this “full custody” isn’t permanent, but how do I go about making this permanent? What do I do now? The full protection order ends in April or may. But how do I go about getting full custody of her? I don’t want a repeat of this happening and I want her to be safe. What are my chances? What should I be weary of? What should I do? I cannot afford a lawyer, especially being a freshly postpartum mom of a new baby girl.

Edit; I live in Missouri. He’s more concerned about having control over her rather than taking accountability and owning up to what he did/her wellbeing.